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King's Cup (Thailand)
International football tournament in Thailand
International football tournament in Thailand
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | King's Cup |
| ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ | |
| caption | King's Cup trophy in 2016 |
| organiser | Football Association of Thailand |
| founded | |
| region | International |
| number of teams | 4 |
| current champions | (2nd title) |
| most successful team | (16 titles) |
| current | 2025 King's Cup |
the association football tournament in Thailand
ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ The King's Cup is an international football tournament held in Thailand, organised by the Football Association of Thailand. The winner of the competition is given the royal trophy by the King of Thailand. The host, Thailand, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1968, and has been held every year since, with the exception of 1983, 1985, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2020 and 2021.
In some years, the competition has featured club or invitational teams as well as international sides. Various prominent footballers have participated in this tournament, including Aymen Hussein, Cha Bum-kun, Sunil Chhetri, Peter Schmeichel, Jesper Olsen, Brian Laudrup, Cafu, Dida, Juninho, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho, Henrik Larsson, Kamil Glik, Robert Lewandowski, Martin Škrtel, Martin Dúbravka, Milan Škriniar, Stanislav Lobotka, Cuco Martina and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Since 2018, the King's Cup will only featured the senior national team.
Venues
Known venues for the King's Cup since the year 2000.
| Image | Stadium | Capacity | Location | Year(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.jpg | frameless | 143x143px]] | Rajamangala National Stadium | 49,722 | Bangkok | 2000, 2007, 2012, 2016–2018 | |
| [[File:Hotel Holiday Inn Bangkok Siam 6.jpg | frameless | 143x143px]] | Suphachalasai Stadium | 19,793 | Bangkok | 2001–2004, 2006 | |
| [[File:Surakul Stadium.jpg | frameless | 148x148px]] | Surakul Stadium | 15,000 | Phuket | 2005, 2009 | |
| [[File:MainStandvRoiet.jpg | frameless | 149x149px]] | 80th Birthday Stadium | 24,641 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 2009, 2010, 2015 | |
| [[File:700th Anniversary Stadium.jpg | frameless | 149x149px]] | 700th Anniversary Stadium | 25,000 | Chiang Mai | 2013, 2022–2023 | |
| [[File:ช้างอารีน่า อ.เมือง จ.บุรีรัมย์ Chang Arena,Buriram,Thailand (15).jpg | frameless | 149x149px]] | Chang Arena | 32,600 | Buriram | 2019 | |
| [[File:Tinsulanonstadium2014.jpg | frameless | 150x150px]] | Tinsulanon Stadium | 30,000 | Songkhla | 2024{{Cite news | url=https://www.siamsport.co.th/football-thailand/thai-national/57711/ |
| [[File:Kanchanaburi Province Stadium 2018.jpg | frameless | 150x150px]] | Kanchanaburi Province Stadium | 13,000 | Kanchanaburi | 2025 |
1960s
| Year | Winner | width=8% | Score | width=20% style="background:silver;" | Runner-up | Third place | width=8% | Score | width=20% style="background:#9acdff;" | Fourth place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | **** | 1–0 | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | **** | 1–0 |
1970s
Results
| Edition | Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1968 | **** | 1−0 | 6−0 | ||||
| 2 | 1969 | **** | 1−0 | 7−0 | ||||
| 3 | 1970 | **** | 1−0 | 3−1 | ||||
| 4 | 1971 | **** | 1−0 | 3−2 | ||||
| 5 | 1972 | **** | 1−0 | **** | 0−0 | |||
| 6 | 1973 | **** | 2−1 | 1−0 | ||||
| 7 | 1974 | **** | 3−1 | 3−0 | ||||
| 8 | 1975 | **** | 1−0 | No playoffs | ||||
| 9 | 1976 | **** | 1−1 | **** | 3−1 | |||
| 10 | 1977 | 1−1 | **** | No playoffs | ||||
| 11 | 1978 | 3−2 | 2−1 | |||||
| 12 | 1979 | 1−0 | 2−2 | |||||
| 13 | 1980 | 0−0 | KOR | |||||
| South Korea Army | 2−2 | |||||||
| 14 | 1981 | 2−1 | North Korea | |||||
| North Korean Army | Poland | |||||||
| Polonia Warszawa | 2−0 | China | ||||||
| August 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | 1982 | 0−0 | ||||||
| 0−0 | ||||||||
| 16 | 1984 | 3−0 | Australia | |||||
| Western Australia | 1−0 | England | ||||||
| Liverpool Amateur | ||||||||
| 17 | 1986 | 2−1 | Denmark | |||||
| AGF Aarhus | 1−0 | China | ||||||
| August 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | 1987 | 1−0 | South Korea | |||||
| POSCO Atoms | 3−2 | |||||||
| 19 | 1988 | 1−0 | Austria | |||||
| Swarovski Tirol | 4−2 | |||||||
| 20 | 1989 | 3−1 | Soviet Union | |||||
| Rotor Volgograd | South Korea | |||||||
| Lucky-Goldstar FC | 2−1 | |||||||
| 21 | 1990 | 2−1 | Soviet Union | |||||
| Rotor Volgograd | South Korea | |||||||
| Yukong Elephants | 0−0 | |||||||
| China | ||||||||
| Shanghai | ||||||||
| 22 | 1991 | 3−1 | Soviet Union | |||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 0−0 | |||||||
| 23 | 1992 | 2−0 | Germany | |||||
| Berliner Dynamo | 1−0 | China | ||||||
| Tianjin | ||||||||
| 24 | 1993 | 4−0 | South Korea | |||||
| South Korea Semi-professional XI | 0−0 | |||||||
| 25 | 1994 | 4−0 | Germany | |||||
| Westfalia Amateurs | Russia | |||||||
| SC Rotor Volgograd | 0−0 | |||||||
| 26 | 1995 | Russia | ||||||
| Rotor Volgograd | 3−0 | No playoffs | ||||||
| 27 | 1996 | 2−1 | 5−2 | |||||
| 28 | 1997 | |||||||
| (Scandinavian leagues) | 2−0 | 3−1 | ||||||
| 29 | 1998 | 0−0 | ||||||
| 3−0 | ||||||||
| 30 | 1999 | 7−1 | 3−1 | |||||
| 31 | 2000 | 5−1 | 1−0 | |||||
| 32 | 2001 | |||||||
| (Scandinavian leagues) | 3−0 | 2−0 | ||||||
| 33 | 2002 | 0−0 | ||||||
| 2−0 | ||||||||
| 34 | 2003 | |||||||
| (Scandinavian leagues) | 4−0 | 3−1 | ||||||
| 35 | 2004 | 1−1 | ||||||
| 5−0 | ||||||||
| 36 | 2005 | 2−1 | No playoffs | |||||
| 37 | 2006 | 3−1 | No playoffs | |||||
| 38 | 2007 | 1−0 | No playoffs | |||||
| 39 | 2009 | 2−2 | ||||||
| 1−0 | ||||||||
| 40 | 2010 | No playoffs | No playoffs | |||||
| 41 | 2012 | No playoffs | DEN | |||||
| Denmark League XI | No playoffs | |||||||
| 42 | 2013 | |||||||
| (Scandinavian leagues) | 3−0 | |||||||
| (Scandinavian leagues) | 2−2 | |||||||
| 43 | 2015 | No playoffs | No playoffs | |||||
| 44 | 2016 | 2−0 | 1−0 | |||||
| 45 | 2017 | 0−0 | ||||||
| BLR | ||||||||
| Belarus B | 3−3 | |||||||
| 46 | 2018 | 3−2 | 1−0 | |||||
| 47 | 2019 | 1−1 | ||||||
| 1−0 | ||||||||
| 48 | 2022 | 0−0 | ||||||
| 2−1 | ||||||||
| 49 | 2023 | 2−2 | ||||||
| 1−0 | ||||||||
| 50 | 2024 | 2−1 | 3−0 | |||||
| 51 | 2025 | 1−0 | 8−0 |
Results by teams
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **** | 16 (1976*, 1979, 1980*, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2024) | 13 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2023, 2025) | 16 (1968, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995**, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013**, 2022) |
| 2 | **** | 7 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1998) | 1 (1982) | 2 (1972**, 1976) |
| 3 | **** | 4 (1972, 1976*, 1977*, 1978) | 2 (1973, 2022) | 2 (1970, 1974) |
| 4 | ****1 | 4 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2013) | ||
| 5 | **** | 3 (1986, 1987, 2002) | 3 (1999, 2003, 2005) | 2 (2007, 2013**) |
| 6 | **** | 2 (2012, 2015) | ||
| **** | 2 (2004, 2018) | |||
| **** | 2 (2023, 2025) | |||
| 9 | Soviet Union Russia Rotor Volgograd | 1 (1995) | 3 (1989, 1990, 1991) | 1 (1994) |
| 9 | **** | 1 (1968) | 2 (1969, 1984) | |
| 111 | **** | 1 (1993) | 1 (2001) | 1 (1980**) |
| 12 | South Korea South Korea B | 1 (1977*) | 1 (1979) | 1 (1978) |
| **** | 1 (2010) | 1 (1996) | 1 (1998) B | |
| 14 | Denmark Denmark League XI | 1 (2009) | 1 (2012) | |
| 15 | **** | 1 (1994) | 5 (1979**, 1980**, 1982, 1992, 1995**) | |
| 16 | **** | 1 (1996) | ||
| **** | 1 (2022) | 1 (2024) | ||
| 18 | South Korea South Korea Army | 1 (1980) | ||
| **** | 1 (1988) | |||
| **** | 1 (1991) | |||
| **** | 1 (1999) | |||
| **** | 1 (2005) | |||
| **** | 1 (2019) | |||
| 24 | 2 (1968, 1975) | |||
| 1 | 2 (2000, 2013) | 1 (1996) | ||
| 25 | 2 (2006, 2019) | |||
| 26 | 1 (1978) | 2 (1972**, 1979**) | ||
| 27 | 1 (1995) | 1 (1997) | ||
| SYR Syria | 1 (2024) | 1 (2016) | ||
| 28 | PRK North Korean Army | 1 (1981) | ||
| DEN AGF Aarhus | 1 (1986) | |||
| KOR POSCO Atoms | 1 (1987) | |||
| AUT Swarovski Tirol | 1 (1988) | |||
| GER Berliner Dynamo | 1 (1992) | |||
| GER Westfalia Amateurs | 1 (1994) | |||
| 1 (1998) | ||||
| 1 (2007) | ||||
| 1 (2010) | ||||
| 1 (2016) | ||||
| BLR Belarus League | 1 (2017) | |||
| 39 | 2 (1977, 2019) | |||
| 40 | 2 (1969, 1971) | |||
| 2 (2009, 2023) | ||||
| 42 | 1 (2002) | |||
| 43 | POL Polonia Warszawa | 1 (1981) | ||
| AUS Western Australia | 1 (1984) | |||
| KOR Lucky-Goldstar | 1 (1989) | |||
| KOR Yukong Elephants | 1 (1990) | |||
| KOR South Korea Semi-professional XI | 1 (1993) | |||
| 1 (2000) | ||||
| 1 (2004) | ||||
| 1 (2006) | ||||
| 1 (2012) | ||||
| 1 (2015) | ||||
| B | 1 (2016) | |||
| 1 (2017) | ||||
| 1 (2018) | ||||
| 1 (2024) | ||||
| 1 (2025) | ||||
| 58 | CHN August 1 | |||
| 2 (1991, 1993) | ||||
| 2 (2000, 2004) | ||||
| 2 (2016, 2018) | ||||
| 62 | ||||
| 1 (1974) | ||||
| ENG Liverpool Amateur | 1 (1984) | |||
| 1 (1988) | ||||
| CHN Shanghai | 1 (1990) | |||
| CHN Tianjin | 1 (1992) | |||
| 1 (1999) | ||||
| 1 (2005) | ||||
| 1 (2007) | ||||
| 1 (2015) | ||||
| 1 (2022) | ||||
| 1 (2025) |
0*/** Trophy shared or place shared
11 Sweden and Finland represented players from Scandinavian leagues only
Medal table
- Note 1: Gold shared in 1976, 1977 and 1980 and not awarded silver in this years.
- Note 2: Third place shared in 1972, 1979, 1980, 1995 and 2013.
Participated nations

Notable players
List of notable footballers to have played in the King's Cup
- BRA Cafu
- BRA Cláudio Caçapa
- BRA Dida
- BRA Emerson
- BRA Evanílson
- BRA Giovane Élber
- BRA Juninho
- BRA Rivaldo
- BRA Roberto Carlos
- BRA Ronaldinho
- BRA Roque Júnior
- BRA Zé Roberto
- BUR Edmond Tapsoba
- CUR Cuco Martina
- CUR Leandro Bacuna
- DEN Peter Schmeichel
- DEN Jesper Olsen
- DEN Jonas Lössl
- DEN Brian Laudrup
- FIN Lukas Hradecky
- GAB Bruno Ecuele Manga
- GAB Didier Ovono
- IND Sunil Chhetri
- IRQ Ali Adnan
- IRQ Ali Al-Hamadi
- IRQ Aymen Hussein
- JOR Baha' Abdel-Rahman
- JOR Hamza Al-Dardour
- MAS Dion Cools
- North Korea Ri Myong-guk
- NOR Rune Jarstein
- NOR Tarik Elyounoussi
- PHI Gerrit Holtmann
- PHI John-Patrick Strauß
- QAT Hussein Yasser
- SGP Fazrul Nawaz
- KOR Cha Bum-kun
- KOR Jang Hyun-soo
- KOR Jung Woo-young
- KOR Kim Seung-gyu
- POL Kamil Glik
- POL Robert Lewandowski
- POL Sławomir Peszko
- Slovakia Martin Škrtel
- Slovakia Martin Dúbravka
- Slovakia Milan Škriniar
- Slovakia Peter Pekarík
- Slovakia Stanislav Lobotka
- SWE Henrik Larsson
- SWE Johan Elmander
- UAE Omar Abdulrahman
- VIE Đặng Văn Lâm
- VIE Đoàn Văn Hậu
- VIE Nguyễn Quang Hải
Players to scored a hat-trick in the King's Cup
| Player | Opponent | Score | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| THA Anurak Srikerd | FIN Finland | 5–1 | 27 February 2000 |
| CHN Zhang Yuning | THA Thailand | 1–5 | 14 February 2001 |
References
References
- [https://www.ballthai.com/7-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%8C-%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C-%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9E-%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88-%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2-%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2/ 7 ปีที่ไร้แชมป์! “คิงส์ คัพ” โทรฟี่ที่ “ไทย” อกหักซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า]
- [https://www.mangozero.com/chang-player-number-12/ รู้ไหมว่าในศึก King's Cup ครั้งที่ 46 เสียงเชียร์ที่มาจากแฟนบอลทุกคนที่อยู่นอกสนามนั้นมีมากมายแค่ไหน?]
- [https://www.thairath.co.th/sport/thaifootball/changsuek/2819907 ทำเนียบแชมป์ ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทาน "คิงส์ คัพ" หลังแข่งครบ 50 ครั้ง]
- [https://www.thaigov.go.th/news/contents/ministry_details/89047 "อนุทิน" เปิดฟุตบอล “คิงส์คัพ” ครั้งที่ 50 ขอบคุณทุกภาคส่วนจังหวัดสงขลาจัดการแข่งขันรายการแห่งความภูมิใจของคนไทย ส่งเสริมความสามัคคี กระตุ้นเศรษฐกิจ ท่องเที่ยวในพื้นที่]
- [https://thestandard.co/news-sport-king-s-cup-why-brazil-and-sweden-dont-come/ ทำไมทีมระดับโลกอย่างบราซิลหรือสวีเดน ไม่มาเตะฟุตบอลรายการคิงส์คัพเหมือนเมื่อก่อน?]
- [https://sport.trueid.net/detail/VGz2w49QnpKG ย้อนดูเสื้อบอลคิงส์คัพ ย้อนหลัง 5 ปี ก่อนลุยศึกคิงส์คัพ 2023 ครั้งที่ 49]
- [https://stadiumth.com/columns/detail?id=804&tab=thai 5 เรื่องน่ารู้ก่อนดู ฟุตบอลคิงส์คัพ ครั้งที่ 48]
- [https://www.siamsport.co.th/football-thailand/thai-national/2282/ เผยโฉมถ้วยรางวัลฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพครั้งที่ 48]
- [https://thethaiger.com/th/news/662406/ เปิดทำเนียบแชมป์ ฟุตบอลคิงส์คัพ ทีมชาติไทยเคยได้แชมป์กี่สมัย]
- [[Arbil FC]] played as Iraq's B-Team
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