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Thailand national under-17 football team

Team representing Thailand in international U-17 football competitions

Summary

Team representing Thailand in international U-17 football competitions

Field	Value
Name	Thailand Under-17
Badge_size	150px
FIFA Trigramme	THA
Nickname	ช้างศึก (Changsuek)
(War elephants)
Association	Football Association of Thailand
Coach	Marco Göckel
Captain	Danuphon Buppha
Home Stadium	Rajamangala Stadium
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
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Largest win	0–19
(Chonburi, Thailand; 25 October 2024)
Regional name	FIFA U-17 World Cup
Regional cup apps	2
Regional cup first	1997
Regional cup best	Round 1 (1997, 1999)
2ndRegional name	AFC U-17 Asian Cup
2ndRegional cup apps	11
2ndRegional cup first	1985
2ndRegional cup best	Champions (1998)

(War elephants) | Sub-confederation = AFF (Southeast Asia) (Chonburi, Thailand; 25 October 2024)

The Thailand national under-17 football team is the national team for the under-17 level, representing Thailand in international football competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, AFC U-17 Asian Cup and AFF U-16 Championship. It is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.

Thailand was AFC champions in 1998 and three-time AFF champions. Thailand has also managed to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1997—becoming the first Southeast Asian team to qualify by merit to a FIFA tournament—and 1999.

Results and fixtures

2025

Sarsenbaev
Aliev
Shukurullaev
Dahal
Sufyani
Barnawi
Bunyamin
Jiang Zhiqin
Pichaya
Phasutha
Sutthipong
Phasutha
Achirawat
Pakorn
Achirawit
Pitchaya
Jaweez
Govshudov
Meredov
Pongkun
Pichaya
Pakorn
Phonphithak
Achirawat
Pichaya

Previous squads

;FIFA U-17 World Cup:

;AFC U-16 Championship:

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Head coach	GER Marco Göckel
Assistant coach	THA Songyot Klinsrisuk
THA Nat Wechabun
Goalkeeper coach	THA Watcharapong Klahan
Fitness coach	GER Yann-Benjamin Kugel
Match analyst	THA Saranpat Boeploy
Doctor	THA Keerati Surakarn
Physiotherapists	THA Jirajet Jiranan

Head coaches

Thailand national under-17 football team head coaches	Name	Country	Period	Honours
Charnwit Polcheewin	Thailand	1996–1997	1996 AFC U-17 Championship – Runner-up
1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship – Group stage
Somchart Yimsiri	Thailand	1998–1999	1998 AFC U-17 Championship – Winners
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship – Group stage
Witthaya Laohakul	Thailand	2000–2002	2000 AFC U-17 Championship – Group stage
Sasom Pobprasert	Thailand	2004	2004 AFC U-17 Championship – Group stage
Thanis Areesngarkul	Thailand	2005–2006	2005 AFF U-17 Youth Championship – Runner-up
Phayong Khunnaen	Thailand	2007–2008	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701014927/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?page_id=7023	date=1 July 2016 }}
Carlos Roberto	Brazil	2009
Sasom Pobprasert	Thailand	2011	2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Winners
Leones Pereira dos Santos	Brazil	2012	2012 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Adul Rungrueang	Thailand	2014	2014 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Phayong Khunnaen	Thailand	2015	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404214050/http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?page_id=20566	date=4 April 2016 }}
Chaiyong Khumpiam	Thailand	2016	2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Third place
2016 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Sarawut Suksawang (interim)	Thailand	2017	2017 Jockey Club International Youth Tournament – Winners
Salvador Valero Garcia	Spain	2017–2018	2017 AFF U-15 Championship – Runner-up
Thongchai Rungreangles	Thailand	2018	2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Runner-up
2018 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Salvador Valero Garcia	Spain	2019–2021	2019 AFF U-15 Youth Championship – Runner-up
Pipob On-Mo	Thailand	2021–2023	2022 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Third place
2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup – Quarter-Finals
Chayakorn Tanaddernkao (Interim)	Thailand	2024
Jadet Meelarp	Thailand	2024–2025	2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship – Runner-up
2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup – Group stage
Songyot Klinsrisuk (Interim)	Thailand	2025
Marco Göckel	Germany	2025–

Competition record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

[](fifa-u-17-world-cup) finals record	Year	Host country	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS
1985	China	Did not qualify
1987	Canada	Did not qualify
1989	Scotland	Did not qualify
1991	Italy	Did not qualify
1993	Japan	Did not qualify
1995	Ecuador	Did not qualify
1997	Egypt	First round	14th	3	0	0	3	4	12
1999	New Zealand	First round	16th	3	0	0	3	1	17
2001	Trinidad and Tobago	Did not qualify
2003	Finland	Did not enter
2005	Peru	Did not qualify
2007	South Korea	Did not qualify
2009	Nigeria	Did not qualify
2011	Mexico	Did not qualify
2013	United Arab Emirates	Did not qualify
2015	Chile	Did not qualify
2017	India	Did not qualify
2019	Brazil	Did not qualify
2021	Peru	Did not qualify and cancelled
2023	Indonesia	Did not qualify
2025	Qatar	Did not qualify
Total	2/20	14th	6	0	0	6	5	29

;Note:

*** :** Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

[](afc-u-16-championship) finals record	Qualifications record	Year	Host country	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D	L
1985	Qatar	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	0	0	19	0
1986	Qatar	Did not qualify	N/A
1988	Thailand	Group stage	7th	4	1	1	2	4	5	Qualified as host
1990	United Arab Emirates	Did not qualify	N/A
19921	Saudi Arabia	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5	3	3	0	0	21	0
19941	Qatar	Did not qualify	N/A
19961	Thailand	Runner-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	16	4	Qualified as host
19981	Qatar	Champions	1st	6	3	2	1	13	7	3	3	0	0	25	0
20001	Vietnam	Group stage	8th	4	1	0	3	4	9	3	3	0	0	13	0
2002	United Arab Emirates	Did not enter	Did not enter
20041	Japan	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	7	2	2	0	0	7	1
20061	Singapore	Did not qualify	3	1	1	1	11	2
2008	Uzbekistan	Did not qualify	4	2	0	2	15	7
2010	Uzbekistan	Did not qualify	5	2	2	1	13	4
2012	Iran	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	2	7	5	5	0	0	28	6
2014	Thailand	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	1	3	Qualified as host
2016	India	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	5	10	3	2	0	1	6	2
2018	Malaysia	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	7	9	4	3	0	1	18	2
2020	Bahrain	Did not qualify and cancelled	3	2	0	1	10	2
2023	Thailand	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	3	0	1	7	5	3	2	0	1	6	4
2025	Saudi Arabia	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	9	3	3	0	0	24	2
2026	Saudi Arabia	Qualified	TBA
Total	13/19	Best: 1st	50	17	7	26	71	84		48	37	3	8	216	32

;Note

1 : The under-17 national team played at the 1992 to 2006 editions.
*** :** Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-17 Championship achievable editions	Year	Round	Score
THA 1996	Group stage	7–0	Win
Group stage	3–0	Win
Group stage	1–1	Draw
Group stage	4–2	Win
Semifinals	1–0	Win
Final	0–1	Loss
Qualified for 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
QAT 1998	Group stage	2–1	Win
Group stage	3–2	Win
Group stage	0–2	Loss
Group stage	2–2	Draw
Semifinals	6–0	Win
Final	11 - 1	Win
Qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

;Note

1 : Thailand won by pk (3-2) after playing an extra time.

AFC U-17 Championship history	First Match	Biggest Win	Biggest Defeat	Best Result	Worst Result
2–2
(2 February 1985; Doha, Qatar)
7–0
(17 September 1996; Bangkok, Thailand)
3–0
(6 September 2000, Da Nang, Vietnam)
4–1
(8 September 2004, Japan)
1–4
(20 September 2016, Bambolim, India)
1–4
(25 June 2023, Pathum Thani, Thailand)
Champions in 1998
Group stage at 7 editions

AFF U-16 Championship

[](aff-u-16-championship) record	Year	Host country	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS
20021	Indonesia
Malaysia	Group stage	5th	4	1	2	1	13	6
20051	Thailand	Runner-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	12	9
20061	Vietnam	Did not enter
20071	Cambodia	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	15	7
2008	Indonesia	Did not enter
2009	Thailand	Cancelled
2010	Indonesia	Did not enter
2011	Laos	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	14	4
2012	Laos	Fourth place	4th	4	0	0	4	2	11
2013	Myanmar	Did not enter
2014	Indonesia	Cancelled
2015	Cambodia	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	16	4
2016	Cambodia	Third place	3rd	6	5	1	0	18	3
2017	Thailand	Runner-up	2nd	7	6	1	0	9	2
2018	Indonesia	Runner-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	14	3
2019	Thailand	Runner-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	18	6
2022	Indonesia	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	13	4
2024	Indonesia	Runner-up	2nd	5	3	2	0	12	3
Total	12/14	Best: 1st	67	44	13	10	156	62

;Note

1 : The under-17 national team played at the 2005 to 2007 editions.
*** :** Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Exhibition game

Exhibition game record	Year	Tournament	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS
1980	Singapore Lion City Cup	4th place	4th	6	3	2	1	19	6
1981	Singapore Lion City Cup	Semi-final	4th	5	3	0	2	9	4
1982	Singapore Lion City Cup	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	14	1
1984	Thailand Coca-Cola Cups	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	10	1
1986	China Coca-Cola Cups	3rd place	3rd	5	3	1	1	N/A
1988	Indonesia Coca-Cola Cups	Runner-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	15	5
1992	Thailand Coca-Cola Cups	4th place	4th	N/A
2008	Singapore Lion City Cup	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	N/A
Total	20	15	2	3	42	11

;Note

*** :** Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

This is a list of honours for the Thailand national under-17 football team.

International titles

AFC U-16 Championship
- Winners (1): 1998
- Runner-up (1): 1996

Regional titles

AFF U-16 Championship
- Winners (3): 2007, 2011, 2015
- Runner-up (5): 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024
- Third place (2): 2016, 2022

Minor titles

Singapore Lion City Cup Championship
- Winners (2): 1982, 2008
Coca-Cola U-16 Cups
- Winners (1): 1984
Jockey Club International Youth Tournament
- Winners (1): 2017
CFA Under-17 Mens International Football Tournament
- Winners (1): 2018

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Thailand's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.

In [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]]

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Total

In [[AFC U-17 Asian Cup]]

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Total

References

"สมาคมฯ ประกาศรายชื่อ 27 แข้งช้างศึก U17 ชุดเตรียมแข่งขันที่ฮ่องกง".
(August 2022}}{{Dead link). "Thaiger ข่าวไทย : รายงาน ข่าวล่าสุดวันนี้ อัปเดตข่าวด่วนทันเหตุการณ์".
"OFFICIAL : ช้างศึก U16 แบโผ 23 แข้งลุยศึกชิงแชมป์เอเชีย". Goal.com.
link. (1 July 2016)
aseanfootball.org: [http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?page_id=6923 2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship]
link. (4 April 2016)
aseanfootball.org: [http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=21042 AFF BIDC U16: Thailand Win AFF BIDC U16 Crown]
(23 September 2019). "ไม่ถึงฝั่งฝัน ช้างศึกยู-16 ร่วงรอบคัดเลือกชิงแชมป์เอเชีย".

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