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Thailand Under-20

Nickname(s)

ช้างศึก
(The War Elephants)

Association

Football Association of Thailand

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Sub-confederation

AFF (Southeast Asia)

Head coach

Emerson Pereira

Home stadium

Rajamangala Stadium

FIFA code

THA

First colours

Second colours

Third colours

Biggest win

Thailand 21–0 Northern Mariana Islands

(Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 6 November 2019)

Biggest defeat

Thailand 1–8 South Korea

(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 24 September 1992)

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Appearances

24 (first in 1960)

Best result

Champions (1962, 1969)

The Thailand national under-20 football team (Thai: ฟุตบอลทีมชาติไทยรุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 20 ปี, RTGS: futbon thim chat thai run ayu mai koen yi sip pi) is the national team for the under-20 and 19 level, representing Thailand in international football competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, AFC U-20 Asian Cup and AFF U-19 Youth Championship.^[1]^[2] It is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.^[3]^[4]

Thailand is a two-time AFC champions and four-time AFF champions. Thailand has never managed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, but the under-17 national team has done so.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Results and fixtures

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Win Draw Lose

The following 23 players for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.

Current coaching staff

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Name	Role
Team Manager	Chonchanok Chidchob
Head Coach	Emerson Pereira
Assistant Coach	Rafael Toledo Anon Kaewphruek
Goalkeeper Coach	Flávio Tênius
Fitness Coach	David Kist
Match Analyst	Jordan Manning
Physiotherapists	Juliano Vallim

Thailand national under-20 football team head coaches
Name	Country	Period	Honours
Chatchai Paholpat	Thailand	1994–1996	1994 AFC Youth Championship – Third place 1996 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage
Charnwit Polcheewin	Thailand	1998–2000 and 2002	1998 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage 2000 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage 2002 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage 2002 AFF U-20 Youth Championship – Winners
Carlos Roberto	Brazil	2003	2003 Ho Chi Minh City Football Cup
Charnwit Polcheewin	Thailand	2004	2004 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage
Phayong Khunnaen	Thailand	2005–2006	2006 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage
Kawin Kachendecha	Thailand	2007–2008	2007 AFF U-20 Youth Championship – Third place 2008 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage
Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol	Thailand	2009–2010	2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Winners 2010 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage 2010 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Runner-up
Somchai Chuayboonchum	Thailand	2011	2011 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Winners
Arjhan Srong-ngamsub	Thailand	2012	2012 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage
Jirasak Jaroenchand	Thailand	2013
Somchai Chuayboonchum	Thailand	2013
Sasom Pobprasert	Thailand	2014	2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy – Semi-finals 2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Third place 2014 AFC U-19 Championship – Quarter-finals
Anurak Srikerd	Thailand	2015	2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Winners
Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol	Thailand	2016
Anurak Srikerd	Thailand	2016	2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Runner-up 2016 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage
Jatuporn Pramualban (interim)	Thailand	2017	Jockey Club International Youth Tournament – Winners
Marc Alavedra	Spain	2017–2018	2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship – Winners
Issara Sritaro	Thailand	2018–2019	2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – 4th place 2018 AFC U-19 Championship – Quarter-finals 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship – Group stage
Bamrung Boonprom (interim)	Thailand	2019	GSB Bangkok Cup 2019 – 4th place
Salvador Valero Garcia	Spain	2020–2022	2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – 4th place
Milos Velebit	Serbia	2022–2023
Toshiya Miura	Japan	2023
Yuki Richard Stalph	Japan	2023–2024
Emerson Pereira	Brazil	2024–	2024 ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship – Runner-up 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup – Group stage

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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FIFA U-20 World Cup finals record		Qualifications record
Year	Host country	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Tunisia	Did not enter	Did not enter
1979	Japan
1981	Australia	Did not qualify	8	3	1	4	17	8
1983	Mexico	Did not qualify	4	3	1	0	20	5
1985	Soviet Union	Did not qualify	6	2	1	3	9	15
1987	Chile	Did not qualify	3	1	1	1	3	2
1989	Saudi Arabia	Did not qualify	6	3	1	2	26	5
1991	Portugal	Did not qualify	N/A
1993	Australia	Did not qualify	8	4	1	3	11	14
1995	Qatar	Did not qualify	8	4	2	2	19	6
1997	Malaysia	Did not qualify	7	4	1	2	27	8
1999	Nigeria	Did not qualify	4	1	3	0	6	2
2001	Argentina	Did not qualify	7	2	2	3	25	16
2003	United Arab Emirates	Did not qualify	6	2	2	2	17	8
2005	Netherlands	Did not qualify	5	3	1	1	7	4
2007	Canada	Did not qualify	5	3	0	2	8	6
2009	Egypt	Did not qualify	8	5	0	3	15	7
2011	Colombia	Did not qualify	8	4	1	3	10	5
2013	Turkey	Did not qualify	7	4	1	2	18	6
2015	New Zealand	Did not qualify	7	4	0	3	16	10
2017	South Korea	Did not qualify	7	3	0	4	17	12
2019	Poland	Did not qualify	7	3	1	3	18	19
2021	Indonesia	Did not qualify and cancelled	4	2	0	2	31	3
2023	Argentina	Did not qualify	3	2	0	1	6	3
2025	Chile	Did not qualify	6	2	1	3	21	10
Total	0/24		-	-	-	-	-	-	134	64	21	49	347	174

Note

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

AFC U-20 Asian Cup record

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AFC U-20 Asian Cup finals record		Qualification record
Year	Host country	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	Malaya	Consolation group	5th	6	4	1	1	17	8	No qualifications
1960	Malaya	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	4	9
1961	Thailand	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	14	6
1962	Thailand	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	7	3
1963	Malaya	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	15	8
1964	South Vietnam	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	7
1965	Japan	Group stage	6th	4	1	1	2	1	3
1966	Philippines	Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	9	4
1967	Thailand	Quarter-finals	5th	3	2	0	1	12	1
1968	South Korea	Second round	6th	5	1	1	3	7	10
1969	Thailand	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	18	4
1970	Philippines	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	12	4
1971	Japan	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	6
1972	Thailand	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	11	7
1973	Iran	Quarter-finals	6th	3	1	1	1	5	2
1974	Thailand	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	15	4
1975	Kuwait	Did not enter
1976	Thailand	Third place	3rd	7	2	2	3	8	8
1977	Iran	Did not enter
1978	Bangladesh
1980	Thailand	Round-robin	4th	4	1	0	3	6	5	4	2	1	1	11	5
1982	Thailand	Did not qualify	6	3	0	3	21	10
1985	United Arab Emirates	Round-robin	4th	3	0	0	3	3	13	5	2	2	1	7	4
1986	Saudi Arabia	Did not qualify	3	1	1	1	3	2
1988	Qatar	Did not qualify	6	3	1	2	26	5
1990	Indonesia	Did not qualify	N/A
1992	United Arab Emirates	Group stage	8th	4	1	0	3	5	13	4	3	1	0	6	1
1994	Indonesia	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	9	6	2	2	0	0	10	0
1996	South Korea	Group stage	6th	4	1	1	2	3	7	3	3	0	0	24	1
1998	Thailand	Group stage	5th	4	1	3	0	6	2	Qualified as host
2000	Iran	Group stage	9th	4	0	1	3	4	13	3	2	1	0	21	3
2002	Qatar	Group stage	5th	3	0	1	2	2	7	3	2	1	0	15	1
2004	Malaysia	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	3	4	2	2	0	0	4	0
2006	India	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	5	2	2	0	0	5	1
2008	Saudi Arabia	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	4	5	4	0	1	12	3
2010	China	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	3	5	4	0	1	9	2
2012	United Arab Emirates	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	3	6	4	3	1	0	15	0
2014	Myanmar	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	8	3	2	0	1	10	2
2016	Bahrain	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	3	10	4	3	0	1	14	2
2018	Indonesia	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	9	14	3	2	0	1	9	5
2020	Uzbekistan	Did not qualify and cancelled	4	2	0	2	31	3
2023	Uzbekistan	Did not qualify	3	2	0	1	6	3
2025	China	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	3	9	3	2	0	1	18	1
Total	32/39	Best: 1st	141	52	25	64	230	223		77	51	9	17	275	54

Note

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

AFC U–20 Asian Cup history
First Match	Philippines 2–3 Thailand (18 April 1959; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Biggest Win	Thailand 10–0 Brunei (23 April 1970; Manila, Philippines)
Biggest Defeat	South Korea 8–1 Thailand (24 September 1992; Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Best Result	Champions at the 1962 and 1969
Worst Result	Group stage at the 17 editions

AFF U-19 Youth Championship record

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This is a list of honours for the Thailand national under-20 football team.

AFC U-19 Championship
- Winners (2): 1962, 1969^[2]
- Third place (5): 1961, 1963, 1966, 1976, 1994

AFF U-19 Youth Championship
- Winners (5): 2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
- Runners-up (3): 2010, 2016, 2024
- Third place (3): 2006, 2007, 2014

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
- Winners (2): 2005, 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2002
POMIS Cup
- Winners (1): 1998^[9]
Jockey Club International Youth Tournament
- Winners (1): 2017
International U-19 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup
- Third place (3): 2022

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