Football Association of Thailand
The Football Association of Thailand, just FAT, is the Thai Football Association. The full name is Football Association of Thailand under the patronage of His Majesty the King ( dt: The Football Association of Thailand under the patronage of His Majesty the King ).
- 2.2.1 World Championships
- 2.2.2 successes in Asia Football Championships
- 2.2.3 Successes at Olympic Games
- 2.2.4 successes in the South East Asia Games
- 2.2.5 successes in the ASEAN Football Championship
- 2.2.6 successes in the King's Cup
- 3.2.1 successes in the Futsal World Championships
- 3.2.2 successes in Asia Futsal Championship
- 3.2.3 successes at the Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championships
- 3.2.4 successes in the ASEAN Futsal Championship
History
On April 25, 1916, the Association of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI. ), Was founded. Thus, the association is one of the oldest in Asia. In 1925 came one of FIFA and the AFC in 1957. The Thai Football Association is one of the most successful in the Southeast Asian region. In 1984, the association is one of the founding members of the ASEAN Football Federation.
In 2007, the Association an equipment contract with the company Nike. The contract will run for five years until 2012. About the sum was officially nothing is known, however, one goes from about 150 million baht. Prior to equip only national sporting goods manufacturers, such as Grand Sport FBT or the teams of the Association of.
Football
National Competitions
The following national competitions and been discharged under the umbrella of the FAT:
- Thai football championship
- FA Cup ( Thailand)
- King's Cup
- Kor Royal Cup
- Queen's Cup
Thai Championship
Main article: Thai Premier League
The Thai football championship in both the men's and women's football, the most important national title. The Thai football champions of the men is played since 1916. By 1996, the competition was called Cor Royal Cup. First Master 1916 was the Department of Performing Arts. Since 1996, the Championship will be sailed under the name of Thai Premier League. The reigning champion is the Muang Thong United. The master of the League may compete in qualifying for the AFC Champions League in the following year. The runner-up was qualified to 2009 for direct participation in the AFC Cup. Since the reintroduction of the Thai Cup in 2009 and this number goes to the Cup Winners' Cup. The title of the championship record in the Premier League FC Krung Thai Bank, BEC Tero Sasana and the Royal Thai Air Force is with 2 championships. Cross over the Kor Royal Cup and the TPL, FC Royal Thai Air Force 's most successful club with 13 titles.
The Thai football champions of women was first held in the Thai Women's League 2009.
Kor Royal Cup
The Kor Royal Cup has been played only three times (2007 - 2009). It is a kind of Thai Supercup Championship, where the Champion competed against the runner-up, at the end of the season against each other. Until the introduction of the Thai Premier League in 1996, the Thai Championship was the name of the Kor Royal Cup.
Queen's Cup
The Queen's Cup was first held in 1970, and is a national cup competition with guest teams from other countries. Record holder here is the Han Yang University with seven titles followed by the FC Port Authority with six titles. After the Queen's Cup in 2007 and 2008 had not taken place, he was held for the 33rd time in 2009. Winner was the Hallelujah FC from South Korea.
FA Cup
Main article: The Thailand FA Cup 2009
The FA Cup, is the national cup competition in Thailand. It was first held in 1980. From 2001 to 2009, the national competition was not in the calendar of the Association. In 2009 he was first held in again. The 2009 competition was open to teams and clubs of all kinds. So, for example, participated in a team with names 8 School of Pattaya. Behind this name hid the FC Magna Pattaya. Magna Pattaya is an association which belongs to no one League in Thailand. In the finals of 2009, the Thai Port FC and BEC Tero Sasana were offset by. After 1:1 in extra time, the Thai Port FC prevailed on penalties.
International Competitions
World Championships
Thailand has never qualified for the World Cup. The qualifying for the 2010 World Cup you failed again in the third Round. They closed the group last from only one point. This led to the coach Charnwit Polcheewin set available his post in June 2008. His successor was the Englishman Peter Reid
Success in football Asian Championships
In 2007, Thailand was co-host of the Asian Cup and they wanted the first time in a long time the group stage survive. However, what could not succeed.
Asian Cup
- 3rd place 1972
Success at the Olympic Games
Thailand took far only 2 times at the Olympics in part. 1956 in Melbourne and 1968 in Mexico. For the 2008 Summer Olympics, one could again not qualify.
Successes in the South East Asia Games
The Southeast Asian Games are a kind of Olympics for the countries of Southeast Asia. So far, Thailand notified the games six times from the last time in 2007. Occur here only U -23 national teams.
Southeast Asian Games Men
- Winner ( 8) 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Southeast Asian Games Women
- 2007 winners
Success in the ASEAN Football Championship
Up to 2004, called the ASEAN Football Championship Tiger Cup. Thailand was recently able to win the 2002 title.
Gentlemen
- Winner 1996, 2000, 2002
- Finale 2007, 2008
Success in the King's Cup
The King's Cup is an annual that takes place in Thailand soccer tournament in which the Thai National Team Men participates. This also national teams of other countries are invited.
Gentlemen
- Winner 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006,2007
- Finale 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2009
Futsal
National Competitions
Thailand Futsal League
The Thailand Futsal League was founded in 2006 and the first season was still held in the same year. There is both a league of men with 12 teams, and the women with eight teams.
International Competitions
Success in the Futsal World Championships
Thailand was able to qualify for both the World Cup in 2000, 2004 and 2008. The World Cup 2008 will be held in September in Brazil. 2000 and 2004 do not make it past the first round.
Success in Futsal Cup Asia
The Futsal Asia Championship will be held on an annual basis since 1999. 2008 Thailand was the host country and was able to reach the final. There they defeated Iran 0-4.
Gentlemen
- 3rd place in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
- 2nd place in 2008
Success at the Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championships
The Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championships are held every two years since 2005
Gentlemen
- 2005, 2007, 2009 each 2nd place
Success in the ASEAN Futsal Championship
Since the introduction of the ASEAN Futsal Championship 2001 Thailand emerged as an ever winner of the tournament in the men.
Gentlemen
- Winner 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
President
Current President of the FAT is Worawi Makudi. As the successor of Vijit Getkaew Makudi was elected to office in 2007. The term of office of the President shall be two years. The 57 -year-old member of the FIFA Executive Committee is Makudi since 1997.
Vijit Getkaew was almost a decade long in office before more and more discontent about Him was spreading and he finally gave up the office and Makudi was unanimously elected as president. The end of September 2008, there were reports in the media on which the 70- year-old Vijit Getkaew would run again for the presidency. It flared up again immediately heated discussions about his person, and the reports in the media. It is not excluded that Getkaew not a candidate under the renewed public pressure at the end and could instead support a candidacy of Chaipak Siriwat. Chaipak Siriwat is currently Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Thailand Premier League. However, since the FAT would lead from 2009, the TPL itself again would be the item of Siriwat the committee already obsolete.
Criticism of the FAT
To date, there are few approaches of professional structures in the Thai Football and Football Association. This years already leads to criticism from the Asian federation, and you risk losing a starting place of the AFC Champions League. Prior to the Asian championship in 2007, the Thai Association was repeatedly admonished by the AFC to improve the venues.
However, not only from the outside comes to criticism of the FAT. Withaya Laohakul, one of the most famous Thai coaches and footballers also expressed criticism of the FAT and therefore left to the trained him Chonburi FC and moved to Japan. Advertising in Thailand held contests such as King 's Cup and the ASEAN Football Championships in 2007 will hardly made .
There are still two competing organizations, the FAT and SAT, the highest national league consists almost exclusively of works teams from Bangkok-based companies and institutions, the majority of the country is thus excluded from the top-level football. Almost a year found changes take place in the league formats and there are few reliable statistics and records for the league and the national teams.
Vision Asia
Vision Asia is a program of the AFC which will help to professionalize associations and leagues in Asian countries. Here, the AFC associations experts are made available with the help of structures and reforms are to be implemented. The Thai Football Association joined the project in October 2007.
Goal Project
The Goal Project is a project of FIFA, which is to serve national organizations to make independent and professional. With the help of grants FIFA thus to the construction of training centers and seats allows werden.2004 Association, FIFA authorize the permit for the first Goal Project in Thailand. Here is a modern training center in Nong Jork, Bangkok will be built. In 2007, the FAT received approval for an extension of the project. Near the new training center from the first Goal project, a new headquarters will now be built. The FAT received a total of $ 400,000 in funding from FIFA for these projects.