The Thailand women's national football team ( th, ฟุตบอลหญิงทีมชาติไทย, ) represents
Thailand
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in
women's association football
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and is run by the
Football Association of Thailand
The Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King ( th, สมาคมกีฬาฟุตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์), or FA Thailand for s ...
. The team won the
Asian Cup
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in
1983 and have qualified for two
FIFA Women's World Cup
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s in
2015
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and
2019
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. Their highest ranking in the
FIFA Women's World Rankings
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is 28th, achieved in July 2011 and June 2018.
History
2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Thailand qualified to the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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by finishing the
2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
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in fifth place, defeating hosts and regional rivals
Vietnam
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.
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
In spite of less investment than the
men's team, the Thai women's team made history by becoming the country's first 11-a-side football team of either gender to qualify for a FIFA tournament without hosting one. Because of this, the
Football Association of Thailand
The Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King ( th, สมาคมกีฬาฟุตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์), or FA Thailand for s ...
announced that they will invest more in order to improve the quality of Thai women's football. Thailand were drawn into group B together with title contenders
Germany
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and
Norway
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, as well as the
Ivory Coast
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. Their only win came against the Ivory Coast by a score of 3–2, with two goals from
Orathai Srimanee and one goal from
Thanatta Chawong, as they finished third in the group.
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
At the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, Thailand were drawn into Group F, together with the
United States
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,
Sweden
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and
Chile
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. Thailand's impressive showing back in the
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
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, including holding powerhouse
Australia
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2–2 in the semi-finals, provided the belief that Thailand was capable to compete against stronger forces in the world. Thailand, however, began their opening game with a 13–0 thumping to the USA, which was the biggest ever defeat by a Thai team of either gender in an international tournament. The devastating defeat to the United States severely dented Thai spirits, as they also lost their later matches 5–1 to Sweden and 2–0 to Chile, exiting the tournament without scoring a point, became the worst performed team ever in FIFA Women's World Cup history.
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifications
At the
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
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India was selected as ...
, Thailand were drawn into Group B, and they lost in the quarter-finals and lost to Vietnam 0-2 and Chinese Taipei 0-3. The Thai advanced to the playoff round, and they eventually lost 0-2 to Cameroon. This defeated officially knocked Thailand out of the
2023 World Cup for the first time since the
2011 edition.
Team image
Nicknames
The Thailand women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "''ชบาแก้ว (
Chaba Kaew)''".
FIFA World Ranking
, ''after the match against ''.
Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2022
2023
Thailand Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com
Coaching staff
Manager history
Players
Current squad
The following 23 players are called up for the squad for the
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international women's football tournament in Asia competed by the national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
India was selected as ...
.
Competitive record
''Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks
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.''
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
AFF Women's Championship
Southeast Asian Games
Cyprus Women's Cup
See also
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Sport in Thailand
This article presents an overview of the Sports in Thailand.
Types of sports Football
Football has possibly overtaken Muay Thai as the most widely followed sport in contemporary Thai society. Thailand national football team has played the AFC ...
**
Football in Thailand
Football is the most popular sport in Thailand. Although the professional football leagues are new to Thai people, football was introduced to Thailand as far back as 1897. Many Thais also watch football on local and paid-cable TV. Many matche ...
***Women's football in Thailand
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Thailand women's national under-20 football team
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Thailand women's national under-17 football team
Thailand women's national under-17 football team is a Thailand women's association football youth team for women soccer player aged under 17 or 16.
Competitive record
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
''Source''
AFF U-16 Women's Championship
See ...
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Thailand women's national futsal team
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Thailand men's national football team
References
External links
Official websiteFIFA profile
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Asian women's national association football teams