King's Cup (Thailand)

This article is about the association football tournament in Thailand. For other uses, see King's Cup.

King's Cup
ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพ

Organising body	Football Association of Thailand
Founded	1968;57 years ago (1968)
Region	International
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Iraq (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Thailand (16 titles)
2025 King's Cup

The King's Cup is an international football tournament held in Thailand, organised by the Football Association of Thailand. ^{[1] [2]} The winner of the competition is given the royal trophy by the King of Thailand. ^[3] The host, Thailand, is a participant in every edition. ^[4] 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. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

In some years, the competition has featured club or invitational ZARBA 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. ^{[8] [9]} 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)
	Rajamangala National Stadium	49,722	Bangkok	2000, 2007, 2012, 2016–2018
	Suphachalasai Stadium	19,793	Bangkok	2001–2004, 2006
	Surakul Stadium	15,000	Phuket	2005, 2009
	80th Birthday Stadium	24,641	Nakhon Ratchasima	2009, 2010, 2015
	700th Anniversary Stadium	25,000	Chiang Mai	2013, 2022–2023
	Chang Arena	32,600	Buriram	2019
	Tinsulanon Stadium	30,000	Songkhla	2024 [10]
	Kanchanaburi Province Stadium	13,000	Kanchanaburi	2025

Results

Year	Final			Third place match
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1968 ( Details )	Indonesia	1–0	Burma	Thailand	6–0	Malaysia
1969 ( Details )	South Korea	1–0	Indonesia	South Vietnam	7–0	Laos
1970 ( Details )	South Korea	1–0	Thailand	Malaysia	3–1	Indonesia
1971 ( Details )	South Korea	1–0	Thailand	South Vietnam	3–2	Indonesia
Year	Final			Third place shared
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Co-Third place	Score	Co-Third place
1972 ( Details )	Malaysia	1–0	Thailand	South Korea	0–0	Singapore
Year	Final			Third place match
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1973 ( Details )	South Korea	2–1	Malaysia	Thailand	1–0	Burma
1974 ( Details )	South Korea	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Thailand	Malaysia	3–0	Khmer Republic
1975 ( Details )	South Korea	1–0	Burma	Thailand	No playoffs	Malaysia
Year	Final (Trophy shared)			Third place match
	Co-Winner	Score	Co-Winner	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1976 ( Details )	Thailand	1–1	Malaysia	South Korea	3–1	Thailand B
1977 ( Details )	South Korea B	1–1	Malaysia	India	No playoffs	Thailand
Year	Final			Third place match
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1978 ( Details )	Malaysia	3–2	Singapore	South Korea B	2–1	Thailand
Year	Final			Third place shared
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Co-Third place	Score	Co-Third place
1979 ( Details )	Thailand	1–0	South Korea B	Thailand B	2–2	Singapore
Year	Final (Trophy shared)			Third place shared
	Co-Winner	Score	Co-Winner	Co-Third place	Score	Co-Third place
1980 ( Details )	Thailand	0–0	South Korea Army	China	2–2	Thailand B
Year	Final			Third place match
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1981 ( Details )	Thailand	2–1 (a.e.t.)	North Korean Army	Polonia Warszawa	2–0	August 1
1982 ( Details )	Thailand	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	South Korea	Thailand B	3–2 (p)	Singapore
1983	Not held
1984 ( Details )	Thailand	3–0	Indonesia	Western Australia	1–0	Liverpool Amateur
1985	Not held
1986 ( Details )	North Korea	2–1	AGF Aarhus	Thailand	1–0	August 1
1987 ( Details )	North Korea	1–0	POSCO Atoms	Thailand	3–2	Indonesia
1988 ( Details )	Denmark Olympics	1–0	Swarovski Tirol	Thailand	4–2	USSR XI
1989 ( Details )	Thailand	3–1	Rotor Volgograd	Lucky-Goldstar FC	2–1	China
1990 ( Details )	Thailand	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rotor Volgograd	Yukong Elephants	5–4 (p)	Shanghai
1991 ( Details )	China PR Olympics	3–1	Rotor Volgograd	Thailand	5–4 (p)	Thailand Olympics
1992 ( Details)	Thailand	2–0	Berliner Dynamo	Thailand B	1–0	Tianjin
1993 ( Details)	China	4–0	Thailand	South Korea Semi-professional XI	6–5 (p)	Thailand Olympics
1994 ( Details)	Thailand B	4–0	Westfalia Amateurs	SC Rotor Volgograd	5–3 (p)	Thailand
Year	Final			Third place shared
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Co-Third place	Score	Co-Third place
1995 ( Details)	Rotor Volgograd	3–0	Japan XI	Thailand	No playoffs	Thailand B
Year	Final			Third place match
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1996 ( Details)	Romania	2–1	Denmark	Thailand	5–2	Finland
1997 ( Details)	Sweden (Scandinavian leagues)	2–0	Thailand	Japan XI	3–1	Romania
1998 ( Details)	South Korea	6–5 (p)	Egypt	Denmark B	3–0	Thailand
1999 ( Details)	Brazil U-20	7–1	North Korea	Thailand	3–1	Hungarian League XI
2000 ( Details)	Thailand	5–1	Finland	Brazil U-17	1–0	Estonia
2001 ( Details)	Sweden (Scandinavian leagues)	3–0	China	Thailand	2–0	Qatar
2002 ( Details)	North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Thailand	Qatar	2–0	Singapore
2003 ( Details)	Sweden (Scandinavian leagues)	4–0	North Korea	Thailand	3–1	Qatar
2004 ( Details)	Slovakia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Thailand	Hungary	5–0	Estonia
2005 ( Details)	Latvia	2–1	North Korea	Thailand	No playoffs	Oman
2006 ( Details)	Thailand	3–1	Vietnam	Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Singapore
2007 ( Details)	Thailand	1–0	Iraq B [11]	North Korea	No playoffs	Uzbekistan
2008	Not held
2009 ( Details)	Denmark League XI	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Thailand	Lebanon	1–0	North Korea
2010 ( Details)	Denmark	No playoffs	Poland	Thailand	No playoffs	Singapore
2011	Not held
2012 ( Details)	South Korea U-23	No playoffs	Denmark League XI	Norway	No playoffs	Thailand
Year	Final			Third place shared
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Co-Third place	Score	Co-Third place
2013 ( Details)	Sweden (Scandinavian leagues)	3–0	Finland (Scandinavian leagues)	Thailand	2–2	North Korea
Year	Final			Third place match
	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2014	Not held
2015 ( Details)	South Korea U-23	No playoffs	Thailand	Uzbekistan U-23	No playoffs	Honduras U-20
2016 ( Details)	Thailand	2–0	Jordan	Syria	1–0	UAE
2017 ( Details)	Thailand	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Belarus B	Burkina Faso	3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	North Korea
2018 ( Details)	Slovakia	3–2	Thailand	Gabon	1–0	United Arab Emirates
2019 ( Details)	Curaçao	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5−4 p)	Vietnam	India	1–0	Thailand
2020–2021	Not held
2022 ( Details)	Tajikistan	0–0 (3−0 p)	Malaysia	Thailand	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
2023 ( Details)	Iraq	2–2 (5−4 p)	Thailand	Lebanon	1–0	India
2024 ( Details)	Thailand	2–1	Syria	Philippines	3–0	Tajikistan
2025 ( Details)	Iraq	1–0	Thailand	Hong Kong	8–0	Fiji

Results by teams

	Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
1	Thailand	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)	6 (1977, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2019)
2	South Korea	7 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1998)	1 (1982)	2 (1972 ** , 1976)
3	Malaysia	4 (1972, 1976 * , 1977 * , 1978)	2 (1973, 2022)	2 (1970, 1974)	2 (1968, 1975)
4	Sweden 1	4 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2013)
5	North Korea	3 (1986, 1987, 2002)	3 (1999, 2003, 2005)	2 (2007, 2013 ** )	2 (2012, 2017)
6	South Korea U-23	2 (2012, 2015)
	Slovakia	2 (2004, 2018)
	Iraq	2 (2023, 2025)
9	Rotor Volgograd	1 (1995)	3 (1989, 1990, 1991)	1 (1994)
9	Indonesia	1 (1968)	2 (1969, 1984)		3 (1970, 1971, 1987)
111	China	1 (1993)	1 (2001)	1 (1980 ** )	1 (1989)
12	South Korea B	1 (1977 * )	1 (1979)	1 (1978)
	Denmark	1 (2010)	1 (1996)	1 (1998) B
14	Denmark League XI	1 (2009)	1 (2012)
15	Thailand B	1 (1994)		5 (1979 ** , 1980 ** , 1982, 1992, 1995 ** )	1 (1976)
16	Romania	1 (1996)			1 (1997)
	Tajikistan	1 (2022)			1 (2024)
18	South Korea Army	1 (1980)
	Denmark Olympics	1 (1988)
	China PR Olympics	1 (1991)
	Brazil U-20	1 (1999)
	Latvia	1 (2005)
	Curaçao	1 (2019)
24	Burma		2 (1968, 1975)		1 (1973)
	Finland 1		2 (2000, 2013)		1 (1996)
25	Vietnam		2 (2006, 2019)
26	Singapore		1 (1978)	2 (1972 ** , 1979 ** )	3 (1982, 2002, 2010)
27	Japan XI		1 (1995)	1 (1997)
	Syria		1 (2024)	1 (2016)
28	North Korean Army		1 (1981)
	AGF Aarhus		1 (1986)
	POSCO Atoms		1 (1987)
	Swarovski Tirol		1 (1988)
	Berliner Dynamo		1 (1992)
	Westfalia Amateurs		1 (1994)
	Egypt		1 (1998)
	Iraq B		1 (2007)
	Poland		1 (2010)
	Jordan		1 (2016)
	Belarus League		1 (2017)
39	India			2 (1977, 2019)	1 (2023)
40	South Vietnam			2 (1969, 1971)
	Lebanon			2 (2009, 2023)
42	Qatar			1 (2002)	2 (2001, 2003)
43	Polonia Warszawa			1 (1981)
	Western Australia			1 (1984)
	Lucky-Goldstar			1 (1989)
	Yukong Elephants			1 (1990)
	South Korea Semi-professional XI			1 (1993)
	Brazil U-17			1 (2000)
	Hungary			1 (2004)
	Kazakhstan			1 (2006)
	Norway			1 (2012)
	Uzbekistan Olympics			1 (2015)
	Syria B			1 (2016)
	Burkina Faso			1 (2017)
	Gabon			1 (2018)
	Philippines			1 (2024)
	Hong Kong			1 (2025)
58	August 1				2 (1981, 1986)
	Thailand Olympics				2 (1991, 1993)
	Estonia				2 (2000, 2004)
	United Arab Emirates				2 (2016, 2018)
62	Laos				1 (1969)
	Khmer Republic				1 (1974)
	Liverpool Amateur				1 (1984)
	USSR XI				1 (1988)
	Shanghai				1 (1990)
	Tianjin				1 (1992)
	Hungarian League XI				1 (1999)
	Oman				1 (2005)
	Uzbekistan				1 (2007)
	Honduras U-20				1 (2015)
	Trinidad and Tobago				1 (2022)
	Fiji				1 (2025)

*/** Trophy shared or place shared
¹Sweden and Finland represented players from Scandinavian leagues only

Medal table

As of 2025 King's Cup

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	16	13	21	50
2	South Korea	11	3	6	20
3	Malaysia	4	2	2	8
4	Sweden	4	0	0	4
5	North Korea	3	4	2	9
6	Denmark	3	3	1	7
7	China	2	1	1	4
8	Iraq	2	1	0	3
9	Slovakia	2	0	0	2
10	Russia	1	3	1	5
11	Indonesia	1	2	0	3
12	Brazil	1	0	1	2
13	Curaçao	1	0	0	1
	Latvia	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
	Tajikistan	1	0	0	1
17	Finland	0	2	0	2
	Germany	0	2	0	2
	Myanmar	0	2	0	2
	Vietnam	0	2	0	2
21	Singapore	0	1	2	3
22	Japan	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
	Syria	0	1	1	2
25	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Jordan	0	1	0	1
29	India	0	0	2	2
	Lebanon	0	0	2	2
	South Vietnam	0	0	2	2
32	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Burkina Faso	0	0	1	1
	Gabon	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (41 entries)		54	48	56	158

• 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

The map shows countries who have participated in King's Cup.

Notable players

List of notable footballers to have played in the King's Cup

• Cafu
• Cláudio Caçapa
• Dida
• Emerson
• Evanílson
• Giovane Élber
• Juninho
• Rivaldo
• Roberto Carlos
• Ronaldinho
• Roque Júnior
• Zé Roberto
• Edmond Tapsoba
• Cuco Martina
• Leandro Bacuna
• Peter Schmeichel
• Jesper Olsen
• Jonas Lössl
• Brian Laudrup
• Lukas Hradecky
• Bruno Ecuele Manga
• Didier Ovono
• Sunil Chhetri
• Ali Adnan
• Ali Al-Hamadi
• Aymen Hussein
• Baha' Abdel-Rahman
• Hamza Al-Dardour
• Dion Cools
• Ri Myong-guk
• Rune Jarstein
• Tarik Elyounoussi
• Gerrit Holtmann
• John-Patrick Strauß
• Hussein Yasser
• Fazrul Nawaz
• Cha Bum-kun
• Jang Hyun-soo
• Jung Woo-young
• Kim Seung-gyu
• Kamil Glik
• Robert Lewandowski
• Sławomir Peszko
• Martin Škrtel
• Martin Dúbravka
• Milan Škriniar
• Peter Pekarík
• Stanislav Lobotka
• Henrik Larsson
• Johan Elmander
• Omar Abdulrahman
• Đặng Văn Lâm
• Đoàn Văn Hậu
• Nguyễn Quang Hải

List of notable Thailand players to have played in the King's Cup

• Adisak Kraisorn
• Anurak Srikerd
• Chanathip Songkrasin
• Datsakorn Thonglao
• Kawin Thamsatchanan
• Kiatisuk Senamuang
• Narubadin Weerawatnodom
• Nicholas Mickelson
• Pipat Thonkanya
• Rangsan Viwatchaichok
• Sarach Yooyen
• Sarayuth Chaikamdee
• Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool
• Siwarak Tedsungnoen
• Suchao Nuchnum
• Sutee Suksomkit
• Supachok Sarachat
• Suphanat Mueanta
• Teerasil Dangda
• Thitiphan Puangchan
• Theerathon Bunmathan
• Therdsak Chaiman
• Totchtawan Sripan

Players to scored a hat-trick in the King's Cup

Players to scored a hat-trick in the King's Cup since 2000

Player	Opponent	Score	Date
Anurak Srikerd	Finland	5–1	27 February 2000
Zhang Yuning	Thailand	1–5	14 February 2001

References

1. 7 ปีที่ไร้แชมป์! “คิงส์ คัพ” โทรฟี่ที่ “ไทย” อกหักซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า
2. รู้ไหมว่าในศึก King's Cup ครั้งที่ 46 เสียงเชียร์ที่มาจากแฟนบอลทุกคนที่อยู่นอกสนามนั้นมีมากมายแค่ไหน?
3. ทำเนียบแชมป์ ฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทาน "คิงส์ คัพ" หลังแข่งครบ 50 ครั้ง
4. "อนุทิน" เปิดฟุตบอล “คิงส์คัพ” ครั้งที่ 50 ขอบคุณทุกภาคส่วนจังหวัดสงขลาจัดการแข่งขันรายการแห่งความภูมิใจของคนไทย ส่งเสริมความสามัคคี กระตุ้นเศรษฐกิจ ท่องเที่ยวในพื้นที่
5. ทำไมทีมระดับโลกอย่างบราซิลหรือสวีเดน ไม่มาเตะฟุตบอลรายการคิงส์คัพเหมือนเมื่อก่อน?
6. ย้อนดูเสื้อบอลคิงส์คัพ ย้อนหลัง 5 ปี ก่อนลุยศึกคิงส์คัพ 2023 ครั้งที่ 49
7. 5 เรื่องน่ารู้ก่อนดู ฟุตบอลคิงส์คัพ ครั้งที่ 48
8. เผยโฉมถ้วยรางวัลฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพครั้งที่ 48
9. เปิดทำเนียบแชมป์ ฟุตบอลคิงส์คัพ ทีมชาติไทยเคยได้แชมป์กี่สมัย
10. "ส.บอล ประกาศเลือก สงขลา เจ้าภาพจัดฟุตบอลคิงส์คัพ ครั้งที่ 50". siamsport.co.th. July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
11. Arbil FC played as Iraq's B-Team

External links

• King's Cup results RSSSF