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Organising body | Football Association of Thailand |
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Founded | 1968 |
Region | International |
Number of teams | 4 |
Current champions | Iraq (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Thailand (15 titles) |
2024 King's Cup |
The King's Cup is an international football tournament held in Thailand, organized by the Football Association of Thailand. The host, Thailand, is a participant in every edition. 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. [1] [2] [3]
In some years, the competition has featured club or invitational teams as well as international sides. Various prominent footballers have participated in this tournament, including Cha Bum-kun, Sunil Chhetri, Peter Schmeichel, Jesper Olsen, Brian Laudrup, Henrik Larsson, Robert Lewandowski, Martin Škrtel, Milan Škriniar, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. [4] [5]
Stadium | Capacity | Location | Year(s) |
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Rajamangala National Stadium | 49,722 | Bang Kapi, Bangkok | 2000, 2007, 2012, 2016–2018 |
Suphachalasai Stadium | 19,793 | Pathum Wan, Bangkok | 2001–2004, 2006 |
Surakul Stadium | 15,000 | Mueang, Phuket | 2005, 2009 |
80th Birthday Stadium | 24,641 | Mueang, Nakhon Ratchasima | 2009, 2010, 2015 |
700th Anniversary Stadium | 25,000 | Mueang, Chiang Mai | 2013, 2022–2023 |
Chang Arena | 32,600 | Mueang, Buriram | 2019 |
Tinsulanon Stadium | 30,000 | Mueang, Songkhla | 2024 [6] |
Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
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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 | FC Swarovski Tirol | Thailand | 4–2 | USSR XI |
1989 ( Details ) | Thailand | 3–1 | SC Rotor Volgograd | Lucky-Goldstar FC | 2–1 | China |
1990 ( Details ) | Thailand | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | SC Rotor Volgograd | Yukong Elephants | 5–4 (p) | Shanghai |
1991 ( Details ) | China PR Olympics | 3–1 | SC Rotor Volgograd | Thailand | 5–4 (p) | Thailand Olympics |
1992 ( Details) | Thailand | 2–0 | FC Berlin | 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) | SC 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 [7] | 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) | 3–2 | Gabon | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates | ||
2019 ( Details) | 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) | ||||||
*/** Trophy shared or place shared
1Sweden and Finland represented players from Scandinavian leagues only
Update after 2023 King's Cup (49th).
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Thailand (THA) | 15 | 12 | 21 | 48 |
2 | South Korea (KOR) | 11 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
5 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
6 | Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
7 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
10 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Curaçao (CUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
21 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
22 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
24 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
28 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
South Vietnam (VSO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
31 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (39 entries) | 52 | 46 | 54 | 152 |
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