ASEAN, an abbreviation for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia. Together, its member states represent a population of over 600 million over a land area of 4.5 million km2 (1.7 million sq mi). The bloc generated a purchasing power parity (PPP) gross domestic product (GDP) of around US$10.2 trillion in 2022, constituting approximately 6.5% of global GDP (PPP). ASEAN member states include some of the fastest growing economies in the world.
The ASEAN Football Federation Championship, currently known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's national teams in Southeast Asia.
The Thailand national football team represents Thailand in senior international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.
The 2004 AFF Championship was the 5th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of nations affiliated to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and the last time under the name Tiger Cup. This was the first time a new format had been applied, with Group stage was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 to 16 December 2004, and top two teams from each group advanced to the Semi-finals and the Final, which was played in a two-leg home-and-away format from 28 December 2004 to 16 January 2005. This was also the final AFF Cup has a third-place match, then it wasn't continued since the 2007 edition.
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer in Southeast Asia. It consists of the federations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The ASEAN Para Games is a biennial multi-sport event held after every Southeast Asian Games involving disabled athletes from the current 11 Southeast Asia countries. Participating athletes have a variety of disabilities ranging from spastic, cerebral palsy, mobility disabilities, visual disabilities, amputated to intellectual disabilities. The ASEAN Para Games is under the regulation of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) with supervision by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Asian Paralympic Committee and is traditionally hosted by the country where the Southeast Asian Games took place.
The ASEAN Summit is a biannual meeting held by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in relation to economic, political, security, and socio-cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. In addition, it serves as a prominent regional (Asia) and international (worldwide) conference, with world leaders attending its related summits and meetings to discuss various problems and global issues, strengthening co-operation, and making decisions. The summit has been praised by world leaders for its success and ability to produce results on a global level.
Thammanoon Sriroj is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He has five Asian Tour wins and was one of the first ten men to reach one million dollars in Asian Tour career earnings. He has five brothers who are professional golfers and is a cousin of Asian Tour golfer Chawalit Plaphol, with whom he represented Thailand in the 2000 WGC-World Cup.
The ASEAN Charter is a constituent instrument of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It was adopted at the 13th ASEAN Summit in November 2007.
Vorawan Chitavanich is a former midfielder who played for Thailand national team and was one of a few Thai players who played in Europe.
The AFF U-17 Youth Championship was played for the first time in 2005.
Surachai Jaturapattarapong or the nickname "Nguan" is a Thai Football manager and former football player. He is a famous midfielder who scored 7 goals for the national team. He played for the national team between 1997-2001. From 2017 he works for BG Pathum United as club director.
Panai Kongpraphan, born June 16, 1983) is a Thai retired footballer. He played for Thailand Premier League clubside BEC Tero Sasana in 2004-2007. Transferred to Nakhon Pathom in 2008 and came back to BEC Tero Sasana in 2009 but less opportunity about position. Until July 2010 Songkhla FC, Thai Division 1 League clubside offered for bought him. Finally, he transferred to Songkhla FC kept secret about him value.
Panupong Wongsa is a Thai retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He won the Thai Premier League in 2008, 2010, 2012 and current assistant coach of Thai League 1 club Bangkok United. and assistant coach for Thailand.
"The ASEAN Way" is the official anthem of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The lyrics were written by Payom Valaiphatchra and the music composed by Kittikhun Sodprasert and Sampow Tri-udom. The anthem was the winning entry out of 99 finalists from all ten ASEAN countries in a competition held in 2008 to establish an official anthem.
Anucha Kitphongsri, simply known as Boy, is a Thai professional football coach and former professional footballer who plays as a left-back, He is the current assistant manager of Thai League 1 side Trat.
Sanrawat Dechmitr, formerly Wichaya Dechmitr, simply known as Camp is a Thai former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
The Philippines national futsal team represents the Philippines in various international futsal competitions under the Philippine Football Federation and is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation.
Phayong Khunnaen is a Thai association football manager.
The football tournament at the 2017 SEA Games was in Kuala Lumpur. In addition matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Selayang.
