The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach football, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in OFC, joined AFC in 2006. Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, both territories of the United States, are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC.
The Philippines women's national football team represents the Philippines in international women's football. It is managed by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), the governing body of football in the country.
The Thailand women's national football team represents Thailand in women's association football and is run by the Football Association of Thailand. The team won the Asian Cup in 1983 and have qualified for two FIFA Women's World Cups in 2015 and 2019. Their highest ranking in the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 28th, achieved in July 2011 and June 2018.
Trine Bjerke Rønning is a former Norwegian footballer. She has previously played for Trondheims-Ørn and Kolbotn. Since making her Norway women's national football team debut in October 1999, she has won over 150 caps. Rønning represented her country at the 2005, 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, after being a non-playing squad member in 2001. She also played at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups, as well as at the 2008 Olympic football tournament. In February 2015 she was appointed captain of the national team.
Sports in Thailand play a significant role in Thai culture, with both participants and spectators engaging in a wide variety of activities. Muay Thai, a traditional martial art, is deeply ingrained in Thai history and has evolved into national sport. Aside from muay Thai, association football is the most popular sport in Thailand, followed by volleyball and badminton. There is also a diverse range of sports that are also popular throughout the country, including tennis, golf, swimming, athletics, cycling, motorsports, snooker, and sepak takraw, which is one of Thailand's two national sports along with muay Thai. Water sports such as scuba diving, kiteboarding, jet skiing, surfboarding, rafting, sea kayaking, windsurfing, wakeboarding, long boat racing, and long-tail boat racing are also popular among sports tourists and locals alike.
Elin Ingrid Johanna Rubensson is a Swedish football midfielder currently playing in the Damallsvenskan for BK Häcken and the Swedish National Team. She was part of and played an important role for Sweden at the Under 19 Championship in 2012. Between 2008 and 2012, Rubensson scored nearly 50 goals for the Sweden U17 and U19 youth national teams.
Merel Didi van Dongen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Netherlands women's national team.
Thaís Duarte Guedes, commonly known as Thaís Guedes or Thaisinha, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as either a forward or an attacking midfielder for Santos and the Brazil national team. With Brazil's youth teams she competed at the 2008 and 2010 editions of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, as well as the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior international level she played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament. A skilful forward, her playing style has been compared to that of Neymar.
Jillian Anne Ellis is an English-American football manager and executive who is currently the president of San Diego Wave FC. Ellis coached the United States women's national soccer team from 2014 to October 2019 and won two FIFA Women's World Cups in 2015 and 2019, making her the second coach to win consecutive World Cups. She stepped away from being USWNT’s head coach in October 2019 and currently serves as an ambassador for the United States Soccer Federation, with her focus being on working with the federation to help raise the number of women in coaching. She has also served as head coach for various college and United States national youth teams over her career.
Pimpichaya Kokram is a Thai indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Thailand women's national volleyball team.
Jarasporn Bundasak is a Thai indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Thailand women's national volleyball team.
Jill Jamie Roord is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Netherlands national team. She previously played for Arsenal in the English Women’s Super League, Bayern Munich in the German Frauen-Bundesliga and won multiple Dutch national titles with FC Twente in the top Dutch league. During the 2015–16 Eredivisie season, she was the top scorer in the league.
Henriette Michèle Akaba Edoa, shortly Henriette Akaba, or Michèle Akaba, is a Cameroonian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for the Turkish Super League club ALG Spor and the Cameroon women's national team.
Kaewkalaya Kamulthala is a Thai indoor volleyball player. She is a member of the Thailand women's national volleyball team.
Yada Sengyong is a Thai footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Thailand women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. On club level she plays for North Bangkok College in Thailand.
Miranda Nild, known in Thailand as Suchawadee Nildhamrong, is an American-born Thai former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Thailand women's national team.
Nuengrutai Srathongvian, also known as "Coach Nueng", is a Thai former footballer and field hockey player and who is the currently assistant coach of Thailand.
Win Theingi Tun is a Burmese international footballer who last played as a forward for Thailand Women's League club BG Bundit Asia and the Myanmar national team. Besides Myanmar, she has played in Thailand and India.
Nattaya Duanjanthuek is a Thai footballer who plays as a midfielder for BG Bundit Asia and the Thailand women's national team.
Irravadee "Dee" Makris is an American-born Thai footballer who plays as a forward for the Thailand women's national team.
