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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]
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Organising body | Football Association of Thailand |
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Founded | 1968 |
Region | International |
Number of teams | 4 |
Current champions | Thailand (16th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Thailand (16 titles) |
2024 King's Cup |
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.[8][9]
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] |
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[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) |
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) |
Thailand |
2–1 | Syria |
Philippines |
3–0 | Tajikistan |
2025 (Details) |
*/** Trophy shared or place shared
1 Sweden and Finland represented players from Scandinavian leagues only
Update after 2024 King's Cup (50th).
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thailand (THA) | 16 | 12 | 21 | 49 |
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 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
25 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
29 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
South Vietnam (VSO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
32 | 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 | |
Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (40 entries) | 53 | 47 | 55 | 155 |
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