Soccer World Cup 2015 / Thailand

This article covers the Thai national football team of the women in the soccer World Cup Women 2015 in Canada . Thailand took part in the World Cup finals for the first time and met the two ex-world champions Germany and Norway . The team qualified fifth in the 2014 Asian Cup and benefited on the one hand from the increase in the field of participants to 24 teams - which gave the Asians two more starting places - and on the other hand from North Korea's disqualification for doping violations at the last World Cup . Thailand is the only one of the four Asian Cup qualifiers to qualify for the World Cup finals. The other four Asian starting places had secured teams that were directly qualified for the Asian Cup.

qualification

Thailand first had to qualify for the Asian Cup at a tournament in Dhaka , Bangladesh . All games took place at Bangabandhu National Stadium .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Thailand	3	3	0	0	015: 100	+14	09
2.	Philippines	3	2	0	1	010: 100	+9	06th
3.	Iran	3	1	0	2	002:110	−9	03
4th	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	000:140	−14	00

21st May 2013	Thailand	-	Bangladesh	9: 0 (4: 0)
May 23, 2013	Philippines	-	Thailand	0: 1 (0: 1)
May 25, 2013	Thailand	-	Iran	5: 1 (0: 0)

The Asian Cup, where the first five teams qualified for the World Cup, took place in Vietnam .

Group stage

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	016: 000	+16	07th
2.	People's Republic of China	3	2	1	0	010-000	+10	07th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	2	002:120	−10	03
4th	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	001:170	−16	00

May 15, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
China	-	Thailand	7: 0 (4: 0)
May 17, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
South Korea	-	Thailand	4: 0 (2: 0)
May 19, 2014, Binh Duong Stadium in Binh Duong
Myanmar	-	Thailand	1: 2 (1: 1)

Play for 5th place

May 21, 2014

Vietnam

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Thailand

1: 2 (0: 0)

A total of 28 players were used, of which goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing as well as Warunee Phetwiset , Sritala Duangnapa and Nisa Romyen were used in all seven games. The top scorer was Nisa Romyen with eight goals, all of which she scored in qualifying. The second best shooter was Kanjana Sung-Ngoen , who scored three goals in the finals, two of them in the decisive game for the World Cup against Vietnam.

preparation

Netherlands versus Thailand, February 7, 2015

On February 7, 2015, Thailand played a friendly against the Netherlands in Almelo ( Netherlands ) and lost 7-0. For Thailand it was the first game in Europe. On March 12th and 14th, the team met Papua New Guinea , the second strongest team in the OFC, and won 11-1 and 7-0. On April 18, the Thai women won 5-0 against their neighbor Malaysia . Another test match took place on April 26th against Myanmar and ended 2-2. In May, the team took part in the Southeast Asian Championship in Vietnam , where they beat the Australian U-20 team (0-3 on May 1), Indonesia (10-1 on May 3) and Laos (12: 1) in the group stage . 0 on May 5), then won the semi-finals on May 8 against Vietnam 2-1 after extra time and on May 10 the final against Myanmar 3-2.

The team

Contingent

Nuengruethai Sathongwien, Thailand's trainer

The provisional squad was named on May 1, 2015. The final squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers) must be communicated to the FIFA general secretariat at least ten working days before the opening match.

No.	Player	birth date	society	Country games	Country goals	World Cup 2015
						Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Waraporn boonsing	February 16, 1990	Bundit Asia	87	00	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Yada Sengyong	09/10/1993	North Bangkok University FC	03	00	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Sukanya Choir Charoenying	11/24/1987	Air Force United	08th	00	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Darut Changplook	02/03/1988	North Bangkok University FC	22nd	01	2	0	0	0	0
3	Natthakarn Chinwong	03/15/1992	Bundit Asia	11	00	3	0	0	0	0
4th	Duangnapa Sritala	02/04/1986	Bangkok United FC	25th	02	3	0	1	0	0
5	Ainon Phancha	01/26/1992	Chonburi FC	07th	03	0	0	0	0	0
9	Warunee Phetwiset	December 13, 1990	Chonburi FC	44	00	3	0	1	0	0
10	Sunisa Srangthaisong	05/06/1988	Bundit Asia	27	02	3	0	0	0	0
16	Khwanrudi Saengchan	05/16/1991	Bundit Asia	20th	00	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
6th	Pikul Khueanpet	09/20/1988	FC Khonkaen	44	00	3	0	0	0	0
7th	Silawan Intamee	01/22/1994	Chonburi FC	14th	00	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Naphat lake area	05/11/1987	Bundit Asia	84	20th	1	0	0	0	0
12	Rattican Thongsombut	07/07/1991	Bundit Asia	21st	03	3	0	0	0	0
17th	Anootsara Maijarern	02/14/1986	Air Force United	83	21st	3	0	1	0	0
20th	Wilaiporn Boothduang	06/25/1987	Bangkok United FC	46	11	1	0	0	0	0
21st	Kanjana Sung-Ngoen	09/21/1986	Bangkok United FC	47	30th	3	0	0	0	0
attack
11	Alisa Rukpinij	02/02/1995	Chonburi FC	04th	00	1	0	0	0	0
13	Orathai Srimanee	06/12/1988	FC Khonkaen	08th	02	3	2	0	0	0
14th	Thanatta Chawong	06/19/1989	Östersund DFF	68	24	2	1	0	0	0
15th	Irravadee Makris	01/20/1992	without a club	00	00	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Taneekarn Dangda	12/15/1992	Bangkok United FC	16	09	0	0	0	0	0
23	Nisa Romyen	January 18, 1990	North Bangkok University FC	48	32	1	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Head coach	Nuengrutai Srathongvian	January 1, 1972	FAT

Remarks:

1. ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list (published on May 28, 2015), appearances and goals according to fifa.com: Thailand - female players (as of June 10, 2015)
2. ↑ Before the World Cup
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 11, 2015

Games at the World Cup

Ottawa Winnipeg

Venues

When the groups were drawn, Thailand was not seeded and group B with European champions Germany was drawn.

In addition, the team meets Norway and Ivory Coast , which are also taking part for the first time. There was only one game against Norway that was lost 4-0 at the 1988 Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament. Thailand has never played against Germany or the Ivory Coast. Before the draw, Thailand had only played in Asia and Australia, then in February for the first time in Europe against the Netherlands.

According to the positions in the FIFA world rankings before the World Cup, this was the second weakest (group average = 27) and the most unbalanced group. On the one hand, the Thais in 29th place had to play against world number one Germany and on the other hand against the worst placed World Cup participant Ivory Coast (67th place). The third group opponent, former world champions Norway, was in 11th place in the FIFA world rankings. This was also the first group in which two ex-world champions met in the group stage at a women's World Cup.

Thailand started against the physically superior Norwegians with a few quick counterattacks, but was too harmless in the end and ultimately lost 4-0. Against the Ivory Coast they fell behind in the fourth minute through Ange N'Guessan , who at 1.40 m is even a little smaller than the not very tall Thai women. In the 26th minute Orathai Srimanee was able to equalize with the first World Cup goal for Thailand and in stoppage time of the first half scored the opening goal for the Thai women, which was also recognized by the referee thanks to the goal-line technique . In the second half, Thanatta Chawong used a confusion in the Ivorian penalty area two minutes after being substituted on to increase it to 3-1. It's the fastest goal after a substitution at the Women's World Cup. At the end of the day, when the strength waned, the physically more robust Ivorians were able to come up to 2: 3 and almost equalize. With luck and skill, however, the Asians defended their first World Cup victory. In the game against European champions Germany they only had one chance to score, had to defend themselves against non-stop attacks by the Germans, but defended a 0: 1 until half-time. After the break, Germany was able to score three more goals. Thailand was only the fifth best group third of all groups with three points and was eliminated.

Group stage

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	015: 100	+14	07th
2.	Norway	3	2	1	0	008: 200	+6	07th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	2	003:100	−7	03
4th	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	003:160	−13	00

Sun June 7, 2015 in Ottawa
Norway	-	Thailand	4: 0 (3: 0)
Thursday June 11, 2015 in Ottawa
Ivory Coast	-	Thailand	2: 3 (1: 2)
Mon., June 15, 2015, in Winnipeg
Thailand	-	Germany	0: 4 (0: 1)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ weltfussball.de/dpa: "German World Cup opponent Thailand wins clearly"
2. ↑ weltfussball.de: "Women: Thailand not yet in World Cup form"
3. ↑ AFF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2015
4. ↑ kfa.or: “Women's National Team roster announced” ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ fifa.com: "Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™"
6. ↑ framba.de: "Women's World Cup 2015: group draw degenerates into a farce" ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988
8. ↑ HIGHLIGHTS: Côte d'Ivoire v. Thailand - FIFA Women's World Cup 2015

Web links

• AFC Women's Asian Cup