King's Cup
The King's Cup is an international football tournament organised in Thailand 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 and 2014. 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, Peter Schmeichel, Jesper Olsen, Brian Laudrup, Henrik Larsson, Robert Lewandowski, Martin Škrteľ, Milan Škriniar, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as well as notably, the Brazil national team in 1999 which included 2002 World Cup winners Ronaldinho, Cafu, Roberto Carlos and Rivaldo.[1]
King's Cup trophy | |
Organising body | FA Thailand |
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Founded | 1968 |
Region | International |
Number of teams | 4 |
Current champions | Curaçao (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Thailand (15 titles) |
Venues
Stadium | Capacity | Location | Year(s) |
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Suphachalasai Stadium | 19,793 | Pathum Wan, Bangkok | 2001–2004, 2006 |
Surakul Stadium | 15,000 | Mueang, Phuket | 2005, 2009 |
700th Anniversary Stadium | 25,000 | Mueang, Chiang Mai | 2013 |
80th Birthday Stadium | 24,641 | Mueang, Nakhon Ratchasima | 2009, 2010, 2015 |
Rajamangala National Stadium | 49,722 | Bang Kapi, Bangkok | 2000, 2007, 2012, 2016–2018 |
Chang Arena | 32,600 | Mueang, Buriram | 2019 |
Tournaments
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 |
Unknown | 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 (aet) |
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 PR |
2–2 | Thailand B |
Year | Final | Third place match | ||||
Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |
1981 (Details) |
Thailand |
2–1 (aet) |
North Korean Army |
Polonia Warszawa |
2–0 | August 1 |
1982 (Details) |
Thailand |
4–3 (pens) |
South Korea |
Thailand B |
Unknown | 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 PR |
1990 (Details) |
Thailand |
2–1 (aet) |
SC Rotor Volgograd |
Yukong Elephants |
5–4 (pens) |
Shanghai |
1991 (Details) |
China PR Olympics |
3–1 | SC Rotor Volgograd |
Thailand |
5–4 (pens) |
Thailand Olympics |
1992 (Details) |
Thailand |
2–0 | FC Berlin |
Thailand B |
1–0 | Tianjin |
1993 (Details) |
China PR |
4–0 | Thailand |
South Korea Semi-professional XI |
6–5 (pens) |
Thailand Olympics |
1994 (Details) |
Thailand B |
4–0 | Westfalia Amateurs |
SC Rotor Volgograd |
5–3 (pens) |
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 (pens) |
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 PR |
Thailand |
2–0 | Qatar |
2002 (Details) |
North Korea |
4–3 (pens) |
Thailand |
Qatar |
2–0 | Singapore |
2003 (Details) |
Sweden (Scandinavian leagues) |
4–0 | North Korea |
Thailand |
3–1 | Qatar |
2004 (Details) |
Slovakia |
1–1 5–4 (pens) |
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[2] |
North Korea |
No playoffs | Uzbekistan |
2008 | Not held | |||||
2009 (Details) |
Denmark League XI |
2–2 5–3 (pens) |
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 B |
Syria B |
1–0 | UAE B |
2017 (Details) |
Thailand |
0–0 5–4 (pens) |
Belarus League |
Burkina Faso |
3–3 7–6 (pens) |
North Korea |
2018 (Details) |
3–2 | Gabon |
1–0 | United Arab Emirates | ||
2019 (Details) |
1–1 5−4 (pens) |
Vietnam |
India |
1–0 | Thailand | |
2020 | Not held | |||||
2021 (Details) |
Teams' achievements
*/** Trophy shared or place shared
1 Sweden and Finland represented players from Scandinavian leagues only