Football Association of Thailand

National football association

Founded = 1916
FIFA affiliation = 1925
Region = AFC
Region affiliation = 1957
President = Worawi Makudi
Coach = Charnwit Polcheewin

The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) or the full name is the Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King ( _th. สมาคมฟุตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์) is the governing body of football in Thailand. It was founded in "25 April 1916" and then joined FIFA in "23 June 1925" and AFC in "1957".

Recently the FAT has been highly criticized during 2005-2006 including:
* Thailand got warned twice from Asian Football Confederation to improve its facilities for 2007 AFC Asian Cup in June 2005 [ [http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=3783 "Thailand confirmed as AFC Asian Cup 2007 co-host"] ] and in October 2006 [ [http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6152785,00.html "Thailand handed 90-day Asian Cup reprieve"] from Guardian Unlimited Football]
* Thailand club teams were rejected in AFC Champions League because of the failure to submit player squads in time [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/ascup06.html AFC Champions League] on rsssf.com]
* Prize money for Thailand Division 1 League (season 2006) has been missing. Royal Thai Police FC, the winner of the season told the press to sue the FAT.
* Provide not enough public information for football matches that will be hold in Thailand including King's Cup, Queen's Cup, 2007 ASEAN Football Federation Championship, and 2007 AFC Asian Cup. And also there are no data of national teams even in their website.

See also

* Football in Thailand
* Thai football records and statistics
* Thailand national football team
* Thailand women's national football team
* Thailand Premier League

Notes

External links

* [http://www.fat.or.th/ Official Football Association of Thailand website] th icon
* [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/nassoc/country.jsp_THA-317-1.html Football Association of Thailand at the FIFA website.]
* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/national/default_NA.asp?nationalID=91 Football Association of Thailand at the AFC website.]
* [http://www.thaifootballnews.blogspot.com/ Thai football Blog]