According to him, Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of SAT: “Despite the U.22 age limit in men’s soccer at the 2025 SEA Games, the host Thai youth team still has all the potential to set the goal of winning the gold medal.” .
Madam Pang supports the Thai team at the 2024 AFF Cup, she is determined to strengthen the youth team to win the 2025 SEA Games gold medal.
Thai men’s football has won 16 gold medals so far, the most compared to other competitors in Southeast Asia. However, the last time “War Elephant” won the gold medal in men’s soccer at the regional tournament was in 2017 in Malaysia. While in the last 3 SEA Games including 2019, 2021 and 2023, the Vietnamese youth team (2 times in a row won gold medals) and Indonesia were crowned once.
Therefore, in the 2025 edition (scheduled to take place from December 9 to 20), Thailand, the host of the 33rd SEA Games, has set a goal for this country’s U.22 team to regain the gold medal in soccer. male rock. Not only men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s futsal and women’s futsal, SAT all set a goal for Thai teams to win gold medals.
“Regarding the plans to prepare and compete in football at the 2025 SEA Games, I have not yet discussed with the Thai Football Federation (FAT). But as far as I know, at that time we are still focusing on Using young players at the age of U.22. I believe that there are many Thai players who have potential and are still young. They have a chance to win the gold medal,” Mr. Kongsak Yodmanee said in an interview sheet Siamsport recently.
Also according to Mr. Kongsak Yodmanee: “For SEA Games 2025 men’s soccer, there is a proposal to divide into 3 groups, with each group having 3 teams or having a group of 4 teams, instead of 2 groups of 5 teams and 6 teams as before competing with secret teams. Excessive thickness affects the player’s health.
This will be consulted with the FAT before a decision is made. Besides, after the group stage, the semi-finals and finals are planned to take place only at Rajamangala Stadium. However, proposals and competition plans will wait for confirmation of the number of participating teams in men’s soccer at the 2025 SEA Games.”
The Thai team lost the AFF Cup championship to the Vietnamese team, while at the SEA Games for 8 years they have not regained the gold medal.
“It’s not just FAT. As currently, every other sports association has full authority to plan and organize competitions at the 2025 SEA Games. Thereby, how to create the best conditions for all Thai athletes When participating in the SEA Games, we have the highest chance of winning in every competition,” Mr. Kongsak Yodmanee affirmed.
Meanwhile, according to the newspaper SiamsportMadam Pang (female billionaire Nualphan Lamsam), President of FAT, has just convinced another young player, an Englishman of Thai origin, to agree to join the U.17 team of this country from the beginning of 2025. That is. is player Kai Law, 17 years old, of Nottingham Forest Club.
Kai Law is a versatile player who can play in any position in the defense, including right-back and centre-back. He was born in England, but now also has a Thai passport. Kai Law will join the Thai U.17 team with player Silva Mexes (a Welshman of Thai origin) of the MU youth team, to compete at the U.17 Asian tournament in Saudi Arabia from March 3 to 20. 20.4.
According to the sheet Siamsportboth Kai Law and Silva Mexes can absolutely be called up to the Thai U.22 team to compete in the 2025 SEA Games, if they perform well at the U.17 Asian tournament and are agreed by the Nottingham Forest and MU youth teams. idea.
With the impact from Madam Pang and the goal of hunting gold medals in men’s soccer at the 2025 SEA Games, it is likely that these players will be accepted by clubs in England, such as being approved to participate in the U.17 Asian tournament, according to the newspaper. Siamsport confirm.
