Thai football turned professional in 1995 and currently has more than 200,000 players registered to 168 clubs. Thailand has some good players, their National Team is a good and improving, but lacks quality in depth, to worry the bigger nations

The Thai League clubs are owned and controlled by large Thai companies, BEC Tero Sasana became the second Thai club since the Thai Farmers Bank to reach an Asian level club tournament.

The Football Association of Thailand

Thailand International Soccer 7s philosophy is to combine Sport and Leisure for all people from any country through friendly seven a side tournaments.

Each competition attracts about 16 to 50 teams from all over the world and has become a major attraction in Asia for expatriate football players. Teams are not only coming from Asian countries, but also from Africa, Australia and Europe.

The Barclays Premier League is so popular in Thailand up to five matches are shown on a Saturday night on Cable, Satellite and Thai domestic TV. Fans get together in restaurants pubs and bars to watch their favorite teams and players.

Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City are among the most popular, and all have Thai supporters clubs with websites in Thailand.