Thai footballers break into world top 100

Thailand’s men’s team have moved up to No.96 in the Fifa world ranking this month following their two straight victories in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers.

The world governing body Fifa officially announced the world rankings for men’s football teams for October 2025, with Thailand moving up to the 96th spot and becoming the No.15 team of Asia.

The War Elephants had been ranked No.101 in the month of September.

In the two AFC Asian Cup qualifying round matches against Taiwan, Thailand recorded a 2-0 home victory before running riot in Taipei and routing the same opponents 6-1.

Thailand had 1,222.2 points at the start of October and added 13.16 more points to their tally for a total of 1,235.36 points, which proved good enough to help them move up five places in the Fifa world rankings.

After this, Thailand will have a friendly game with Singapore during the next month Fifa day at Thammasat Stadium on Nov 13 before playing their fifth Asian Cup qualifying round Group D match with Sri Lanka, spotted at No.193 in the Fifa rankings, at Colombo Race Course Stadium in Sri Lanka on Nov 18.

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