Madam Pang plants her flag for the 2027 Women’s World Cup, lays the foundation for a league to develop footballers
“Madam Pang” Nualphan Lamsam, President of the Football Association of Thailand, presided over the press conference for “Thai Women’s League 2025” at Muang Thai Phatra Complex on January 28, 2025. The first leg will be held from February 1 to March 23, while the second leg will start from April 26 to June 8.

Madam Pang said that her starting point before becoming president of the Football Association was being the manager of the Thai women’s national football team. We created pride by going to play in the 2015 World Cup in Canada and the 2019 World Cup in France. Many people probably remember the atmosphere at that time. However, during that time, the เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง Asian team selection quota had qualified for a total of 5 teams. But today the quota of teams from Asia has increased to 6+2. But they probably won’t have to go as far as +2 because they have to go to the playoffs with strong teams.
“The goal of Pang who came to be the president of the Football Association of Thailand is to plant the flag and bring Thai women’s football back to the world stage again. The next World Cup in 2027 will be held in Brazil. Although the quota has increased. It is not easy because there are already leading teams such as Australia, Japan, South Korea and China who have qualified. There are other teams that have to compete, such as Vietnam and the Philippines, 2 ASEAN countries.
In addition, there are also Taiwan and Uzbekistan that have developed. The goal to reach that day is the most important part, which is Futoshi Ikeda. The head coach of the Thai national team, who has led Japan to the last 8 teams twice and has led the U-20 team to win the World Cup. Therefore, he is very determined to bring Thai football to the World Cup.”
Madam Pang added that one thing she accepted was that our league was not strong enough. The International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had suggested that as the first president of the Women’s Football Association in Asia, she should try talking to the Thai League 1 clubs about setting up a women’s football team as well, which she thought might take time. However, she believed that the Thai Women’s League would continue to be an important foundation, and both Leagues 1 and 2 would help produce players for the national team for the goal of the Road to Brazil 2027.
“In June, we will enter the World Cup qualifiers, and Thailand has offered to host the first round of qualifiers, but we don’t know the result yet. However, we are working hard. In addition to Thai players, another shortcut is to bring in Thai-Thai players who play in high-level leagues abroad. Right now, we have about 8-9 Thai-Thai players. In addition, the Football Association of Thailand has signed an MOU with Saudi Arabia to jointly develop women’s football. I believe that this will help strengthen both countries.”
For the Thai Women’s League 1 and Thai Women’s League 2 competitions, season 2025. There will be 8 teams participating in each league. The champion of Thai Women’s League 1 will receive 600,000 baht in prize money, an increase from the original 500,000 baht, and the right to play in the AFC Women’s Champions League qualifying round, with all matches broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube Thai Women’s Football.