U23 Thailand is about to fire the Japanese coach right before the Southeast Asian tournament.

(Dan Tri) - The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) has not officially announced, but the media in the Land of the Golden Temple has reported that the country's U23 team will fire Japanese coach Takayuki Nishigaya.

The reason why the President of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) Madam Pang wants to fire coach Takayuki Nishigaya stems from the recent series of 5 consecutive losses of the Thai U23 team.

Coach Takayuki Nishigaya (Japanese) disappointed (Photo: FAT)

Thailand U23 is preparing to enter the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 tournament, taking place from mid to late July. After that, the young team from the Land of the Golden Temple will participate in the 2026 Asian U23 qualifiers in September.

Madam Pang and FAT do not want the Thai U23 team to decline further in the two upcoming official tournaments.

Thailand U23 has had its head coach position constantly changed in recent years (Photo: FAT).

At the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 tournament, Thailand U23 is in Group C with Myanmar and Timor Leste. In the 2026 Asian U23 qualifiers, the young team from the Land of the Golden Pagoda will be in Group F with Malaysia, Lebanon and Mongolia.

According to Thai media, the person preparing to replace coach Takayuki Nishigaya will be domestic expert Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul. This is the person who led Dong Nai football club in the first division of Vietnamese football in 2006.

In recent years, the U23 Thailand team has not had good results. They have not won the SEA Games since 2017, and have not won the U23 Southeast Asian Championship since 2022. At the U23 Asian Cup, U23 Thailand has never reached the semi-finals. In the last 9 years, U23 Thailand has changed 8 coaches.

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