BANGKOK, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — Masatada Ishii from Japan has changed Brazilian-German Alexandre Polking as the brand new head coach of the Thai nationwide soccer crew, crew supervisor Nualphan Lamsam introduced on social media on Wednesday.
Although Thailand beat Singapore 3-1 on Tuesday of their second recreation of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifying match second stage, standing second in Group C behind South Korea to this point, the 2-1 house loss to China of their first recreation final week continues to be a ache to Thailand.
Nualphan mentioned on her Facebook web page: “We need to select a coach that is most familiar to the Thai national football team, so we picked Coach Ishii who is very experienced.”
Ishii, 56, who had teaching spells in each Japanese J-League and Thai Premier League, led Buriram United to Thai Premier League titles in 2022 and 2023.
The appointment of Ishii was primarily based on cautious consideration, taking into consideration his familiarity with Thai gamers, in depth teaching expertise, and notable achievements within the Thai league and worldwide competitions, Nualphan added.
In the second stage of the Asian qualifying match, 36 groups have been divided into 9 teams competing in a home-and-away round-robin format. The prime two of every group will advance to the third stage.
Thailand has by no means made it to the finals of a World Cup.