The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) has changed the national team's home kit colours from all red to yellow shirt and white shorts.
FAT secretary-general Ong-art Korsinka said yesterday the FAT had informed Fifa of the change while the all blue away kit remains unchanged.
Since October 2007, Thailand has used the yellow shirt which is the colour of the king Bhumibol Adulyadej and has used white shorts and white socks at the first kit for the celebrations on the auspicious occasion of his majesty the king’s 80th Birthday Anniversary on December 5.
Red is also an auspicious colour because it is one of the colours in the Thai national flag. However, yellow is more popular because it is the colour of the King who was born on Monday, he said.
"Yellow is a lucky colour and it is also the King's colour," Ong-art said.
"We performed well last year in yellow shirt and won the SEA Games so we decided to make it our uniform for home games." Fifa has approved the changed, he said.
You can still find the red Thailand Home shirt here
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Pls, Thailand has a wonderful tourism industry that supports its economy - dont ruin it with politics!
It\'s eastern culture not western culture please respect our way like we respect you.
Getting back to the football kit I like the change of colour. I only wish you could buy genuine Thai TBT national shirts (and those of their domestic league sides) in Thailand as easily as the copies you see everywhere, some of which are admittedly pretty good. Does anybody know where in Bangkok you can buy genuine Thai national shirts ?
Kop Koon Kap
Never expected this much attention given to the Thai national football team.
It\'s their decision, I personally appreciate that they\'ve made the decision on something that means a lot to them, and not some corporate means ie Nike says we have x amount of yellow shirts so change to yellow or get stuffed!
As for royalty - I think it is too much of a generalisation to tarnish ALL royalty with the same brush. Yes there have been some terrible monarchs. There have also been some terrible people who were wealthy. There\'s even been terrible things done in the name of football. Do we stop the good that is going on in football in order to stop the bad?
The argument about power and faceless agents who don\'t care for you - sounds like the state of modern football with players getting paid yearly salaries in a week and not giving a toss for the fans who pay their salaries. Feudal system in football hey?! :whistle: :huh: :unsure: