Myanmar–Thailand
football rivalry

Other names	Thailand vs Burma Thailand vs Myanmar
Location	Asia and Southeast Asia (AFC, AFF)
Teams	Thailand Myanmar
First meeting	Thailand 2–5 Burma 5 September 1957
Latest meeting	Thailand 6–0 Myanmar 11 December 2022
Statistics
Most wins	Thailand (22)
Largest victory	Thailand 7–0 Myanmar 8 August 1999 Burma 7–0 Thailand 29 March 1972

The rivalry between Myanmar and Thailand men's national football teams (Burmese: မြန်မာ-ထိုင်း ဘောလုံးပြိုင်ဆိုင်မှု, Thai: การแข่งขันฟุตบอลไทย-เมียนมาร์) are sporting rivals and had played with each other over 50 matches. In overall result, Thailand had defeated Myanmar 21 times, comparing to 15 victories of the Burmese over the Thais. It is one of Southeast Asia and Asia's rivalries, and used to be one of Asia's greatest rivalries until the fall of Burma team from late 1980s onward. Despite this, matches between Myanmar and Thailand are still widely followed by fans of two countries.

Historical reasons for the rivalry

Myanmar and Thailand have a long and complicated history. Two countries are both dominant Theravada countries, and enjoying a long Buddhist connection of two nations. However, since 16th century, series of wars occurred between two nations, which Burma managed to conquer Siam (old name of Thailand) twice while the Siamese under Naresuan conquered Burma once. However, the most catastrophic and tragic part of Thai history came after the 1765–67 war, which the Burmese brutally burnt and destroyed Ayutthaya to ruins and stole Siamese greatest goods to Burma.^[1] As for the result, a deep enmity and strong anti-Burmese sentiment developed in Thailand for decades.

During 1950s to 1970s, Burma was one of Asia's best football countries, produced many popular stars while Thailand had not yet consolidated its power. Since 1980s, Thailand started to rise while Burma fell, and the tide turned from the Burmese to the Thais. Today, the rivalry between Myanmar and Thailand has been less important due to rapid rise of Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam; but it remains highly noticed.^[2] Myanmar, since 1983, has yet to defeat Thailand again.

Matches

#	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Competition
1	5 September 1957	Thailand	2–5	Burma	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
2	15 December 1959	Thailand	5–2	Burma	Bangkok	Southeast Asian Games
3	20 August 1965	Thailand	1–1	Burma	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
4	22 December 1965	Burma	2–2	Thailand		Southeast Asian Games
5	17 August 1966	Thailand	0–3	Burma		Merdeka Cup
6	14 December 1966	Thailand	1–1	Burma	Bangkok	Asian Games
7	12 December 1967	Thailand	0–1	Burma		Southeast Asian Games
8	13 August 1968	Thailand	0–0	Burma	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
9	29 November 1968	Thailand	0–2	Burma	Bangkok	King's Cup
10	8 December 1969	Burma	1–1	Thailand	Rangoon	Southeast Asian Games
11	13 December 1969	Burma	3–0	Thailand	Rangoon
12	16 December 1970	Thailand	2–2	Burma	Bangkok	Asian Games
13	17 December 1971	Burma	3–1	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur	Southeast Asian Games
14	29 March 1972		7–0		Rangoon	Olympic qualification
15	4 April 1972		1–0
16	22 September 1973	Burma	2–2	Thailand	Seoul	President's Cup
17	18 December 1973	Burma	?–?	Thailand	Bangkok	King's Cup
18	25 December 1973	Thailand	1–0	Burma
19	16 May 1974	Burma	2–1	Thailand	Seoul	President's Cup
20	15 May 1975		4–1
21	30 July 1975		1–0		Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
22	1 January 1976	Burma	0–0	Thailand	Bangkok	King's Cup
23	17 August 1976	Burma	1–0	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
24	29 July 1977	Burma	1–1	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
25	11 December 1978	Burma	1–2	Thailand	Bangkok	Asian Games
26	28 June 1979	Burma	2–0	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
27	22 September 1979	Thailand	1–0	Burma	Jakarta	Southeast Asian Games
28	28 October 1980	Burma	1–2	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur	Merdeka Cup
29	11 December 1981	Thailand	3–3	Burma	Manila	Southeast Asian Games
30	2 June 1983	Burma	1–0	Thailand	Singapore	Southeast Asian Games
31	19 September 1987	Thailand	4–0	Burma	Jakarta	Southeast Asian Games
32	22 August 1989		3–0	Myanmar	Kuala Lumpur	Southeast Asian Games
33	27 November 1991		4–0		Manila	Southeast Asian Games
34	7 June 1993		2–0		Singapore	Southeast Asian Games
35	19 June 1993		4–3		Singapore
36	29 June 1996		5–1		Bangkok	AFC Asian Cup qualification
37	7 July 1996	Myanmar	1–7	Thailand	Singapore
38	5 October 1997	Thailand	2–1	Myanmar	Jakarta	Southeast Asian Games
39	27 August 1998	Thailand	1–1	Myanmar	Ho Chi Minh City	AFF Championship
40	8 August 1999	Thailand	7–0	Myanmar	Banda Seri Begawan	Southeast Asian Games
41	6 November 2000		3–1		Chiang Mai	AFF Championship
42	10 December 2004	Thailand	1–1	Myanmar	Kuala Lumpur	AFF Championship
43	12 January 2007				Bangkok	AFF Championship
44	14 July 2011	Thailand	1–0	Myanmar	Buriram	Friendly
45	15 July 2011	Thailand	1–1	Myanmar
46	27 November 2012	Myanmar	0–4	Thailand	Bangkok	AFF Championship
47	29 November 2014	Thailand	2–0	Myanmar	Singapore	AFF Championship
48	4 December 2016	Myanmar	0–2	Thailand	Yangon	AFF Championship
49	8 December 2016	Thailand	4–0	Myanmar	Bangkok
50	5 October 2017	Myanmar	1–3	Thailand	Mandalay	Friendly
51	11 December 2021	Thailand	4–0	Myanmar	Kallang	AFF Championship
52	11 December 2022	Thailand	6–0	Myanmar	Pathum Thani	Friendly

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