AFF Cup 2024 will take place from December 8, 2024 to January 5, 2025. Since it was first held in 1996, the No. 1 tournament in Southeast Asia has witnessed many memorable records.
Most successful team: Thailand has won the AFF Cup 7 times after 14 times of organization. They have reached the final 10 times and won 4/5 of the most recent AFF Cups. This year, the "War Elephants" are determined to win the championship for the third consecutive time even without the strongest force.
Most successful person: Kiatisak Senamuang has won the AFF Cup 3 times as a player (1996, 2000, 2002) and 2 times as a coach (2014, 2016), thereby becoming the most successful person in this playground. Kiatisak was also voted the most valuable player (MVP) at the Tiger Cup (the predecessor of the AFF Cup) in 2000.
Most successful player: Thailand midfielder Sarach Yooyen has won the championship 4 times in this playground at the AFF Cup 2014, 2016, 2020 and 2022.
Most successful coach: Radojko Avramovic helped Singapore win the AFF Cup 3 times in 2004, 2007 and 2012.
High-scoring player: Teerasil Dangda (Thailand) has scored 25 goals in the history of the AFF Cup, receiving the title of top scorer and top scorer in the tournament 5 times.
Most goalscoring in a tournament: Noh Alam Shah of Singapore with 10 goals at the AFF Cup 2007.
Scored the most goals in 1 match: Noh Alam Shah, scored 7 goals in Singapore's 11-0 win over Laos at the AFF Cup 2007.
hat-trick record: Malaysia's K. Sanbagamaran was the first player to score a hat-trick at the AFF Cup, when he scored 3 goals to help Malaysia beat the Philippines 7-0 in 1996.
Meanwhile, Sarayuth Chaikamdee of Thailand was the fastest to score a hat-trick, taking just over 4 minutes to score 3 goals against Timor-Leste in 2004.
Impressive goalkeeper: Duong Hong Son of Vietnam and Lionel Lewis of Singapore have a special common point. Both are still rare goalkeepers to be awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award at the AFF Cup, thanks to their excellent blocking ability.
Hong Son shined when Vietnam won the first championship in 2008 while 4 years earlier, another goalkeeper, Lewis, was the most outstanding player when Singapore won the AFF Cup for the second time.
Youngest player to score: In November 2000, Myanmar midfielder Aung Kyaw Tun wrote a world football record at the AFF Cup that year.
Kyaw Tun scored in the 1-3 loss to Thailand in Chiang Mai when he was only 14 years and 93 days old, becoming the youngest player to score in the history of AFF Cup men's football.
Unwanted records: The Indonesian team has reached the AFF Cup finals 6 times but lost all. They are considered the "second choice" in this playground.
Meanwhile, the Philippines have lost all 16 of their first matches at the AFF Cup. This record only ended when they beat Timor-Leste 2-1 at the 2004 AFF Cup.
