The 40th King's Cup

King's Cup

The King's Cup is an international football competition held in Thailand. It has been played annually since 1968, with the exception of 1983, 1985 and 2008. In some years, the competition has featured club or invitational teams as well as international sides....

 finals was held in Nakhon Ratchasima

Nakhon Ratchasima

Nakhon Ratchasima or is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Nakhon Ratchasima district...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 from 17 January until 23 January. The King's Cup is an international football competition held in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. This edition featured four teams and reverted back to a round robin group stage.

Sweden

Sweden national football team

The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...

 were due to take part in the competition but later withdrew, thus being replaced by North Korea, who also later withdrew. They were replaced by Singapore

Singapore national football team

The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore...

. The tournament was moved to the North East of Thailand for the first time as the Thai Football Association continue to promote the game around the country. Denmark and Poland, the other two invitees, were represented by the Danish League XI and Polish League XI select squads.

Participating Nations

Denmark

Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

 Poland

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

 Singapore

Singapore national football team

The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore...

 Thailand

Thailand national football team

The Thailand national football team represents Thailand in international football competition and is governed by the Football Association of Thailand. The team has a history of success in Southeast Asian competition, with three ASEAN Football Championship titles and nine senior-level Southeast...

Matches

9

5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	11	2
	6	3	2	0	1	10	5
	3	3	1	0	2	2	6
	0	3	0	0	3	2	12

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Scorers

2 goals Rajko Lekic

Rajko Lekic

Radivoje "Rajko" Lekić is a Danish footballer who currently plays for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer....

 Søren Rieks

Søren Rieks

Søren Rieks is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Esbjerg fB.Rieks was called up for the Danish national team in March 2009 for the two games against Albania and Malta. This was his first call up...

 Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund as a striker, having previously played for Delta Warszawa, Legia Warsaw, Znicz Pruszków and Lech Poznań...

 Patryk Małecki

1 goal

Johan Absalonsen

Johan Absalonsen

Johan Absalonsen is a Danish football player, who plays for the Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen. He has played two games and scored a goal for the Denmark national football team.-Club career:...

 Jesper Bech

Jesper Bech

Jesper Bech is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Silkeborg IF in the Danish Superliga. He is 1.78 m tall, and plays in the striker position. He has played 2 matches for the Danish national team....

 Martin Bernburg

Martin Bernburg

Martin Løfqvist Bernburg is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga and the Danish national team.-F.C. Copenhagen:...

 Jim Larsen

Jim Larsen

Jim Larsen is a Danish football player, who plays for Rosenborg BK.On 11 October 2009, Larsen was called up for the Danish national team for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Hungary, after Per Krøldrup was injured....

 Jakob Poulsen

Jakob Poulsen

Jakob Bendix Uhd Poulsen is a Danish professional football player in the midfielder position, playing for FC Midtjylland. Poulsen started his senior career with Esbjerg fB, before moving to Dutch side SC Heerenveen in 2006. He joined AGF Aarhus in the summer of 2008...

 Morten Rasmussen
Mikkel Thygesen

Mikkel Thygesen

Mikkel Thygesen is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Brøndby in the Danish Superliga. He has played three matches for the Danish national team...

 Kamil Glik

Kamil Glik

Kamil Jacek Glik is a Polish footballer who plays as a central defender for Torino, in a co-ownership deal with Palermo.- Club career :...

 Maciej Iwański

Maciej Iwanski

Maciej Iwański is a Polish footballer, currently playing midfielder for Manisaspor.-Club:After Zagłębie Lubin's relegation for corruption, many of the top teams in the first division fought for Iwański's signature...

 Piotr Brożek

Piotr Brozek

Piotr Czesław Brożek is a Polish football player who currently plays as a leftback or on the left wing for Trabzonspor. He is the twin brother of Paweł Brożek, also playing for Trabzonspor.-Club:...

 Tomasz Nowak

Tomasz Nowak (footballer)

Tomasz Nowak is a Polish footballer who currently plays for ŁKS Łódź.-Korona Kielce:He joined Korona Kielce in the winter break 2006/07 from Kania Gostyń. For the 2009–10 season he was loaned to Polonia Bytom.-ŁKS Łódź:...

 Sławomir Peszko
Marcin Robak

Marcin Robak

Marcin Robak is a Polish footballer playing currently for Konyaspor.-Club career:On January 2011, he joined Turkish club Konyaspor on three and a half year contract.- International Goals :-External links:...

 Fazrul Nawaz

Fazrul Nawaz

Fazrul Nawaz is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a striker for SAFFC.-Club career:Fazrul was released by Geylang United after a contractual dispute and it was reported in Malay newspapers that he had finally signed for Gombak United after strong rumours that he would join Sengkang Punggol ...

 Shi Jiayi

Shi Jiayi

Shi Jiayi is a naturalized Singaporean football midfielder. He currently plays for Home United.-Club career:Shi started his career at Shanghai state's Football Academy. He moved to Singapore's Sinchi FC in 2003....

 Sutee Suksomkit Therdsak Chaiman

Therdsak Chaiman

Therdsak Chaiman is a Thai footballer who plays for Chonburi. Therdsak is a free kick specialist and can shoot with both feet.-Club career:Therdsak is regarded as one of Southeast Asia's finest footballers....