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A former Lion is playing for Thailand at the AFC U17 Asian Cup qualifiers
Airada Pannoppa trained at Lions FC for years. She has been called up by Thailand for the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup qualifiers.
What we have written for parents
Club news, reports from the tournaments the club played in its early years, and pieces for parents - all of it written by the parents and coaches who were there.
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Looking for a football club for your daughter in Bangkok?
Lions FC Girls is a parent-run football club in Bang Na for girls aged 8 to 15. Training is Monday and Thursday, 5-6pm, at SoccerPro Bangna, in English and Thai. The first session is free.
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Three Lions FC girls named MVPs at Berkeley
On 6 June 2026 Berkeley International School named the most valuable player in each of its football teams. All three awards on the girls' side went to players who train with Lions FC Girls in Bang Na.
For parents
How much exercise does a child actually need in a week?
The World Health Organization puts a number on it, and it is larger than most families manage. Two sessions a week will not get you there on their own - but they do something a number cannot show.
For parents
How to choose an after-school activity for your daughter in Bangkok
There are more options in this city than there is information about them. Here is what actually matters when you are comparing, written by parents who ended up running a club themselves.
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The new squad finishes its first season
A squad rebuilt from scratch has come to the end of its first season together - and in a few months it has turned into a team.
For parents
Why do girls play football, and why does it matter?
A parent in Bangkok has plenty of options for two afternoons a week. This is the case for football, made by the people who run the club.
For parents
Sport for a child in a city with nowhere to run
Heat, rain, traffic and very little green. Bangkok makes keeping a child active harder than it needs to be - and there are a few things that make the difference between a plan that lasts and one that stops in May.
For parents
What a captain actually does
Phushisa wears the armband now; Vanessa wore it before her. It is not a reward for being the best player - here is the job as it is done at this club.
For parents
Why a girls-only team is good for a girl
A team sport is not only the game. It is a group that misses you when you are not there - and for a girl, a place where every position on the pitch already belongs to her.
Club history
BIGFF: an international girls football festival with 45 teams
In January 2024 the Bangkok International Girls Football Festival gathered 45 teams from across South East Asia. For a small parent-supported club, taking part was a milestone in itself.
Club history
Third place at Harrow, in an age group above our own
A podium finish in the U15 category with a squad whose average age is about 13 - and a first tournament for several of our newest players.
For parents
How team sport teaches a child self-control
A bad decision, a goal conceded, a shout from the touchline. What a girl does in the next ten seconds is a skill, and it is one football practises harder than school does.
Club history
A guest session with the president of a Swedish club
The president of IFK Strömstad ran a session for the squad: ball mastery, scanning the field, passes with a direction to them, and a 6v6 with no conditions at all.
For parents
What playing under pressure does for a child
Losing, being behind, being watched. Football gives a child those in small doses, on a Monday, where nothing actually depends on them.
For parents
How football helps a shy child speak up
Calling for the ball, telling a teammate she is being closed down, saying something useful after a mistake. Football makes a child talk, and most of the talking is not with words.
Club history
A new season, a new chapter
After a two-month summer break the squad is back in training, with new players in it and some familiar faces now playing elsewhere in the world.
Club history
The last session of the season, and three goodbyes
The final training of 2022/23, with music on the speaker and three players saying goodbye before their families move abroad.
Club history
Third place in Pattaya, decided on penalties again
The last tournament of the season, played without the regular goalkeeper and under FIFA nine-a-side rules for the first time, ended with a third penalty shootout in a row.
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Unbearable heat in Hua Hin: second place decided on penalties
Four teams, 35 degrees on the pitch, six group games unbeaten - and a final that came down to the last kick.
Club history
Nine a side for the first time, in Pattaya
The last tournament of the 2022/23 season is at Rugby International School in Pattaya - and the club's first games with nine players a side.
Club history
What May holds: Hua Hin, then Pattaya
Training is back after Songkran, with two players joining the squad and two tournaments before the season ends in June.
Club history
The magnificent ten: how a squad of beginners became a team
Nobody expected in 2020 that a group of pre-teenage girls from a dozen different backgrounds would become a force in Thai U11 and U13 football. Here is the squad that did it.
Club history
The triple crown: all three Harrow tournaments in one season
In 2022/23 the girls won every tournament Harrow International School ran in their age group - three finals, two of them settled in the last minutes.
Club history
Our first international tournament - and a sportsmanship award
The Bangkok International Youth Football Festival brought the strongest teams in South East Asia to one pitch. We came home with something we value more than a trophy.
For parents
What is the right age for a girl to start playing football?
Ages 6 to 9, 9 to 12, or 12 to 15 — each brings something different to a girl starting football. And it is never too late to begin.