Our first international tournament - and a sportsmanship award

Airada Pannoppa in her Lions FC shirt holding the Harrow Bangkok Youth Cup, beside her Thailand squad portrait

News17 September 2026

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.

A Lions FC session in progress on the covered pitch at SoccerPro Bangna, with cones laid out and a coach running the drill

News7 September 2026

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.

The MVP award winners on stage at Berkeley International School, the football MVP slide behind them

News6 June 2026

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.

The Lions FC squad gathered around their coach on the covered pitch at SoccerPro Bangna before a training session

For parents20 December 2025

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.

A coach standing on the grass with a tactics board held behind his back, the magnets laid out in a formation

For parents14 October 2025

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.

The squad with their coach on the covered pitch at the end of a session

News7 June 2025

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.

Two Lions FC players working the ball through a match, opponents either side of them

For parents15 January 2025

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.

Lions FC players spread across a full-size artificial pitch, with Bangkok tower blocks rising behind the stand

For parents26 December 2024

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.

Phushisa and Vanessa, the club’s two captains, each with the Harrow Festival 7s cup and their medals

For parents28 February 2024

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.

Four girls’ teams lined up together in front of the goal at the Hua Hin tournament, Lions FC among them

For parents20 February 2024

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.

The squad lined up with their coaches at the BSL international festival

Club history1 February 2024

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.

The squad with their medals in front of the tournament board at Harrow

Club history30 November 2023

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.

The squad gathered round their coach on the covered pitch between drills

For parents21 November 2023

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.

The squad with their own coach and the visiting coach from IFK Stromstad, holding a Lions FC shirt and the Swedish club pennant

Club history2 November 2023

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.

A Lions FC player running shoulder to shoulder with an opponent for the ball

For parents19 September 2023

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.

Lions FC players talking to each other on the pitch during a match

For parents13 September 2023

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.

A player silhouetted against the sky with the ball at her feet

Club history24 August 2023

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.

The goal on the covered pitch at the end of a session

Club history6 June 2023

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.

The squad with their bronze medals and trophy at the Rugby School tournament in Pattaya

Club history29 May 2023

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.

The squad holding their runners-up trophy on the pitch at Hua Hin

Club history16 May 2023

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.

The Rugby International School grounds at Wisdom Valley in Pattaya from the air

Club history16 May 2023

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.

A Lions FC player watching the game from the edge of her penalty area

Club history18 April 2023

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.

The first U13 squad of ten players together on the pitch with their coaches

Club history2 April 2023

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.

The medals from the Harrow Bangkok International tournament laid out together

Club history30 March 2023

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.

The club’s first group with their coach, in the maroon and white kit of its early years

For parents2 January 2023

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.

Our first international tournament - and a sportsmanship award

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