Nong Chok National Football Center Nong Chok National Football Center Nong Chok National Football Center () is the Football Association of Thailand national football centre on a site at Nong Chok, Bangkok. The center was officially opened by Sepp Blatter, former president of FIFA on 16 September 2009. Nong Chok National Football Center founded on the policy of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to give the 11 countries in Southeast Asia have a national football training center. Worawi Makudi, the association's secretary at the time, offered to donate of land along the Mitrmitree Rd. nongchok to Vijit Ketkaew The President of the association,
Fiji Football Association 14 districts took part. It is important to note that in 1963, a rival Association was being formed and the then Secretary Mr. D.S. Naidu, from Lautoka in consultation With M Vasagam Pillay the President, decided to register with FIFA. The difficulty was that Fiji FA during this time also had the acronym FIFA (Fiji Indian Football Association). FIFA did not mind so much the acronym but objected to the racial connotation Indian. D S Naidu sent a cablegram in reply agreeing to change the name to Fiji Football Association. Thus the name change occurred and FIFA became FFA and