BANGKOK (4 May 2011) � The FA of Thailand (FAT) will appeal against the decision to eliminate them from the second round of the 2012 Olympic Games qualifiers imposed by the Asian Football Confederation�s (AFC) Disciplinary Committee.
Thailand were deemed by the AFC to have fielded a suspended player � Sucharit Chanthakul � when they beat Palestine 5-4 on penalties in the first qualifying round.
They are scheduled to take on Bahrain in the second round of the Olympic qualifiers in June.
�We have been formally informed by the AFC about the matter. We are appealing,� said Ong-arj Kosinkar, the secretary general of the FAT.
Sucharit was suspended at the Under-19 Asian Championship in 2008 and where according to the AFC, he had not yet served the ban before the Olympic qualifying match.
Ong-Arj argued that Sucharit was in the Thai squad at last year�s Asian Games but did not play which the FAT construed as having served his suspension.
Also Ong-Arj pointed out that the match commissioner at the Bangkok game should have informed Thailand during the pre-match meeting that Sucharit was ineligible.
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