The stadium co-hosted the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.

The use of the Surakul Stadium for this tournament had to be hastily arranged.

Stadiums in Bangkok were intended to be used but because of the airport takeovers in Bangkok by the PAD the AFF in consultation with the FAT decided to switch venues.

The stadium also played host to the 2009 King's Cup which included a notorious game involving Thailand and Lebanon where the latter walked off the pitch during the game as they became incensed by what they saw as biased refereeing.

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