Buriram United F.C.
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| Full name |
Buriram United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอล บุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด | |||
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| Nickname(s) |
The Thunder Castles (ปราสาทสายฟ้า) | |||
| Founded |
1970, as Provincial Electricity Authority 2010, as Buriram PEA 2013, as Buriram United | |||
| Ground |
New I-Mobile Stadium Buriram, Thailand | |||
| Capacity | 32,600 | |||
| Chairman | Newin Chidchob | |||
| Head Coach | Ranko Popović | |||
| League | Thai League | |||
| 2016 | Thai League, 4th | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Buriram United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the majority of their existence and is currently competing in the Thai League. The club was founded in 1970 and their current home stadium is New I-Mobile Stadium which has a capacity of 32,600.[1]
Buriram United won their first Thai Premier League title in 2008 and the Kor Royal Cup in 1998, as PEA FC (Provincial Electricity Authority Football Club). The club was previously based in Ayutthaya before moving east to Buriram for the 2010 season. In season 2011, Buriram PEA were the triple champions winning the (2011 Thai Premier League, 2011 Thai FA Cup, and 2011 Thai League Cup) in Thailand.[2]
History
The club was founded in 1970. But first successes came in 1998 with winning the third division of the Kor Royal Cup. The club was then in the Thai Division 1 League. 2002–03 the club finished third in the second division. In the Thai Premier League Relegation to be lost at the end of the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC after round match with 0–1. A year later, with space, then succeeded in the end of season 2003–04 promotion to the Thai Premier League.PEA surprised everyone by becoming the league runner-up at the end of their first Premier League season. Being the runner-up entitled the club to participate in the AFC Champions League. It was the first participation in an international competition for the club. However the club was excluded from the competition.[3] In the following two seasons, 2006 and 2007, the PEA took place only 10 and 8 at the end of the season.
2008-2009 season
In 2008 Provincial Electricity Authority won their first championship in Thai League after they changed their home stadium from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, where they have a bigger fan base.
2010 season
In December 2009 it was announced that a politician based in Buriram, Newin Chidchob was to take over the club. He had already tried unsuccessfully to take over TOT SC and Royal Thai Army FC[4] Newin moved the club to Buriram and gave it the name Buriram PEA Football Club. Pongphan Wongsuwan was instated as coach. Since 1998 he had been the coach of FC TOT.
2012-present season
At the start of the 2012 season, the club was renamed Buriram United Football Club. In the first match of the group stages of the 2012 AFC Champions League, Buriram beat the 2011 J-League champion, Kashiwa Reysol, 3–2 and became "the first Thai and South East Asian club" to earn a victory against a J-League club in ACL since starting the Champions League system in 2003.[5] On the second match, Buriram was the visiting team against the 2011 CSL Champion, Guangzhou Evergrande. Buriram also became "the first Thai and South East Asian club" to earn a victory against a Chinese club "in China" after beating Guangzhou Evergrande 1–2 in Tianhe Stadium from Suchao Nuchnum and Frank Acheampong's goals.[6] That match was the end of a two-year unbeaten home record for Guangzhou.[7]
Rivalries
Buriram United has Muangthong United as their main rival. The two clubs emerged as the new powerhouses of Thai League (TL) in the last 6 years. Since the beginning of 2011, when the team name was changed to Buriram United and they moved into the new i-Mobile Stadium, Buriram United has compiled the best overall record of all teams in the PLT, winning 3 of the last 4 PLT championships.
Another Buriram's main rivals is Chonburi FC due to a close head-to-head statistic.
Stadium
I-Mobile Stadium is a 32,600 seat football stadium in Buriram, Thailand.[8] The stadium is the home of Thailand's 2011, 2013 and 2015 treble champions, Buriram United. The i-mobile Stadium is the second largest football stadium in Thailand. Its nickname is "Thunder Castle", the fifth castle of Buriram Province. Buriram United has led the 18-team Thai League (TL) in attendance since the move to the new stadium.
The i-mobile Stadium is in the Mueang Buriram District, located about 4 kilometers southwest of central Buriram along highway 219. The 150-acre site has a capacity of 32,600 people with parking for 800 cars and buses, plus 3,000 motorcycles. The pitch is floodlit; allowing for night matches. The stadium houses locker rooms for home and visiting teams, provides modern medical facilities and live television and radio broadcasting infrastructure.
Training Ground
- Chang Traning Ground, Buriram
- Buriram United Football Camp, Samut Prakan
Stadium and locations
| Coordinates | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Year |
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| 14°21′00″N 100°35′50″E / 14.349943°N 100.597258°E | Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya Province Central Stadium | 6,000 | 2009 |
| 14°56′45″N 103°06′13″E / 14.945915°N 103.103482°E | Buriram | Khao Kradong Stadium
(I-Mobile Stadium) |
14,000 | 2010-2011 |
| 14°57′57″N 103°05′40″E / 14.965952°N 103.094555°E | Buriram | New I-Mobile Stadium | 32,600 | 2011 |
Season by season record
| Season | League[9] | FA Cup | League Cup | Toyota Premier Cup | Queen's Cup |
Kor Royal Cup |
AFC Champions League |
AFC Cup | ASEAN Club |
Mekong Club |
Top scorer | |||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | ||||||||||
| 2004–05 | TPL | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 32 | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | GR | – | Supakit Jinajai | 10 |
| 2006 | TPL | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 22 | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | DQ | – | – | – | Supakit Jinajai | 7 |
| 2007 | TPL | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 42 | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Tana Chanabut | 7 |
| 2008 | TPL | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 61 | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Ronnachai Rangsiyo | 16 |
| 2009 | TPL | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 36 | 9th | R4 | – | – | Knockout Round | RU | QR1 | GR | – | – | Suriya Domtaisong | 9 |
| 2010 | TPL | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 51 | 19 | 63 | 2nd | R4 | RU | – | Not Enter | – | – | – | – | – | Suchao Nutnum | 11 |
| 2011 | TPL | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 64 | 15 | 85 | 1st | W | W | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Frank Ohandza | 19 |
| 2012 | TPL | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 40 | 54 | 4th | W | W | W | – | RU | GR | – | – | – | Frank Acheampong | 12 |
| 2013 | TPL | 32 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 23 | 78 | 1st | W | W | RU | – | W | QF | – | – | – | Carmelo González | 23 |
| 2014 | TPL | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 69 | 26 | 79 | 1st | R4 | RU | W | – | W | GR | – | – | – | Javier Patiño | 21 |
| 2015 | TPL | 34 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 98 | 24 | 84 | 1st | W | W | – | – | W | GR | – | – | W | Diogo | 33 |
| 2016 | TL | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 38 | 55 | 4th | R3 | W | W | – | W | GR | – | – | Andrés Túñez | 9 | |
| Champions | Runners-up | Third Place | Promoted | Relegated | In Progress |
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Current squad
Below is a list of players playing for Buriram United as the official website confirms.[10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note 1: The club lists the supporters as the 12th man.
Note 2: Players who are AFC Champions League quota foreign players are listed in bold.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaches
Coaches by years (2001–present)
| Name | Nat | Period | Honours |
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| Prapol Pongpanich |  |
2001 – May 2009 | 2008 Thailand Premier League |
| Thongsuk Sampahungsith | |
May 2009 – Oct 2009 | |
| Thanadech Fuprasert | |
Nov 2009 – May 2010 | |
| Attaphol Buspakom | |
20 Jan 2010 – 2 May 2013 | 2011 Thai Premier League 2011 Thai FA Cup 2011 Thai League Cup 2012 Toyota Premier Cup 2012 Thai FA Cup 2012 Thai League Cup 2013 Kor Royal Cup |
| Scott Cooper |  |
May 2013 – Sept 2013 | |
| Alejandro Menéndez |  |
Sept 2013–11 April 2014 | 2013 Thai Premier League 2013 Thai FA Cup 2013 Thai League Cup 2014 Toyota Premier Cup 2014 Kor Royal Cup |
| Božidar Bandović (interim) |  |
11 April 2014 – 7 June 2014 | |
| Alexandre Gama |  |
8 June 2014– 22 May 2016 | 2014 Thai Premier League 2015 Kor Royal Cup 2015 Thai Premier League 2015 Thai FA Cup 2015 Thai League Cup 2015 Mekong Club Championship 2016 Toyota Premier Cup 2016 Kor Royal Cup |
| Afshin Ghotbi |  |
24 May 2016 – 20 Aug 2016 | |
| Ranko Popović | |
25 August 2016 – | 2016 Thai League Cup |
Captain history
Captain by Years (2010–present)
| Years | Captain | Nationality | Vice-Captain | Nationality |
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| 2010 | Apichet Puttan | Thailand |
Rangsan Viwatchaichok | Thailand |
| 2011 | Apichet Puttan | Thailand |
Rangsan Viwatchaichok | Thailand |
| 2012 | Apichet Puttan | Thailand |
Suchao Nuchnum | Thailand |
| 2013 | Suchao Nuchnum | Thailand |
Osmar Barba | Spain |
| 2014 | Suchao Nuchnum | Thailand |
Theeraton Bunmathan | Thailand |
| 2015 | Suchao Nuchnum | Thailand |
Andrés Túñez |  Venezuela |
| 2016 | Suchao Nuchnum | Thailand |
Andrés Túñez | Venezuela |
Management team
| Position | Staff |
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| Head Coach | Ranko Popović |
| Assistant Coach | Vladica Grujic |
| Technical Director | Božidar Bandović |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Zoran Mijanović |
| Medical Director | Dr.Pravee Sirithientat |
| Head of Youth Development | Jose Alves Borges |
| B Team Head Coach | Ljubomir Ristovski |
Club personnel
Buriram United Co., Ltd.
- Owner: Newin Chidchob
Buriram United F.C. Board
- Chairman: Newin Chidchob
- Vice-President: Karuna Chidchob
- Vice-President: Chaichanok Chidchob
Executive Board
- Chief Executive Officer: Kanoksak Pinsaeng
- Club Secretary: Songkrot Mukdapitak
- Stadium manager: Pramoolchai Nopsuphanwong
- Team Manager: Tadthep Pitakpoolsin
- Assistance-Team Manager: Surapong Sawasdee
Honours
Domestic competitions
International competitions
- AFC Champions League 5 appearances
- AFC Cup
- 2009: Group stage
- Mekong Club Championship
Double
- Double
- Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup: 2012
- Kor Royal Cup and Thai League: 2014
Treble / Quadruple
- Treble
- Thai League, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup: 2011
- Quadruple
- Kor Royal Cup, Thai League, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup: 2013, 2015
Asian clubs ranking
- As of 26 November 2015. are calculated by the AFC.[13]
| Current Rank | Country | Team |
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| 17 | | Buriram United |
| 18 | | Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan |
| 19 |  | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 20 |  | Kuwait SC |
| 21 | | Qadsia SC |
Sponsors
The following are the sponsors of BRUTD (named "BRUTD Partners"):
Title Sponsor
Official Sponsors
International affiliate clubs
References
- ↑ "Buri Ram scores in sports tourism". ttrweekly. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "บุรีรัมย์ ซิว 3 แชมป์!สมใจ บิ๊กเน" (in Thai). truesport.truelife. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "Asian Champions League 2006 Details". rsssf. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "เนวินนำบุรีรัมย์ควบรวมทีโอทีบู๊ไทยลีก" (in Thai). siamsport. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "Buriram United 3–2 Kashiwa Reysol". the-afc. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "Guangzhou Evergrande 1–2 Buriram United". the-afc. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "บุรีรัมย์เฉียบบุกโค่นกว่างโจว2–1เอเอฟซีชปล." (in Thai). siamsport. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "buri-ram-scores-in-sports-tourism". ttrweekly. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ King, Ian; Schöggl, Hans & Stokkermans, Karel (20 March 2014). "Thailand – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014. Select link to season required from chronological list.
- ↑ "Player List". Buriram United Official Website. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Buriram United". thaileaguefootball. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ Toyota Mekong Club Championship 2015 (20 December 2015). "Toyota Mekong Football". Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "AFC Club Ranking (2012‐2015)" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ เนวิน จ่อเซ็นเวอร์ดี้ทีมดังยุ่นพันธมิตรบุรีรัมย์ [Nevins gunpoint signed Verdy team Yun Ram Partners]. Sanook (in Thai). 13 October 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2016.