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Buriram United Football Club ( Thai : สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด ) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The cabaret has played at the top level of Thai football for the majority of their being and is competing in the Thai League 1. The club was founded in 1970 as PEA FC ( Provincial Electricity Authority Football Club ) before reformed in to Buriram PEA and Buriram United in 2010 and 2012 respectively. Their home plate stadium is Chang Arena, which has a capability of 32,600. [ 1 ]
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Buriram United won their first Thai League 1 title in 2008 and the Kor Royal Cup in 1998, as PEA FC. The club was previously based in Ayutthaya before moving east to Buriram for the 2010 season. In the 2011 temper, Buriram PEA were the first team in Thai football history to win all the domestic trophies, as the treble champions of the ( 2011 Thai Premier League, 2011 Thai FA Cup, and 2011 Thai League Cup ). [ 2 ]
history [edit ]
Origins : “ Provincial Electricity Authority ”, 1970–2009 [edit ]
The cabaret was founded in 1970. But their first big achiever came in 1998 by winning the third base class of the Kor Royal Cup. The club was then promoted to the Thai Division 1 League. In 2002–03 the club finished third in the second division. In the Thai League 1 Relegation to be lost at the end of the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC after round of golf match with 0–1. A year subsequently, they succeeded at the end of season 2003–04 with promotion to the Thai Premier League. PEA surprised everyone by becoming the league runner-up at the end of their first Premier League temper. Being the runner-up entitled the cabaret to participate in the AFC Champions League. It was the beginning engagement in an international competition for the club. however the club was excluded from the contest. [ 3 ] In the watch two seasons, 2006 and 2007, the PEA took home only 10 and 8 at the end of the season. In 2008 Provincial Electricity Authority relocated to Ayutthaya and played at Ayutthaya Province Stadium where they gained a bigger fan base. The club played under the nickname of Faifa Ayutthaya ( Electric Ayutthaya ) from media and its fans. Under the head coach Prapol Pongpanich, PEA finally won their beginning championship in Thai League 1. The club was qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League preliminary round. In 2009, PEA was eliminated from 2009 AFC Champions League after losing 1–4 to Singapore Armed Forces in the extra-time at Rajamangala Stadium. PEA ran their maintain entitle crusade of Thai Premier League with the poor performance. Prapon Pongpanich was sacked in the middle of the season and replaced by former Thailand national team head coach Thongsuk Sampahungsith. The club finished in 9th topographic point of out of sixteen in the final standings .
breath of Buriram [edit ]
In December 2009 it was announced that a politician based in Buriram, Newin Chidchob was to take over the baseball club. He had already tried unsuccessfully to take over TOT SC and Royal Thai Army FC [ 4 ] Newin relocated the club to Buriram in Isan and rebranded it to Buriram PEA Football Club. The Buriram PEA inherited most of the players from the former PEA club included the stars like Rangsan Viwatchaichok, Apichet Puttan and Theerathon Bunmathan. Pongphan Wongsuwan who was a long-time oral sex coach of TOT S.C. was instated as coach. Thailand national team extremity Suchao Nuchnum of TOT S.C. besides followed his coach to the newly team. Buriram PEA finished their first season under the transition as the runner-up of 2010 Thai Premier League. The club reached the final of 2010 Thai League Cup but lost 0–1 to Thai Port at Supachalasai Stadium .
The Greatest in Thailand [edit ]
In 2011, Buriram PEA under the coach of Attaphol Buspakom, completed their 2011 season with the domestic treble by three Thai major trophies. Buriram won 2011 Thai Premier League with 85 points, highest record in the league history. They beat the archrival Muangthong United in the 2011 Thai FA Cup final and clinched their first Thai FA Cup entitle. Following the success in two other competitions, Buriram avenged their former year League Cup final adversary, Thai Port and snatched the 2010 Thai League Cup to their name. Buriram PEA became the first gear Thai club to win a ternary in a season. In 2012, At the begin of the 2012 season, the club was renamed Buriram United Football Club. In the first gear pit of the group stages of the 2012 AFC Champions League, Buriram beat the 2011 J-League champion, Kashiwa Reysol, 3–2 and became “ the beginning 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 moment match, Buriram was the visiting team against the 2011 CSL Champion, Guangzhou Evergrande. Buriram besides became “ the inaugural Thai and South East asian golf club ” to earn a victory against a chinese cabaret “ 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 biennial unbeaten home record for Guangzhou. [ 7 ]
2013 & 2015 – quadruple Season [edit ]
In 2013, Under spanish head bus Alejandro Menéndez, Buriram United became the beginning Thai golf club to achieve the quadruple by winning 4 trophies in the 2014 calendar year. The campaign included the titles of Kor Royal Cup, Thai League T1, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup. The league season was besides finished with the beginning invincible title for the club, the second base Thai team after Muangthong United in 2012 .
In 2015, brazilian coach Alexandre Gama guided Buriram United to create history by winning all four competitions in the 2016 calendar year : Kor Royal Cup, Thai League T1, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup. furthermore, the 2015 Buriram United team is arguably regarded as the strongest in Thai League history after winning the 2015 Thai Premier League with an unbeaten criminal record. The brazilian forward Diogo Luis Santo broke the top score phonograph record with 33 goals from 32 games and received Thai League T1 Top Scorer and Player of the year Awards at the end of the year and Theerathon Bunmathan got top assists with 19 assists from 32 games in left back position .
strike Back [edit ]
In August 2016, Newin Chidchob admitted he is disappointed that his team ‘s invite to defend their Thailand League championship is over. [ 9 ] Buriram United appointed Ranko Popović as the club coach to fill the vacant function after the dismissal of Afshin Ghotbi [ 10 ] and former coach Bozidar Bandovic is back as the technical director of the baseball club. In 2017, Serbia ‘s Ranko Popovic has resigned as coach in June after receiving a three-month bachelor of arts in nursing by the Thai FA for slapped in the confront of Bangkok United physio Andy Schillinger following a heated argumentation after Buriram beat the capital english 2–1. [ 11 ] Buriram United have announced that promoted Bozidar Bandovic to head coach from his position as technical conductor of football, Bandovic is the merely coach to return to Buriram after having left. [ 12 ] Under Montenegrin head bus Bandovic, the team that values hard work and strives for success .
We are champions because we work very, identical hard. We are ready to run and sprint in the first and last 10 minutes of a game. What we did last year, we wanted the like in 2018. We build a team tone by tone to have a win brain .
— Bozidar Bandovic on winning the 2018 Thai League, September 2018. [ 13 ]
In the like year, the club won the 2017 Thai League 1 and created history by claiming 86 points – the club ‘s highest points in a single season. [ 14 ] In 2018, after finishing champions in the 2017 Thai League season, Buriram secured direct reservation into the 2018 AFC Champions League. In the group stages, for Home games Buriram beat Cerezo Osaka, 2–0 and pulsate Jeju United, 1–0 and draw Guangzhou Evergrande, 1–1. For their home and final leg of the Champions League Round of 16 – a base and away series against korean side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. Having won the inaugural leg, 3–2 in Buriram but Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors frustration Buriram, 2–0 in the second base leg. [ 15 ] In the same year, Buriram well retained the 2018 Thai League 1 claim with a record 87 points. [ 16 ] Bozidar Bandovic received Thai League 1 Coach of the Year Award at the end of the year .
cap [edit ]
The club logo incorporates elements from the historical ancient rock castle, Phanom Rung. [ 17 ]
Rivalries [edit ]
Buriram United volt. Muangthong United in Thai League
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
18
7
9
2
23
14
+9
30
4
4
1
12
7
+5
3
5
1
11
7
+4
Buriram United has Muangthong United as their independent rival. The two clubs are the powerhouses of Thai League 1 ( T1 ). The competition between two clubs became a highly competitive relationship since they are the only two clubs that have won the Thai League 1 championships between them since the 2009 season .
Season
Total attn.
2011
15,008
255,129
2012
15,319
260,415
2013
18,941
303,054
2014
19,132
363,514
2015
19,553
332,412
2016
15,547
248,760
2017
13,890
236,137
2018
13,000
221,003
2019
13,558
203,374
As of 8 November 2019[18][19][20][21][22]
Buriram United and Muangthong United besides represent wide different groups of supporters. Buriram represents the by and large rural people of the Thai countryside, while Muangthong United symbolizes the urban people in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. Their competition besides reflects political differences in Football Association of Thailand ( FAT ) since Muangthong United has the close relationship with FAT under the management of Worawi Makudi, while former politician Newin Chidchob became the polar reverse and frequently questions the foil of FAT. The games between the two teams are regarded as the finest match-up in Thai football. Buriram has dominated the competition tete-a-tete and maintained an unbeaten record against Muangthong for a long time after the cabaret relocated to Buriram. It became their celebrated competition quote of “Rather lose to anyone but Muangthong.” ( Thai light up. แพ้ใครก็ได้ แต่ไม่แพ้เมืองทอง ). Their unbeaten record against Muangthong was broken in 2016 Thai League when they lost 0 – 3 to their rival on their base ground .
Academy & Youth course of study [edit ]
Buriram United opened its inaugural young academies in 2011. The club is besides particularly celebrated for its celebrated young program that has produced many Thai talents over the years [ 23 ] – Suphanat Mueanta, Supachok Sarachat, Ratthanakorn Maikami, and Anon Amornlerdsak have come through the ranks and are good some of the talents who ‘ve played for Buriram United. Buriram United besides regularly supplies the Thai national youth teams with local endowment. Buriram young person academies play in Thailand Youth League. International Youth Football Contest “ CP-Meiji Cup U-14 International Championship ” is the celebrated youth program that held at Chang Arena Stadium and Training Ground Elephant Ground, between October–November every class, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] with young teams 6 under 14 as Thailand leading and 6 young teams from Asia ( Aspire Academy, [ 26 ] Jubilo Iwata, Mokhtar Dahari Academy ) In 2018, Buriram United have appointed Andrew Ord as Head of Youth Development [ 27 ] the coach who gave Chanathip Songkrasin from youth team debut at BEC Tero Sasana. [ 28 ] He replaces brazilian Jose Alves Borges .
Affiliated clubs [edit ]
Dortmund is one of the team we have constantly admired. We like their style of play and besides the way the team is organized so professionally. We believe that there is much we can learn from each other throughout this partnership .
— Newin Chidchob, October 2018. [ 29 ]
- Buriram United signed a collaboration agreement with Borussia Dortmund of the Bundesliga in October 2018. There is the deal to work together at youth level, too. Starting from U-9 and going up to U-19 the clubs will discuss ways to develop youth players and give them the opportunity to press for places in the senior teams. Both teams have a similar philosophy in development as far as the use of technology, sports science and management in their youth programs.[33]
- Buriram United signed a collaboration agreement with Leicester City of the Premier League in September 2020. The event was graced by the management team King Power Group Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha together with Newin Chidchob. The collaboration of both clubs is a project of “Thailand Smiles With You” to all fellow Thais and The key goal of this partnership for both clubs is to drive Thai players to Europe in a league that is more quality than the Thai league. This partnership Buriram club will send key players of the team namely Supachok Sarachat, Suphanat Mueanta, Supachai Jaided for professtional football training at the facilities of Leicester City in the United Kingdom.[35]
The pursuit are the sponsors of BRUTD ( named “ BRUTD Partners ” ) :
Period
Kit Manufacturer
Title Sponsor
2011–2017
Made by club[36]
I-Mobile
2018–present
Chang[37]
In December 2017, The Thunder Castles changes their stadium ‘s name from “ I-Mobile stadium ” into “ Chang Arena “. With this 5 years sponsor softwood from “ Chang “, one of Southeast Asia ‘s largest beverage companies, Buriram United will get 1 Billion Thai Baht budget -30 million U.S. dollar. [ 38 ]
2019 temper [ 39 ]
Kit evolution [edit ]
First
2014
2016
2017
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2018
2019
Away
2014
2016
2017
2018
2019
ACL special
(First)
2018
Warrix
stadium [edit ]
Chang Arena Chang Arena is a 32,600 seat football stadium in Buriram, Buriram Province, Thailand. [ 40 ] The stadium is the home of Thailand ‘s 2011, 2013 and 2015 treble champions, Buriram United. The Chang Arena is the second-largest football stadium in Thailand. Its dub is “ Thunder Castle ”, the one-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 Chang Arena is in the Mueang Buriram District, located about 3 kilometers southwest of central Buriram along highway 2445. The 150-acre site has a capacity of 32,600 people with parking for 800 cars and buses, plus 3,000 motorcycles. The sales talk is floodlit ; allowing for night matches. The stadium houses locker rooms for home and visiting teams provides advanced medical facilities and populate television and radio receiver broadcasting infrastructure. [ 41 ] 3
stadium and locations [edit ]
Continental record [edit ]
performance in AFC competitions [edit ]
season by temper record [edit ]
Champions
Runners-up
Third Place
Promoted
Relegated
- P = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
- TPL = Thai Premier League
- TL = Thai League
- T1 = Thai League 1
- DQ = Disqualified
- PR = Preliminary Round
- QR1 = First Qualifying Round
- QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
- QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
- PO = Play-off
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- R3 = Round 3
- R4 = Round 4
- R5 = Round 5
- R6 = Round 6
- GS = Group Stage
- KR = Knockout Round
- R16 = Round of 16
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runners-up
- S = Shared
- W = Winners
season by season record for team B [edit ]
Season
League
Top goalscorer
Division
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Pos
Name
Goals
2017
T4 North-East
33
14
7
12
55
39
46
6th
Woraphot Somsang
8
2018
T4 North-East
26
7
10
9
37
33
31
9th
Pattara Soimalai
8
2019
T4 North-East
24
9
10
5
35
35
37
5th
Apidet Janngam
Phongchana Kongkirit
8
Players [edit ]
First-team team [edit ]
bill : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on loan [edit ]
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Coaches [edit ]
Coaches by years ( 2001–present )
Honours [edit ]
domestic competitions [edit ]
league [edit ]
Cups [edit ]
International competitions [edit ]
association of southeast asian nations [edit ]
doubly [edit ]
treble / quadruple [edit ]
References [edit ]
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