This article is about the club that existed under this name until 2018. For the relocate and renamed baseball club, see Samut Prakan City F.C.
Football club
Reading: Pattaya United F.C.
Pattaya United Football Club ( Thai : สโมสรฟุตบอลพัทยา ยูไนเต็ด ) was a Thai football clubhouse based in Pattaya, Chonburi Province. Defunct after the 2018 season, the club was renamed to Samut Prakan City and relocated to Samut Prakan. [ 1 ] Pattaya United ‘s first-ever competitive game was against Thailand Division 2 League side Rajpracha in the 2009 Queen ‘s Cup which they won 5–0. For six years the club remained in the TPL, and finished adenine eminent as sixth, and fourth in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The Dolphins were relegated to the Yamaha League One in 2014 and promoted to Thai League 1 again in 2016 .
history [edit ]
Coke-Bangpra Chonburi [edit ]
The club was founded under the name Coke-Bangpra Chonburi FC which derived from the presenter and the community Bang Phra in the zone of Si Racha, the province of Chonburi. After several years in the Provincial League of Thailand, the club was promoted to the Thai Premier League for the 2008 season. As a result of the promotion to the TPL, the team was renamed to “ Pattaya United ” and moved to the city of Pattaya. In the beginning season in the top-flight division, the team finished in 11th place at the end of the season .
Pattaya United [edit ]
The team moved to Pattaya for the 2008 season, and changed its name to Pattaya United FC ( The Dolphins ), in their first season under the new appoint the team finished in 11th place in the Thai Premier League, merely avoiding delegating in the concluding game of the temper. however, the adopt seasons the team improved to finishing adenine high as sixth, and fourth in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The team which has constantly been looked at as a “ little brother ” team to Chonburi FC as they both were owned by the Kunpluem family, an affluence local family in Chonburi province. The club has shown potentials, winning against teams with double or triple its annual budget, winning the hearts of the Thai, and Foreign fans alike. After spending 6 years in the TPL, and the Dolphins were relegated to the Yamaha League One in 2014. During the offseason, the future of the club was uncertain with respective speculations. however, in January 2015 the club was sold to Enigma Sports Ventures ( ESV ), the sporting arm of the Enigma Global. It marked the first change in ownership in the club history, after several lucrative bids were submitted for the Kunpluem family ‘s consideration. The family and Pattaya United circuit board felt that the club ‘s best interest and future lie down with Enigma Sports Ventures. The new ownership ‘s management team moves identical quickly in rebranding the club, appointing the modern President is, Club ‘s first alien Head Coach, and securing 8 exceed players from TPL to play in Division One. many players were erstwhile beginning elevens players from Muangthong United, ampere well as copulate thai and foreign national team players. In 2016, Pattaya United was taken over by the Kiarti Thanee Group led by Tanet Phanichewa. [ 2 ]
Renaming and resettlement to Samut Prakan [edit ]
At the end of temper 2018, club owner decided to change the club name to Samut Prakan City and relocated to Samut Prakan Province due to local anesthetic politic dispute. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Rivalries [edit ]
The clubhouse ‘s ferocious local anesthetic rivals are Chonburi and Sriracha which all are in the lapp province of Chonburi. Despite all three teams were previously own by the Kunpluem kin, they have always compete hard against one another. besides the team over the years were not frequently in the same division/league as one another, when they met the crippled have always been a identical highest attendance games. In late years, the rivalries between Chonburi and Pattaya have been the most highly anticipate game of the year in Chonburi Province.
stadium [edit ]
Nong Prue Stadium, formally known as Nongprue Municipality Stadium in Pattaya in the first place designed to hold just over 3,000 spectators, but over the year the extra seats were required to accommodate more fans. so as the consequence of that, the stadium was renovated once in 2011. Under the new ownership of Enigma Sport Ventures, the stadium is presently undergo the renovation to accommodate up to 5,500 spectators. a well as extra required upgrades by the TPL to make the stadium competition worthy for the 2015 season. In addition to the renovation to the stadium, the modern giving shop and club onsite agency are added to the stadium crunch .
stadium and locations by season records [edit ]
season by season records [edit ]
Champions
runner-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 1
- DIV 1 = 2015 Thai Division 1 League
- QR1 = First Qualifying Round
- QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
- QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
- QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round
- RInt = Intermediate Round
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- R3 = Round 3
- R4 = Round 4
- R5 = Round 5
- R6 = Round 6
- GR = Group stage
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runners-up
- S = Shared
- W = Winners
Coaches [edit ]
Coaches by Years ( 2007–2018 )
Honours [edit ]
domestic competitions [edit ]
Thai League 2