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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 lead floor 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 stadium is Chang Arena, which has a capacity of 32,600. [ 1 ]
Reading: Buriram United F.C.
Buriram United won their foremost 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 temper. In the 2011 season, 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 club was founded in 1970. But their first big success came in 1998 by winning the third gear division of the Kor Royal Cup. The club was then promoted to the Thai Division 1 League. In 2002–03 the club finished third base in the second division. In the Thai League 1 Relegation to be lost at the goal of the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC after round match with 0–1. A year belated, they succeeded at the conclusion 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 gear Premier League season. Being the runner-up entitled the club to participate in the AFC Champions League. It was the beginning engagement in an external competition for the golf club. however the club was excluded from the contest. [ 3 ] In the follow two seasons, 2006 and 2007, the PEA took space 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 dub of Faifa Ayutthaya ( Electric Ayutthaya ) from media and its fans. Under the head coach Prapol Pongpanich, PEA finally won their first championship in Thai League 1. The clubhouse 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 title political campaign of Thai Premier League with the poor performance. Prapon Pongpanich was sacked in the center of the season and replaced by early Thailand home team head coach Thongsuk Sampahungsith. The cabaret finished in 9th place 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 clubhouse. 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 head coach of TOT S.C. was instated as coach. Thailand national team penis Suchao Nuchnum of TOT S.C. besides followed his coach to the new 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 coaching of Attaphol Buspakom, completed their 2011 season with the domestic double by three Thai major trophies. Buriram won 2011 Thai Premier League with 85 points, highest criminal 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 title. Following the achiever in two other competitions, Buriram avenged their previous year League Cup final examination adversary, Thai Port and snatched the 2010 Thai League Cup to their name. Buriram PEA became the first Thai club to win a triple in a season. In 2012, At the start of the 2012 season, the golf 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 ace, Kashiwa Reysol, 3–2 and became “ the first Thai and South East asian baseball club ” to earn a victory against a J-League club in ACL since starting the Champions League arrangement in 2003. [ 5 ] On the second match, Buriram was the visiting team against the 2011 CSL Champion, Guangzhou Evergrande. Buriram besides became “ the first Thai and South East asian club ” to earn a victory against a taiwanese 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 biennial unbeaten home commemorate for Guangzhou. [ 7 ]
2013 & 2015 – quadruple Season [edit ]
In 2013, Under spanish fountainhead coach Alejandro Menéndez, Buriram United became the first base Thai club to achieve the quadruple by winning 4 trophies in the 2014 calendar year. The political campaign included the titles of Kor Royal Cup, Thai League T1, Thai FA Cup and Thai League Cup. The league temper was besides finished with the first invincible championship for the club, the second 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 class : 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 record. The brazilian ahead Diogo Luis Santo broke the top grade commemorate 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 leave back position .
strike Back [edit ]
In August 2016, Newin Chidchob admitted he is disappointed that his team ‘s bid to defend their Thailand League style is over. [ 9 ] Buriram United appointed Ranko Popović as the club coach to fill the vacant character after the judgment of dismissal of Afshin Ghotbi [ 10 ] and former coach Bozidar Bandovic is back as the technical foul director of the club. In 2017, Serbia ‘s Ranko Popovic has resigned as bus in June after receiving a three-month ban by the Thai FA for slapped in the confront of Bangkok United physio Andy Schillinger following a heated controversy after Buriram beat the capital side 2–1. [ 11 ] Buriram United have announced that promoted Bozidar Bandovic to head coach from his position as technical director of football, Bandovic is the only bus to return to Buriram after having left. [ 12 ] Under Montenegrin head coach 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 inaugural and last 10 minutes of a game. What we did survive year, we wanted the like in 2018. We build a team step by footprint to have a victorious brain .
— Bozidar Bandovic on winning the 2018 Thai League, September 2018. [ 13 ]
In the same class, the club won the 2017 Thai League 1 and created history by claiming 86 points – the baseball 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 beat Jeju United, 1–0 and draw Guangzhou Evergrande, 1–1. For their home and final leg of the Champions League Round of 16 – a home and off series against korean side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. Having won the first gear peg, 3–2 in Buriram but Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors frustration Buriram, 2–0 in the second leg. [ 15 ] In the lapp class, Buriram comfortably retained the 2018 Thai League 1 title with a record 87 points. [ 16 ] Bozidar Bandovic received Thai League 1 Coach of the Year Award at the end of the year .
crest [edit ]
The club logo incorporates elements from the diachronic 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 chief equal. 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 alone 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 largely 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 face-to-face and frequently questions the transparency 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 club relocated to Buriram. It became their celebrated competition quote of “Rather lose to anyone but Muangthong.” ( Thai illuminated. แพ้ใครก็ได้ แต่ไม่แพ้เมืองทอง ). Their unbeaten record against Muangthong was broken in 2016 Thai League when they lost 0 – 3 to their rival on their home ground .
Academy & Youth program [edit ]
Buriram United opened its first young academies in 2011. The club is besides peculiarly celebrated for its celebrated youth 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 just some of the talents who ‘ve played for Buriram United. Buriram United besides regularly supplies the Thai national youth teams with local talent. Buriram young academies play in Thailand Youth League. International Youth Football Contest “ CP-Meiji Cup U-14 International Championship ” is the celebrated young platform that held at Chang Arena Stadium and Training Ground Elephant Ground, between October–November every year, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] with youth teams 6 under 14 as Thailand leading and 6 youth 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 passenger car 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 always admired. We like their style of bring 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 play along 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 season [ 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 induct football stadium in Buriram, Buriram Province, Thailand. [ 40 ] The stadium is the home of Thailand ‘s 2011, 2013 and 2015 double 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 be active to the new stadium. The Chang Arena is in the Mueang Buriram District, located about 3 kilometers southwest of cardinal Buriram along highway 2445. The 150-acre locate has a capacity of 32,600 people with parking for 800 cars and buses, plus 3,000 motorcycles. The cant is floodlit ; allowing for night matches. The stadium houses locker rooms for home and visiting teams provides modern aesculapian facilities and bouncy television receiver and radio air infrastructure. [ 41 ] 3
stadium and locations [edit ]
Continental record [edit ]
performance in AFC competitions [edit ]
season by season 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 criminal 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 police squad [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Out on loanword [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
Coaching staff [edit ]
Coaches by years ( 2001–present )