Songkhla United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลสงขลายูไนเต็ด) is a Thai defunct[1] professional football club based in Songkhla Province.[2]

Songkhla United
สงขลา ยูไนเต็ด
Full nameSongkhla United Football Club
(สโมสรฟุตบอลสงขลายูไนเต็ด)
Nickname(s)The Southern Fighting Bulls
(วัวชนแดนใต้)
Short nameSKHL
Founded2009; as Buriram Football Club
2012; as Wuachon United Football Club
2013; as Songkhla United Football Club
Dissolved2019
GroundTinsulanonda Stadium
Songkhla, Thailand
Capacity20,000

History

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2009–2011 Buriram or early years

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The club was founded in 2009 as Buriram Football Club (สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์) by the club president, Karuna Chidchob.[3]

2012 moved to Songkhla

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On 9 January 2012 it was announced that Thai Premier League side Buriram PEA F.C. owner Newin Chidchob would buy out promoted Thai Division 1 League side Buriram F.C. after Newin Chidchob bought the club he sold the rights to Songkhla F.C. Chidchob's reason for selling the rights to Songkhla F.C. was to help provincial football stating that Southern Thailand was the only area in Thailand that had never had a Thai Premier League side. After Songkhla F.C. got the rights to the team they requested from the Football Association of Thailand to move the club from Buriram Province to Songkhla Province. They hoped to change the name of Buriram F.C. to Wuachon United F.C. and to have two Songkhla teams, one competing in the Thai Division 1 League and the other Songkhla F.C. competing in the Thai Premier League.

On 20 May 2012, for the match Wuachon 1–4 Muangthong United, the highest attendance at Tinsulanon Stadium of 30,102 was recorded.

2013 united with the local team

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In 2013, Wauchon United has decided to unit with the local team, Songkhla F.C., as Songkhla United.[4]

In 2018, after club-licensing didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region, the team is banned 2 years and relegated to 2020 Thai League 4 Southern Region.[5]

Stadium and locations

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Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year
14°59′25″N 103°05′49″E / 14.990273°N 103.097067°E / 14.990273; 103.097067 Buriram Buriram Rajabhat University Stadium ? 2009
14°56′45″N 103°06′13″E / 14.945915°N 103.103482°E / 14.945915; 103.103482 Buriram I-mobile Stadium 14,000 2010-2011
7°12′26″N 100°35′55″E / 7.207222°N 100.598611°E / 7.207222; 100.598611 Songkhla Tinsulanonda Stadium 35,000 2012-2015
6°44′00″N 100°41′31″E / 6.733468°N 100.691815°E / 6.733468; 100.691815 Songkhla Na Thawi District Stadium 2,500 2016-2017
7°12′26″N 100°35′55″E / 7.207222°N 100.598611°E / 7.207222; 100.598611 Songkhla Tinsulanonda Stadium 45,000 2017-2019

Season by season record

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Season League FA Cup League Cup Queen's
Cup
Kor Royal
Cup
Asia Top scorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
2009 DIV 2 North-East 20 8 7 5 28 20 31 4th
2010 DIV 2 North-East 30 20 5 5 73 28 65 2nd
2011 DIV 1 34 25 8 1 84 18 83 1st R3 R2   Douglas Cardozo 15
2012 TPL 34 9 14 11 46 54 41 13th R3 QF   Kirati Keawsombat 7
2013 TPL 32 7 11 14 30 47 32 12th R3 R3   Manop Sornkaew 7
2014 TPL 38 8 8 22 39 72 32 18th R4 R1   Kayne Vincent 13
2015 DIV 1 38 14 9 15 53 60 51 11th R2 R1   Rufino Sánchez 15
2016 DIV 1 26 10 9 7 35 33 39 6th R2 SF   Willen Mota 20
2017 T2 32 9 7 16 38 49 34 16th R1 Not Enter   Giorgi Tsimakuridze 8
2018–2019 Banned 2 years from Club-licensing don't pass[6]
Champions Runners-up Third Place Promoted Relegated

Honours

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Domestic

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as Buriram Football Club

References

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  1. ^ นิพนธ์แจงเหตุยุบสงขลารับแบกค่าใช้จ่าย 2 ทีมไม่ไหว
  2. ^ บันทึกไว้ในความทรงจำ...ประวัติสโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา
  3. ^ บุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด รายได้เท่าไร
  4. ^ ด้ามขวานขาด !!! : ทำไมฟุตบอลไทยลีก 1 ไม่มีทีมจากภาคใต้ | Ball Thai Stand
  5. ^ "สงขลาไม่รอด! ส.บอลประกาศรายชื่อสโมสรผ่านคลับไลเซนซิ่งศึก T3-T4". 23 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Official T3 and T4 team pass Club-licensing of Thai League 2018". thaileague.co.th. FA Thailand. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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