Police Tero Football Club (), formerly known as BEC-Tero Sasana, is a Thai professional

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club based in Lak Si,

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. The club finished runners-up in the inaugural

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competition in 2003. BEC-Tero Sasana Football Club merged with Police United Football Club in the 2017 season and changed its official name to Police Tero Football Club in the 2018 season. The club has won 2

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titles, 1

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and 1

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. They were also the finalist in the

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campaign.

History

Establishment of the club

The team was established in 1992. It was previously known as Sasana Witthaya School team and was founded by

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. The first football match the team entered was in Division 3 of the football royal cup in 1993. In 1994, the team played in Division 2 of the football royal cup. In 1995, the team played in Division 1 of the football royal cup and in 1996, the team entered the

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for the first time. It was during this year, that Mr. Worawi Makudi and Mr. Brian L. Marcar, managing director of BEC-TERO Entertainment Public Co. Ltd., joined hands and renamed the team as Tero Sasana Football Club. The team was placed in 12th position among 18 teams in the

. In 1997, Tero Sasana Football Club also played in the

and this time was placed in fifth place. Later in 1998,

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supported the Tero Sasana Football Club and changed the team's name to BEC-Tero Sasana. The team won the third place when they played the

. They were also one of the eight final teams to enter the final round of the

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. In 1999, the team entered the

and again won third place. In the same year, they were among the final teams in the

The Thai giant and the final Asian Champions League

2000 was a very eventful year for BEC-Tero Sasana. The team won its first championship award by winning the Thai League. It also received the championship award for the

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. In 2001, BEC-Tero Sasana was able to keep its championship and won the

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for the second consecutive year. This greatly increased the fan base. In that year, the club participated in

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in Maldives. BEC-Tero Sasana

The club's success continued for a few years and culminated with finishing runner-up in the 2002–03

. The team were put alongside Asian heavyweights

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, Daejeon Citizen, and Shanghai Shenhua in Group A of the 2002–03 AFC Champions League; a group which they would top with 7 points. BEC-Tero Sansana then faced Uzbekistan's Pakhtakor Tashkent FK, Pakhtakor in the semi-final and defeated them 3–2 on aggregate, before losing to Al Ain FC, Al Ain in the two-legged final, 2–1.

Golden Generation

In 2012, the club appointed Robert Procureur, former general manager of Muangthong United F.C., Muangthong United, to be the new Director of Football and appointed Andrew Ord as the club manager. Them built up a great team by pushing up many young players such as Adisorn Promrak, Peerapat Notchaiya, Tanaboon Kesarat, Chanathip Songkrasin, Narubadin Weerawatnodom, Tristan Do, Chenrop Samphaodi, Jaturong Pimkoon and the fan called "Golden Generation" and the club signed former Japan national team player Daiki Iwamasa that was the important to help the team win the

Trophy in 2014 from Daiki Iwamasa and Georgie Welcome's goals, its first trophy in 12 years.

Decline and financial ruin

After the club was relegated in 2016 (Saraburi F.C., Saraburi was out of the Thai league due to money problems so the club was placed in the place of Saraburi), club president Brian L. Marcar sold the team to Inspire Entertainment, the owner of Muangthong United F.C., Muangthong United. Robert Procureur quit and star players such as Peerapat Notchaiya, Tanaboon Kesarat, Chanathip Songkrasin and Tristan Do joined various clubs, such as Muangthong United F.C., Muangthong United.

Merging: BEC-Tero Sasana and Police United

In 2017, the club were taken over by the Royal Thai Police, who merged them with their own club, Police United F.C., Police United. The club name change was not recognized in 2017, so in 2018, the club changed their name to Police Tero Football Club.

Return to the Thai League 1

In October 2019, under head coach Rangsan Viwatchaichok, Police Tero were runners-up in the 2019 Thai League 2 and were promoted to the 2020 Thai League 1.

Failed to takeover

On 6 November 2023, Police Tero held a press conference to launch a new investment group, a group of three Cambodian people, Cambodian royal princes, with an investment of ฿200 million and a 49% stake in the club. But in the end the takeover of the club was unsuccessful because the new owners were unable to declare the origin of the money and were unable to bring the money into the country.

Stadium and locations

Police Tero currently resides at the Boonyachinda Stadium since 2017. The stadium is available to hold up to 3,500 capacity.

Season by season record

*P = Played *W = Games won *D = Games drawn *L = Games lost *F = Goals for *A = Goals against *Pts = Points *Pos = Final position *N/A = No answer *T1 =

*T2 = Thai League 2 *QR = Qualifying Round *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 *GS = Group stage *QF = Quarter-finals *SF = Semi-finals *RU = Runners-up *S = Shared *W = Winners

Continental record

Players

First team squad

(Captain (association football), Captain)

Out on loan

Former players

''For details on former players, see :Police Tero F.C. players.''

Coaching staff

Managerial history

''Head coaches by years (1996/97-present)''

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

**Winners: 2000 Thai Premier League, 2000, 2001–02 Thai League, 2001–02 **Runners-up: 2002–03 Thai League, 2002–03, 2003–04 Thai League, 2003–04 * Thai League 2 **Runners-up: 2019 Thai League 2, 2019

Cups

* Thai FA Cup, FA Cup **Runners-up: 2009 Thai FA Cup, 2009 * Thai League Cup, League Cup **Winners: 2014 Thai League Cup, 2014 *

**Winners: 2000 **Runners-up: 2002, 2004 * Queen's Cup (football), Queen's Cup **Runners-up: 2009 Queen's Cup, 2009

International competitions

Asian

* AFC Champions League Elite **Runners-up: 2002–03 AFC Champions League, 2002–03

Asean

*ASEAN Club Championship **Runners-up: 2003 ASEAN Club Championship, 2003

Friendly

* Jigme Dorji Wangchuk Memorial Gold Cup, Bhutan King's Cup **Winners: 2004เจาะประวัติทีมดัง สโมสรฟุตบอลโปลิศ เทโร ยักษ์หลับไทยลีก
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References

External links

Official fanpage
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