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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, and

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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 in the semi-final and defeated them 3–2 on aggregate, before losing to

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in the two-legged final, 2–1.

Golden Generation

In 2012, the club appointed

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, former general manager of

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, to be the new Director of Football and appointed

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as the club manager. Them built up a great team by pushing up many young players such as

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Narubadin Weerawatnodom Narubadin Weerawatnodom (, , born 12 July 1994) is a Thai professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Thai League 1 club Buriram United and the Thailand national team. Club career After finishing the 2014 Thai Premier League with BEC- ...

Tristan Do Tristan Do (, born 31 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Thai League 1 club Muangthong United. Born in France, he plays for the Thailand national football team. Club career In 2014, Do joined Police Tero in ...

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and the fan called "Golden Generation" and the club signed former Japan national team player

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that was the important to help the team win the

Trophy in 2014 from Daiki Iwamasa and

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's goals, its first trophy in 12 years.

Decline and financial ruin

After the club was relegated in 2016 (

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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

quit and star players such as

and

joined various clubs, such as

Merging: BEC-Tero Sasana and Police United

In 2017, the club were taken over by the

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, who merged them with their own club, 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

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, Police Tero were runners-up in the

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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 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

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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 =

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*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

(

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)

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:

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, 2001–02 **Runners-up: 2002–03, 2003–04 *

**Runners-up:

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Cups

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**Runners-up:

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* League Cup **Winners:

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**Winners: 2000 **Runners-up: 2002, 2004 *

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**Runners-up:

International competitions

Asian

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**Runners-up: 2002–03

Asean

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**Runners-up:

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Friendly

* Bhutan King's Cup **Winners: 2004เจาะประวัติทีมดัง สโมสรฟุตบอลโปลิศ เทโร ยักษ์หลับไทยลีก
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References

External links

Official fanpage
on

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