Songkhla United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลสงขลา ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional

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club based in Songkhla Province.

History

2009–2011 Buriram or early years

The club was founded in 2009 as Buriram Football Club (สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดบุรีรัมย์) by the club president, Karuna Chidchob.

2012 moved to Songkhla

On 9 January 2012 it was announced that

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side PEA. F.C. owner

Newin Chidchob Newin Chidchob ( th, เนวิน ชิดชอบ, born 4 October 1958) is a Thai politician from Buriram Province. As a member of several political parties, Newin and his allies eventually joined the Thai Rak Thai Party of Thaksin Shinawat ...

would buy out promoted

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side

Buriram F.C. Songkhla United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลสงขลา ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Songkhla Province. History 2009–2011 Buriram or early years The club was founded i ...

. After 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 and to have two Songkhla teams, one competing in the

and the other Songkhla F.C. competing in the

. On 20 May 2012, for the match Wuachon 1–4 Muangthong United, the highest attendance at

Tinsulanon Stadium Tinsulanonda Stadium ( th, สนามติณสูลานนท์, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Songkhla, Thailand. Named after the Songkhla-born former Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda, it is used mostly for football matches. ...

of 30,102 was recorded.

2013 united with the local team

In 2013, Wauchon United has decided to unit with the local team, Songkhla F.C., as Songkhla United. In 2018, after Club-licensing didn't pass to play

2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region 2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region is the 2nd season of the Thai football league. It is a part of the Thai League 3 and the feeder league for the Thai League 2. A total of 14 teams will compete in the league this season, after Banbueng withdrew befo ...

, the team is banned 2 years and Relegated to 2020 Thai League 4 Southern Region.

Timeline

Stadium and locations

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 *TPL =

*T2 =

Thai League 2 Thai League 2 ( th, ไทยลีก 2), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. The top 3 are promoted to Thai League 1 at the end of the s ...

*T3 = Thai League 3 *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

Honours

Domestic leagues

as Buriram Football Club era *

** Winners (1) :2011 *

Regional League Division 2 Thai League 4 ( th, ไทยลีก 4), commonly known as the T4, was the fourth level association football league in Thailand. In 2009, it was divided into five groups by geographic region. Each group contained 16 clubs except for the Southe ...

** Winners (1) :2010 * Regional League North-East Division ** Runners Up (1) :2010

References

*http://www.siamsport.co.th/Sport_Football/141204_473.html

External links

Songkhla United F.C.
– Official website {{Thai League T1 Association football clubs established in 2009 Football clubs in Thailand Sport in Songkhla province 2009 establishments in Thailand zh:花冲联足球俱乐部