Bluewave Chonburi Futsal Club ( Thai สโมสรฟุตซอลชลบุรี บลูเวฟ) is a Thai

futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

club based in

Chonburi Chonburi (, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi District, Mueang Chonburi, the List of municipalities in Thailand, seventh-largest city in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Ba ...

. They currently play in the Futsal Thailand League.

History

Beginnings

Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club founded in 2006 and affiliated to the first season of the

Thailand Futsal League The Futsal Thai League () is the top league for futsal clubs in Thailand. It is sponsored by MEA and therefore officially known as the MEA Futsal Thai League. Sponsorship The Futsal Thai League has been sponsored since 2006/07, 2010-2012 and ...

. Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club won the championship two times in the 2006 and 2009 season before the end of the provisional squad.

The Thai giant

The team has come back again under the control by the Chonburi Sports Association and Chonburi Football Club as Government Housing Bank RBAC Chonburi Futsal Club or (GHB-RBAC Chonburi Futsal club) . Finally turning back to the old name Chonburi Bluewave. Chonburi have won the 2010, 2011–12, and the 2012-13 Futsal Thailand League.

The Greatest in Asia

In August 2013, After finishing champions in the 2012 Futsal Thailand League season, Chonburi Bluewave under Pulpis head coach secured direct qualification into the

2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship The 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 4th AFC Futsal Club Championship.It was held in Nagoya, Japan between 27 Aug and 1 Sep, 2013. Bid process Japan beat bids from, Iran, and Uzbekistan. Draw The draw for the finals of the AFC Futsa ...

. In the group stages, for first games The Sharks draw Ardus Tashkent from Uzbekistan, 2–2 beat

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, 4-3 and beat

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, 3–2. For their final leg of the AFC Futsal Club Championship Semi-finals against Chinese side Shenzhen Nanling. Having won, 5–2. In Final The Sharks draw

, 1-1 by 1 goal of

Suphawut Thueanklang Suphawut Thueanklang (; born July 14, 1989) is a Thai futsal pivot and currently a member of Thailand national futsal team. Honours Domestic All with Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club * Thailand Futsal League **Winners (7): 2009, 2010, 2011–20 ...

and the club won 1-4 by penalties after extra time. Suphawut Thueanklang received the most valuable player award. In July 2017, After finishing champions in the 2016 Futsal Thailand League season, Chonburi Bluewave under Rakphol SaiNetngam head coach secured direct qualification into the

2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from ...

. In the group stages, for first games The Sharks beat Bank of Beirut, 9–0 and beat AGMK from Uzbekistan, 5–0. For their final leg of the AFC Futsal Club Championship Quarter-finals against Japanese side Shriker Osaka. Having won, 4–2. In Semi-finals The Sharks beat Thái Sơn Nam, 6–0. The Sharks beat

, 3–2 in final by hattrick of

. Jirawat Sornwichian received a Top Scorer award with nine goals.

Youth Academy

PTT Chonburi academy in Bangkok. The club have been sending coaches over to schools to teach kids how to play futsal.

Trophies

League

: Winners (11) : 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014, 2015,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, 2020, 2021-22

Cup

* Thai Futsal FA Cup : Winners (5) : 2010, 2011–12, 2014, 2015, 2019

International

Intercontinental Futsal Cup The Intercontinental Futsal Cup is an international futsal club competition. Invited clubs from Europe and South America play against each other. History The Intercontinental Futsal Cup is held every year. The first event was held in 1997, in ...

: Fourth place (1) :

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

AFC Futsal Club Championship The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competition, hosted by the Asian Football Confederation. It is futsal equivalent to AFC Champions League. For the inaugural edition, AFC Futsal Committee decided to make ...

: Winners (2) :

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: Runner-up (1) :

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: Third place (1) :

* AFC futsal team of the year (1): 2013′AFC FUTSAL TEAM OF THE YEAR: CHONBURI BLUEWAVE
/ref> * AFF Futsal Club Championship : Winners (2) :

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Current players

(vice-captain)

Notable former players

* 2006-2013

Anucha Munjarern Anucha Munjarern (; born 1979 in Surat Thani, Thailand) is a retired Thai futsal Pivot who is Thailand national futsal team's all-time top goalscorer. He was regarded as the icon of Thai futsal between 2000-2008 and was hailed as "พ่อม ...

* 2006-2011

Panuwat Janta Panuwat Janta (), 1979 in Chantaburi, Thailand) is a Thai futsal Defender, and currently the captain of Thailand national futsal team. He competed for Thailand at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup The 2008 FIFA Futsal World C ...

* 2007-2015

Lertchai Issarasuwipakorn Lertchai Issarasuwipakorn ( Thai เลิศชาย อิสราสุวิภากร), 1982 in Khon Kaen, Thailand) is a Thai futsal Defender. He competed for Thailand at the 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year o ...

* 2007- Kritsada Wongkaeo * 2007-

* 2015- Xapa

Asian Competitions Appearances

: 8 appearances ::

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: Group stage ::

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: Group stage ::

: Champions ::

: Runner-up ::

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: Group stage ::

: Third place ::

: Champions ::

: Quarter-final

Sponsorship

Government Housing Bank (G.H. Bank) and Rattana Bundit University are the team's main sponsors.

Club officials

Crests

Image:Tha-w-chonburi.jpg, Chonburi Blue Wave 2006-2009 Image:Chonburi Blue Wave Futsal Club logo.png, Chonburi Blue Wave 2012–present

History

Beginnings

The Thai giant

The Greatest in Asia

Youth Academy

Trophies

League

Cup

International

Current players

Notable former players

Asian Competitions Appearances

Sponsorship

Club officials

Crests

References

See also