Chula United

BBCU Football Club, known fully as Big Bang Chula United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอล บีบีซียู), is a defunct Thai professional football club based in Bangkok, Thailand, owned by Montri Suwannoi. Founded as "Bangtoey Football Team" in 1976, the club changed its name many times, until finally, it became "BBCU" in 2011.

BBCU was one of the most successful Thai football clubs of the late 1990s (under the name of "Sinthana Football Club"). The club has won a Thai League 1 title, 2 Kor Royal Cups and 1 FA Cup. Moreover, during the years in lower divisions, the club has also won a Division 2 title.

History

Chulalongkorn University FC is the club based at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. They have played in the Chula–Thammasat Traditional Football Match since 1934.

In 2004, Chulalongkorn University FC was combined with Sinthana FC (Chula-Sinthana FC) and played in Division 2 in 2005 until Chula-Sinthana FC was promoted from Division 1 to Thai Premier League in 2008.

In August of the 2008 season, they changed their club name again from "Chula-Sinthana FC" to "Chula United". The Club Director was Kasiti Kamalanavin.

Chula's return to the top flight, 2008 Thailand Premier League, ended with them finishing in a creditable 8th position. However they could not build on their first season and were relegated from the 2009 Thai Premier League.

Despite having two of the three top goalscorers in the 2010 Thai Division 1 League, Chula could not bounce back at the first attempt and slumped to a disappointing 10th-placed finish. Chula's striker Chainarong Tathong topped the 2010 Thai Division 1 League goalscoring chart with an impressive 19 goals. Fellow front man Aron da Silva netted 15 times to be the 3rd top scorer in the league.

In January 2011, the club changed their name to Big Bang Chulalongkorn University FC and relocated to play their home games at the Thai Army Sports Stadium on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. The club got off to a flying start and won promotion even though they stuttered in the latter weeks of the season.

The club's venture in the 2012 Thai Premier League ended with them being relegated after only one season. Home games were played at the sparsely filled 65,000 Rajamangala Stadium with an average home attendance of only 939.

In April 2017, the club was dissolved, citing lack of fund as the reason. This team is automatically banned 2 years, If the team decide to come back they will relegated to the lowest tier of professional league.

Stadium

BBCU have used various stadiums throughout their history:

*2012 : Rajamangala Stadium
*2013 : Thai Army Sports Stadium
*2014 – 2017 : Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium, Nonthaburi

Stadium and locations

Season by season record

Amateur years (1976–1987)

Since Bangtoey Football team was founded in 1976 to compete in Bangkapi Cup tournament, the club had played 11 more years in amateur level before joining the first Football Association of Thailand's competitions season in Ngor Royal Cup 1998.

Royal Cups' years (1988–1995)

Football League years (1996–2010)

Season by season domestic record (2011–present)

(BBCU F.C.)

*P = Played
*W = Games won
*D = Games drawn
*L = Games lost
*F = Goals for
*A = Goals against
*Pts = Points
*Pos = Final position

*TL = Thai League 1

*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

Note
*The list below shows the different names used to represent the same level of competition.
**Level 1 : (Johny Walker) Thailand Soccer League, (Caltex) Premier League, (GSM) Thai League, Thailand Premier League, and (Sponsor) Thai Premier League
**Level 2 : Thailand Division 1 League and Thai Division 1 League

Performance in AFC competitions

Coaches

''Coaches by Years (2008–present)''

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Thai League 1
** Champions (1): 1998
** Runner-up (1): 1997
* Thai Division 1 League
** Runner-up (1): 2007
** 3rd Place (1): 2011
* Regional League Division 2
** Champions (1): 2006
* Thai FA Cup
** Winners (1): 1997
* Kor Royal Cup
** Winners (2): 1997, 1998
** 3rd Place (1): 1995
* Queen's Cup
** Runner-up (3): 1999, 2000, 2002

International competitions

* Asian Club Championship
** Quarter-final (1): 1999
* Asian Cup Winners' Cup
** Second round (1): 1998

References

External links

Official Website


BBCU
at Thai Premier League

{{Thai football champions

Defunct football clubs in Thailand
Association football clubs established in 1976
Association football clubs disestablished in 2017
Thai League 1 clubs
Thai FA Cup winners
Football clubs in Bangkok
Sport in Bangkok
1976 establishments in Thailand
2017 disestablishments in Thailand