Khon Kaen Football Club (

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club, based in Khon Kaen province, a city located in the heart of the North Eastern Region of Thailand. The club currently plays in Thai League 3. In 2011, they achieved promotion from

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to the

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for the first time in their history, by finishing runners-up in the

. Khonkaen play their home games at the

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. They traditionally play in black and yellow, and their nickname is commonly known as ''The T-Rexs'' which came from the famous rich dinosaur fossil excavations of the province.

History

Khon Kaen Football Club was publicly formed on 21 June 2007, before that time the club played in the Provincial League which largely consist of regional football clubs, nonetheless, the league was not recognized by the Football Association of Thailand. In 2007 the league was merged into

Thai Premier League The Thai League 1 ( th, ไทยลีก 1), often referred to as T1, is the top level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai League 2. Seasons run from August ...

and

and the club was registered to be professional football club in this year and was allocated into Thai Division 1 League Group A, the club was close to promotion by finishing at the fourth place that season. In the 2008 season, Khon Kaen was not performing as well as the previous season as they could only finish the season in 8th place, nevertheless, the club proved themselves, being one of the favourites for promotion in the 2009 season, however, they lost the promotion spot to

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in the last week of the season. In 2010, the club was finally promoted to the

after finishing runners-up in the league table which was the first time for the club to participate in the top flight of Thai football. However, their brief TPL tenure ended disappointingly as they finished bottom of the table. Any thoughts of yo-yoing straight back never emerged in

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with the T-Rex finishing in the bottom half of the first division. In 2014, the Club got 17th of

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and relegated to

2015 Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region Regional League Division 2 North Eastern Region is the 7th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the third tier of the Thai football league system. The league winners and runners up qualified for the 2015 Regi ...

into North-Eastern zone. In 2022, Khon Kaen competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 17th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 3–0 away win over Nakhon Ratchasima United and they ended the season with a 1–0 home win over Nakhon Ratchasima United. The club has finished 4th place in the league of the Northeastern region. In addition, in the

2022–23 Thai FA Cup The 2022–23 Thai FA Cup is the 29th season of a Thailand's knockout football competition. The tournament was sponsored by Chang, and known as the Chang FA Cup ( th, ช้าง เอฟเอคัพ) for sponsorship purposes. The tournamen ...

Khon Kaen was defeated 2–3 by Phrae United in the third round, causing them to be eliminated and in the

2022–23 Thai League Cup The 2022–23 Thai League Cup is the 13th season in the second era of a Thailand's knockout football competition. All games are played as a single match. It was sponsored by Toyota Motor Thailand, and known as the Hilux Revo Cup ( th, ไฮลั ...

Khon Kaen was defeated 0–1 by Khon Kaen Mordindang in the second qualification round, causing them to be eliminated too.

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 =

*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

Players

First Team squad

Out on loan

''Note: The official club website lists the

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as player #12.''

Coaching staff

Honours

Domestic leagues

* Thai League 3 ** Runners-up (1):

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* Thai League 3 Upper Region ** Champions (1):

** Runners-up (1):

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Affiliated clubs

* Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

References

External links

''Khon Kaen Football Club'' – Official website
{{Thai League 3 clubs Khon Kaen province Football clubs in Thailand Association football clubs established in 2007 2007 establishments in Thailand