Khon Kaen Football Club (
Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น) is a
Thailand
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professional
football
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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
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. In 2011, they achieved promotion from
Thai Division 1 League
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to the
Thai League 1
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for the first time in their history, by finishing runners-up in the
Thai Division 1 League
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.
Khonkaen play their home games at the
. 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
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which largely consist of regional football clubs, nonetheless, the league was not recognized by the
Football Association of Thailand
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.
In 2007 the league was merged into
Thai Premier League
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and
Thai Division 1 League
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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
Sisaket
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in the last week of the season.
In 2010, the club was finally promoted to the
Thai Premier League
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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
2012
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with the T-Rex finishing in the bottom half of the first division.
In 2014, the Club got 17th of
2014
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and relegated to
2015 Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region
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into North-Eastern zone.
In 2022, Khon Kaen competed in the
Thai League 3
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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
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Khon Kaen was defeated 2–3 by
Phrae United
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in the third round, causing them to be eliminated and in the
2022–23 Thai League Cup
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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 =
Thai Premier League
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*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
supporters
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Historically, supporters were left to an individual's fr ...
as player #12.''
Coaching staff
Honours
Domestic leagues
*
Thai League 3
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** Runners-up (1):
2017
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Events January
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*
Thai League 3 Upper Region
** Champions (1):
2017
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*
Thai Division 1 League
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** Runners-up (1):
2010
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Affiliated clubs
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Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
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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