RBAC Football Club ( Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลอาร์แบค) is a Thai defunct

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football club. The club last played in

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History

Beginning

RBAC F.C. was born off the back of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration F.C., which went bankrupt in the

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. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration F.C. themselves took over from SET F.C. (Stock Exchange of Thailand) in similar circumstances in the early years of the Thailand Premier League. SET F.C. reached the championship final playoff match in 1997, where they came up against

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in which they lost 2–0.

therefore claimed in the inaugural

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title and SET F.C. claimed the runner-up spot.

First name change

Following a new set-up for the

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season, SET F.C., played under the name Bangkok Metropolitan Administration F.C. and came in a creditable 7th position. The following year, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration F.C. fell down the league table and finished in 11th position, which forced the club to enter the promotion/relegation end-of-season playoff match. Here they met Assumption Sriracha. This year also saw Bangkok Metropolitan Administration F.C. first piece of silverware as they won the 14th Yamaha Thailand Cup, beating Nakhon Si Thammarat in the final.

Second name change & Relegation to Division 1

In the

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season they moved up the table and finished in 9th position, an improvement on the previous year. The Thailand Premier League 2000 season was BMA's last, as they finished in 4th position but fell on hard times and were replaced by Rattana Bundit the following year in the

. It is believed that the club uses the same badge but plays under a different name from BMA and has closer links to the university in the area. In their first appearance in the Premier League under their newly formed club, Rattana succumbed to relegation to the

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, after they could only total 18 points and only 10 goals in 22 matches in a very poor season. In

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, Rattana endured a disappointing season and finished 14th which resulted in them being relegated. However, due to an expansion of the league, they were given a reprieve when they defeated Rayong F.C. 4–2 in a two-legged playoff to retain their

status for 2011.

Relegation to Division 2

After

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, RBAC was relegated to the

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took over the club and ran the club as the reserve team. The club has changed its name after the parent team RBAC BEC Tero Sasana F.C. well known as 'R-BEC'. The proposal of the team is to produce young players for senior teams such as

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that produce players for

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. In the first season of R-BEC, BEC Tero Sasana F.C. bought many national u-19 team players and sent on loan with this club.

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, a coach of

youth team, was sent to coach this team. After a poor season of

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, Phayong Khunnaen stepped down from the senior team and

promoted

to coaching senior team and sent Samrit Sechanah to the coaching reserve team. After

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, RBAC cancel

and had set new team to played

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After

Ratchaburi Ratchaburi (, ) or Rajburi, Rat Buri) is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in western Thailand, capital of Ratchaburi Province. Ratchaburi town covers the entire ''tambon'' Na Mueang (หน้าเมือง) of Mueang Ratchaburi District. As o ...

took over the club and ran the club as the reserve team. The club has changed its name after the parent team Ratchaburi well known as 'RBM-R'. The proposal of the team is to produce young players for senior teams such as

that produce players for

. In 2016, RBAC Football Club decided to dissolve the team.

Season by season record

Honours

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**Runners-up: 1996–97 (under name of Stock Exchange of Thailand Football Club) * Yamaha Thailand Cup **Winners: 1998 (under name of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Football Club)

References

External links

* https://www.facebook.com/RatchaburiMitrPholRBAC {{Thai League 1 Association football clubs established in 1998 Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 Defunct football clubs in Thailand Football clubs in Bangkok 1998 establishments in Thailand 2016 disestablishments in Thailand University and college association football clubs