Samut Prakan City Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลสมุทรปราการ ซิตี้) is a Thai football club based in Samut Prakan, Thailand. The club plays in

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. It was renamed from

Pattaya United Pattaya United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลพัทยา ยูไนเต็ด) was a Thai football club based in Pattaya, Chonburi Province. Defunct after the 2018 season, the club was renamed to Samut Prakan C ...

in 2019, following the club's owner's decided to change the club name and relocate it to Samut Prakan.

History

Foundation

The club was founded in the end of season 2018 after Tanet Phanichewa

's owner decided to change club name to Samut Prakan City and relocated it to Samut Prakan Province. The club will be participate for their first season in the

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Beginnings in the Thai League 1 and Japanese-Thai connection

Prior to the

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, The club appointed

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as the club first

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, the work of Tetsuya Murayama in coordination with Coach

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in the first season of the club in Thai league 1, the club performed quite well and finished in 6th place. The club appointed

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as manager ahead of the

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Thai League 1 season by releasing

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, Baworn Tapla, Phumin Kaewta and Woranat Thongkruea. The club signing

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from

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from

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and Brazilian striker

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. The

Thai League 1 season began with 1–1 draw against

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on 14 February 2020, followed up by three match lose. The first win in the league came at the 5th matchday, winning 1–0 against

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at the Samut Prakarn SAT Stadium on 13 September 2020. After the 10th matchday, the club stood at 12th place in the league. After a series of disappointing results, The club has won 3 match in a row, winning 1–3 against

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the ...

at the

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, winning Chonburi and Trat and the club climbed to 6th place after the first half of the season (Round 15). The success compared to a relatively smaller team size than the other teams in the league, however, was followed by a win against one of the wealthiest club in the Thai League

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6–3 on 27 December 2020. Samut Prakan City advanced to the third round of the

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, being eliminated after losing 1–0 to

Muangthong United Muangthong United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลเมืองทอง ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi province. The club plays in the Thai League 1. ...

at the

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on 3 February 2021.

Stadium and locations by season records

Season by season records

* P = Played * W = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * F = Goals for * A = Goals against * Pts = Points * Pos = Final position *T1 =

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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

Current squad

Club management

Coaching staff

Coaches

Coaches by years (2018–present)

References

External links

* {{Thai League T2 Thai League 1 clubs Association football clubs established in 2018 Football clubs in Thailand Sport in Samut Prakan province 2018 establishments in Thailand