Songkhla F.C.

Songkhla Football Club ( Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา) is a Thailand semi-professional football club based in Songkhla Province, a province located in Southern Thailand. The club is currently playing in the Thai League 3 Southern region.

History

1999–2011: Early history

Songkhla F.C. (original) was established in 1999, and it then first played in the Thailand Provincial League, a former league, parallel to the Thai Premier League. In the founding year of the league, 1999, reached the eighth place in the league table.

In the years after it was found mostly back in the bottom of the table regions. In 2007, the club was runner-up of the Pro League and played the following year in the Thailand Division 2 League. Surprisingly, it was the end of the season, again winning a second place and went on to the newly formed Thai Division 1 League.

In 2009 Thai Division 1 League, they finished a creditable 7th. They fared even better in 2010 Thai Division 1 League and just missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Their 4th-placed finished earned them a place in the TPL play-offs. Unfortunately the Bulls couldn't maintain their end off season form and finished bottom of their play-off group.

In this 2011 Thai Division 1 League, the team have an average attendance of around 18.000, with a peak of 23.000 people at Tinsulanon Stadium during last matches. Highest attendance Songkhla 1–1 Buriram (36,715) (7 August 2011) . Their star and top striker with 17 scores is the Brazilian Chayene Santos.

Merging: Songkhla United and Songkhla

The club was dissolved and merged with Songkhla United in 2012.

2018–present: A breath of hope

Songkhla football club was come back and played in 2018 Thailand Amateur League Southern Region.

The Samila Mermaid won promotion from the Fifth tier of the Thai football league system Thailand Amateur League Southern region in 2019 – beating Jantrangcee Saba Yoi City in the lower southern subregion final and beating Patong City in the southern region final. They qualified for the 2019 Thailand Amateur League championship stage as southern winner.

Crest

The club logo incorporates elements from the mermaid statue. Mermaid comes from the story Phra Aphai Mani by Sunthorn Phu.

Stadium

Tinsulanon Stadium ( th, สนามติณสูลานนท์, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Songkhla, Thailand. Named after the Songkhla-born former Thai prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda, it is used mostly for football matches.

The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 but just 10,000 of those spaces are covered in a small single-tiered stand along one touchline. The rest of the stadium is a continuous curving tier. The stadium hosted one of the semi-finals in the 1998 Asian Games men's football tournament.

Honours

Songkhla F.C. original
* Provincial League:
::Runners-up (1): 2007
* Thai Division 2 League:
::Runners-up (1): 2008
Songkhla F.C. new era
* Thai League 3 Southern Region:
::Champions (1): 2020–21
* Thailand Amateur League:
::Champions (1): 2019

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

*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

Songkhla
Retrieved on 4 August 2022.

Club staff

References

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External links

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Official Website

Songkhla FC Fan Site

{{Wuachon United F.C.

Football clubs in Thailand
Association football clubs established in 2018
Sport in Songkhla province
2018 establishments in Thailand