Sukhothai Football Club () is a Thai professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in

Sukhothai province Sukhothai (, ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''); it lies in lower northern Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, and Lampang. Sukhothai can be translated as 'dawn of ...

. The club currently play in the

Thai League 1 The Thai League (, pronounced as ') or Thai League 1 (, pronounced as '), often referred to as T1, is the highest level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai L ...

. Sukhothai represents the Sukhothai Province mainly known for being the first Kingdom of Thailand. Their main team colors are red and white and their away colors are black and green.

History

Early history

Sukhothai Football Club was established in 2009 and entered the

Regional League Northern Division Regional League Northern Region is the 3rd Level League in Thailand. It was formed in 2009 along with other four other regional leagues, all playing at the same level. The winner of each regional league enter the Regional League Championships to ...

. They finished their first ever season in the

in 7th place out of 11 teams. In 2014, after 6 years in the third tier division, Sukhothai got the promotion to

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. In 2015, the newly promotion team Sukhothai had a successful campaign in

Thai Division 1 League Thai League 2 (), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. Seasons typically run from August to May, with each team playing 34 games : two agai ...

with the finishing in the unexpected third place of the final standing. Sukhothai has promoted to 2016 Thai League.

Top flight league

In 2016, In the club first year in the top league, Sukhothai created the overachieved run by finishing in the seventh place of the table. Sukhothai also qualified for 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying round after being one of co-winner of

2016 Thai FA Cup The Chang FA Cup 2016 () is the 23rd season of Thailand knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Football Association of Thailand. Following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Football Association of Thailand can ...

. Sukhothai then faced off against Myanmar club Yadanarbon in the preliminary round 2 where they beat them 5–0 to advance to the play-off round. Sukhothai then met Chinese club

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but lost 3–0 at the

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. Sukhothai then finished off the

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season in 14th place needing two points away from

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who is sitting on top of the relegation zone. The club was then relegated to the

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season. In the next season, Sukhothai then finished off as runner-ups in the Thai League 2 sitting one point below league champions, Lamphun Warriors. Sukhothai then returned to the top flight after spending one season in the second division.

Main rivalry

Sukhothai's main neighboring rivals are with

Phitsanulok Phitsanulok (, ) is a city municipality in northern Thailand and the capital of Phitsanulok province. It had a city population of 60,827 and an urban population of approximately 200,000 in 2024, making it Thailand's 19th-most populous city p ...

and Kamphaengphet.

Stadium and locations

Continental record

Season by season record

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

List of former managers

* Chusak Sriphum *

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* Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok * Yannawit Khantharat *

Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol ( Thai เฉลิมวุฒิ สง่าพล) (born October 2, 1958) is a Thai football manager and former player for the Thailand national team. He was the midfielder who has been described as the "Glenn Hoddle ...

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* Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok * Surapong Kongthep * Dennis Amato * Chusak Sriphum * Sugao Kambe * Aktaporn Chalitaporn

Honours

Domestic leagues

** Winner (1) :

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**Champions:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

External links

Official website of Sukhothai FC
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Official livescore of Sukhothai FC
{{Thai League 1 Thai League 1 clubs Thai FA Cup winners 2009 establishments in Thailand Association football clubs established in 2009 Football clubs in Thailand Sport in Sukhothai province