Suphanburi F.C.


Suphanburi Football Club is a professional association football club based in Suphan Buri Province. The club play in the Thai first tier Thai League 1. Their home stadium is Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium.

Club history

Founded in 1998, Suphanburi Football Club became members of the Thailand Provincial League which ran parallel to the Thai League and was overseen by the Sports Authority of Thailand. In the league's inaugural year of 1999, the club finished as runners up. Overall, Suphanburi was one of the most successful teams in the Pro League. They won the league title twice and were also runners up on three occasions.

League history

In 2005 the club finished as runners up in the Thai league and were promoted to the Thai Premier League alongside champions Chonburi, Suphanburi became the first provincial club to join the TPL. However, the clubs moved in very different directions over the subsequent years. Due to a league expansion, Suphanburi avoided relegation. However, a year later Chonburi became champions whilst Suphanburi were relegated. In the following season, Suphanburi finished mid table in Division 1 and never looked like challenging for promotion. They were relegated from the Thai Division 1 League in 2010. A late decision to expand the 1st division allowed them to regain their 1st division status if they could beat Saraburi FC in a two legged play-off. The War Elephant won 3–2 on aggregate to retain their place in Division 1. In 2012 the club's first success was a runners-up spot in Division 1 and the team were promoted back into the Thai Premier League. For the 2013 season, few people saw Suphanburi as serious contenders for honours. However, after starting the season with a seven match unbeaten run, they eventually finished fourth, losing only nine times in their thirty two game campaign.

Academy development

The Under 19 team under the guidance of Nigerian Coach,Sakiru Fagbohun known as "Coach Ken",reached the final of the 2014 Coke Cup, where they narrowly lost 2–1 to three-time champions Buriram United, this achievement was remarked greatly as Suphanburi Fc u19 defied the odds and challenged the three-time champions competitively. The club have embarked on an ambitious six-year plan to create teams from Under 13 to Under 18, starting with a new intake of Under 13 players each year. The young players will be based at the Institute of Physical Education, which is next door to the main stadium. In 2016 Suphanburi football academy signed a formal partnership with Borussia Dortmund for 3 years in this partnership Borussia Dortmund will be sending world-class coaches to train in the youth training center that is located in Kanchanapisekwittayalai Suphanburi school, and Borussia Dortmund will send a coach to train Thai coach of the club's to bring knowledge to the team also sent to the player, the network connection and the international standards.

Stadium and locations

Stadium and locations for team B

Season by season record

ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated

Players

First-team squad

Below is a list of players playing for Suphanburi as the official website confirms.

Out on loan

Head coaches history

Coaches by years
NameNatFromToHonours
Worrawoot SrimakaDecember 201129 October 20122012 Thai Division 1 League: Runner-up
Promoted to 2013 Thai Premier League
Phayong KhunnaenJanuary 2013December 2013
Alexandré Pölking2 January 201412 May 2014
Adebayo Gbadebo 13 May 20147 June 2014
Velizar Popov8 June 201424 November 2014
Sérgio Farias18 December 201413 August 2015
Worrawoot Srimaka 13 August 201513 December 20152015 Thai Premier League: Third place
Qualified to 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying1
Sérgio Aparecido6 January 201622 March 2016
Ricardo Rodríguez22 March 201628 June 2016
Sérgio Farias4 July 201616 April 2017
Worrawoot Srimaka 16 April 201721 May 2017
Adebayo Gbadebo22 May 201724 June 2018
Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok29 June 201811 October 2018
Totchtawan Sripan12 November 20182 June 2019
Adebayo Gbadebo4 June 2019

1Suphanburi qualified to 2016 AFC Champion League Preliminary Round 2 by finishing third place in 2015 Thai Premier League and Buriram United F.C. winning 2015 Thai FA Cup. However, Suphanburi was forfeited to play in the competition due the lack of AFC Club licensing criteria. Chonburi had replaced them in the continental spot.

Honours

Domestic competitions