Khonkaen F.C.

Khonkaen F.C.
ขอนแก่น เอฟซี
Full name Khon Kaen Football Club
สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น
Nickname(s) The T-Rexs
(ไดโนเสาร์พิฆาต)
Founded 21 June 2007 (21 June 2007)
Ground Khon Kaen Stadium
Khon Kaen, Thailand
Ground Capacity 8,000
Chairman Kasom Chanawong
Head Coach Anurak Srikerd
League Regional League Division 2

Khonkaen Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น ) is a Thai professional football club, based in Khon Kaen Province, a city located in the heart of the North Eastern Region . The club currently plays in Regional League North-East Division. In 2011 they achieved promotion to the top flight of Thai football for the first time in their history, by finishing runners-up in the Thai Division 1 League.

Khonkaen play their home games at the Khon Kaen Stadium. They traditionally play in black and yellow, and their nickname is commonly known as The T-Rexs which came from the famous rich dinosaur fossil excavations of the province.

History

Khonkaen football club was publicly formed on 21 June 2007, before that time the club played in the Provincial League which largely consist of regional football clubs, nonetheless, the league was not recognized by the Thai Football Federation.

In 2007 the league was merged into Thai Premier League and Thai Division 1 League and the club was registered to be professional football club in this year and was allocated into Thai Division 1 League Group A, the club was close to promotion by finishing at the fourth place that season.

In the 2008 season, Khonkaen was not performing as well as the previous season as they could only finish the season in 8th place, nevertheless, the club proved themselves, being one of the favourites for promotion in the 2009 season, however, they lost the promotion spot to Sisaket in the last week of the season.

In 2010, the club was finally promoted to the Thai Premier League after finishing runners-up in the league table which was the first time for the club to participate in the top flight of Thai football.

However, their brief TPL tenure ended disappointingly as they finished bottom of the table. Any thoughts of yo-yoing straight back never emerged in 2012 with the T-Rex finishing in the bottom half of the first division.

In 2014, the Club got 17th of 2014 and relegated to 2015 Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region into North-Eastern zone

Stadium and locations

Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year
16°24′46″N 102°49′38″E / 16.412905°N 102.827164°E / 16.412905; 102.827164 Khonkaen Khon Kaen Province Stadium 10,000 2009-2011

Season by season record

Season League FA Cup League Cup Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
2006 Pro League 30 9 8 13 35 11th
2007 DIV1 A 22 7 8 7 25 25 29 4th
2008 DIV1 30 11 8 11 32 34 41 8th Thailand Issarapong Lilakorn 11
2009 DIV1 30 16 7 7 49 36 55 4th R4 Thailand Sarawut Vichien 12
2010 DIV1 30 15 9 6 51 35 54 2nd R3 R2 Thailand Surachat Singnhon 10
2011 TPL 34 6 9 19 33 68 27 18th R3 R3 Laos Khampheng Sayavutthi 4
2012 DIV1 34 12 6 16 35 49 42 11th R3 R2 Argentina Matias E.Recio 7
2013 DIV1 34 8 12 14 40 54 36 16th R3 R3 Argentina Matias E.Recio 20
2014 DIV1 34 6 10 18 23 45 28 17th R3 R1 Japan Junki Yokono 8
2015 DIV 2 North-East 34 17 10 7 54 26 61 6th R2 QR1
2016 DIV 2 North-East 26 12 8 6 40 26 44 4th
Champions Runners-up Third Place Promoted Relegated

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

  • 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

First Team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Thailand GK Paothai Kananit
3 Thailand DF Kritsana Oobma
4 Thailand DF Supakorn Karada (captain)
5 Thailand DF Phattarapong Khunsathan
6 Thailand DF Khajohnsak Jaiaoi
7 Thailand MF Manus Pathumchai
8 Thailand MF Puengpong Chaiyasith
9 Thailand FW Warut Trongkratok
10 Thailand MF Noppadol Guytakob
11 Thailand DF Pipat Pilarak
13 Thailand FW Wittaya Ngampuan
15 Thailand MF Krisdakorn Saleerattana
16 Thailand FW Suriya Prungraynoo
17 Egypt MF Ahmed Shaaban
19 Japan MF Seiya Kojima
No. Position Player
20 Thailand MF Anurak Wongnari
21 Thailand MF Saharat Phosri
22 Thailand DF Kanokphol Champrakone
23 Thailand DF Jirasak Buddangnoi
24 Thailand MF Anuphan Kerdsompong
25 Thailand DF Thammayut Tonkam
26 Thailand MF Navamin Chaipraserti
29 Thailand FW Thanaphol Sithong
30 Thailand DF Yodyiam Wonghom
31 Thailand GK Piyawat Intarapim
33 Thailand DF Phayap Booranet
34 Thailand FW Sarawin Sangra
35 Thailand GK Aphisit Sornpunya
39 Thailand FW Veerapong Khorayok
40 South Korea MF Kim Jae-hyeok

Note: The official club website lists the supporters as player #12.

Honours

Domestic leagues

References

    External links


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