Buriram United F.C.
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| Full name | Buriram United Football Club | ||
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The Thunder Castles (ปราสาทสายฟ้า) The Countryside Champions (แชมป์เซราะกราว) |
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| Founded | 1970 (Provincial Electricity Authority ) |
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| Ground | New I-Mobile Stadium Buriram, Thailand (Capacity: 24,000) |
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| Chairman |  Newin Chidchob |
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| Head Coach | Attaphol Buspakom |
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| League | Thai Premier League | ||
| 2011 | 1st | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Buriram United (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด), formerly Buriram P.E.A. Football Club is a professional Thai football club based in Buriram province. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the majority of their existence and currently competing in the Thai Premier League. The club was founded in 1970 and their new home stadium is New i-mobile Stadium which currently has a capacity of 24,000.
Buriram United won their first Thai Premier League title in 2008, and the Khǒr Royal Cup in 1998 as PEA FC (Provincial Electricity Authority Football Club).The club was previously based in Ayutthaya before moving east to Buriram for the 2010 season. In season 2011, Buriram PEA won triple champions (2011 Thai Premier League, 2011 Thai FA Cup, and 2011 Thai League Cup) in Thailand.
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[edit] History
The club was founded as PEA (Provincial Electricity Authority) since 1970, hence their 40 years old history, their first top league crowned need to wait until 1998 and again in 2008.
The original club's colour was purple/white and the team named 'Sparking Guys' or 'The Sparkers'.
Their original base was Ngamwongwan area in Bangkok where the head office of PEA department situated. But due to the expanding of Thai Premier League and the limitation of fan club in Bangkok, PEA decided to relocate themselves to Ayutthaya Province where they formed bonding with local fan club and unofficially called Faifa Ayutthaya (Electricity of Ayutthaya in English)
In 2010, the team was taken over by Newin Chidchob the famous Buriram politician and the team moved again to Buriram province. This caused a mass upset toward Ayutthaya's local fan club. They protested by burning white/purple jersey but the management decision remained the same.
After the move to Buriram, the club changed their identity by using dark blue jersey instead of purple/white (but still kept purple for shorts and socks).
The club first used the name "Buriram PEA FC" and renamed to be "Buriram United F.C." in 2012 with the nickname 'Thunder Castle' since then.
[edit] Stadium
The New i-Mobile Stadium in Buriram became the home stadium of Buriram PEA as of 11 June 2011, replacing an old football stadium in Buriram also named i-Mobile Stadium. The new stadium construction cost approximately 400 million baht, and the stadium has a seating capacity of 24,000. The new stadium is also called Thunder Castle Stadium. The New i-Mobile Stadium is located about 3 kilometers southwest of central Buriram.
[edit] Sponsors
The following are the sponsors of BPEA (named "BPEA Partners"):
- Philips
- Chang
- Thai AirAsia
- King Power
- Coke
- Samart I-Mobile
- CP
- Yamaha
- Chang
- Carabao
- Hello Bangkok
- Euro food
[edit] Season By Season Record
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Queen's Cup |
Kor Royal Cup |
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | ||||||
| 2004-05 | TPL | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 32 | 2nd | Singapore Cup - R1 | Supakit Jinajai | 10 | ||||
| 2006 | TPL | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 22 | 10th | AFC Champions League - DIS, Singapore Cup - R1 | ||||||
| 2007 | TPL | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 40 | 42 | 8th | |||||||
| 2008 | TPL | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 61 | 1st | Ronnachai Rangsiyo | 16 | |||||
| 2009 | TPL | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 36 | 9th | R4 | QF | RU | AFC Champions League - QF1, AFC Cup - GR | Suriya Domtaisong | 7 | |
| 2010 | TPL | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 57 | 28 | 63 | 2nd | R4 | RU | Suchao Nutnum | 11 | |||
| 2011 | TPL | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 64 | 15 | 85 | 1st | W | W | Toyota Premier Cup - W | Frank Ohandza | 19 | ||
| 2012 | RU | AFC Champions League |
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| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
[edit] Players
[edit] First team squad
As of February 15, 2012 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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[edit] Notable former players
Below is a list of notable footballers who have previously played for Buriram PEA. Generally, this means players that have played 50 or more competitive matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included, as they were the club's integral founding members, were integral members of a championship winning team, have at least one senior international cap or made significant contributions to the club's history
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[edit] Coaches
Coaches by Years (2004-present)
| Name | Nat | Period | Honours |
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| Prapol Pongpanich | |
2004-05, May 2009 | 2008 Thailand Premier League |
| Thongsuk Sampahungsith | |
May 2009-Oct 2009 | |
| Thanadech Fuprasert | |
Nov 2009-May 10 | |
| Attaphol Buspakom | |
May 2010- | 2011 Thai Premier League 2011 Thai FA Cup 2011 Thai League Cup 2011 Toyota Premier Cup |
[edit] Current Trainers
| Head Coach | Attaphol Buspakom |
| Assistant Trainer | Charnchai Hansub |
| Assistant Trainer | Sane Phonmanisak |
[edit] Crests
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2010-2011
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2011-present
[edit] Affiliated Clubs
[edit] Honours
| Honour | Number | Years |
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| Thai Premier League Champions | 2 | 2008 · 2011 |
| Thai Premier League Runners-up | 2 | 2004–05 2010 |
| Thai Division 1 League Runners-up | 1 | 2002–03 |
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| Thai League Cup Winners | 1 | 2011 |
| Thai League Cup Runners-up | 1 | 2010 |
| Thai FA Cup Winners | 1 | 2011 |
| Kor Royal Cup Runners-up | 2 | 2009, 2012 |
| Toyota Premier Cup Winners | 1 | 2011 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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