Pattaya United F.C.

Pattaya United
พัทยา ยูไนเต็ด

Full name	Pattaya United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลพัทยา ยูไนเต็ด
Nickname(s)	The Dolphins (โลมามหาภัย)
Founded	2008
Ground	Pattaya Stadium Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand (Capacity: 20,000)
Chairman	Sonthaya Kunpleum
Manager	Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol
League	Thai Premier League
2010	Thai Premier League, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Pattaya United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลพัทยา ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai football club based in Pattaya, Chonburi province. The club currently plays in the top division in Thai football, the Thai Premier League. Their local rivals are Chonburi FC and Sriracha FC. The club previous name is Coke-Bangpra Chonburi FC which changed to Pattaya United in 2009.

Pattaya's first ever competitive game was against Thailand Division 2 League side Raj Pracha FC in the 2009 Queen's Cup which they overcame the minnows 5-0.

Overview

Coke-Bangpra Chonburi FC

The club was founded under the name Coke-Bangpra Chonburi FC which derived from the sponsor and the community Bang Phra (บางพระ) in the district Si Racha, the province of Chonburi. After several years in the Provincial League of Thailand, the club was promoted to the Thai Premier League in 2007. In the first season in the top flight division, the team finished in 11th place at the end of the season.

Pattaya United

The team moved to Pattaya for the 2009 season and changed its name to Pattaya United (The Dolphins), in their first season under the new name the team the team finished in 11th place again in the Thai Premier League, only avoiding relegation in the final game of the season. While on the pitch, the team performed poorly, off the pitch the fan base grew to average around 3,000 per home game. Pattaya has many European supporters and the atmosphere at home games is quite unique.

Rivalries

The club fierce rivals are Chonburi FC and Sriracha FC which all are in the same province of Chonburi. As a reminder and to the fans of the old Coke-Bangpra FC, the club away jersey is the colors of the old club home jersey, Red-Black.

Stadium

Stadium in Nong Prue

The current club home stadium at Nong Prue holds only just over 3000 spectators but this will only be used until midway through the 2010 season. The club will then move to a state of the art stadium located near the indoor sports arena.

Construction of a new stadium has already begun. The first phase will be completed in 2010, and will give the club a seating capacity of around 5,000. At the end of the second phase, 2013, the stadium will hold 20,000 spectators. The stadium complex includes a venue for athletics and other sports. In addition, there will be a 50m swimming pool with 8 lanes. A tennis center court with room for 2,000 spectators and 12 training venues which will provide facilities for sports such as volleyball and beach volleyball. The total cost for the project will be around 744 million Baht.

Season By Season Record

Season	League									FA Cup	Queen's Cup	Kor Royal Cup	Asia	Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Goals
2009	TPL	30	7	11	12	27	33	32	11th	R4				Anderson	4
2010	TPL	30	12	9	9	43	38	45	6th					Kengne Ludovick	17

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Coaches

Coaches by Years (2008-)

Name	Nat	Period	Honours
Pansak Ketwattha		2008-09
Wisoon Wichaya		2009
Jadet Meelarp		2009
Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul		2010
Jatuporn Pramolbal		2011-July 2011
Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol		July 2011-Present

Technical staff

As of June 2009:

Name	Nationality	Role
Sonthaya Khunpleum		Chairman
Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol		First Team Head Coach
Sompob Sooksombat		First Team Assistant Head Coach
Amnuay Singpring		Coach
Sarawut Pinkaew		Coach
Teesit Petchdee		Coach
Arthit Klinsukon		Coach

Players

First team squad

As of February 28, 2010 ^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Prasit Kotmaha 2 DF Kignelman Athanase 3 DF Chompoo Sangpo 4 DF Sompob Nilwong 5 DF Niweat Siriwong (captain) 6 DF Hiroyuki Yamamoto 7 MF Ittipol Poolsap 8 MF Theerawesin Seehawong 9 FW Somchai Singmanee 10 FW O. J. Obatola 11 MF Rangsarit Sutthisa 12 FW Piroj Anantanarong 13 FW Premwut Wongdee 14 FW Patipol Phetwiset 15 MF Seeket Madputeh

No. Position Player 16 MF Niranrit Jarernsuk 17 DF Keisuke Ogawa 18 GK Narit Taweekul 19 MF Anuwat Inyin 20 FW Ludovick Takam 21 DF Theerayut Duangpimy 22 DF Pratchaya Hong-in 23 MF Wasan Charam 25 MF Kazuya Myodo 27 DF Marian Juhas 30 GK Wicharn Preedaboon 31 DF Parinya Saenkhammuen 32 FW Paul Ekollo 33 MF Kritsana Taiwan 35 GK Watcharaphol Boonman

Notable players

• Category:Pattaya United players

Affiliated Clubs

• Chonburi F.C.
• Sriracha F.C.

References

1. ^ First Team from TPL Official Site

External links

• (Thai) Official Website
• Pattaya Fan Club Website
• Pattaya Travel Guide
• Ball Thai Blog