Buriram PEA F.C.

Buriram PEA
บุรีรัมย์ พีอีเอ

Full name	Buriram PEA Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Thunder Castles (ปราสาทสายฟ้า)
Founded	1970
Ground	New I-Mobile Stadium Buriram, Thailand (Capacity: 24,000)
Chairman	Newin Chidchob
Head Coach	Attaphol Buspakom
League	Thai Premier League
2010	2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Buriram PEA Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ พีอีเอ), 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 PEA won their first Thai Premier League title in 2008, and the Khǒr Royal Cup in 1998.The club was previously based in Ayutthaya before moving east to Buriram for the 2010 season.

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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 they 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, team was took over by Newin Chidchob the famous Buriram politician and the team moved again to Buriram province. This caused mass upset toward Ayutthaya's local fan club. They protested by burning white/purple jersey but the management decision remain the same.

After moved to Buriram, the club change their identity by using dark blue jersey instead of purple/white (but still kept purple for short and sock)

The club finally use the name Buriram PEA FC and was called 'Thunder Castle' since then.

Stadium

Buriram PEA uses the multi-purpose sports stadium New I-Mobile Stadium, that holds 24,000 spectators. They will build Thunder Castle Stadium which will be their new home stadium.

Sponsors

The following are the sponsors of BPEA (named "BPEA Partners"):

• Philips
• Chang
• Thai AirAsia
• King Power
• Coke
• Samart I-Mobile

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
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				Suchao Nutnum	11

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Major International Competitions

Season	Competition	Result	Average Crowd
2009	AFC Champions League 2009	Qualifying Stage	2500
2009	AFC Cup 2009	Group Stage	933

Coaches

Coaches by Years (2004-present)

Name	Nat	Period	Honours
Prapol Pongpanich		2004-05, May 2009	Thai Premier League 2008
Thongsuk Sampahungsith		May 2009-Oct 2009
Thanadech Fuprasert		Nov 2009-May 10
Attaphol Buspakom		May 2010-

Current Trainers

Head Coach	Attaphol Buspakom
Assistant Trainer	Charnchai Hansub
Assistant Trainer	Sane Phonmanisak

Players

First team squad

As of July 31, 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 Sivaruck Tedsungnoen 2 DF Theeratorn Boonmatan 4 DF Napat Tapketkaew 5 DF Ekwalla Herman 6 MF Jakkraphan Kaewprom 7 MF Rangsan Viwatchaichok (vice-captain) 8 MF Suchao Nuchnum 10 MF Kirati Keawsombat 11 DF Apichet Puttan (captain) 12 FW Sarif Sainui 14 FW Frank Ohandza 15 DF Kraikiat Beadtaku 18 FW Megoale Francis

No. Position Player 20 DF Florent Obama 22 MF Adisak Kraisorn 23 MF Surat Sukha 25 GK Kittikun Jamsuwan 26 GK Yossapon Teangdar 28 DF Anderson 29 MF Clarence Bitang 30 FW Frank Acheampong 31 DF Chitipat Tanklang 32 FW Eakkapop Sansara 33 MF Yuttajak Kornchan 34 FW Sarawuth Intaen

Out on loan

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 GK Ukrit Wongmeema (at Buriram) DF Chalermpong Kerdkaew (at Buriram) FW Supakit Jinajai (at Buriram) FW Megoale Francis (at Chiangmai)

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

Thailand Salahudin Arware Suriya Domtaisong Pipat Thonkanya

Africa Henri Jöel Koné Seydou

South America Douglas

Affiliated Clubs

• Raj Pracha-Nonthaburi
• Buriram
• Leicester City
• PSV Eindhoven

Honours

Honour	Number	Years
League
Thai Premier League Champions	1	2008
Thai Premier League Runners-up	1	2004–05
Thai Division 1 League Runners-up	1	2002–03
Domestic Cups
Kor Royal Cup Runners-up	1	2009
Khǒr Royal Cup Runners-up	1	1998
Thai League Cup Runners-up	1	2010

References

1. ^ First Team from TPL Official Site

External links

• Official Website