2015 Buriram United F.C. season explained

Club:	Buriram United
Season:	2015
Manager:	Alexandre Gama
Chairman:	Newin Chidchob
Stadium:	I-Mobile Stadium
League:	Thai Premier League
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Thai FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Winners
Cup2:	Thai League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Kor Royal Cup
Cup3 Result:	Winners
Cup4:	Mekong Club Championship
Cup4 Result:	Winners
Cup5:	AFC Champions League
Cup5 Result:	Group Stage
League Topscorer:	Diogo Luís Santo (33)
Season Topscorer:	Diogo Luís Santo (45)
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Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2016

The 2015 season is Buriram United's fourth season in the Thai Premier League. The club enters the season as the TPL Champion, and will participate in the Thai Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Kor Royal Cup and the AFC Champions League. The season covers the period from 20 December 2014 to 26 December 2015.

This is Buriram United's name changing.

• 1970-2009 as Provincial Electricity Authority Football Club (PEA)
• 2010-2011 as Buriram Provincial Electricity Authority Football Club (Buriram PEA)
• 2012–present as Buriram United Football Club (Buriram United)

Players

Squad information, appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Kor Royal Cup		Mekong		Asia		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Siwarak Tedsungnoen	34	0	6	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	53	0	2	0
2	DF	Theerathon Bunmathan	32	3	6	1	5(1)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	6	2	50(2)	6	3	0
3	DF	Kritprom Boonsarn	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
4	MF	Wanchalerm Yingyong	0(2)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
5	DF	Andrés Túñez (vc)	27	9	4	4	6	3	1	0	1	1	6	1	45	18	8	0
7	MF	Ko Seul-Ki	31	8	6	2	7	1	1	0	1	0	6	1	52	12	14	1
8	MF	Suchao Nutnum (c)	28(4)	5	6	0	5(1)	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	47(5)	5	9	0
9	FW	Kayne Vincent	0(3)	0	0	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(4)	0	0	0
10	MF	Jakkraphan Kaewprom	24(1)	1	5	2	4(2)	2	0	0	1	0	2(1)	0	36(4)	5	8	0
11	FW	Rafael Coelho	0	0	1(2)	0	1(1)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(3)	3	0	0
13	DF	Narubadin Weerawatnodom	19(10)	1	5(1)	0	5(2)	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	36(13)	1	5	0
14	DF	Chitipat Thanklang	19(3)	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	31(3)	1	5	0
15	MF	Surat Sukha	2(9)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(4)	0	4(14)	0	1	0
16	DF	Koravit Namwiset	32	4	6	1	5(1)	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	51(1)	5	5	0
17	MF	Anawin Jujeen	18(7)	3	1(3)	0	4(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	24(14)	3	3	0
18	FW	Sittichok Kannoo	3(10)	1	1(1)	0	4(1)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	8(13)	2	3	0
19	MF	Naruphol Ar-Romsawa	6(3)	0	1	0	2(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0(2)	0	10(7)	0	1	0
20	FW	Jandson dos Santos	1(5)	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(5)	6	0	0
21	MF	Prakit Deeprom	8(5)	1	0(1)	0	2(2)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	4(1)	1	14(10)	2	1	0
22	FW	Gilberto Macena	30	21	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	3	44	25	1	0
23	MF	Santirad Weing-in	0(6)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(6)	0	0	0
24	DF	Nukoolkit Krutyai	5(8)	0	0(1)	0	4(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	9(11)	0	3	0
25	DF	Suree Sukha	11(5)	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0(4)	0	19(9)	0	8	0
26	GK	Yotsapon Teangdar	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
28	MF	Chaowat Veerachat	5(7)	0	0(4)	0	4(1)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	9(13)	1	1	0
29	MF	Nattawut Sombatyotha	0(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	1	0	0
30	MF	Supachok Sarachat	2(3)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(4)	0	0	0
34	MF	Anon Amornlerdsak	3(4)	1	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4(7)	1	2	0
35	DF	Patipan Un-Op	2	1	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(1)	1	3	0
39	GK	Kwanchai Suklom	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
40	FW	Diogo Luís Santo	32	33	5	3	5(1)	4	1	1	1	0	6	4	50(1)	45	15	1
—	—	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	–	–

Top scorers

Rank	No.	Name	League	FA	LC	Kor	Mekong	AFC	Total
1	40	Diogo Luís Santo	33	3	4	1	0	4	45
2	22	Gilberto Macena	21	1	0	0	0	3	25
3	5	Andrés Túñez	9	4	3	0	1	1	18
4	7	Ko Seul-Ki	8	2	1	0	0	1	12
5	2	Theerathon Bunmathan	3	1	0	0	0	2	6
	20	Jandson dos Santos	4	0	2	0	0	0
7	8	Suchao Nutnum	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
	10	Jakkraphan Kaewprom	1	2	2	0	0	0
	16	Koravit Namwiset	4	1	0	0	0	0
10	11	Rafael Coelho	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
	17	Anawin Jujeen	3	0	0	0	0	0
12	18	Sittichok Kannoo	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
	21	Prakit Deeprom	1	0	0	0	0	1
14	13	Narubadin Weerawatnodom	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	14	Chitipat Thanklang	1	0	0	0	0	0
	28	Chaowat Veerachat	0	0	1	0	0	0
	29	Nattawut Sombatyotha	0	0	1	0	0	0
	34	Anon Amornlerdsak	1	0	0	0	0	0
	35	Patipan Un-Op	1	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

First Thai footballer's market is opening on 6 November 2014 to 28 January 2015

Second Thai footballer's market is opening on 3 June 2015 to 30 June 2015

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Name	From
6 November 2014	FW	Rafael Coelho	Changchun Yatai
6 November 2014	DF	Narubadin Weerawatnodom	BEC Tero Sasana
6 November 2014	FW	Kayne Vincent	Songkhla United
6 November 2014	MF	Wanchalerm Yingyong	Police United
6 November 2014	MF	Kritprom Boonsarn	Police United
6 November 2014	MF	Naruphol Ar-Romsawa	BEC Tero Sasana
6 November 2014	MF	Santirad Weing-in	Sisaket
6 November 2014	MF	Go Seul-ki	El Jaish
6 November 2014	DF	Itthiporn Theprian	Bangkok United
10 November 2014	MF	Baramee Limwatthana	Sriracha Banbueng
10 November 2014	MF	Sansern Limwatthana	Sriracha Banbueng
19 December 2014	MF	Prakit Deeprom	TOT
20 December 2014	DF	Nukoolkit Krutyai	BEC Tero Sasana
30 December 2014	FW	Diogo Luís Santo	Palmeiras
31 December 2014	FW	Gilberto Macena	Hangzhou Greentown
19 January 2015	GK	Sittikorn Klamsai	Ratchawinit Bang Kaeo School
21 January 2015	DF	Korawit Namwiset	Bangkok United
24 June 2015	DF	Patipan Un-Op	Chonburi
24 June 2015	FW	Jandson dos Santos	Najran
26 June 2015	FW	Chencho Gyeltshen	Thimphu City
6 July 2015	FW	Junior Atemengue	Tonnerre Yaoundé
6 July 2015	DF	Brice Jordan	Signed

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
6 November 2014	FW	Lúcio Maranhão	Fortaleza
6 November 2014	FW	Kim Hyeung-bum	Released
6 November 2014	FW	Adisak Kraisorn	BEC Tero Sasana
6 November 2014	MF	Charyl Chappuis	Suphanburi
6 November 2014	MF	Carmelo González	Suphanburi
30 November 2014	DF	Pratum Chuthong	Suphanburi
11 December 2014	DF	Manuel Redondo	Real Oviedo
25 December 2014	MF	August Gustafsson Lohaprasert	Army United
13 January 2015	FW	Kittiphong Pluemjai	Sukhothai
21 January 2015	FW	Javier Patiño	Henan Jianye
22 January 2015	DF	Tanasak Srisai	BEC Tero Sasana
3 June 2015	DF	Kritprom Boonsarn	Ubon UMT United

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
6 November 2014	31 December 2015	DF	Maxx Peter Creevey	Surin City
29 December 2014	31 December 2015	MF	Baramee Limwatthana	Surin City
29 December 2014	2 June 2015	MF	Sansern Limwatthana	Surin City
6 January 2015	25 July 2015	MF	Anon Amornlerdsak	Surin City
6 January 2015	31 December 2015	DF	Itthiporn Theprian	Surin City
6 January 2015	31 December 2015	FW	Amares Amornlerdsak	Surin City
12 January 2015	2 June 2015	DF	Nitipong Selanon	Gulf Saraburi
19 January 2015	31 December 2015	GK	Sittikorn Klamsai	Surin City
3 June 2015	31 December 2015	DF	Nitipong Selanon	Port MTI
3 June 2015	31 December 2015	FW	Kayne Vincent	Port MTI
3 June 2015	31 December 2015	DF	David Rochela	Port MTI
3 June 2015	31 December 2015	MF	Sansern Limwatthana	Phichit
3 June 2015	31 December 2015	GK	Yotsapon Teangdar	Phichit
2 July 2015	31 December 2015	MF	Nattawut Sombatyotha	Navy
6 July 2015	31 December 2015	FW	Chencho Gyeltshen	Surin City
6 July 2015	31 December 2015	FW	Junior Atemengue	Surin City
6 July 2015	31 December 2015	DF	Brice Jordan	Surin City
7 July 2015	31 December 2015	MF	Wanchalerm Yingyong	Chainat Hornbill

Non-competitive

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorer(s)
20 December 2014	Pattani	A	1–0	Nitipong 53'
24 December 2014	Gulf Saraburi	H	0–1
10 January 2015	Shanghai Shenxin	H	1–1	Túñez 23'
17 January 2015	Chainat Hornbill	H	0–2
26 January 2015	Ang Thong	A	1–1	Santirad 4'
29 January 2015	Thailand	H	1–0 Highlight	Macena 41'
1 February 2015	Sisaket	H	2–1	Vincent 64', * Chencho 86'
7 February 2015	Phichit	H	4–0	Vincent 15', Diogo (2) 50', 90+1', Theerathon 59'
20 May 2015	Laos	H	7–0	Seul-Ki 20', Macena 30', Diogo 34', Sittichok (3) 61', 64', 76', Santirad 90+3'
6 June 2015	PTT Rayong	H	1–0	Jandson 46'
13 June 2015	Sisaket	A	2–2	Diogo 56', Sittichok 72'
7 October 2015	Khonkaen United	H	4–3	Jandson (3) 8', 35', 57', Suree 21'
7 November 2015	Prachuap	A	3–2	Túñez 25' (pen.), Jandson 42', Narubadin 90+2'

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Thai Premier League
Kor Royal Cup
FA Cup
League Cup
Champions League
Mekong Club Championship
Total Kor Royal Cup See main article: 2015 Kor Royal Cup. It's a match between the 2014 Toyota Thai Premier League's champions (Buriram United) and the 2014 Thaicom FA Cup's champions (Bangkok Glass). The match was held at Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok. Thai Premier League See main article: 2015 Thai Premier League. Results by opponent Opposition Home score Away score Double Army United 0–0 4–1 Bangkok Glass 0–0 3–1 Bangkok United 6–1 3–0 BEC Tero Sasana 3–3 1–1 Chainat Hornbill 7–0 3–1 Chiangrai United 6–0 1–0 Chonburi 1–1 2–1 Muangthong United 2–2 1–1 Nakhon Ratchasima 4–0 1–1 Navy 3–0 3–1 Osotspa Samut Prakan 2–1 6–3 Port 2–0 5–1 Ratchaburi 5–0 2–1 Saraburi 6–0 2–1 Sisaket 1–0 1–0 Suphanburi 1–0 2–2 TOT 5–0 4–0 Matches Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers League position 14 February 2015 Port MTI H 2–0 Highlight Macena (2) 40', 44' 2nd 21 February 2015 SCG Muangthong United A 1–1 Highlight Diogo 65' 4th 7 March 2015 Suphanburi A 2–2 Highlight Diogo 28', Macena 80' 7th 11 March 2015 Chonburi H 1–1 Highlight Prakit 65' 9th 22 March 2015 Sisaket H 1–0 Highlight Diogo 83' 6th 3 April 2015 Chiangrai United A 1–0 Highlight Theerathon 45+2' 4th 26 April 2015 Navy H 3–0 Highlight Diogo (2) 25', 73', Seul-Ki 71' (pen.) 2nd 29 April 2015 Chainat Hornbill A 3–1 Highlight Túñez 6', Diogo (2) 21', 41' 1st 2 May 2015 Bangkok United H 6–1 Highlight Diogo 5', Macena (3) 56', 64', 81', Anawin 58', Seul-Ki 76' 1st 10 May 2015 TOT A 4–0 Highlight Diogo (2) 45' (pen.), 71', Theerathon 53', Macena 86' 1st 20 June 2015 Army United H 0–0 Highlight 1st 27 June 2015 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol A 2–1 Highlight Diogo (2) 12', 85' 1st 4 July 2015 Osotspa M-150 H 2–1 Highlight Túñez 45+4' (pen.), Macena 76' 1st 11 July 2015 Nakhon Ratchasima Mazda A 1–1 Highlight Sittichok 77' 1st 15 July 2015 Bangkok Glass H 0–0 Highlight 1st 18 July 2015 Gulf Saraburi A 2–1 Highlight Jakkraphan 38', Diogo 39' 1st 26 July 2015 BEC Tero Sasana H 3–3 Highlight Koravit 66', Diogo (2) 78', 90+3' 1st 1 August 2015 SCG Muangthong United H 2–2 Highlight Thitipan 60' (o.g.), Diogo 77' 1st 9 August 2015 Sisaket A 1–0 Highlight Patipan 29' 1st 15 August 2015 Suphanburi H 1–0 Highlight Macena 37' 2nd 19 August 2015 Chonburi A 2–1 Highlight Seul-Ki 31', Diogo 68' 2nd 13 September 2015 Navy A 3–1 Highlight Diogo 37', Suchao 66', Macena 72' 2nd 19 September 2015 Chainat Hornbill H 7–0 Highlight Koravit 19', Suchao 41', Macena (3) 60', 66', 85', Diogo 64', Seul-Ki 80' 2nd 26 September 2015 Bangkok United A 3–0 Highlight Theerathon 64', Macena 66', Jandson 90+2' 2nd 18 October 2015 TOT H 5–0 Highlight Túñez (2) 35' (pen.), 87', Chitipat 45+1', Jandson 55', Macena 68' 2nd 24 October 2015 Army United A 4–1 Highlight Túñez 6' (pen.), Seul-Ki 25', Diogo (2) 27', 70' 1st 28 October 2015 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol H 5–0 Highlight Suchao (2) 33', 64', Túñez 73' (pen.), Jandson 87', Anawin 88' 1st 31 October 2015 Osotspa M-150 Samut Prakan A 6–3 Highlight Koravit 14', Macena 24', Diogo (3) 34', 45+2', 56', Narubadin 43' 1st 15 November 2015 Chiangrai United H 6–0 Highlight Suchao 40', Diogo (3) 49', 54', 63', Jandson 66', Macena 82' 1st 25 November 2015 Nakhon Ratchasima Mazda H 4–0 Highlight Seul-Ki 13', Túñez 52', Diogo (2) 61', 79' 1st 28 November 2015 Bangkok Glass A 3–1 Highlight Koravit 5', Seul-Ki 45+3', Túñez 56' 1st 6 December 2015 Saraburi H 6–0 Highlight Macena 35', Seul-Ki 41', Diogo (3) 58', 60', 76', Anon 90+2' 1st 9 December 2015 BEC Tero Sasana A 1–1 Highlight Túñez 80' 1st 13 December 2015 Port A 5–1 Highlight Macena (3) 30', 62', 72', Diogo 32', Anawin 40' 1st Thai FA Cup See main article: 2015 Thai FA Cup. Thai League Cup See main article: 2015 Thai League Cup. Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Round 17 April 2015 Royal Thai Army A 1–0 Highlight Túñez 72' Round of 64 1 July 2015 Ang Thong A 4–0 Chaowat 32', Diogo (2) 42', 43', Nattawut 62' Round of 32 22 July 2015 Bangkok Glass A 0–0 (4–2p) Highlight Round of 16 5 August 2015 Lamphun Warrior A 0–0 Highlight Quarter-finals 1st leg 16 September 2015 Lamphun Warrior H 7–1 Highlight Sittichok 4', Diogo 9', Rafael (3) 45+3', 49', 77', Jakkraphan 59', Túñez 61' (pen.) Quarter-finals 2nd leg 30 September 2015 Army United H 3–2 Highlight Jandson (2) 9', 36', Jakkraphan 70' Semi-finals 1st leg 21 October 2015 Army United A 2–2 Highlight Túñez 37', Diogo 81' Semi-finals 2nd leg 21 November 2015 Sisaket N 1–0 Highlight Seul-Ki 18' Final Mekong Club Championship See main article: 2015 Mekong Club Championship. AFC Champions League See main article: 2015 AFC Champions League. Group stage Buriram United was staying on group F, with Gamba Osaka from Japan, Seongnam from South Korea and Guangzhou R&F from China. Date Opponents H / A Result F–A Scorers Round 24 February 2015 Seongnam H 2–1 Highlight Prakit 17', Macena 19' Group F, Match Day 1 3 March 2015 Guangzhou R&F A 2–1 Highlight Seul-Ki 43', Macena 90' Group F, Match Day 2 18 March 2015 Gamba Osaka A 1–1 Highlight Theerathon 62' Group F, Match Day 3 7 April 2015 Gamba Osaka H 1–2 Highlight Theerathon 8' Group F, Match Day 4 22 April 2015 Seongnam A 1–2 Highlight Diogo 77' Group F, Match Day 5 6 May 2015 Guangzhou R&F H 5–0 Highlight Diogo (3) 12', 38', 56', Túñez 36', Macena 60' Group F, Match Day 6 See also List of unbeaten football club seasons References