| Clubname: | Khon Kaen United ขอนแก่น ยูไนเต็ด |
| Fullname: | Khon Kaen United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลขอนแก่น ยูไนเต็ด |
| Nickname: | The King Cobras (จงอางผยอง) |
| Ground: | Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium Khon Kaen, Thailand |
| Capacity: | 8,500 |
| Chairman: | Watthana Changlao |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Tana Chanabut |
| League: | Thai League 1 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Current: | 2023–24 KhonKaen United season |
| Position: | Thai League 1, 13th of 16 |
| Website: | https://www.facebook.com/KhonkaenUTD/ |
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Khon Kaen United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลขอนแก่น ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Khon Kaen province. The club currently plays in Thai League 1, the top tier of the Thai football league system. The club has won the Thai League 3 title in 2019.
The club was formed in 2015 and entered the Regional League Division 2 and allocated into the North-East Division that makes Khon Kaen Derby match with Khon Kaen.
In 2016, The club was suspended from the 2016 campaign due to criminal case with 8 games remaining.[1]
In 2018, The club was returned to play in Thailand's professional league because the team is acquitted by the Thailand Court of justice decide. FA Thailand order this team to restart at 2018 Thai League 4 North Eastern Region.[2] At the end of the season the club finished with Runners-up of Thai League 4 and Promote from Thai League 4 to Thai League 3.
In 2019, the club was the Champion of the 2019 Thai League 3 upper zone and Champion of Thai League 3 and was promoted from Thai League 3 to the 2020–21 Thai League 2 where in their first season, the club gain another promotion to the 2021–22 Thai League 1 as a Play-off winner after beating Nakhon Pathom United.[3]
| Coordinates | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.4559°N 102.9469°W | Khon Kaen | Khon Kaen Sports School Stadium | 2,500 | 2015 |
| 16.4129°N 102.8272°W | Khon Kaen | Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium | 7,000 | 2016-present |
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Top goalscorer | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | DIV 2 North-East | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 28 | 82 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | R2 | QF | Samuel Kwawu | 13 | |||||||||||
| 2016–17 | DIV 1 | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | banned | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | bgcolor=red | |||||||||||
| 2018 | T4 North-East | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 24 | 56 | 2nd | QR | QR1 | Capistrano Jardel | 15+5 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | T3 Upper | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 19 | 59 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | QR | QR1 | Natan Oliveira | 19 | |||||||||||
| 2020–21 | T2 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 37 | 60 | 4th | QR | – | Paulo Conrado | 25+1 | ||||||||||||
| 2021–22 | T1 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 37 | 10th | R2 | R1 | Ibson Melo | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 2022–23 | T1 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 33 | 13th | R2 | R1 | Alongkorn Jornnathong Ibson Melo Lidor Cohen | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2023–24 | T1 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 58 | 35 | 8th | R1 | QF | Brenner | 9 | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor=gold | Champions | bgcolor=silver | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman |  Wattana Changlao | |
| Club Advisor | Songyot Klinsrisuk | |
| Technical Director | Ekalak Thong-am | |
| Head Coach | Tana Chanabut | |
| Assistant Coach | Rattee Ueathanaphaisarn | |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Abhisit Duangchuay | |
| Fitness Coach | Chakkraphong Khuthayang | |
| Team Doctor | Chitraporn Thongkong | |
| Physiotherapists | Chalermwut Sri-onla | |
| Interpreter | Supakorn Siripornphan |
Head coaches by years (2015–present)
Thongchai Sukkoki Dave Booth 
Ljubomir Ristovski Apichai PholpitakWinners : 2019
Winners : 2019
Runners-up : 2018
Champions (1): 2015