Pattaya United F.C. (2008) Explained

Clubname:Pattaya United
พัทยา ยูไนเต็ด
Fullname:Pattaya United Football Club
Nickname:The Blue Dolphins
(โลมาสีนํ้าเงิน)
Short Name:PUTD
Founded:, as Coke Bangpra
, as Pattaya United
Dissolved:2018 (became Samut Prakan City)
Ground:Nong Prue Stadium
Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand
Capacity:5,500
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Pattaya United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลพัทยา ยูไนเต็ด) was a Thai defunct football club based in Pattaya, Chonburi Province. Defunct after the 2018 season, the club was renamed to Samut Prakan City and relocated to Samut Prakan.[1]

History

Coke-Bangpra Chonburi

The club was founded under the name Coke-Bangpra Chonburi FC which derived from the sponsor and the community Bang Phra in the district of Si Racha, the province of Chonburi. After several years in the Provincial League of Thailand, the club was promoted to the Thai Premier League for the 2008 season. As a result of the promotion to the TPL, the team was renamed to "Pattaya United" and moved to the city of Pattaya. 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 2008 season, and changed its name to Pattaya United FC (The Dolphins), in their first season under the new name the team finished in 11th place in the Thai Premier League, only avoiding relegation in the final game of the season. However, the following seasons the team improved to finishing as high as sixth, and fourth in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The team which has always been looked at as a "little brother" team to Chonburi FC as they both were owned by the Kunpluem family, an affluence local family in Chonburi province. The club has shown potentials, winning against teams with double or triple its annual budget, winning the hearts of the Thai, and Foreign fans alike. After spending 6 years in the TPL, and the Dolphins were relegated to the Yamaha League One in 2014. During the offseason, the future of the club was uncertain with various speculations.

However, in January 2015 the club was sold to Enigma Sports Ventures (ESV), the sporting arm of the Enigma Global. It marked the first change in ownership in the club history, after several lucrative bids were submitted for the Kunpluem family's consideration. The family and Pattaya United board felt that the club's best interest and future lie with Enigma Sports Ventures. The new ownership's management team moves very quickly in rebranding the club, appointing the new president is, Club's first foreign Head Coach, and securing 8 top players from TPL to play in Division One. Many players were former first elevens players from Muangthong United, as well as couple thai and foreign national team players. In 2016, Pattaya United was taken over by the Kiarti Thanee Group led by Tanet Phanichewa.[2]

Renaming and relocation to Samut Prakan

At the end of season 2018, club owner decided to change the club name to Samut Prakan City and relocated to Samut Prakan Province due to local politic conflict.[3] [4] [5]

Rivalries

The club's fierce local rivals are Chonburi and Sriracha which all are in the same province of Chonburi. Despite all three teams were previously own by the Kunpluem family, they have always compete hard against one another. Also the team over the years were not often in the same division/league as one another, when they met the game have always been a very highest attendance games. In recent years, the rivalries between Chonburi and Pattaya have been the most highly anticipated game of the year in Chonburi Province.

Stadium

Nong Prue Stadium, formally known as Nongprue Municipality Stadium in Pattaya originally designed to hold just over 3,000 spectators, but over the year the additional seats were required to accommodate more fans. So as the result of that, the stadium was renovated once in 2011. Under the new ownership of Enigma Sport Ventures, the stadium is currently undergo the renovation to accommodate up to 5,500 spectators. As well as additional required upgrades by the TPL to make the stadium competition worthy for the 2015 season. In addition to the renovation to the stadium, the new gift shop and club onsite office are added to the stadium ground.

Stadium and locations by season records

CoordinatesLocationStadiumCapacityYear
13.3645°N 100.9764°WChonburiChonburi Municipality Stadium8,6802008
12.9243°N 100.9372°WChonburiNong Prue Stadium7,0002009–2010
13.4113°N 100.9936°WChonburiIPE Chonburi Stadium11,000 2011
12.9243°N 100.9372°WChonburiNong Prue Stadium5,5002012–2018

Season by season records

SeasonLeague[6] FA CupQueen's
Cup
Kor Royal
Cup
League CupTop scorer
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals
2007DIV 1221183301441bgcolor=silver2nd –
2008TPL308111124273511th –Tana Chanabut4
2009TPL307111227333211thR4SF – –Anderson Machado4
2010TPL3012994338456thQFQF –QFLudovick Takam17
2011TPL34141193827534thR5 – –R2O. J. Obatola8
2012TPL349101535473715thR3 – –R3Kengne Ludovick10
2013TPL32922139662917thR3 – –R2Rod Dyachenko7
2014DIV 1341251742534114thR2 – –R3Cristiano Lopes14
2015DIV 13818119774065bgcolor=silver2ndR1 – –QFMilan Bubalo20
2016TL31971546663412thR2 – –R3Júnior Negrão20
2017T134156136053518thR2 – –R2Miloš Stojanović15
2018T134137145062468thR2 – –R2Lukian18
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Coaches

Coaches by Years (2007–2018)

Honours

Domestic

External links

Notes and References

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  4. Web site: สมุทรปราการคืนชีพ! ไทยลีกไฟเขียว พัทยาเปลี่ยนชื่อและสนามเป็นสมุทรปราการ ซิตี้. 8 November 2018.
  5. Web site: SpringNews | ผ่านฉลุย!! "ไทยลีก" อนุมัติ "พัทยา" เปลี่ยนชื่อเป็น "สมุทรปราการ ซิตี้" ลุยไทยลีก 2018. LINE TODAY. 24 May 2019. 17 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240717185321/https://today.line.me/th/v2/article/%E0%B8%9C%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A2+%E2%80%9C%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%81%E2%80%9D+%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4+%E2%80%9C%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E2%80%9D+%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99+%E2%80%9C%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3+%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%89%E2%80%9D+%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%81+2018-MQenwD. live.
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