| Full name | Samut Songkhram Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม |
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| Nickname(s) | Pla-Too-Kha-Nong ("Raging Mackerel") Mae Klong |
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| Founded | 2005 | ||
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Samut Songkhram, Thailand (Capacity: 5,000) |
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| Chairman | Somchai Tanprasert | ||
| Head Coach | Vorawan Chitavanich | ||
| League | Thai Premier League | ||
| 2010 | Thai Premier League, 8th | ||
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Samut Songkhram Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม) is a Thai professional football club based in town of Samut Songkhram in Samut Songkhram Province and currently plays in the top division of Thai football, the Thai Premier League. Formed in 2004, Samut Songkhram finished at 7th place in their first season of the top flight division after their promotion from Thailand Division 1 League.[1]
The official team colours are light blue and white, and the nickname is Pla-Tu-Kha-Nong which Pla thu refers to the Shortbodied mackerel, and Kha-Nong is the Thai language meaning Rage. Another less common nickname is Mae Klong, referring to a river in western Thailand which flows in Samut Songkhram province.[2]
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The team were founded in 2005 and joined the Thailand Provincial League, the club only needs one year to gain promotion to Thai Division 1 League by finishing runners-up in the league table in 2006.
In their first season of Thai Division 1 League, they are expected to relegated by many TV pundits, however, they overcame criticism by finishing runners-up again in the league table group B and went to reached 4th place in final league table, and finally promoted to Thailand's top flight the Thai Premier League.
The club surprised many Thai football fans by finishing at 7th place in their first season of top tier of the Thai football despite the team's low budget as well as some unknown players. In the following year, Samut Songkhram reached 10th place which was still a good performance as the club faced many injury problems.
In 2010 season, Samut Songkhram is sponsored by The Siam Cement Group (SCG) and thus addressed the financial problem which helped them performing very well at the beginning of the season.[3] The club went on finishing the season at 8th place of the league table.
Samut Songkhram Stadium (Thai: สนามกีฬากลางจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม) is a multi-use stadium in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Samut Songkhram FC. The stadium holds 5,000 people.[4]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Queen's Cup |
Kor Royal Cup |
Asia | Top goalscorer | |||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | |||||
| 2007 | DIV 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 44 | 2nd | ||||||
| 2008 | TPL | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 43 | 7th | Songwut Buapetch | 7 | ||||
| 2009 | TPL | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 31 | 31 | 10th | Songwut Buapetch | 5 | ||||
| 2010 | TPL | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 42 | 8th | Panuwat Yimsa-ngar | 7 | ||||
| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
| Name | Role |
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| Songkhram Thawan | Manager |
| Vorawan Chitavanich | Head Coach |
| Somkeat Fongpech | Assistant Coach |
| Franz Schwarzwalder | Goalkeeping Coach |
| Noppol Sookdee | Assistan Goalkeeping Coach |
| Somchai Phupha | Fitness Coach |
As of July 31, 2010 [5] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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