Songkhla F.C.

Songkhla FC
สงขลา เอฟซี
Full name Songkhla Lakers Football Club
สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา
Nickname(s) The Fighting Bulls
(วัวชนแดนใค้)
The Lakers
Founded 1999
Ground Tinsulanon Stadium
Songkhla, Thailand
(Capacity: 35,000)
Chairman Nipon Boonyamanee
Manager Worrawoot Srimaka
League Thai Division 1 League
2010 Thai Division 1 League, 4th
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Songkhla Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา ) is a Thailand semi professional football club based in Songkhla Province, a city located near to the border of Malaysia. They currently play in the Thai Division 1 League.

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History

Songkhla F.C. was established in 1999, and it then first played in the Thailand Provincial League, a former league, parallel to the Thai Premier League. In the founding year of the league, 1999, reached the eighth place in the league table.

In the years after it was found mostly back in the bottom of the table regions. In 2007, the club was runner-up of the Pro League and played the following year in the Thailand Division 2 League. Surprisingly, it was the end of the season, again winning a second place and went on to the newly formed Thai Division 1 League.

In 2009 Thai Division 1 League, they finished a creditable 7th. They fared even better in 2010 Thai Division 1 League and just missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Their 4th placed finished earned them a place in the TPL play-offs. Unfortunately the Bulls couldn't maintain their end off season form and finished bottom of their play-off group.

In this 2011 Thai Division 1 League, the team have an average attendance of around 18.000, with a peak of 23.000 people at Tinsulanon Stadium during last matches. Highest attendance Songkhla 1–1 Buriram (36,715) (7 August 2011) .

Songkhla F.C. is also first team in history of Thailand to have invited for a trial an Italian player Luca Cesarini and a Portuguese/Angolan Player Osvaldo Manuel Saldanha.

His star and top striker whit 16 scores is the brazilian Santos Chayene.

Honours

Runners-up (1): 2008

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
2008 DIV2 20 11 4 5 27 17 37 2nd
2009 DIV1 30 10 12 8 32 29 42 7th R3 Witthawat Iamram 11
2010 DIV1 30 14 9 7 47 34 51 4th Nantawet Chanuthai 12
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Players

First team squad

As of February 16, 2011 [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 Prasit Nuamsala
2 DF Itthipol Nudla
3 DF Nattatorn Petchmanee
4 DF Samsem Nima
5 DF Amorn Madlead
6 DF Tob Somjai (vice-captain)
7 MF Chaiyarat Madsiri
8 MF Amarin Madlam
9 MF Kwadwo Boabah
10 MF Santos Chayene
11 DF Korakod Wiriya-udomsiri
13 FW Malek Yawahab
14 FW Lee Hwa Seob
15 FW Sirot Meeboon
18 GK Adirek Maneekeaw
20 MF Kittipong Rongrak
No. Position Player
21 MF Manop Sornkaew
22 MF Witthawat Iamram
23 DF Sani Saidu
24 MF Maeda Ryohei
25 GK Dol-Loh Ma-I
26 MF Seksan Rakmad
27 DF Santiti Promna
28 FW Panai Kongpraphan
29 DF Kim Seung-Myung
30 MF Porawat Siriwattanakorn
31 FW Nantawet Chanuthai
34 DF Noppanon Kachaplayuk
36 DF Chang Seung-Weon
37 MF Jitthep Hemsanit
39 FW Kowit Songsang

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