Khonkaen F.C.
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| Full name |
Khon Kaen Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น | ||
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| Nickname(s) |
The T-Rexs (ไดโนเสาร์พิฆาต) | ||
| Founded | 21 June 2007 | ||
| Ground |
Khon Kaen Stadium Khon Kaen, Thailand | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman |
 Kasom Chanawong | ||
| Head Coach |
Phichet Supohmuang | ||
| League | Thai Division 1 League | ||
| 2014 | 17th (Relegated) | ||
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Khonkaen Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น ) is a Thai professional football club, based in Khon Kaen Province, a city located in the heart of the North Eastern Region . The club currently plays in Thai Division 1 League. In 2011 they achieved promotion to the top flight of Thai football for the first time in their history, by finishing runners-up in the Thai Division 1 League.
Khonkaen play their home games at the Khon Kaen Stadium. They traditionally play in black and yellow, and their nickname is commonly known as The T-Rexs which came from the famous rich dinosaur fossil excavations of the province.
History
Khonkaen football club was publicly formed in 21 June 2007, before that time the club played in the Provincial League which largely consist of regional football clubs, nonetheless, the league was not recognized by the Thai Football Federation.
In 2007 the league was merged into Thai Premier League and Thai Division 1 League and the club was registered to be professional football club in this year and was allocated into Thai Division 1 League Group A, the club was close to promotion by finishing at the fourth place that season.
In the 2008 season, Khonkaen was not performing as well as the previous season as they could only finish the season in 8th place, nevertheless, the club proved themselves, being one of the favourites for promotion in the 2009 season, however, they lost the promotion spot to Sisaket in the last week of the season.
In 2010, the club was finally promoted to the Thai Premier League after finishing runners-up in the league table which was the first time for the club to participate in the top flight of Thai football.
However, their brief TPL tenure ended disappointingly as they finished bottom of the table. Any thoughts of yo-yoing straight back never emerged in 2012 with the T-Rex finishing in the bottom half of the first division.
In 2014, the Club got 17th of 2014 and relegated to 2015 Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region into North-Eastern zone
Season By Season Record
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | |||
| 2006 | Pro League | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 11th | ||||||
| 2007 | DIV1 A | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 4th | ||||
| 2008 | DIV1 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 8th | Issarapong Lilakorn |
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| 2009 | DIV1 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 55 | 4th | R4 | Sarawut Vichien |
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| 2010 | DIV1 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 35 | 54 | 2nd | R3 | R2 | Surachat Singnhon |
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| 2011 | TPL | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 27 | 18th | R3 | R3 |  Khampheng Sayavutthi |
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| 2012 | DIV1 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 49 | 42 | 11th | R3 | R2 |  Matias E.Recio |
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| 2013 | DIV1 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 36 | 16th | R3 | R3 | Matias E.Recio |
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| 2014 | DIV1 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 28 | 17th | R3 | R1 |  Junki Yokono |
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| 2015 | North-East | QR1 | |||||||||||
| Champions | Runners-up | Third Place | Promoted | Relegated |
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Players
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: The official club website lists the supporters as player #12.
Current staff
- As of 30 September 2010.
| Position | Staff |
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| Chairman | Kasom Chanawong |
| Manager | Phongsak Tangwanichkaphong |
| Assistant Manager | Weeradech Sata |
| Assistant Manager | Ong-ard Chatchaipolrat |
| Head Coach | Narong Tuamtaisong |
| Coach | Nattasak Phusod-ngoen |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Sathiti Pangma |
| Technical Coach |  Nick Gorman |
| Head Physiotherapist | Ashira Hirunyaphruk |
Honours
Domestic leagues
- Thai Division 1 League:
- Runners-up (1): 2010
References
External links
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