BBCU F.C.

BBCU

Full name	Big Bang Chula United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Pink Panthers, The Big Bang
Founded	1976, as "Bangtoey Football Team" Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium Nonthaburi, Thailand
Ground capacity	6,000
Chairman	Wirayut Potaramik
Head Coach	Worachai Surinsirirat
League	Thai Premier League
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

BBCU Football Club or “Big Bang Chula United Football Club” (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลบิ๊กแบง จุฬาฯ ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Bangkok, Thailand, owned by Montri Suwannoi. Founded as "Bangtoey Football Team" in 1976, the club changed its name many times, until finally, it became "BBCU" in 2011.

BBCU was one of the most successful Thai football clubs of the late 1990s (under the name of “Sinthana Football Club”). The club has won a Thai Premier League title, 2 Kor Royal Cups and 1 FA Cup. Moreover, during the years in lower divisions, the club has also won a Division 2 title.

History

Chula United's previous logo

Chulalongkorn University FC is the club based at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. They have played in the Chula–Thammasat Traditional Football Match since 1934.

In 2004, Chulalongkorn University FC was combined with Sinthana FC (Chula-Sinthana FC) and played in Division 2 in 2005 until Chula-Sinthana FC was promoted from Division 1 to Thai Premier League in 2008.

In August of the 2008 season, they changed their club name again from "Chula-Sinthana FC" to "Chula United".^[1] The Club Director was Kasiti Kamalanavin.

Chula's return to the top flight, 2008 Thailand Premier League, ended with them finishing in a creditable 8th position. However they could not build on their first season and were relegated from the 2009 Thai Premier League.

Despite having two of the three top goalscorers in the 2010 Thai Division 1 League, Chula could not bounce back at the first attempt and slumped to a disappointing 10th-placed finish. Chula's striker Chainarong Tathong topped the 2010 Thai Division 1 League goalscoring chart with an impressive 19 goals. Fellow front man Aron da Silva netted 15 times to be the 3rd top scorer in the league.

In January 2011, the club changed their name to Big Bang Chulalongkorn University FC and relocated to play their home games at the Thai Army Sports Stadium on VipavadeeRangsit Road. The club got off to a flying start and won promotion even though they stuttered in the latter weeks of the season.

The club's venture in the 2012 Thai Premier League ended with them being relegated after only one season. Home games were played at the sparsely filled 65,000 Rajamangala Stadium with an average home attendance of only 939.

Previous names and logos

Bangtoey	Bangtoey-Suwannoi	Sinthana	Chula-Sinthana	’’’Chula United’’’		’’’BBCU’’’
(No logo) 1976–1988	(No Logo) 1988–1990	1990–2004	2004–2008	2008–2009	2009–2011	2011–present

Note

• The old Sinthana Football Club's logo is written 1987 as its year of foundation. However, after doing the new research, we found that the club's activities have been started 11 years before that, in 1976. In fact, the year 1987 is only the year that the club was preparing the team for competing its first Ngor Royal Cup season.
• The club changed its name from Chula-Sinthana to Chula United during the 2008 Thai Premier League competition. But only the name was changed. The club had still used the old "Phra Kiao" logo until the end of that season.

Stadia

BBCU have used various stadiums throughout their history:

• 2012 – Rajamangla Stadium
• 2013 – Thai Army Stadium
• 2014 – King-Rama-9-Sports-Stadium, Nonthaburi

Season by season record

Amateur years (1976–1987)

Since Bangtoey Football team was founded in 1976 to compete in Bangkapi Cup tournament, the club had played 11 more years in amateur level before joining the first Thai Football Association’s competitions season in Ngor Royal Cup 1998.

Royal Cups’ years (1988–1995)

Football League years (1996–2010)

Season by season domestic record (2011–present)

(BBCU F.C.)

Note

• The list below shows the different names used to represent the same level of competition.
  • Level 1 : (Johny Walker) Thailand Soccer League, (Caltex) Premier League, (GSM) Thai League, Thailand Premier League, and (Sponsor) Thai Premier League
  • Level 2 : Thailand Division 1 League and Thai Division 1 League

Honours

League

• Premier League
  • Champion : 1998
  • Runner-up : 1997
• Division 1
  • Runner-up : 2007
  • 3rd Place : 2011
• Division 2
  • Champion : 2006

Cup

• Kor Royal Cup
  • Champion : 1997, 1998
• Kor Royal Cup (as the top level of Thai football competitions)
  • 3rd Place : 1995
• FA Cup
  • Champion : 1997
• Queen's Cup
  • Runner-up : 1999, 2000, 2002

Performance in Asian Competitions

• Asian Club Championship
  • quarter-final : 1999
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • 2rd round : 1998

Coaches

Head coach

Coaches by years (2006–)

Name	Nat	Period	Honours
Karoon Narksawad + Dr. Jutha Tingsapat		2006–08	Winner Thailand Division 2 League 2006 Runner-up Thailand Division 1 League 2007
Kiatisuk Senamuang		2008–09	8th Thai Premier League 2008
Carlos Ferreira		Jan 2009 – Aug 9
Pichai Pituwong		Aug 2009 – Oct 9
Chana Yodprang		Jan 2010 – Apr 10
Thongchai Sukkokee		May 2010 – December 2010
Kiatisuk Senamuang		December 2010 – May 2012

Technical staff

As of May 2009:

Name	Nat	Role
Thawatchai Sartjakul		Manager
Montree Kruewan		Assistant Manager
Worachai Surinsirirat		First Team Head Coach
		First Team Assistant Head Coach
Sajja Siriketra		Coach
Chiyaporn Jupoldee		Staff

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Pacharaphol Tanormkiattikorn 2 DF Woranet Tornueng 3 DF Boonyarit Pathomthad 4 MF Naruphon Putsorn 5 DF Pavarit Sansook 7 MF Pachara Poomchart 8 MF Nakul Pinthong (captain) 11 DF Mongkol Woraprom 12 MF Saharat Oonsapcharoen 15 DF Teerachai Thampien 16 DF Maitree Kularbkao 17 MF Kittiphop Upachakam 18 GK Pornchai Chan-In 21 DF Watchara Kaewlamun 22 GK Sarayut Poolsab

No. Position Player 24 MF Teerapong Kerdcharoenporn 25 MF Natthikorn Yaprom 27 MF Netipong Narkchim 28 MF Wisanusak Oun-noi 30 DF Dooh Moukoko 32 MF Niranrit Jarernsuk 34 FW Akarawin Sawasdee 37 MF Aniwat Sri-on 39 FW Supot Jodjum – MF Julius Oiboh – FW Woo Geun-jeong – MF Pummared Kladkleeb – GK Teerapong Puttasukha – MF Diarra Ali

Performance in AFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
1999–2000	Asian Club Championship	First Round		GD Lam Pak	0–2	7–1
		Second Round		Singapore Armed Force	1–1	2–1
		Quarterfinals		Júbilo Iwata		2–1
				Suwon Samsung Bluewings		4–0
				Kashima Antlers		3–0

External links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook

References