Nakhon Pathom United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลนครปฐมยูไนเต็ด), formerly known as Nakhon Pathom Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดนครปฐม), is a Thailand professional football club based in Nakhon Pathom province and currently play in Thai League 2. Their home stadium is Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium. In 2008 season, the club finished at 9th place which became the highest league position in the club history.
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Full name | Nakhonpathom United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอล นครปฐม ยูไนเต็ด | |||
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Nickname(s) | The King Tigers (เสือป่าราชา) | |||
Founded | 1999; 23 years ago (1999) | |||
Ground | Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium Nakhon Pathom, Thailand | |||
Capacity | 3,500 | |||
Chairman | Panuwat Sasomsup | |||
Manager | Thongchai Sukkoki | |||
League | Thai League 2 | |||
2021–22 | Thai League 2, 10th | |||
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In 2018, Club-licensing of this team didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 2. This team were relegated to 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region.[1]
Nakhon Pathom F.C. was founded in 1999, the club started playing in the Thailand Provincial League. In 2004, Nakhon Pathom finished the season on a mid-table in the league. In the year 2005 it was the first time a place among the top three will be achieved and promote to the Thai Premier League was narrowly missed.
A year later, the result could be repeated. But the club was allowed to ascend to the highest league in Thailand, as was the second-placed a reserve team of Port Authority of Thailand FC. The association brought not only as a "provincial team," a new impetus in the league. But also the fans who traveled to away games and many were present at the home games. Nakhon Pathom was another club as well as Chonburi FC and Suphanburi FC the club in the Premier League who did not came from the capital Bangkok.
The first season in the Premier League, the club was able to finish in 11th place and boosted its bottom line a year later at number nine. For the 2009 season was the first time be with Michael Aspin and Michael Thomas Byrne committed two players from Great Britain, Both had already played together in England at Northwich Victoria.
Nakhon Pathom were suspended for two years following the final playoff game of the 2010 season after a fracas in the penultimate game of the playoffs with Sisaket, a game that NP had to win to ensure that they would be promoted.[2] The club are set to return to Division 1 for the 2013 campaign after serving their two-year punishment.
In 2017, Nakhon Pathom United administratively relegated to 2018 Thai League 4 by FA Thailand because the club did not send documents about club licensing in time.[3]
2017 | Thai League 2 | (Tier 2) |
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2018 | Thai League 4 | (Tier 4) |
2019 | Thai League 3 | (Tier 3) |
2020 | Thai League 2 | (Tier 2) |
After the club relegation to Thai League 4, Thongchai Sukkoki was hired as the club's coach. The club started again in the Tier 4 league by creating a new team and searching for young players from the initial selection of footballers, with only three players left from the previous season. Nakhon Pathom went on to won the 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region. In 2019, Thongchai Sukkoki won his second title after winning the 2019 Thai League 3 Lower Region and was promoted to Thai League 2. Under Sukkoki's management, the King Tiger play a style of football based on maintaining possession by building from the back, and good as combination play.[4]
Nakhonpathom United opened its first youth academies in 2019 under the name The king tiger academy. The club's first technical director is Thongchai Sukkoki. The club started sending youth teams, under-10 and under-12, to participate in the 2021 Thailand Youth League.[5][6]
Nakhon Pathom currently play their home matches at Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium which is a sports stadium in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. The stadium holds 3,500 people.
The club's chairman Panuwat Sasomsup has plans to build a new football stadium, with based on the Mitr Phol Stadium of Ratchaburi Mitr Phol as a model, but downsizing the capacity to 10,000 seats.[7]
Coordinates | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Year |
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13°49′14″N 100°02′55″E | Nakhon Pathom | Sanam Chan Palace Sports Stadium | 6,000 | 2007–2008 |
14°01′16″N 99°59′03″E | Nakhon Pathom | Kasetsart Kampangsan University Stadium | 4,000 | 2009–2010 |
13°47′57″N 100°03′19″E | Nakhon Pathom | Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium | 3,500 | 2013– |
Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup |
Kor Royal Cup |
Asia | Top scorer | ||||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | ||||||
1999/2000 | PRO | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 31 | 6th | |||||||
2001 | PRO | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
2002 | PRO | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 5th | |||||||
2003 | PRO | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 30 | 7th | |||||||
2004 | PRO | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
2005 | PRO | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | |||||||
2006 | PRO | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 62 | 3rd | |||||||
2007 | TPL | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 37 | 11th | |||||||
2008 | TPL | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 37 | 9th | |||||||
2009 | TPL | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 53 | 25 | 16th | R3 | ||||||
2010 | DIV 1 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 53 | 36 | 51 | 5th | Quarter-finals | R2 | Phuwadol Suwannachart | 13 | |||
2011/12 | Suspended for two years1 | |||||||||||||||
2013 | DIV 1 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 51 | 39 | 12th | R2 | R2 | Cho Kwang-Hoon | 7 | |||
2014 | DIV 1 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 43 | 39 | 42 | 13th | R2 | R1 | Jeong Woo-geun | 16 | |||
2015 | DIV 1 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 58 | 47 | 59 | 5th | R3 | R1 | Jeong Woo-geun | 20 | |||
2016 | DIV 1 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 42 | 28 | 12th | R1 | R2 | Yusei Ogasawara | 10 | |||
2017 | T2 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 38 | 42 | 7th | QR | Not Enter | Berlin Ndebe-Nlome | 14 | |||
2018 | T4 West | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 16 | 60 | 1st | R3 | R2 | Diego Oliveira Silva | 29 | |||
2019 | T3 Lower | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 57 | 18 | 61 | 1st | R1 | Qualification play-off | Diego Oliveira Silva | 13 | |||
2020–21 | T2 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 66 | 36 | 61 | 3rd | QR | – | Ferreira dos Santos | 23 | |||
2021–22 | T2 | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 47 | 42 | 10th | R2 | R1 | Neto Santos | 9 | |||
1 Nakhon Pathom were suspended for two years following the final playoff game, all results stood.[8]
Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
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As of 14 November 2017
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Chairman | ![]() |
Chief Executive Officer | Vacant |
Sporting Director | Vacant |
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Assistant Manager | Vacant |
Second Assistant Manager | Vacant |
First-Team Coach | Vacant |
First-Team Goalkeeper Coach | Vacant |
Fitness Coach | Vacant |
Video Analyst | Vacant |
Head of analysis | Vacant |
Data analyst | Vacant |
Match Analyst | Vacant |
Medical Manager | Vacant |
Club Doctor | Vacant |
Physiotherapist | Vacant |
Team Masseur | Vacant |
Nutritionist | Vacant |
Performance Manager | Vacant |
Interpreter | Vacant |
Kit Manager | Vacant |
Kit man | Vacant |
Team Staff | Vacant |
Technical Director | Vacant |
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