Pluakdaeng United F.C.

Pluakdaeng United Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลปลวกแดง ยูไนเต็ด ) or formerly Prachinburi Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดปราจีนบุรี ) is a Thailand professional football club based in Rayong Province after relocating from Prachinburi Province in 2012. The club is currently playing in the Thai League 3 Eastern region.

Pluakdaeng United FC
ปลวกแดง ยูไนเต็ด

Full name	Pluakdaeng United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลปลวกแดง ยูไนเต็ด
Nickname(s)	Elephant Warrior (นักรบช้างศึก)
Founded	2005 (as Prachinburi F.C.) 2012 (as Rayong United F.C.) 2014 (as Pluakdaeng Rayong United F.C.) 2019 (as Pluakdaeng United F.C.)
Ground	C.K. Stadium Rayong, Thailand
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Chaiyong Khupenwijittrakan
Head Coach	Vimol Jankam
League	Thai League 3
2022–23	Thai League 3, 7th of 12 in the Eastern region
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 2005 but took their first steps on the Thai professional league setup in 2007 when they played in Division 2 which was at the time a league that was at step 3 and was a national league, unlike today's system of regional leagues at step 3. Prachinburi finished in third position in their debut season but missed out on promotion as only two clubs at the time were promoted.

In 2008, Prachniburi built on their debut season and won the 2008 Thailand Division 2 League (Group A) championship and the end of season playoff match against the Army Welfare team to be crowned overall champions and promotion to the 1st Division.

The club settled very well into life in a high division and came a creditable 5th place in the 2009 Thai Division 1 League campaign, staying well clear of the relegation places but still rather short on any challenge to promotion to the Thai Premier League. Things were overall looking rather well and the club seemed to be in a healthy position to build on again for the next campaign.

But 2010 would see the lowest point in Prachinburi's history to date. The local authority entered a new club, Prachinburi United, into the Regional League more or less telling Prachinburi that they weren't welcome anymore. The off-field issues appeared to move on field as well and the club came in 13th, a position that would normally keep a team in the same division, but the Thai FA decided to introduce end-of-season playoffs to determine relegation and promotion between Division 1 and the Regional League as part of a league expansion shakeup.

In the playoff's, Prachinburi were drawn to play Rangsit University JW whom themselves had struggled in earlier playoff matches at Regional League level. Prachinburi duly lost 1:0 over two legs and were relegated.

With relegation confirmed, Prachinburi in theory should have joined the Regional League Central-East Division, but due to the football associations policy of one province per league, the club had to move into the Bangkok Area Division as Prachinburi United were already allocated the Central-East spot.

In early 2012 the club relocated to Rayong and would play at the Klaeng District Stadium. Thai web forums would also refer to the club as Prachinburi (Rayong United) FC, which would suggest that the club was preparing to play football in the province on a full-time basis. The move out of their home province seems to have been forced with the local government authority getting behind the Prachinburi United football club that was formed in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

The relocation proved successful as they were promoted to Division 1 after finishing second in the Bangkok Regional league and then in the same place in the playoffs.

In 2022, Pluakdaeng United competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 16th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 1–2 home defeat to Pattaya Dolphins United^[1] and they ended the season with a 0–2 away defeat to Pattaya Dolphins United.^[2] The club has finished 7th place in the league of the Eastern region. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Pluakdaeng United was defeated 0–1 by Chiangmai United in the qualification play-off round, causing them to be eliminated.^[3]

Honours

Domestic leagues

• Thai League 3 Eastern Region
  • Winners (1): 2020–21
• Thailand Division 2 League
  • Winners (1): 2008

Stadium and locations

Coordinates	Location	Stadium	Year
14°03′53″N 101°22′30″E / 14.0646206°N 101.3749326°E / 14.0646206; 101.3749326	Prachinburi	Prachinburi Province Stadium	2007–2010
14°01′45″N 101°31′52″E / 14.029271°N 101.531095°E / 14.029271; 101.531095	Prachantakham, Prachinburi	Koh Loi Subdistrict Administrative Organization Stadium	2011
12°47′46″N 101°39′29″E / 12.796063°N 101.658049°E / 12.796063; 101.658049	Klaeng, Rayong	Klaeng District Stadium	2012
12°40′49″N 101°14′08″E / 12.680236°N 101.235436°E / 12.680236; 101.235436	Rayong	Rayong Province Stadium	2013
13°05′07″N 101°09′11″E / 13.085241°N 101.152941°E / 13.085241; 101.152941	Rayong	Pattana Sport Club Stadium	2014–2015
12°40′49″N 101°14′08″E / 12.680236°N 101.235436°E / 12.680236; 101.235436	Rayong	Rayong Province Stadium	2016–2017

Season-by-season record

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
2007	DIV2	22	12	7	3	41	22	43	3rd
2008	DIV2 A	20	12	5	3	39	18	41	1st
2009	DIV 1	30	13	5	12	34	30	44	5th
2010	DIV 1	30	10	5	15	29	36	35	13th
2011	DIV2 Bangkok	30	13	10	7	44	30	49	4th
2012	DIV2 Bangkok	34	19	10	5	54	29	67	2nd			Kassiaty Gildas Laby	14
2013	DIV 1	34	6	9	19	37	57	27	18th	R2		Valci Júnior	8
2014	DIV2 Bangkok	26	4	4	18	26	62	16	13th
2015	DIV2 Bangkok	26	8	8	10	40	46	32	10th	Not enter	QR2
2016	DIV2 Eastern	22	9	6	7	30	19	33	6th	R1	QR1
2017	T4 East	27	12	10	5	36	23	46	3rd	R2	QR2	Pratya Narach	7
2018	T4 East	27	11	8	8	40	28	41	3rd	QR	QR2	Warut Trongkratok	8
2019	T4 East	28	8	8	12	35	39	32	5th	R2	QRP	Alongkorn Nuekmai	8
2020–21	T3 East	17	12	3	2	43	15	39	1st	R2	QR2	Alberto Moreira Gouvea	13
2021–22	T3 East	22	12	4	6	29	23	40	3rd	R1	R1	Warut Trongkratok	14
2022–23	T3 East	22	8	5	9	22	26	29	7th	Not enter	QRP	Thiago Santos	7

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

TPL = Thai Premier League

QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round RInt = Intermediate Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3

R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 GR = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up S = Shared W = Winners

Players

Current squad

As of 2 March 2023^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF   THA Anon Yangkam 3 DF   THA Anuyut Mudlem 4 DF   THA Nakarin Thammta 6 MF   BRA Thiago Santos 7 MF   THA Prin Prathummet 8 MF   THA Thiwakon Seegun 9 FW   IRN Eiman Kaabi 11 FW   THA Anusorn Srichaluang 11 FW   THA Tanakrit Wonglikit 12 DF   THA Settawut Sadawong 13 DF   THA Rattawat Charoenmee 15 DF   THA Chalermsuk Kaewsuktae 16 MF   THA Anantachai Poodum

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   THA Yuwarat Damsungnon 19 FW   THA Kritthanaphong Paisanakkarapol 21 FW   THA Wittawin Atthapratyamueang 22 MF   THA Wongsakorn Kanbanjong 28 GK   THA Anuphong Kanyalang 29 MF   THA Korrakot Autapan 41 FW   THA Warut Trongkratok 44 DF   THA Chayapon Chahveejan 63 GK   THA Kittisak Foofoong 71 MF   THA Ronnakon Lado 74 FW   THA Tokiart Chuenta 80 DF   THA Anek Pukkasae 88 FW   THA Alongkorn Nuekmai 90 FW   EGY Mohamed Samir

References

1. "Full Time Summary Thai League 3 Eastern region matchday 1 – Pluakdaeng United v Pattaya Dolphins United" (PDF). thaileague.co.th. Thaileague. 10 September 2022.
2. "Full Time Summary Thai League 3 Eastern region matchday 22 – Pattaya Dolphins United v Pluakdaeng United" (PDF). thaileague.co.th. Thaileague. 18 March 2023.
3. "Full Time Summary Thai League Cup qualification play-off round – Pluakdaeng United v Chiangmai United" (PDF). thaileague.co.th. Thaileague. 19 October 2022.
4. Pluakdaeng United. Retrieved on 28 November 2020.

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