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Ground Capacity
  
6,000

Head Coach
  
Vimol Jankam

Manager
  
Vimol Jankam

Chairman
  
Chana Intarachot

Arena/Stadium
  
Samut Songkhram Stadium

Founded
  
2005

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Full name
  
Samut Songkhram Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม

Nickname(s)
  
Pla-Too-Kha-Nong ("Raging Mackerel") Mae Klong

Ground
  
Samut Songkhram Stadium Samut Songkhram, Thailand

Leagues
  
Thai Premier League, Thai League T2

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Samutsongkhram F.C. (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม) is a Thai professional football club based in town of Samut Songkhram in Samut Songkhram Province and currently plays in the second division of Thai football, the Thai League T2. Formed in 2004, Samut Songkhram finished at 7th place in their first season of the top flight division after their promotion from Thailand Division 1 League.

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The official team colours are light blue and white, and the nickname is Pla-Tu-Kha-Nong which Pla thu refers to the Shortbodied mackerel, and Kha-Nong is the Thai language meaning Rage. Another less common nickname is Mae Klong, referring to a river in western Thailand which flows in Samut Songkhram province.

History

The team were founded in 2005 and joined the Thailand Provincial League, the club only needs one year to gain promotion to Thai Division 1 League by finishing runners-up in the league table in 2006.

In their first season of Thai Division 1 League, they finished runners-up in the league table group B and went to reach 4th place in final league table, and were promoted to Thailand's top flight the Thai Premier League.

The club finished 7th in their first season of top tier of the Thai football . In the following year they finished 10th.

In 2010 season, Samut Songkhram is sponsored by The Siam Cement Group (SCG). The club went on finishing the season at 8th place of the league table.

In July 2014 the club completed the signing of "The Haitian Sensation" Pascal Millien on a free transfer arguably the biggest coup in Thailand since the military seized control of the nation.

Stadium

Samut Songkhram Stadium (Thai: สนามกีฬากลางจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม) is a multi-use stadium in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Samut Songkhram FC. The stadium holds 5,000 people.

First team squad

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

Domestic leagues

Thai Division 1 League:

  • Runners-up (1): 2007
  • Affiliated clubs

  • Bangkok United
  • References

    Samutsongkhram F.C. Wikipedia