Dissolved 2012 Chairman Nipon Boonyamanee Ground Tinsulanon Stadium | Ground Capacity 35,000 Head Coach Somchai Makmool Founded 1999 | |
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Full name Songkhla Football Club
สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา Nickname(s) The Southern Fighting Bulls
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Songkhla Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา ) was a Thailand semi professional football club based in Songkhla Province, a province located in Southern Thailand. They currently play in the Thai Division 1 League.
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History
Songkhla F.C. was established in 1999, and it then first played in the Thailand Provincial League, a former league, parallel to the Thai Premier League. In the founding year of the league, 1999, reached the eighth place in the league table.
In the years after it was found mostly back in the bottom of the table regions. In 2007, the club was runner-up of the Pro League and played the following year in the Thailand Division 2 League. Surprisingly, it was the end of the season, again winning a second place and went on to the newly formed Thai Division 1 League.
In 2009 Thai Division 1 League, they finished a creditable 7th. They fared even better in 2010 Thai Division 1 League and just missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Their 4th-placed finished earned them a place in the TPL play-offs. Unfortunately the Bulls couldn't maintain their end off season form and finished bottom of their play-off group.
In this 2011 Thai Division 1 League, the team have an average attendance of around 18.000, with a peak of 23.000 people at Tinsulanon Stadium during last matches. Highest attendance Songkhla 1–1 Buriram (36,715) (7 August 2011) .
Songkhla F.C. is also first team in history of Thailand to have invited for a trial an Italian player Luca Cesarini and a Portuguese/Angolan Player Osvaldo Manuel Saldanha.
Their star and top striker with 17 scores is the Brazilian Santos Chayene.