Sukhothai Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสุโขทัย) is a Thai professional association football club based in Sukhothai province. They play in the Thai League 1. Sukhothai FC represents the Sukhothai Province mainly known for being the first Kingdom of Thailand. Their main team colors are red and white and their away colors are black and green. Sukhothai FC play all their home matches at the

Thalay Luang Stadium Thalay Luang Stadium ( th, สนามฟุตบอลทะเลหลวง) is a Soccer-specific stadium, football stadium in Sukhothai Province, Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the hom ...

which has a maximum capacity of 9,500.

History

Early history

Sukhothai FC was established in 2009 and entered the Regional League Northern Division. They finished their first ever season in the Regional League Northern Division in 7th place out of 11 teams. In 2014, after 6 years in the third tier division, Sukhothai got the promotion to 2015 Thai Division 1 League. In 2015, the newly promotion team Sukhothai had a successful campaign in Thai Division 1 League with the finishing in the unexpected third place of the final standing. Sukhothai has promoted to

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. In 2019, Sukhothai academy's top prospect, Jasraj Sangha, was offered a contract with the first team, but declined the offer, later stating that it was a "late notice".

Top League

In 2016, the first year in the top league, Sukhothai created the overachieved run by finishing in the seventh place of the table. Sukhothai also qualified for

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after being one of co-winner of FA Cup.

Main rivalry

Sukhothai's main neighboring rivals are with Phitsanulok and Kamphaengphet.

Stadium and locations

Season by season record

Continental record

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Coaches

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Honours

Domestic leagues

* Regional League Northern Division ** Winner (1) :

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* FA Cup **Champions:

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References

External links

Official website of Sukhothai FC

Official fanpage of Sukhothai FC

Official livescore of Sukhothai FC
{{Thai League T1 Thai League 1 clubs 2009 establishments in Thailand Association football clubs established in 2009 Football clubs in Thailand Sport in Sukhothai province