Sriracha F.C.

The FC Sriracha is a Thai football club from Sri Racha in Chonburi province. The club plays in the Thai Premier League, the top league in the country. Play their home games out of the club in the Suzuki Stadium.

Club history

The Blue Marlins, as the club is also known, is still a very young club, which was founded in 2005. After a 6th place in 2007 in the second league, the club managed surprisingly promotion to the first division. On the 28th matchday of the club could make the climb in the Thailand Premier League with a perfect 4-2 over FC Phitsanulok. Great contribution to the success of the team had especially the Argentine striker Raúl González Gastón. Reach him in season nine goals and he scored the most goals of the team. Due to the rise Srirachas were in 2009 for the first time three teams from the province of Chonburi in the top division. In addition to the FC Sriracha these were Chonburi FC and Pattaya United. In the game of the 2009 season between Pattaya United FC and Sriracha, the hosts put a spielberchtigten not a player. The final result of the match remained. The association punished only the manager of Pattaya United. As in Thailand, the direct comparison counts rose Blue Marlins from the end of the season. However, it was the direct re-emergence as a master of Thai Premier League Division 1

Shortly before the start of the 2011 season, the club went one a sponsorship deal with Suzuki to the value of ten million baht. As part of the stadium was renamed Suzuki Stadium and the company name found its way into the club name, but not in the club crest.

Fans

The Sriracha FC has only a small fan base, resulting on the one hand from the fact that Si Racha is more of a small town. On the other hand, there are the Chonburi FC and Pattaya United two other clubs in the Thai Premier League, which also come from the province of Chonburi. During the Chonburi a more friendly relationship is maintained - very often Sriracha is supported by fans of FC Chonburi at home games - there are certain resentment against Pattaya United. In late 2008, befriended FC Coke Bangpra was purchased and transferred to Pattaya.

Stadium

By 2010 the home games of the club took place in Princess Sirindhorn Stadium. The stadium holds about 5,000 spectators. It is sic far from the center of the city. For international competitions, such as the AFC Cup and the AFC Champions League, the stadium is not approved by the Asian Football Association AFC. In contrast to most stages of the first and second division in Thailand, but it has floodlights. It has like almost every stadium in Thailand a tartan track.

In January 2009 it was announced that the club gets a new stadium. It is like most stadiums in Thailand are a multi-functional stadium, albeit with artificial turf. Construction works are scheduled to start end of January 2009 and will be completed by the end of the year. The construction costs are expected to amount to 39 million baht. So there would be 3 State of the art stadiums in the province of Chonburi. The stadium of FC Chonburi, Pattaya United FC and Sriracha.

Honours

National

  • Thailand Division 1 League: runner-up (2008), Champion 2010 and Movers

Notes / References

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