Bangkok United FC
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| Full name | Bangkok United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลแบงค็อก ยูไนเต็ด |
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| Nickname(s) |
Bangkok Angels (แข้งเทพ) |
| Founded | 1988, as Bangkok University FC 2009, as Bangkok United FC |
| Ground |
Thammasat Stadium Pathumthani, Thailand |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Owner | True Corporation |
| Chairman | Kajorn Chearavanont |
| Head Coach | Alexandré Pölking |
| League | Thai League T1 |
| 2016 | 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
Bangkok United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลแบงค็อก ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Pathum Thani. Formerly known as Bangkok University FC until 2009. This club were relegated from the 2010 Thai Premier League only 4 years after winning their first league title in 2006. In 2012 they got promoted to Thai League T1 again, after finishing 3rd in 2012 Thai Division 1 League.
The club was originally formed as Bangkok University FC in 1988 as a team for students at Bangkok University's Rangsit Campus in Pathum Thani Province, just north of Bangkok, the club have gone from provincial football and winning university-level titles to being a professionally run outfit in the top flight in the Thai Premier League.
Along the way to the Top flight, they won the Thai Division 1 League in 2003 and even captured the Thai Premier League 2006 title against the odds, which has also enabled the club to taste life in the AFC Champions League.
The club appeared in the 2007 AFC Champions League but played their home matches in the group stage away from the club's home. The first match on 7 March 2007 against Korea's Chunnam Dragons was played at the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Bangkok and the second, on 25 April against Indonesia's Arema Malang, was played at the Thai Army Sports Stadium in Bangkok, where tickets cost 50 baht. Both matches ended 0–0. The third, against Japan's Kawasaki Frontale, was played at the Thai Army Sports Stadium. The team has failed to qualify for the next stage.
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