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Bangkok University FC

Bangkok United
แบงค็อก ยูไนเต็ด
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Full name Bangkok United Football Club
สโมสรฟุตบอลแบงค็อก ยูไนเต็ด
Nickname(s) Bangkok Angels
(แข้งเทพ)
Founded 1988; 29 years ago (1988), as Bangkok University FC
2009; 8 years ago (2009), as Bangkok United FC
Ground Thammasat Stadium
Pathumthani, Thailand
Ground Capacity 25,000
Owner True Corporation
Chairman Kajorn Chearavanont
Head Coach Alexandré Pölking
League Thai League 1
2016 2nd
Website Club home page
Current season

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 1 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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