Full name | Nakhonpathom United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลนครปฐมยูไนเต็ด |
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Nickname(s) |
The King Tiger (เสือป่าราชา) |
Founded | 1999 |
Ground |
Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium Nakhon Pathom, Thailand |
Capacity | 3,500 |
Chairman | Chiya Sasomsap |
Head coach | Phayong Khunnaen |
League | Thai League 2 |
2014 | 13th |
Nakhon Pathom United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลนครปฐมยูไนเต็ด) or formerly Nakhon Pathom Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดนครปฐม) is a Thai professional football club based in Nakhon Pathom province and currently play in Thai League 2. Their home stadium is Sanam Chan Palace Sports Stadium. In 2008 season, the club finished at 9th place which became the highest league position in the club history.
Nakhon Pathom F.C. was founded in 1999, the club started playing in the Thailand Provincial League. In 2004, Nakhon Pathom finished the season on a mid-table in the league. In the year 2005 it was the first time a place among the top three will be achieved and promote to the Thai Premier League was narrowly missed. A year later, the result could be repeated. But the club was allowed to ascend to the highest league in Thailand, as was the second-placed a reserve team of Port Authority of Thailand FC. The association brought not only as a "provincial team," a new impetus in the league. But also the fans who traveled to away games and many were present at the home games. Nakhon Pathom was another club as well as Chonburi FC and Suphanburi FC the club in the Premier League who did not came from the capital Bangkok.
The first season in the Premier League, the club was able to finish in 11th place and boosted its bottom line a year later at number nine. For the 2009 season was the first time be with Michael Aspin and Michael Thomas Byrne committed two players from Great Britain. Both had already played together in England at Northwich Victoria.