Nakhon Si Thammarat FC
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| Full name | Nakhon Si Heritage Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช |
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| Nickname(s) |
King of Southern Sea The Saint of south (ราชันทะเลใต้) |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Ground |
Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium Nakhon Si Thammarat , Thailand |
| Capacity | 4,744 |
| Chairman | Pichai Boonyakiat |
| Manager |
 Peter Michael Hearth |
| League | Regional League Division 2 |
Nakhon Si Thammarat Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช ) is a Thai professional football club based in Nakhon Si Thammarat. They currently play in Regional League Division 2 Southern.
Nakhon Si Thammarat is the biggest province in the South of Thailand with a population of over a million. The locals are regarded as friendly and kind. Nakhon Si Thammarat FC used to be one of the best amateur football clubs with many well-known players such as Anirut Krabdee, Bunnum Suksawad, Udomsak Yeeraham and Somsak Noyhid. In 1991, the club became the spotlight of the country as they surprisingly reached the final of Yamaha Thailand's Cup against Bangkok FC and won the hearts of many of its fans.
In 2009, the club had such a brilliant run as they went unbeaten in the first half of the season under the coach who used to be a Thai international, Siripong Sirirat. However, the team unfortunately could not find the form they had in the second of the season, therefore they narrowly missed the play-off position for Division 1 promotion.
In 2010, the club has set a clear goal of getting promoted to the Thai Division 1 League as their priority. Therefore, a big plan for team rebuilding was expected to happen. Over 5 million bhat of budget was planned to be spent but the problem unavoidably arises when there is a re-election of the city mayor. As a result, the club currently suffer a bit of financial problems due to the delay of funding from the local government. Nevertheless, the problem is hopefully expected to be overcome soon as the local re-election has ended.
Unsurprisingly, this has a big knocked-on effect on the performance of the team. For instance, the team could not travel to Phuket the day before the match, on February 28, 2010, due to the lack of money. Thus, the players had to travel four hours on the day before the match kicked off at 5 p.m. This completely spoils the great potential the team has as it also affects the number of training sessions they can have. They now have three losses out of the four they played.
The strength of the current team is age because the average age is only 25 years old. This shows a great vision of the team policy as they not only trying to get promoted but at the same time they build the team for the future. Most of the players are home-grown players who played for other professional clubs in Thailand.
They are still expected to be one of the favorites in this Division if the financial problem can be solved in the near future. This could possibly happen after the new Mayor of Nakhon Si Thammarat make a press conference about his policies.
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