Chonburi FC
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| Full name | Chonburi Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Shark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Chonburi Municipality Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Wittaya Khunplome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Annop Singtotong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Thailand Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TPL 2007 | Champions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chonburi FC is a Thai football club based in Chonburi province. Currently they play in the top division in Thai football, the Thailand Premier League.
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[edit] Club history
Chonburi FC is a football club from Chonburi province established from the football club of Assumption College Sriracha. They first participated in the Football Cup. Later, the club was cooperated with Sannibat-Samutprakan (Division 1 team) and named as Chonburi-Sannibat-Samutprakan FC.
In the year 2002, The club joined the Thailand Provincial League in the name of Chonburi FC after separated from Sannibart Samutprakarn FC. The club had the nickname as The Shark.(Thai: ฉลามชล) In 2005 they won the Pro League title and moved to Thailand Premier League in the season 2006 with the Pro League runners up, Suphanburi FC. The shark tribes finished 8th place in the Thai League 2006 season.
In 2006, they were invited to play in the Singapore Cup and reached the final, defeating local sides Home United FC, Albirex Niigata FC and Balestier Khalsa along the way. In the final they lost to Tampines Rovers FC 2-3 in the extra time after leading 2-0.
In 2007, they were again invited to participate in the Singapore Cup, but were defeated in the first round against Balestier Khalsa FC, in a replay of the previous season's semi-finals. Chonburi FC lost 3-2 in normal play. They have formed links with Manchester City FC.
On March the 20th 2008 the club achieved it's second victory in the AFC Champions League against the highly fancied Melbourne Victory, the game was clouded by controversy when Melbourne Victory scored their only goal whilst a Chonburi FC player was down injured and his teammates calling for the ball to be played off the park. It mattered little when the Cameroon striker Baga scored a thunderbolt from 35 yards out and then followed it up with a sublime finish in Extra Time to condemn the Melbourne Victory to their first loss in the competition 3-1.
[edit] Coaches
Withaya Laohakul (2004 - 2006)- Jadet Meelarp (2007 - )
[edit] Achievements
- Thailand premier League: 2007
- Kor Royal Cup: 2008
- Singapore Cup: Runner Up 2006
- Provincial League: 2005
[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions
- AFC Champions League : 1 Appearance
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- 2008: Group Stage (4TH place in Group G)
[edit] Performance in ASEAN Competitions
- Singapore Cup : 2 Appearances
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- 2006: Runner Up
- 2007: 1st Round
[edit] Season History
- 2002 - Provincial League, 2nd
- 2003 - Provincial League, 3rd
- 2004 -
- 2005 - Provincial League, 1st
- 2006 - Thailand Premier League, 8th
- 2007 - Thailand Premier League, 1st
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
As of February 19, 2008
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Thailand national team players
[edit] 2008 Season transfers
Out
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 Ney Fabiano de Oliveira |
12 | Melbourne Victory FC |  A-League |
23 May 2008 |
[edit] Former Players
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[edit] AFC Champions League 2008
[edit] Group G
Top team ONLY to progress to Quarter Finals.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Gamba Osaka |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Melbourne Victory FC |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 7 |
 Chunnam Dragons |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 6 |
| Chonburi FC |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 5 |
| March 12, 2008 | Melbourne Victory FC | 2 – 0 | Chunnam Dragons | Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 23,656 Referee:  Malik Abdul Bashir |
| Kevin Muscat 28' (pen) Rodrigo Vargas 66' |
Report |
| March 12, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 1 – 1 | Chonburi FC | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee:  Hedayat Mombeni |
| Lucas 90+4' |
Report | Arthit Suntornphit 59' |
| March 19, 2008 | Chunnam Dragons | 3 – 4 | Gamba Osaka | Gwang-Yang Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee:  Shamsuzzaman Tayeb Hasan |
| Victor Simões 4' Kim Tae-Su 27', 60' (pen) |
Report | Takahiro Futagawa 30' Ryuji Bando 53' 75'Michihiro Yasuda 58' |
| March 19, 2008 | Chonburi FC | 3 – 1 | Melbourne Victory FC | Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Kadhum Auda |
| Ney Fabiano de Oliveira 45' Stephane Baga 79', 90+5' |
Report | Daniel Allsopp 57' |
| April 9, 2008 | Chunnam Dragons | 1 – 0 | Chonburi FC | Gwang-Yang Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee:  Abdullah Mohamed Al Hilali |
| Victor Simões 90' |
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| April 9, 2008 | Melbourne Victory FC | 3 – 4 | Gamba Osaka | Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 23,857 Referee:  Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh |
| Daniel Allsopp 4' 65' Rodrigo Vargas 41' |
Report | Takahiro Futagawa 31' Baré 38'Satoshi Yamaguchi 68'Lucas 89' |
| April 23, 2008 | Chonburi FC | 2 – 2 | Chunnam Dragons | Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee:  Hai Tan |
| Pipob On-Mo 56' Panuwat Jinta 88' |
Report | Chung Joon-Yeon 5' Kim Myung-Woon 48' |
| April 23, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 2 – 0 | Melbourne Victory FC | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 8,132 Referee:  Ali Al Badwawi |
| Masato Yamazaki 31' 57' |
Report |
| May 7, 2008 | Chunnam Dragons | 1 – 1 | Melbourne Victory FC | Gwang-Yang Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee:  Abdullah Balideh |
| Ko Ki-Gu 37' |
Report | Tom Pondeljak 4' |
| May 7, 2008 | Chonburi FC | 0 – 2 | Gamba Osaka | Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou |
| Report | Masato Yamazaki 64' Lucas 76' |
| May 21, 2008 | Melbourne Victory FC | 3 – 1 | Chonburi FC | Telstra Dome, Melbourne Referee:  Salem Mahmoud Mujghef |
| Kevin Muscat 56' Archie Thompson 65'Carlos Hernández 77' |
Ney Fabiano de Oliveira 55' |
| May 21, 2008 | Gamba Osaka | 1 – 1 | Chunnam Dragons | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Referee: Sun Baojie |
| Takahiro Futagawa 75' |
Yoo Hong-Youl 86' (pen) |
[edit] Affiliated Clubs
Manchester City F.C.
Grasshopper-Club Zürich- Shanghai Shenhua
FC Moscow
Thanda Royal Zulu FC- Perth Glory
[edit] External links
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