Khon Kaen F.C.

Khon Kaen
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Full name	Khon Kaen Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น
Nickname(s)	The T-Rexs (ไดโนเสาร์พิฆาต)
Short name	KKFC
Founded	2005 (2005)
Ground	Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium Khon Kaen, Thailand
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Kasom Chanawong
Head Coach	Hiroki Ono
League	Thai League 3
2021–22	Thai League 2, 17th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Khon Kaen Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น) is a Thailand professional football club, based in Khon Kaen province, a city located in the heart of the North Eastern Region of Thailand. The club currently plays in Thai League 3. In 2011, they achieved promotion from Thai Division 1 League to the Thai League 1 for the first time in their history, by finishing runners-up in the Thai Division 1 League.

Khonkaen play their home games at the Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium. They traditionally play in black and yellow, and their nickname is commonly known as The T-Rexs which came from the famous rich dinosaur fossil excavations of the province.

History

Khon Kaen Football Club was publicly formed on 21 June 2007, before that time the club played in the Provincial League which largely consist of regional football clubs, nonetheless, the league was not recognized by the Football Association of Thailand.

In 2007 the league was merged into Thai Premier League and Thai Division 1 League and the club was registered to be professional football club in this year and was allocated into Thai Division 1 League Group A, the club was close to promotion by finishing at the fourth place that season.

In the 2008 season, Khon Kaen was not performing as well as the previous season as they could only finish the season in 8th place, nevertheless, the club proved themselves, being one of the favourites for promotion in the 2009 season, however, they lost the promotion spot to Sisaket in the last week of the season.

In 2010, the club was finally promoted to the Thai Premier League after finishing runners-up in the league table which was the first time for the club to participate in the top flight of Thai football.

However, their brief TPL tenure ended disappointingly as they finished bottom of the table. Any thoughts of yo-yoing straight back never emerged in 2012 with the T-Rex finishing in the bottom half of the first division.

In 2014, the Club got 17th of 2014 and relegated to 2015 Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region into North-Eastern zone.

Stadium and locations

Coordinates	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year
16°24′46″N 102°49′38″E	Khonkaen	Khon Kaen Province Stadium (Khon Kaen PAO. Stadium)	10,000	2007–2015
16°28′36″N 102°49′03″E	Khon Kaen	50th Anniversary Stadium of Khon Kaen University	8,000	2016
16°24′46″N 102°49′38″E	Khonkaen	Khon Kaen Province Stadium (Khon Kaen PAO. Stadium)	10,000	2017

Season by season record

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
2006	Pro League	30	9	8	13			35	11th	—	—
2007	DIV1 A	22	7	8	7	25	25	29	4th	—	—
2008	DIV1	30	11	8	11	32	34	41	8th	—	—	Issarapong Lilakorn	11
2009	DIV1	30	16	7	7	49	36	55	4th	R4	—	Sarawut Vichien	12
2010	DIV1	30	15	9	6	51	35	54	2nd	R3	R2	Surachat Singnhon	10
2011	TPL	34	6	9	19	33	68	27	18th	R3	R3	Khampheng Sayavutthi	4
2012	DIV1	34	12	6	16	35	49	42	11th	R3	R2	Matías Recio	7
2013	DIV1	34	8	12	14	40	54	36	16th	R3	R3	Matías Recio	20
2014	DIV1	34	6	10	18	23	45	28	17th	R3	R1	Junki Yokono	8
2015	DIV 2 Northeast	34	17	10	7	54	26	61	6th	R2	QR1
2016	DIV 2 Northeast	26	12	8	6	40	26	44	4th	R1	R2	Thanapol Srithong	10
2017	T3 Upper	26	18	5	3	53	18	59	1st	R2	QR1	Thotsaphon Yotchan Darko Tasevski	11
2018	T2	28	14	7	7	52	30	49	4th	QF	R1	Marc Landry Babo	16
2019	T2	34	13	10	11	40	48	49	8th	R1	R2	Seiya Sugishita	12
2020–21	T2	34	11	8	15	34	38	41	10th	R1	—	Seiya Sugishita	12
2021–22	T2	34	5	9	20	32	60	24	17th	R1	Qualification play-off	Chakrit Rawanprakone	7
2022–23	T3 Northeast

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

• P = Played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• F = Goals for
• A = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• Pos = Final position

• TPL = Thai Premier League

• QR1 = First Qualifying Round
• QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
• QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
• QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round
• RInt = Intermediate Round
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• R3 = Round 3

• R4 = Round 4
• R5 = Round 5
• R6 = Round 6
• GR = Group stage
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• RU = Runners-up
• S = Shared
• W = Winners

Players

First Team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK THA Teerasak Songklang 3 DF BRA Jonathan Monteiro 4 DF THA Daechawat Nantasan 5 DF THA Chakkaphat Phumnuan 6 MF THA Nontawat Klinjumpasri 7 MF THA Jessadakorn Noysri 8 MF THA Tadsawat Sri-Wilot 9 FW THA Jakkrit Jitsabay 10 MF THA Surachai Chawna 11 MF THA Aphiwat Mitrak

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF THA Phongphat Aektasaeng 16 DF THA Wutthisak Srichai 17 MF THA Kittichai Yomkhot 18 GK THA Thanandorn Pasri 19 DF THA Ratthaphon Phoopharot 21 DF THA Thanaphat Suwannatha 26 FW THA Worawaran Pholuea 31 DF THA Nutdanai Ketpaen 71 MF BRA Caio Dos Santos Vicente 95 FW BRA Judivan

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Note: The official club website lists the supporters as player #12.

Honours

Domestic leagues

• Thai League 3
  • Runners-up (1): 2017
• Thai League 3 Upper Region
  • Champions (1): 2017
• Thai Division 1 League
  • Runners-up (1): 2010

Affiliated clubs

• Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

External links

• Khon Kaen Football Club – Official website