Khon Kaen F.C.

Thai football club

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Football club

Khon Kaen
ขอนแก่น เอฟซี

Full name| Khon Kaen Football Club
สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น
Nickname(s)| The T-Rexs
(ไดโนเสาร์พิฆาต)
Short name| KKFC
Founded| 2005; 20 years ago (2005)
Ground| Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium
Khon Kaen, Thailand
Capacity| 7,000
Chairman| Kasom Chanawong
Head Coach| Apisak Asayut
League| Thai League 3
2024–25| Thai League 3, 2nd of 11 in the Northeastern region

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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

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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.[1]

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.[2][3]

In 2022, Khon Kaen competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 17th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 3–0 away win over Nakhon Ratchasima United[4] and they ended the season with a 1–0 home win over Nakhon Ratchasima United.[5] The club has finished 4th place in the league of the Northeastern region. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup Khon Kaen was defeated 2–3 by Phrae United in the third round, causing them to be eliminated[6] and in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Khon Kaen was defeated 0–1 by Khon Kaen Mordindang in the second qualification round, causing them to be eliminated too.[7]

## Stadium and locations

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Coordinates  | Location  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Year

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16°24′46″N 102°49′38″E﻿ / ﻿16.412905°N 102.827164°E﻿ / 16.412905; 102.827164 | Khonkaen | Khon Kaen Province Stadium

(Khon Kaen PAO. Stadium)

| 10,000  | 2007–2015
16°28′36″N 102°49′03″E﻿ / ﻿16.476767°N 102.817386°E﻿ / 16.476767; 102.817386 | Khon Kaen | 50th Anniversary Stadium of Khon Kaen University | 8,000  | 2016
16°24′46″N 102°49′38″E﻿ / ﻿16.412905°N 102.827164°E﻿ / 16.412905; 102.827164 | Khonkaen | Khon Kaen Province Stadium

(Khon Kaen PAO. Stadium)

| 10,000  | 2017

## Season by season record

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Season  | League  | FA Cup | League Cup | T3 Cup | Top goalscorer

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Division  | P  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Pts  | Pos  | Name  | Goals
2006  | Pro League | 30  | 9  | 8  | 13  |  |  | 35  | 11th  | Opted out  |  |  |  |
2007  | DIV1 A | 22  | 7  | 8  | 7  | 25  | 25  | 29  | 4th  | Opted out  |  |  |  |
2008  | DIV1 | 30  | 11  | 8  | 11  | 32  | 34  | 41  | 8th  | Opted out  |  |  |  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 | Opted out  |  |  Seiya Sugishita | 12
2021–22  | T2 | 34  | 5  | 9  | 20  | 32  | 60  | 24  | 17th  | R1 | QRP |  |  Chakrit Rawanprakone | 7
2022–23  | T3 Northeast | 24  | 11  | 8  | 5  | 36  | 21  | 41  | 4th  | R3 | QR2 |  |  Judivan | 12
2023–24  | T3 Northeast | 24  | 12  | 7  | 5  | 29  | 19  | 43  | 5th  | QR | QR1 | QR2 |  Alberto Moreira Gouvea  | 8
2024–25  | T3 Northeast | 20  | 12  | 4  | 4  | 32  | 14  | 40  | 2nd  | R3 | QR2 | QF |  |
Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated

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* 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

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## Players

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### First Team squad

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As of 20 September 2024.

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

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1  | GK |  THA | Teerasak Songklang
2  | DF |  THA | Thanaphong Borikun
3  | DF |  BRA | Jonathan Monteiro
5  | DF |  THA | Chakkaphat Phumnuan
6  | DF |  THA | Sarawin Saengra
7  | FW |  THA | Thanaphat Phutnok
8  | MF |  THA | Tadsawat Sriwilot
9  | FW |  THA | Charin Boodhad
10  | MF |  BRA | João Guimarães
11  | FW |  BRA | Jhonata Santos
14  | MF |  THA | Phommin Kaeosanga
15  | MF |  THA | Taweesak Chanlee
17  | MF |  THA | Kittichai Yomkhot
18  | GK |  THA | Thanandorn Pasri
19  | DF |  THA | Ratthaphon Phoopharot
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20  | FW |  THA | Punyachotc Namjatturat
21  | DF |  THA | Natthjawut Srimongkol
22  | FW |  THA | Piyapong Srikaew
24  | FW |  THA | Cholakran Chueaprasat
25  | DF |  THA | Nutdanai Ketpaen
26  | FW |  THA | Worawaran Pholuea
27  | MF |  THA | Kitchaphum Monthianart
30  | GK |  THA | Bunditvicha Nongngok
31  | DF |  THA | Chawit Daengsopa
32  | GK |  THA | Nattapumin Nongbua
33  | MF |  THA | Kitsada Hemvipat
40  | DF |  THA | Ratchanon Khotchana
70  | MF |  THA | Amnawat Pasotiyang
80  | FW |  THA | Suphakit Thongthawee
98  | FW |  THA | Aphiwat Mitrak
99  | FW |  THA | Jakkrit Jitsabay

### Out on loan

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

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

## Coaching staff

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Position  | Name

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Head coach  |  Apisak Asayut
Assistant head coach  |  Pattanapong Sripramoj
Nirut Surasieng
Chakkrit Boonkham
Goalkeeper coach  |  Sthiti Phaengma
Fitness coach  |  Wattana Nuttat
Physiotherapist  |  Dr. Acira Hiruntrakul
Physiotherapist  |  Sittisak Sriwijarn
Team Officer  |  Veerasil Wongveerachai
Noppadol Intako
Kraisorn Supsin
Nuengruthai Praikhet

## Honours

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### Domestic leagues

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* 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

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* Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

## References

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1. ^ ""ไอซ์ดูบอลและเชียร์ ตั้งแต่ทีมขอนแก่นอยู่ โปรลีก" สัมภาษณ์น้องไอซ์ "ไอรดา สุภาพันธ์"". 26 October 2012.
2. ^ "เดอะ ทีเร็กซ์ เปิดตัวสโมสรวาง 70 ล้าน พร้อมเผย 31 แข้งลุยไทยลีก 2". 4 February 2018.
3. ^ "บางจาก ผนึก บีจี-เชียงใหม่ เอฟซี และ ขอนแก่น เอฟซี มอบสิทธิประโยชน์ให้แฟนฟุตบอล".
4. ^ "Full Time Summary Thai League 3 Northeastern region matchday 1 – Nakhon Ratchasima United v Khon Kaen" (PDF). thaileague.co.th. Thaileague. 10 September 2022.
5. ^ "Full Time Summary Thai League 3 Northeastern region matchday 26 – Khon Kaen v Nakhon Ratchasima United" (PDF). thaileague.co.th. Thaileague. 18 March 2023.
6. ^ "Full Time Summary Thai FA Cup third round – Phrae United v Khon Kaen" (PDF). thaileague.co.th. Thaileague. 30 November 2022.
7. ^ "Full Time Summary Thai League Cup second qualification round – Khon Kaen v Khon Kaen Mordindang" (PDF). thaileague.co.th. Thaileague. 4 September 2022.

## External links

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* Khon Kaen Football Club – Official website

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Northern|

* Chattrakan City
* Chiangmai
* Chiangrai City
* Kamphaengphet
* Khelang United
* Maejo United
* Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City
* Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United
* Phitsanulok
* Phitsanulok Unity
* Uttaradit Saksiam

Northeastern|

* Khon Kaen
* Khon Kaen Mordindang
* Muang Loei United
* Roi Et PB United
* Suranaree Black Cat
* Surin City
* Surin Khong Chee Mool
* Ubon Kruanapat
* Udon United
* Yasothon

Central|

* Angthong
* AUU Inter Bangkok
* Chamchuri United
* Dome
* Kasem Bundit University
* Lopburi City
* North Bangkok University
* Prime Bangkok
* PTU Pathum Thani
* Royal Thai Air Force
* Saraburi United

Eastern|

* ACDC
* Bankhai United
* BFB Pattaya City
* Chachoengsao Hi-Tek
* Customs United
* Fleet
* Marines
* Navy
* Padriew City
* Pluakdaeng United
* Saimit Kabin United
* Samut Prakan

Western|

* Assumption United
* Hua Hin City
* Kanchanaburi City
* Maraleina
* Nonthaburi United
* Rajpracha
* Royal Thai Army
* Samut Sakhon City
* Samut Songkhram City
* Thap Luang United
* Thonburi United
* VRN Muangnont

Southern|

* Krabi
* MH Nakhon Si City
* Muang Trang United
* Nara United
* Phatthalung
* Phuket Andaman
* Ranong United
* Satun
* Wiang Sa Surat Thani City
* Yala
* Yala City

Seasons|

* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

* Thai League
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* TS
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* Women's League

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* Kasem Bundit University
* Khon Kaen
* Krung Thonburi
* Lamphun Warrior
* MOF Customs United
* Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity
* Nara United
* Phayao
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* Phuket City
* Rajpracha
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* Royal Thai Army
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* Simork
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* Trang
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