Nakhon Si Thammarat F.C.

Nakhon Si Thammarat FC
นครศรีธรรมราช เอฟซี

Full name	Nakhon Si Thammarat Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช
Nickname(s)	King of Southern Sea The Pink Dolphins
Founded	2009
Ground	Ronpibul Stadium Nakhon Si Thammarat , Thailand (Capacity: 4,744)
Chairman	Chaichana Dechde-cho
League	Regional League Division 2
Home colours Away colours

Nakhon Si Thammarat Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลนครศรีธรรมราช ) is a Thai professional football club based in Nakhon Si Thammarat. They currently play in Regional League Division 2 Southern. Last season, they came third behind Narathiwat FC and Satun FC.

Background

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 baths 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.

At the moment th club is in even worse situation as the chairman is dislike by most fans due to his immature leadership and lack of intelligence. The club now sits at the bottm of the table in Regional League Division 2 and likely to remain there for the rest of the season. Most fans expect the very unpopular chairman to get kicked out soon.

Nickname

Historically, Nakhon Si Thammarat is regarded as the most powerful city in the south of Thailand. The King of the Southern Sea was given by spectators as the nickname of the club.

Training Ground

Ronpibul, Nakhon Si Thammarat, has been Nakhon Si Thamarat FC's training ground since May 2009. Ronpibul is a district which is about 30 kilometers from the city center.

Club Crest and Colours

NST FC Crest

The image of the dolphin designed by a group of fans is the club's main crest. It describes the location of the city which is next to the sea and there are plenty of dolphins. It also represent the strong bonding between the locals.

Nakhon Si Thammarat's home colour is now all yellow with purple trim whereas the away colour is the opposite. The club's kit is currently manufactured by Bangkok Diadora.

Supporters

Dolphin Warriors is the nickname given to the club's supporters. Nakhon Si Thammarat FC has both local and foreign fans. Average League attendance in 2010 increases significantly with the better public relations such as advertisements.

Due to the financial problem the club is facing this year, the fan are trying their best to help the club financially such as seeking local sponsors and small donation.

Scarf

NST FC Scarf

This is another product designed by the fan clubs without any support from the club. It costs about 300 baths each.

Timeline

History of events of Nakhon Si Thammarat Football Club

Year	Important Events
2009	The club is formed as Nakhon Si Thammarat Football Club, nicknamed The Zodiac Club admitted to the Regional League South Division Home games to be played at Ronpibul Stadium Kusol Nakarat named as the first ever coach of Nakhon Si Thammarat www.nakhonsifc.com is the website of Nakhon Si Thammarat Football Club	2010 Nakhon Si Thammarat FC has announced Khun Pattapong Ponboon as their new head coach The club signed two players from Surat Thani FC: Mana Lakchum and Kittipong Sakuna

Players

Nakhon Si Thammarat FC Squad in 2010

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Wisanu Janpetch 2 DF Saptana Singtiporn 3 DF Wasan Suwanaraj 4 DF Chaiyan Sukkeaw 5 DF Wanasan Suwanno 6 DF Jaktrawut Sinthop 7 MF Taweepong Jaroenroob 8 MF Adisorn Nunarod (club captain) 9 FW Wutikorn Jatenurak 10 FW Kittipong Sakuna 11 FW Wisanu Panmee 12 DF Niran Nookool 13 MF Thongchart Putkwan

No. Position Player 14 MF Aekarin Akapan 15 DF Apichart Penrad 16 DF Ausanee Pakdeebud 17 MF Pisit Kornsongkeaw 18 GK Anuchit Jittisak 19 MF Natisin Pasukmeung 20 MF Aekachai Buknga 21 FW Mana Lakchum 22 MF Peerayut Noosiri 23 FW Alongkorn Sakronviroj 24 MF Pontep Seatoew 25 GK Tanadej Srivichai 33 FW Wipoo Panmee

Sponsors

The main source of budget is expected to be from the city council. Plus, other commercials in the city.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	Queen's Cup	Other	Asia	Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Goals
2009	South	14	6	4	4	30	26	22	3rd
2010	South	24	6	6	12	31	46	24	11th

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

External links

• Nakhon Si Thammarat FC Fanclub