Thai Honda Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลไทยฮอนด้า) was a Thai defunct football club playing in the Thai League 2 and sponsored by Honda. The club was dissolved at the end of the 2019 season.[1][2]
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| Full name | Thai Honda Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอล ไทยฮอนด้า | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Fire Eagle (อินทรี อัคนี) | |||
| Founded | 2000 | |||
| Dissolved | 2019 | |||
| Ground | 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) Bangkok, Thailand | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Owner | Honda Motorcycle Thailand | |||
History
Honda Motorcycle Thailand, or A.P. Honda, started to send teams in the Samutprakarn Cup for the first time in 1971, by having factory employees play. In 2000, they established a football club "Thai Honda Ladkrabang Football Club". The club was promoted to Thai League 1. Some notable players for Thai Honda Ladkrabang were Prasert Choei-taisong, Tripob Chuenchuklin, and Thongchai Kuenkuntod. They were led by head coach Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol.[3] In the next two years, the club was relegated to play in a lower league. To combat this, they changed their management to Phaya Insee Lat Krabang Company Limited on 22 January 2015. The first act of the company was inviting Masami Taki, a Japanese football coach, to cooperate with the club service system and manage the youth development program for the success of the club.[4]
In 2019 Thai Honda decided to dissolve the club due to financial problems.[5][6][7][8]
Crest history
Thai Honda F.C. add text LADKRABANG into their logo in 2017 because Thai Honda factory was located in Ladkrabang and they changed their logo's background color from white to gold in 2017.[9] In 2018 they decided to change the name of the club back to their original name "Thai Honda".[10]
Stadium
72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri)[11] is a home stadium of Thai Honda Football Club since 2007. The stadium holds 10,000 people.
Stadium and locations
| Coordinates | Location | Stadium | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13°48′07″N 100°47′27″E / 13.801944°N 100.790833°E | Min Buri, Bangkok | 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) | 2007–2010 |
| 13°43′49″N 100°46′20″E / 13.730347°N 100.772122°E | Lat Krabang, Bangkok | King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Stadium | 2010 |
| 13°48′07″N 100°47′27″E / 13.801944°N 100.790833°E | Min Buri, Bangkok | 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) | 2011 |
| 13°43′49″N 100°46′20″E / 13.730347°N 100.772122°E | Lat Krabang, Bangkok | King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Stadium | 2012–2014 |
| 13°48′07″N 100°47′27″E / 13.801944°N 100.790833°E | Min Buri, Bangkok | 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) | 2015–2019 |
Season-by-season record
| Season | League[12] | FA Cup | League Cup | Top scorer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | |||
| 2004–2005 | DIV 1 | 2nd | |||||||||||
| 2006 | TPL | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 11th | Coulibaly Cheick Ismael | 3 | ||
| 2007 | TPL | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 38 | 29 | 14th | Ismail Faday Kamara | 6 | ||
| 2008 | DIV 1 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 34 | 13th | ||||
| 2009 | DIV 1 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 36 | 11th | R2 | Sutin Anukoon | 8 | |
| 2010 | DIV 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 8th | R2 | R3 | Nana Yaw Asamoah | 6 |
| 2011 | DIV 1 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 69 | 24 | 18th | withdrew | R2 | Nana Yaw Asamoah | 8 |
| 2012 | DIV 2 Bangkok | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 33 | 71 | 1st | R2 | R1 | ||
| 2013 | DIV 2 Bangkok | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 34 | 39 | 5th | ||||
| 2014 | DIV 2 Bangkok | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 67 | 1st | R3 | QR1 | Rodoljub Paunović | 25+7 |
| 2015 | DIV 1 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 46 | 57 | 6th | R4 | R2 | Gastón González | 17 |
| 2016 | DIV 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 46 | 23 | 52 | 1st | R1 | R2 | Ricardo Jesus | 13 |
| 2017 | T1 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 43 | 68 | 28 | 16th | R2 | R1 | Ricardo Jesus | 9 |
| 2018 | T2 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 12th | R1 | Qualification play-off | Tawin Butsombat | 11 |
| 2019 | T2 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 51 | 6th | QF | Qualification play-off | Valdo | 17 |
| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
Club achievements
- Thai Division 1 League
- Winner: 2016
- Runner-up: 2005
- Regional League Division 2
- Runner-up: 2014
- Regional League Bangkok Area Division
- Khǒr Royal Cup (Tier 3) (ถ้วย ข.)
- Winner: 2004
- Khor Royal Cup (Tier 4) (ถ้วย ค.)
- Winner: 2003
- Ngor Royal Cup (ถ้วย ง.)
- Runner-up: 2002