Songkhla FC
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Songkhla Football Club (Thai
สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา ) is a Thailand
semi professional football club based in Songkhla Province
, a city located near to the border of Malaysia. They currently play in the Thai Division 1 League.
In the years after it was found mostly back in the bottom of the table regions. In 2007, the club was runner-up of the Pro League and played the following year in the Thailand Division 2 League
. Surprisingly, it was the end of the season, again winning a second place and went on to the newly formed Thai Division 1 League.
In 2009 Thai Division 1 League, they finished a creditable 7th. They fared even better in 2010 Thai Division 1 League
and just missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Their 4th placed finished earned them a place in the TPL play-offs. Unfortunately the Bulls couldn't maintain their end off season form and finished bottom of their play-off group.
In this 2011 Thai Division 1 League
, the team have an average attendance of around 18.000, with a peak of 23.000 people at Tinsulanon Stadium during last matches. Highest attendance Songkhla 1–1 Buriram (36,715) (7 August 2011) .
Songkhla F.C. is also first team in history of Thailand to have invited for a trial an Italian player
Luca Cesarini and a Portuguese/Angolan Player 
Osvaldo Manuel Saldanha.
His star and top striker whit 13 scores is the brazilian
Santos Chayene.
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(vice-captain)
Thai alphabet
Thai script , is used to write the Thai language and other, minority, languages in Thailand. It has forty-four consonants , fifteen vowel symbols that combine into at least twenty-eight vowel forms, and four tone marks ....
สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา ) is a Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
semi professional football club based in Songkhla Province
Songkhla Province
Songkhla is one of the southern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Satun, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Pattani and Yala. To the south it borders Kedah and Perlis of Malaysia....
, a city located near to the border of Malaysia. They currently play in the Thai Division 1 League.
History
Songkhla F.C. was established in 1999, and it then first played in the Thailand Provincial League, a former league, parallel to the Thai Premier League. In the founding year of the league, 1999, reached the eighth place in the league table.In the years after it was found mostly back in the bottom of the table regions. In 2007, the club was runner-up of the Pro League and played the following year in the Thailand Division 2 League
Thailand Division 2 League
AIS Regional League Division 2 is the 3rd Level League in Thailand. In 2009, it was divided into five groups by geographic region. As of 2011 each group contains 16 clubs except for the Southern Region group which contains 13 clubs.-League History:...
. Surprisingly, it was the end of the season, again winning a second place and went on to the newly formed Thai Division 1 League.
In 2009 Thai Division 1 League, they finished a creditable 7th. They fared even better in 2010 Thai Division 1 League
2010 Thai Division 1 League
2010 Thai Division 1 League is the 13th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 16 teams will compete in the league.-League Expansion:...
and just missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Their 4th placed finished earned them a place in the TPL play-offs. Unfortunately the Bulls couldn't maintain their end off season form and finished bottom of their play-off group.
In this 2011 Thai Division 1 League
2011 Thai Division 1 League
2011 Thai Division 1 League is the 14th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 17 teams will compete in the league.-League Expansion:...
, the team have an average attendance of around 18.000, with a peak of 23.000 people at Tinsulanon Stadium during last matches. Highest attendance Songkhla 1–1 Buriram (36,715) (7 August 2011) .
Songkhla F.C. is also first team in history of Thailand to have invited for a trial an Italian player
Luca Cesarini and a Portuguese/Angolan Player Osvaldo Manuel Saldanha.His star and top striker whit 13 scores is the brazilian
Santos Chayene.Season By Season Record
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Thailand FA Cup
The FA Cup is a football cup competition in Thailand. It was held between 1980 and 2001 until relaunched again in 2009. Bangkok Bank won the first two editions.In 2009 it was announced that the FA Cup would return to the Thai Football calendar...
!rowspan=2|Queen's
Cup
Queen's Cup
The Queen's Cup is an annual football cup competition in Thailand. Run by the Football Association of Thailand, it was first contested in 1970. It is named after Queen Sirikit....
!rowspan=2|Kor Royal
Cup
Kor Royal Cup
Kor Royal Cup or in old name Yai Cup was the highest level of club football competition which competed in the tournament in Thailand since 1916-1995. It was founded by Football Association of Thailand in 1916...
!rowspan=2|Asia
!colspan=2|Top goalscorer
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!Division
!P
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!Pts
!Pos
!Name
!Goals
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!2008
|DIV2
Thailand Division 2 League Group A 2008
The 2008 Thailand Division 2 League Group A had 11 teams.The league winners and runners up were promoted to Thailand Division 1 League. No teams would be relegated due to restructuring at the end of the season.-Member clubs:*Cha Choeng Sao FC*Chiang Mai FC...
|20
|11
|4
|5
|27
|17
|37
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
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!2009
|DIV1
|30
|10
|12
|8
|32
|29
|42
|7th
|R3
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|Witthawat Iamram
|11
|-
!2010
|DIV1
2010 Thai Division 1 League
2010 Thai Division 1 League is the 13th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 16 teams will compete in the league.-League Expansion:...
|30
|14
|9
|7
|47
|34
|51
|4th
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|Nantawet Chanuthai
|12
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{| class="wikitable"
|bgcolor=gold|Champions
|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up
|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|Promoted
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|Relegated
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
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First team squad
As of February 16, 2011(vice-captain)