Pluakdaeng United F.C.

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Pluakdaeng United FC
ปลวกแดง ยูไนเต็ด

Full name	Pluakdaeng United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลปลวกแดง ยูไนเต็ด
Nickname(s)	Elephant Warrior (นักรบช้างศึก)
Founded	2005 (as Prachinburi F.C.) 2012 (as Rayong United F.C.) 2014 (as Pluakdaeng Rayong United F.C.) 2019 (as Pluakdaeng United F.C.)
Ground	C.K. Stadium Rayong, Thailand
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Chaiyong Khupenwijittrakan
Head Coach	Chayaphon Kotchasan
League	Thai League 3
2023–24	Thai League 3, 3rd of 11 in the Eastern region
Home colours Away colours

Pluakdaeng United Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลปลวกแดง ยูไนเต็ด ) or formerly Prachinburi Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดปราจีนบุรี ) is a Thailand professional football club based in Rayong Province after relocating from Prachinburi Province in 2012. The club is currently playing in the Thai League 3 Eastern region.

The club was founded in 2005 but took their first steps on the Thai professional league setup in 2007 when they played in Division 2 which was at the time a league that was at step 3 and was a national league, unlike today's system of regional leagues at step 3. Prachinburi finished in third position in their debut season but missed out on promotion as only two clubs at the time were promoted.

In 2008, Prachniburi built on their debut season and won the 2008 Thailand Division 2 League (Group A) championship and the end of season playoff match against the Army Welfare team to be crowned overall champions and promotion to the 1st Division.

The club settled very well into life in a high division and came a creditable 5th place in the 2009 Thai Division 1 League campaign, staying well clear of the relegation places but still rather short on any challenge to promotion to the Thai Premier League. Things were overall looking rather well and the club seemed to be in a healthy position to build on again for the next campaign.

But 2010 would see the lowest point in Prachinburi's history to date. The local authority entered a new club, Prachinburi United, into the Regional League more or less telling Prachinburi that they weren't welcome anymore. The off-field issues appeared to move on field as well and the club came in 13th, a position that would normally keep a team in the same division, but the Thai FA decided to introduce end-of-season playoffs to determine relegation and promotion between Division 1 and the Regional League as part of a league expansion shakeup.

In the playoff's, Prachinburi were drawn to play Rangsit University JW whom themselves had struggled in earlier playoff matches at Regional League level. Prachinburi duly lost 1:0 over two legs and were relegated.

With relegation confirmed, Prachinburi in theory should have joined the Regional League Central-East Division, but due to the football associations policy of one province per league, the club had to move into the Bangkok Area Division as Prachinburi United were already allocated the Central-East spot.

In early 2012 the club relocated to Rayong and would play at the Klaeng District Stadium. Thai web forums would also refer to the club as Prachinburi (Rayong United) FC, which would suggest that the club was preparing to play football in the province on a full-time basis. The move out of their home province seems to have been forced with the local government authority getting behind the Prachinburi United football club that was formed in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

The relocation proved successful as they were promoted to Division 1 after finishing second in the Bangkok Regional league and then in the same place in the playoffs.

In 2022, Pluakdaeng United competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 16th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 1–2 home defeat to Pattaya Dolphins United^[1] and they ended the season with a 0–2 away defeat to Pattaya Dolphins United.^[2] The club has finished 7th place in the league of the Eastern region. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Pluakdaeng United was defeated 0–1 by Chiangmai United in the qualification play-off round, causing them to be eliminated.^[3]

• Thai League 3 Eastern Region
  • Winners (1): 2020–21
• Thailand Division 2 League
  • Winners (1): 2008

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	T3 Cup	Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
2007	DIV2	22	12	7	3	41	22	43	3rd	Opted out
2008	DIV2 A	20	12	5	3	39	18	41	1st	Opted out
2009	DIV 1	30	13	5	12	34	30	44	5th	Opted out
2010	DIV 1	30	10	5	15	29	36	35	13th	Opted out	Opted out
2011	DIV2 Bangkok	30	13	10	7	44	30	49	4th	Opted out	Opted out
2012	DIV2 Bangkok	34	19	10	5	54	29	67	2nd	Opted out	Opted out		Kassiaty Gildas Laby	14
2013	DIV 1	34	6	9	19	37	57	27	18th	R2	Opted out		Valci Júnior	8
2014	DIV2 Bangkok	26	4	4	18	26	62	16	13th	Opted out	Opted out
2015	DIV2 Bangkok	26	8	8	10	40	46	32	10th	Opted out	QR2
2016	DIV2 Eastern	22	9	6	7	30	19	33	6th	R1	QR1
2017	T4 East	27	12	10	5	36	23	46	3rd	R2	QR2		Pratya Narach	7
2018	T4 East	27	11	8	8	40	28	41	3rd	QR	QR2		Warut Trongkratok	8
2019	T4 East	28	8	8	12	35	39	32	5th	R2	QRP		Alongkorn Nuekmai	8
2020–21	T3 East	17	12	3	2	43	15	39	1st	R2	QR2		Alberto Moreira Gouvea	13
2021–22	T3 East	22	12	4	6	29	23	40	3rd	R1	R1		Warut Trongkratok	14
2022–23	T3 East	22	8	5	9	22	26	29	7th	Opted out	QRP		Thiago Santos	7
2023–24	T3 East	20	9	7	4	36	20	34	3rd	Opted out	QR1	R1	Jakkarin Yaukyen	8

As of 20 September 2024^[4]

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 Nattan Plaidueng 2 DF  THA Phongsakorn Phungkaew 4 DF  THA Nopphakhun Ucharoen 5 DF  THA Thammarat Waenmani 6 MF  BRA Thiago Santos 7 MF  THA Jakkarin Yaukyen 8 MF  THA Prin Prathummet 9 FW  EGY Ahmed Saad Lotfy Elnoamany 10 MF  THA Teerapong Malai 11 FW  THA Abdulkordiri Hamid 13 FW  GHA Bernard Owusu 14 MF  THA Sorawit Buacha 17 MF  THA Amaradet Kittiphonpracha 18 MF  THA Phongsiri Nada

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 GK  THA Theerachai Junjuea 20 MF  THA Pipittanapong Buntom 21 MF  THA Worachit Lanrob 25 FW  THA Chinathip Phormthong 27 FW  THA Muhamadasman Satoh 41 FW  THA Warut Trongkratok 42 MF  THA Suppasek Kaikaew 48 MF  THA Peeraphat Takamfoo 54 MF  THA Itthichet Meeprom 56 DF  THA Jongrak Pakdee 63 GK  THA Kittisak Foofung 66 MF  THA Pisit Somjanthuek 88 FW  THA Chaiyawat Thungkrathok

• Official website (archived)