Khonkaen
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Wikipedia - Khon Kaen F.C.
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
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.
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.
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 and they ended the season with a 1–0 home win over Nakhon Ratchasima United. 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 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.
Il Khonkaen è stato fondato nel 1930 da un gruppo di studenti della Facoltà di Educazione Fisica dell'Università di Khon Kaen. Il club ha iniziato a giocare nella Terza Divisione thailandese e ha ottenuto la promozione in Seconda Divisione nel 1935. Il Khonkaen ha ottenuto la promozione in Prima Divisione nel 1938 e ha raggiunto il suo miglior risultato nel 1940, quando ha concluso il campionato al terzo posto.
Il Khonkaen è stato uno dei club fondatori della Thai Premier League nel 1996. Il club ha trascorso le prime stagioni in massima serie lottando per la sopravvivenza, ma è riuscito a mantenere la categoria. Nel 2003, il Khonkaen è stato promosso in Thai Premier League 1, la seconda divisione del calcio professionistico thailandese. Il club è rimasto in Thai Premier League 1 per sei stagioni, prima di essere promosso in Thai Premier League nel 2010.
Il Khonkaen ha trascorso tre stagioni in Thai Premier League, ma è stato retrocesso in Thai Premier League 1 nel 2013. Il club è riuscito a mantenere la categoria per due stagioni, prima di essere retrocesso in Thai League 2 nel 2016. Il Khonkaen ha trascorso due stagioni in Thai League 2, prima di essere promosso in Thai Premier League 1 nel 2019.
Il Khonkaen è attualmente allenato da Carlos Eduardo Parreira, ex allenatore della Nazionale brasiliana e della Nazionale cinese. Il club conta su una rosa di giocatori esperti, tra cui il difensore brasiliano Fabio Rochemback e l'attaccante thailandese Teerasil Dangda. Il Khonkaen ha iniziato la stagione 2023 con una vittoria per 2-0 contro il Chiangmai United.