Samut Songkhram
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Wikipedia - Samutsongkhram F.C.
Samut Songkhram Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสมุทรสงคราม) is a Thai professional football club based in Samut Songkhram. The club is currently playing in the Thailand Semi-pro League Western region.
The official team colours are light blue and white, and the nickname is Pla-Tu-Kha-Nong which Pla thu refers to the Shortbodied mackerel, and Kha-Nong is the Thai language meaning Rage. Another less common nickname is Mae Klong, referring to a river in western Thailand which flows in Samut Songkhram.
History
The team were founded in 2005 and joined the Thailand Provincial League, the club only needs one year to gain promotion to Thai Division 1 League by finishing runners-up in the league table in 2006.
In their first season of Thai Division 1 League, they finished runners-up in the league table group B and went to reach 4th place in final league table, and were promoted to Thailand's top flight the Thai Premier League.
The club finished 7th in their first season of top tier of the Thai football. In the following year they finished 10th.
In 2010 season, Samut Songkhram is sponsored by The Siam Cement Group (SCG). The club went on finishing the season at 8th place of the league table. SCG support the team until season 2011 after SCG left, financial problem happened with the club.
In 2018, Club-licensing of this team didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 2. This team were relegated to 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region.
In 2022, Samut Songkhram 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 4–1 home win over Hua Hin City and they ended the season with a 2–1 away win over Hua Hin City. The club has finished 2nd place in the league of the Western region and advanced to the national championship stage. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup Samut Songkhram was defeated 0–10 by Nakhon Ratchasima Mazda in the second round, causing them to be eliminated and in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Samut Songkhram was defeated 1–2 by Ratchaburi in the quarter-finals, causing them to be eliminated too.
Klubben ble grunnlagt i 1999 under navnet Ratchaburi FC. I 2009 endret de navn til Samut Songkhram FC. Klubbens hjemmebane er Samut Songkhram Stadium, som har en kapasitet på 3500 tilskuere.
Samut Songkhram har vunnet Thai League 3 to ganger, i 2011 og 2018. Klubben har også vunnet Thai FA Cup én gang, i 2013.
Nåværende trener for Samut Songkhram er Ongkim Srichamnong.