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Chiangrai United Football Club (Thai

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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...

professional football club based in Chiang Rai Province

Chiang Rai Province

Chiang Rai is the northernmost province of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are Phayao, Lampang and Chiang Mai. In the north it borders Shan State of Myanmar and Bokeo of Laos.-Geography:...

, a city located in the very northern part of Thailand

Thailand

. The club currently plays in Thai Premier League.

History

Founded in 2009, Chiangrai United joined the new Thai football setup and started at the 3rd level setup, the Regional League Northern Division.

Chiangrai duly came out on top come the end of the regular league season, thus claiming their first ever championship and also crowned as the first ever winners of the Regional League Northern Division.

On winning the championship, Chiangrai entered the 2009 Regional League Championships

Regional League Championships 2009

Regional League Championships 2009 was contested by the five regional league winners of the 3rd level championships of Thailand.Five teams met on a home and away basis, with the top three teams gaining promotion to the Thai 1st Division for the 2010 campaign....

. An end of season mini-league for all 5 Regional League Division 2 championship winning teams and finished as runners-up and eventually promoted to Thai Division 1 League. In the next season the club finished as 3rd in Thai Division 1 League and promoted to Thai Premier League which will be the first time in the club history to participate in the top tier of Thai football.

Timeline

History of events of Chiangrai United

Year	Important Events
2009	The club is formed as Chiangrai United Football Club, nicknamed The Beetles Club admitted to the Regional League Northern Division Home games to be played at Mae Fah Luang University Stadium Sarith Wutchuay named as the first ever coach of Chiangrai United Crowned Regional League Northern Division champions
2010	Brazilian Stefano Cugurra is appointed as head coach Finished 3rd in Division 1 to claim promotion to the top flight
2011	Chiangrai United play their first season in the Thai Premier League.

Season By Season Record

Season	League									FA Cup 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...	Asia	Top goalscorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos		Asia	Name	Goals
2009	RL Thai Division 2 League Northern Region 2009 Thai Division 2 League Northern Region is the 3rd Level League in Thailand. In 2009, contains 11 clubs from Northern region.-Member clubs:-Final league table:...	20	17	3	0	62	16	54	1st			Watcharakorn Klaitin	?
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	15	8	7	44	32	53	3rd	32 teams		Wasan Natasan	13

Champions	Runners-up	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...	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...

Domestic Leagues

Regional League Division 2 Northern
- Winners (1) : 2009

Head Coach

Coaches by Years (2009-)

Name	Nat	Period	Honours
Sarith Wutchuay	Thailand	2009
Thavatchai Dumrong-Ongtrakul	Thailand	2009	Regional League Division 2 Northern
Apisit Im-Ampai	Thailand	Dec 2009-Feb 10
Kajohn Punnaves	Thailand	Feb 2010-May 10
Rungsimun Songkrohtham	Thailand	May 2010-July 10
Stefano Cugurra 'Teco' Alessandro Stefano Cugurra Rodrigues Stefano Cugurra 'Teco, real name Alessandro Stefano Cugurra Rodrigues, is a former football player from Brazil.-Persebaya Surabaya :* 2003 Indonesian First Division Champions...	Brazil	July 2010-

First team squad

As of Fabuary 10, 2011

External links

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