BBCU F.C.

BBCU Football Club, known fully as Big Bang Chula United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอล บีบีซียู), is a defunct Thai professional football club based in Bangkok, Thailand, owned by Montri Suwannoi. Founded as "Bangtoey Football Team" in 1976, the club changed its name many times, until finally, it became "BBCU" in 2011.

BBCU
บีบีซียู เอฟซี
Full nameBig Bang Chula United Football Club
สโมสรฟุตบอล บีบีซียู
Nickname(s)The Pink Panthers
(เสือสามย่าน)
Founded1976 (1976), as
Bangtoey Football Team
2004 (2004),
as Chula-Sinthana
2008 (2008),
as Chula United
2011 (2011),
as Big Bang Chula United
Dissolved2017
GroundNonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium
Nonthaburi, Thailand
Capacity6,000

BBCU was one of the most successful Thai football clubs of the late 1990s (under the name of "Sinthana Football Club"). The club has won a Thai League 1 title, 2 Kor Royal Cups and 1 FA Cup. Moreover, during the years in lower divisions, the club has also won a Division 2 title.

History

Chulalongkorn University is the club based at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. They have played in the Chula–Thammasat Traditional Football Match since 1934.

In 2004, Chulalongkorn University was combined with Sinthana FC and took the name, Chula-Sinthana FC which played in Division 2 in 2005 until Chula-Sinthana FC was promoted from Division 1 to Thai Premier League in 2008.

In August of the 2008 season, they changed their club name again from "Chula-Sinthana FC" to "Chula United".[1] The Club Director was Kasiti Kamalanavin.

Chula's return to the top flight, 2008 Thailand Premier League, ended with them finishing in a creditable 8th position. However they could not build on their first season and were relegated from the 2009 Thai Premier League.

Despite having two of the three top goalscorers in the 2010 Thai Division 1 League, Chula could not bounce back at the first attempt and slumped to a disappointing 10th-placed finish. Chula's striker Chainarong Tathong topped the 2010 Thai Division 1 League goalscoring chart with an impressive 19 goals. Fellow front man Aron da Silva netted 15 times to be the 3rd top scorer in the league.

Big Bang Chula United

In January 2011, the club changed their name to Big Bang Chula United and relocated to play their home games at the Thai Army Sports Stadium on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. The club got off to a flying start and won promotion even though they stuttered in the latter weeks of the season.

The club's venture in the 2012 Thai Premier League ended with them being relegated after only one season. Home games were played at the sparsely filled 65,000 Rajamangala Stadium with an average home attendance of only 939.

In April 2017, the club was dissolved, citing lack of fund as the reason. This team is automatically banned 2 years, If the team decide to come back they will relegated to the lowest tier of professional league.[2]

Stadium

BBCU have used various stadiums throughout their history:

Stadium and locations
Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year
13°44′15″N 100°31′31″E Bangkok Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium 15,000 2007–2010
13°46′58″N 100°33′22″E Phaya Thai, Bangkok Thai Army Sports Stadium 20,000 2011
13°45′20″N 100°37′20″E Bang Kapi, Bangkok Rajamangala Stadium 65,000 2012
13°46′58″N 100°33′22″E Phaya Thai, Bangkok Thai Army Sports Stadium 20,000 2013
13°52′44″N 100°32′39″E Nonthaburi Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium

(Nonthaburi Municipality Stadium)

 6,000 2014–2017

Season by season record

Amateur years (1976–1987)

Since Bangtoey Football team was founded in 1976 to compete in Bangkapi Cup tournament, the club had played 11 more years in amateur level before joining the first Football Association of Thailand's competitions season in Ngor Royal Cup 1998.

Royal Cups' years (1988–1995)
Season Competition Level Final Position Note
1988 Ngor Royal Cup 4 Runner-up - Promoted to Khor Royal Cup 1989
1989 Khor Royal Cup 3 Quarter-final - Promoted to Khǒr Royal Cup 1990
1990 Khǒr Royal Cup 2
1991
1992 - Promoted to Kor Royal Cup 1993
1993 Kor Royal Cup 1 1st round
1994
1995 3rd - the last season that Kor Royal Cup was competed as the top level of Thai football.

Football League years (1996–2010)
Season Competition Level Final Position Note
1996 (Johny Walker)
Thailand Soccer League		 1 6th - Football league was pronounced for the first time in Thailand
- The club won Queen's Cup runner-up.
1997 Runner-up - Champion Kor Royal Cup
- Champion FA Cup (qualified for Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1998/99)
1998 (Caltex)
Premier League		 Champion - Qualified for Asian Club Championship (1999–00) [as Thai League Champion]
- Champion Kor Royal Cup
1999 7th
2000 11th - Played promotion-relegation play-off with Bangkok Christian College (won 3–2 on aggregate)
- Runner-up Queen's Cup
2001–02 (GSM)
Thai League		 5th
2002–03 7th - Runner-up Queen's Cup
2003–04 Thailand Premier League 10th - Relegated to Thailand Division 1 League 2004–05
2004–05 Thailand Division 1 League 2 - Relegated to Thailand Division 2 League 2006
2006 Thailand Division 2 League 3 Champion - Promoted to Thailand Division 1 League ฤดูกาล 2007
2007 Thailand Division 1 League 2 Runner-up - Promoted to Thailand Premier League 2008
2008 Thailand Premier League 1 8th
2009 Thailand Premier League 15th - Relegated to Thai Division 1 League 2010
2010 Thai Division 1 League 2 10th

Season by season domestic record (2011–present)

(BBCU F.C.)

Season League FA Cup League
Cup		 Kor Royal
Cup		 Asia Top scorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
2011 DIV 1 34 18 9 7 39 25 63 3rd Chainarong Tathong 12
2012 TPL 34 4 13 17 32 63 25 17th Junior Aparecido Guimaro 9
2013 DIV 1 34 9 13 12 33 45 40 11th R3 R2 Bouba Abbo 9
2014 DIV 1 34 13 9 12 49 48 48 9th R2 R3 Julius Obioh 17
2015 DIV 1 38 17 9 12 50 42 60 4th R2 R2 Yusuke Kato 14
2016 TL 30 3 4 23 32 69 13 18th R1 R2 Jeong Woo-geun 12
2017 Dissolved
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated

Note

Performance in AFC competitions
Season Competition Round Club Home Away
1999–2000 Asian Club Championship First round Macau Lam Pak 0–2 7–1
Second round Singapore Singapore Armed Force 1–1 2–1
Quarter-finals Japan Júbilo Iwata 2–1
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4–0
Japan Kashima Antlers 3–0

Coaches

Coaches by Years (2008–present)

Name Nat Period Honours
Kiatisuk Senamuang Thailand 2008
Thongchai Sukkoki Thailand 2008–2009
Kiatisuk Senamuang Thailand 2011–2012 Thai Division 1 League 3rd Place
Jose Alves Borges Brazil 2013
Worachai Surinsirirat Thailand 2013–2015
Tsuyoshi Takano Japan 2015–2016
Koichi Sugiyama Japan 2016
Jatuporn Pramualban Thailand 2016
Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok Thailand 2017
Worachai Surinsirirat (interim) Thailand 2017

Honours

Domestic competitions

International competitions

References
  1. Thailand League 2008 news Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Official Website Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ปิดตำนาน "บีบีซียู" โดนปรับ 1 ล้าน แบน 2 ปี และเริ่มใหม่ที่ "ไทยลีก 4" (in Thai). Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.