Royal Thai Army
- Leagues Played
- Thailand - 3. divisjon 128 Thailand - Cup 4 Thailand - 2. divisjon 1 Thailand - Division 4 1
- Links
- Wikipedia
Wikipedia - Royal Thai Army F.C.
Royal Thai Army Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลทหารบก) is a Thailand football club under the stewardship of Royal Thai Army based in Bangkok. The team plays their home matches at Thai Army Sports Stadium. The club is currently playing in the Thai League 3 Bangkok metropolitan region.
Prior to 2015 the club was called "Army Welfare Department F.C.". After it was promoted from winner Khǒr Royal Cup to Regional League Division 2, the club changed its name to Royal Thai Army F.C..
History
In 2022, Royal Thai Army competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 8th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 0–1 home defeat to Royal Thai Air Force and they ended the season with a 1–3 away defeat to Royal Thai Air Force. The club has finished 9th place in the league of the Bangkok metropolitan region.
Royal Thai Army ble stiftet i 2009 og er et av de mest suksessrike lagene i thailandsk fotball de siste årene. De har vunnet Thai League 1 to ganger, i 2010 og 2012, og har også vunnet Thai FA Cup en gang, i 2011.
Laget ledes av den erfarne treneren Sasom Pobprasert, og stallen inkluderer en blanding av thailandske og utenlandske spillere. Noen av de mest kjente spillerne i Royal Thai Army er den thailandske landslagsspilleren Teerasil Dangda, den brasilianske spissen Diogo Luís Santo og den kamerunske midtbanespilleren Yannick N'Djeng.
Royal Thai Army er kjent for sin aggressive spillestil og sitt sterke forsvar. Laget er også kjent for sin lojale tilhengerskare, som ofte fyller opp Rajamangala Stadium under hjemmekampene.