Kasetsart Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์) is a Thai professional football club under the stewardship of Kasetsart University based in Bangkok.[1][2]

History

Kasetsart won the Khǒr Royal Cup (ถ้วย ข.) in the 2008 season and gained promotion to the third level. They achieved a 7th-place finish in their first season in the 2009 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & field Region league. The following season, the club finished 11th in the expanded 13-team 2010 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & field Region.

In the 2010 Thai League Cup qualifying round, Kasetsart was penalized with a 2–0 loss after they walked off the pitch during the middle of a game with Nonthaburi The decision to walk off proved costly as a victory over their opponents would have set up a first-round tie with Bangkok Glass.[3]

Big things were expected for the 2011 season with a vastly improved budget and several signings from the Thai Division 1 League. Kasetsart won the Bangkok Division 2 league title but their playoff campaign ended disastrously both on and off the field. The side finished bottom of Group A, collecting five points while their home stadium was unusable due to the 2011 Thai floods. Because of the damage caused to their stadium by the flooding, Kasetasrt had to relocate to their Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Saen Campus Stadium in Nakhon Pathom for the 2012 season. Yet again the season ended in disappointment as the Emerald Naga were pipped for a playoff spot on the last day of the season.[4]

In 2024, Kasetsart decided to withdraw the team from the competition and dissolved the club after the end of season 2023–24 Thai League 2 due to the problem of lack of financial liquidity.[5] But later on, the club announced that they would not disband the team and would send the team to continue competing in 2024–25 Thai League 2.[6]

Stadium and locations

CoordinatesLocationStadiumCapacityYear
14.021246°N 99.984243°ENakhon PathomKasetsart University Kamphaeng Saen Campus Stadium4,0002007, 2012, 2014–2015
13.917989°N 100.547411°ELak Si, BangkokTOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana5,0002017–2019
13.847122°N 100.565834°EChatuchak, BangkokInsee Chantarasatit Stadium3,2752009–2011, 2013, 2016, 2020–

Season by season record

SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTop goalscorer
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals
2008Khǒr Royal Cup1st
2009Bangkok184682232187th
2010Bangkok24451520391711th
2011Bangkok30181025529641st
2012Bangkok3419875832654th
2013Bangkok2614663623482nd
2014Request for Withdrawn
2015Bangkok2612593427414thR2QR1
2016Bangkok2013344314422ndR1R3
2017T2328131161723713thR1QRPJonatan Ferreira Reis28
2018T228841634492813thR2R1Kayne Vincent7
2019T23410101440434012thNot EnterR1Seo Dong-hyeon9
2020–21T2341151834533814thNot EnterNot EnterApiwit Samurmuen7
2021–22T2349121332473913thQRR1Simon Dia7
2022–23T2348131335423715thR2Not EnterMateus Totô12
2023–24T234642431842216thR1R1Tishan Hanley7
2024–25T232111293637457thQRR1Adisak Kraisorn11
2025–26T2349111446493816thR1QRP
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated
  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • QR1 = First Qualifying Round
  • QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
  • QRP = Qualification play-off
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • R6 = Round 6
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

Players

Current squad

[7]

Club management

Coaching staff

PositionName
Head CoachWilliam Constant
Assistant CoachChusak Suwanna
Songwut Buaphet
Makha Horprasartsuk
Goalkeeper CoachPongpanot Naknayom
Fitness CoachNatchanon Sangphuk
Aniwat Rattana
Assistant Fitness CoachChinnaphak Sirisawat
Team Coaching StaffWimonmas Prachakul
Team ManagerManote Suwanslip

Honours

Domestic leagues

References

  1. ^ เกษตรศาสตร์ เอฟซี แจงปลด ‘โค้ชจุ่น’ เพราะเรื่องผลงาน รับเงินออกช้าเพราะขาดสภาพคล่อง
  2. ^ “เกษตรศาสตร์ เอฟซี” เปิดตัวทีม พร้อมชุดใหม่ ตั้งเป้า ไปไทยลีก
  3. ^ เกษตรศาสตร์ เปิดตัวลุยศึกไทยลีก 2 เป้าหมายลุ้นเลื่อนชั้น
  4. ^ เกษตรศาสตร์เปิดตัว"โค้ชจุ่น"คุมทัพตั้งเป้าหนีโซนตกชั้นไทยลีก2ให้ได้
  5. ^ เกษตรศาสตร์ เอฟซี ถอนทีมจากการแข่งขันไทยลีก 2
  6. ^ Official Facebook Kasetsart F.C.
  7. ^ Mahasarakham SBT squads. Retrieved on 13 October 2020.