Khon Kaen Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดขอนแก่น) is a Thailand professional football club, based in Khon Kaen province, a city located in the heart of the North Eastern Region of Thailand. The club currently plays in Thai League 3. In 2011, they achieved promotion from Thai Division 1 League to the Thai League 1 for the first time in their history, by finishing runners-up in the Thai Division 1 League.
Khonkaen play their home games at the Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium. They traditionally play in black and yellow, and their nickname is commonly known as The T-Rexs which came from the famous rich dinosaur fossil excavations of the province.
History Khon Kaen Football Club was publicly formed on 21 June 2007, before that time the club played in the Provincial League which largely consist of regional football clubs, nonetheless, the league was not recognized by the Football Association of Thailand.
In 2007 the league was merged into Thai Premier League and Thai Division 1 League and the club was registered to be professional football club in this year and was allocated into Thai Division 1 League Group A, the club was close to promotion by finishing at the fourth place that season.
In the 2008 season, Khon Kaen was not performing as well as the previous season as they could only finish the season in 8th place, nevertheless, the club proved themselves, being one of the favourites for promotion in the 2009 season, however, they lost the promotion spot to Sisaket in the last week of the season.
In 2010, the club was finally promoted to the Thai Premier League after finishing runners-up in the league table which was the first time for the club to participate in the top flight of Thai football.
However, their brief TPL tenure ended disappointingly as they finished bottom of the table. Any thoughts of yo-yoing straight back never emerged in 2012 with the T-Rex finishing in the bottom half of the first division.
In 2014, the Club got 17th of 2014 and relegated to 2015 Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region into North-Eastern zone.
In 2022, Khon Kaen competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 17th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 3–0 away win over Nakhon Ratchasima United and they ended the season with a 1–0 home win over Nakhon Ratchasima United. The club has finished 4th place in the league of the Northeastern region. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup Khon Kaen was defeated 2–3 by Phrae United in the third round, causing them to be eliminated and in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Khon Kaen was defeated 0–1 by Khon Kaen Mordindang in the second qualification round, causing them to be eliminated too.
Later on July 31, 2025, Kasom Chanawong, the club presidents, announced that he would pass on the position of club presidents to the famous singer and actor, Tono Phakin Khamwilaisak, while Kasom moved up to become the club's advisory chairman.
Stadium and locations Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year Khonkaen Khon Kaen Province Stadium (Khon Kaen PAO. Stadium) 10,000 2007–2015 Khon Kaen 50th Anniversary Stadium of Khon Kaen University 8,000 2016 Khonkaen Khon Kaen Province Stadium (Khon Kaen PAO. Stadium) 10,000 2017
Season by season record SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupT3 CupTop goalscorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals2006Pro League3098133511thOpted out2007DIV1 A227872525294thOpted out2008DIV130118113234418thOpted out Issarapong Lilakorn112009DIV13016774936554thR4 Sarawut Vichien122010DIV13015965135542ndR3R2 Surachat Singnhon102011TPL34691933682718thR3R3 Khampheng Sayavutthi42012DIV1341261635494211thR3R2 Matías Recio72013DIV1348121440543616thR3R3 Matías Recio202014DIV1346101823452817thR3R1 Junki Yokono82015DIV 2 Northeast34171075426616thR2QR12016DIV 2 Northeast2612864026444thR1R2 Thanapol Srithong102017T3 Upper2618535318 591stR2QR1 Thotsaphon Yotchan, Darko Tasevski112018T22814775230494thQFR1 Marc Landry Babo162019T2341310114048498thR1R2 Seiya Sugishita122020–21T2341181534384110thR1Opted out Seiya Sugishita122021–22T234592032602417thR1QRP Chakrit Rawanprakone72022–23T3 Northeast2411853621414thR3QR2 Judivan122023–24T3 Northeast2412752919435thQRQR1QR2 Alberto Moreira Gouvea82024–25T3 Northeast2012443214402ndR3QR2QF João Guimarães132025–26T3 Northeast2211833213413rdR1QR2QF Worawaran Pholuea8
ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated
P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position
TPL = Thai Premier League
QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round RInt = Intermediate Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 GR = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up S = Shared W = Winners
Players
First Team squad
Out on loan
Note: The official club website lists the supporters as player #12.
Coaching staff Position Name Head coach Apisak Asayut Assistant head coach Pattanapong Sripramoj Nirut Surasieng Chakkrit Boonkham Goalkeeper coach Sthiti Phaengma Fitness coach Wattana Nuttat Physiotherapist Dr. Acira Hiruntrakul Physiotherapist Sittisak Sriwijarn Team Officer Veerasil Wongveerachai Noppadol Intako Kraisorn Supsin Nuengruthai Praikhet
Honours
Domestic leagues Thai League 3 Runners-up (1): 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region Champions (1): 2017 Thai Division 1 League Runners-up (1): 2010
Affiliated clubs Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
References
External links Khon Kaen Football Club – Official website