Pluakdaeng United Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลปลวกแดง ยูไนเต็ด ) or formerly Prachinburi Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดปราจีนบุรี ) is a Thailand professional football club based in Rayong Province after relocating from Prachinburi Province in 2012. The club is currently playing in the Thai League 3 Eastern region.
History The club was founded in 2005 but took their first steps on the Thai professional league setup in 2007 when they played in Division 2 which was at the time a league that was at step 3 and was a national league, unlike today's system of regional leagues at step 3. Prachinburi finished in third position in their debut season but missed out on promotion as only two clubs at the time were promoted.
In 2008, Prachniburi built on their debut season and won the 2008 Thailand Division 2 League (Group A) championship and the end of season playoff match against the Army Welfare team to be crowned overall champions and promotion to the 1st Division.
Afterward, the club finished 5th place in the 2009 Thai Division 1 League campaign, remaining clear of the relegation places, but not contending for promotion to the Thai Premier League.
But 2010 would see the lowest point in Prachinburi's history to date. The local authority entered a new club, Prachinburi United, into the Regional League more or less telling Prachinburi that they weren't welcome anymore. The off-field issues appeared to move on field as well and the club came in 13th, a position that would normally keep a team in the same division, but the Thai FA decided to introduce end-of-season playoffs to determine relegation and promotion between Division 1 and the Regional League as part of a league expansion shakeup.
In the playoff's, Prachinburi were drawn to play Rangsit University JW whom themselves had struggled in earlier playoff matches at Regional League level. Prachinburi duly lost 1:0 over two legs and were relegated.
With relegation confirmed, Prachinburi in theory should have joined the Regional League Central-East Division, but due to the football associations policy of one province per league, the club had to move into the Bangkok Area Division as Prachinburi United were already allocated the Central-East spot.
In early 2012 the club relocated to Rayong and would play at the Klaeng District Stadium. Thai web forums would also refer to the club as Prachinburi (Rayong United) FC, which would suggest that the club was preparing to play football in the province on a full-time basis. The move out of their home province seems to have been forced with the local government authority getting behind the Prachinburi United football club that was formed in 2010.
The relocation proved successful as they were promoted to Division 1 after finishing second in the Bangkok Regional league and then in the same place in the playoffs.
In 2022, Pluakdaeng United competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 16th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 1–2 home defeat to Pattaya Dolphins United and they ended the season with a 0–2 away defeat to Pattaya Dolphins United. The club has finished 7th place in the league of the Eastern region. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Pluakdaeng United was defeated 0–1 by Chiangmai United in the qualification play-off round, causing them to be eliminated.
Honours Domestic leagues Thai League 3 Eastern Region Winners (1): 2020–21 Thailand Division 2 League Winners (1): 2008
Stadium and locations Coordinates Location Stadium Year Prachinburi Prachinburi Province Stadium 2007–2010 Prachantakham, Prachinburi Koh Loi Subdistrict Administrative Organization Stadium 2011 Klaeng, Rayong Klaeng District Stadium 2012 Rayong Rayong Province Stadium 2013 Rayong Pattana Sport Club Stadium 2014–2015 Rayong Rayong Province Stadium 2016–2017
Season-by-season record SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupT3 CupTop goalscorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals2007DIV2 22 12 7 3 41 22 433rdOpted out2008DIV2 A 20 12 5 3 39 18 411stOpted out2009DIV 130135123430445thOpted out2010DIV 1301051529363513thOpted outOpted out2011DIV2 Bangkok30131074430494thOpted outOpted out2012DIV2 Bangkok34191055429672ndOpted outOpted out Kassiaty Gildas Laby142013DIV 134691937572718thR2Opted out Valci Júnior82014DIV2 Bangkok26441826621613thOpted outOpted out2015DIV2 Bangkok26881040463210thOpted outQR22016DIV2 Eastern229673019336thR1QR12017T4 East27121053623463rdR2QR2 Pratya Narach72018T4 East2711884028413rdQRQR2 Warut Trongkratok82019T4 East2888123539325thR2QRP Alongkorn Nuekmai82020–21T3 East1712324315391stR2QR2 Alberto Moreira Gouvea132021–22T3 East2212462923403rdR1R1 Warut Trongkratok142022–23T3 East228592226297thOpted outQRP Thiago de Jesús dos Santos72023–24T3 East209743620343rdOpted outQR1R1 Jakkarin Yaukyen82024–25T3 East228862723326thOpted outQR2QF Teerapong Malai112025–26T3 East226792633258thOpted outQR2LP Warut Trongkratok6
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 Current squad Pluakdaeng United. Retrieved on 20 September 2024.
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