Songkhla Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา) is a Thai professional football club based in Songkhla Province, a province located in Southern Thailand.
They set to compete in Thai League 2 from 2025–26 season, the second tier of Thailand football after promotion from Thai League 3 in 2024–25 season.
History 1999–2011: Early history Songkhla Football Club was established in 1999, and it then first played in the Thailand Provincial League, a former league, parallel to the Thai Premier League. In the founding year of the league, 1999, reached the eighth place in the league table.
1999–2007 Provincial League (Tier 3) 2008Thailand Division 2 League (Tier 3) 2009–2012Thai Division 1 League (Tier 2) In the years after it was found mostly back in the bottom of the table regions. In 2007, the club was runner-up of the Provincial League and played the following year in the Thailand Division 2 League. Surprisingly, it was the end of the season, again winning a second place and went on to the newly formed Thai Division 1 League.
In 2009 Thai Division 1 League, they finished a creditable 7th. They fared even better in 2010 Thai Division 1 League and just missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Their 4th-placed finished earned them a place in the Thai Premier League play-offs. Unfortunately the Bulls couldn't maintain their end off season form and finished bottom of their play-off group.
In this 2011 Thai Division 1 League, the team have an average attendance of around 18.000, with a peak of 23.000 people at Tinsulanonda Stadium during last matches. Highest attendance Songkhla 1–1 Buriram (36,715) (7 August 2011) . Their star and top striker with 17 scores is the Brazilian Chayene Santos.
Merging: Songkhla United and Songkhla The club was dissolved and merged with Songkhla United in 2012.
2018–present: A breath of hope
2018–2019Amateur League(Tier 4) 2020–2025Thai League 3(Tier 3) 2025–Thai League 2(Tier 2) Songkhla football club was come back and played in 2018 Thailand Amateur League Southern Region.
The Samila Mermaid won promotion from the fifth tier of the Thai football league system Thailand Amateur League Southern region in 2019 – beating Jantrangcee Saba Yoi City in the lower southern subregion final and beating Patong City in the southern region final. They qualified for the 2019 Thailand Amateur League championship stage as southern winner.
In 2022, Songkhla competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 3rd season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 2–0 home win over Wiang Sa Surat Thani City and they ended the season with a 0–0 away draw with Wiang Sa Surat Thani City. The club has finished 1st place in the league of the Southern region and advanced to the national championship stage. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup Songkhla was defeated 2–3 by Suphanburi in the second round, causing them to be eliminated and in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Songkhla was defeated 1–2 by Lopburi City in the qualification play-off round, causing them to be eliminated too.
In 2024–25, Songkhla secure promotion to Thai League 2 for the first time in their history from next season after win aggregate 2–3 against North Bangkok University in Semi-final Promotion Play-off and runner-up of Thai League 3 after lost aggregate 1–5 against Rasisalai United.
Crest
The club logo incorporates elements from the mermaid statue. Mermaid comes from the story Phra Aphai Mani by Sunthorn Phu.
Stadium
Tinsulanonda Stadium (, ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Songkhla, Thailand. Named after the Songkhla-born former Thai prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda, it is used mostly for football matches.
The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 but just 10,000 of those spaces are covered in a small single-tiered stand along one touchline. The rest of the stadium is a continuous curving tier. The stadium hosted one of the semi-finals in the 1998 Asian Games men's football tournament.
Honours Songkhla F.C. original Provincial League: Runners-up (1): 2007 Thai Division 2 League: Runners-up (1): 2008 Songkhla F.C. new era Thai League 3 Southern Region: Champions (4): 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 Thailand Amateur League: Champions (1): 2019 Thai League 3 Cup Runners-up (1): 2024–25
Stadium and locations Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year Hat Yai, Songkhla Chira Nakhon Stadium 25,000 2008–2010 Na Thawi, Songkhla Na Thawi District Stadium 3,000 2010 SongkhlaTinsulanonda Stadium 35,000 2011–2012 Hat Yai, SongkhlaPrince of Songkla University Stadium 4,000 2018–2019 SongkhlaTinsulanonda Stadium 45,000 2020–present
Season by season record SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupT3 CupTop scorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoalsSongkhla F.C. - original1999-00Pro League2266103036248th2000-01Pro League22451325541712th2002Pro League103251116114th2003Pro League22361326541511th2004Pro League 241124844th 2005Suspended2006Pro League 2411211743rd2007Pro League42207382nd2008DIV22011452717372nd2009DIV130101283229427thR3 Witthawat Iamram112010DIV13014974734514thR2R1 Worawet Chanuthai122011DIV134151185439565thSFR1 Chayene Santos172012DIV1349101538513714thR4R2 2013–2017CollapsedSongkhla F.C. - new era2018TA South20113413rd Chawalit Yuthong22019TA South5401155121stR12020–21T3 South1612132916371stR3QR2 Abdussalam Saman122021–22T3 South2414644018483rdQRR2 Natan Oliveira172022–23T3 South2216514610531stR2QRP Jardel202023–24T3 South221750467561stR3R2QF Ekene Victor Azike132024–25T3 South221282249441stOpted outQR1RU Ramiro Lizaso92025–26T234 1181537464113thOpted outQRP –
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
DIV1 = Thai Division 1 League DIV2 = Thai Division 2 League Pro League = Provincial League TL = Thai League T1 = Thai League 1 T2 = Thai League 2 T3 = Thai League 3 TA = Thailand Amateur League
DQ = Disqualified PR = Preliminary Round QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round PO = Play-off R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 GS = Group Stage KR = Knockout Round R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up S = Shared W = Winners
Players Current squad Songkhla. Retrieved on 1 October 2024.
Club staff PositionStaffHead coach Arnon BandasakAssistant coach Pattharaphon Molito Weerawat ChumwongGoalkeeping coach Thamrong RangsiFitness coach Wanarit Thiph-osot Anat Nureuang
References
External links
Official Website Songkhla FC Fan Site