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Navy Football Club () is a Thai professional football club under the stewardship of Royal Thai Navy based in Chonburi. They play in the Thai League 3. The club has previously played under the names of Royal Thai Navy, Rajnavi and Rajnavy Rayong.
History
The club was formed on 10 January 1956 as the Royal Thai Navy Football Club and currently plays under the name of Navy Football Club, locally known as Rajnavy. The club has also played under the names of Rajnavi and Rajnavy Rayong, Rayong being the town they played in and the main base of the Navy in general.รู้จักกับทหารน้ำ สโมสรฟุตบอลราชนาวี
Since the inception of the Thai League in 1996 the club played under the name of the Royal Thai Navy up until 2009, when all teams in Thailand had to become public limited companies. With this, many teams changed names and formed closer links with the communities they were based in. In this case the Navy became known as Rajnavy Rayong. Rajnavy being the local Thai name for the Navy. In 2011, and with a dispute as to the ownership of the club, the club moved from their Rayong home and into the Chonburi province where they ground share with Pattaya United – another club playing outside of their original home town – albeit against league rules, where two sides in the PLT cannot ground share.สู้อย่างทหารเรือ สู้อย่างราชนาวี
Ownership dispute
In 2009, when Thai football was becoming increasingly popular with all professional football teams told to properly register and become a company limited, the situation was almost to the point where anyone could register this football club for an ownership. At this point, Rayong Thai Premier took the ownership and renamed the club to Rajnavy Rayong. However, two seasons after that, the Royal Thai Navy decided to bring the team back under control and renamed it to Siam Navy. Thereafter, the football club moved from Rayong to Sattahip, Chonburi.
Turmoil
At the start of the 2011 league campaign, with the Navy in a bit of turmoil after the dispute of the owner of the club, they proceeded to get it wrong on the field as well. Their opening game of the season against Sisaket, was awarded 2–0 to Sisaket after an original 1–1 draw due to Siam Navy playing an ineligible player. To make things worse, the club knew the player in question couldn't play, but carried on hoping to get away with any sanctions – especially since the league is normally lax in the rules.การแถลงข่าวทีมสโมสรฟุตบอลราชนาวี โดยมี พลเรือเอก ประพฤติพร อักษรมัต ประธานสโมสรฟุตบอลราชนาวี
Queens Cup success
In 2006 the club won the opening season Queen's Cup tournament. A tournament that is not mandatory but nonetheless a big part of the Thai football calendar at the time. They defeated Krung Thai Bank in the final after getting past Bangkok Bank at the semi-final stage.
Yo-yo club
The club has somewhat become known as a yo-yo club in the Thai football scene, being relegated and promoted from/to the top flight on four occasions. Although on each occasion they were promoted they were not as champions.
Football competitions In 2022, Navy competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 26th season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 1–2 away defeat to Chanthaburi and they ended the season with a 1–1 home draw with Chanthaburi. The club has finished 11th place in the league of the Eastern region. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup Navy was defeated 2–4 by Amnat Charoen City in the second round, causing them to be eliminated and in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Navy was penalty shoot-out defeated 3–5 by Uthai Thani in the qualification play-off round, causing them to be eliminated too.
Stadium and locations by season records Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year Sattahip, Chonburi Sattahip Navy Stadium 12,500 2007–2008 RayongRayong Province Stadium 14,000 2009–2010 Chonburi Institute of Physical Education Chonburi Campus Stadium 12,000 2011 Sattahip, Chonburi Sattahip Navy Stadium 12,500 2011–present
Players
Former Players Victor Igbonefo (2016)
Coaching staff
Position Name Chairman Rangsarit Satyanukul Head coach Narongthanaporn Choeythaisongchodok Assistant Coach Wiriya Phaphan Somsak Aksorn Goalkeeper Coach Sudjai Hakkonadam
Season by season domestic record SeasonLeague Select link to season required from chronological list.FA CupLeague CupT3 CupTop scorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals1996–97TPL34131294429519th1997 TPL22361320411512th1998DIV 1 – – – – – – – –1999 DIV 1 – – – – – – – –2000TPL2251162122266th2001–02TPL22631314312110th2002–03 DIV 1 – – – – – – –2nd2003–04TPL185491827197th2004–05 TPL 18 3 1 14 11 33 10 10th 2006 DIV 1 – – – – – – –2nd2007 TPL 30 5 12 13 21 35 2715th 2008 DIV 1 30 15 10 5 35 22 553rd2009 TPL 30 8 6 16 28 39 30 12thR3 Suttinan Nontee 82010 TPL 30 8 9 13 35 52 33 10thSFSF2011 TPL 34 9 6 19 28 51 3316thR3R2 2012 DIV 1 34 13 10 11 55 44 50 7thR2R1 2013 DIV 1 34 10 10 14 42 47 40 10th R3 R3 Jeong Woo-geun 10 2014 DIV 1 34 17 9 8 41 26 60 3rdR3R2 Ludovick Takam 13 2015 TPL 34 10 5 19 42 65 35 15thR3R3 Rodrigo Vergilio 12 2016 TL 31 7 10 14 24 40 31 14thR1R2 Anggello Machuca52017T13410101442504013thR2R1 Rodrigo Vergilio152018T134791844853016thR3R1 Amadou Ouattara132019T234961935503316thR1R1 Chusana Numkanitsorn102020–21T2341171647534011thR2 – Douglas Rodrigues92021–22T234252728711118thQRQR Adefolarin Durosinmi82022–23T3 East2249920272111thR2QRP Sirichai Phumpat, Wutthinan Thaweerathitsakul 42023–24T3 East207763820284thQRR1R1 Pongpan Parapan62024–25T3 East2215614914511stR2QR2R16 Panigazzi Matías Ignacio192025–26T3 East2211743217403rdQRQR1QF Nurul Sriyankem, Yoo Byung-soo7
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 N/A = No answer
T1 = Thai League 1 T2 = Thai League 2 T3 = Thai League 3
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
Honours Thai Division 1 League: Runner-up: 2006 Thai League 3 Eastern Region Winners: 2024–25 Queen's Cup: Winner: 2006Thailand Queen's Cup statistics RSSSF. Retrieved 9 October 2021 Thai League Cup: Winner: 1990 Khor Royal Cup (): Winner: 1989 Ngor Royal Cup (): Winner: 1974
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