Chonburi Football Club is a Thai football club based in Chonburi. The club was founded in 1997 and has competed in the Thai football league system since 2002. They entered the first AFC Champions League in 2008, and entered the first AFC Cup in 2009.
History
First Champions League Chonburi played in the first AFC Champions League in 2008, drawn against Japanese champions Gamba Osaka. On March 20, 2008 the club achieved its first victory in the AFC Champions League against the highly fancied Melbourne Victory.AFC Cup of hope for Thai teams The game was clouded by controversy when Melbourne Victory scored their only goal whilst a Chonburi FC player was down injured and his teammates were calling for the ball to be played off the park. It mattered little when Cameroonian striker Baga scored a goal from 35 yards out and then followed it up with a second goal in extra time to condemn the Melbourne Victory to their first loss in the competition 3-1.Victory downs Chonburi in Melbourne - ABC News
First AFC Cup
Matches
2008 AFC Champions League
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Gamba Osaka6420148614 Melbourne Victory62131011−17 Chunnam Dragons6132810−26 Chonburi6123710−35
2009 AFC Cup TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Chonburi6501174+1315 Kedah62131410+47 Eastern6213913−47 Hanoi ACB6204619−136 CHOEASHANKEDChonburi4–16–03–1Eastern2–13–03–3Hanoi ACB0–23–03–1Kedah 0–1 2–0 7–0
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Bình Dương won 4–2 on aggregate.
2011 AFC Cup Team Chonburi6411188+1013 Persipura Jayapura6321149+511 South China6123714−75 Kingfisher East Bengal6033917−83
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
1–1 on aggregate; Nasaf Qarshi won on penalties.
All the matches was laid in Chonburi Municipality Stadium not IPE Stadium.
Overall record
By competition CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDChampions League6123710-3AFC Cup1812244517+28Total2413475227+25
By country CountryPldWDLGFGAGD Australia2101440 Japan201113-3 Indonesia4301114+7 Hong Kong4301113+8 Korea Republic201123-1 Malaysia220041+3 Vietnam4211104+6 India211084+4 Uzbekistan2101110
References