Udon United Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอล อุดร ยูไนเต็ด), is a Thai professional football club based in Mueang, Udon Thani, Thailand. The club is currently playing in the Thai League 3 Northeastern region.
History In 2018, the club was established as Nong Han and competed in Thailand Amateur League Northeastern region, used Nongbua Lamphu Provincial Stadium as ground. In the 2018 season, the club used the players from the Pitchaya Bundit college to compete in the amateur league. They competed in the amateur league to the 2018 and 2019 seasons continuously.
In 2020, the club was promoted to Thai League 3 or also known as Omsin League. Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, the FA Thailand must abruptly end the regional stage of the Thai League 3. The club finished the 1st place of the Northeastern region and could advanced to 2020–21 Thai League 3 National Championship. Udon United finished 2nd place in the upper group advanced to the promotion play-off but they were defeated to Rajpracha. However, Jardel Capistrano, a player with Udon United was the topscorer of the Thai League 3 in 2020–21 season.
In 2022, Udon United 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 0–1 away defeat to Surin City and they ended the season with a 1–1 home draw with Surin City. The club has finished 9th place in the league of the Northeastern region. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup Udon United was defeated 1–4 by Nongbua Pitchaya in the second round, causing them to be eliminated and in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Udon United was defeated 2–3 by MH Nakhon Si City in the qualification play-off round, causing them to be eliminated too.
Stadium and locations Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity YearNongbua Lamphu Provincial Stadium4,000Ban Lueam, Mueang, Udon ThaniMain Stadium of Thailand National Sports University,Udon Thani Campus7,0002020–
Season by season record
SeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupT3 CupTop goalscorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosNameGoals2018TA Northeast5410114131stOpted outIneligible2019TA Northeast321013171stOpted outIneligible2020–21T3 Northeast1615106317461stR3Opted out Jardel Capistrano272021–22T3 Northeast24671127332511thR1QR2 Célio Guilherme da Silva Santos72022–23T3 Northeast247892426299thR2QRP Ranieri Luiz Barbosa122023–24T3 Northeast2412845523444thSFR1R1 João Paulo152024–25T3 Northeast209922813363rdR1QRPR16 Danusorn Wijitpunya62025–26T3 Northeast2213634823452ndR1QRPR16 Sakari Tukiainen122026–27T3 NortheastQR1
ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegated
P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position
QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners
Players Current squad Udon United. Retrieved on 25 September 2024.
Club officials
Position NameChairman Chittapol Wilai-ngamHead coach Wittaya DongyaiAssistant coach Korakot PoonsawatGoalkeeper coach Thiti Chuenta
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