The BG Pathum United Football Club ( Thai : สโมสร ฟุตบอล บี จี ปทุม ยูไนเต็ด ) is a Thai football club based in Pathum Thani Province . The club plays in the Thai League 2, the second highest league in the country. The club is operated by BG FC Sport Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Bangkok Glass Industry Co., Ltd.
The club's nickname is The Rabbits (กระต่าย เเ ก้ ว).
The club was founded in 2006 and played in the Khǒr Royal Cup, the fourth division of Thailand. The club bought the license for the first division at the end of 2008 from FC Krung Thai Bank . At the same time, Bangkok Glass also took over part of the team. At the beginning of 2009 the club took part in the Thai Queen's Cup under the name Raj Vithi-BG FC Sport . The team was composed of players from FC Raj-Vithi and Bangkok Glass. The team won two of 3 games, but still did not survive the group stage and only dropped out early because of the poorer goal difference.
In its first Premier League season, the club started with the German Hans Emser as head coach. Under him, the club set a start record for the league. The team did not lose any of their first thirteen games. According to its own information, Emser resigned as head coach at the beginning of June 2009 at his own request. Emser, the club's most successful trainer with a point average of 2.33, wanted to concentrate fully on his job as director of the youth academy. He was succeeded by Surachai Jaturapattarapong . After initial difficulties, Surachai managed to stabilize the team. At the end of the first Thai Premier League season, the Rabbits took 3rd place. In addition to the 3rd place in the league, the club also reached the final of the Singapore Cup , an invitation tournament of the Singaporean association. There they lost to Geylang United 0: 1. Well-known newcomers were presented for the 2010 season. Among others, Sutee Suksomkit and Ney Fabiano . Both Fabiano and Sutee last played for Melbourne Victory in the Australian A-League . In February 2010, Bangkok Glass took part in the 34th Queen's Cup . In the preliminary round, the club was able to qualify as first group for the main round and made it to the final. There they met Police United , who were promoted to the 2010 Thai Premier League. The final was won 4-1, and it was the club's first success in the Queen's Cup. In 2010, under the direction of interim trainer Supasin Leelarit, the club was able to secure its first international title for the club in the second attempt since 2009 by winning the Singapore Cup final.
After relegation to the Thai League 2 in 2018 , the club name was changed from Bangkok Glass FC to BG Pathum United FC . From the 2019 season, the club will play under the new name.
In 2019 they went to the second division as favorites. The club was able to confirm this with first place and thus rose again to the Thai League .
Stadion
The club plays its home games at the LEO Stadium . The three-sided stadium was built in Pathum Thani and can seat 16,014 spectators. The stadium has been fitted with artificial turf since it opened in 2010 . In November 2017 the artificial turf was removed and turf was laid. The owner and operator is BG Pathum United FC .
The association has a youth performance center whose technical director is the German Hans Emser. The academy maintains a U-11, U13 / 14 and U16-U18 youth team. Four of the club's youth players went to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany for a longer period in March 2009 to take part in training for the youth team there. At the same time, a partnership agreement was signed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern . Surachet Ngamtip, the captain of the U-19 national team of Thailand, will train with Bayer Leverkusen's U-23 for another 4 weeks in April 2010.
Sports departments
In addition to the senior team and the two youth teams, the club also has a futsal team. She has played in the Thailand Futsal League since 2009 . The team also includes players with a disability .
Individual evidence / explanations
↑ For the 2009 season, every club must be registered as a limited company . However, banks are not allowed to do this.
Pavin Bhirombhakdi
Hans Rudolf Franz Emser
Carlos Roberto de Carvalho
Phil Stubbins
Ricardo Rodríguez
Aurelio Vidmar
Samuel Ajayi
Lazarus Kaimbi
Darko Tasevski Aridane Santana
Ariel Rodríguez
Jhasmani Campos Surachat Sareepim