TOT SC

FC TOT-CAT
	FC TOT-CAT
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Basic data
Surname	Telephone Organization of Thailand Football Club ; ( Thai : สโมสร ฟุตบอล ที โอ ที)
Seat	Bangkok
founding	1954
resolution	2016
Colours	Light Blue
Website	tot-catfc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Narong Suwannachot
Venue	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana
Places	5000
league	Thailand Premier League
TPL 2015	18th place (relegation)
home	Away

The FC TOT is a professional football club from Lak Si , which is part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region in central Thailand . The name of the association is derived from the owner and sponsor, the "Telephone Organization of Thailand" (Thai Telephone Organization) . The club plays in the country's highest league, the Thai Premier League . The club usually plays its home games at TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana. Currently, however, he is switching to the Yamaha stadium of local rivals Muang Thong United .

Club history

The club was founded in 1981. In 1993, the club celebrated its greatest club success to date. That year he won the FA Cup . Winning the cup entitled the club to participate in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup in 1995. After all, they could reach the semi-finals and were eliminated there against the Yokohama Wings , who would later win the tournament. In 1996/97 the TOT was a member of the first Thai Premier League season. At the end of this season, the club also achieved its best result in the TPL. After the end of the regular season, the club finished second in the table and was able to qualify for the play-offs. In the semi-finals of the play-offs they lost to the eventual champions FC Bangkok Bank . At the end of the 2000 season , the club found itself in the last place in the table and had to go into relegation . With a 4-0 win against FC Bangkok Christian College , however, relegation was confidently prevented.

In 2003, however, the descent could not be prevented. Another relegation followed by the 2007 season. Every descent was followed by a direct ascent. With fifth place in the 2008 season , the club reached the top five in the league for the first time in almost ten years. Until the 2009 season, the club was based in Nonthaburi . In order to develop a broader fan base, the club moved to Kanchanaburi , only to be based in Lak Si a year later . CAT Telecom joined the 2010 season as a co-sponsor. Since then the club has been officially called TOT-CAT FC. This was accompanied by a new club logo. Long-time coach Pongphan Wongsuwan left FC TOT for the new season. Somchai Subpherm , previously Bangkok United manager , has been named as his successor. But without having even directed a game, he was released again. Since then, Narong Suwannachot has coached the first team.

With the departure of Pongphan no fewer than ten players left the club and followed their old coach to Buriram to FC Buriram PEA . Among them was Suchao Nuchnum who was a kind of icon for the club and played a total of 113 league games. To replace the many departures, TOT-CAT signed four players from Slovakia and Georgi Tsimakuridze, a player from Georgia . This is the first time that players from these nations will play in the Thai Premier League . On the evening of the 5th match day, FC TOT-CAT lost their defender Chanon Wongaree. Chanon died on the night of April 17, 2010 as a result of an accident that had occurred four days earlier.

Former venues from 2007 to 2015

season	Stadion	Location	capacity	owner	Coordinates
2007-2008	Namkaejon Stadium	Nonthaburi , Nonthaburi Province	N / A	N / A	13 ° 53 '49.1 " N , 100 ° 30' 16.2" E13.896972222222 100.50451111111
2009	Kanchanaburi Province Stadium	Kanchanaburi , Kanchanaburi Province	13,000	Kanchanaburi Provincial Administrative Organization	14 ° 2 '59.5 " N , 99 ° 30' 9.9" E14.049855555556 99.502744444444
2010-2011	Yamaha Stadium	Pak Kret , Nonthaburi Province	15,000	Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT)	13 ° 55 '4.8 " N , 100 ° 32" 50.7 " E13.917988888889 100.54741111111
2011-2015	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana	Lak Si , Bangkok	5000	TOT Public Company Limited	13 ° 53 ′ 3 ″ N , 100 ° 34 ′ 37 ″ E13.884177777778 100.57694166667