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BBCU
บีบีซียู เอฟซี

Full name	Big Bang Chula United Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอล บีบีซียู
Nickname(s)	The Pink Panthers (เสือสามย่าน)
Founded	1976 (1976), as Bangtoey Football Team 2004 (2004), as Chula-Sinthana 2008 (2008), as Chula United 2011 (2011), as Big Bang Chula United
Dissolved	2017
Ground	Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium Nonthaburi, Thailand
Capacity	6,000
Home colours Away colours

BBCU Football Club, known fully as Big Bang Chula United Football Club (Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอล บีบีซียู), is a Thai defunct professional football club based in Bangkok, Thailand, owned by Montri Suwannoi. Founded as "Bangtoey Football Team" in 1976, the club changed its name many times, until finally, it became "BBCU" in 2011.

BBCU was one of the most successful Thai football clubs of the late 1990s (under the name of "Sinthana Football Club"). The club has won a Thai League 1 title, 2 Kor Royal Cups and 1 FA Cup. Moreover, during the years in lower divisions, the club has also won a Division 2 title.

History

Chulalongkorn University FC is a club based at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. They have played in the Chula–Thammasat Traditional Football Match since 1934.

In 2004, "Chulalongkorn University FC" was combined with "Sinthana FC" and took the name, "Chula-Sinthana FC" which played in Division 2 in 2005 until Chula-Sinthana FC was promoted from Division 1 to Thai Premier League in 2008.

In August of the 2008 season, they changed their club name again from "Chula-Sinthana FC" to "Chula United". The Club Director was Kasiti Kamalanavin.

Chula's return to the top flight, 2008 Thailand Premier League, ended with them finishing in a creditable 8th position. However, they could not build on their first season and were relegated from the 2009 Thai Premier League.

Despite having two of the three top goalscorers in the 2010 Thai Division 1 League, Chula could not bounce back at the first attempt and slumped to a disappointing 10th-placed finish. Chula's striker Chainarong Tathong topped the 2010 Thai Division 1 League goalscoring chart with an impressive 19 goals. Fellow frontman Aron da Silva netted 15 times to be the 3rd top scorer in the league.

Big Bang Chula United

In January 2011, the club changed its name to "Big Bang Chula United" and relocated to play their home games at the Thai Army Sports Stadium on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. The club got off to a flying start and won promotion despite stuttering in the latter weeks of the season.

The club's venture in the 2012 Thai Premier League ended with them being relegated after only one season. Home games were played at the sparsely filled 65,000 Rajamangala Stadium with an average home attendance of only 939.

In April 2017, the club was dissolved, citing a lack of funds as the reason. This team is automatically banned for 2 years, If the team decides to come back they will relegated to the lowest tier of the professional league.

Stadium and locations

Season by season record

Amateur years (1976–1987)

Since Bangtoey Football team was founded in 1976 to compete in Bangkapi Cup tournament, the club had played 11 more years in amateur level before joining the first Football Association of Thailand's competitions season in Ngor Royal Cup 1998.

Royal Cups' years (1988–1995)

Football League years (1996–2010)

Season by season domestic record (2011–present)

Note

• The list below shows the different names used to represent the same level of competition.
  • Level 1 : (Johny Walker) Thailand Soccer League, (Caltex) Premier League, (GSM) Thai League, Thailand Premier League, and (Sponsor) Thai Premier League
  • Level 2 : Thailand Division 1 League and Thai Division 1 League

Performance in AFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
1999–2000	Asian Club Championship	First round		Lam Pak	0–2	7–1
		Second round		Singapore Armed Force	1–1	2–1
		Quarter-finals		Júbilo Iwata		2–1
				Suwon Samsung Bluewings		4–0
				Kashima Antlers		3–0

Coaches

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Coaches by Years (2008–present)

Name	Nat	Period	Honours
Kiatisuk Senamuang		2008
Thongchai Sukkoki		2008–2009
Kiatisuk Senamuang		2011–2012	Thai Division 1 League 3rd Place
Jose Alves Borges		2013
Worachai Surinsirirat		2013–2015
Tsuyoshi Takano		2015–2016
Koichi Sugiyama		2016
Jatuporn Pramualban		2016
Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok		2017
Worachai Surinsirirat (interim)		2017

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Thai League 1
  • Champions (1): 1998
  • Runner-up (1): 1997
• Thai Division 1 League
  • Runner-up (1): 2007
  • 3rd Place (1): 2011
• Regional League Division 2
  • Champions (1): 2006
• Thai FA Cup
  • Winners (1): 1997
• Kor Royal Cup
  • Winners (2): 1997, 1998
  • 3rd Place (1): 1995
• Queen's Cup
  • Runner-up (3): 1999, 2000, 2002

International competitions

• Asian Club Championship
  • Quarter-final (1): 1999
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Second round (1): 1998

References

1. Thailand League 2008 news Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Official Website Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. ปิดตำนาน "บีบีซียู" โดนปรับ 1 ล้าน แบน 2 ปี และเริ่มใหม่ที่ "ไทยลีก 4" (in Thai). Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Thai) (archived)
• BBCU at Thai Premier League (archived)

• BBCU F.C.
• Defunct football clubs in Thailand
• Association football clubs established in 1976
• Association football clubs disestablished in 2017
• Thai League 1 clubs
• Thai FA Cup winners
• Football clubs in Bangkok
• 1976 establishments in Thailand
• 2017 disestablishments in Thailand