In 2023, Nakhon Pathom United won the Thai League 2 as champions for the first time in the club history and come back to the Thai League 1 after 14 years.
History
1999–2006: Formation and early years
Nakhon Pathom F.C. was founded in 1999, the club started playing in the Thailand Provincial League. In 2004, Nakhon Pathom finished the season on a mid-table in the league. In the year 2005 it was the first time a place among the top three will be achieved and promote to the Thai Premier League was narrowly missed.
2007–2009: Promotion to the top flight
A year later, the result could be repeated. But the club was allowed to ascend to the highest league in Thailand, as was the second-placed a reserve team of Port FC. The association brought not only as a "provincial team," a new impetus in the league. But also the fans who traveled to away games and many were present at the home games. Nakhon Pathom was another club as well as Chonburi and Suphanburi the club in the Premier League who did not came from the capital Bangkok.
The first season in the Premier League, the club was able to finish in 11th place and boosted its bottom line a year later at number nine. For the 2009 season was the first time be with Michael Aspin and Michael Thomas Byrne committed two players from Great Britain, Both had already played together in England at Northwich Victoria.
2010–2016: Relegation and suspension
Nakhon Pathom were suspended for two years following the final playoff game of the 2010 season after a fracas in the penultimate game of the playoffs with Sisaket, a game that NP had to win to ensure that they would be promoted.[2] The club are set to return to Division 1 for the 2013 campaign after serving their two-year punishment.
2017–2022: Sukkoki years and resurgence
Thongchai Sukkoki, head coach of Nakhon Pathom United from 2017 to May 2023.
In 2017, Nakhon Pathom United administratively relegated to 2018 Thai League 4 by FA Thailand because the club did not send documents about club licensing in time.[3]
After the club relegation to Thai League 4, Thongchai Sukkoki was hired as the club's coach. The club started again in the Tier 4 league by creating a new team and searching for young players from the initial selection of footballers, with only three players left from the previous season. Nakhon Pathom went on to won the 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region. In 2019, Thongchai Sukkoki won his second title after winning the 2019 Thai League 3 Lower Region and was promoted to Thai League 2. Under Sukkoki's management, the King Tiger play a style of football based on maintaining possession by building from the back, and good as combination play.[4]
In 2023, Sukkoki led Nakhon Pathom United won 2022–23 Thai League 2 title and the club was promoted to Thai League 1 after a 14-year exile.[5] On 8 May 2023, BG Pathum United appointed Sukkoki as the Rabbits' new head coach in the final league game and The Revo Cup 2022-23 final as well as the start of the Thai League 1 next season after being with Nakhon Pathom United for 6 years.[6][7]
2023–present: Back to Thai League 1
After Thongchai Sukkoki is appointed as BG Pathum United's head coach, Singaporean Akbar Nawas was hired as the club's head coach on 5 June 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 Thai League 1 season.[8] Akbar guided the club to their highest ever recorded win in their history for second time in one season with both matches coming against Mahajak Samutprakan 7–0 on 5 October 2023 and Thai Spirit 10–0 on 1 November 2023 in the 2023–24 Thai FA Cup.
Academy
Nakhonpathom United opened its first youth academies in 2019 under the name The king tiger academy. The club's first technical director is Thongchai Sukkoki. The club started sending youth teams, under-10 and under-12, to participate in the 2021 Thailand Youth League.[9][10]
Stadium
Nakhon Pathom currently play their home matches at Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium which is a sports stadium in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. The stadium holds 3,500 people.
The club's chairman Panuwat Sasomsup has plans to build a new football stadium, with based on the Mitr Phol Stadium of Ratchaburi Mitr Phol as a model, but downsizing the capacity to 10,000 seats.[11]
