Chainat Hornbill F.C.

Chainat Hornbill
ชัยนาท ฮอร์นบิล

Full name	Chainat Hornbill Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลชัยนาท ฮอร์นบิล
Nickname(s)	The Hornbills (นกใหญ่พิฆาต)
Short name	CNHB
Founded	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Ground	Khao Plong Stadium Chai Nat, Thailand
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	Anucha Nakasai
Head Coach	Sarach Paungchup
League	Thai League 2
2023–24	Thai League 2, 14th
Website	http://chainathornbill.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Chainat Hornbill Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลชัยนาท ฮอร์นบิล) is a Thai professional association football club based in Chai Nat province. The club plays in Thai League 2.

The club has won 1 Thai League 2 title and 1 Thai FA Cup in their history.^[1]

Chainat Hornbill Football Club is a professional football club founded in 2009 by Anucha Nakasai, a former Thai politician. The club was placed in the best management class as a result, and it has developed rapidly since its first season. In the 2009 Northern Regional Division 2 Regional League the club came third, playing 20 matches and winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 5 for a total of 39 points. Their top scorer was Sanogo Abou, with 15 goals.^{[citation needed]} In 2012, the club was promoted to the top league, Thai League 1, for the first time.^[2]

In 2016, club chairman, Anucha Nakasai announced the appointment of Dennis Amato as the new head coach of the club.^[3] In October 2017, the club came first winning the 2017 Thai League 2 with 67 points and was promoted to the 2018 Thai League 1.^[4]

After Chainat Hornbill's promotion to the top tier of Thai football, Amato briefly left the club to take up a role as a director of football at Ang Thong.^[5] The club announced the appointment of Drago Mamić as the new head coach of the club but Mamić left the club for personal reasons.^[6] However, Amato return to Chainat again, but was faced with many problems, including a squad with a limited number of players, and strict financial constraints.^[7]

In 2018, after a win against defending FA Cup champions Chiangrai United, the Hornbills defeated the defending Thai League 1 champions Buriram United 1–0 at the Chang Arena, which was the first time that Buriram United had failed to win a league game on their own home ground since the return of Bozidar Bandovic as coach.^[8] In the 2018 season, the club became well known as "giant-killing." (Thai: จอมล้มยักษ์).^[9] Under Amato's management, the Hornbills play a style of football based on maintaining possession, and trying to win the ball back after losing it, instead of regrouping into a defensive position.^[10][11]

In 2019, the Hornbills beat many Thai League 1 giants. In a home game at Khao Plong Stadium they beat Muangthong United 3–0, won against Bangkok United with a score of 21, and beat Buriram United 2–1.^{[citation needed]}

Coordinates	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year
15°13′08″N 100°09′20″E / 15.218954°N 100.155546°E / 15.218954; 100.155546	Chai Nat	Khao Plong Stadium	12,000	2009–present

Season	League[12]									FA Cup	League Cup	Top scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
2009	Div. 2 North	20	12	3	5	52	32	39	3rd	QR1	–	—	—
2010	Div. 2 North	30	22	5	3	54	13	71	2nd	Opted out	Opted out	—	—
2011	Div. 1	34	21	3	10	68	42	66	2nd	QF	R1	Phuwadol Suwannachart	21
2012	TPL	34	9	12	13	59	72	39	14th	R4	R1	Phuwadol Suwannachart	13
2013	TPL	32	10	8	14	42	43	38	10th	R3	R2	Sumanya Purisai	11
2014	TPL	38	10	14	14	43	50	44	14th	R3	QF	Nikola Nikezić Park Jung-Soo Sumanya Purisai	4
2015	TPL	34	9	10	15	42	53	37	12th	SF	R1	Alex	17
2016	TL	31	8	6	17	46	61	30	17th	W	R1	Florent Pongolle	13
2017	T2	32	20	7	5	64	40	67	1st	R1	R1	Florent Pongolle	14
2018	T1	34	11	9	14	46	52	42	13th	R1	R1	Bernard Doumbia	15
2019	T1	30	8	6	16	31	50	30	15th	R2	R2	Ricardo Santos	10
2020–21	T2	34	16	9	9	61	47	57	6th	R1	—	Warayut Klomnak	9
2021–22	T2	34	15	12	7	58	46	57	5th	R1	R2	Badar Ali	10
2022–23	T2	34	11	8	15	44	48	41	13th	R2	QR3	Diego Silva	14
2023–24	T2	34	9	10	15	32	46	37	14th	Opted out	Opted out	Thanayut Jittabud	9

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  THA Tanin Kiatlerttham 5 DF  KOR Young-jae Yoo 7 MF  THA Mongkonchai Kongjumpa (Captain) 10 FW  CMR Emmanuel Mbarga 11 FW  BRA Leonardo Pimentel 12 DF  CMR Mardochée Kaham Seuntcha 14 MF  THA Thanayut Jittabud 15 MF  THA Sutthaphat phophram 16 MF  THA Watthanapong Sukbang 17 DF  THA Fittaree Khadearee 18 MF  THA Kongnathichai Boonma 19 GK  THA Kiadtisak Chaodon

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  THA Nathaphop Kaewklang 24 MF  THA Attaphon Pannakhen 25 FW  THA Pongsakorn Poonsamrit 31 MF  THA Theppatat Wattanaboon 39 GK  THA Thossaphol Sritecha 49 MF  THA Burhanuddeen Lomae 66 FW  THA Sattrawut Auppachai 69 FW  THA Chetsada Muangkam 76 MF  THA Ratthapong Cheaaem 77 FW  THA Cholnatee Senson 80 MF  THA Patiroop Wongthep 91 FW  THA Thitiwat Phranmaen 95 GK  THA Panumek Palalec

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  THA Surabadee Ratjarean (at Sakaeo)

Coaches by Years (2010–present)

• Thai League 2:
  • Winner: 2017
  • Runner-up: 2011
• Regional League Northern Division:
  • Runner-up (1): 2010

• Thai FA Cup
  • Champions: 2016

• Official website