Chainat Hornbill F.C.
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| Full name | Chainat Hornbill Football Club สโมสรฟุตบอลชัยนาท ฮอร์นบิล | |||
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| Nicknames | The Hornbills (นกใหญ่พิฆาต) | |||
| Short name | CNHB | |||
| Founded | 2009 | |||
| Ground | Khao Plong Stadium Chai Nat, Thailand | |||
| Capacity | 9,000 | |||
| Chairman | Anucha Nakasai | |||
| Head Coach | Laksana Kamruen | |||
| League | Thai League 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | Thai League 2, 14th of 18 | |||
| Website | chainathornbill | |||
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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]
History
[edit | edit source]Foundation
[edit | edit source]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]
Dennis Amato era
[edit | edit source]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]
A Thai League Survival Campaign: Giant-killing
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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]
Stadium and locations by season
[edit | edit source]| Coordinates | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Year |
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| Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Chai Nat | Khao Plong Stadium | 12,000 | 2009–present |
Season by season record
[edit | edit source]| Season | League[12] | FA Cup | League Cup |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | QPR | Diego Silva | 14 |
| 2023–24 | T2 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 46 | 37 | 14th | Opted out | Opted out | Thanayut Jittabud | 9 |
| 2024–25 | T2 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 14th | QR | R2 | Thanayut Jittabud | 13 |
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
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Players
[edit | edit source]First team squad
[edit | edit source]- As of August 2025
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Out on loan
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Coaches
[edit | edit source]Coaches by Years (2010–present)
- Thailand Issara Sritaro 2010–2012
- Thailand Surachai Jaturapattarapong 2012–2014
- Thailand Jadet Meelarp 2014
- Thailand Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul 2014–2015
- Thailand Issara Sritaro 2015–2016
- Japan Koichi Sugiyama 2016
- Germany Dr. med. Björn Kliem 2016–2017
- Germany Dennis Amato 2017
- Croatia Drago Mamić 2017–2018
- Germany Dennis Amato 2018–2019
- Germany Ronald Boretti 2020–2021
- Thailand Sumeth Yooto 2021–2022
- Argentina Daniel Blanco 2022
- Thailand Sumeth Yooto 2022
- Thailand Pannarai Phansiri 2022–2023
- Thailand Sumeth Yooto 2023–2024
- Thailand Sarach Paungchup 2024–2025
- Thailand Laksana Kamruen 2025–
Honours
[edit | edit source]Domestic competitions
[edit | edit source]League
[edit | edit source]- Thai League 2:
- Regional League Northern Division:
- Runner-up (1): 2010
Cups
[edit | edit source]- Thai FA Cup
- Champions: 2016
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ “นกใหญ่พิฆาต ชัยนาท ฮอร์นบิล” เปิดตัวความพร้อมสู้ศึกไทยลีก 2016
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