61-691: Muangthong United Football Club ( Thai : สโมสรฟุตบอลเมืองทอง ยูไนเต็ด ) is a Thai professional football club based in Muang Thong Thani , Pak Kret district , Nonthaburi province . The club plays in the Thai League 1 , the top-flight football league of Thailand. Muangthong United has participated in the highest level of the Thai football league system since 2009 after having won the Thai Division 1 League title in 2008. Muangthong United
122-411: A dialect continuum . Thai language is spoken by over 69 million people (2020). Moreover, most Thais in the northern (Lanna) and the northeastern (Isan) parts of the country today are bilingual speakers of Central Thai and their respective regional dialects because Central Thai is the language of television, education, news reporting, and all forms of media. A recent research found that the speakers of
183-565: A second language among the country's minority ethnic groups from the mid-late Ayutthaya period onward. Ethnic minorities today are predominantly bilingual, speaking Thai alongside their native language or dialect. Standard Thai is classified as one of the Chiang Saen languages—others being Northern Thai , Southern Thai and numerous smaller languages, which together with the Northwestern Tai and Lao-Phutai languages, form
244-623: A 3–0 home win against Sriwijaya of Indonesia and defeated Muangthong United of Thailand in the Eastern zone play-off final, again at home. Against Henan Jianye of China in the group stage, they drew in the two teams' first encounter and won the return leg 2–1 in Singapore, finishing third in a group that also contained familiar rivals Suwon Samsung Bluewings and former champions Gamba Osaka . On 20 January 2013, SAFFC announced that they had changed their name to Warriors Football Club ahead of
305-460: A first-class coaching environment for all the young players registered in its system to produce players that will play and succeed in the first team at Muangthong United. In the beginning the club use the youth development service from JMG Academy that sign an agreement with Muangthong United and Robert Procureur who was the Director of JMG Thailand on 2007 to 2011, the academy created most of
366-533: A four-way distinction among stops and affricates . The maximal four-way occurred in labials ( /p pʰ b ʔb/ ) and denti-alveolars ( /t tʰ d ʔd/ ); the three-way distinction among velars ( /k kʰ ɡ/ ) and palatals ( /tɕ tɕʰ dʑ/ ), with the glottalized member of each set apparently missing. The major change between old and modern Thai was due to voicing distinction losses and the concomitant tone split . This may have happened between about 1300 and 1600 CE, possibly occurring at different times in different parts of
427-480: A new ground at Muang Thong Thani , Thunderdome Stadium . The club's first success was winning the first place in the 2007 Season of the Thailand Division 2 League . From here, they were promoted to the Thai Division 1 League . The team was then promoted to the Thai League 1 in the 2009 season so everyone praised Muangthong United in that season as "3 Years 3 Champs". The club was promoted to play in
488-661: A new mascot as in its club logo where they joined the inaugural S.League in 1996. The reserve team which still keep its old name and old logo also resulted in the withdrawal of SAFSA from the National Football League. SAFSA would not participate in Singaporean football leagues again until 1999, when they rejoined the league. SAFFC than finished second in 1996 in its debut season where they signed 5 Croatian players Ivica Raguž , Jure Ereš , Velimir Crljen , Davor Mioč and Goran Grubesic . With Grubesic leaving
549-530: A syllable that formerly began with a voiceless consonant (including glottalized stops). An additional complication is that formerly voiceless unaspirated stops/affricates (original /p t k tɕ ʔb ʔd/ ) also caused original tone 1 to lower, but had no such effect on original tones 2 or 3. The above consonant mergers and tone splits account for the complex relationship between spelling and sound in modern Thai. Modern "low"-class consonants were voiced in Old Thai, and
610-576: Is a Tai language of the Kra–Dai language family spoken by the Central Thai , Mon , Lao Wiang , Phuan people in Central Thailand and the vast majority of Thai Chinese enclaves throughout the country. It is the sole official language of Thailand . Thai is the most spoken of over 60 languages of Thailand by both number of native and overall speakers. Over half of its vocabulary
671-548: Is a football stadium located in Nonthaburi, Thailand, and is the home of Thai League 1 's side, Muangthong United. Thunderdome Stadium was the first operate football stadium in Thailand, while PAT Stadium and TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana constructed without operate including there are others older stadiums, they are all considered as multi-purpose stadiums. The stadium used to be able to hold as much as 20,000 spectators but
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#1732802061496732-609: Is an important day for Atletico Madrid. I want to congratulate Muang Thong United for winning the Thai Premier League for the second consecutive year this is a sign of the good work the club is doing. I think this agreement will have sporting, commercial and economic benefits for both teams. I hope it will encourage more Thai fans to follow the Spanish league and more Spanish fans to follow the Thai league. – Miguel Gil , Atletico Madrid CEO. Thunderdome Stadium
793-523: Is derived from or borrowed from Pali , Sanskrit , Mon and Old Khmer . It is a tonal and analytic language . Thai has a complex orthography and system of relational markers . Spoken Thai, depending on standard sociolinguistic factors such as age, gender, class, spatial proximity, and the urban/rural divide, is partly mutually intelligible with Lao , Isan , and some fellow Thai topolects . These languages are written with slightly different scripts, but are linguistically similar and effectively form
854-480: Is one of Thailand's leading football clubs, having the biggest fan base with over 3.7 million followers on social media as of 14 November 2023. The club, also known as The Kirins or The Twin Qilins ., was for a period one of the richest football clubs in Thailand. The club was founded in 1989. The first name registered with Football Association of Thailand was "Norgjorg Pittayanusorn School Football Team". The club
915-407: The 2010 AFC Champions League . They beat SHB Đà Nẵng from Vietnam 0–3 but lost out to Singapore Armed Forces on penalties after the game ended in a 1–1 draw. They were eligible to play for the 2010 AFC Cup . They reached the semi-final round but lost to Al-Ittihad from Syria 2–1. In the 2010 Thai Premier League , they lost just three games out of 30, with seven draws, good enough to capture
976-414: The 2011 AFC Cup , coming first in the group stage of the tournament. In their first match of the round of 16 they beat Al Ahed from Lebanon 4–0 but went on to lose to Kuwait SC in the quarter-finals round 1–0. After their tournament exit Henrique Calisto , the club's manager, was sacked and Fowler took over as player/coach of Muangthong United. In 2011 Thai Premier League Muangthong United finished
1037-508: The 2013 S.League season. Englishmen Alex Weaver , in his first full season as coach of Warriors FC, clinched the 2014 S.League title on the last day of the competition for the Warriors. With DPMM of Brunei leading the table until the last day, the Warriors scored a 1–0 win over Albirex Niigata Singapore and received a favour from Tampines Rovers , who beat DPMM 2–1 to hand Warriors their first title in 5 years and their 9th title in
1098-466: The Northern Thai language (also known as Phasa Mueang or Kham Mueang) have become so few, as most people in northern Thailand now invariably speak Standard Thai, so that they are now using mostly Central Thai words and only seasoning their speech with the "Kham Mueang" accent. Standard Thai is based on the register of the educated classes by Central Thai and ethnic minorities in the area along
1159-521: The Southwestern branch of Tai languages . The Tai languages are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family , which encompasses a large number of indigenous languages spoken in an arc from Hainan and Guangxi south through Laos and Northern Vietnam to the Cambodian border. Standard Thai is the principal language of education and government and spoken throughout Thailand. The standard is based on
1220-734: The Ultras movement to Thailand's stages. Large banners, flags, and double holders characterize the Fans and a "pre-Inger" with megaphones. Muangthong United has main rivalries with Buriram United and Port . For the rivalries with Chonburi , against whom they contest the Thailand Clasico, and TOT SC , against whom they contest the Chaeng Watthana derby. The rivalry with Port is rooted in Kor Royal Cup stampede when Port
1281-495: The 2009 season, a plan to expand the stadium was conceived. As the stadium was only originally designed for a capacity of approximately 15,000 spectators, the expansion increased the capacity to 25,000. It is also one of the few stadiums in Thailand to have VIP areas. The club managed to develop a huge fan base quickly. At away games, the fans are represented very numerous mot. Games against Chonburi and Bangkok Glass are among
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#17328020614961342-526: The Eastern zone play-offs, becoming Singapore's first-ever representative at the highest club competition in Asia. SAFFC were drawn in a group with J.League champions Kashima Antlers , K League champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Chinese Super League runners-up Shanghai Shenhua . They lost all of their matches, except for a 1–1 draw against Shanghai Shenhua at home. In 2010, SAFFC qualified for their second consecutive AFC Champions League by registering
1403-773: The FAS had instructed the Warriors to sit out the 2020 Singapore Premier League season due to their financial and legal issues. They applied to return to the Singapore Premier League and Singapore Cup competitions for 2021 to no avail. The Warriors were initially based at the Jurong Stadium until 2000, before permanetely moving to the 4,268 capacity Choa Chu Kang Stadium in 2001. Permanently sealed success into history at Choa Chu Kang Stadium The stadium has become familiar for its elegant and soaring curved white steel roof, with supporting pylons, that covers
1464-504: The Khmer system first before the Thai borrowed. Old Thai had a three-way tone distinction on "live syllables" (those not ending in a stop), with no possible distinction on "dead syllables" (those ending in a stop, i.e. either /p/, /t/, /k/ or the glottal stop that automatically closes syllables otherwise ending in a short vowel). There was a two-way voiced vs. voiceless distinction among all fricative and sonorant consonants, and up to
1525-547: The Round of 16 for the first time in their club history. For their home and final leg of the Champions League Round of 16 – a home and away series against Japanese side Kawasaki Frontale . Having lose the first leg, 1–3 in Thailand and Frontale defeat Muangthong United, 4–1 in the second leg. The Muangthong United Academy (MTUTD Academy) has a clear aim of providing a place to pursue and achieve success through
1586-575: The SAFSA emerge as unbeaten champions. The President's Cup was won by them again in 1984 and 1986, the latter time as part of a second double, as they also won the National Football League on goal difference. In 1990, the Pools Cup went to the SAFSA and their convincing displays led to their selection as one of eight clubs to compete in the newly formed S.League . The club than revamp it named to Singapore Armed Forces Football Club (SAFFC) and also adopt
1647-533: The Thai Premier League in 2009, after it won the title for the Division one. In the 2009 season, the club had many new and notable players in the country. Despite a successful start to the season, they pledged in April 2009 with Attaphol Buspakom a new coach. For the summer break, the association is, as expected by all experts, among the top five of the table and plays for the championship. One factor contributing to
1708-491: The Thai-speaking area. All voiced–voiceless pairs of consonants lost the voicing distinction: However, in the process of these mergers, the former distinction of voice was transferred into a new set of tonal distinctions. In essence, every tone in Old Thai split into two new tones, with a lower-pitched tone corresponding to a syllable that formerly began with a voiced consonant, and a higher-pitched tone corresponding to
1769-577: The Thailand League Division 1 in 2003–2004 the team was renamed once again as a group that has been done the team as FC Globlex Norgjorg by Somsak Chenchaowanich who signed as the new team manager. That year, the team performed poorly. Finally, it must be relegated to play in Ngor Royal Cup in season 2004–2005 by returning to its original name but it was not as successful as it should be. The Football Association wants to raise
1830-556: The club at the end of the 1996 season, SAFFC continued with 4 of the remaining foreigners where the club went on to win back-to-back S.League title in 1997 and 1998 . After retiring from football, club captain Fandi Ahmad took over from Mladen Pralija as the club head coach in 1999 where he guided them to win the S.League title in 2000 and 2002 . Three coaches were at the reins during this period, each lasting only one season. SAFFC finished second in 2005 but otherwise outside
1891-515: The club's success is its close relationship with Belgian club Lierse , and the acquisition of Thai star player Teeratep Winothai and Ronnachai Rangsiyo , the striker from PEA . Together with Teerasil Dangda , the club now has some of the most talented strikers in the country in its ranks. In 2010, Attaphol Buspakom was sacked following a string of unsuccessful results, and was replaced by Belgian René Desaeyere , who managed Muangthong for two seasons. Under his leadership, Muangthong qualified for
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1952-545: The dialect of the central Thai people, and it is written in the Thai script . Hlai languages Kam-Sui languages Kra languages Be language Northern Tai languages Central Tai languages Khamti language Tai Lue language Shan language others Northern Thai language Thai language Southern Thai language Tai Yo language Phuthai language Lao language (PDR Lao, Isan language ) Thai has undergone various historical sound changes. Some of
2013-467: The highlights of the 2009 season. This season the new attendance records for the league could be set up. For the games against Chonburi and Bangkok Glass, there was even a first-time ticket sale. This should slow down the expected rush for tickets. For football in Thailand, this was a novelty. The core of fans of Muangthong consists of the Ultra Muangthong . They were also the first who brought
2074-430: The league title for the second time. Dagno Siaka was the club's top scorer for in 2010 with 15 goals. At the start of the 2011 season Muangthong United signed former Liverpool player Robbie Fowler to a one-year contract. Muangthong United participated in the 2011 AFC Champions League play-off rounds. They played Sriwijaya but lost on penalties after the game ended in a 2–2 draw. They were also eligible to play for
2135-484: The league's 19-year history. However, good times did not last for the Warriors. In November 2019, the team were brought to court and charged with 107 counts of not paying salaries for their staff. In total, they failed to pay more than S$ 350,000 in salaries to about 30 employees, including players, coaches and supporting staff. 2 days after the incident was reported, ST reported that there were 2 parties that were interested to take over Warriors FC. On 31 December 2019,
2196-435: The level of league competition in Thailand so they established Thailand Division 2 League with a team led by Khǒr Royal Cup and Khor Royal Cup are mixed together to compete in the league this season which Norgjorg Pittayanusorn Football Club eligible entrants. In 2007 Siam Sport Syndicate by Rawi Lohtong the president of Siam Sport Syndicate bought the club and changed the name to Muangthong United Football Club and moved to
2257-528: The local patois as pronounced in Guangdong Ayutthaya , the old capital of Thailand from 1351 - 1767 A.D., was from the beginning a bilingual society, speaking Thai and Khmer . Bilingualism must have been strengthened and maintained for some time by the great number of Khmer-speaking captives the Thais took from Angkor Thom after their victories in 1369, 1388 and 1431. Gradually toward the end of
2318-470: The main grandstand. The football pitch itself consists of a self-watering "cell-system" turf pitch installation, supplied from Switzerland and approved by FIFA for international competition. The club has won 6 League titles during their time here. Before the 2015 SEA Games commenced, they had to vacate Choa Chu Kang Stadium and instead played their home matches at the Woodlands Stadium for
2379-551: The most significant changes occurred during the evolution from Old Thai to modern Thai. The Thai writing system has an eight-century history and many of these changes, especially in consonants and tones, are evidenced in the modern orthography . According to a Chinese source, during the Ming dynasty , Yingya Shenglan (1405–1433), Ma Huan reported on the language of the Xiānluó (暹羅) or Ayutthaya Kingdom, saying that it somewhat resembled
2440-604: The new head coach. All this resulted in Muangthong United winning the double, as they became champions of the Thai League 1 and League Cup . In 2017, After finishing champions in the 2016 Thai League season, The Kirins secured direct qualification into the 2017 AFC Champions League . In the group stages, for Home games Muangthong beat Kashima Antlers , 2–1 and beat Ulsan Hyundai , 1-0 and beat Brisbane Roar , 3–0. The club finish runners-up in Group E, and qualified for
2501-733: The number reduced after renovation by filling in chairs to make the stadium all seated with a capacity of 15,000 people. Statistics of Muangthong United in Asian competitions. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note 1: The official club website lists the supporters as player 12th man . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Head coaches by years (2007–present) Thai language Thai , or Central Thai (historically Siamese ; Thai: ภาษาไทย ),
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2562-522: The numerous times the two teams, as well as Buriram United represented as rustic people and Muangthong United represented as urban people, In the same sides these two teams represent two different politics party sides in Thailand that sent their members to elect presidents of the Football Association of Thailand, have battled for the Thai League 1 title this fixture has become known as one of the finest Thai League match-ups in history. This
2623-415: The period, a language shift took place. Khmer fell out of use. Both Thai and Khmer descendants whose great-grand parents or earlier ancestors were bilingual came to use only Thai. In the process of language shift, an abundance of Khmer elements were transferred into Thai and permeated all aspects of the language. Consequently, the Thai of the late Ayutthaya Period which later became Ratanakosin or Bangkok Thai,
2684-519: The ring surrounding the Metropolis . In addition to Central Thai, Thailand is home to other related Tai languages . Although most linguists classify these dialects as related but distinct languages, native speakers often identify them as regional variants or dialects of the "same" Thai language, or as "different kinds of Thai". As a dominant language in all aspects of society in Thailand, Thai initially saw gradual and later widespread adoption as
2745-492: The royal vocabulary according to their immediate environment. Thai and Pali, the latter from Theravada Buddhism, were added to the vocabulary. An investigation of the Ayutthaya Rajasap reveals that three languages, Thai, Khmer and Khmero-Indic were at work closely both in formulaic expressions and in normal discourse. In fact, Khmero-Indic may be classified in the same category as Khmer because Indic had been adapted to
2806-403: The season in third place in Thai league. For the 2010–11 season and Teerasil Dangda is top score for club in 2011 season by 13 goals. After Fowler's contract expired, Muangthong United signed a contract with Serbia coach Slaviša Jokanović . During the pre-season, Muangthong United signed on many famous players such as Mario Gjurovski , Ri Kwang-Chon , Adnan Barakat , Mongkol Namnuad , and
2867-457: The season unbeaten in the current 34-game format. In 2012, Muangthong engaged an unbeaten run which lasted the whole season, and Teerasil also scored four goals in a single match, an 8–1 routing over BBCU on 18 October. Ten days later he scored in a 2–2 draw against BEC Tero Sasana , a goal which granted the title, took his tally to 24 goals and broke the previous record of Ronnachai Sayomchai in 1998 (23 goals). After his impressive goal tally in
2928-844: The season, Teerasil was invited by La Liga sides Atlético Madrid and Getafe for a trial, but as the former was a Muangthong partner, he headed to Atlético Madrid in January 2013; he also attracted interest of Trabzonspor in June. In 2016, Not having won any trophies for three consecutive seasons, the club started a campaign called "The Dream Team" and signed many famous national team players such as Peerapat Notchaiya , Theerathon Bunmathan , Adisak Kraisorn , Tanaboon Kesarat , Chanathip Songkrasin , Tristan Do , Adison Promrak , and international players such as Xisco . They also brought in Totchtawan Sripan , ones of Thai football legends, as
2989-466: The sponsors of MTUTD (named "MTUTD Partners"): Muangthong United plays their home games in the SCG Stadium , originally designed for about 5,000 spectators. The stadium, unlike most stadiums in Thailand , has no running track. Due to the success of the club and the increasing number of spectators, the stadium was built with steel tube stands with 15,000 seats during the 2008 season. After the end of
3050-515: The talent player such as Suriya Singmui , Phitiwat Sukjitthammakul , Weerawut Kayem , Picha Autra and Suphanan Bureerat continue to 2011 the club started an own youth development program due to AFC club licensing standard that tries to develop young player from 12 to 18 years old so that they created MTUTD Academy, from this development, the club has produced many players for the national team since Thitipan Puangchan , Korrawit Tasa , Poramet Arjvirai and Patcharapol Intanee . The following are
3111-656: The team came from the Armed Forces . Some were internationals and others were foreign. The club's original choice of mascot was a wolf, but club officials chose a rhinoceros, which represents discipline, spirit, courage and teamwork. Warriors are currently the most successful club in the history of the Singapore league since its inception, having won the league title a record 9 times in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2014 and finishing second on four occasions in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2005. The Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association (SAFSA) football team
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#17328020614963172-535: The terminology "low" reflects the lower tone variants that resulted. Modern "mid"-class consonants were voiceless unaspirated stops or affricates in Old Thai—precisely the class that triggered lowering in original tone 1 but not tones 2 or 3. Modern "high"-class consonants were the remaining voiceless consonants in Old Thai (voiceless fricatives, voiceless sonorants, voiceless aspirated stops). The three most common tone "marks" (the lack of any tone mark, as well as
3233-509: The three tones of Old Thai were split have since merged into five in standard Thai, with the lower variant of former tone 2 merging with the higher variant of former tone 3, becoming the modern "falling" tone. หม ม หน น, ณ หญ ญ หง ง ป ผ พ, ภ บ ฏ, ต ฐ, ถ ท, ธ ฎ, ด จ ฉ ช Warriors FC 1996 ; 28 years ago ( 1996 ) (as Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC) Warriors Football Club
3294-585: The top two. Singaporean Richard Bok took over as SAFFC's head coach in 2006 and led them to four consecutive league championships from 2006 to 2009. In 2008, SAFFC became the first Singaporean club to achieve a back-to-back domestic double, after winning both the S.League and the Singapore Cup in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, SAFFC qualified for the AFC Champions League by defeating Thailand champions PEA and PSMS Medan of Indonesia in
3355-423: The two marks termed mai ek and mai tho ) represent the three tones of Old Thai, and the complex relationship between tone mark and actual tone is due to the various tonal changes since then. Since the tone split, the tones have changed in actual representation to the point that the former relationship between lower and higher tonal variants has been completely obscured. Furthermore, the six tones that resulted after
3416-506: The young player that crowned as best younger of Thailand etc. In 2012 season, the club did not play in the AFC Champions League or AFC Cup . Therefore, it tried to do the best in 2012 Thai League Cup , but they lost to TOT 3–4 and 2012 Thai FA Cup they lost to Army United 3–2, but they can win the 2012 Thai Premier League is a third of the club and Muangthong United became the first team in Thai Premier League to go
3477-692: Was a Singaporean professional football club based in Choa Chu Kang , Singapore , that played in the Singapore Premier League , the top division of football in Singapore . Before changing their name on 20 January 2013, they were previously known as the Singapore Armed Forces Football Club ( SAFFC ) since their establishment on 16 February 1996. Despite their name back then, not all players from
3538-453: Was a thorough mixture of Thai and Khmer. There were more Khmer words in use than Tai cognates. Khmer grammatical rules were used actively to coin new disyllabic and polysyllabic words and phrases. Khmer expressions, sayings, and proverbs were expressed in Thai through transference. Thais borrowed both the Royal vocabulary and rules to enlarge the vocabulary from Khmer. The Thais later developed
3599-535: Was forfeited due to crowd riots in 2009. In 2014 Muangthong United fans and Port fans rioted with armed rebellion at Udon Ratthaya Expressway in the Pak Kret Expressway area so the police and military came out to fix the problem. In 2016 the fans of these 2 teams were making riot it again in the same area this event made the Football Association of Thailand introduce measures for something to solve this problem. The rivalry with Buriram United arises from
3660-474: Was formed in 1975 to provide talented footballers serving National Service with opportunities to play competitive football. That year, they won the President's Cup, a feat that they repeated in 1978, when they also captured the National Football League title to complete double . Their Under-19 team won the national Under-19 title in 1979, 1980 and 1983, while the 1981 season of the National Football League saw
3721-672: Was founded by Worawi Makudi , the club race from the Ngor Royal Cup which is the smallest cup. Even in the Thailand Football League Division 1 season 2002–2003, The club was renamed to "FC Norgjorg Black Pearl" by the former politician Veera Musikapong to make the team, but the team had just one season and was unsuccessful so he stopped by leaving the team and the club remained in the Thailand League Division 1 . The next season of
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