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Songkhla Football Club (Thai สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา) is a Thai semi-professional football club based in Songkhla Province, a province located in Southern Thailand. The club is currently playing in the Thai League 3 Southern region.
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| Full name | Songkhla Football Club (สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดสงขลา) | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Samila Mermaids (เงือกสมิหลา) | ||
| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Ground | Tinsulanonda Stadium Songkhla, Thailand | ||
| Capacity | 30,000[1] | ||
| Chairman | Prayat Bunsri | ||
| Head Coach | Daiki Higuchi | ||
| League | Thai League 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | Thai League 3, 1st of 12 in the Southern region | ||
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1999–2011: Early history
Songkhla Football Club was established in 1999, and it then first played in the Thailand Provincial League, a former league, parallel to the Thai Premier League. In the founding year of the league, 1999, reached the eighth place in the league table.
| 1999–2007 | Provincial League | (Tier 3) |
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| 2008 | Thailand Division 2 League | (Tier 3) |
| 2009–2012 | Thai Division 1 League | (Tier 2) |
In the years after it was found mostly back in the bottom of the table regions. In 2007, the club was runner-up of the Provincial League and played the following year in the Thailand Division 2 League. Surprisingly, it was the end of the season, again winning a second place and went on to the newly formed Thai Division 1 League.
In 2009 Thai Division 1 League, they finished a creditable 7th. They fared even better in 2010 Thai Division 1 League and just missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Their 4th-placed finished earned them a place in the Thai Premier League play-offs. Unfortunately the Bulls couldn't maintain their end off season form and finished bottom of their play-off group.
In this 2011 Thai Division 1 League, the team have an average attendance of around 18.000, with a peak of 23.000 people at Tinsulanonda Stadium during last matches. Highest attendance Songkhla 1–1 Buriram (36,715) (7 August 2011) . Their star and top striker with 17 scores is the Brazilian Chayene Santos.
Merging: Songkhla United and Songkhla
The club was dissolved and merged with Songkhla United in 2012.[2]
2018–present: A breath of hope
| 2018–2019 | Amateur League | (Tier 4) |
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| 2020– | Thai League 3 | (Tier 3) |
Songkhla football club was come back [3] and played in 2018 Thailand Amateur League Southern Region.
The Samila Mermaid won promotion from the fifth tier of the Thai football league system Thailand Amateur League Southern region in 2019 – beating Jantrangcee Saba Yoi City in the lower southern subregion final and beating Patong City in the southern region final. They qualified for the 2019 Thailand Amateur League championship stage as southern winner.
In 2022, Songkhla competed in the Thai League 3 for the 2022–23 season. It is their 3rd season in the professional league. The club started the season with a 2–0 home win over Wiang Sa Surat Thani City[4] and they ended the season with a 0–0 away draw with Wiang Sa Surat Thani City.[5] The club has finished 1st place in the league of the Southern region and advanced to the national championship stage. In addition, in the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup Songkhla was defeated 2–3 by Suphanburi in the second round, causing them to be eliminated[6] and in the 2022–23 Thai League Cup Songkhla was defeated 1–2 by Lopburi City in the qualification play-off round, causing them to be eliminated too.[7]
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The club logo incorporates elements from the mermaid statue.[8] Mermaid comes from the story Phra Aphai Mani by Sunthorn Phu.
Tinsulanonda Stadium (Thai: สนามติณสูลานนท์, RTGS: Sanam Tinnasulanon) is a multi-purpose stadium in Songkhla, Thailand. Named after the Songkhla-born former Thai prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda, it is used mostly for football matches.
The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 but just 10,000 of those spaces are covered in a small single-tiered stand along one touchline. The rest of the stadium is a continuous curving tier. The stadium hosted one of the semi-finals in the 1998 Asian Games men's football tournament.
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Songkhla F.C. original
- Provincial League:
- Runners-up (1): 2007
- Thai Division 2 League:
- Runners-up (1): 2008
Songkhla F.C. new era
- Thai League 3 Southern Region:
- Champions (3): 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Thailand Amateur League:
- Champions (1): 2019
| Coordinates | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Year |
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| 7°01′13″N 100°28′18″E | Hat Yai, Songkhla | Chira Nakhon Stadium | 25,000 | 2008–2010 |
| 6°44′00″N 100°41′31″E | Na Thawi, Songkhla | Na Thawi District Stadium | 3,000 | 2010 |
| 7°12′26″N 100°35′55″E | Songkhla | Tinsulanonda Stadium | 35,000 | 2011–2012 |
| Hat Yai, Songkhla | Prince of Songkla University Stadium | 4,000 | 2018–2019 | |
| Songkhla | Tinsulanonda Stadium | 45,000 | 2020–present | |
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | T3 Cup | Top scorer | |||||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | ||||||
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| 1999-00 | Pro League | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 24 | 8th | |||||||
| 2000-01 | Pro League | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 54 | 17 | 12th | |||||||
| 2002 | Pro League | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4th | |||||||
| 2003 | Pro League | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 54 | 15 | 11th | |||||||
| 2004 | Pro League 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4th | |||||||
| 2005 | Suspended | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Pro League 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3rd | |||||||
| 2007 | Pro League | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2nd | |||||||
| 2008 | DIV2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 37 | 2nd | |||||||
| 2009 | DIV1 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 42 | 7th | R3 |  Witthawat Iamram |
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| 2010 | DIV1 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 34 | 51 | 4th | R2 | R1 | Worawet Chanuthai |
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| 2011 | DIV1 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 39 | 56 | 5th | SF | R1 |  Chayene Santos |
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| 2012 | DIV1 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 37 | 14th | R4 | R2 | |||||
| 2013–2017 | Collapsed | |||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | TA South | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3rd | Chawalit Yuthong |
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| 2019 | TA South | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1st | R1 | ||||||
| 2020–21 | T3 South | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 37 | 1st | R3 | QR2 | Abdussalam Saman |
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| 2021–22 | T3 South | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 48 | 3rd | QR | R2 | Natan Oliveira |
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| 2022–23 | T3 South | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 53 | 1st | R2 | QRP | Jardel |
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| 2023–24 | T3 South | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 7 | 56 | 1st | R3 | R2 | QF |  Ekene Victor Azike |
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| Champions | Runners-up | Third Place | Promoted | Relegated |
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Current squad
- As of 1 October 2024[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Daiki Higuchi |
| Assistant coach | Akrat Nualong Kamnat Pana |
| Goalkeeping coach | Prasit Nuamsala |
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