2012 Chonburi F.C. season

Chonburi
2012 season
Chairman	Wittaya Khunpluem
Manager	Withaya Laohakul
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off
AFC Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Pipob On-Mo; All: Pipob On-Mo
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 season was Chonburi's 7th season consecutive season in the top division of Thai football. Chonburi will also be competing in the 2012 AFC Cup after losing the qualifying play-off for the 2012 AFC Champions League.

Players

First team squad

As of July 20, 2012^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	THA	Sujin Naknayom
2	DF	THA	Suree Sukha
3	MF	THA	Natthaphong Samana
4	DF	THA	Kiatprawut Saiwaeo
5	MF	THA	Phanuwat Jinta
6	DF	THA	Suttinan Phuk-hom
7	MF	THA	Arthit Sunthornpit
8	MF	THA	Therdsak Chaiman (vice-captain)
9	FW	TOG	Thomas Dossevi
10	FW	THA	Pipob On-Mo (captain)
11	DF	THA	Anucha Kitpongsri
14	MF	FRA	Geoffrey Doumeng
15	DF	CIV	Fodé Bangaly Diakité
18	GK	THA	Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	THA	Adul Lahso
21	FW	THA	Sukree Etae
22	MF	JPN	Kazuto Kushida
23	MF	THA	Apirat Heemkhao
25	DF	THA	Cholratit Jantakam
26	DF	BRA	Kanu
28	GK	THA	Hatsachai Sankla
29	DF	THA	Jetsadakorn Hemdaeng
31	FW	THA	Nurul Sriyankem
33	FW	THA	Akarawin Sawasdee
34	DF	THA	Noppanon Kachaplayuk
35	DF	THA	Putthinan Wannasri
36	MF	KOR	Jeon Kwang-Jin
37	FW	BRA	Thiago Cunha

Note: The official club website lists the supporters as player 12th man.

Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Muangthong United (C)	34	25	9	0	78	31	+47	84	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Chonburi	34	21	7	6	65	33	+32	70
3	BEC Tero Sasana	34	16	9	9	53	43	+10	57
4	Buriram United	34	14	12	8	60	40	+20	54	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off^[a]
5	Osotspa Saraburi	34	16	4	14	55	48	+7	52

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2012. Source: Thai Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (only match result, not used aggregate); 3rd match win; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Buriram United qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League as winners of the 2012 Thai FA Cup.

Matches

17 March 2012 Week 1	Chonburi	4 - 0	Thai Port	Chonburi Stadium
		Report

FA Cup

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1 August 2012
Buriram United	3 - 2	Chonburi

League Cup

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
9 June 2012
Nakhon Si Thammarat	0 - 1	Chonburi

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 July 2012
Phetchaburi	0 - 4	Chonburi

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
22 August 2012
Customs United	0 - 2	Chonburi

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	1st leg on 5 September 2012 & 2nd leg on 12 September 2012
Bangkok Glass		Chonburi	1-0	1-1

AFC Champions League

18 February 2012 Qualifying play-off	Pohang Steelers	2 – 0	Chonburi	Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
15:30 UTC+09:00	Hwang Jin-Sung 28' Park Sung-Ho 70'	Report		Attendance: 5,344 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

AFC Cup

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CHO	HOM	CIT	YAN
Chonburi	6	4	2	0	10	5	+5	14		1–0	2–0	1–0
Home United	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10	1–2		3–1	3–1
Citizen	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7	3–3	1–2		2–1
Yangon United	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2	1–1	0–0	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 March 2012 Group G	Yangon United	1 – 1	Chonburi	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
15:30 UTC+06:30	Jovanović 41'	Report	Sukree 90+3'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.)

21 March 2012 Group G	Chonburi	1 - 0	Home United	Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi
19:00 UTC+07:00	Takam 69'	Report		Attendance: 5,128 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

3 April 2012 Group G	Chonburi	2 - 0	Citizen	Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi
19:00 UTC+07:00	Chaiman 49' (pen.) Diakité 60'	Report		Attendance: 4,364 Referee: Pratap Singh (India)

11 April 2012 Group G	Citizen	3 - 3	Chonburi	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+08:00	Nakamura 8' Chiu Chun Kit 90+1' Sham Kwok Fai 90+4'	Report	Samana 20' On-Mo 69' Etae 88'	Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

24 April 2012 Group G	Chonburi	1 - 0	Yangon United	Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi
19:00 UTC+07:00	Chaiman 63'	Report		Attendance: 5,148 Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)

8 May 2012 Group G	Home United	1 - 2	Chonburi	Bishan Stadium, Singapore
19:30 UTC+08:00	Daud 86'	http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6087&stageid=229&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]	On-Mo 5' Kachaplayuk 77'	Attendance: 1,393 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)