TOT S.C.

TOT SC
ทีโอที เอสซี
Full name	TOT Sport Club ; ทีโอที สปอร์ต คลับ
Nickname(s)	Hello Warriors; (ขุนพลฮัลโหล)
Founded	1954; as Telecom of Thailand Football Club
Dissolved	2016
Ground	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana ; Lak Si, Bangkok, Thailand
Capacity	5,000
Owner	TOT Public Company Limited
Home colours	Away colours

TOT Sport Club (Thai: ทีโอที สปอร์ต คลับ) is a Thai defunct football club based in Lak Si district in northern Bangkok which represents the national telecommunications company, TOT Public Company Limited. TOT originally stands for the Telephone Organization of Thailand, the former name of the company at the time before their privatization. TOT's football team is a member of Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and a co-founder of the Thai Premier League. TOT S.C. was dissolved in 2016.^[2]

History

TOT SC is a founding member of the Thai Premier League in 1996/97 season and came second in the regular-season championship but was defeated by Bangkok Bank F.C. in the semi-final Championship Playoffs. This has so far proved to be TOT's best campaign.^[3]^[4]

Besides being relegated to the Thailand Division 1 League in 2003, they have more or less been a middle-ranking team, yet to break into the top four since 1996/97. They have been relegated on two occasions, bouncing back to the top flight at the first time of asking and claiming the Division One championship in the 2003/04 season.^[5]

Notable other achievements have been winning the Thai FA Cup in 1993 and the now-defunct Pro League in 2006 with their reserve team.

The accomplishment in the early days of the club is honorably credited to the first well-known coach Pongphan Wongsuwan.^[6]

Ownership dispute

In 2010 the club was taken over by Piroj Suwannachavee and renamed the team as TOT-CAT FC. CAT Telecom, another Thai government telecommunication company, joint the club namely as an owner. In 2011 The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and Thai Premier League (TPL) were called to settle a dispute between original owners TOT and the newly formed TOT-CAT FC. They ruled in favor of TOT and the club will revert to the original. Presently TOT changes their football club's name officially to TOT SC (TOT Sport Club).^[7]

Club home

At the start of the 2009 season, TOT relocated from the central Nonthaburi province to the Western Kanchanaburi province to try and generate a bigger fan base.

They left their previous Namkaejon Stadium for the 13,000 capacity Kleab Bua Stadium, which would be used as their home stadium from 2009 onwards.

By the way, they stayed in Kanchanaburi province only lasted one season and then returned to Nonthaburi province to ground share with Muangthong United F.C. at the Yamaha Stadium (SCG Stadium currently). The move failed to attract new supporters and TOT-CAT fans were regularly outnumbered by the away support at their home games during the 2010 Thai Premier League. They used the Yamaha Stadium as a home until the end of the first leg of TPL 2011.

After a few years of construction, their newly 5000-seat stadium called TOT Stadium (located in TOT HQ., Laksi District) is completed and ready for use as the home stadium since the TPL 2011 second leg. The club training ground and club office is located at TOT Training Center or TOT Academy in Nonthaburi province around 15 kilometers away from their home stadium.^[8]

Asian competition

TOT has played in Asian competition only once, representing Thailand in the 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1993 Thai FA Cup. In the first round, they met East Bengal of India, dispatching them 4–1 in the first leg; they were awarded a walkover tie in the return when East Bengal withdrew. In the second round, they met Vietnamese opposition Quang Nam Danang, winning through 8–2 over two legs. In the last round, before East Asia met West Asia, TOT came up against Kuala Lumpur FA of Malaysia. This was a much tougher match and they came through in extra time. This took TOT through to the semi-finals, held in the UAE, where they met Japanese powerhouse Yokohama Flügels. Flügels defeated TOT 4–2 in the one-legged neutral-venue matchup. But, TOT still had one game to go in the third/fourth-place match against not only Saudi giants, but Asian giants Al Ittihad. The match went to penalties, with Ittihad winning 4–2.^[9]^[10]

Stadium and locations by season records

Coordinates	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year
13°53′49″N 100°30′16″E / 13.896972°N 100.504511°E / 13.896972; 100.504511	Nonthaburi	Namkaejon Stadium	?	2007–2008
14°02′59″N 99°30′10″E / 14.049855°N 99.502743°E / 14.049855; 99.502743	Kanchanaburi	Kanchanaburi Province Stadium	13,000	2009
13°55′05″N 100°32′51″E / 13.917989°N 100.547411°E / 13.917989; 100.547411	Nonthaburi	Yamaha Stadium	15,000	2010–2011
13°55′05″N 100°32′51″E / 13.917989°N 100.547411°E / 13.917989; 100.547411	Lak Si, Bangkok	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana	5,000	2011–2015

Season by season domestic record

Season	League^[11]									FA Cup	League Cup	Kor Royal Cup	AFC Champions League	Top scorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	League Cup	Kor Royal Cup	AFC Champions League	Name	Goals
1996–97	TPL	34	17	11	6	61	35	62	2nd	—	–	–	–	Amporn Amparnsuwan	21
1997	TPL	22	8	5	9	32	33	29	8th	—	–	–	–	—	—
1998	TPL	22	8	6	8	36	37	30	6th	—	–	–	–	—	—
1999	TPL	22	11	5	6	26	20	38	5th	—	–	–	–	—	—
2000	TPL	22	6	2	14	26	42	20	12th	—	–	–	–	—	—
2001–02	TPL	22	6	6	10	18	24	24	9th	—	–	–	–	—	—
2002–03	TPL	18	2	5	11	18	29	11	9th	–	–	–	–	—	—
2003/04	DIV 1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1st	–	–	–	–	—	—
2004–05	TPL	18	3	7	8	20	25	16	9th	–	–	–	–	—	—
2006	PRO	30	19	10	1	72	22	67	1st	–	–	–	–	—	—
2007	TPL	30	9	10	11	35	35	37	10th	–	–	–	–	Phuwadol Suwannachart	10
2008	TPL	30	13	11	6	36	27	50	5th	–	–	–	–	Phuwadol Suwannachart	8
2009	TPL	30	10	12	8	33	33	42	7th	R3	–	–	–	Suchao Nutnum	6
2010	TPL	30	9	6	15	23	42	33	12th	R3	R3	–	–	Miroslav Tóth	7
2011	TPL	34	11	4	19	29	55	37	14th	R5	R2	–	–	Koné Mohamed	10
2012	TPL	34	10	12	12	43	46	42	12th	R3	SF	–	–	Prakit Deeporm	6
2013	TPL	32	8	7	17	27	54	31	14th	R3	R2	–	–	Prakit Deeporm	5
2014	TPL	38	10	13	15	38	51	43	15th	QR	R1	–	–	Takahiro Kawamura	9
2015	TPL	34	3	7	24	25	71	16	18th	R3	R1	–	–	Kritnaphop Mekpatcharakul	3

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Promoted	Relegated

P = Played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
F = Goals for
A = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position
N/A = No answer

TPL = Thai Premier League

QR1 = First Qualifying Round
QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round
RInt = Intermediate Round
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3

R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5
R6 = Round 6
GR = Group stage
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
RU = Runners-up
S = Shared
W = Winners

Coaches

Coaches by Years (1988–2015)

Name	Period	Honours
Pongphan Wongsuwan	1988–1997
Pongphan Wongsuwan	1998–2009	Thailand Division 1 League: 2003 Provincial League: 2006
Somchai Subpherm	2010
Narong Suwannachot	2010–2011
Somchai Subpherm	2011–2015
Apisit Kaikaew	2015
Tewesh Kamolsin	2015