2012 Buriram United F.C. season

Buriram United
2012 season
Chairman	Newin Chidchob
Manager	Attaphol Buspakom
Thai Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Frank Acheampong (12 goals); All: Goran Jerkovic (13 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2012 season was Buriram United's eighth season in the top division of Thai football. The club competed in the 2012 Thai Premier League, 2012 Thai FA Cup, 2012 Thai League Cup, and the 2012 AFC Champions League.

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

As of 9 March 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	Sivaruck Tedsungnoen
2	DF	THA	Theeratorn Boonmatan
3	DF	THA	Pratum Chuthong
4	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Honda
5	DF	CMR	Ekwalla Herman
6	MF	THA	Jakkraphan Kaewprom
7	MF	THA	Sumanya Purisai
8	MF	THA	Suchao Nuchnum (vice-captain)
9	FW	THA	Suriya Domtaisong
11	DF	THA	Apichet Puttan (captain)
12	FW	THA	Sarif Sainui
13	MF	THA	Kriangkrai Ura-ngam
14	FW	CMR	Frank Ohandza
15	MF	THA	Ekkachai Sumrei


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	THA	Supakit Jinajai
18	FW	CMR	John Mary
19	DF	THA	Chitipat Tanklang
21	MF	THA	Jirawat Makarom
22	MF	THA	Adisak Kraisorn
23	MF	THA	Surat Sukha
24	DF	THA	Piyarat Lajungreed
25	GK	THA	Kittikun Jamsuwan
26	DF	THA	Chalermpong Kerdkaew
28	MF	UZB	Asqar Jadigerov
30	FW	GHA	Frank Acheampong
33	FW	THA	Somjet Sattabud
34	GK	THA	Yotsapon Teangdar
40	FW	FRA	Goran Jerković

Competitions[edit]

Pre-season/friendly[edit]

Win Draw Loss

9 February 2012 Friendly	Laos	0–2	Buriram United	Vientiane, Laos
16:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Acheampong 14' Somjet 85'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

25 February 2012 Friendly	Wuachon United	1–0	Buriram United	Songkhla
17:00	Aron da Silva 45'	Report		Stadium: Jiranakorn Stadium

4 March 2012 Friendly	Buriram United	4–2	Nakhon Ratchasima	Buriram
18:00 (UTC+7)				Stadium: Thunder Castle Stadium

Toyota Premier Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss

18 February 2012 Final	Buriram United	1–1 (4−2 p)	Vegalta Sendai	Pathum Wan, Bangkok
16:00 (UTC+7)	Acheampong 37'	Report	Ota 73'	Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium
	Penalties
	Suchao Jirawat Pratum Sumanya		Kakuda Kamata Ota Yanagisawa

Kor Royal Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss

11 March 2012 Final	Buriram United	2–2 (3−4 p)	Chonburi	Pathum Wan, Bangkok
18:30 (UTC+7)	Jadigerov 31' Acheampong 33'	Report	Adul 45' Ludovick 90'	Stadium: Suphachalasai Stadium Referee: Apisit Aonrak
	Penalties
	Jirawat Suchao Theeratorn Pratum Herman Ohandza		Diakité Akarawin Sukree Adul Therdsak Kushida

Thai Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
6	Esan United	34	11	14	9	41	42	−1	47

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.
Notes:

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

Matches[edit]

17 March 2012 1	Buriram United	3–1	Chiangrai United	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00	Herman 8', 23' Ohandza 72'	report(Thai)	Wasan 79'	Attendance: 9,763 Referee: Thaweechai Supattrarawan

25 March 2012 2	Buriram United	3–0	BBCU	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00	Florent Obama 6' Suriya 86' Acheampong 90+2'	report(Thai)		Attendance: 11,807 Referee: Chaireag Ngamsom

31 March 2012 3	Buriram United	4–2	Osotspa Saraburi	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00	Herman 20' Ohandza 56', 90+3' Suchao 72'	report(Thai)	Yamamoto 50' Herman 55' (O.G.)	Attendance: 12,685 Referee: Apisit Aonrak

8 April 2012 4	Jenifood Samut Songkhram	0–3	Buriram United	Samut Songkhram Stadium
18:00

22 April 2012 5	Buriram United	1–1	Army United	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00		Report		Attendance: 15,080

7 May 2012 6	Buriram United	0–0	Wuachon United	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00		Report		Attendance: 14,492

26 May 2012 7	Bangkok Glass	1–2	Buriram United	Leo Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 10,091

30 May 2012 8	Buriram United	1–1	SCG Muangthong United	Thunder Castle Stadium
19:00				Attendance: 22,576

2 June 2012 9	Chainat	0–3	Buriram United	Khao Plong Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 5,316

13 June 2012 10	Buriram United	1–1	Pattaya United	Thunder Castle Stadium
19:00				Attendance: 12,537

17 June 2012 11	TTM Chiangmai	0–2	Buriram United	700th Anniversary Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 2,246

20 June 2012 12	BEC Tero Sasana	0–0	Buriram United	Thephasadin Stadium
19:00				Attendance: 5,961

24 June 2012 13	Buriram United	3–4	Chonburi	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 23,033 Referee: Morakami Nobutsuku (Japan)

30 June 2012 14	Thai Port	2–1	Buriram United	PAT Stadium
17:00				Attendance: 2,495

8 July 2012 15	TOT	0–1	Buriram United	PAT Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 3,245

15 July 2012 16	Buriram United	2–2	INSEE Police United	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 15,183

22 July 2012 17	Esan United	1–1	Buriram United	Tung Burapha Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 6,871

25 July 2012 18	Buriram United	2–2	Esan United	Thunder Castle Stadium
19:00				Attendance: 14,025

28 July 2012 19	INSEE Police United	0–0	Buriram United	Thammasat Stadium
19:00				Attendance: 5,813

5 August 2012 20	Buriram United	2–1	TOT	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 16,057

8 August 2012 21	Pattaya United	1–0	Buriram United	Nongprue Municipality Football Field
19:00				Attendance: 3,678

11 August 2012 22	Buriram United	7–2	Chainat	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 16,450

19 August 2012 23	SCG Muangthong United	1–1	Buriram United	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 13,548

25 August 2012 24	Buriram United	3–2	Bangkok Glass	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 18,081

1 September 2012 25	Buriram United	1–0	TTM Chiangmai	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 12,853

8 September 2012 26	Chonburi	4–2	Buriram United	Chonburi Stadium
18:30				Attendance: 8,565

15 September 2012 27	Buriram United	1–0	Thai Port	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 16,540

22 September 2012 28	Wuachon United	2–1	Buriram United	Tinasulanon Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 7,416

29 September 2012 29	Buriram United	0–1	BEC Tero Sasana	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 16,291

7 October 2012 30	Army United	3–3	Buriram United	Thai Army Sports Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 3,466

10 October 2012 31	Buriram United	0–0	Jenifood Samut Songkhram	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 12,962

14 October 2012 32	Osotspa M-150 Saraburi	2–1	Buriram United	Saraburi Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 4,538

21 October 2012 33	BBCU	1–4	Buriram United	Rajamangala Stadium
18:00				Attendance: 1,655

28 October 2012 34	Chiangrai United	2–1	Buriram United	United Stadium of Chiangrai
18:00

Thai FA Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss

1 August 2012 Third Round	Buriram United	3–2	Chonburi	Thunder Castle Stadium
19:00 (UTC+07:00)	Acheampong 47' Jerkovic 68' Ćetković 88'	Report	Therdsak 7' Arthit 62'

29 August 2012 Fourth Round	Buriram United	7–1	Ratchaburi	Thunder Castle Stadium
19:00 (UTC+07:00)	Đorđije 10', 32' Jerkovic 20', 26', 87' Ekkachai 54', 79'	Report	Nares 45' (pen.)

3 October 2012 Quarter-finals	Buriram United	3–0	BEC Tero Sasana	Thunder Castle Stadium
19:00 (UTC+07:00)	Herman 49' Jerkovic 52' Adisak 72'	Report

25 October 2012 Semi-finals	Bangkok Glass	0–2	Buriram United	Rajamangala Stadium
18:00 (UTC+07:00)		Report	Jerkovic 28', 61'

4 November 2012 Final	Army United	1–2	Buriram United	Suphachalasai Stadium
18:00 (UTC+07:00)	Issarapong 81'	Report	Jerković 32', 62'	Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida (Japan)

Toyota League Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss Cancelled

10 June 2012 First Round	Roi Et	2–3	Buriram United	Roi Et Province Stadium
18:00 (UTC+7)	Kennedy 16' Thanom 46'	Report	Acheampong 53' Sarif 90+2' Suchao 90+4' (pen.)	Referee: Surapon Sawangjit

11 July 2012 Second Round	Hat Yai	0–1	Buriram United	Jiranakorn Stadium
18:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Chalermsuk 50'

22 August 2012 Third Round	Samut Prakan United	0–1	Buriram United	Samut Prakan United Stadium
18:00 (UTC+7)		Report	Honda 45+1'

5 September 2012 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Buriram United	1–1	BEC Tero Sasana	Thunder Castle Stadium
18:00 (UTC+7)	Anthony 61'	Report	Cleiton 4'

15 September 2012 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	BEC Tero Sasana	2–2 (3–3 a agg.)	Buriram United	Thephasadin Stadium
18:00 (UTC+7)	Cleiton 44', 53'	Report	Jerković 73' Pratum 90+4'	Referee: Pathan Nasawang

26 September 2012 Semi-finals 1st leg	Bangkok Glass	2–3	Buriram United	Leo Stadium
18:00 (UTC+7)	Chatree 75' Ajayi 90+1'	Report	Honda 23' Jerković 67' Herman 90+5' (pen.)

17 October 2012 Semi-finals 2 leg	Buriram United	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Bangkok Glass	Thunder Castle Stadium
19:00 (UTC+7)	Adisak 76'	Report

10 November 2012 Final	Ratchaburi	1–4	Buriram United	Thammasat Stadium
18:00 (UTC+7)	Adisak 64' (o.g.)	Report	Herman 35' Jerković 43', 87' Ibáñez 62'

AFC Champions Leagues[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GEG	KSR	JHM	BRU
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–1	1–3	1–2
2	Kashiwa Reysol	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	5–1	1–0
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	3	0	3	10	15	−5	9		1–5	0–2	—	3–2
4	Buriram United	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6		1–2	3–2	0–2	—

Source: WorldFootball.net
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Guangzhou Evergrande and Kashiwa Reysol are ranked by their head-to-head record (Guangzhou Evergrande: 4 pts; Kashiwa Reysol: 1 pt).

7 March 2012 Group H	Buriram United	3 – 2	Kashiwa Reysol	Thunder Castle Stadium, Buriram
18:30 UTC+07:00	Jirawat 11', 78' Jadigerov 39'	Report	Tanaka 55' Sakai 65'	Attendance: 15,089^[2] Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

21 March 2012 Group H	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–2	Buriram United	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+08:00	Cléo 69'	Report	Suchao 61' (pen.) Acheampong 79'	Attendance: 38,052 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

4 April 2012 Group H	Buriram United	0–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
18:30 UTC+07:00		Report	Lee Seung-Hyun 9' Seo Sang-Min 34'	Attendance: 22,770 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

17 April 2012 Group H	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–2	Buriram United	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
19:00 UTC+09:00	Lee Dong-Gook 25', 27' Park Won-Jae 80'	Report	Ohandza 20', 56'	Attendance: 6,432 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarooni (UAE)

1 May 2012 Group H	Kashiwa Reysol	1–0	Buriram United	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
19:00 UTC+09:00	Ricardo Lobo 15' Leandro Domingues 23' 23'	Report	Ekwalla 4' 41'<be>Chalermpong Kerdkaew 90'	Attendance: 8,099 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

15 May 2012 Group H	Buriram United	1–2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Buriram Stadium, Buriram
18:30 UTC+07:00	Suriya 57'	Report	Gao Lin 49' Conca 90+1' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

References[edit]

^ "First Team from TPL official website". Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
^ Buriram United vs. Kashiwa Reysol report–Soccerway

[table_note_res_QPO0.67321274880004-2] Buriram United qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League as winners of the 2012 Thai FA Cup.

[table_hth_GEG0.20108860041997-3] Guangzhou Evergrande and Kashiwa Reysol are ranked by their head-to-head record (Guangzhou Evergrande: 4 pts; Kashiwa Reysol: 1 pt).

[1] "First Team from TPL official website". Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2019-06-19.

[4] Buriram United vs. Kashiwa Reysol report–Soccerway

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