The Tuk confirms Samut Prakan will be eliminated from the professional league. The board of directors will meet on March 3 to decide on membership.
From the case of “Kheaw Samut” Samut Prakan City, a football club in the Thai League (Thai League 2), having serious financial problems to the point of being unable to pay the players’ salaries or even pay the stadium rental fee, resulting in being unable to send a เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง team to compete in the second leg of the 2024-25 season before being ordered by the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee to be punished by being removed from membership and fined another 2 million baht.
“The Tuk” Lt. Col. Piyapong Pue-on, spokesman for the Football Association of Thailand. Revealed that the association’s executive board has not yet received a decision from the disciplinary committee on how to decide on Samut Prakan City. The board will meet on March 3rd. If the disciplinary committee forwards the matter, the committee will likely make a resolution in the same direction as the proposal. Therefore, the chance that Samut Prakan will be able to play in a professional football league is no longer possible.
Capt. Piyapong added that the problem is the club’s finances, which almost all clubs in Thailand have similar problems right now. Because the main factor in making a football team is the sponsors. As far as I know, Samut Prakan has had problems with sponsors since the first leg. The executives tried to hold on to let the team compete, but in the end they had to let it go, even though they love football and want to make a football team.
“In the past, the Football Association, led by Ms. Pang (Nualphan Lamsam), the association president, has always tried to help the team. Not only Samut Prakan City, but there are many other teams in both Thai League 2 and Thai League 3, whether it is personal money or bringing Muang Thai Insurance Public Company Limited to support. But we have to accept that the association cannot help with everything. The team has to try to help itself as well.”
The Tuk said at the end that Samut Prakan having to stop the team this time is a big problem that affects the image of Thai football. In the past, the association’s executive committee tried to find a way to prevent this from happening. There was an initial discussion that we might have to bring back the bank guarantee measure, where every club must have reserve money to prevent players from not receiving their wages, which could cause problems leading to lawsuits with the International Football Federation (FIFA), which would be a big problem.