# 2018 Buriram United F.C. season

The 2018 season is Buriram United's 7th season in the Thai League. The club enters the season as the Thai League champions, and will participate in the 2018 Thai League. They are the defending champions and will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup, Champions Cup and AFC Champions League.

## Club information

| Owner | Newin Chidchob |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Chang Arena (32,600 / 4,046 m$^2$) |
| Training Ground | Chang Training Ground, Buriram Buriram United Football Camp, Samut Prakan |
Source: Club

## Squad information

    As of 29 June 2018
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Siwarak Tedsungnoen | GK | (1984-04-20) 20 April 1984 (age 40) |
| 29 | Yotsapon Teangdar | GK | (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 32) |
| 99 | Kevin Sangsamanan | GK | (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Pansa Hemviboon | DF | (1990-07-08) 8 July 1990 (age 34) |
| 5 | Andrés Túñez | DF | (1987-03-15) 15 March 1987 (age 37) |
| 11 | Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri | DF | (1988-03-19) 19 March 1988 (age 36) |
| 13 | Narubadin Weerawatnodom | DF | (1994-07-12) 12 July 1994 (age 30) |
| 14 | Chitipat Tanklang | DF | (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 33) |
| 23 | Chris Herd | DF | (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35) |
| 33 | Sarayut Sompim | DF | (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 27) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Sasalak Haiprakhon | MF | (1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 29) |
| 8 | Suchao Nuchnum | MF | (1983-05-17) 17 May 1983 (age 41) |
| 10 | Jakkaphan Kaewprom | MF | (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36) |
| 16 | Yoo Jun-soo | MF | (1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 36) |
| 19 | Supachok Sarachat | MF | (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 26 | Ratthanakorn Maikami | MF | (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 27) |
| 27 | Siwarut Pholhirun | MF | (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996 (age 28) |
| 31 | Anuwat Noicheunphan | MF | (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36) |
| 77 | Mehti Sarakham | MF | (1999-05-21) 21 May 1999 (age 25) |
| Strikers |||||
| 9 | Supachai Jaided | FW | (1998-12-01) 1 December 1998 (age 26) |
| 17 | Osvaldo | FW | (1987-04-11) 11 April 1987 (age 37) |
| 20 | Javier Patiño | FW | (1988-02-14) 14 February 1988 (age 37) |
| 40 | Diogo | FW | (1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 37) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 1st leg |||||||
| – | MF | Apichart Denman | Phuket | Undisclosed | 30 November 2017 |
| – | MF | Mehti Sarakham | Suankularb | Undisclosed | 3 December 2017 |
| – | FW | Edgar | Al-Duhail | Undisclosed | 19 December 2017 |
| – | GK | Kevin Sangsamanan | Vallentuna BK | Undisclosed | 20 December 2017 |
| – | DF | Sasalak Haiprakhon | Bangkok United | Undisclosed | 25 December 2017 |
| – | DF | Sarayut Sompim | Bangkok United | Undisclosed | 26 December 2017 |
| – | FW | Hoàng Vũ Samson | Hà Nội | Undisclosed | 29 December 2017 |
| – | DF | Ekkaluck Thonghkit | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | Undisclosed | 30 December 2017 |
| 2nd leg |||||||
| 20 | FW | - Javier Patiño | Henan Jianye | Undisclosed | 23 April 2017 |
| 31 | MF | Anuwat Noicheunphan | Chainat Hornbill | Undisclosed | 23 May 2017 |
| 17 | FW | Osvaldo | Fortaleza | Undisclosed | 23 May 2017 |
| 23 | DF | Chris Herd | Western Sydney Wanderers | Undisclosed | 28 June 2017 |

### Loan in

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| 2nd leg |||||||
| 27 | MF | Siwarut Pholhirun | Ratchaburi Mitr Phol | 23 May 2018 | 30 November 2018 | |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End |
| 1st leg |||||||
| — | MF | Baramee Limwattana | Chainat Hornbill | 28 November 2017 | 30 November 2018 |
| — | GK | Kwanchai Suklom | Prachuap | 30 November 2017 | 30 November 2018 |
| — | DF | Peerawat Akkatam | Prachuap | 30 November 2017 | 30 November 2018 |
| — | MF | Apichart Denman | Prachuap | 30 November 2017 | 30 November 2018 |
| — | DF | Abdulhafiz Bueraheng | PTT Rayong | 24 December 2017 | 30 November 2018 |
| — | MF | Go Seul-ki | Incheon United | 11 January 2018 | 30 November 2018 |
| 2nd leg |||||||
| — | MF | Luke Woodland | Suphanburi | 29 June 2018 | 30 November 2018 |

## Kit
### Domestic competitions

Supplier: Made by club / Sponsor: Chang
| Home | Away | Third | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

### ACL special

Supplier: Warrix Sports / Sponsor: Chang
| Home | Away |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Thai League | 9 February 2018 | 7 October 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 082.35 |
| FA Cup | 27 June 2018 | 27 October 2018 | First round | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 066.67 |
| League Cup | 13 June 2018 | 19 September 2018 | First round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Champions Cup | 19 January 2018 | 19 January 2018 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 14 February 2018 | 15 May 2018 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 112 | 47 | +65 | 071.70 |
Last updated: 27 October 2018 Source: Competitions

### Thai League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Buriram United (C, Q) | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 87 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Bangkok United (Q) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 71 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 |
| 3 | Port | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 73 | 45 | +28 | 61 | |
| 4 | Muangthong United | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 59 | |
| 5 | Chiangrai United (Q) | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 55 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 |
* ↑ Chiangrai United qualified to the 2019 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 as winners of the 2018 Thai FA Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### AFC Champions League

Buriram United qualified for the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League due to finishing champion in the 2017 Thai League.

#### Group stage

Buriram United is staying on group G, with Guangzhou Evergrande (2017 Chinese Super League champion), Jeju United (2017 K League Classic runners-up), and Cerezo Osaka (2017 J.League Cup champion).
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GZE | BUR | CER | JEJ |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Buriram United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Jeju United | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions Cup | Champions Cup | AFC Champion League | AFC Champion League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Siwarak Tedsungnoen | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Pansa Hemviboon | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Pravinwat Boonyong | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Andrés Túñez | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Sasalak Haiprakhon | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Anon Amornlerdsak | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Suchao Nuchnum | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Supachai Jaided | 3+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jakkaphan Kaewprom | 14+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri | 13+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Narubadin Weerawatnodom | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Chitipat Tanklang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Yoo Jun-soo | 15+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Ekkaluck Thonghkit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Supachok Sarachat | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Javier Patiño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Edgar | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ratthanakorn Maikami | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Yotsapon Teangdar | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Sarayut Sompim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Diogo | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 49 | FW | Hoàng Vũ Samson | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | Kritsana Daokrajai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | Suphanat Mueanta | 0+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | Kevin Sangsamanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | — | Own goals | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
    Correct as of match played on 27 October 2018
Left club during season
| No. | Pos. | Player | Thai League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions Cup | Champions League | TOTAL |
| 1 | 40 | Diogo | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| 2 | 23 | Edgar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | 9 | Supachai Jaided | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 20 | Javier Patiño | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 11 | Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | Pansa Hemviboon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 | Jakkaphan Kaewprom | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 16 | Yoo Jun-soo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 19 | Supachok Sarachat | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | Andrés Túñez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | Sasalak Haiprakhon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 17 | Osvaldo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 54 | Suphanat Mueanta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 13 | Narubadin Weerawatnodom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 26 | Ratthanakorn Maikami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 76 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 112 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.
    Correct as of match played on 27 October 2018
| No. | Player | Match played | Thai League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions Cup | TOTAL |
| 1 | Siwarak Tedsungnoen | 49 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 29 | Yotsapon Teangdar | 4 (1) | 0 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |