Uthai Thani F.C.
Uthai Thani Football Club is a Thai professional association football club based in Uthai Thani province. The club currently plays in the Thai League 1.
History
As Air Force United (1937–2019)
Historically, Air Force United had been one of the most successful Thai football clubs. However, since the turn of the century, they hadn't achieved much success. The last silverware they won was the FA Cup back in 2001. Air Force hadn't played in the topflight of Thai football since 2004.In 2010 Thai Division 1 League, the season started off brightly for the Airmen, and by the midway point they were strong candidates for promotion. In the second half of the season, they lost form and finished in 6th spot for the second consecutive season.
The 2011 & 2012 seasons both saw Air Force United flirting with relegation before they eventually finished in mid-table. The club had to relocate to Ramkhamheang University for the latter stages of the 2011 season because their stadium was flooded due to the 2011 Thailand floods. Despite returning home for the first half of the 2012 season, the club played the second leg of the campaign at North Bangkok University while their ground was being renovated.
In the 2013 season under the stewardship of club legend Narasak Boonkleng, the team started out with two 1 goal victories followed by a frustrating 4 straight goalless draws which had the making of a long tough season. But the Airmen had a nine-game winning streak with 1 goal victories, which put the Air Force United in prime position to win promotion back to the Premier League after 10 years' absence. The 2nd Leg saw them struggle a bit, but they regrouped to pull off a series of wins to gain promotion and win the league in subsequent home games.
The 2014 season start was just a total nightmare unable to win the first twelve games until the 2–1 away victory at Singhtarua. Despite showing some sign of improvement, the club management decided to part ways with head coach Narasak Boonkleng. The club's fortunes did not improve with a seven-game winless streak followed by a nine-game winless streak to end the season and relegated back to League 1 after just one season.
The 2015 season started with Sasom Pobprasert as full-time head coach, but it started poorly with one draw and two losses in the first three games. The next four games saw massive improvement with 2 wins and 1 draw pulling out of relegation and into 13th place before the Songkran break. Another chance to show that the team had settled down was when they hosted Navy FC of Premier League in the 1st Round of the 2015 Toyota League Cup, but the team took a 1–0 lead into injury time and gave up 2 goals to be eliminated from the cup. Since being eliminated from the League Cup, the team had a 6-game unbeaten streak with 4 wins and 2 draws placing them at 3rd place in the table right before the league went on a 40-day break for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.
Rebranded as Uthai Thani (2020–''present'')
Uthai Thani Football Club was rebranded at the end of the 2019 season, following Air Force United's owner's decision to change the club's name and relocate to Uthai Thani. Uthai Thani then started off their debut season as a rebranded team in the 2020–21 season, however, the club then sees themselves relegated to the Thai League 3 sitting in 17th place in the league.In the 2020–21 season, Uthai Thani bounced back after their inaugural seasons by winning the 2021–22 Thai League 3 Northern Region and also winning the 2021–22 Thai League 3 title after defeating Krabi 3–1 in the final thus gaining promotion back to the second division.
In the 2022–23 season, Uthai Thani finished in third place where they qualified for the promotion play-offs whereby Brazilian player Ricardo Santos scored 30 league goals in two consecutive season. Uthai Thani then faced off against Suphanburi in the semi-finals where they won 5–4 on aggregate thus advancing to the final. In the final, Uthai Thani met Customs United where Uthai Thani came out victorious in a 5–2 aggregate won. This win sees Uthai Thani qualified to the top flight for the first time as a rebranded team history.
Uthai Thani then started off their top flight campaign in the 2023–24 Thai League 1 where they finished in 7th place.
Honours
As Air Force United
League
Thai League 1: 2 titlesThai League 2: 1 titlesKhǒr Royal Cup : 16 titlesKhor Royal Cup : 8 titles- '''Ngor Royal Cup : 4 titles'''
Cups
Queen's Cup: 3 titlesFA Cup: 1 titlesLeague Cup: 2 titles- '''Kor Royal Cup: 12 titles'''
As Uthai Thani
League
Thai League 3- *Champions : 2021–22Thai League 3 Northern Region
- *Champions : 2021–22
Player records
''Records as of 27 January 2026.''As Air Force United
Biggest win as 'Air Force United: 6–2 vs Kasetsart Heaviest defeats as Air Force United: 0–9 vs Chiangrai United Youngest goal scorers: Surachai Chawna ~ 18 years 2 months 29 days old Oldest goal scorers: Suchon Sa-nguandee ~ 37 years 5 months old Youngest ever debutant: Surachai Chawna ~ 18 years 2 months 29 days old Oldest ever player: Suchon Sa-nguandee ~ 37 years 7 months 17 days old''' ''As Uthai Thani
Biggest win as 'Uthai Thani: 8–1 vs Udon Thani Heaviest defeats as Uthai Thani:- * 5–1 vs Port
- * 5–1 vs Buriram United
Season by season record
| Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
- P = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
- T1 = Thai League 1
- T2 = Thai League 2
- T3 = Thai League 3
- 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
- GS = Group stage
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- RU = Runners-up
- S = Shared
- W = Winners
Continental record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying round |  |