Origins: "Provincial Electricity Authority" (1970–2009) The club was founded in 1970, but their first big success came in 1998 by winning the third division of the
Kor Royal Cup. The club was then promoted to the
Thai Division 1 League. In 2002–03 the club finished third in the second division. They then competed the
Thai League 1 Relegation play-off, but lost the final match 0–1 to
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly. A year later, they succeeded at the end of season 2003–04 with promotion to the Thai Premier League.
PEA surprised everyone by becoming the league runner-up at the end of their first Premier League season. Being the runner-up entitled the club to participate in the
AFC Champions League. It was the first participation in an international competition for the club. However, the club was excluded from the competition. In the following two seasons, 2006 and 2007, the PEA finished 10th and 8th. In 2008
Provincial Electricity Authority relocated to
Ayutthaya and played at
Ayutthaya Province Stadium, where they gained a bigger fan base. The club played under the nickname of
Faifa Ayutthaya (Electric Ayutthaya) from media and its fans. Under the head coach
Prapol Pongpanich, PEA eventually won their first league title in
Thai League 1. The club qualified for the
2009 AFC Champions League preliminary round. In 2009, PEA was eliminated from the
2009 AFC Champions League after losing 1–4 to
Singapore Armed Forces in extra-time at
Rajamangala Stadium. PEA began their title defence campaign of the
Thai Premier League with some poor performances. Prapon Pongpanich was sacked in the middle of the season and replaced by former Thailand national team head coach
Thongsuk Sampahungsith. The club finished in ninth place out of sixteen in the final standings.
Breath of Buriram (2010–2013) is the first chairman of the club, serving from 2009 to the present. In December 2009, it was announced that a politician based in
Buriram,
Newin Chidchob was to take over the club. He had already tried unsuccessfully to take over
TOT SC and
Royal Thai Army Newin relocated the club to
Buriram in
Isan and rebranded it to
Buriram PEA Football Club. Buriram PEA inherited most of the players from the former PEA club including the stars like
Rangsan Viwatchaichok,
Apichet Puttan and
Theerathon Bunmathan.
Pongphan Wongsuwan who was a long-time head coach of
TOT SC was instated as a coach. Thailand national team member
Suchao Nuchnum of TOT SC also followed his coach to the new team. Buriram PEA finished their first season after the transition as the runner-up of the
2010 Thai Premier League. The club reached the final of the
2010 Thai League Cup but lost 0–1 to
Thai Port at
Supachalasai Stadium.
The Greatest in Thailand In 2011, Buriram PEA under the head coach of
Attaphol Buspakom, completed their 2011 season with the domestic
treble by winning all three Thai major trophies. Buriram won
2011 Thai Premier League with 85 points, the highest record in the league history. They beat the arch-rival
Muangthong United in the
2011 Thai FA Cup final and clinched their first
Thai FA Cup title. Following the success in two other competitions, Buriram avenged their
previous year League Cup final defeat against the same opponent,
Thai Port, and won the
2010 Thai League Cup. Buriram PEA became the first Thai club to win the treble in a season. in 2011 before it was expanded in 2013|243x243px Buriram's stadium "The Thunder Castle", was built in 2011 – when it became the first Thailand football stadium without a running track on the side of the field and it was also recorded in the Guinness World Records as the FIFA standard football field with the shortest construction time of 256 days. At the start of the 2012 season, the club was renamed Buriram United Football Club. In the first match of the group stages of the
2012 AFC Champions League, Buriram beat the
2011 J-League champion,
Kashiwa Reysol, 3–2 and became "the first Thai and South East Asian club" to earn a victory against a
J-League club in
ACL since starting the Champions League system in 2003. In the second match, Buriram was the visiting team against the
2011 CSL Champion,
Guangzhou Evergrande. Buriram also became "the first Thai and South East Asian club" to earn a victory against a Chinese club "in China" after beating
Guangzhou Evergrande 1–2 in
Tianhe Stadium from
Suchao Nuchnum and
Frank Acheampong's goals. That match was the end of a two-year unbeaten home record for Guangzhou. serves as a symbol for the team. The club logo incorporates elements from the historical ancient stone castle
Phanom Rung.
2013 & 2015 - Quadruple season In 2014, under Spanish head coach
Alejandro Menéndez, Buriram United became the first Thai club to achieve the
quadruple by winning 4 trophies in the calendar year. The campaign included the titles of
Kor Royal Cup,
Thai League T1,
Thai FA Cup and
Thai League Cup. The league season was also finished with the first i
nvincible title for the club, the second Thai team to have achieved such a feat, after
Muangthong United in
2012.
Alexandre Gama era (2014–2016) In 2014, Brazilian coach
Alexandre Gama was appointed to guide Buriram United and in his first season, he helped the club to retained the
2014 Thai Premier League. The following season, he guided Buriram United to, once again, winning all four of the competitions in the 2015 calendar year :
2015 Kor Royal Cup,
2015 Thai Premier League,
2015 Thai FA Cup,
2015 Thai League Cup and also the
2015 Mekong Club Championship. Moreover, the 2015 Buriram United won the
2015 Thai Premier League with an unbeaten record. The Brazilian forward
Diogo Luis Santo broke the top scoring record with 33 goals from 32 games and received
Thai League T1 Top Scorer and
Player of the Year Awards at the end of the year and
Theerathon Bunmathan got top assists with 19 assists from 32 games in left back position. In 2016, Gama guided the club to win the
2016 Toyota Premier Cup and
2016 Kor Royal Cup before he stepped down as the club coach on 22 May 2016.
Strike back In August 2016, club owner Newin Chidchob admitted he was disappointed that his team's bid to defend their league title that season was over. Buriram United then appointed Serbian
Ranko Popović as the club manager to fill the vacant role after the dismissal of Iranian head coach
Afshin Ghotbi and former coach
Božidar Bandović returned as the technical director of the club. In June 2017, Ranko Popović has resigned as head coach after receiving a three-month ban by the
Thai FA for slapping the face of
Bangkok United physio Andy Schillinger following a heated argument after Buriram United beat the capital side 2–1. Buriram United announced that they promoted Božidar Bandović to head coach from his position as technical director of football. In the same year, the club won the
2017 Thai League 1 and created history by claiming 86 points - the club's highest points in a single season. In 2018, after finishing as league champions in the 2017 season, Buriram secured direct qualification into the
2018 AFC Champions League. In the group stages, a home, Buriram beat Japanese club
Cerezo Osaka 2–0 and Korean club
Jeju United 1–0 and drew 1–1 with Chinese club
Guangzhou Evergrande. The club lost 4–3 on aggregate in the round of 16, against Korean side
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. In the same year, Buriram comfortably retained the
2018 Thai League 1 title with a record 87 points. Bozidar Bandovic received
Thai League 1 Coach of the Year Award at the end of the season.
Masatada Ishii era (2021–2023) On 1 December 2021, Buriram appointed Japanese head coach
Masatada Ishii. In his first season, Buriram won the
2021–22 Thai League 1,
2021–22 Thai FA Cup and the
2021–22 Thai League Cup. The following season, Buriram managed to retain all their three trophies, including the
2022–23 Thai League 1,
2022–23 Thai FA Cup and the
2022–23 Thai League Cup, becoming the first club to retain all of the possible trophies in the country.
Thunderstrike era (2024–present) In preparation for the new season, in which Buriram will also compete in the
2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite and the recently revived
2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship region tournament, the club signed Philippines goalkeeper
Neil Etheridge, who has played in the
English Premier League with
Cardiff City. Buriram also signed a few notable key players like former Australian national
Curtis Good. Buriram were then drawn in a group alongside Vietnamese club
Công An Hà Nội, Singaporean club
Lion City Sailors, Malaysian club
Kuala Lumpur City, Philippines club
Kaya—Iloilo and Indonesian club
Borneo Samarinda. On 17 September 2024, Buriram managed to hold off Japanese club
Vissel Kobe to a goalless draw at home, with both teams earning a point in the AFC Champions League Elite. Buriram registered the highest ever victory in the ASEAN Club Championship history, beating Philippines Kaya—Iloilo 7–0, with
Lucas Crispim scoring a hat-trick in the match on 26 September. Buriram United then travelled to Australia to face
Central Coast Mariners on 1 October in the AFC Champions League Elite fixture, where Buriram United came out victorious in a 2–1 win. On 15 January 2025, Buriram recorded their highest win in the top flight division where they thrashed
Chiangrai United 8–0. Four days later, Buriram broke their own record by thrashing
Khon Kaen United 9–0.
Suphanat Mueanta recorded a hat-trick of goals and assist, and
Martin Boakye scored a hat-trick in the game as well. Buriram then qualified to the semi-finals of the{{football squad on pitch|align=right During the draw of the
2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship on 4 July 2025, Buriram United was then draw in Group A alongside league rival,
BG Pathum United, Vietnamese club
Công An Hà Nội, Malaysian club,
Selangor and Singaporean club
Tampines Rovers.
Buriram United fourth consecutive domestic trebles champions squad ==Team image==