Ok, it's been a while since i did an update, and a few thigns have changed in the world of Thai football and seem's things are becoming a bit more professional: Premier League starts on 7th March, games will be played on a Saturday and Sunday (4 each day). Divison's One and two normally follow a couple of week's later. Division 2 has been split into 5 regions, North, North east (Issan), Bangkok-Central, Central-East and South. Club Buyouts Bangkok Glass bought the Premier League status of Krung Thai Bank Pattaya United bought the Premier League status of Coke-Bangpra Clubs Disbanding Coke-Bangpra folded after being bought out by Pattaya United Bangkok Bank folded after being relegated in 2008. Club Name Changes Bangkok University become Bangkok United Thailand Tobacco Monopoly become TTM Samut Sakhon Port Authority of Thailand become Thai Port Royal Thai Navy become Rajnavy Rayong Clubs are being encouraged to form closer links with the communites they are based in, hence a few name changes. New Clubs Phuket have formed a team after the recent success of the King's Cup and AFF Cup. They will start in Division 2 South. Mudaken will start life in the Division 2 North East and will play games in Laos. A new club in Ayutthaya FC may be formed due to a dispute with PEA of the Premier League, fans want a club name change, but owners still want the 'business' name Coaching Changes Chonburi have hired Kiatisuk Senamuang to replace Jadet Meelarp TTM Samut Sakhon have hired Attaphol Puspakom to replace Prajak Weangsong Queen's Cup The Queen's Cup is currently in progress, and thus far has been a success. It is currently at the Final Group Phase. It is the first time the competition has been played since 2006.
Been a while since I last updated on here, mainly due to re-making of the whole Thai Structure. But here goes: Thailand Premier League 3 games into the season: Round One PEA 0 - 1 Osotsapa M-150 (Ayutthaya Stadium) Chonburi 1 - 0 BEC Tero Sasana (Princess Sirindhorn Stadium) Bangkok Glass 1 - 1 TOT (Leo Stadium) Samut Songkhram 3 - 0 Chula Utd (Samut Songkhram Stadium) Bangkok Utd 0 - 0 Nakhon Pathom (Thai-Japanese Stadium) Pattaya Utd 1 - 1 Sriracha (Nongprue Municipality Football Field) Muang Thong Utd 3 - 0 Thai Port (Thunderdome Sport Complex) Rajnavy Rayong 0 - 3 TTM Samut Sakhon (Rayong Stadium) Round Two 15.03.2009 Sriracha FC 0-3 Thai Port 15.03.2009 Nakhon Pathom FC 3-1 Pattaya United 15.03.2009 Muang Thong United 2-1 Rajnavy Rayong 15.03.2009 Samut Songkhram 0-1 TOT FC 14.03.2009 Chonburi FC 1-0 Osotsapa FC 14.03.2009 Bangkok Utd 2-1 TTM Samut Sakhon 14.03.2009 BEC Tero Sasana 0-1 Provincial Electricity Authority 14.03.2009 Chula United 1-2 Bangkok Glass Round Three March 21 Bangkok Glass 1 v 0 Sriracha (Leo Stadium) Chula United 0 v 2 Thai Port (Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium) TTM Samut Sakhon 1 v 2 BEC Tero Sasana (Samut Sakhon Stadium) March 22 TOT 0 v 0 Muang Thong United (Thai Army Sports Stadium) Nakhon Pathom 0 v 1 Osotsapa M-150 (Kastetsart Kamphengsan Stadium) PEA 2 v 0 Bangkok United (Ayutthaya Stadium) Rajnavy Rayong 2 v 0 Samut Songkhram (Rayong Stadium) Pattaya United 0 v 0 Chonburi (Nongprue Municipality Football Field) Division One Season just kicked off this weekend: March 21 Chanthaburi 2 - 3 Police United (Chanthaburi Stadium) PTT 2 - 1 Rattana Bundit (Chonburi Physical Education Institute Stadium) Suphanburi 3 - 0 Khonkaen (Suphanburi Municipality Stadium) March 22 Prachinburi 0 - 0 Royal Thai Air Force (Prachinburi Central Sports Stadium) Thai Airways 1 - 2 Surat Thani (Banbung Stadium) Thai Honda 3 - 0 Nakhon Sawan (72-years Anniversary Stadium) Songkhla 1 - 1 Sisaket (Jiranakorn Stadium, Hat Yai) Division 2 (Regional League) Division 2 has been re-branded as the Regional League and comprises 5 leagues; North, North East, Bangkok, Central East and South. Not quite sure on the formats, some teams have 11 teams, some have 10 and one with 8. Group winners will no doubt go into an end of seson playoff for promotion. Season starts this weekend, with Phuket hosting Satun live on National tv
RHB Singapore Cup 2009 The 4 Foreign sides are confirmed - Pelita Jaya (Indonesian Super Liga) - Bangkok Glass (Thai Premier League) - TTM Samut Sakhon, formerly Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC, (Thai Premier League) - Phnom Penh Crown, formerly Phnom Penh Empire, (Cambodian League champions) They will joined the 12 S-league teams Local clubs - Balestier Khalsa - Geylang United - Gombak United - Home United - SAFFC (Double Champions) - Sengkang Punggol - Tampines Rovers - Woodlands Wellington - Young Lions Foreign clubs - Albirex Niigata (S) - DPMM Brunei - Super Reds
Coaching Changes Muang Thong United coach Surasak Tansurat has moved to coach the junior team. His replacement is the much travelled Attaphol Buspakom. Buspakom was recently in charge of TTM Samut Sakon, who have yet to announce an replacement. Buspakom has also been in charge of BEC Tero Sasana, whom he took the ACL Final in 2003 and Krung Thai Bank and Geylang Utd of Singapore.
FA Cup - Making a comeback After years of absence, Thailand's FA Cup will make a return starting from June 27. The final of the knock-out tournament will be held at Supachalasai stadium on Oct 27, said Ong-art Kosinkha, secretary-general of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT). All local sides including those in the Provincial League and Division One, Two, Three and Four are encouraged to take part in the event. Teams from outside the Thai Premier League and Division One will have to play the first round and Division One sides will join them in the second round. Teams from the top flight will begin their campaign in the third round in a format similar to that of the English FA Cup. Interested sides have to apply to take part in the tournament from June 13-20 at the FAT headquarters and the draw for the first round will be made on June 23. The champions will receive one million baht in prize money and the runners-up get 500,000 baht
Current League Standings: TPL Standings 1 Bangkok Glass 13 7 6 0 17 9 +8 27 2 Muang Thong United (PR) 13 7 5 1 18 8 +10 26 3 Chonburi 12 7 3 2 20 13 +7 24 4 Osotsapa M-150 13 7 3 3 15 10 +5 24 5 Thai Port 13 5 5 3 17 14 +3 20 6 BEC Tero Sasana 13 5 4 4 19 12 +7 19 7 Bangkok United 13 4 7 2 12 14 -2 19 8 Nakhon Pathom 13 4 5 4 14 17 -3 17 9 PEA (C) 13 3 6 4 13 14 -1 15 10 TOT 13 3 6 4 14 16 -2 15 11 TTM Samut Sakhon 12 3 5 4 13 9 +4 14 12 Pattaya United 13 2 6 5 6 9 -3 12 13 Rajnavy Rayong (PR) 13 3 3 7 10 15 -5 12 14 Samut Songkhram 13 3 2 8 8 13 -5 11 15 Sriracha (PR) 13 2 3 8 8 15 -7 9 16 Chula United 13 1 5 7 10 26 -16 8 Division One Standings 1 Police United FC 11 8 3 0 29 11 +18 27 2 Royal Thai Army FC (R) 10 6 2 2 13 6 +7 20 3 Thai Honda FC 11 4 6 1 12 7 +5 18 4 Sisaket FC (PR) 11 4 5 2 15 12 +3 17 5 Suphanburi FC 11 5 1 5 15 14 +1 16 6 Khonkaen FC 10 4 4 2 13 12 +1 16 7 Prachinburi FC (PR) 10 4 3 3 12 8 +4 15 8 Thai Airways-Ban Bueng FC 11 4 3 4 12 13 -1 15 9 Songkhla FC (PR) 10 3 5 2 9 8 +1 14 10 Surat Thani FC 10 4 2 4 10 14 -4 14 11 PTT FC 11 2 6 3 15 18 -3 12 12 Chanthaburi FC 10 3 2 5 16 17 -1 11 13 Rattana Bundit FC 11 2 4 5 15 19 -4 10 14 Royal Thai Air Force FC 11 2 3 6 14 13 +1 9 15 Customs Department FC (R) 11 1 4 6 10 18 -8 7 16 Nakhon Sawan FC 11 1 3 7 10 30 -20 6 Regional League - North East Standings 1 Nakhon Ratchasima 10 6 4 0 25 7 +18 22 2 Nakhon Phanom 10 6 2 2 20 13 +7 20 3 Udon Thani 10 5 4 1 22 8 +14 19 4 Loei City 10 5 3 2 17 11 +6 18 5 Buriram 10 3 6 1 11 7 +4 15 6 Sakon Nakhon 10 4 2 4 12 14 -2 14 7 Ubon United 10 2 5 3 14 12 +2 11 8 Mukdahan-Savannakhet 10 2 5 3 10 17 -7 11 9 Mahasarakham 10 2 4 4 15 18 -3 10 10 Surin 10 1 3 6 7 11 -4 9 11 Chaiyaphum United 10 1 5 4 6 11 -5 8 12 Roi Et 10 0 1 9 5 35 -30 1 Regional League - North Standings 1 Chiangrai United 9 9 0 0 33 6 +27 27 2 Phichit 9 6 1 2 25 15 +10 19 3 Chainat 9 6 1 2 17 13 +4 19 4 Phetchabun 9 6 0 3 22 12 +10 18 5 Uttaradit 9 4 1 4 15 17 -2 13 6 Phitsanulok 9 3 2 4 17 17 0 11 7 Chiangmai United 10 3 1 6 11 17 -6 10 8 Sukhothai 9 3 1 5 6 13 -7 10 9 Kamphaeng Phet 9 2 3 4 10 16 -6 9 10 Tak 9 1 2 6 12 24 -12 5 11 Phrae 9 0 2 7 6 24 -18 2 Regional League - Central / East Standings 1 Thai Summit 10 6 3 1 23 13 +10 21 2 Samut Prakan 10 5 4 1 15 9 +6 19 3 Ayutthaya 10 4 5 1 18 11 +7 17 4 Cha Choeng Sao 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17 5 Lopburi 10 4 3 3 14 12 +2 15 6 Singburi 10 4 3 3 14 15 -1 15 7 Saraburi 10 3 5 2 18 17 +1 14 8 Rayong 10 2 5 3 6 5 +1 11 9 Ratchaburi 10 1 6 3 11 10 +1 9 10 Prachuap Khiri Khan 10 0 8 2 8 10 -2 8 11 Nakhon Nayok 10 0 5 5 5 19 -14 5 12 Rose Asia Pathum Thani 10 0 3 7 7 22 -15 3 Regional League - South Standings 1 Narathiwat 7 5 2 0 15 5 +10 17 2 Satun 7 5 2 0 23 9 +14 17 3 Nakhon Si Thammarat 7 4 2 1 19 14 +5 14 4 Pattani 7 3 1 3 14 17 -3 10 5 Krabi 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 7 6 Phuket 7 1 1 5 6 13 -7 4 7 Phattalung 7 1 1 5 6 13 -7 4 8 Yala 6 1 0 5 3 12 -9 3 Regional League - Bangkok Region Standings 1 Kasem Bundit University 9 7 1 1 27 9 +16 22 2 Raj Pracha 8 7 1 0 16 4 +12 22 3 Raj-Vithi 9 5 1 3 22 12 +10 16 4 Bangkok Christian College 8 4 1 3 13 13 0 13 5 Bangkok Bravo 9 2 4 3 8 14 -6 10 6 Bangkok North Central ASSN 8 2 3 3 7 12 -5 9 7 Rangsit University 8 2 2 4 8 12 -4 8 8 Sarawitaya 9 2 2 5 9 15 -6 8 9 Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University 9 1 4 4 7 11 -4 7 10 Kasetsart University 9 0 3 6 9 24 -15 3