2009 Thai Division 1 League

Thai Division 1 League
Season	2009
Champions	Police United
Promoted	Police United Royal Thai Army Sisaket
Relegated	Surat Thani Thai Airways-Ban Bueng Nakhon Sawan
Top goalscorer	Wutthipong Kerdkul (Rattana Bundit) (27)
Biggest home win	Police United 16-1 Nakhon Sawan
Biggest away win	Nakhon Sawan 0-8 Royal Thai Air Force
Highest scoring	Police United 16-1 Nakhon Sawan
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The 2009 Thai Division 1 League has 16 teams.

1 Rules
2 Prize money
3 Member clubs
4 Pre Season Playoff
- 4.1 Play-offs
- 4.2 Bracket
  - 4.2.1 Semi finals
  - 4.2.2 Final
5 Final league table
6 Results
7 Top scorers
8 References
9 External links

Rules

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis
3 Points for a win
1 Point for a draw
Teams finishing on same points at the end of the season use head-to-head record to determine finishing position.
The top three teams will be promoted to Premier League.
The top team as champions.
The bottom three teams will be relegated to Division 2.

Prize money

Champion : 700,000 Baht
Runner-up : 300,000 Baht
Third Place : 200,000 Baht
Fourth Place : 100,000 Baht
Fifth Place : 50,000 Baht
Sixth Place : 40,000 Baht
Seventh Place : 20,000 Baht

Member clubs

Club	Province	Home Stadium	Capacity
Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi Stadium	3,500
Khonkaen	Khon Kaen	Khonkaen Stadium
Nakhon Sawan	Nakhon Sawan	Nakhon Sawan Sports School Stadium		Reprive after Army Welfare Department withdrew
Customs Department	Bangkok	Kasem Bundit University Stadium	2,000	Relegated from Thailand Premier League
Prachinburi	Prachinburi	Prachinburi Central Sports Stadium	3,196	Promoted from Thailand Division 2 League
PTT	Bangkok	Chonburi Physical Education Institute Stadium
Rattana Bundit	Bangkok	Rattana Bundit University Stadium
Royal Thai Air Force	Bangkok	Thupatemee Stadium	20,000
Royal Thai Army	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium	20,000	Relegated from Thailand Premier League
Police United	Bangkok	Klong Chan Sports Center
Songkhla	Songkhla	Jiranakorn Stadium	20,000	Promoted from Thailand Division 2 League
Sisaket	Sisaket	Sinakhonlamduan Stadium	9,773	Promoted from Thailand Division 2 League
Suphanburi	Suphanburi	Suphanburi Municipality Stadium
Surat Thani	Surat Thani	Surat Thani Stadium	10,000
Thai Airways-Ban Bueng	Chonburi	Beer Chang Stadium	3,518
Thai Honda	Bangkok	72-years Anniversary Stadium	5,000	Won Pre Season Playoff

Bangkok Bank FC (Relegated from Thailand Premier League) ¹

^{Bangkok Bank FC withdrew from the league before the season began. FAT therefore decided that to fill the league with 16 teams, they would run a pre-season competition featuring the 4 relegated clubs from the Thailand Division 1 League 2008 season.}

Pre Season Playoff

The winners of the Pre Season Playoff would fill the void left by Bangkok Bank FC, after they withdrew from the league after being relegated from the Thailand Premier League.

The four semi finalist's in the play-offs, are the four relegated clubs from the 2008 season of the Thailand Division 1 League.

Play-offs

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

25 January 2009 - Bangkok
Thai Honda	1
Raj Vithi	0

		1 February 2009 - Bangkok
		Thai Honda	4
		Nakhon Sawan	0



25 January 2009 - Phichit
Phitsanulok	1
Nakhon Sawan	2

Semi finals

2009-01-25 18:00 UTC+7	Thai Honda	1-0	Raj Vithi	72-years Anniversary Stadium
				72-years Anniversary Stadium

2009-01-25 16:00 UTC+7	Phitsanulok	1-2	Nakhon Sawan	Phichit Stadium
				Phichit Stadium

Final

2009-02-01 18:00 UTC+7	Thai Honda	4-0	Nakhon Sawan	72-years Anniversary Stadium
	Sutin Anukoon 35' Chommanan Sookkaserm 76', 79' Prasert Rookprailee 85'			72-years Anniversary Stadium

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Notes
1	Police United	30	19	8	3	76	25	+51	65
2	Royal Thai Army (R)	30	18	8	4	55	18	+37	62
3	Sisaket (PR)	30	15	13	2	53	26	+27	58
4	Khonkaen	30	16	7	7	49	36	+13	55
5	Prachinburi (PR)	30	13	5	12	34	30	+4	44
6	Royal Thai Air Force	30	12	6	12	45	36	+9	42	Head to Head draw 1-1
7	Songkhla (PR)	30	10	12	8	32	29	+3	42	Head to Head draw 1-1
8	Rattana Bundit	30	11	8	11	58	56	+2	41
9	Customs Department (R)	30	9	11	10	33	36	-3	38
10	PTT FC	30	9	9	12	53	49	+4	36	Head to Head PTT win 4-2
11	Thai Honda	30	8	12	10	30	35	-5	36	Head to Head PTT win 4-2
12	Suphanburi	30	9	6	15	40	50	-10	33
13	Chanthaburi	30	8	8	14	50	61	-11	32
14	Surat Thani	30	8	6	16	39	58	-19	30	Head to Head Surat Thani win 4-1
15	Thai Airways-Ban Bueng	30	7	9	14	36	50	-14	30	Head to Head Surat Thani win 4-1
16	Nakhon Sawan	30	1	6	23	34	122	-88	9

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd match win; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored

	Champion and promotion spot for the Premier League
	Promotion spot for the Premier League
	Relegation spots to Division 2
(R)	Relegated
(PR)	Promoted

Results

Last updated October 17, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1. Nakhon Sawan		2-7	0-3	1-6	1-1	2-2	2-3	0-8	0-5	0-3	0-0	3-5	2-3	1-3	1-1	0-3
2. Chanthaburi	4-3		1-1	4-2	3-2	5-3	1-1	1-0	2-2	2-3	1-2	1-3	2-1	3-2	2-2	1-2
3. Customs	3-1	2-0		0-2	1-0	1-1	3-2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-1	2-2	4-2	2-0
4. Khonkaen	0-0	3-2	1-0		1-0	2-1	0-1	3-0	1-0	1-1	1-1	2-2	5-3	1-0	1-0	1-1
5. Prachinburi	5-0	1-0	1-0	0-1		1-0	3-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	1-1	2-0
6. PTT	6-1	1-1	5-1	3-4	2-3		2-1	0-3	0-2	2-3	1-1	0-0	2-1	3-0	3-1	1-1
7. Rattana Bundit	6-2	5-1	1-1	0-2	2-0	4-2		1-0	2-4	1-2	1-1	3-3	0-1	2-2	4-3	1-0
8. Air Force	4-3	3-1	0-1	2-0	1-0	4-1	2-0		1-1	2-3	1-0	0-4	0-0	2-0	1-1	5-1
9. Army	10-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	2-1	1-0	1-1	2-2		0-0	1-0	1-2	3-0	3-0	3-1	1-0
10. Police	16-1	3-0	3-1	3-1	3-0	2-2	2-1	2-0	2-1		3-0	1-2	2-0	4-1	1-1	2-0
11. Songkhla	4-1	1-1	0-0	2-1	2-1	1-0	2-2	0-1	1-1	3-1		1-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-1
12. Sisaket	2-1	0-0	5-1	2-2	3-1	0-0	5-1	3-0	0-0	1-1	0-0		1-0	3-1	1-0	0-0
13. Suphanburi	1-3	4-2	2-1	3-0	3-3	0-0	2-4	3-1	0-1	1-3	1-0	1-2		2-2	2-3	0-0
14. Surat Thani	2-2	2-2	0-2	2-3	0-0	2-3	5-4	1-0	0-1	0-7	1-2	2-0	4-2		2-0	0-1
15. Thai Airways	3-1	1-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	0-4	1-2	2-1	0-1	0-0	4-3	0-2	1-2	1-2		3-3
16. Thai Honda	3-0	3-0	1-1	0-1	2-1	1-3	1-1	1-0	1-4	0-0	1-0	1-1	1-1	0-1	1-1

Source : Football Association of Thailand website ^[1]

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