2015 Thai Division 1 League

Thai Division 1 League
Season 2015
Matches played 99
Goals scored 269 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Tana Chanabut
(11 goals)
Biggest home win Police United 7–0 Trat
(22 April 2015)
Highest scoring Songkhla 6–2 Ayutthaya
(4 April 2015)
Longest winning run 4 games
Ang Thong
Longest unbeaten run 9 games
Police United
Highest attendance 5,248
Ang Thong 0–1 Police United
(11 March 2015)
Lowest attendance 320
TTM 2–0 Nakhon Pathom
(7 March 2015)
Total attendance 185,177
Average attendance 1,870
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2015 Thai Division 1 League (known as Yamaha League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league this season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Division 1

Promoted to Thai Premier League

Relegated to Regional League Division 2

To Division 1

Relegated from Thai Premier League

Promoted from Regional League Division 2

Teams

Stadium and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Air Force Central Pathum Thani Thupatemee Stadium 25,000
Ang Thong Ang Thong Ang Thong Stadium 6,500
Ayutthaya Ayutthaya Ayutthaya Stadium 6,000
Bangkok Bangkok 72-years Anniversary Stadium 8,000
BBCU Nonthaburi Nonthaburi Municipality Stadium 6,000
Chiangmai Chiangmai 700th Anniversary Stadium 25,000
Krabi Krabi Krabi Stadium 6,000
Nakhon Pathom United Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom Stadium 2,141
Pattaya United Pattaya Nongprue Stadium 5,000
Phichit Phichit Phichit Stadium 15,000
Phuket Phuket Surakul Stadium 15,000
Police United Bangkok Boonyachinda Stadium 2,000
Prachuap Prachuap Khiri Khan Sam Ao Stadium 7,000
PTT Rayong Rayong PTT Stadium 20,000
Samut Songkhram Bangkok Bangkokthonburi University Stadium 1,000
Songkhla United Songkhla Tinsulanon Stadium 35,000
Sukhothai Sukhothai Thung Talay Luang Stadium 8,000
Thai Honda Bangkok 72nd Anniversary Stadium 12,000
Trat Trat Trat Stadium 4,000
TTM Samut Prakan Lad Krabang 54 Stadium 2,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Shirt sponsor Kit manufacturer Captain Head coach
Air Force Central Central KELA Thailand Assawin Boonman Thailand Vitwarasak Uppathamnarakorn
Ang Thong CP Ego Sports Thailand Santat Klinyeesun Japan Koji Gyotoku
Ayutthaya Gulf Svolme Thailand Sorasak Kaewinta Japan Hiroshi Soejima
Bangkok M2F Lotto Thailand Anon Budpa Serbia Miloš Joksić
BBCU 3BB Ego Sports Thailand Kittikun Jamsuwan Japan Tsuyoshi Takano
Chiangmai Singha Warrix Thailand Noppadol Wongchan Japan Yasutoshi Miura
Krabi Thai AirAsia Ego Sports Thailand Thaweephong Ja-reanroob Thailand Vorawan Chitavanich
Nakhon Pathom Chang Kool Thailand Narentorn Rasee England Jason Withe
Pattaya United Bang & Olufsen Warrix Thailand Nataporn Phanrit England Sean Luke Sainsbury
Phichit Red Bull FBT Thailand Amnart Rakprasert Thailand Chonratit Krudtieng
Phuket Chang Grand Sport Japan Yusuke Sato Thailand Songyod Klinsrisook
Police United Chang Puma Thailand Surachart Sareepim Vacant
Prachuap — Tamudo Thailand Rangsarit Sutthisa Thailand Dusit Chalermsan
PTT Rayong PTT Group Grand Sport Thailand Narongchai Vachiraban Thailand Phayong Khunnaen
Samut Songkhram — Kool Thailand Saknarin Phusamsai Thailand Samad Amartayakul
Songkhla United I-Mobile FBT Thailand Chairat Madsiri Japan Masato Hayashi
Sukhothai Bangkok Airways Mawin Thailand Thanawat Panchang Thailand Somchai Markmool
Thai Honda Honda Kappa Thailand Napat Tapketkaew Japan Masami Taki
Trat CP Tamudo Thailand Salahudin Arware Thailand Narasak Boonkleng
TTM TTM Deffo Thailand Sutee Suksomkit Thailand Paniphon Kerdyam

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per TPL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Asian Player
Air Force Central Brazil Paulo Barbosa Ghana Issac Honey Ivory Coast Kouassi Hermann Nigeria Julius Obioh Japan Yuji Funayama
Ang Thong Brazil Alex Ruella Japan Kenta Nishioka South Korea Jung Soo-ho Trinidad and Tobago Kendall Jagdeosingh Japan Nobuhito Takahashi
Ayutthaya Brazil Valci Júnior Chile Jose Antonio Vega Japan Seiya Kojima Laos Khampheng Japan Noguchi Pinto
Bangkok F.C. Brazil Franklin Vicente Japan Suguru Hashimoto Montenegro Radomir Đalović Serbia Vladimir Zelenbaba South Korea Ahn Byung-Gun
BBCU Brazil Andre Araujo Cameroon Dooh Moukoko Japan Yuki Bamba Japan Yusuke Kato South Korea Chae Wan-Ji
Chiangmai Brazil Fernando Marques Cameroon Paul Ekollo Morocco El Mehdi Sidqy Spain Rafael Wellington South Korea Cho Kwang-Hoon
Krabi Cameroon Ludovick Takam Ivory Coast Koné Seydou Ivory Coast Laby Kassiaty Nigeria Anayo Cosmas Japan Ryohei Maeda
Nakhon Pathom Cameroon Pierre Tchangou Ghana Lesley Ablorh Ivory Coast Kone Mohamed Japan Yusei Ogasawara South Korea Woo Guen-Jeong
Pattaya United North Korea Ri Kwang-chon Peru Roberto Merino Serbia Milan Bubalo Serbia Nikola Komazec South Korea Lee Won-young
Phichit Cameroon Mbengen Isaac Ivory Coast Nenebi Tra Sylvestre Liberia Melvin Kicmett Japan Yugo Ichiyanagi
Phuket Brazil Andrezinho Brazil Ronir de Souza Cameroon Berlin Ndebe-Nlome Guinea Moussa Sylla Japan Yusuke Sato
Police United Brazil Diego Barcelos Ivory Coast Dango Siaka Japan Sho Shimoji Netherlands Adnan Barakat Australia Goran Šubara
Prachuap Brazil Erivaldo Oliveira Brazil Neto Dos Santos Cameroon Munze Ulrich South Korea Boas Chun South Korea Kwon Dae-hee
PTT Rayong Brazil Aron da Silva Haiti Yves Desmarets Ivory Coast Amadou Ouattara South Korea Kim Geun-Chul South Korea Lee Sang-Ho
Samut Songkhram Ivory Coast Bernard Kouassi Ivory Coast Marc Landry Babo Madagascar Carlos Zozimar Madagascar Heritiana Thierry South Korea Chang Seung-Weon
Songkhla United Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Serbia Darko Rakočević Spain Sergio Suárez Spain Rufo Sánchez Japan Shuhei Hotta
Sukhothai Brazil Diego Oliveira Brazil Felipe Ferreira Japan Yuto Nakagawa Madagascar John Baggio South Korea Baek Yong-sun
Thai Honda Argentina Gastón González Cameroon Walther Henri Serbia Ivan Petrović Serbia Rodoljub Paunović Japan Daiki Higuchi
Trat Nigeria Efe Obode Portugal Zezinando South Korea Yoon Si-ho Japan Seiya Sugishita
TTM Argentina Lucas Daniel Argentina Matias Recio Brazil Uilian Souza South Korea Bo Hyun-Chon South Korea Nam Dae-shik

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Police United 10 7 3 0 24 5 +19 24 Promotion to 2016 Thai Premier League
2 Ang Thong 10 6 3 1 20 8 +12 21
3 Nakhon Pathom 10 5 4 1 14 8 +6 19
4 Prachuap Khiri Khan 10 4 4 2 13 10 +3 16
5 BBCU 10 5 1 4 14 13 +1 16
6 Phuket 10 5 1 4 14 16 −2 16
7 Air Force Central 10 4 3 3 12 9 +3 15
8 Bangkok F.C. 9 4 2 3 12 11 +1 14
9 Phichit 10 3 5 2 15 15 0 14
10 Songkhla United 10 3 4 3 16 13 +3 13
11 PTT Rayong 10 3 4 3 15 14 +1 13
12 Pattaya United 9 3 3 3 13 7 +6 12
13 Sukhothai 10 3 3 4 19 18 +1 12
14 Thai Honda 10 3 3 4 11 12 −1 12
15 Chiangmai 10 2 5 3 12 18 −6 11 Relegation to the 2016 Regional League Division 2
16 Krabi 10 2 3 5 7 11 −4 9
17 Samut Songkhram 10 2 2 6 9 17 −8 8
18 TTM 10 2 2 6 7 15 −8 8
19 Trat 10 1 4 5 7 20 −13 7
20 Ayutthaya 10 1 3 6 15 28 −13 6

Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
Source: Thai Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AFA ANG AYTBANBBCCHIKRANKPPATPHIPHUPOLPUAPTTSASSONSUKTHATRATTM
Air Force Central 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0
Ang Thong 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 4–0
Ayutthaya 1–2 1–3 0–0
Bangkok F.C. 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–1
BBCU 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–0
Chiangmai 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2
Krabi 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2
Nakhon Pathom 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–0
Pattaya United 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 5–1
Phichit 2–2 4–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–1
Phuket 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–2
Police United 5–2 7–0 1–0
Prachuap 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2
PTT Rayong 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 5–2
Samut Songkhram 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1
Songkhla United 2–2 6–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
Sukhothai 5–2 1–2 1–0 5–2 0–1
Thai Honda 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Trat 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
TTM 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0

Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
Source: Thai Premier League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 April 2015. [1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Thailand Tana Chanabut Police United 11
2 Spain Rufo Sánchez Songkhla United 8
3 Brazil Alex Ruella Ang Thong 6
South Korea Woo Guen-Jeong Nakhon Pathom United
Serbia Milan Bubalo Pattaya United
Argentina Gastón González Thai Honda
7 Thailand Kritsana Taiwan Ang Thong 5
Brazil Valci Júnior Ayutthaya
Montenegro Radomir Đalović Bangkok
Cameroon Berlin Ndebe-Nlome Phuket
Brazil Felipe Ferreira Sukhothai

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Brazil Alex Ruella Ang Thong TTM 4–0 28 February 2015[2]
Spain Rufo Sánchez Songkhla United Ayutthaya 6–2 4 April 2015[3]
Serbia Milan Bubalo Pattaya United Chiangmai 5–0 8 April 2015[4]
Thailand Tana Chanabut Police United BBCU 3–0 26 April 2015[5]
Thailand Tana Chanabut4 Police United Sukhothai 5–2 29 April 2015[6]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
Coach Club Player Club
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Chiangmai 14,173 4,520 1,795 2,834
n/a
5 Phichit 16,939 3,650 1,750 2,823
n/a†
2 Ang Thong 13,704 5,248 1,150 2,740
n/a
3 Bangkok 10,865 3,014 2,214 2,716
n/a
4 Pattaya United 13,513 3,620 1,678 2,702
n/a
6 Phuket 15,224 4,120 2,242 2,537
n/a
7 Sukhothai 12,541 3,223 1,674 2,508
n/a†
8 PTT Rayong 11,565 2,680 1,506 2,313
n/a
9 Songkhla United 13,864 3,125 1,396 2,310
n/a
10 Ayutthaya 6,344 2,787 1,057 2,144
n/a
11 Nakhon Pathom 10,896 2,305 1,528 1,816
n/a
12 Air Force Central 7,600 2,018 1,037 1,520
n/a
13 Trat 7,350 1,897 1,037 1,470
n/a
14 Police United 3,417 1,588 750 1,139
n/a
15 Prachuap 4,770 1,531 850 1,124
n/a†
16 Samut Songkhram 5,476 1,622 750 1,095
n/a
17 Krabi 5,377 1,308 849 1,075
n/a
18 Thai Honda 3,637 1,377 703 909
n/a†
19 BBCU 4,339 1,079 493 867
n/a
20 TTM 2,860 800 320 572
n/a
League total 185,177 4,520 320 1,870
n/a

Updated to games played on 29 April 2015
Source: Thai Premier League
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in Division 2

See also

References