1997 Thailand Soccer League

Thai Premier League
Season	1997
Champions	Royal Thai Air Force
Relegated	Royal Thai Police Royal Thai Navy
1998–99 Asian Club Championship	BEC Tero Sasana FC
1998–99 Asian Cup Winners Cup	Sinthana
Top goalscorer	Worrawoot Srimaka (BEC Tero Sasana) (17)
Biggest home win	Port Authority of Thailand 5-1 Royal Thai Army
Biggest away win	Bangkok Bank 0-4 Sinthana
Highest scoring	Sinthana 5-4 Thai Farmers Bank (9 goals)
← 1996/97 1998 →

The 1997 Thai Premier League consisted of 12 teams. The bottom club would be relegated to the Thailand Division 1 League. The club that came 11th would play in a relegation / promotion match against the club that came second in the Thailand Division 1 League

Defending Champions Bangkok Bank would enter the next edition of the Asian Club Championship.

The league was also known as the Johnnie Walker Thailand Soccer League 1997.

Member clubs locations

Bangkok Metro

Bangkok Metro teams
Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Metro Administration
Sinthana
Royal Thai Police
Port Authority of Thailand
UCOM Raj Pracha
Royal Thai Air Force
Royal Thai Army
Royal Thai Navy
Thai Farmers Bank
Tero Sasana
TOT

Locations of the 1997 Thailand Soccer League teams

Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Metro Administration (rename from Stock Exchange of Thailand FC)
Tero Sasana (Singha Tero Sasana)
Sinthana
Royal Thai Police
Port Authority of Thailand
UCOM Raj Pracha
Royal Thai Air Force
Royal Thai Army
Royal Thai Navy
Thai Farmers Bank
TOT

Final league table

POS	NAME	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Points
1	Royal Thai Air Force	22	14	3	5	45	23	+22	42
2	Sinthana	22	13	3	6	32	25	+7	42
3	Bangkok Bank (C)	22	11	5	6	34	23	+11	38
4	Port Authority	22	9	5	8	36	35	+1	32
5	Tero Sasana	22	8	7	7	32	26	+6	31
6	Thai Farmers Bank	22	7	9	6	31	31	0	30
7	Bangkok Metro	22	8	5	9	22	21	+1	29
8	TOT	22	8	5	9	32	33	-1	29
9	Royal Thai Army	22	7	4	11	31	45	-14	25
10	UCOM Raj Pracha	22	6	6	10	26	32	-6	24
11	Royal Thai Police	22	4	10	8	19	25	-6	22
12	Royal Thai Navy	22	3	6	13	20	41	-21	15

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

	Champion
	Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship (substitution)
	Qualification for the promotion/relegation playoff
	Relegation spots
(C)	Defending Champion

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

The club that came 11th would play in a relegation / promotion match against the runner-up in the Thailand Division 1 League

February 17 and February 20, 1998

Team 1	Result	Team 2
Royal Thai Police	0-1	† Osotsapa

† Royal Thai Police relegated to the Thailand Division 1 League and Osotsapa promoted to the Thai Premier League in next season.

Season Notes

Royal Thai Air Force were docked three points at the end of season for refusing to play Sinthana in Suphan Buri earlier this season.
Singha Tero Sasana changed the club's name to Tero Sasana.
Tero Sasana represented Thailand in the 1998-99 Asian Club Championship following withdrawals by Royal Thai Air Force, Bangkok Bank and Port Authority of Thailand, all for economic reasons; Sinthana qualifier for the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners Cup after winning the Singha FA Cup.
Last year's runners-up, Stock Exchange of Thailand, played as Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) owing to a change in sponsorship.

Queen's Cup

Thai Farmers Bank won and retained the Queen's Cup trophy for the 4th year running. This was the 26th edition of the competition.

For the first time, no foreign teams took part, owing to the poor economic situation.

Thawan Thammaniyai of Thai Farmers Bank won the Most Valuable Player award.

Thailand FA Cup

Sinthana FC won the Thailand FA Cup for the first time, but it is unclear whom they beat in the final.

Asian Representation

Bangkok Bank represented Thailand in the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship, where they would fail in the first round, beaten by Chinese opposition in Dalian Wanda.
Royal Thai Air Force made the second round of the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners Cup, where they were beaten by near neighbours PSM Ujungpandang of Indonesia after beating Melaka Telekom of Malaysia in the first round.

Annual awards

Champions

The league champion was Royal Thai Air Force. It was the team's first title.

References

↑ Football records in Thailand

Thailand 1997 RSSSF

External links

Official Website

Preceded by Thai Premier League 1996/97	Thai Premier League 1997 Royal Thai Air Force	Succeeded by Thai Premier League 1998

Thai League 1
Thai League Co.,Ltd
2017 clubs	Bangkok Glass Bangkok United BEC Tero Sasana Buriram United Chiangrai United Chonburi Muangthong United Nakhon Ratchasima Navy Pattaya United Port Ratchaburi Mitr phol Super Power Samut Prakan Sisaket Sukhothai Suphanburi Thai Honda Ladkrabang Ubon UMT United
Former clubs	Air Force Central Army United Bangkok Christian College Chainat Hornbill Customs United Huai Thalaeng United Khonkaen Nakhon Pathom United PTT Rayong Raj Pracha Raj-Vithi RBAC Samutsongkhram Saraburi Songkhla United TTM FC
Dissolved clubs	Bangkok Bank Bangkok Bank of Commerce BBCU Krung Thai Bank Police United Singha-Thamrongthai Thai Farmers Bank TOT
Seasons	1996–97 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
All-time table Broadcasters Coach of the Year Managers Winners List of foreign players Reserve team

Thai club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1996-97–present
Thailand Soccer League 1996-97–1997	1996-97 1997
Premier League 1998–2000	1998 1999 2000
Thai League 2001-02–2002-03	2001–02 2002–03
Thailand Premier League 2003-04–2008	2003–04 2004–05 2006 2007 2008
Thai Premier League (TPL) 2009–2015	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Thai League (PLT) 2016	2016
Thai League 2017–present	2017
All-time table Broadcasters Coach of the Year Managers Winners List of foreign players

Second-tier club football seasons, 1997-98–2016, 2017–present
Thailand League Division 1 1997-98–2008	1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2007 2008
Thai League Division 1 (TPL) 2009–2015	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Thai League Division 1 (PLT) 2016	2016
Thai League 2 2017-present	2017
List of champions

Third-tier club football seasons, 2006–2008, 2009–2016, 2017–present
Thailand League Division 2 2006–2008	2006 2007 2008
Regional League Division 2 2009–2015	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
League Division 2 2016	2016
Thai League T3 2017–present	2017
List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2016, 2017–present
Thai Football Division 3 2016	2016
Thai League T4 2017–present	2017
List of champions

Fifth-tier club football seasons, 2017–present
Thailand Amateur League 2017–present	2017
List of champions

Football in Thailand

National association

National teams

Men's	Men's U-23 U-21 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-20 Beach football
Women's	Women's U-20 U-17 U-14 Futsal

League system

Men's	Thai League (T1) Thai League 2 (T2) Thai League 3 (T3) Thai League 4 (T4) Thailand Amateur League (TA)
Women's	Women's League (WL) Thai Women's Division 1 League (D1)
Men's Futsal	Futsal League Futsal League Division 1
Women's Futsal	The Championship Women's Futsal

Domestic cups

Men's	Thai FA Cup Thai League Cup Thailand Champions Cup Thai Royal Cup (Kor Khǒr Khor Ngor) (Defunct)
Men's Futsal	FA Futsal Cup Futsal Charity Shield

Reserve & Academy

Men's	Thailand Youth League Thailand University League U-19 Thailand Championship
Women's	Women's Thailand University League

Continental cups

Exhibition game

TPL All-Star
Thailand Selection/Thailand XI
King's Cup
Queen's Cup

Lists

Venues
Competitions
Records
King's Cup
Queen's Cup
Super Cup
Provincial League (defunct)

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