2012 Thai Division 1 League

Thai Division 1 League

Season	2012
Champions	Ratchaburi
Promoted	Ratchaburi Suphanburi Bangkok United
Relegated	Songkhla Phattalung JW Rangsit Raj Pracha Chanthaburi
Top goalscorer	Lee Tuck (23 goals)
Biggest home win	FC Phuket 8–1 Chanthaburi (24 June 2012)
Biggest away win	Chanthaburi 1–9 Ratchaburi (30 May 2012)
Highest scoring	Chanthaburi 1–9 Ratchaburi (30 May 2012) (10 goals)
Highest attendance	8,814 Suphanburi vs Saraburi, October 20, 2012
Lowest attendance	100 Krabi vs Air Force United August 12, 2012
← 2011 2013 →

2012 Thai Division 1 League (known as Yamaha League-1 for sponsorship reasons) is the 15th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league this season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Division 1

Promoted to 2012 Thai Premier League

• BBCU
• Buriram later renamed Wuachon United and re-located from Buriram Province to Songkhla Province
• Chainat

Relegated to Regional League Division 2

• Chiangmai
• RBAC Mittraphap
• Samut Prakan Customs United
• Thai Honda

To Division 1

Relegated from Thai Premier League

• Khonkaen
• Siam Navy
• Sriracha

Promoted from Regional League Division 2

• Krabi
• Nakhon Ratchasima
• Phattalung
• Ratchaburi

Teams

Stadia and locations

Air Force United

Chanthaburi

Phuket

Khonkaen

Krabi

Nakhon Ratchasima

Phattalung

PTT Rayong

Raj Pracha

Rangsit J.W.

Ratchaburi

Saraburi

Siam Navy

Songkhla

Sriracha

Suphanburi

Bangkok

Bangkok teams

Bangkok
Bangkok United

Locations of the Thai Division 1 League 2012 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Air Force United	Pathum Thani	Thupatemee Stadium	25,000
Bangkok	Thung Khru, Bangkok	72-years Anniversary Stadium (Bang Mod)	8,000
Bangkok United	Din Daeng, Bangkok	Thai-Japanese Stadium	10,320
Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi Province Stadium	?
Phuket	Phuket	Surakul Stadium	15,000
Khonkaen	Khonkaen	Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium	8,500
Krabi	Krabi	Krabi Province Stadium	6,000
Nakhon Ratchasima	Nakhon Ratchasima	80th Birthday Stadium	20,141
Phattalung	Phattalung	Phattalung Province Stadium	?
PTT Rayong	Rayong	PTT Stadium	17,000
Raj Pracha	Nakhon Pathom	Mahidol University Salaya Campus Stadium	1,000
J.W. Rangsit	Pathum Thani	Chaloem Phra Kiat Stadium (Khlong 6)	5,000
Ratchaburi	Ratchaburi	Ratchaburi Province Stadium	10,373
Saraburi	Saraburi	Saraburi Stadium	10,000
Siam Navy	Chonburi	Sattahip Navy Stadium	12,500
Songkhla	Songkhla	Tinasulanon Stadium	35,000
Sriracha	Chonburi	Suzuki Stadium (Sriracha)	10,207
Suphanburi	Suphanburi	Suphanburi Province Stadium	7,122

Bangkok

Bangkok Utd

Football clubs in Greater Bangkok

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Asian Player
Air Force United	Annan Deodatus	Julius Ononiwu	Hermann Kouassi	Devala Gorrick	Lee Sun-Hoo	Ngassam Touffeu	Scott Baginski
Bangkok	Tomiwa Bolarinwa	Solomon Okutu	Samuel Kwaku	Lee Tuck	Yoo Jae-Min		Kim Byung-Chae
Bangkok United	Antonin Trilles	Romain Gasmi	Gilson Diaś	Jun Uruno	Kwon Hyuk-Jin		Mohamad Al Hasan
Chanthaburi	James Jimmy						Junichi Watanabe
Phuket	Nene Bi	Ibrahim Kanouté	Roland Vargas	Marcio	Alonso	Boas Chun	Yeon Seung-Won
Khonkaen	Matias Recio	Amr Shaaban	Rafael	Kanlaya Sysomvang	Khampheng Sayavutthi	Shotaro Hattori	Li Xiang
Krabi	Anayo Cosmas	Justin Uche	Cristiano Lopes	Lee Jong-Yun	Kim Seung-Myung		Soukaphone Vongchiengkham
Nakhon Ratchasima	Bani Abeiku	Rian Marques	Valci Júnior	Etoundi Claude	Dapley Togbe	David Le Bras	Jang Yong-Ik
Phattalung	Sylla Manesse	Goodluck Cliff
PTT Rayong	Amadou Ouattara	Chris Brandon	Francis Koné	Ebako Merlin	Jὸzef Tirer	Noguchi Pinto	Yagin Boas
Raj Pracha Thailand	Victor Mensah	Dawuda Wulampah	Aboubakar Bako	Emile Yen	Pedro Henrique	Ben Webster	Jeong Woo-Geun
J.W. Rangsit	Leslie Ablorh	Abdoul Coulibaly	Takem Atah	Youssouf Bamba	Fabricio Moreira	Andre	Onyemelukwe Okechukwu
Ratchaburi	Bouba Abbo	Kwayep Romeo	Henri Jöel	Douglas	Wander Luiz		Jang Gil-Hyeok
Saraburi	Stéphane Jocky	Valery Djomon	Alpha Sama	Dai Min-Joo	Joo Jin-Hak	Kim Min-Hyun	Choi Jae-Won
Siam Navy	Tiene Moussa	Mathieu Kouamé	Sammy Bille	Paulo Enrique	Paulo Renato		Jung Ji-Soo
Songkhla	Elvis Job	Saidu Sani	Jonathan Matijas	Ryohei Maeda			Kimiaki Kinomura
Sriracha	Berlin Ndebe-Nlome	Diego Pishinin	Douglas Cobo	Kochi Jun	Yuta Hamada	Gaston Raul	Seiya Kojima
Suphanburi	Emmanuel Nwachi	Diarra Ali	Jorrin John	Ney Fabiano	Hiroki Ibisawa		Yuki Bamba

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ratchaburi (C) (P)	34	24	6	4	85	31	+54	78	Promotion to 2013 Thai Premier League
2	Suphanburi (P)	34	23	6	5	58	17	+41	75
3	Bangkok United (P)	34	23	5	6	57	29	+28	74
4	Sriracha	34	21	4	9	70	41	+29	67
5	PTT Rayong	34	19	5	10	61	33	+28	62
6	Krabi	34	17	6	11	49	28	+21	57
7	Siam Navy	34	13	11	10	54	42	+12	50
8	Nakhon Ratchasima	34	12	11	11	42	46	−4	47
9	Air Force United	34	12	8	14	45	45	0	44
10	Bangkok F.C.	34	11	9	14	62	56	+6	42
11	Khonkaen	34	12	6	16	36	50	−14	42
12	Saraburi	34	11	8	15	49	53	−4	41
13	Phuket	34	10	10	14	41	47	−6	40
14	Songkhla (R)	34	9	10	15	38	51	−13	37	Relegation to the 2013 Regional League Division 2
15	Phattalung (R)	34	7	13	14	37	58	−21	34
16	J.W. Rangsit (R)	34	8	7	19	36	65	−29	31
17	Raj Pracha (R)	34	6	7	21	33	66	−33	25
18	Chanthaburi (R)	34	0	4	30	21	115	−94	4

Updated to games played on 27 October, 2012.
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.

Rules for classification, When season was finished: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (only match result, not used aggregate); 3rd match win; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

AFU

BAN

BKU

CHN

PHU

KHO

KRA

NAK

PHT

PTT

RPT

JWR

RAT

SAR

RAR

SON

SRI

SUP

Air Force United

0–0

2–3

3–1

3–0

1–0

0–2

3–1

1–2

1–0

4–2

4–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–4

0–0

Bangkok F.C.

2–1

2–2

2–1

0–1

3–0

2–1

1–2

4–2

1–2

4–1

5–0

1–3

3–3

0–2

1–1

2–1

0–1

Bangkok United

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

2–0

0–1

2–0

2–4

0–1

3–1

2–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

3–1

0–0

2–1

Chanthaburi

0–2

0–7

0–3

0–1

1–4

1–3

1–2

0–0

1–5

2–3

2–2

1–9

1–2

0–4

0–0

1–5

1–3

Phuket

3–3

2–1

0–3

8–1

5–2

0–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

5–0

0–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

0–1

0–0

Khonkaen

1–1

2–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–3

0–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–3

2–1

Krabi

3–1

2–1

0–2

6–0

0–0

2–0

1–0

4–0

1–1

4–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–2

0–0

2–2

0–1

Nakhon Ratchasima

2–1

2–2

0–2

5–0

0–1

2–1

0–0

3–2

2–5

2–2

0–0

0–3

1–1

2–1

2–2

2–0

1–0

Phattalung

0–1

2–3

1–4

2–2

1–1

3–2

1–0

0–3

1–4

1–1

2–2

3–3

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–1

0–0

PTT Rayong

0–0

2–0

0–1

5–0

6–0

2–1

1–0

0–1

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

2–0

1–2

1–1

Raj Pracha Thailand

0–1

0–1

0–1

4–0

1–4

0–2

0–4

0–0

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–3

1–1

0–3

1–0

3–0

0–4

J.W. Rangsit

2–0

3–2

0–3

4–0

0–0

0–2

0–3

1–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

0–2

2–1

1–4

3–1

1–2

1–3

Ratchaburi

3–1

2–1

1–2

2–1

3–0

4–0

4–0

1–1

1–1

5–3

6–2

3–1

4–0

4–2

3–0

1–1

0–0

Saraburi

1–1

3–3

1–2

5–2

5–1

1–2

3–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

2–1

2–2

1–1

2–1

3–3

3–0

0–1

Siam Navy

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–0

2–0

4–0

0–0

2–2

1–0

2–2

0–0

2–1

0–3

2–1

2–2

1–2

2–4

Songkhla

2–3

3–3

0–3

2–0

0–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

3–1

1–2

2–1

2–3

2–3

0–1

Sriracha

2–1

4–1

4–0

3–0

4–2

2–0

1–0

3–1

5–1

0–2

3–1

3–1

2–3

2–0

1–1

4–0

0–2

Suphanburi

2–1

3–0

3–0

4–0

2–0

2–1

1–0

4–0

0–0

3–0

1–0

1–2

1–2

1–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
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 Rank Player Club Goals 1 Lee Tuck Bangkok 23 2 Kouassi Yao Hermann Air Force United 20 3 Douglas Ratchaburi 19 4 Anuwat Nakkaseam Sriracha 18 Romain Gasmi Bangkok United 18 6 Pipat Thonkanya Suphanburi 16 Promphong Kransumrong Nakhon Ratchasima 16 Suphakorn Naknoi Saraburi 16 9 Raúl Goález Gastón Sriracha 15 10 Sompong Soleb Bangkok United 14

Top assists

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nakhon Ratchasima	121,225	8,484	2,210	6,694	–^†
2	Suphanburi	102,222	8,814	3,594	5,495	+140.5%^†
3	Ratchaburi	58,639	8,745	1,600	3,182	–^†
4	Krabi	54,606	4,983	100	3,212	–^†
5	Phuket	43,783	3,570	1,100	2,372	−51.6%^†
6	PTT Rayong	39,545	3,626	846	2,276	−1.5%^†
7	Khonkaen	33,175	2,650	498	1,844	−40.5%^†
8	Phattalung	31,992	5,000	500	1,852	–^†
9	Songkhla	30,931	5,719	418	1,786	−84.7%^†
10	Bangkok F.C.	27,011	2,545	300	1,411	+53.8%^†
11	Saraburi	25,280	2,480	1,034	1,418	−32.9%^†
12	Bangkok United	24,729	2,459	555	1,310	+110.6%^†
13	Siam Navy	21,574	2,127	741	1,144	−50.6%^†
14	Sriracha	21,420	2,218	686	1,180	−41.2%^†
15	Air Force United	15,798	1,636	375	872	−35.9%^†
16	Chanthaburi	14,042	7,200	332	801	−54.8%^†
17	J.W. Rangsit	10,876	1,327	132	632	−7.7%^†
18	Raj Pracha Thailand	10,400	1,000	200	582	−33.2%^†
	League total	687,248	8,745	100	2,115	−26.9%^†

Updated to games played on Oct 27, 2012
Source: Thai Division 1 League
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in Division 2 League.