2009 Thai Premier League

The Thai Premier League 2009 was the thirteenth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 16 teams competed in the league, with PEA FC as the defending champions.

Thai Premier League

Season	2009
Champions	Muangthong United
Relegated	Sriracha Chula United Nakhon Pathom
2010 AFC Champions League	Muangthong United
2010 AFC Cup	Thai Port
Top goalscorer	Anon Sangsanoi (BEC Tero Sasana) (18)
Biggest home win	BEC Tero Sasana 5-0 Chula United
Biggest away win	Rajnavy Rayong 0-3 TTM Samut Sakhon Sriracha 0-3 Thai Port Chonburi 2-5 Muangthong United TOT 1-4 BEC Tero Sasana BEC Tero Sasana 1-4 Muang Thong United Samut Songkhram 0-3 Rajnavy Rayong Osotspa Saraburi 0-3 BEC Tero Sasana Nakhon Pathom 2-5 Bangkok Glass
Highest scoring	Chonburi 2-5 Muangthong United Nakhon Pathom 2-5 Bangkok Glass (7)
Highest attendance	Muangthong United 1–1 Chonburi (16,608) (4 October 2009)
← 2008 2010 →

Muang Thong United took the league championship with two games remaining, the first ever team to win the championship in their debut appearance in the top flight.

Nakhon Pathom, Sriracha and Chula United were relegated to the 1st Division.

Rules

• Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis
• 3 Points for a win
• 1 Points for a draw
• At beginning of the season the league winner plays the FA Cup winner in the Kor Royal Cup
• Loser qualifies for Asian Champions League Qualification Round
• Teams finishing on same points at the end of the season use toe-to-toe record to determine finishing position.
• Bottom 10 teams are relegated to Thai Division 1 League

Member clubs and locations

PEA

Chonburi

TOT

Samut Songkhram

Pattaya United

Sriracha

Rajnavy Rayong

Bangkok Metro

Bangkok Metro teams
Bangkok United
BEC Tero Sasana
Chula United
Thai Port
Osotspa Saraburi
Bangkok Glass
Nakhon Pathom
TTM Samut Sakhon
Muangthong United

Locations of the 2009 Thai Premier League teams

Club Name	Year Joined	Province	Home Stadium[1][2][3]	Capacity	Notes
PEA	2004/05	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya Province Central Stadium	6,000	AFC Champions League 2009
Chonburi	2006	Chonburi	Princess Sirindhorn Stadium	5,000	AFC Cup 2009
BEC Tero Sasana	1996/97	Bangkok	BEC Tero Sasana Nong Chok Stadium	5,000
Osotspa Saraburi	1996/97	Pathum Thani	Thanarom Village Football Field	?
TOT	1996/97	Kanchanaburi	Klip Bua Stadium	16,000
Bangkok Glass 1	2009	Pathum Thani	Chaloem Phra Kiat Stadium (Khlong 6)	5,000
Samut Songkhram	2008	Samut Songkhram	Samut Songkhram Province Stadium	5,000
Chula United	1996/97	Bangkok	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	25,000
Nakhon Pathom	2007	Nakhon Pathom	Kasetsat Kamphengsaen University Stadium	4,000
Bangkok United 2	2003/04	Bangkok	Thai-Japanese Stadium	10,320
Pattaya United 1	2009	Chonburi	Nongprue Municipality Football Field	5,000
TTM Samut Sakhon 3	1996/97	Samut Sakhon	Institute of Physical Education Samut Sakhon Stadium	6,378
Thai Port 4	1996/97	Bangkok	PAT Stadium	5,000
Muang Thong United	2009	Nonthaburi	Thunderdome Sport Complex	16,000	Promoted from Division 1
Sriracha	2009	Chonburi	Princess Sirindhorn Stadium	5,000	Promoted from Division 1
Rajnavy Rayong 5	1996/97	Rayong	Rayong Province Central Stadium	17,000	Promoted from Division 1

Bangkok Utd

BEC Tero Sasana

Chula United

Thai Port

Osotspa Saraburi

Bangkok Glass

Nakhon Pathom

TTM Samut Sakhon

Muangthong United

Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

¹ Pattaya United and Bangkok Glass took the places of Coke Bangpra and Krung Thai Bank after purchasing the clubs. Coke Bangpra and Krung Thai Bank therefore withdrew from the league allowing Pattaya and Bangkok Glass to take position in the top flight.

² Changed name from Bangkok University

³ Changed name from Thailand Tobacco Monopoly

⁴ Changed name from Port Authority of Thailand.

⁵ Changed name from Royal Thai Navy

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Chonburi	Jadet Meelarp	End of Contract	Kiatisuk Senamuang	January 2009	Pre season
Chula United	Kiatisuk Senamuang	End of Contract	Carlos Ferreira	January 2009	Pre season
TTM Samut Sakhon	Prajuk Viengsong	End of Contract	Attaphol Puspakom	January 2009	Pre season
Muang Thong United	Surasak Tansurat	Taking charge of club's junior sides [4]	Attaphol Puspakom	April 2009	4th
TTM Samut Sakhon	Attaphol Puspakom	Moved to Muang Thong United [4]	Kij Meesrisuk	April 2009	11th
PEA FC	Prapol Pongpanich	Resigned due to fan pressure	Thongsuk Sampahungsith	May 2009	12th
Bangkok Glass FC	Hans R. Emser	Was acting coach and is now Technical Director Youth Football Academy Bangkok Glass FC[5]	Surachai Jaturapattarapong	June 2009	1st
Pattaya United	Pansak Ketwattha	Resigned	Wisoon Wichaya	June 2009	13th
BEC Tero Sasana	Christophe Larrouilh	Resigned to become the team's Technical Director [6]	Tawan Sripan	June 2009	5th
Pattaya United	Wisoon Wichaya	Short term replacement	Jadet Meelarp	June 2009	13th
Chula United	Carlos Ferreira	Resigned	Pichai Pituwong	August 2009	16th
TTM Samut Sakhon	Kij Meesrisuk	Release	Prajuk Viengsong	August 2009	12th
Nakhon Pathom FC	Chatchai Paholpat	Release	Piyapong Piew-on	September 2009	14th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Muang Thong United[a]	30	19	8	3	48	20	+28	65	2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
2	Chonburi	30	18	8	4	50	30	+20	62
3	Bangkok Glass	30	16	8	6	45	31	+14	56
4	BEC Tero Sasana	30	15	6	9	53	34	+19	51
5	Osotspa Saraburi	30	13	8	9	36	32	+4	47
6	Thai Port	30	12	8	10	33	30	+3	44	2010 AFC Cup Group stage[b]
7	TOT	30	10	12	8	33	33	0	42
8	TTM Samut Sakhon	30	8	13	9	29	32	−3	37
9	PEA[c]	30	9	9	12	37	41	−4	36
10	Samut Songkhram	30	9	7	14	22	31	−9	34
11	Pattaya United	30	7	11	12	27	33	−6	32
12	Rajnavy Rayong[a]	30	8	6	16	28	39	−11	30
13	Bangkok United	30	5	15	10	24	34	−10	30
14	Sriracha[a]	30	8	6	16	28	34	−6	30	Relegation to 2010 Thai Division 1 League
15	Chula United	30	4	14	12	29	47	−18	26
16	Nakhon Pathom	30	6	7	17	32	53	−21	25

Updated to match(es) played on October 18, 2009. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Promoted from last season
2. Thai Port qualified for the AFC Cup as Thai FA Cup winners
3. Defending Champion

Season notes

Clubs outside the area of Bangkok

Clubs from the greater area of Bangkok

• Before the starting of 2009 seasons, Thailand Premier League changed the official name to Thai Premier League.
• Coke Bangpra sold their Thai Premier League slot to a newly formed club, Pattaya United at the end of the Thai Premier League 2008 season. Coke Bangpra therefore withdrew from the Thai football league system and Pattaya would start their life in the very top division.
• Provincial Electricity Authority were drawn against Singapore Armed Forces of Singapore in the opening game of the AFC Champions League 2009 and were defeated 4-1 after extra time.
• On December 30, 2008, Thailand confirmed that Denmark, North Korea and Lebanon would play in the 2009 King's Cup tournament. Thailand would open up against Lebanon to determine who would enter the final.
• Thailand came runners up in the 2009 King's Cup, defeated by Denmark on penalties in the final.
• Chonburi won the season opening Kor Royal Cup, defeating PEA 1-0.
• In May, Chonburi progressed to the Round of 16 stage in the AFC Cup, whilst PEA got knocked out in the Group Stages.
• In June, FAT confirmed that the FA Cup would be restarted and the winners would enter the AFC Cup 2010.^[7]
• Osotspa M-150 changed their name mid-season to Osotspa Saraburi
• BEC defeated TSW Pegasus FC of Hong Kong in the TSW Pegasus Anniversary Cup

Results

Home \ Away	TP	PEA	PU	CU	CHO	RR	TOT	MTU	BG	NP	BTS	TSS	BU	SRI	SS	OS
1. Thai Port		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
2. PEA	2–2		4–1	2–2	2–2	4–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–1
3. Pattaya Utd	1–1	2–0		2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
4. Chula Utd	0–2	3–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2
5. Chonburi	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–2		2–1	2–1	2–5	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–2	5–1	3–2	2–0	1–0
6. Rajnavy Rayong	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1		0–3	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
7. TOT	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1		0–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
8. Muang Thong Utd	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0		1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–1
9. Bangkok Glass	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	3–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
10. Nakhon Pathom	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–5		1–0	1–2	1–3	1–3	0–1	0–1
11. BEC Tero Sasana	3–1	0–1	3–1	5–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–4	1–1	3–0		3–0	0–0	3–2	2–0	2–3
12. TTM Samut Sakhon	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–2		2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0
13. Bangkok Utd	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–2
14. Sriracha	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–0		1–2	2–2
15. Samut Songkhram	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–2
16. Osotsapa	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on October 18, 2009. Source: Football Association of Thailand website ^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Last updated October 18, 2009

Scorer	Goals [9]	Club
Anon Sangsanoi	18	BEC Tero Sasana
Kone Mohamed	14	Chonburi
Nantawat Tansopa	11	Bangkok Glass
Ajayi Samuel	10	Bangkok Glass
Dango Siaka		Muang Thong United
Pipat Thonkanya		Thai Port
Arthit Sunthornpit	9	Chonburi
Sarayoot Chaikamdee		Osotsapa M-150
Sompong Soleb		Chula United
Soumahoro Yaya		Muang Thong United
Suriya Domtaisong		Muang Thong United (2 goals) PEA (7 goals)
Michael Byrne	8	Nakhon Pathom (4 goals) Chonburi (4 goals)
Suttinan Nontee		Rajnavy Rayong
Anderson	7	Chonburi (3 goals) Pattaya United (4 goals)
Bekombo Ekollo		TTM Samut Sakhon
Chakrit Buathong		BEC Tero Sasana
Chatprapob Usaprom		TTM Samut Sakhon
Chatree Chimtalay		Bangkok Glass
Jirawat Makarom		Thai Port
Raúl González Gastón		Sriracha
Teerasil Dangda		Muang Thong United

Hat-tricks

Key
4	Player scored four goals
5	Player scored five goals

Player	Nationality	For	Against	Result[a]	Date
Sompong Soleb	Thailand	Chula United	PEA	3–1	12 September 2009
Anon Sangsanoi	Thailand	BEC Tero Sasana	TOT	4–0	7 October 2009
Nantawat Tansopa	Thailand	Bangkok Glass	Nakhon Pathom	5–2	18 October 2009

Annual awards

Coach of the Year

• Attaphol Buspakom - Muang Thong United^[10]

Defender of the Year

• Jetsada Jitsawad - Muang Thong United

Midfielder of the Year

• Kittipol Paphunga - BEC Tero Sasana

Striker of the Year

• Pipat Thonkanya - Thai Port

Young Player of the Year

• Kabfah Boonmatoon - Osotsapa M-150

Top scorer

• Anon Sangsanoi - BEC Tero Sasana

See also

• 2009 Thai Division 1 League
• 2009 Regional League Division 2
• 2009 Thai FA Cup
• 2009 Kor Royal Cup