2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region

2017 Thai League 3 (Euro Cake League Pro) Lower Region is the 1st season of the League, its establishment in 2017. It is a part of the Thai League 3 and the feeder league for the Thai League 2. A total of 15 teams will compete in the league this season.

2017 T3 Southern line

Season	2017
Champions	Samut Sakhon
Promoted	Samut Sakhon
Relegated	Krung Thonburi
Matches	210
Goals	581 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anusak Laosangthai (23 Goals)
Biggest home win	5 goals Krung Thonburi 6–1 Simork (26 February 2017) Royal Thai Army 5–0 Krung Thonburi (17 May 2017) Trang 5–0 Rajpracha (16 September 2017)
Biggest away win	5 goals Kasem Bundit University 0–5 Bangkok University Deffo (5 April 2017) Bangkok University Deffo 0–5 Samut Sakhon (13 May 2017)
Highest scoring	8 goals Kasem Bundit University 4–4 Samut Sakhon (7 May 2017)
Longest winning run	8 matches Trang
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Trang
Longest winless run	15 matches Krung Thonburi
Longest losing run	8 matches Simork Krung Thonburi
Highest attendance	2,900[1] Chamchuri United 5–2 Royal Thai Army (16 September 2017)
Lowest attendance	23[2] Bangkok University Deffo 5–1 Banbueng (17 May 2017)
Total attendance	83,634
Average attendance	404
← (D2)2016 2018 →

Changes from Last Season

Team changes

Promoted Clubs

Five club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Western Region

• Samut Sakhon
• Krung Thonburi
• Ratchaphruek University
• Simork
• BTU United

Three club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & field Region

• Chamchuri United
• Bangkok University Deffo
• Royal Thai Army

Four club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Bangkok & Eastern Region

• Rajpracha
• MOF Customs United
• Banbueng
• Kasem Bundit University

Four club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Southern Region

• Surat Thani
• Nara United
• Trang
• Ranong United

Renamed Clubs

• Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity authorize from Ratchaphruek University^[3]

Expansion Clubs

• BTU United Club-licensing football club didn't pass to play 2017 Thai League 3 Lower Region. This team is relegated to 2017 Thai League 4 Western Region again.^[4]

Teams

Stadium and locations

Banbueng

Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity

Nara United

Ranong United

Simork

Surat Thani

Trang

Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Bangkok area teams

Chamchuri United
Kasem Bundit University
Rajpracha
Royal Thai Army

Metropolitan area teams

Bangkok University Deffo
Krung Thonburi
MOF Customs United
Samut Sakhon

Locations of the Thai League 3 Lower region in 2017

Royal Thai Army

Chamchuri United

Kasem Bundit University

Rajpracha

Bangkok University Deffo

MOF Customs United

Krung Thonburi

Samut Sakhon

Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Banbueng	Chonburi	Banbueng Municipality Stadium[5]	2,500
Bangkok University Deffo	Pathum Thani	Bangkok University Stadium, Rangsit[6]	4,000
Chamchuri United	Bangkok	Chulalongkorn University Stadium[7]	20,000
Kasem Bundit University	Bangkok	Kasem Bundit University Stadium, Rom Klao[8]	2,000
Krung Thonburi	Nakhon Pathom	Mahidol University Stadium, Salaya[9]	2,000
MOF Customs United	Samut Prakan	Customs Department Stadium, Ladkrabang 54[10]	2,000
Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Nakhon Si Thammarat PAO. Stadium[11]	5,000
Nara United	Narathiwat	Narathiwat PAO. Stadium[12]	5,000
Rajpracha	Bangkok	TOT Stadium, Chaeng Watthana[13] (Until 19 February) Thonburi Stadium[14] (Since 5 March 2017)	5,000 5,000
Ranong United	Ranong	Ranong Provincial Stadium[15]	7,000
Royal Thai Army	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium[16]	20,000
Samut Sakhon	Samut Sakhon	Samut Sakhon IPE. Stadium[17] (Until 2 April 2017) Samut Sakhon Provincial Stadium[18] (Since 21 May)	6,300 3,500
Simork	Angthong	Angthong Provincial Stadium[19]	6,000
Surat Thani	Surat Thani	Surat Thani Provincial Stadium[20]	10,000
Trang	Trang	Trang Municipality Stadium[21]	5,000

Sponsoring

Team	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Banbueng	FBT	Lucky Star
Bangkok University Deffo	Deffo	Dokbuarotoplast
Chamchuri United	FBT	Gulf
Kasem Bundit University	KELA	Asian Knowledge Institute
Krung Thonburi	Spicer	–
MOF Customs United	Mhee Cool	Thai Customs Department
Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	KELA	–
Nara United	iAM Sport Wear	PTG Energy
Rajpracha	Deffo	–
Ranong United	Eureka	Grand Andaman Hotel
Royal Thai Army	KELA	Chang
Samut Sakhon	Pegan Sport	Thai Union
Simork	EGO Sport	M Wrap
Surat Thani	FBT	AirAsia
Trang	Made by club	AirAsia

Foreign players

	Other foreign players.
	AFC quota players.
	ASEAN quota players.
	No foreign player registered.

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per T3 team. A team can use five foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries and one player from nine countries member of ASEAN (3+1+1).

Note :
: players who released during summer transfer window;
: players who registered during summer transfer window.

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Banbueng	First				Ibrahima Soumah	Wu Chun-ching
	Second	Otis Sarfo Adjei	Farivar Torabi	Mostafa Karimi
Bangkok University Deffo	First
	Second	Keslley Ferreira Ribeiro	Khampheng Sayavutthi	Mitsada Saitaifah
Chamchuri United	First		Daiki Higuchi	Hiroyuki Sugimoto	Cho Hyun-woo
	Second	Alassane Karamoko
Kasem Bundit University	First	Yuri Novaes Costa	Farivar Torabi	Diego Barrera	Victor Painsil	Lee Dong-kyu
	Second	Víctor Moraes	Barry Lélouma
Krung Thonburi	First	Tatsuya Fujioka	Soma Otani	Lee Min-kyu	Song Il-eum	Faramarz Vahdat Derakhshan
	Second
MOF Customs United	First	Jimmy Shola	Kamiaki Kinomura	Itsuki Yamada	Tomohiro Onodera
	Second		Lucas Daniel Echenique	Rodrigo Silva	Efe Obode
Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	First	Anayo Cosmas	Emmanuel Nwachi	Daniel Mensah	Tetsuro Inoue
	Second	Samuel Abega Ampofo
Nara United	First	Barry Lélouma	Mohamed Moubarak	Zana Brahima	Ibrahim Abdelkarim	Malik Swadi
	Second		Michel Ange Boka
Rajpracha	First	Carlos Zozimar	Mohamed Afify	Zalla Abdoulaye	Okechukwu Eric
	Second
Ranong United	First	Stephen Nii Armah	Woibada Koivogui	Burnel Okana-Stazi	Sanou Oumar
	Second	Francis Maurice	Armand Mefire Njikam	Itubu Kevin Adeno
Royal Thai Army	First
	Second
Samut Sakhon	First	Samuel Abega Ampofo	Shine Thura	Thales Lima	Welington Cruz	Guy Hubert
	Second	Thiago Elias	Lee Jun-ki
Simork	First	Jean Pierre	Ibrahim Amiral	Dokure Karamoko	Akinkumi Oyeyode
	Second
Surat Thani	First	Otis Sarfo Adjei	Yuta Ogawa	M'Boa Serge	Soumahoro Mafa	Daisuke Kobayashi
	Second	Mohamed Kourouma	Saidu Zila Sani
Trang	First	Marcos Jr.	Amir Seyed Bagher	Gil Neves	Douglas Lopes	Abdou Yacoubou
	Second	Weslei Batista Ferreira	Anayo Cosmas

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Samut Sakhon (C, P)	28	20	5	3	54	25	+29	65	Promotion to 2018 Thai League 2
2	Trang (Q)	28	19	4	5	47	19	+28	61	Qualification to Promotion Play-offs[22]
3	Bangkok University Deffo	28	15	5	8	49	32	+17	50
4	Royal Thai Army	28	13	6	9	46	39	+7	45
5	Nara United	28	11	11	6	39	28	+11	44
6	Chamchuri United	28	12	6	10	50	38	+12	42[a]
7	Ranong United	28	12	6	10	36	34	+2	42[a]
8	Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	28	9	11	8	25	30	−5	38
9	MOF Customs United	28	10	5	13	32	40	−8	35
10	Surat Thani	28	7	9	12	34	40	−6	30[b]
11	Kasem Bundit University	28	8	6	14	40	48	−8	30[b]
12	Banbueng	28	8	6	14	29	48	−19	30[b]
13	Simork	28	7	6	15	31	42	−11	27
14	Rajpracha	28	6	4	18	26	52	−26	22
15	Krung Thonburi (R)	28	5	6	17	43	66	−23	21	Relegation to 2018 Thai League 4

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2017. Source: Thai League 3
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goals difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Overall goals difference; 6) Overall goals scored; 7) Fair play points; 8) Play-off without extra time;).^[24]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. All head-to-head records was equivalent. Chamchuri United ahead on overall goals difference; Chamchuri United +12, Ranong United +2.
2. Head-to-head record: Surat Thani 8 pts, Kasem Bundit University 4 pts(gd 0), Banbueng 4 pts(gd -3). Kasem Bundit University and Banbueng were equivalent. Kasem Bundit University ahead on overall goals difference; Kasem Bundit University -8, Banbueng -19^[23]

Positions by round

	Leader and promotion to the 2018 Thai League 2
	Qualification for Thai League 3 Play-offs
	Relegation to the 2018 Thai League 4

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Samut Sakhon	1	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Trang	9	12	7	4	6	7	8	11	13	10	8	7	8	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Bangkok University Deffo	6	13	13	10	13	11	11	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Royal Thai Army	3	1	3	5	7	9	10	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4
Nara United	7	3	6	8	3	5	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	4	5	5
Chamchuri United	11	10	10	7	4	6	7	10	12	8	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	10	10	11	8	8	8	8	7	7	6
Ranong United	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	6	6	7
Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	4	5	5	6	8	4	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8
MOF Customs United	2	2	8	9	10	10	6	6	7	7	10	11	14	13	13	10	11	9	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Surat Thani	15	14	11	12	12	13	12	9	10	13	13	14	10	10	10	11	10	13	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	10	10
Kasem Bundit University	12	11	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	10	12	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	11
Banbueng	13	15	15	15	11	12	14	13	11	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	10	11	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	10	11	12
Simork	10	9	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	13
Rajpracha	8	8	9	11	9	8	9	12	8	9	7	8	9	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Krung Thonburi	14	7	1	3	5	3	5	7	9	12	11	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15

Source: Thai League 3

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Samut Sakhon	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Trang	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Bangkok University Deffo	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D
Royal Thai Army	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L
Nara United	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D
Chamchuri United	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Ranong United	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D
MOF Customs United	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L
Surat Thani	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D
Kasem Bundit University	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Banbueng	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D
Simork	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L
Rajpracha	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Krung Thonburi	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	W

Source: Thai League 3
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Home \ Away	BAN	BUD	CCU	KBU	KTB	CTU	NTU	NRU	RAJ	RNU	ARM	SSK	SMK	SRT	TRG
Banbueng		4–0	0–4	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2
Bangkok University Deffo	5–1		1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	0–1	0–5	2–1	2–0	0–1
Chamchuri United	4–0	2–0		3–2	4–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–2	5–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–0
Kasem Bundit University	2–0	0–5	1–0		3–2	4–2	0–0	0–1	4–2	0–1	3–2	4–4	2–1	1–2	2–4
Krung Thonburi	1–2	1–4	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	3–2	1–2	1–0	6–1	2–4	3–3
MOF Customs United	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–1		2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	2–0	0–2
Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0		1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2
Nara United	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	1–2		1–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–1
Rajpracha	1–0	1–4	1–3	0–2	4–1	0–2	0–2	0–1		1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	0–0
Ranong United	4–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1		1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–2
Royal Thai Army	2–1	0–4	2–1	3–2	5–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–2		0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Samut Sakhon	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	0–0
Simork	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–4	4–0	0–0	0–2	2–3	3–2	0–0		2–1	0–1
Surat Thani	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	5–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–2		1–2
Trang	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2017. Source: Thai League 3
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 16 September 2017.[25] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Anusak Laosangthai Bangkok University Deffo 23 2 Sanou Oumar Ranong United 16 3 Kraisorn Sriyan Royal Thai Army 14 4 Douglas Lopes Carneiro Trang 13 Hiroyuki Sugimoto Chamchuri United 6 Welington Adao Gomes Samut Sakhon 12 Doukouré Karamoko Simork 8 Thales Lima Samut Sakhon 11 9 Ouattara Zana Brahima Nara United 10 10 Alpha Oumar Lelouma Barry Nara United (8), Kasem Bundit University (1) 9 Nasree Due-loh Trang Soumahoro Mafa Surat Thani Ekkapon Nammuntree Krung Thonburi Victor Paintsil Kasem Bundit University

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Lee Min-kyu4	Krung Thonburi	Simork	6–1	26 February 2017
Diego Barrera	Kasem Bundit University	Rajpracha	4–2	25 March 2017
Hiroyuki Sugimoto	Chamchuri United	Banbueng	4–0	30 April 2017
Thales Lima	Samut Sakhon	Bangkok University Deffo	5–0	13 May 2017
Soumahoro Mafa	Surat Thani	Rajpracha	5–2	13 May 2017
Anusak Laosangthai	Bangkok University Deffo	Rajpracha	5–1	19 August 2017

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Samut Sakhon	18,184	1,625	825	1,298	n/a†
2	Nara United	12,555	2,500	420	965	n/a†
3	Trang	9,206	1,200	247	657	n/a†
4	Ranong United	6,445	700	300	460	n/a†
5	Chamchuri United	6,195	2,900	65	442	n/a†
6	MOF Customs United	4,367	500	150	311	n/a†
7	Surat Thani	4,341	519	169	310	n/a†
8	Krung Thonburi	3,810	700	138	272	n/a†
9	Banbueng	3,318	750	120	237	n/a†
10	Royal Thai Army	2,965	437	126	211	n/a†
11	Rajpracha	2,820	350	70	201	n/a†
12	Kasem Bundit University	2,525	400	100	194	n/a†
13	Simork	2,436	350	100	187	n/a†
14	Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	2,255	350	50	161	n/a†
15	Bangkok University Deffo	2,212	346	23	158	n/a†
	League total	83,634	2,900	23	404	n/a†

Updated to games played on 16 September 2017
Source: Thai League 3

Attendances by home match played

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
Banbueng	239	200	174	250	267	256	200	141	750	250	120	145	175	151	3,318
Bangkok University Deffo	150	63	250	150	250	346	23	100	30	150	100	200	200	200	2,212
Chamchuri United	250	180	300	500	400	250	200	200	250	200	65	200	300	2,900	6,195
Kasem Bundit University	300	Unk.1	200	400	150	150	200	200	100	200	150	200	155	120	2,525
Krung Thonburi	700	298	228	252	164	350	250	164	398	300	172	138	180	216	3,810
MOF Customs United	300	500	300	356	300	150	380	300	150	321	300	410	400	200	4,367
Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity	214	350	195	90	100	77	200	250	200	110	97	50	142	180	2,255
Nara United	2,500	1,500	1,300	1,000	783	744	1,000	600	800	445	1,000	420	463	Unk.3	12,555
Rajpracha	350	280	150	150	350	150	120	200	160	200	240	70	200	200	2,820
Ranong United	500	600	350	380	700	300	500	450	300	400	545	300	520	600	6,445
Royal Thai Army	229	437	159	153	149	225	134	289	214	210	235	220	185	126	2,965
Samut Sakhon	1,239	1,365	1,429	1,189	1,319	1,219	1,460	1,050	1,379	825	1,245	1,375	1,465	1,625	18,184
Simork	200	245	129	115	136	259	Unk.2	350	250	100	156	220	156	120	2,436
Surat Thani	519	367	249	396	329	317	187	198	300	347	219	349	169	395	4,341
Trang	600	1,200	649	247	1,200	280	600	700	850	900	480	500	500	500	9,206

Source: Thai League 3
Note:
Unk.1 Some error of T3 official match report 25 March 2017 (Kasem Bundit University 4–2 Rajpracha).^[26]
Unk.2 Some error of T3 official match report 2 July 2017 (Simork 3–0 Krung Thonburi).^[27]
Unk.3 Some error of T3 official match report 10 September 2017 (Nara United 1–3 Samut Sakhon).^[28]

See also

• 2017 Thai League
• 2017 Thai League 2
• 2017 Thai League 3
• 2017 Thai League 4
• 2017 Thai FA Cup
• 2017 Thai League Cup
• 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region