2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region

2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region was the 1st edition of the Thai football league. It is a part of the Thai League 3 and the feeder league for the Thai League 2. A total of 14 teams contested the league ti tle that season, after Prachinburi United failed in getting a licence for the league and Phichit withdrew before the season start.^[3]

2017 T3 Upper Region

Season	2017
Champions	Khonkaen
Promoted	Khonkaen Udon Thani
Relegated	Singburi Bangrajun
Matches played	182
Goals scored	477 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kim Ji-hun (19 goals)
Biggest home win	6 goals Udon Thani 6–0 Singburi Bangrajun (16 July 2017)
Biggest away win	5 goals Kalasin 0–5 Ayutthaya (12 March 2017)
Highest scoring	7 goals Ubon Ratchathani 3–4 Chachoengsao (12 February 2017) Ubon Ratchathani 4–3 Kamphaengphet (9 September 2017)
Longest winning run	8 matches Khonkaen Phrae United
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches Khonkaen
Longest winless run	21 matches Singburi Bangrajun
Longest losing run	6 matches Ubon Ratchathani
Highest attendance	5,180[1] Khonkaen 2–0 Udon Thani (29 July 2017)
Lowest attendance	35[2] Amnat United 3–2 Sakaeo (26 August 2017)
Total attendance	177,915
Average attendance	999
← (D2)2016 2018 →

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted clubs

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

• Kamphaeng Phet
• Phrae United
• Phayao
• Lamphun Warrior

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

• Udon Thani
• Ubon Ratchathani
• Kalasin
• Khon Kaen
• Amnat Poly United

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

• Ayutthaya Warrior
• Ayutthaya
• Singburi Bang Rachan
• Ayutthaya United

Three club was promoted from the 2016 Thai Division 2 League Central Region

• Cha Choeng Sao
• Prachinburi United
• Sa Kaeo

Renamed clubs

• Phichit authorize from Ayutthaya Warrior because Phichit is an absolute football club quota.^[4]

Withdrawn clubs

• Phichit is taking a 1-year break. This team was automatically banned 2 years, did not get subsidy and relegated to 2019 Thai League 4 Northern Region.^[5]

Expansion clubs

• Prachinburi United Club-licensing football club did not pass to play 2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region. This team was relegated to 2017 Thai League 4 Eastern Region again.^[6]

Teams

Stadium and locations

Amnat United

Ayutthaya

Ayutthaya United

Chachoengsao

Kalasin

Khonkaen

Kamphaengphet

Lamphun Warrior

Phrae United

Phayao

Singburi Bangrajun

Sakaeo

Ubon Ratchathani

Udon Thani

Locations of the Thai League 3 Upper region in 2017
2017 Thai League 3 Upper Region

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Amnat United	Amnat Charoen	Amnat Charoen Provincial Stadium[7]	2,500
Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya	Udhomseelwitthaya School Stadium[8]	1,800
Ayutthaya United	Ayutthaya	Senabodee Stadium[9] (Until 11 February 2017) Ayutthaya Provincial Stadium[10] (Since 4 March 2017)	2,500 6,000
Chachoengsao	Chachoengsao	Chachoengsao Municipality Stadium[11]	6,000
Kalasin	Kalasin	Kalasin Municipality Stadium[12]	2,580
Kamphaengphet	Kamphaengphet	Cha Kung Rao Stadium[13]	2,600
Khonkaen	Khonkaen	Khonkaen PAO. Stadium[14]	8,000
Lamphun Warrior	Lamphun	Mae-Guang Stadium[15]	3,000
Phayao	Phayao	Phayao Provincial Stadium[16]	6,000
Phrae United	Phrae	Thunghong Municipality Stadium[17]	4,500
Sakaeo	Sakaeo	Sakaeo PAO. Stadium[18]	10,000
Singburi Bangrajun	Singburi	Singburi Provincial Stadium[19]	4,000
Ubon Ratchathani	Ubon Ratchathani	Ubon Ratchathani University Stadium[20]	2,000
Udon Thani	Udon Thani	Udon Thani Rajabhat University Stadium[21]	4,500

Sponsoring

Team	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Amnat United	Warrix	PP Concrete
Ayutthaya	Deffo	Gulf
Ayutthaya United	Pegan Sport	Gulf
Chachoengsao	Mawin	HI-TEK
Kalasin	Spicer	Traill Sports
Kamphaengphet	KELA	Chang
Khonkaen	Grand Sport	Leo Beer
Lamphun Warrior	Made by club	Betagro
Phayao	FBT	Chang
Phrae United	Made by club	Samart
Sakaeo	FBT	Wangnamyen Dairy Cooperative Limited
Singburi Bangrajun	S'DiO	Singha Corporation
Ubon Ratchathani	Orca Sport	Toyota Deeyiam
Udon Thani	Warrix	Leo Beer

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
Amnat United	First		Zefor Angwafor	Ngono Victor Yves	Victor Mensah	Hong Sang-won
	Second	Tomohiro Onodera
Ayutthaya	First	Nassar David Raheem	Martin Amara Jerry	Valery Djomon	Joo Sung-hwan	Kim Ji-hun
	Second	Diomande Mouty	Bamba Karamoko Jr.
Ayutthaya United	First	Diomande Mouty	Diabate Ibrahima	Fabricio Peris Carneiro	Kendall Jagdeosingh	Kentaro Takamatsu
	Second	Aliou Seck	Noah Chivuta
Chachoengsao	First		Jonny Campbell	Thierry Tchobe	Nyamsi Jacques
	Second	Joshua Jokic[22]
Kalasin	First	Mbotto Lambert	Joseph Amponsah	Caio Rodrigues	Martin Muwanga	Ozaki Hideto
	Second		Phathana Phommathep
Kamphaengphet	First	Vinicius Silva	Njifon Abdouramani	Ozu Kazutaka	Kiyotake Kakyo	Kim Ki-hwan
	Second
Khonkaen	First	Opeyemi Ajayi Korede	Paulo Martins	Darko Tasevski	Takamitsu Yoshino	Richard Cardozo[23]
	Second	Romain Gasmi	Kim Seong-hyeon
Lamphun Warrior	First		Aliou Seck	Jang Gyu-hyeon	Emmanuel Wango
	Second	Nelson Kasum	Diabate Ibrahima	Kim Young-kwang
Phayao	First	Armand Mefire	Jamal Amidu	Melvin Kicmett	Unno Tomoyuki	Daiki Okamoto
	Second
Phrae United	First		Efe Obode	Atsushi Takahashi	Nenebi Tra Sylvestre	Ndengue Dieudonne
	Second	Nelisson Teles	Yuta Nakagaito	Lee Han-kuk
Sakaeo	First	Dennis Borketey	Edmund Borketey	Alex Tawiah	Jordan Opoku	Michael Denteh
	Second			Isaac Oduro	Awuakye Seth
Singburi Bangrajun	First	Takaya Sugasawa	Ryota Noda	Enjo Kensuke	Kai Tomoki	Shota Wada
	Second	Ezeofor Chimaroke Odiri	Jang Gyu-hyeon
Ubon Ratchathani	First	Rodrigo Silva	Ahmed Safwat	Alex de Avila	Paul Ekollo	Bouba Abbo
	Second	Alaan Bruno de Sousa	Yang Kwang-hyun
Udon Thani	First	Dudu Lima	Valci Júnior	Ali Diarra	Florent Obama	Hironori Saruta
	Second	Sho Shimoji

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Khonkaen (P)	26	18	5	3	53	18	+35	59	Promotion to 2018 Thai League 2
2	Udon Thani (Q, P)	26	15	7	4	43	18	+25	52[a]	Qualification to Promotion Play-offs[24]
3	Ayutthaya	26	16	4	6	43	25	+18	52[a]
4	Ayutthaya United	26	14	5	7	40	26	+14	47
5	Phayao	26	10	6	10	32	35	−3	36
6	Phrae United	26	10	5	11	31	32	−1	35
7	Chachoengsao	26	10	4	12	42	38	+4	34[b]
8	Sakaeo	26	9	7	10	35	37	−2	34[b]
9	Kalasin	26	10	4	12	34	40	−6	34[b]
10	Amnat United	26	9	6	11	31	39	−8	33
11	Kamphaengphet	26	6	9	11	21	34	−13	27[c]
12	Lamphun Warrior	26	7	6	13	22	31	−9	27[c]
13	Ubon Ratchathani	26	6	8	12	36	47	−11	26
14	Singburi Bangrajun (R)	26	1	6	19	14	57	−43	9	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;).^[26]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Udon Thani ahead on head-to-head record; Udon Thani 4 pts, Ayutthaya 1 pt.
2. Head-to-head record (Mini league): Kalasin 6 pts, Chachoengsao 6 pts and Sakaeo 6 pts were equivalent. Chachoengsao ahead on overall goals difference; Chachoengsao +4, Sakaeo -2 and Kalasin -6^[25]
3. Kamphaengphet ahead on head-to-head record; Kamphaengphet 4 pts, Lamphun Warrior 1 pt.

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
Khonkaen	7	10	6	8	8	7	6	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Udon Thani	5	2	5	4	2	4	5	5	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Ayutthaya	6	13	7	5	4	3	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3
Ayutthaya United	1	4	2	7	6	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Phayao	14	7	3	2	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	9	11	7	7	7	7	7	6	5
Phrae United	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Kalasin	12	6	11	10	11	10	11	8	9	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7
Chachoengsao	2	5	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	10	8	8	8	9	8
Sakaeo	13	12	9	6	7	8	9	10	10	9	11	11	8	10	11	11	12	11	8	9	11	9	10	9	7	9
Amnat United	11	11	13	13	10	11	10	11	11	10	7	9	10	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	8	10	9	10	10	10
Kamphaengphet	3	8	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	5	5	6	6	8	7	7	8	9	10	9	11	11	12	13	11
Lamphun Warrior	8	3	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12
Ubon Ratchathani	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	13
Singburi Bangrajun	9	9	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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
Khonkaen	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W
Udon Thani	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D
Ayutthaya	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W
Ayutthaya United	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D
Phayao	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D
Phrae United	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
Kalasin	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D
Chachoengsao	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W
Sakaeo	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D
Amnat United	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W
Kamphaengphet	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D
Lamphun Warrior	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L
Ubon Ratchathani	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L
Singburi Bangrajun	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L

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

Results

Home \ Away	ANU	AYU	AYUU	CCS	KAL	KAM	KHO	LPW	PAYO	PRU	SAK	SBB	UBR	UDT
Amnat United		1–2	3–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	3–2	3–0	1–5	0–1
Ayutthaya	2–2		2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–0
Ayutthaya United	3–0	0–2		1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–2
Chachoengsao	1–1	1–2	2–3		3–1	5–0	2–2	2–3	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1
Kalasin	3–1	0–5	0–2	2–1		1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	0–0
Kamphaengphet	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2		0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–0
Khonkaen	4–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–0		0–0	1–1	3–2	3–1	5–0	3–1	2–0
Lamphun Warrior	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2		0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1
Phayao	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–2		0–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–3
Phrae United	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–2		2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1
Sakaeo	0–1	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0		3–0	3–1	1–1
Singburi Bangrajun	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1		1–1	0–2
Ubon Ratchathani	1–3	0–2	1–0	3–4	2–2	4–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1		0–0
Udon Thani	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	4–2	0–2	2–1	6–0	5–1

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.[27] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Kim Ji-hun Ayutthaya 19 2 Sarawut Choenchai Chachoengsao 14 3 Valci Júnior Udon Thani 13 4 Kendall Jagdeosingh Ayutthaya United 11 Dhossapol Yotchan Khonkaen 6 Bouba Abbo Ubon Ratchathani 10 Richard Cardozo Khonkaen 8 Darko Tasevski Khonkaen 9 Victor Mensah Amnat United 10 Dominique Nyamsi Jacques Chachoengsao 8 Fabricio Peris Carneiro Ayutthaya United Jaruwat Narmmool Phrae United Teerawut Wongton Phayao

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Padungsak Phothinak	Chachoengsao	Kamphaengphet	5–0	2 July 2017
Kim Ji-hun	Ayutthaya	Phrae United	3–1	9 September 2017

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Udon Thani	39,580	3,944	2,152	3,044	n/a†
2	Khonkaen	35,698	5,180	1,778	2,746	n/a†
3	Chachoengsao	18,862	4,120	907	1,571	n/a†
4	Ayutthaya United	14,267	2,752	652	1,097	n/a†
5	Lamphun Warrior	12,243	1,639	495	1,020	n/a†
6	Phayao	12,658	1,845	349	973	n/a†
7	Sakaeo	9,652	1,200	380	742	n/a†
8	Phrae United	7,070	820	143	543	n/a†
9	Ayutthaya	5,684	984	207	473	n/a†
10	Ubon Ratchathani	5,908	750	200	454	n/a†
11	Kalasin	4,813	1,024	151	370	n/a†
12	Amnat United	4,257	600	35	327	n/a†
13	Kamphaengphet	3,656	800	100	304	n/a†
14	Singburi Bangrajun	3,567	700	150	274	n/a†
	League total	177,915	5,180	35	999	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	Total
Amnat United	487	450	233	156	220	600	415	244	446	302	151	35	518	4,257
Ayutthaya	508	466	620	330	452	456	764	316	252	329	Unk.4	984	207	5,684
Ayutthaya United	934	1,160	1,155	970	1,204	733	1,162	671	982	2,752	1,211	681	652	14,267
Chachoengsao	1,815	1,240	1,250	1,100	2,140	1,100	Unk.3	1,407	1,210	1,234	907	1,339	4,120	18,862
Kalasin	500	422	600	248	584	240	196	210	239	202	151	1,024	197	4,813
Kamphaengphet	800	300	420	370	208	Unk.2	250	250	320	100	220	300	118	3,656
Khonkaen	1,778	2,681	2,323	2,596	2,568	2,218	2,316	2,237	2,575	2,904	5,180	2,608	3,714	35,698
Lamphun Warrior	Unk.1	1,639	1,215	1,250	1,345	1,359	1,350	790	750	720	550	780	495	12,243
Phayao	1,845	1,549	1,258	1,791	1,284	849	835	893	583	436	528	349	458	12,658
Phrae United	745	736	820	780	559	789	405	410	625	452	143	456	150	7,070
Sakaeo	900	1,152	1,200	920	780	520	600	380	500	740	600	560	800	9,652
Singburi Bangrajun	300	700	300	250	200	217	250	300	150	150	150	200	400	3,567
Ubon Ratchathani	600	500	550	450	550	350	214	600	750	450	444	250	200	5,908
Udon Thani	3,944	3,634	3,825	3,286	3,716	2,533	3,100	2,516	2,647	3,072	2,403	2,152	2,752	39,580

Source: Thai League 3
Note:
Unk.1 Some error of T3 official match report 19 February 2017 (Lamphun Warrior 2–0 Ubon Ratchathani).^[28]
Unk.2 Some error of T3 official match report 30 April 2017 (Kamphaengphet 3–1 Singburi Bangrajun).^[29]
Unk.3 Some error of T3 official match report 2 July 2017 (Chachoengsao 5–0 Kamphaengphet).^[30]
Unk.4 Some error of T3 official match report 12 August 2017 (Ayutthaya 1–0 Lamphun Warrior).^[31]

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 Lower Region