2018 Thai League 2

The 2018 Thai League 2 is the 21st season of the Thai League 2, the second-tier professional league for Thailand's association football clubs, since its establishment in 1997, also known as M-150 Championship due to the sponsorship deal with M-150. A total of 15 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 9 February 2018 and is scheduled to conclude on 29 September 2018.^[3]

Thai League 2

Season	2018
Champions	PTT Rayong
Promoted	PTT Rayong Trat Chiangmai
Relegated	Krabi Angthong
Matches played	210
Goals scored	563 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Barros Tardeli (21 goals)
Biggest home win	5 goals difference Kasetsart 5–0 Krabi (10 March 2018) Trat 5–0 PTT Rayong (18 March 2018) Khonkaen 6–1 Trat (5 May 2018) PTT Rayong 6–1 Kasetsart (11 August 2018)
Biggest away win	5 goals difference Army United 1–6 Rayong (10 June 2018)
Highest scoring	11 goals Angthong 5–6 Chiangmai (12 September 2018)
Longest winning run	5 matches Khonkaen
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Nongbua Pitchaya
Longest winless run	11 matches Samut Sakhon
Longest losing run	8 matches Krabi
Highest attendance	9,346[1] Udon Thani 1–1 Nongbua Pitchaya (17 March 2018)
Lowest attendance	289[2] Kasetsart 2–1 Army United (15 September 2018)
Total attendance	325,428
Average attendance	1,549
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 29 September 2018.

Chainat Hornbill are the defending champions, while Samut Sakhon, Khonkaen and Udon Thani have entered as the promoted teams from the 2017 Thai League 3.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Thai League 2

Promoted to 2018 Thai League

• Chainat Hornbill
• Air Force Central
• PT Prachuap

Relegated to 2018 Thai League 3

• Bangkok

Relegated to 2018 Thai League 4

• Nakhon Pathom United
• Samut Songkhram

To Thai League 2

Relegated from 2017 Thai League

• Thai Honda
• Sisaket
• Super Power Samut Prakan

Promoted from 2017 Thai League 3

• Samut Sakhon
• Khonkaen
• Udon Thani

Renamed clubs

• Super Power Samut Prakan authorize from Jumpasri United
• Thai Honda Ladkrabang was renamed to Thai Honda

Expansion clubs

• Nakhon Pathom United and Samut Songkhram Club-licensing football club didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 2. This team were relegated to 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region.^[4]
• Songkhla United Club-licensing football club didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region. This team is banned 2 years and Relegated to 2020 Thai League 4 Southern Region.^[5]
• Jumpasri United Club-licensing football club didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 2. This team is banned 2 years and Relegated to 2020 Thai League 4 North Eastern Region.^[6]

Teams

Stadium and locations

Bangkok Metro

Angthong

Chiangmai

Krabi

Khonkaen

Lampang

Nongbua Pitchaya

PTT Rayong

Rayong

Sisaket

Trat

Udon Thani

Bangkok Metro teams
Army United
Kasetsart
Samut Sakhon
Thai Honda Ladkrabang

Locations of the 2018 Thai League 2

Army United

Kasetsart

Samut Sakhon

Thai Honda

Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Angthong	Angthong	Angthong Provincial Stadium	6,000
Army United	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium	20,000
Chiangmai	Chiangmai	700th Anniversary Stadium	25,000
Kasetsart	Bangkok	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana	5,000
Krabi	Krabi	Krabi Provincial Stadium	6,000
Khonkaen	Khonkaen	Khonkaen PAO. Stadium	7,000
Lampang	Lampang	Lampang Provincial Stadium	5,500
Nongbua Pitchaya	Nongbua Lamphu	Nongbua Lamphu Provincial Stadium	4,333
PTT Rayong	Rayong	PTT Stadium	12,000
Rayong	Rayong	Rayong Provincial Stadium	7,500
Samut Sakhon	Samut Sakhon	Samut Sakhon Provincial Stadium	3,500
Sisaket	Sisaket	Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium	10,000
Thai Honda	Bangkok	72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri)	10,000
Trat	Trat	Trat Provincial Stadium	6,000
Udon Thani	Udon Thani	Institute of Physical Education Udon Thani Stadium	3,500

Foreign players

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

A T2 team could registered five foreign players by at least one player from AFC member countries and at least one player from ASEAN member countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries or ASEAN member countries (3+1).

Note :
: players who released during summer transfer window;
: players who registered during summer transfer window.
↔: players who have dual nationality by half-caste or naturalization.

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Angthong	1st	Aung Kyaw Naing	↔Ndriqim Halili	Isaac Honny	Gorka Unda	Kazuki Murakami
	2nd		Prince Amponsah
Army United	1st	Diego Lima	Erivelto	Frauches	Anmar Almubaraki	Hassan Sunny
	2nd
Chiangmai	1st	Cristian	Mustafa Azadzoy	Luis Verdini	Soares
	2nd	Lenny	Seo Dong-hyeon
Kasetsart	1st	↔ Kayne Vincent	Diego	Yusei Ogasawara	Boubacar Koné
	2nd		Danilo	Kim Hyo-jin
Khonkaen	1st	David Bala	Marc Landry Babo	↔ Darko Tasevski	Kim Seong-hyeon	Yanto Basna
	2nd	Renan Marques
Krabi	1st	↔ Kesley Alves	↔ Matías Jadue	Ryohei Maeda	Victor Amaro	Koné Seydou
	2nd		Ivan Vuković	Kim Gwi-hyeon
Lampang	1st	Kai Hirano	Pedro Paulo	Tiago Chulapa	Melvin de Leeuw
	2nd	↔ Faysal Shayesteh
Nongbua Pitchaya	1st	Gabriel Davis	Kim Ji-hun	Ramon	↔ Goran Jerković	Izwan Mahbud
	2nd	Harrison Cardoso	Yusei Ogasawara
PTT Rayong	1st	João Paulo	Goshi Okubo	Dennis Murillo	Wellington Bruno	↔ Ryuji Utomo
	2nd	Josimar	Jung Hoon
Rayong	1st	Kim Moon-ju	Thiago Santos	Pascal Millien	Seiya Sugishita
	2nd	Andre Araújo
Samut Sakhon	1st	Valci Júnior	Kouassi Yao Hermann	Henri Jöel	Kengo Ishii	Kaung Sett Naing
	2nd	↔ Pedro Henrique	Adefolarin Durosinmi
Sisaket	1st		Igor Carneiro Luiz	Almir	Cristiano	Kim Seong-sik
	2nd	Soukaphone Vongchiengkham	Žarko Korać
Thai Honda	1st	Wágner	Léo	Kento Nagasaki	Michitaka Akimoto
	2nd	Valdo
Trat	1st	Maranhão	Barros Tardeli	Yuki Bamba	Hiromichi Katano
	2nd	Milan Bubalo
Udon Thani	1st	Milan Bubalo	Kim Jae-sung	Florent Obama	Miloš Stojanović	Baihakki Khaizan
	2nd	Gabriel Davis	Sho Shimoji

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PTT Rayong (C, P)	28	17	5	6	54	32	+22	56	Promotion to 2019 Thai League
2	Trat (P)	28	15	9	4	51	32	+19	54
3	Chiangmai (P)	28	13	11	4	45	31	+14	50
4	Khonkaen	28	14	7	7	52	30	+22	49
5	Nongbua Pitchaya	28	12	9	7	32	25	+7	45
6	Samut Sakhon	28	8	10	10	34	46	−12	34[a]
7	Udon Thani	28	9	7	12	33	35	−2	34[a]
8	Army United	28	7	13	8	38	41	−3	34[a]
9	Lampang	28	8	10	10	32	35	−3	34[a]
10	Sisaket	28	8	10	10	29	32	−3	34[a]
11	Rayong	28	8	9	11	32	35	−3	33
12	Thai Honda	28	8	8	12	32	39	−7	32
13	Kasetsart	28	8	4	16	34	49	−15	28
14	Krabi (R)	28	7	5	16	26	49	−23	26	Relegation to 2019 Thai League 3
15	Angthong (R)	28	5	9	14	39	52	−13	24

Source: Thai League 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Overall goals difference; 4) Overall goals scored; 5) Fair play points; 6) Play-off without extra time.^[8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record (Mini league): Samut Sakhon 12 pts, Udon Thani 11 pts, Army United 10 pts (38 goals scored), Lampang 10 pts (32 goals scored), Sisaket 9 pts.^[7]

Positions by round

	Leader and promotion to the 2019 Thai League
	Promotion to the 2019 Thai League
	Relegation to the 2019 Thai League 3

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
PTT Rayong	2	1	4	4	2	4	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	4	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Trat	3	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Chiangmai	5	8	11	11	9	10	9	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Khonkaen	6	5	6	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	4	4
Nongbua Pitchaya	8	4	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Samut Sakhon	11	13	7	6	6	7	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	9	6
Udon Thani	9	3	2	3	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	9	11	7
Army United	4	7	5	7	8	6	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	9	7	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8
Lampang	12	14	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	8	8	9	8	9	7	6	7	6	9
Sisaket	14	10	12	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	12	11	11	10	8	9	9	10	12	10
Rayong	13	9	10	8	10	8	10	8	9	8	8	6	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	6	7	6	7	7	8	8	6	7	11
Thai Honda	15	15	15	14	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	10	12
Kasetsart	1	6	8	9	7	9	6	5	4	5	5	7	6	6	7	8	8	7	8	9	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Krabi	7	11	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Angthong	10	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Source: Thai League 2

Results by round

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
PTT Rayong	W	W		W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W		D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W
Trat	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D		W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W		W	D	L	W	W	W
Chiangmai	D	D	L	L	W		W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W		L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D
Khonkaen	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D		W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D		L	D
Nongbua Pitchaya	D	W	W	W	W	D	W		W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	L		L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D
Samut Sakhon	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L		D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L		D	L	W	D
Udon Thani	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	L		W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W		W	L	W
Army United	D	D	W	L	D	W		D	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D		W	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	D
Lampang		L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D
Sisaket	L	D	L	L		L	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D		W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W
Rayong	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W		W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D		L	D	W	L	L
Thai Honda	L	L	D		D	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D		L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
Kasetsart	W		L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	L		L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L
Krabi	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L		W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W		L
Angthong	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L		D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D		L	W	D	L	W	D	D

Source: Thai League 2
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = No opponent

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	AMU	CMI	KST	KHO	KBI	LAM	NBP	PTT	RYG	SSK	SIS	TH	TRT	UDT
Angthong		2–2	5–6	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–4	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–1
Army United	1–0		1–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–2	1–6	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0
Chiangmai	3–2	2–1		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Kasetsart	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–0
Khonkaen	4–1	1–2	2–2	3–0		1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	6–1	1–0
Krabi	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–0		0–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1
Lampang	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–3	2–2	2–3		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Nongbua Pitchaya	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
PTT Rayong	1–3	1–0	0–1	6–1	1–4	5–1	2–2	2–0		3–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	5–2	5–1
Rayong	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2		2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1
Samut Sakhon	3–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–4	4–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–2		0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1
Sisaket	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–2		3–3	0–0	1–2
Thai Honda	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	3–3	1–1		1–2	3–2
Trat	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–1		3–2
Udon Thani	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: Thai League 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 September 2018.^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Barros Tardeli	Trat	21
2	Isaac Honny	Angthong	17
3	Marc Landry Babo	Khonkaen	16
4	Erivelto	Army United	14
	Dennis Murillo	PTT Rayong
6	Goran Jerković	Nongbua Pitchaya	13
7	Hiziel Souza Soares	Chiangmai	11
	Thotsaphon Yotchan	Khonkaen
	Melvin de Leeuw	Lampang
	Tawin Butsombat	Thai Honda

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kayne Vincent	Kasetsart	Krabi	5–0	10 March 2018
Yuki Bamba	Trat	PTT Rayong	5–0	18 March 2018
Dennis Murillo	PTT Rayong	Krabi	5–1	11 April 2018
Barros Tardeli	Trat	Krabi	4–1	13 May 2018
Goran Jerković	Nongbua Pitchaya	Kasetsart	4–0	27 May 2018
André Araújo	Rayong	Army United	6–1	10 June 2018
Isaac Honny	Angthong	Rayong	4–4	22 July 2018
Tiago Chulapa	Lampang	Kasetsart	4–3	12 September 2018
Kritsana Kasemkulvilai	Samut Sakhon	Thai Honda	3–3	12 September 2018
Kamol Phothong	Angthong	Chiangmai	5–6	12 September 2018
Soares	Chiangmai	Angthong	6–5	12 September 2018

Attendance

Overall statistics

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Khonkaen	59,647	6,489	2,363	4,261	+55.2%†
2	Udon Thani	45,962	9,346	1,248	3,283	+7.9%†
3	Nongbua Pitchaya	29,155	3,029	1,321	2,083	+11.1%†
4	PTT Rayong	26,757	3,856	933	1,911	+3.2%†
5	Rayong	23,780	3,280	414	1,699	+7.2%†
6	Chiangmai	22,484	4,655	656	1,606	−39.5%†
7	Trat	19,398	4,092	810	1,385	+43.1%†
8	Samut Sakhon	17,389	2,578	574	1,242	−4.3%†
9	Lampang	15,988	2,346	483	1,142	−29.6%†
10	Angthong	12,979	1,437	410	927	−16.8%†
11	Sisaket	12,818	1,629	521	916	−66.4%†
12	Thai Honda	11,591	1,301	593	827	−45.8%†
13	Army United	11,163	1,118	396	797	+11.0%†
14	Kasetsart	8,962	2,889	289	640	−7.6%†
15	Krabi	7,355	989	404	525	−21.5%†
	League total	325,428	9,346	289	1,550	+11.0%†

Updated to games played on 29 September 2018
Source: Thai League 2
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in Thai League 3

Attendance by home match played

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
Angthong	1,243	1,437	833	497	410	916	753	1,226	948	1,190	1,072	1,058	437	959	12,979
Army United	1,118	866	794	396	900	764	1,093	682	735	862	840	869	772	472	11,163
Chiangmai	1,823	1,483	656	1,172	1,008	1,109	1,239	1,119	1,991	1,532	1,239	1,725	1,733	4,655	22,484
Kasetsart	2,889	475	520	422	319	920	422	572	412	315	520	375	289	512	8,962
Khonkaen	2,363	2,763	3,488	3,250	3,120	3,698	4,118	5,373	3,375	4,621	4,953	6,118	5,918	6,489	59,647
Krabi	989	664	598	525	443	492	492	493	404	437	435	483	450	450	7,355
Lampang	1,420	1,287	1,322	1,054	1,177	2,346	1,309	1,187	981	808	790	1,018	483	806	15,988
Nongbua Pitchaya	2,000	1,926	2,348	2,142	2,140	2,025	2,781	2,243	2,344	3,029	1,678	1,726	1,321	1,452	29,155
PTT Rayong	2,575	3,856	1,439	933	1,780	2,480	1,897	1,365	2,058	1,611	1,942	1,625	1,701	1,495	26,757
Rayong	1,040	1,220	1,380	414	1,986	1,960	1,480	1,840	1,540	1,840	1,890	1,680	2,230	3,280	23,780
Samut Sakhon	574	2,123	1,685	2,578	923	1,263	873	936	873	1,076	1,183	1,164	1,153	985	17,389
Sisaket	1,629	1,261	875	694	594	1,131	984	704	800	912	1,162	847	704	521	12,818
Thai Honda	727	626	701	661	593	850	812	910	950	1,004	1,096	670	690	1,301	11,591
Trat	1,007	1,123	1,367	1,092	1,290	981	1,175	819	1,189	810	1,045	1,936	1,472	4,092	19,398
Udon Thani	6,000	5,300	9,346	4,534	4,282	3,038	1,792	2,144	1,874	1,598	1,888	1,248	1,270	1,648	45,962

Source: Thai League 2

See also

• 2018 Thai League 1
• 2018 Thai League 3
• 2018 Thai League 4
• 2018 Thailand Amateur League
• 2018 Thai FA Cup
• 2018 Thai League Cup
• 2018 Thailand Champions Cup