2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region

2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region is the 2nd season 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 will compete in the league this season, after Banbueng withdrew before the season started.^[3][4]

2018 T3 Lower Region

Season	2018
Champions	MOF Customs United
Promoted	MOF Customs United
Relegated	Deffo
Matches played	182
Goals scored	451 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Uroš Stojanov Daiki Konomura (15 goals)
Biggest home win	7 goals difference Nara United 7–0 Simork (5 August 2018)
Biggest away win	4 goals difference Simork 0–4 Royal Thai Army (1 August 2018)
Highest scoring	8 goals Simork 3–5 MOF Customs United (26 August 2018)
Longest winning run	5 matches MOF Customs United Phuket City BTU United
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Nara United
Longest winless run	12 matches Deffo
Longest losing run	5 matches Simork Surat Thani Royal Thai Army BTU United
Highest attendance	1,297[1] Trang 1–1 Nara United (15 July 2018)
Lowest attendance	45[2] Rajpracha 0–0 Nara United (11 August 2018)
Total attendance	58,111
Average attendance	322
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 26 August 2018.

Changes from Last Season

Team changes

Promoted Clubs

A club was promoted from the 2017 Thai League 4

• BTU United

A clubs was promoted to the 2018 Thai League 2

• Samut Sakhon

Relegated Clubs

A club was relegated to the 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region

• Krung Thonburi

A club was relegated from the 2017 Thai League 2

• Songkhla United

Renamed Clubs

• Banbueng authorize from Phuket City because Banbueng is an absolute football club quota.^[5]
• Bangkok University Deffo was renamed to Deffo
• Nakhon Si Thammarat Unity was renamed to WU Nakhon Si United

Expansion Clubs

• Songkhla United and Krung Thonburi 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 for Songkhla United, 2020 Thailand Amateur League Bangkok Metropolitan Region for Krung Thonburi .^[6]

Teams

Stadium and locations

WU Nakhon Si United

Nara United

Phuket City

Ranong United

Simork

Surat Thani

Trang

Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Bangkok area teams

Chamchuri United
Deffo
Kasem Bundit University
Rajpracha
Royal Thai Army

Metropolitan area teams

MOF Customs United

Locations of the Thai League 3 Lower region in 2018

Royal Thai Army

Chamchuri United

Kasem Bundit University

Rajpracha

Deffo

MOF Customs United

BTU United

Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
BTU United	Bangkok	Bangkok-Thonburi University Stadium	1,500
Chamchuri United	Bangkok	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	20,000
Deffo	Bangkok	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana	5,000
Kasem Bundit University	Bangkok	Kasem Bundit University Stadium, Rom Klao	2,000
MOF Customs United	Samut Prakan	Customs Department Stadium, Ladkrabang 54	2,000
Nara United	Narathiwat	Narathiwat PAO. Stadium	5,000
Phuket City	Phuket	Surakul Stadium	15,000
Rajpracha	Bangkok	Thonburi Stadium	1,000
Ranong United	Ranong	Ranong Provincial Stadium	7,000
Royal Thai Army	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium	20,000
Simork	Angthong	Angthong Provincial Stadium	6,000
Surat Thani	Surat Thani	Surat Thani Provincial Stadium	10,000
Trang	Trang	Trang Municipality Stadium	5,000
WU Nakhon Si United	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Walailak University Stadium	10,000

Foreign players

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

A T3 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
BTU United	1st	Felipe Silva Abreu	Kouassi Bernard	Thierry Ratsimbazafy	Lee Heon-ju
	2nd
Chamchuri United	1st	Han Ji-Seong	Daiki Higuchi	Hiroyuki Sugimoto	Kim Jun-ho
	2nd	Julius Chukwuma Ononiwu
Deffo	1st	Adama Diomandé	Diego Barrera	Tangeni Shipahu	Song Jin-ouk
	2nd	Kedi Amang Ghislain Roger	Ise Yohei
Kasem Bundit University	1st	Víctor Moraes	Kim Myung-Su	Song Yun-ho	Sanou Oumar
	2nd	Alaan Bruno De Sousa Santos	Caíque Freitas Ribeiro	Taiga Watabe
MOF Customs United	1st	Ibrahim Coulibaly	Efe Jerry Obode	Uroš Stojanov	Hwang In-seong
	2nd	Giuberty Silva Neves	Anayo Cosmas Onuora
Nara United	1st	Kim Ban-suk	Ibrahim Dicko	Osama Ibrahim	Jung Jung-yu
	2nd	Nicolas Vandelli
Phuket City	1st	Kyaw Phyo Wai	Lee Jun-Ki
	2nd		Ryosuke Nagasawa
Rajpracha	1st		Anayo Cosmas Onuora	Julius Ononiwu	Onyemelukwe Okechukwu
	2nd	Kong Tae-hyun	Kameni Roderigue Ferdinand	Lucas Daniel Echenique
Ranong United	1st	Alaan Bruno De Sousa Santos	Giuberty Silva Neves	Burnel Okana-Stazi	Kim Tae-woong	Win Hlaing Oo
	2nd	Kaham Seuntcha Mardochee	Armand Mefire Njikam
Royal Thai Army	1st
	2nd
Simork	1st		Oparaobioma Kingsley
	2nd	Mohamed Osman Abdelaty
Surat Thani	1st	Vinicius Silva Freitas	Phathana Phommathep	Soumahoro Mafa	Kourouma Mohamed	Faramarz Vahdat Derakhshan
	2nd	Ibrahim Coulibaly	Khoun Laboravy
Trang	1st	Fernando Abreu	Bouba Abbo	Douglas Lopes Carneiro	Tetsuro Inoue
	2nd	Ricardo Theodoro de Almeida	Nelisson Teles
WU Nakhon Si United	1st	Endo Shiyu	Samuel Abega Ampofo	Daniel Mensah	Daiki Konomura
	2nd	Efe Jerry Obode

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MOF Customs United (Q, P)	26	15	9	2	43	23	+20	54	Promotion to 2019 Thai League 2 and Qualification to 1st Position of Play-off round
2	Nara United (Q)	26	13	11	2	45	18	+27	50[a]	Qualification to 3rd Position of Play-off round[7]
3	Trang	26	14	8	4	34	16	+18	50[a]
4	Chamchuri United	26	12	5	9	32	27	+5	41
5	Phuket City	26	11	7	8	29	23	+6	40
6	BTU United	26	11	5	10	38	32	+6	38
7	Royal Thai Army	26	10	5	11	30	31	−1	35
8	WU Nakhon Si United	26	9	7	10	31	31	0	34
9	Ranong United	26	9	4	13	30	33	−3	31
10	Surat Thani	26	6	8	12	34	49	−15	26
11	Kasem Bundit University	26	5	10	11	26	33	−7	25
12	Simork	26	5	8	13	30	57	−27	23[b]
13	Rajpracha	26	5	8	13	25	42	−17	23[b]
14	Deffo (R)	26	4	11	11	24	36	−12	23[b]	Relegation to the 2019 Thai League 4

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2018. Source: Thai League 3
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored;).
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Nara United ahead on head-to-head record; Nara United 4 pts, Trang 1 pt.
2. Head-to-head record (Mini league): Simork 6 pts(gd +3), Rajpracha 6 pts(gd +1), Deffo 2 pts.^[8]

Positions by round

	Leader and promotion to the 2019 Thai League 2
	Qualification for Thai League 3 Play-offs
	Relegation to the 2019 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
MOF Customs United	8	4	5	3	6	5	4	4	5	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Nara United	5	7	4	6	5	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Trang	11	3	2	4	2	4	5	5	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Chamchuri United	4	6	10	7	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Phuket City	6	8	6	5	3	2	1	1	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	6	5
BTU United	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	4	4	5	5	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6
Royal Thai Army	9	10	12	13	13	14	12	14	12	13	12	11	10	9	9	11	12	10	9	10	9	8	7	6	8	7
WU Nakhon Si United	7	11	14	14	14	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8
Ranong United	3	2	3	2	4	6	7	6	7	8	8	7	8	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9
Surat Thani	2	5	8	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Kasem Bundit University	12	12	13	11	12	13	14	12	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	11
Simork	10	9	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	9	10	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Rajpracha	13	13	9	12	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Deffo	14	14	11	9	10	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14

Source: Thai League 3

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
MOF Customs United	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W
Nara United	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W
Trang	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D
Chamchuri United	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L
Phuket City	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W
BTU United	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D
Royal Thai Army	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D
WU Nakhon Si United	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	L
Ranong United	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L
Surat Thani	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W
Kasem Bundit University	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L
Simork	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L
Rajpracha	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W
Deffo	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	D

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

Results

Home \ Away	BTU	CCU	DEF	KBU	MCU	NRU	PKC	RAJ	RNU	RTA	SMK	SRT	TRG	WNU
BTU United		2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–1
Chamchuri United	2–1		1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–2	5–2	1–0	1–0
Deffo	2–2	2–1		0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–0	1–2
Kasem Bundit University	1–0	0–0	0–0		0–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	4–1	1–3	0–1	0–2
MOF Customs United	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1		2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–2	2–1
Nara United	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2		1–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	7–0	5–2	3–0	1–1
Phuket City	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–2		2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Rajpracha	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0		3–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–2
Ranong United	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–1
Royal Thai Army	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–2		0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Simork	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–5	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–4		1–0	1–3	2–2
Surat Thani	2–2	3–2	2–3	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–2		0–0	1–1
Trang	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0		1–0
WU Nakhon Si United	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 26 August 2018. Source: Thai League 3
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 August 2018.^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Uroš Stojanov	MOF Customs United	15
	Daiki Konomura	WU Nakhon Si United
3	Jung Jung-yu	Nara United	14
4	Jaruwat Narmmool	Phuket City (7), Lamphun Warrior (5)	12
	Mohamed Kourouma	Surat Thani
6	Ibrahim Dicko	Nara United	11
7	Efe Obode	MOF Customs United (1), WU Nakhon Si United (9)	10
8	Burnel Okana-Stazi	Ranong United	9
	Douglas Lopes Carneiro	Trang
10	Kasitinard Sriphirom	Chamchuri United	8
	Amarin Jaisuesat	Surat Thani

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ahamarasul Due-reh	Nara United	Surat Thani	5–2	24 February 2018
Jung Jung-yu	Nara United	Rajpracha	4–1	6 May 2018
Jung Jung-yu	Nara United	Simork	7–0	5 August 2018
Anirut Suebyim	Banbueng Phuket City	Simork	4–0	19 August 2018

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nara United	9,402	1,100	240	783	−18.9%†
2	Trang	9,326	1,297	279	777	+18.3%†
3	Ranong United	5,375	600	250	413	−10.2%†
4	MOF Customs United	5,142	720	123	395	+27.0%†
5	BTU United	4,540	424	285	349	−23.1%†
6	Phuket City	3,730	503	100	286	+20.7%†
7	Royal Thai Army	3,378	550	136	260	+23.2%†
8	WU Nakhon Si United	3,004	485	85	231	+43.5%†
9	Deffo	2,994	446	50	230	+45.6%†
10	Simork	2,747	450	130	211	+12.8%†
11	Surat Thani	2,504	319	102	193	−37.7%†
12	Kasem Bundit University	2,248	300	100	172	−11.3%†
13	Chamchuri United	2,196	250	100	169	−61.8%†
14	Rajpracha	1,525	200	45	117	−41.8%†
	League total	58,111	1,297	45	323	−20.0%†

Updated to games played on 26 August 2018
Source: Thai League 3

Attendance by home match played

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Total
BTU United	424	422	350	342	313	321	286	285	346	397	366	323	365	4,540
Chamchuri United	146	150	200	200	150	250	150	150	150	200	150	100	200	2,196
Deffo	422	446	321	60	250	255	365	125	100	150	50	150	300	2,994
Kasem Bundit University	200	210	100	120	200	250	107	150	200	300	100	100	211	2,248
MOF Customs United	200	300	123	416	250	425	720	650	478	300	250	430	600	5,142
Nara United	980	948	800	884	1,100	850	240	550	600	950	700	Unk.2	800	9,402
Phuket City	503	435	308	337	369	401	429	217	207	215	100	106	103	3,730
Rajpracha	150	70	120	120	100	180	160	200	100	100	80	45	100	1,525
Ranong United	500	500	400	300	500	600	500	400	250	300	400	250	475	5,375
Royal Thai Army	223	255	250	164	136	230	253	550	195	156	280	186	500	3,378
Simork	160	156	209	185	135	220	189	215	189	250	130	259	450	2,747
Surat Thani	260	319	217	248	276	200	219	152	123	102	119	119	150	2,504
Trang	1,050	900	550	279	950	610	628	798	800	1,297	Unk.1	770	694	9,326
WU Nakhon Si United	485	364	300	150	200	85	150	150	100	200	220	200	400	3,004

Source: Thai League 3
Note:
Unk.1 Some error of T3 official match report 28 July 2018 (Trang 3–1 Ranong United).^[10]
Unk.2 Some error of T3 official match report 5 August 2018 (Nara United 7–0 Simork).^[11]