2018 Thai League 3 Upper Region

2018 Thai League 3 Upper 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 Amnat United and Phayao withdrew before the season started.^[4][5]

2018 T3 Upper Region

Season	2018
Champions	JL Chiangmai United
Promoted	JL Chiangmai United Ayutthaya United
Relegated	Kalasin
Matches played	182
Goals scored	463 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Chatchai Narkwijit (20 goals)
Biggest home win	4 goals difference JL Chiangmai United 4–0 Muangkan United (17 March 2018) Ayutthaya United 4–0 Ayutthaya (1 April 2018) Sakaeo 4–0 Kalasin (5 May 2018) Bangkok 4–0 Marines Eureka (21 July 2018) Ayutthaya United 4–0 Muangkan United (5 August 2018)
Biggest away win	5 goals difference Bangkok 1–6 Chachoengsao Hi-Tek (7 July 2018)
Highest scoring	7 goals JL Chiangmai United 4–3 Marines Eureka (13 May 2018) Bangkok 1–6 Chachoengsao Hi-Tek (7 July 2018) Marines Eureka 5–2 Muangkan United (29 July 2018) JL Chiangmai United 5–2 Lamphun Warrior (25 August 2018)
Longest winning run	4 matches JL Chiangmai United Ayutthaya United Lamphun Warrior Phrae United
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches JL Chiangmai United
Longest winless run	13 matches Kalasin
Longest losing run	5 matches Kalasin Kamphaengphet Muangkan United
Highest attendance	3,116[1] Chachoengsao Hi-Tek 2–0 Muangkan United (18 August 2018)
Lowest attendance	30[2][3] Chiangrai City 1–1 Muangkan United (30 June 2018) Chiangrai City 0–0 Kalasin (28 July 2018)
Total attendance	82,050
Average attendance	450
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 25 August 2018.

Changes from Last Season

Team changes

Promoted Clubs

Three clubs were promoted from the 2017 Thai League 4

• JL Chiangmai United
• Chiangrai City
• Marines Eureka
• Muangkan United

Two clubs were promoted to the 2018 Thai League 2

• Khonkaen
• Udon Thani

Relegated Clubs

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

• Singburi Bangrajun

A club was relegated from the 2017 Thai League 2

• Bangkok

Withdrawn Clubs

• Amnat United and Phayao were taking a 2-years break. This team is automatically banned 2 years, don't get subsidy and relegated to 2020 Thai League 4 Northern Region for Phayao, 2020 Thai League 4 North Eastern Region for Amnat United.^[6][7]

Teams

Stadium and locations

Bangkok Metro Region

Ayutthaya

Ayutthaya United

Chachoengsao Hi-Tek

Chiangrai City

Kalasin

Kamphaengphet

JL Chiangmai United

Lamphun Warrior

Marines Eureka

Muangkan United

Phrae United

Sakaeo

Ubon Ratchathani

Locations of the Thai League 3 Upper region in 2018
2018 Thai League 3 Upper Region

Bangkok

Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Dissolved team

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya	Udhomseelwitthaya School Stadium	1,800
Ayutthaya United	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya Provincial Stadium	6,000
Bangkok	Bangkok	Bangkokthonburi University Stadium	8,000
Chachoengsao Hi-Tek	Chachoengsao	Chachoengsao Municipality Stadium	6,000
Chiangrai City	Chiang Rai	Singha Stadium	11,354
JL Chiangmai United	Chiang Mai	700th Anniversary Stadium	25,000
Kalasin	Kalasin	Kalasin Municipality Stadium	2,580
Kamphaengphet	Kamphaengphet	Cha Kung Rao Stadium	2,600
Lamphun Warrior	Lamphun	Mae-Guang Stadium	3,000
Marines Eureka	Rayong	Klaeng Municipality Stadium
Muangkan United	Kanchanaburi	Kleeb Bua Stadium	13,000
Phrae United	Phrae	Thunghong Municipality Stadium	4,500
Sakaeo	Sakaeo	Sakaeo PAO. Stadium	10,000
Ubon Ratchathani	Ubon Ratchathani	Ubon Ratchathani University Stadium	2,000

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
Ayutthaya	1st	Diomande Mouty	Han Yun-soo	Valery Djomon	Emmanuel Kwame
	2nd	Kendall Jagdeosingh	Taghi Nayebi
Ayutthaya United	1st	Tomohiro Onodera	Nascimento Neto	Noah Chivuta	Kentaro Takamatsu
	2nd	Diego Emilio Silva
Bangkok	1st
	2nd	Park Ji-soo
Chachoengsao Hi-Tek	1st	↔ Berlin Ndebe-Nlome	↔ Mustafa Zazai	Nyamsi Jacques	Naoto Kidoku
	2nd
Chiangrai City	1st			Raphael Diniz	Kang Min-gu
	2nd	Ever Benítez	Lee Jung-hun
JL Chiangmai United	1st	Noh Hyeong-cheol	Lee Jung-hun	Anggello Machuca	Taku Ito
	2nd	Cristian Alex	Roberto Pítio
Kalasin	1st	Kaham Seuntcha Mardochee	Conde Mamoudou	Park Hyung-min	Yaw Mensah
	2nd		Gabriel Mintah	Park Jae-hyung
Kamphaengphet	1st	Shola Jimmy Omotosho	Njifon Abdouramani	Masayuki Kudo	Badar Al Alawi
	2nd
Lamphun Warrior	1st	Diabate Ibrahima
	2nd
Marines Eureka	1st	Mbassegue Mbarga	Jislin Sandjo	Lionel Frank
	2nd
Muangkan United	1st	Tun Tun Win	Ezeofor Chimaroke Odiri	Saw Phwe
	2nd
Phrae United	1st	Kauê Rodrigues de Araujo	Cho Hyun-woo	Jhonatan Bernardo	Thiago Elias
	2nd	Thales Cruz Salviano de Campos	↔ Mustafa Zazai
Sakaeo	1st	David Bayiha	Kendall Jagdeosingh	Guy Hubert
	2nd		Patrick Enninful
Ubon Ratchathani	1st	Rooholah Zare	Badara Aly Diop	Lee Min-kyu	Song I-leum
	2nd		Bouba Abbo	Ahmed Ayman

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JL Chiangmai United (C, Q, P)	26	17	8	1	60	31	+29	59	Promotion to 2019 Thai League 2 and Qualification to 1st Position of Play-off round
2	Ayutthaya United (Q, P)	26	16	6	4	49	23	+26	54	Qualification to 3rd Position of Play-off round[8]
3	Lamphun Warrior	26	13	8	5	36	28	+8	47
4	Phrae United	26	11	9	6	28	20	+8	42
5	Bangkok	26	10	7	9	35	36	−1	37
6	Ubon Ratchathani	26	9	5	12	29	36	−7	32
7	Ayutthaya	26	8	7	11	26	32	−6	31
8	Muangkan United	26	7	9	10	34	41	−7	30
9	Chachoengsao	26	6	11	9	37	35	+2	29
10	Sakaeo	26	6	10	10	31	34	−3	28
11	Kamphaengphet	26	6	9	11	24	32	−8	27
12	Chiangrai City	26	5	11	10	25	34	−9	26
13	Marines Eureka	26	4	11	11	29	42	−13	23
14	Kalasin (R)	26	4	9	13	20	39	−19	21	Relegation to the 2019 Thai League 4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2018. Source: Thai League 3
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored;).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

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
JL Chiangmai United	7	3	4	1	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ayutthaya United	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Lamphun Warrior	8	4	5	2	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Phrae United	3	6	7	9	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Bangkok	6	7	9	5	3	4	7	7	7	7	6	5	7	6	7	7	7	9	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Ubon Ratchathani	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	11	13	10	7	7	7	6
Ayutthaya	5	2	3	7	8	11	8	8	8	10	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	8	7	8	9	11	12	8	10	7
Muangkan United	9	9	2	4	2	5	4	5	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	8
Chachoengsao Hi-Tek	2	5	6	8	9	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	9	7	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	9
Sakaeo	11	12	13	13	10	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	10	12	9	9	8	11	10	10	12	13	10	10	9	10
Kamphaengphet	4	10	10	11	11	9	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	8	9	8	9	9	11	11	11
Chiangrai City	14	11	11	10	12	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	8	11	12	12	12
Marines Eureka	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	10	10	11	8	8	8	10	12	12	13	10	12	13	13	13	13
Kalasin	10	8	8	6	7	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: Thai League 3
  = Leader and promotion to the 2019 Thai League 2;   = Qualification for Thai League 3 Play-offs;   = Relegation to the 2019 Thai League 4

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
JL Chiangmai United	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W
Ayutthaya United	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W
Lamphun Warrior	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L
Phrae United	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L
Bangkok	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D
Ubon Ratchathani	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W
Ayutthaya	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	W
Muangkan United	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D
Chachoengsao Hi-Tek	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D
Sakaeo	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L
Kamphaengphet	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D
Chiangrai City	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	D
Marines Eureka	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L
Kalasin	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	D

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

Results

Home \ Away	AYA	AYU	BKK	CHA	CRC	JCU	KAL	KAM	LPW	MRE	MKU	PHR	SAK	UBR
Ayutthaya		0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	2–0
Ayutthaya United	4–0		3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
Bangkok	0–0	2–1		1–6	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–1
Chachoengsao	0–2	1–1	4–2		3–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
Chiangrai City	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–1		0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0
JL Chiangmai United	2–1	3–3	4–2	2–1	4–1		1–0	4–2	5–2	4–3	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0
Kalasin	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1		0–2	2–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2
Kamphaengphet	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–3		3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Lamphun Warrior	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		2–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Marines Eureka	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–2		5–2	0–1	3–1	0–2
Muangkan United	2–1	1–4	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–2		1–0	1–1	2–3
Phrae United	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–4		1–0	3–1
Sakaeo	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–3	4–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2		1–0
Ubon Ratchathani	2–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2018. Source: Thai League 3
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 August 2018.^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chatchai Narkwijit	JL Chiangmai United	20
2	Nascimento Dos Santos	Ayutthaya United	15
3	Jaruwat Narmmool	Phuket City (7), Lamphun Warrior (5)	12
	Saran Sridet	Lamphun Warrior
5	Kendall Jagdeosingh	Sakaeo (6), Ayutthaya (4)	10
	Taku Ito	JL Chiangmai United
	Anggello Machuca	JL Chiangmai United
8	Kang Min-gu	Chiangrai City	8
	Pakkaphon Kanlapakdee	Marines Eureka
10	Poramet Arjvirai	Bangkok	7
	Jimmy Shola	Kamphaengphet
	Lionel Frank	Marines Eureka
	Jhonatan Bernardo	Phrae United
	Tuangsit Soimee	Sakaeo
	Bouba Abbo	Trang (1), Ubon Ratchathani (6)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jimmy Shola	Kamphaengphet	Sakaeo	3–1	22 April 2018
Kendall Jagdeosingh	Sakaeo	Kalasin	4–0	5 May 2018
Poramet Arjvirai	Bangkok	Kamphaengphet	3–0 Archived 2018-08-26 at the Wayback Machine	6 May 2018
Pradit Chuaisuk	Chachoengsao Hi-Tek	Bangkok	6–1	7 July 2018
Adul Namwong	Chiangrai City	Ayutthaya United	4–1	1 August 2018
Nascimento dos Santos	Ayutthaya United	Muangkan United	4–0	5 August 2018

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Chachoengsao Hi-Tek	14,951	3,116	390	1,150	−26.8%†
2	Ayutthaya United	12,547	1,345	544	965	−12.0%†
3	Lamphun Warrior	10,520	1,530	465	809	−20.7%†
4	JL Chiangmai United	7,190	1,200	311	553	+30.1%†
5	Phrae United	6,902	971	246	530	−2.4%†
6	Ubon Ratchathani	6,051	750	300	465	+2.4%†
7	Bangkok	4,021	764	183	309	−50.6%†
8	Sakaeo	3,572	460	116	274	−63.1%†
9	Ayutthaya	3,382	1,245	38	260	−45.0%†
10	Kamphaengphet	3,302	750	111	254	−16.4%†
11	Muangkan United	3,164	520	103	243	−31.2%†
12	Kalasin	2,829	374	120	218	−41.1%†
13	Marines Eureka	2,543	480	115	195	+57.3%†
14	Chiangrai City	1,076	195	30	83	−32.5%†
	League total	82,050	3,116	30	451	−54.9%†

Updated to games played on 25 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
Ayutthaya	355	261	170	149	122	122	200	130	69	1,245	38	171	350	3,382
Ayutthaya United	1,160	895	553	1,134	1,345	883	1,218	1,328	809	993	777	908	544	12,547
Bangkok	222	438	542	321	201	247	225	213	222	193	183	250	764	4,021
Chachoengsao Hi-Tek	1,377	1,350	1,064	1,125	721	1,020	976	1,167	993	852	390	800	3,116	14,951
Chiangrai City	53	52	48	45	75	172	80	30	68	30	82	146	195	1,076
JL Chiangmai United	658	514	531	563	413	552	435	759	409	311	460	385	1,200	7,190
Kalasin	300	374	300	261	218	209	120	200	151	225	130	195	146	2,829
Kamphaengphet	750	255	300	285	220	250	191	250	119	220	220	111	131	3,302
Lamphun Warrior	1,530	720	795	794	825	796	593	676	682	956	465	965	723	10,520
Marines Eureka	480	280	125	185	125	185	120	115	200	200	156	122	250	2,543
Muangkan United	520	212	196	305	210	272	175	300	343	227	103	174	127	3,164
Phrae United	971	520	689	629	546	579	525	322	246	311	435	686	443	6,902
Sakaeo	460	416	250	220	370	200	400	200	116	260	250	180	250	3,572
Ubon Ratchathani	400	500	450	350	400	676	450	750	400	500	450	300	425	6,051

Source: Thai League 3

See also

• 2018 Thai League
• 2018 Thai League 2
• 2018 Thai League 3
• 2018 Thai League 4
• 2018 Thai FA Cup
• 2018 Thai League Cup
• 2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region