2020–21 Thai League 3 Northeastern Region

The 2020–21 Thai League 3 Northeastern region is a region in the regional stage of the 2020–21 Thai League 3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season must be postponed to start in late 2020 and end in early 2021. In addition, the Thai League 4 had combined with the Thai League 3 and compete as Thai League 3 since this season^[1] and there is no relegation in this season.^[2] A total of 11 teams located in Northeastern of Thailand will compete in the league of the Northeastern region.^[3]

Thai League 3
Northeastern Region

Season	2020–21
Dates	3 October 2020 – 3 January 2021
Champions	Udon United
T3 National Championship	Udon United Muang Loei United
Matches	85
Goals	283 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jardel Capistrano (22 goals; Udon United)
Biggest home win	8 goals difference Udon United 8–0 Surin City (3 October 2020)
Biggest away win	7 goals difference Mahasarakham 2–9 Udon United (27 December 2020)
Highest scoring	11 goals Mahasarakham 2–9 Udon United (27 December 2020)
Longest winning run	9 matches Udon United
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Udon United
Longest winless run	12 matches Chaiyaphum United
Longest losing run	6 matches Khon Kaen Mordindang
← 2019 (T3), 2019 (T4) 2021–22 →

In late December 2020, COVID-19 had spread again in Thailand, the FA Thailand must abruptly end the regional stage of the Thai League 3.^[4]

Teams

Number of teams by province

Position	Province	Number	Teams
1	Surin	2	Surin City and Surin Khong Chee Mool
2	Chaiyaphum	1	Chaiyaphum United
	Khon Kaen	1	Khon Kaen Mordindang
	Loei	1	Muang Loei United
	Maha Sarakham	1	Mahasarakham
	Nakhon Ratchasima	1	Nakhon Ratchasima United
	Sakon Nakhon	1	Sakon Nakhon
	Ubon Ratchathani	1	Ubon Kruanapat
	Udon Thani	1	Udon United
	Yasothon	1	Yasothon

Stadiums and locations

Chaiyaphum United

Khon Kaen Mordindang

Mahasarakham

Muang Loei United

Nakhon Ratchasima United

Sakon Nakhon

Surin City

Surin Khong Chee Mool

Ubon Kruanapat

Udon United

Yasothon

Locations of the 2020–21 Thai League 3 Northeastern region teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Coordinates
Chaiyaphum United	Chaiyaphum (Mueang)	Chaiyaphum Provincial Stadium	15°48′28″N 102°01′16″E
Khon Kaen Mordindang	Khon Kaen (Mueang)	Khon Kaen University Stadium	16°28′36″N 102°49′04″E
Mahasarakham	Mahasarakham (Mueang)	Mahasarakham Provincial Stadium	16°09′15″N 103°18′59″E
Muang Loei United	Loei (Mueang)	Loei Provincial Stadium	17°29′09″N 101°44′06″E
Nakhon Ratchasima United	Nakhon Ratchasima (Mueang)	Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University Stadium	14°59′07″N 102°06′53″E
Sakon Nakhon	Sakon Nakhon (Mueang)	Sakon Nakhon Provincial Stadium	17°12′04″N 104°06′22″E
Surin City	Surin (Mueang)	Sri Narong Stadium	14°52′30″N 103°29′50″E
Surin Khong Chee Mool	Surin (Mueang)	Stadium of Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Surin Campus	14°51′15″N 103°28′53″E
Ubon Kruanapat	Ubon Ratchathani (Khueang Nai)	Stadium of Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Ban Yang Noi Campus	15°20′58″N 104°37′46″E
Udon United	Udon Thani (Mueang)	Stadium of Thailand National Sports University, Udon Thani Campus	17°24′20″N 102°46′09″E
Yasothon	Yasothon (Mueang)	Yasothon PAO. Stadium	15°46′58″N 104°09′06″E

Foreign players

A T3 team could register 3 foreign players from foreign players all around the world. A team can use 3 foreign players on the field in each game.

Note :
: players who released during second leg transfer window;
: players who registered during second leg transfer window.

	AFC member countries players.
	CAF member countries players.
	CONCACAF member countries players.
	CONMEBOL member countries players.
	OFC member countries players.
	UEFA member countries players.
	No foreign player registered.

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Chaiyaphum United	1st	Armah Abraham Ayaa	Joseph Quasi Amponsah	Soumah Djibril Guineenne
	2nd
Khon Kaen Mordindang	1st	Tagne Djokam Boris Wilfried
	2nd
Mahasarakham	1st
	2nd
Muang Loei United	1st	Alpha Sama	Célio Guilherme da Silva Santos	Diarra Junior Aboubacar
	2nd	Julius Chukwuma Ononiwu
Nakhon Ratchasima United	1st	Cheick Barou Diaby	Vinicius Silva Freitas	Amirmohammad Karamdar
	2nd
Sakon Nakhon	1st	Oigawa Nozomi	Sall Tafsir	Omae So
	2nd	Michael Wellington
Surin City	1st
	2nd
Surin Khong Chee Mool	1st
	2nd	Leonardo Martin Ferrari
Ubon Kruanapat	1st	Fabricio Peris Carneiro	Zady Moise Gnenegbe	David Bayiha
	2nd	Akono Monayong Joseph Berand	Mohammadrafie Milad Sasani Nezhad
Udon United	1st	Park Jae-hyeong	Andrey Coutinho	Jardel Capistrano
	2nd	Josimar Tiago da Silva
Yasothon	1st	Michael Wellington
	2nd

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Udon United (Q)	16	15	1	0	63	17	+46	46	Qualification to the National Championship stage
2	Muang Loei United (Q)	15	12	1	2	35	9	+26	37
3	Yasothon	15	8	3	4	21	13	+8	27
4	Ubon Kruanapat	15	8	3	4	25	21	+4	27
5	Surin City	16	5	3	8	23	30	−7	18
6	Nakhon Ratchasima United	16	4	4	8	25	38	−13	16
7	Surin Khong Chee Mool	16	3	6	7	25	33	−8	15
8	Chaiyaphum United	15	2	8	5	16	24	−8	14
9	Khon Kaen Mordindang	15	3	3	9	18	28	−10	12
10	Sakon Nakhon	16	2	6	8	15	25	−10	12
11	Mahasarakham	15	3	2	10	17	45	−28	11

Source: Thai League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goal scored; 5) Overall goal difference; 6) Overall goal scored; 7) Fair play points; 8) Play-off without extra time).
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Udon United	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Muang Loei United	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Yasothon	2	4	3	4	4	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Ubon Kruanapat	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Surin City	11	5	4	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Nakhon Ratchasima United	8	10	10	11	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Surin Khong Chee Mool	4	8	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Chaiyaphum United	6	6	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8
Khon Kaen Mordindang	7	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9
Sakon Nakhon	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	10
Mahasarakham	10	11	11	7	7	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	11	11	11

Source: Thai League
  = Qualification to the National Championship stage

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Udon United	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	N	W	W	W	W	W	W
Muang Loei United	W	W	D	L	W	W	N	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	N
Yasothon	W	L	W	D	D	N	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	N	W
Ubon Kruanapat	D	W	L	D	N	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	N	W	L
Surin City	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	N	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L
Nakhon Ratchasima United	N	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L
Surin Khong Chee Mool	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	N	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D
Chaiyaphum United	D	D	L	N	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	N	W	W	D
Khon Kaen Mordindang	D	N	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	N	D	W	W	L	W
Sakon Nakhon	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	N	L	D	L	W	L	D	L
Mahasarakham	L	L	N	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	N	L	L	L	W

Source: Thai League
N = No match; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost

Results

Home \ Away	CPU	KKM	MSK	MLU	NRU	SNK	SRC	KCM	UBK	UDU	YST
Chaiyaphum United	—	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	0–1
Khon Kaen Mordindang	—	—	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	—	5–0	0–4	1–3
Mahasarakham	2–2	2–1	—	0–3	—	—	2–4	4–2	1–3	2–9	—
Muang Loei United	4–0	4–0	—	—	7–1	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–0
Nakhon Ratchasima United	1–3	4–1	2–0	—	—	1–0	—	3–3	—	2–5	2–0
Sakon Nakhon	2–2	—	0–0	0–1	2–1	—	1–0	0–3	—	2–3	1–3
Surin City	—	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	2–3	—	—
Surin Khong Chee Mool	0–0	1–0	—	2–2	4–2	2–2	2–4	—	2–2	1–2	—
Ubon Kruanapat	—	2–1	5–0	—	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	—	0–2	1–1
Udon United	5–2	—	7–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	8–0	4–1	2–1	—	—
Yasothon	4–2	—	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	—

Source: Thai League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 3 January 2021.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jardel Capistrano	Udon United	22
2	Diarra Junior Aboubacar	Muang Loei United	11
	Vinicius Silva Freitas	Nakhon Ratchasima United
	Chawin Thirawatsri	Udon United
5	Apiwat Chuenban	Surin Khong Chee Mool	9
6	Phakhawat Poonachaing	Yasothon	8
7	Jakkrawut Songma	Udon United	7
8	Nattawut Wuttiya	Surin Khong Chee Mool	6
	Saran Srideth	Ubon Kruanapat
10	Phanu Wanchuphloed	Khon Kaen Mordindang	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jardel Capistrano5	Udon United	Surin City	8–0 (H)	3 October 2020
Diarra Junior Aboubacar	Muang Loei United	Nakhon Ratchasima United	7–1 (H)	15 November 2020
Jardel Capistrano	Udon United	Nakhon Ratchasima United	3–1 (H)	13 December 2020
Célio Guilherme da Silva Santos	Muang Loei United	Khon Kaen Mordindang	4–0 (H)	26 December 2020
Chawin Thirawatsri4	Udon United	Mahasarakham	9–2 (A)	27 December 2020
Phanu Wanchuphloed	Khon Kaen Mordindang	Ubon Kruanapat	5–0 (H)	2 January 2021
Jardel Capistrano	Udon United	Sakon Nakhon	3–2 (A)	3 January 2021

Notes: ⁴ = Player scored 4 goals; ⁵ = Player scored 5 goals; (H) = Home team; (A) = Away team

Clean sheets

As of 3 January 2021.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Banharn Karin	Muang Loei United	8
2	Panuwat Sritongdee	Udon United	5
3	Ratchaphon Thiamsorn	Chaiyaphum United	3
	Naphat Kongjandee	Sakon Nakhon
	Suttipong Seankla	Ubon Kruanapat
	Jetsada Bunrueng	Yasothon

See also

• 2020–21 Thai League 1
• 2020–21 Thai League 2
• 2020–21 Thai League 3
• 2020–21 Thai League 3 Northern Region
• 2020–21 Thai League 3 Eastern Region
• 2020–21 Thai League 3 Western Region
• 2020–21 Thai League 3 Southern Region
• 2020–21 Thai League 3 Bangkok Metropolitan Region
• 2020–21 Thai League 3 National Championship
• 2020–21 Thai FA Cup
• 2020 Thailand Champions Cup