2023–24 Thai League 3 Northern Region

The 2023–24 Thai League 3 Northern region is a region in the regional stage of the 2023–24 Thai League 3.^[1] The tournament was sponsored by Rising Sun fertilizer, and known as the Rising Sun Fertilizer League for sponsorship purposes.^[2] A total of 11 teams located in Northern, Western, and Central of Thailand will compete in the league of the Northern region.

Thai League 3
Northern Region

Season	2023–24
Dates	16 September 2023 – 24 February 2024
Champions	Phitsanulok Unity
Relegated	Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao Kongkrailas United
T3 National Championship	Phitsanulok Unity Maejo United
Matches played	110
Goals scored	286 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kunburus Sounses (15 goals; Kongkrailas United)
Best goalkeeper	Natthanan Pankhlai (6 clean sheets; Kamphaengphet) Panut Bunlang (6 clean sheets; Phitsanulok Unity)
Biggest home win	4 goals difference Chiangrai City 4–0 Kongkrailas United (30 September 2023) Maejo United 4–0 Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United (7 January 2024) Phitsanulok 5–1 Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao (10 February 2024)
Biggest away win	4 goals difference Kongkrailas United 0–4 Maejo United (5 November 2023) Kongkrailas United 2–6 Phitsanulok (14 January 2024) Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City 1–5 Phitsanulok (24 February 2024)
Highest scoring	8 goals Kongkrailas United 2–6 Phitsanulok (14 January 2024)
Longest winning run	6 matches Phitsanulok
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Phitsanulok Unity
Longest winless run	12 matches Kamphaengphet
Longest losing run	6 matches Chiangrai City
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Changes from last season

Promotion or relegation

Team	League		Notes
	Previous season	Current season
From Thai League 3
Chiangrai Lanna	Thai League 3	Thailand Semi-pro League
Nan	Thai League 3	Thailand Semi-pro League	Relegation due to club licensing reason
To Thai League 3
Khelang United	Thailand Semi-pro League	Thai League 3

Renaming

Team	Old name	Current name
Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	See Khwae City F.C.	Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City F.C.
Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	Nakhon Mae Sot United F.C.	Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United F.C.

Teams

Number of teams by province

Position	Province	Number	Teams
1	Phitsanulok	2	Phitsanulok and Phitsanulok Unity
2	Chiang Rai	1	Chiangrai City
	Chiang Mai	1	Maejo United
	Kamphaeng Phet	1	Kamphaengphet
	Lampang	1	Khelang United
	Nakhon Sawan	1	Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City
	Phayao	1	Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao
	Sukhothai	1	Kongkrailas United
	Tak	1	Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United
	Uttaradit	1	Uttaradit Saksiam

Stadiums and locations

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1 Chiangrai City
2 Kamphaengphet
3 Khelang United
4 Kongkrailas United
5 Maejo United
6 Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City
7 Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United
8 Phitsanulok
9 Phitsanulok Unity
10 Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao
11 Uttaradit Saksiam

Locations of the 2023–24 Thai League 3 Northern region teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Coordinates
Chiangrai City	Chiangrai (Mueang)	Leo Chiangrai Stadium[3]	19°57′25″N 99°52′29″E
Kamphaengphet	Kamphaengphet (Mueang)	Cha Kung Rao Stadium[4]	16°28′40″N 99°31′17″E
Khelang United	Lampang (Mueang)	Stadium of Lampang Rajabhat University[5]	18°14′07″N 99°29′22″E
Kongkrailas United	Sukhothai (Mueang)	Thalay Luang Stadium[6]	17°03′43″N 99°47′39″E
Maejo United	Chiangmai (San Sai)	Stadium of Maejo University[7]	18°53′54″N 99°00′48″E
Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	Nakhon Sawan (Mueang)	Stadium of Nakhon Sawan Sports School[8]	15°44′33″N 100°07′56″E
Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	Tak (Mae Sot)	Five Border Districts Stadium[9]	16°44′07″N 98°33′52″E
Phitsanulok	Phitsanulok (Mueang)	Phitsanulok PAO. Stadium[10]	16°50′48″N 100°15′51″E
Phitsanulok Unity	Phitsanulok (Mueang)	Phitsanulok PAO. Stadium[11]	16°50′48″N 100°15′51″E
Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao	Phayao (Dok Khamtai)	Phayao Provincial Stadium[12]	19°09′22″N 99°58′22″E
Uttaradit Saksiam	Uttaradit (Mueang)	Uttaradit Provincial Stadium[13]	17°36′34″N 100°06′39″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.

	Other foreign players.
	AFC member countries players.
	ASEAN member countries players.
	No foreign player registered.

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Chiangrai City	1st	Louis William Martin James
	2nd	Kim Seo-woo	Lee Ki-joon	Kim Min-je
Kamphaengphet	1st	Mohammed Rabiu Junior	Kaio Marques da Silva	Abbo Bouba
	2nd	Mumbi Kwesele
Khelang United	1st
	2nd	Mohamed Samy Abdelkawy Abouelseoud	Akpa Agbandji Augustin
Kongkrailas United	1st
	2nd	Víctor Luis Ferreira Cabral	Mateus Antônio Ferraboli	Choi Min-suk
Maejo United	1st		Maiga Diabate Ibrahima Saydou	Tatsuhide Shimizu
	2nd	Koki Narita
Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	1st	Vinícius Silva Freitas	Hayato Eguchi	Issei Kikuchi
	2nd	Kabangu Nathan	Simba Masala
Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	1st	Abe'e Ndjo'o Hubert	Tewidikum Tah Nivan	Ekue Andre Houma
	2nd	Ngang Anlaa Elysee
Phitsanulok	1st	Elivélton de Araújo Rego	Diego Silva	Caio da Conceição Silva
	2nd	Diogo Pereira	Thiago Santos
Phitsanulok Unity	1st	Víctor Luis Ferreira Cabral	Mateus Antônio Ferraboli	Diarrassouba Hamed de Silci
	2nd	Guilherme Moreira	Selwan Al-Jaberi
Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao	1st		Milad Sasani Nezhad	Amir Mohammad Karamdar
	2nd	Cho Woo-hyuk	Lee Ho-been
Uttaradit Saksiam	1st	Ngang Anlaa Elysee	Mammad Guliyev	Basam Radwan Mahmoud Mohamed Afify
	2nd		Oscar Plape

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Phitsanulok Unity (C, Q)	20	12	7	1	33	18	+15	43	Qualification to the National Championship stage
2	Maejo United (Q)	20	11	7	2	36	17	+19	40
3	Phitsanulok	20	10	8	2	43	22	+21	38
4	Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao (R)	20	8	7	5	28	24	+4	31	Relegation to the Thailand Semi-pro League[a]
5	Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	20	5	8	7	23	28	−5	23
6	Uttaradit Saksiam	20	5	7	8	24	26	−2	22[b]
7	Kongkrailas United (R)	20	6	4	10	29	45	−16	22[b]	Relegation to the Thailand Semi-pro League[a]
8	Khelang United	20	5	6	9	17	26	−9	21
9	Kamphaengphet	20	4	7	9	17	24	−7	19
10	Chiangrai City	20	5	3	12	23	30	−7	18
11	Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City[c]	20	3	8	9	13	26	−13	17

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).
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao and Kongkrailas United were administratively relegated to the 2025 Thailand Semi-pro League for failing to meet club licensing standards.^[14][15]
2. Uttaradit Saksiam ahead on head-to-head points record; Uttaradit Saksiam 6 pts, Kongkrailas United 0 pts.
3. Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City remained in the league after Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao and Kongkrailas United failed to meet the club licensing criteria for the 2024–25 season, resulting in Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City retaining their spot.^[16]

Positions 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
Phitsanulok Unity	5	5	5	6	8	6	8	5	5	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maejo United	9	7	8	7	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Phitsanulok	7	6	6	8	3	7	5	6	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao	10	3	4	5	6	8	6	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	4	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	8	8	8	5
Uttaradit Saksiam	11	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
Kongkrailas United	3	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	7
Khelang United	8	2	3	3	7	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	6	7	8	7	7	7	8
Kamphaengphet	2	8	7	4	4	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9
Chiangrai City	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	9	9	9	10	11	10
Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	6	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11

Source: Thai League
  = Qualification to the National Championship stage;   = Relegation to the Thailand Semi-pro League

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
Phitsanulok Unity	D	D	D	D	L	W	N	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	N	W	W	W	D	W
Maejo United	D	D	N	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	N	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W
Phitsanulok	D	D	D	N	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	N	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao	N	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	N
Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	D	L	D	D	L	N	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	N	W	D	L	L	W	W
Uttaradit Saksiam	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	N	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	N	L	L	L	L
Kongkrailas United	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	N	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	N	L
Khelang United	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	N	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	N	D	L
Kamphaengphet	D	N	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	N	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L
Chiangrai City	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	N	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	N	L	L	W
Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	D	L	L	D	N	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	N	W	L	D	L	D	W	L

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

Results

Home \ Away	CRC	KPP	KLU	KKL	MJU	NSK	NMS	PLK	PLU	RMP	UTD
Chiangrai City	—	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–3	2–0
Kamphaengphet	1–0	—	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Khelang United	2–0	0–0	—	3–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–3	0–1
Kongkrailas United	2–1	1–0	1–1	—	0–4	1–2	3–0	2–6	3–3	2–0	0–3
Maejo United	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	—	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0
Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	0–2	1–5	0–0	0–1	1–3
Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1
Phitsanulok	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–1	5–1	3–2
Phitsanulok Unity	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	—	2–1	2–0
Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–1
Uttaradit Saksiam	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	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 24 February 2024.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kunburus Sounses	Kongkrailas United	15
2	Caio da Conceição Silva	Phitsanulok	13
3	Thongchai Ampornwiman	Maejo United	11
4	Diogo Pereira	Phitsanulok (10 Goals)	10
5	Suriphat Thaensopa	Chiangrai City	8
	Ekue Andre Houma	Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kunburus Sounses	Kongkrailas United	Khelang United	4–3 (A)	6 January 2024
Caio da Conceição Silva	Phitsanulok	Kongkrailas United	6–2 (A)	14 January 2024
Diogo Pereira	Phitsanulok	Khelang United	3–2 (A)	28 January 2024

Notes: (H) = Home team; (A) = Away team

Clean sheets

As of 24 February 2024.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Natthanan Pankhlai	Kamphaengphet	6
	Panut Bunlang	Phitsanulok Unity
3	Phoomin Thumraksa	Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	5
	Wichitchai Raksa	Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao
	Weerapong Lapkhaw	Uttaradit Saksiam
6	Sirassawut Wongruankhum	Chiangrai City	4
	Supachai Muangsawan	Kongkrailas United
	Anusorn Chansod	Maejo United

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Phitsanulok	8,789	1,781	0	977	−7.7%†
2	Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao	8,822	1,135	531	882	+25.1%†
3	Uttaradit Saksiam	2,387	516	0	265	−37.2%†
4	Phitsanulok Unity	1,890	995	0	210	+8.8%†
5	Kongkrailas United	1,255	250	0	209	+7.2%†
6	Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	1,960	685	112	196	+18.8%†
7	Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	1,799	495	40	180	−44.8%†
8	Khelang United	1,643	350	85	164	n/a†
9	Maejo United	1,449	325	69	145	+2.8%†
10	Kamphaengphet	1,216	275	50	122	−10.3%†
11	Chiangrai City	753	150	23	75	−52.8%†
	League total	31,963	1,781	0	310	−4.3%†

Updated to games played on 24 February 2024
Source: Thai League

Attendances by home match played

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
Chiangrai City	80	150	80	79	34	23	60	85	102	60	753
Kamphaengphet	195	150	80	275	59	51	50	76	130	150	1,216
Khelang United	200	200	350	106	174	96	85	120	112	200	1,643
Kongkrailas United	Unk.1	210	185	250	Unk.3	150	Unk.4	250	Unk.5	210	1,255
Maejo United	141	300	139	97	69	101	97	100	80	325	1,449
Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City	231	298	150	120	40	130	140	45	150	495	1,799
Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United	209	685	133	171	124	156	112	112	124	134	1,960
Phitsanulok	523	Unk.2	1,248	683	826	1,264	1,781	802	831	831	8,789
Phitsanulok Unity	121	104	995	100	79	73	124	150	144	Unk.7	1,890
Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao	1,135	987	933	838	531	935	956	839	985	683	8,822
Uttaradit Saksiam	246	252	299	254	516	209	249	209	153	Unk.6	2,387

Note:
Unk.1 Some error of T3 official match report 16 September 2023 (Kongkrailas United 3–3 Phitsanulok Unity).
Unk.2 Some error of T3 official match report 1 October 2023 (Phitsanulok 0–0 Northern Nakhon Mae Sot United).
Unk.3 Some error of T3 official match report 19 November 2023 (Kongkrailas United 1–2 Nakhon Sawan See Khwae City).
Unk.4 Some error of T3 official match report 24 December 2023 (Kongkrailas United 2–1 Chiangrai City).
Unk.5 Some error of T3 official match report 27 January 2024 (Kongkrailas United 1–0 Kamphaengphet).
Unk.6 Some error of T3 official match report 24 February 2024 (Uttaradit Saksiam 1–2 Chiangrai City).
Unk.7 Some error of T3 official match report 24 February 2024 (Phitsanulok Unity 4–2 Kongkrailas United).