Thai League 2

Thai League 2 (Thai: ไทยลีก 2), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. Seasons typically run from August to May, with each team playing 34 games : two against each other team, one home and one away. It is sponsored by BYD Auto and therefore officially known as the BYD Seal 5 League II. Champion, runner up and teams ranked 3rd – 6th qualified in play off for last spot in top tier promoted to Thai League 1 at the end of the season, whilst three are relegated to Thai League 3.

Thai League 2

Organising body	Thai League
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Country	Thailand
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Thai League 1
Relegation to	Thai League 3
Domestic cup(s)	Thai FA Cup
League cup(s)	Thai League Cup
Current champions	Chonburi (1st title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Police United (4 titles)
Website	thaileague.co.th/t2
Current: 2025–26 Thai League 2

History

For the 2008 season, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) reduced the number of teams in the league to 16 teams. Previously there had been two groups of 12 clubs. For the 2011 season the number of teams was increased to 18 teams, The Thai Division 1 League is a season run from March to October, with teams playing 34 games each totalling 306 games in the season. In 2016, the Khǒr Royal Cup became a trophy for Thai Division 1 League. In 2017 the Football Association of Thailand^[1] changed the name to Thai League 2.^[2]

Promotion and relegation

Champion and runner up directly promoted to the Thai League 1, teams ranked 3rd – 6th qualified in play off for last spot in top tier next season.

The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Thai League 3.

Stadiums and locations (2024–25)

Chainat Hornbill

Chiangmai United

Chonburi

Lampang

Mahasarakham

Nakhon Si United

Phrae United

Kanchanaburi Power

Suphanburi

Chanthaburi

Pattaya United

Sisaket United

Trat

Bangkok Metro

Bangkok Metro teams
Bangkok
Kasetsart
Police Tero
Samut Prakan City

Locations of the 2024–25 Thai League 2 teams

Bangkok

Kasetsart

Samut Prakan City

Police Tero

Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ayutthaya United	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya Provincial Stadium	6,000
Bangkok	Bangkok (Bang Mod)	72nd Anniversary Stadium	8,000
Chainat Hornbill	Chainat	Khao Plong Stadium	8,625
Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi Provincial Stadium	5,000
Chiangmai United	Chiang Mai	700th Anniversary Stadium	25,000
Chonburi	Chonburi (Mueang)	Chonburi Stadium	8,600
Kanchanaburi Power	Kanchanaburi	Kleeb Bua Stadium	13,000
Kasetsart	Bangkok (Chatuchak)	Insee Chantarasatit Stadium	3,275
Lampang	Lampang	Lampang Provincial Stadium	5,500
Mahasarakham	Mahasarakham	Mahasarakham Province Stadium	3,500
Nakhon Si United	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Nakhon Si Thammarat PAO. Stadium	5,000
Pattaya United	Chonburi (Bang Lamung)	Nong Prue Stadium	5,838
Phrae United	Phrae	Huai Ma Stadium	3,000
Police Tero	Bangkok (Lak Si)	Boonyachinda Stadium	3,550
Samut Prakan City	Samut Prakan	Customs Department Stadium, Ladkrabang 54	2,000
Sisaket United	Sisaket	Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium	9,500
Suphanburi	Suphanburi	Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium	15,279
Trat	Trat	Trat Provincial Stadium	5,000

Stadiums (2024–25)

Primary venues used in the Thai League 2:

Ayutthaya United	Bangkok	Chainat Hornbill	Chanthaburi	Chiangmai United	Chonburi
Ayutthaya Province Stadium	72nd Anniversary Stadium	Khao Plong Stadium	Chanthaburi Province Stadium	700th Anniversary Stadium	Chonburi Stadium
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 8,625	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 8,680
Kanchanaburi Power	Kasetsart	Lampang	Mahasarakham	Nakhon Si United	Pattaya United
Kanchanaburi Province Stadium	Insee Chantarasatit Stadium	Lampang Province Stadium	Mahasarakham Province Stadium	Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Stadium	Nong Prue Stadium
Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 3,275	Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,500
Phrae United	Police Tero	Samut Prakan City	Sisaket United	Suphanburi	Trat
Huai Ma Stadium	Boonyachinda Stadium	Samut Prakarn SAT Stadium	Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium	Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium	Trat Province Stadium
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 3,550	Capacity: 5,130	Capacity: 11,200	Capacity: 15,279	Capacity: 5,000

Championship history

(Champions of the 2nd tier Thai football league system)

#	Season	Champions	Runner-up	Third place
1	1997–98	Krung Thai Bank	Osotsapa	Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
2	1998–99	Bangkok Bank of Commerce	Assumption College Sriracha	Royal Thai Navy
3	1999–2000	Royal Thai Police	Royal Thai Navy	Rajpracha
4	2000–01	Tobacco Monopoly	Bangkok Christian College	Rajpracha
5	2001–02	Bangkok Christian College	Thai Military Bank	Bangkok University
6	2002–03	Bangkok University	Royal Thai Navy	Provincial Electricity Authority
7	2003–04	TOT	PEA	Royal Thai Army
8	2004–05	Royal Thai Army	Thai Honda	Royal Thai Police
9	2005–06	Royal Thai Police	Royal Thai Navy	Coke-Bangpra
10	2007	Customs Department	Chula-Sinthana	Coke-Bangpra
11	2008	Muangthong United	Sriracha	Royal Thai Navy
12	2009	Police United	Royal Thai Army	Sisaket
13	2010	Sriracha	Khon Kaen	Chiangrai United
14	2011	Songkhla	Chainat	BBCU
15	2012	Ratchaburi	Suphanburi	Bangkok United
16	2013	Air Force AVIA	Singhtarua	PTT Rayong
17	2014	Nakhon Ratchasima	Saraburi	Siam Navy
18	2015	Police United	Pattaya United	Sukhothai
19	2016	Thai Honda	Ubon UMT United	Port
20	2017	Chainat Hornbill	Air Force Central	PT Prachuap
21	2018	PTT Rayong	Trat	Chiangmai
22	2019	BG Pathum United	Police Tero	Rayong
#	Season	Champions	Runner-up	Play-off winner
23	2020–21	Nongbua Pitchaya	Chiangmai United	Khon Kaen United
24	2021–22	Lamphun Warriors	Sukhothai	Lampang
25	2022–23	Nakhon Pathom United	Trat	Uthai Thani
26	2023–24	Nakhon Ratchasima	Nongbua Pitchaya	Rayong
27	2024–25	Chonburi	Ayutthaya United	Kanchanaburi Power
28	2025–26

Number of wins

Club	Champions
Police United	4 (1999–2000, 2005–06, 2009, 2015)
Nakhon Ratchasima	2 (2014, 2023–24)
Krung Thai Bank	1 (1997–98)
Bangkok Bank of Commerce	1 (1998–99)
TTM	1 (2000–01)
Bangkok Christian College	1 (2001–02)
Bangkok University	1 (2002–03)
TOT	1 (2003–04)
Royal Thai Army	1 (2004–05)
Customs Department	1 (2007)
Muangthong United	1 (2008)
Sriracha	1 (2010)
Songkhla United	1 (2011)
Ratchaburi	1 (2012)
Air Force AVIA	1 (2013)
Thai Honda Ladkrabang	1 (2016)
Chainat Hornbill	1 (2017)
PTT Rayong	1 (2018)
BG Pathum United	1 (2019)
Nongbua Pitchaya	1 (2020–21)
Lamphun Warriors	1 (2021–22)
Nakhon Pathom United	1 (2022–23)
Chonburi	1 (2024–25)

Awards

Prize money

As of 2023-24 season

• Champion: 5,000,000 Baht
• Runner-up: 3,000,000
• Third place: 1,000,000
• Fourth place: 500,000
• Fifth place: 300,000
• Sixth place: 100,000
• Seventh place: 50,000

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2008	Tanongsak Promdard	Raj-Vithi	18
2009	Wutthipong Kerdkul	Rattana Bundit	27
2010	Chainarong Tathong	Chula United	19
2011	Adisak Srikampang Phuwadol Suwannachart	PTT Rayong Chainat	21
2012	Lee Tuck	Bangkok	23
2013	Leandro	Singhtarua	24
2014	Marc Landry Babo	Angthong	19
2015	Felipe Ferreira Tana Chanabut	Sukhothai Police United	25
2016	Hristijan Kirovski	Prachuap	17
2017	Jonatan Ferreira Reis	Kasetsart	28
2018	Barros Tardeli	Trat	21
2019	Tiago Chulapa	Rayong	19
2020–21	Paulo Conrado	Khon Kaen United	25
2021–22	Thales Lima	Udon Thani (13) / Lamphun Warriors (9)	22
2022–23	Ricardo Santos	Uthai Thani	28
2023–24	Deyvison Fernandes	Nakhon Ratchasima	22
2024–25	Wellington Adão	Phrae United	23

See also

• Football records in Thailand