Thai_Premier_League_2008

Thai Premier League
Season	2008
Champions	Provincial Electricity Authority
Relegated	Bangkok Bank; Customs Department; Royal Thai Army
2009 AFC Champions League	PEA
2009 AFC Cup	Chonburi
Top goalscorer	Anon Sangsanoi ; (BEC Tero Sasana) (20)
Biggest home win	Chula-Sinthana 5-0 Port Authority of Thailand
Biggest away win	Tobacco Monopoly 1-4 Krung Thai Bank; Customs Department 1-4 Bangkok University ; Port Authority of Thailand 2-5 BEC Tero Sasana
Highest scoring	Chula-Sinthana 6-2 BEC Tero Sasana ; (8 goals)
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2008 Thailand Premier League

Football league season

The 2008 Thai Premier League had 16 teams. It was the twelfth since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 18 February 2008, and the season ended on 11 October 2008. Three teams would be relegated to Thailand Division 1 League. The Champion in this season would qualify for the AFC Champions League 2009 qualification stage and the runner-up would be enter the AFC Cup 2009. The official name of the league at this time was Thailand Premier League.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Provincial Electricity Authority won their first championship after they changed their home stadium from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, where they have a bigger fan base. This season also saw the great successful team of Thai football league, Bangkok Bank relegated to Division 1 league after they were defeated by Chonburi in the final match of the season.

Defending champions Chonburi were pipped to the title after faltering against new Premier League side Samut Songkhram in the second to last game of the season. Samut finished in a creditable 7th place, one place above Chula United who also impressed in their first season back in the top flight.

Customs Department FC, the other newcomers along with, found life to difficult and dropped back into Division One at the first attempt.

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Team	Location	Stadium ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]	Capacity	Ref.
Bangkok Bank	Bangkok	Bangkok Bank football field	?	^[5]
Bangkok University	Pathum Thani	Bangkok University Stadium (Rangsit)	4,000
BEC Tero Sasana	Nong Chok, Bangkok	BEC Tero Sasana Nong Chok Stadium	?
Chula-Sinthana	Bangkok	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	20,000
Chonburi	Chonburi	Chonburi Municipality Stadium	?
Coke-Bangpra	Chonburi	Chonburi Municipality Stadium	?
Customs Department	Min Buri, Bangkok	Kasem Bundit University Stadium (Rom Klao)	?
Krung Thai Bank	Bangkok	Chulalongkorn University Stadium	20,000	^[6]
Nakhon Pathom	Nakhon Pathom	Sanam Chan Palace Sports Stadium	6,000
Osotsapa M-150	Bang Kapi, Bangkok	Klong Chan Sports Center	?
Port Authority of Thailand	Bangkok	Thai-Japanese Stadium	?
PEA	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya Province Central Stadium	?
Royal Thai Army	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium	?
Samut Songkhram	Samut Songkhram	Samut Songkhram Province Stadium	?
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly	Samut Sakhon	Institute of Physical Education Samut Sakhon Stadium	?
TOT	Nonthaburi	Namkaejon Stadium	?

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
BEC Tero Sasana	Regis Laguesse	Sacked	Christophe Larrouilh	February 2008	3rd
Customs Department	Prapas Chamrasamee	Resigned	Chatchai Paholpat	July 2008	Post-season (16th)
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly	Gawin Kachendecha	Became manager of Thailand national under-20 football team	Prajak Weangsong	July 2008	Post-season (12th)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PEA	30	18	7	5	38	15	+23	61	Champion and Qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League
2	Chonburi^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	15	14	1	34	14	+20	59	Qualification for the 2009 AFC Cup
3	BEC Tero Sasana	30	16	7	7	50	31	+19	55
4	Osotsapa M-150	30	13	12	5	37	25	+12	51
5	TOT	30	13	11	6	36	27	+9	50
6	Krung Thai Bank	30	13	7	10	47	36	+11	46
7	Samut Songkhram^{[lower-alpha 2]}	30	11	10	9	35	31	+4	43
8	Chula-Sinthana (Chula United)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	30	10	9	11	47	41	+6	39
9	Nakhon Pathom	30	11	4	15	24	38	−14	37
10	Bangkok University	30	9	8	13	28	36	−8	35^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11	Coke-Bangpra^{[lower-alpha 2]}	30	8	11	11	24	27	−3	35^{[lower-alpha 3]}
12	Tobacco Monopoly	30	7	12	11	20	25	−5	33
13	Port Authority	30	7	9	14	30	47	−17	30
14	Bangkok Bank	30	6	11	13	23	35	−12	29	Relegation
15	Royal Thai Army	30	6	7	17	21	44	−23	25
16	Customs Department^{[lower-alpha 2]}	30	5	5	20	18	39	−21	20

Home \ Away	PAT	PEA	CKB	CHS	CHO	ARM	TOT	BKB	KTB	NPA	BEC	TOB	BKU	CUS	SSK	OSO
Port Authority of Thailand		0–2	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–5	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2
Provincial Electricity Authority	1–0		2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Coke-Bangpra	1–1	1–4		2–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0
Chula	5–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	6–2	1–1	5–1	0–0	0–2	0–1
Chonburi	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–1		1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1
Army	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	0–0		0–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–3
TOT	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		2–1	1–0	3–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
BKK Bank	2–1	0–4	0–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	0–0		3–4	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0
Krung Thai	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–0		2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–3
N Pathom	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1		0–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2
BEC tero	1–2	1–0	1–0	5–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–1		0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Tobacco	2–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–4	2–0	0–0		0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1
BKK Univ	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0		1–0	0–0	2–2
Customs	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–4		2–3	2–3
S Songkhram	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–1		1–3
Osotsapa	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1

Scorer	Goals	Team
Anon Sangsanoi	20	BEC Tero Sasana
Ronnachai Rangsiyo	16	Provincial Electricity Authority
Sarayoot Chaikamdee	12	Osotsapa M-150
Teerathep Winothai		BEC Tero Sasana
Wuttichai Tathong		Chula-Sinthana (Chula United)
Kone Kassim	10	Krung Thai Bank
Ajayi Gdenga Samuel	9	Krung Thai Bank
Pipat Thonkanya		Provincial Electricity Authority
Sompong Soleb		Chula-Sinthana (Chula United)
Phuwadol Sankla	8	TOT
Suriya Domtaisong	8	Bangkok University

Thai_Premier_League_2008

2008 Thailand Premier League

Rules

Member clubs

Stadium and locations

Managerial changes

League table

Season notes

Asian Representation

Thai Premier League All-Star Exhibition game

Results

Top scorers

Annual awards

Coach of the Year

Goalkeeper of the Year

Defender of the Year

Midfielder of the Year

Striker of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Top scorer

Champions

See also

References

External links

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