1997 Thailand Soccer League

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The 1997

Thailand Division 1 League

Defending Champions

Asian Club Championship
.

The league was also known as the Johnnie Walker Thailand Soccer League 1997.

Member clubs locations

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Locations of the 1997 Thailand Soccer League teams
  • Bangkok Bank
  • Bangkok Metro Administration
    (rename from Stock Exchange of Thailand FC)
  • Tero Sasana
    (Singha Tero Sasana)
  • Sinthana
  • Royal Thai Police
  • Port Authority of Thailand
  • UCOM Raj Pracha
  • Royal Thai Air Force
  • Royal Thai Army
  • Royal Thai Navy
  • Thai Farmers Bank
  • TOT

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Royal Thai Air Force
 22 14 3 5 45 23 +22 45 Champion
2
Sinthana
 22 13 3 6 32 25 +7 42
3
Bangkok Bank[a]
 22 11 5 6 34 23 +11 38
4
Port Authority
 22 9 5 8 36 35 +1 32
5
Tero Sasana
 22 8 7 7 32 26 +6 31 Qualification for the 1998–99 Asian Club Championship (substitution)
6
Thai Farmers Bank
 22 7 9 6 31 31 0 30
7
Bangkok Metro
 22 8 5 9 22 21 +1 29
8
TOT
 22 8 5 9 32 33 −1 29
9
Royal Thai Army
 22 7 4 11 31 45 −14 25
10
UCOM Raj Pracha
 22 6 6 10 26 32 −6 24
11
Royal Thai Police
 22 4 10 8 19 25 −6 22 Qualification for the promotion/relegation playoff
12
Royal Thai Navy
 22 3 6 13 20 41 −21 15 Relegation spot
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Defending champion

Promotion/relegation playoff

The club that came 11th would play in a relegation / promotion match against the runner-up in the

Thailand Division 1 League

February 17 and February 20, 1998

Team 1 Result Team 2
Royal Thai Police
 0-1 †
Osotsapa

†

Thai Premier League
in next season.

Season Notes

Queen's Cup

Thai Farmers Bank won and retained the Queen's Cup
trophy for the 4th year running. This was the 26th edition of the competition.

For the first time, no foreign teams took part, owing to the poor economic situation.

Thawan Thammaniyai of

Thai Farmers Bank
won the Most Valuable Player award.

Thailand FA Cup

Sinthana FC won the

Thailand FA Cup
for the first time, but it is unclear whom they beat in the final.

Asian Representation

  • Dalian Wanda
    .
  • Melaka Telekom
    of Malaysia in the first round.

Annual awards

Coach of the Year

  • Royal Thai Air Force

Player of the Year

  • Sinthana

Top scorer

  • BEC Tero Sasana

Champions

The league champion was Royal Thai Air Force. It was the team's first title.

References

  1. Football records in Thailand

External links

Preceded by
Royal Thai Air Force
 		Succeeded by