2002–03 Thai League

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Bangkok Bank (8 goals)

The 2002-03

Thailand Division 1 League
. The team that finished in 8th position would play in a relegation play-off. The official name of the league at this time was GSM Thai League.

Krung Thai Bank
won their first ever Thai Premier League title and their 5th major title at the time.

Member clubs

  • Bangkok Bank
  • Division 1
    )
  • BEC Tero Sasana
  • Sinthana
  • Krung Thai Bank
  • Osotsapa M-150
  • Port Authority of Thailand
  • Royal Thai Air Force
  • Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
  • TOT
Tero Sasana
Locations of the Thai Premier League 2002–03 teams

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Krung Thai Bank
18 10 6 2 29 15 +14 36 Champion and Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
2
BEC Tero Sasana[a]
18 10 5 3 31 11 +20 35 Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
3
Port Authority
18 10 3 5 25 19 +6 33
4
Bangkok Bank
18 6 10 2 31 26 +5 28
5
Royal Thai Air Force
18 7 2 9 26 29 −3 23
6
Osotsapa
18 5 8 5 19 17 +2 23
7
Sinthana
18 4 10 4 21 23 −2 22
8
Tobacco Monopoly
18 5 6 7 22 25 −3 21
9
TOT
18 2 5 11 18 29 −11 11 Relegation spot
10
Bangkok Christian College[b]
18 2 3 13 16 44 −28 9
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Defending champion
  2. ^ Promoted from last season

Queen's Cup

TOT
1-0 in the final.

Asian Representation

  • In a revamped
    Pakhtakor Tashkent
    .
  • This was also the first time that two Thai clubs would enter the Champions League.
    Osotsapa
    would also take part but would find the going tough and would crash out in embarrassing circumstances in the group stage.
  • Kingfisher East Bengal

Annual awards

Coach of the Year

  • Krung Thai Bank

Player of the year

  • Bangkok Bank

Top scorer

  • Port Authority of Thailand

Champions

The league champion was Krung Thai Bank.

References

  1. Football records in Thailand

External links

Preceded by
Krung Thai Bank
Succeeded by