2008 Thailand Premier League

The 2008

AFC Cup 2009

. The official name of the league at this time was Thailand Premier League.
Chonburi
in the final match of the season.
Defending champions
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.

Rules

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis

3 Points for a win

1 Point for a draw

At end of the season the winners play the runners ups in the Kor Royal Cup

Winner qualifies for
Asian Champions League
Qualification Round

Runner-Up enters AFC Cup

Teams finishing on same points at the end of the season use head-to-head record to determine finishing position.

Bottom three teams are relegated to
Thailand Division 1 League

Member clubs

Bangkok Bank

Bangkok University

BEC Tero Sasana

Chonburi

Division 1
Winner Group B)

Division 1
Runner Up Group A)

Division 1
Winner Group A)

Krung Thai Bank

Nakhon Pathom

Osotsapa M-150

Port Authority of Thailand

PEA

Royal Thai Army

Division 1
Runner Up Group B)

Thailand Tobacco Monopoly

TOT

† Chula-Sinthana changed to "Chula United" from August 2008 season

Stadium and locations

TOT
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Locations of the Thai Premier League 2008 teams

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^[a]	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^[b]	30	11	10	9	35	31	+4	43
8	Chula United)^[b]	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^[c]
11	Coke-Bangpra^[b]	30	8	11	11	24	27	−3	35^[c]
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^[b]	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 United )
Kone Kassim	10	Krung Thai Bank
Ajayi Gdenga Samuel	9	Krung Thai Bank
Pipat Thonkanya		Provincial Electricity Authority
Sompong Soleb		Chula United )
Phuwadol Sankla	8	TOT
Suriya Domtaisong	8	Bangkok University

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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