2023–24 Thai League 2

Thai League 2
Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 23 June 2024
Champions	Nakhon Ratchasima; 2nd Thai League 2 title
Promoted	Nakhon Ratchasima; Nongbua Pitchaya
Relegated	Kasetsart; Krabi; Customs United
Matches played	306
Goals scored	831 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Deyvison Fernandes ; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	9 goals totals; Nongbua Pitchaya 10–1 Kasetsart; (25 February 2024)
Biggest away win	5 goals totals; Customs United 1–6 Rayong; (21 October 2023)
Highest scoring	12 goals totals; Rayong 8–4 Samut Prakan City; (21 April 2024)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nongbua Pitchaya
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches; Nakhon Ratchasima
Longest winless run	12 matches; Krabi
Longest losing run	6 matches; Krabi
Highest attendance	24,556; Nakhon Ratchasima 3–0 Nongbua Pitchaya; (20 April 2024)
Lowest attendance	121; Customs United 0–0 Krabi; (10 February 2024)
Total attendance	350,314
Average attendance	1,149
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2024.

The 2023–24 Thai League 2 is the 26th season of the Thai League 2, the second-tier professional league for Thailand's association football clubs, since its establishment in 1997. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 11 August 2023 and is scheduled to conclude on 23 June 2024.^[1]

For this season two teams in the final table (champion and runner up) directly promoted to Thai League 1 next season while teams ranked 3rd – 6th qualified in play off for last spot in top tier next season.

The 1st transfer window is from 15 May to 4 August 2023 while the 2nd transfer window is from 27 December 2022 to 26 January 2024.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season.

To Thai League 2

Promoted from Thai League 3

Relegated from Thai League 1

From Thai League 2

Promoted to Thai League 1

Relegated to Thai League 3

Relegated to Thailand Amateur League

Udon Thani

Renamed Clubs

Pattaya Dolphins United renamed to Pattaya United

Teams

Customs United
Kasetsart
Samut Prakan City

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Locations of the 2023–24 Thai League 2 teams

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Team	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Ayutthaya United	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya Provincial Stadium	6,000
Chainat Hornbill	Chainat	Khao Plong Stadium	8,625
Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi Provincial Stadium	5,000
Chiangmai	Chiang Mai	Chiangmai Municipality Stadium	5,000
Chiangmai United	Chiang Mai	700th Anniversary Stadium	25,000
Customs United	Samut Prakan	Customs Department Stadium, Ladkrabang 54	2,000
DP Kanchanaburi	Kanchanaburi	Kleeb Bua Stadium	13,000
Kasetsart	Bangkok	Insee Chantarasatit Stadium	3,275
Krabi	Krabi	Krabi Provincial Stadium	6,000
Lampang	Lampang	Lampang Provincial Stadium	5,500
Nakhon Ratchasima	Nakhon Ratchasima	80th Birthday Stadium	24,641
Nakhon Si United	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Nakhon Si Thammarat PAO. Stadium	5,000
Nongbua Pitchaya	Nongbua Lamphu	Pitchaya Stadium	6,000
Pattaya United	Chonburi (Bang Lamung)	Nong Prue Stadium	5,838
Phrae United	Phrae	Huai Ma Stadium	3,000
Rayong	Rayong	Rayong Provincial Stadium	7,500
Samut Prakan City	Samut Prakan	Samut Prakarn SAT Stadium	5,130
Suphanburi	Suphanburi	Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium	15,279

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit	Sponsor
Ayutthaya United	Danny Invincibile	Nantawat Kokfai	Kelme	Gulf Chang Muang Thai Life Assurance
Chainat Hornbill	Sumeth Yooto	Mongkonchai Kongjumpa	Warrix	Wangkanai AirAsia Kubota
Chanthaburi	Supachai Komsilp	Yannarit Sukcharoen	MSeven	Rock$Presso
Chiangmai	Nattapon Krachangpho (interim)	Stênio Júnior	Kelme	Aniruth AirAsia
Chiangmai United	Surachai Jirasirichote	Thanawich Thanasasipat	Ideo Sport	VBeyond Muang Thai Life Assurance Chang
Customs United	Prasobchoke Chokemor	Phattharaphon Kangsopa	Eepro	Leo Muang Thai Life Assurance
DP Kanchanaburi	Somchai Makmool	Anuphan Koedsompong	Versus	Huawei Dragon Solar Roof Werd
Kasetsart	Pattaraphon Naprasert	Park Hyun-woo	YG	Tanowsri Traditional Chicken Atlantic
Krabi	Arnon Bandasak	Akarat Punkaew	WOW Sport	Phi Phi Harbour View Hotel
Lampang	Kitthachai Wongsim	Seeket Madputeh	Ego Sport	Pitchaya Bangkok Airways
Nakhon Ratchasima	Teerasak Po-on	Nattapong Sayriya	Volt	Mazda Leo CP Central Plaza Gulf
Nakhon Si United	Harnarong Chunhakunakorn	Prakit Deeprom	Warrix	Leo Lion Air
Nongbua Pitchaya	Sukrit Yothee	Nuttawut Khamrin	Ego Sport	Pitchaya Thai-Denmark
Pattaya United	Surachart Sing-Ngon	Supakit Niamkong	Volt	Mittare Insurance Leo
Phrae United	Thongchai Rungreangles	Rangsiman Sruamprakam	YG	Phrae Sila SAMART Chang Muang Thai Life Assurance
Rayong	Pipob On-Mo	Wasusiwakit Phusirit	2S Sport	Singer Leo WHA Group
Samut Prakan City	Wanderley Junior	Ronnachai Rangsiyo	Kappa	Chang
Suphanburi	Sarawut Treephan	Jetjinn Sriprach	Volt	Chang

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	ASEAN Player	Former
Ayutthaya United	André Luís	João Paulo	Moussa Sanoh	Jung Myung-oh		Karolis Laukžemis Sung Min-an
Chainat Hornbill	Nixon Guylherme	Ryuji Hirota	Clyde O'Connell	Jeong Ja-in		Ata Inia Shota Fujishiro
Chanthaburi	Patrick Mota	Pedro Paulo		Go Seul-ki	Bienvenido Marañón	Artur Wander Luiz Taiga Matsunaga
Chiangmai	Alef	Stênio Júnior	Lim Chang-gyoon	Yoo Byung-soo		David Cuerva
Chiangmai United	Marlon	Mosquito	Jeffrén Suárez	Lim Jae-hyeok	Than Paing	Choi Ho-ju
Customs United	Artur	Waleed Adel		Taiga Matsunaga		Chomana Coulibaly Mohamed Kouadio Boubacar Koné
DP Kanchanaburi	Elias	Jeferson	Ricardo Pires	Park Jae-hyeong	Sengtong Rattanavilay	Júnior Batista Jardel
Kasetsart	Ailton	Ryosuke Nagasawa	Tishan Hanley	Park Hyun-woo	Aee Soe	Cristian Alex Lee Jong-cheon
Krabi	Jô	Lucas Massaro	Ramon Mesquita	Hamed Bakhtiari	Kristófer Reyes	Keith Nah Julius Chukwuma
Lampang	Caio	Léo	Luan	Kim Joo-chan		Lim Jae-hyeok
Nakhon Ratchasima	Deyvison	Greg Houla	Melvyn Lorenzen	Abbas Mohamad	Aung Kaung Mann
Nakhon Si United	Rodrigo Maranhão	Nilson	Valdo	Kwon Dae-hee	Soukaphone Vongchiengkham	Pedro Paulo
Nongbua Pitchaya	Júnior Batista	Jardel	Aleksandar Kapisoda	Kento Nagasaki		Nilson Deshorn Brown
Pattaya United	Cristian Alex	Alex Flávio	Judivan	Ryota Endo	Suan Lam Mang	Nicolás Vélez Badar Al-Alawi
Phrae United	Patrick Cruz	Lucas Daubermann	Erivelto	Ata Inia		Elias Kyaw Ko Ko Yeon Gi-sung
Rayong	Tiago Chulapa	Rafael Galhardo	Ryoma Itō	Hiromichi Katano	Lwin Moe Aung	Manish Dangi
Samut Prakan City	Bianor	Fernando Viana	Lee Sang-jin	Sho Shimoji	Sithu Aung
Suphanburi	Gustavinho	Thiago Henrique	Florent Obama	Yuki Bamba

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Ayutthaya United	Marcel Sieghart²
Chainat Hornbill
Chanthaburi
Chiangmai	Charyl Chappuis² ³	Chitchanok Xaysensourinthone²
Chiangmai United	Olaxon A Tamba²
Customs United	James Shanahan²	Antonio Verzura²	Håvar Dahl²
DP Kanchanaburi	Louis May²	Wisut Jultanu²	Richard Gertsch²
Kasetsart
Krabi
Lampang
Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Si United	Gustav Sahlin²	Samuel Cunningham²
Nongbua Pitchaya
Pattaya United
Phrae United
Rayong	Anders Forsling²
Samut Prakan City
Suphanburi

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nakhon Ratchasima (C, P)	34	21	10	3	64	27	+37	73	Promotion to Thai League 1
2	Nongbua Pitchaya (P)	34	22	6	6	80	39	+41	72	Promotion to Thai League 1
3	Rayong (Q)	34	16	12	6	62	34	+28	60	Play off to Thai League 1
4	Chiangmai (Q)	34	17	8	9	55	34	+21	59^[a]
5	Nakhon Si United (Q)	34	16	11	7	60	40	+20	59^[a]
6	Ayutthaya United (Q)	34	16	9	9	52	36	+16	57
7	Pattaya United	34	15	10	9	45	36	+9	55
8	Lampang	34	15	9	10	50	41	+9	54
9	Chiangmai United	34	12	13	9	52	41	+11	49
10	Suphanburi	34	12	7	15	36	41	−5	43
11	Phrae United	34	11	7	16	37	53	−16	40^[b]
12	Chanthaburi	34	9	13	12	44	44	0	40^[b]
13	DP Kanchanaburi	34	10	8	16	43	52	−9	38
14	Chainat Hornbill	34	9	10	15	32	46	−14	37
15	Samut Prakan City	34	8	11	15	39	57	−18	35
16	Kasetsart (R)	34	6	4	24	31	84	−53	22	Relegation to Thai League 3
17	Customs United (R)	34	4	9	21	26	63	−37	21
18	Krabi (R)	34	3	11	20	23	63	−40	20

2023–24 Thai League 2

Team changes

To Thai League 2

From Thai League 2

Renamed Clubs

Teams

Stadium and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Foreign players

Dual citizenship/heritage players

League table

Standings

Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals

Positions by round

Results by match played

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Attendances

Overall statistical table

Attendances by home match played

See also

References

Home \ Away	AYU	CHB	CTB	CHM	CMU	CTU	DPK	KAS	KBI	LAM	NRM	NSU	NON	PAT	PRU	RAY	SPC	SPB
Ayutthaya United	—	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–0
Chainat Hornbill	1–5	—	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–4	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–2
Chanthaburi	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–0
Chiangmai	0–4	2–0	0–0	—	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	6–1	4–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–0
Chiangmai United	0–1	0–0	5–3	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–0	1–1
Customs United	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	—	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–3	1–3	1–2	2–3	1–3	0–1	1–6	0–3	0–0
DP Kanchanaburi	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	—	5–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–5	2–3	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–3
Kasetsart	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	—	0–1	1–6	1–4	0–1	2–4	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	0–3
Krabi	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	2–3	2–2	0–2	2–5	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
Lampang	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1
Nakhon Ratchasima	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	2–1	3–0	0–0	5–0	0–0	5–1	3–0
Nakhon Si United	5–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	5–2	6–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	3–0	1–1
Nongbua Pitchaya	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	6–0	2–1	10–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	5–1	—	2–0	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–0
Pattaya United	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–0
Phrae United	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	5–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–3	1–0	0–0
Rayong	0–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	—	8–4	3–1
Samut Prakan City	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	4–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	—	1–0
Suphanburi	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	—

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Fahas Bilanglod	Chiangmai	12
1	Tanachai Noorach	Nakhon Ratchasima	12
3	Noppakun Kadtoon	Rayong	11
4	Pairot Eiammak	Chiangmai United	9
5	Phuwadol Pholsongkram	Ayutthaya United	8
	Kittisak Moosawat	Lampang
	Chainarong Boonkerd	Pattaya United
8	Kiadtisak Chaodon	Chainat Hornbill	7
8	Chinnapong Raksri	DP Kanchanaburi	7
10	Samuel Cunningham	Nakhon Si United	6
	Kittikun Jamsuwan	Nongbua Pitchaya
	Jirunpong Thamsiha	Samut Prakan City
	Sahawit Khumpiam	Suphanburi

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nakhon Ratchasima	96,255	24,556	2,400	5,662	+41.1%^†
2	Chiangmai	35,561	3,212	1,150	2,092	+63.1%^†
3	Nongbua Pitchaya	28,699	3,265	968	1,686	−31.3%^†
4	Pattaya United	25,387	2,034	940	1,493	+137.4%^†
5	Nakhon Si United	23,015	2,080	989	1,354	−36.8%^†
6	Rayong	17,824	1,982	536	1,048	+6.3%^†
7	Suphanburi	16,548	1,542	571	973	−9.6%^†
8	Chainat Hornbill	15,052	1,496	622	941	−13.0%^†
9	Chanthaburi	14,208	1,754	437	836	+197.5%^†
10	DP Kanchanaburi	13,838	1,750	272	814	+126.7%^†
11	Chiangmai United	13,063	3,445	412	768	−13.1%^†
12	Lampang	11,269	1,015	398	663	−55.0%^†
13	Phrae United	8,549	956	391	503	−17.8%^†
14	Ayutthaya United	8,543	1,083	237	503	−40.5%^†
15	Samut Prakan City	7,075	847	241	416	+30.4%^†
16	Kasetsart	5,719	553	172	336	−32.4%^†
17	Krabi	4,904	520	130	288	−37.5%^†
18	Customs United	4,835	578	121	284	−32.9%^†
	League total	350,314	24,556	121	1,149	+37.1%^†

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
Ayutthaya United	855	345	667	467	424	680	828	385	398	511	415	237	390	241	202	415	1,083	8,543
Chainat Hornbill	1,496	Unk.1	1,015	955	938	622	729	929	881	938	983	1,129	1,189	895	722	711	920	15,052
Chanthaburi	1,431	1,754	1,280	1,246	668	556	603	567	864	748	437	619	714	819	589	515	798	14,208
Chiangmai	2,719	3,085	2,359	1,886	2,286	1,948	2,051	3,212	2,364	2,042	2,011	1,745	2,265	1,798	1,345	1,295	1,150	35,561
Chiangmai United	889	642	412	556	564	552	591	634	577	582	654	599	560	508	3,445	643	655	13,063
Customs United	428	250	350	370	278	265	275	180	146	247	220	200	121	350	578	373	204	4,835
DP Kanchanaburi	272	1,750	985	1,223	1,062	1,091	1,106	1,004	917	807	765	631	662	547	480	223	313	13,838
Kasetsart	480	553	532	224	312	172	275	415	415	275	215	210	332	328	212	347	422	5,719
Krabi	520	430	380	245	450	178	250	250	310	270	415	183	310	253	160	130	170	4,904
Lampang	624	530	617	750	616	673	628	398	1,015	543	680	669	697	651	615	644	919	11,269
Nakhon Ratchasima	5,445	5,590	2,900	4,109	5,904	2,400	2,857	2,864	3,298	3,140	2,969	4,521	4,631	6,220	6,530	8,321	24,556	96,255
Nakhon Si United	2,080	1,415	1,425	1,200	1,570	1,540	990	1,126	1,236	989	1,270	1,270	1,315	2,015	1,199	1,280	1,095	23,015
Nongbua Pitchaya	2,179	2,733	1,956	968	1,805	1,648	1,306	1,339	1,468	1,356	1,294	1,213	1,235	1,311	1,607	1,986	3,265	28,669
Pattaya United	1,529	1,620	1,589	2,034	1,357	1,320	940	1,459	1,377	1,656	1,523	1,669	1,236	1,747	1,648	1,431	1,252	25,387
Phrae United	491	563	646	522	391	956	489	549	525	433	484	423	403	400	447	394	433	8,549
Rayong	1,613	1,205	1,194	960	758	862	536	579	657	620	876	911	937	1,293	1,982	1,522	1,319	17,824
Samut Prakan City	847	494	723	402	383	295	291	365	303	580	304	244	274	294	626	241	409	7,075
Suphanburi	1,542	1,499	1,293	1,365	1,218	1,150	647	880	829	839	915	768	718	695	1,030	589	571	16,548