Thai League 4

Thai League 4

Wat Bot City
Website	www.thaileague.co.th

Thai League 4 (Thai: ไทยลีก 4), commonly known as the T4, was the fourth level association football league in Thailand. In 2009, it was divided into five groups by geographic region. Each group contained 16 clubs except for the Southern Region group which contained 13 clubs. It was sponsored by AIS and therefore officially known as the AIS Regional League Division 2. In 2016, Khor Royal Cup became a trophy for Regional League Division 2. In 2017, Football Association of Thailand rebranded the league to Thai League 4.^[1]

League history

The 3rd Level League was formed in 2006 with ten member clubs. The league was created so that clubs from regional leagues could come together and play in a national league with the onus being on promotion and relegation so clubs could easily move up the Thai football system ladder depending on performances on the football pitch rather than performances behind the scenes.^[2]

The league was also created so it would combat against the rival Provincial League. With future growth moving the Pro League to join the 2nd Division.

The league suffered another contraction after 2016 season, as 31 teams joined the newly created

. It also moved a tier down the pyramid, making it 4th Level League since 2017.

In 2006, the first season, ten clubs played each other twice, with promotion going to the championship winner

. No relegation occurred in 2006.

In 2007, the league was expanded to twelve clubs, with the top two in the championship achieving promotion (

) and the bottom two clubs getting relegated (Thai Christian Sports Club and Thai Department of Agriculture).

In 2008, although two clubs were relegated at the end of the 2007 season, the league was again expanded the following year, to 22 clubs. Two groups would be created: 11 clubs in Group A and 11 clubs in Group B.

At the end of the season, two clubs from each group would be promoted with the league receiving four relegated teams from the

. At the end of the season, the four clubs who achieved promotion would play off in an end of year competition to determine the overall league winner.

No clubs would be relegated due to re-structuring of the league system again for the 2009 season. But all clubs who wish to play at this level were asked to re-submit to the league and each club would be graded such items as club structure and ground stadium. Each club was expected to have certain criteria in place to achieve league status.

In 2009, 52 clubs played Division 2 League was combined with

. Raj Pracha duly won the championship stage and were promoted with Chiangrai United of the Northern League and Narathiwat of the Southern League.

75 teams were confirmed to play in the Regional League for the 2010 season. The number of teams in each region were as follows: North Region - 16 Teams, North East Region - 16 Teams, Central Region - 16 Teams, Southern Region - 14 Teams, Bangkok Region - 13 Teams

Four teams would automatically be promoted to Division 1. The four promoted teams would be decided by two mini leagues at the conclusion of the regular season. The total number of teams competing in the mini leagues will be 12, they will be made up of the top two from each league with the best two third placed teams from the Northern, North-east and Central-East leagues The top two from each mini league will gain promotion. The sides coming in third and fourth position in the mini leagues would again play playoff matches against the bottom four clubs of Division 1 in order to gain promotion.

94 teams were confirmed to play in the Regional League for the 2016 season. The number of teams in each region were as follows: North Region - 12 Teams, North East Region - 14 Teams, East Region - 12 Teams, West Region - 12 Teams, South Region - 12 Teams, Bangkok Region - 11 Teams, Bangkok-East Region - 10 Teams, Central Region - 11 Teams

In 2017, FA Thailand rebranded the Regional League as Thai League 4 and separated it into six zones: the northern region, northeastern region, eastern region, western region, Bangkok metropolitan region and southern region.^[3]

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was postponed to start in late 2020 and end in early 2021. In addition, the Thai League 4 had combined with the Thai League 3 and will compete as Thai League 3 as of this season.^[4][5]

Promotion and relegation

2008 promotion and relegation

The top two sides at the end of the 2008 season from A & B will be promoted to

. No teams would be relegated due to a re-structuring process.

2009 promotion and relegation

The league winner of the five groups (North-east, Northern, Central & East, Bangkok Metropolitan, Southern) entered a final round group,

. No teams would be relegated.

2010 promotion and relegation

The league winners and runners up of the five regional groups (North-east, Northern, Central & East, Bangkok Metropolitan, Southern) along with the two best third placed teams from the North, North-east and Central/East would enter the championships stage. From here, the top two teams from two groups of five would be promoted, the teams finishing in third and fourth place would enter another round of playoffs with the bottom four clubs of the 2010 Thai Division 1 League to determine if any more clubs would be promoted. No teams would be relegated.

2016 promotion and relegation

The league winners and runners up of the eight regional groups (16 team) entered a final round group

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2017 promotion and relegation

The league winners of the six regional groups and runners up of North-east, Central, East, Bangkok Metropolitan and third place of North-east and playoff winner with runners up of Northern-Southern (12 teams) entered the Champions League Knockout stage, The best five team in this stage will promoted to Thai League 3. Team worst of all regional groups relegated to the Thailand Amateur League.

Thailand League Division 2 seasons

2006

2007

2008

Regional League Division 2 seasons

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Thai League 4 seasons

2017

2018

2019

Champions history

Champions of the third tier Thai football league system (Division 2)

#	Season	Number of teams	Winner	Runner Up	Third place	Fourth Place
1	2006	10	Chula-Sinthana
2	2007	12	Muangthong United	PTT	Prachinburi
3	2008	22	Prachinburi	Army Welfare Department	Songkhla
4	2009	52	Raj Pracha-Nonthaburi	Chiangrai United	Narathiwat
5	2010	75	Songkhla United	Phuket	Chiangmai	Chainat
6	2011	77	Ratchaburi	Nakhon Ratchasima	Phattalung	Krabi
7	2012	81	Ayutthaya	Trat	Rayong	Rayong United
8	2013	84	Roi Et United	Chiang Mai	Phitsanulok	Angthong
9	2014	83	Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thai Honda	Sukhothai	Phichit
10	2015	83	Ubon UMT United	Satun United	Khonkaen United	Rayong
11	2016	94	Trat	Kasetsart	Nongbua Pitchaya	Surat Thani

Champions of the fourth tier Thai football league system (Thai League 4)

#	Season	Number of teams	Promoted (Group A winners)	Promoted (Group B winners)	Promoted
12	2017	61	BTU United	JL Chiangmai United	Marines Eureka, Muangkan United
#	Season	Number of teams	Winner	Runner Up	Promoted
13	2018	57	Nakhon Pathom United	Khon Kaen United	North Bangkok University
#	Season	Number of teams	Winner	Runner Up	Promoted
14	2019	60	Wat Bot City	Pattani	Pathumthani University

Regional league winners

• Broken down into regional leagues which started in 2009

Region	Winner	Runner Up
2009 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Raj Pracha-Nonthaburi	Kasem Bundit University
Central & Eastern Region	Samut Prakan	Ayutthaya
North Eastern Region	Loei City	Nakhon Ratchasima
Northern Region	Chiangrai United	Phichit
Southern Region	Narathiwat	Satun
2010 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Bangkok	Rangsit University JW
Central & Eastern Region	Saraburi	Samut Prakan
North Eastern Region	Loei City	Songkhla United
Northern Region	Chiangmai	Chainat
Southern Region	Phuket	Trang
2011 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Kasetsart	North Bangkok College
Central & Eastern Region	Ratchaburi	Rayong
North Eastern Region	Roi Et United	Loei City
Northern Region	Phitsanulok	Lamphun Warrior
Southern Region	Krabi	Phattalung
2012 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Thai Honda	Rayong United
Central & Eastern Region	Ayutthaya	Rayong
North Eastern Region	Roi Et United	Sisaket United F.C.
Northern Region	Chiangmai	Phitsanulok
Southern Region	Trang	Pattani
2013 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Paknampho NSRU	Kasetsart University
Central & Eastern Region	Look Isan-Thai Airways	Nakhon Nayok
Central & Western Region	Ang Thong	Prachuap
North Eastern Region	Roi Et United	Udon Thani
Northern Region	Chiangmai	Phitsanulok
Southern Region	Nara United	Chumphon
2014 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Thai Honda	BCC Tero
Central & Eastern Region	Prachinburi United	Maptaphut Rayong
Central & Western Region	Hua Hin	Phetchaburi
North Eastern Region	Ubon UMT	Udon Thani
Northern Region	Sukhothai	Phichit
Southern Region	Prachuap Khiri Khan	Satun United
2015 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Customs United	Chamchuri United
Central & Eastern Region	Rayong	Cha Choeng Sao
Central & Western Region	Samut Sakhon	Thonburi City
North Eastern Region	Khonkaen United	Ubon UMT United
Northern Region	Lampang	Chiangrai City
Southern Region	Satun United	Pattani
2016 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Chamchuri United	Kasetsart
Bangkok & Eastern Region	Raj Pracha	Customs United
Central Region	Ayutthaya Warrior	Ayutthaya
Eastern Region	Trat	Cha Choeng Sao
Western Region	Samut Sakhon	Krung Thonburi
North Eastern Region	Udon Thani	Ubon Ratchathani
Northern Region	Nongbua Pitchaya	Kamphaengphet
Southern Region	Surat Thani	Nara United
2017 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	North Bangkok University	Samut Prakan
Eastern Region	Chanthaburi	Marines Eureka
Western Region	Suphanburi B	Muangkan United
North Eastern Region	Sisaket United	Chaiyaphum United
Northern Region	JL Chiangmai United	Chiangrai City
Southern Region	Satun United	Phuket
2018 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	North Bangkok University	Bangkok United U-23
Eastern Region	Bankhai United	Chanthaburi
Western Region	Nakhon Pathom United	IPE Samut Sakhon United
North Eastern Region	Muang Loei United	Khonkaen United
Northern Region	Uttaradit	Nan
Southern Region	Satun United	Pattani
2019 season
Bangkok Metropolitan Region	Muangthong United (ฺB)	Bangkok United (ฺB)
Eastern Region	Bankhai United	Kohkwang
Western Region	Hua Hin City	Chainat United
North Eastern Region	Muang Loei United	Huai Thalaeng United
Northern Region	Uttaradit	Wat Bot City
Southern Region	Satun United	Pattani

See also

• Football records in Thailand

References

External links

• Official website (in Thai)
• Football Association of Thailand (in Thai)
• kondivision2 (in Thai)
• Thai Division 2 League