Thai Premier League 2016

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Thai Premier League
master Muangthong United
Champions League Muangthong United
Champions League
qualification		 Bangkok United
Sukhothai FC
Cup winners Sukhothai FC
Relegated BBCU FC
Army United
Chainat Hornbill FC
Teams 18th
Games 277  (of which 277 played)
Gates 830  (ø 3 per game)
Top scorer BrazilBrazil Cleiton Silva
← Thai Premier League 2015

The Thai Premier League 2016, also known as the Toyota Thai League, is the 20th season of the highest Thai soccer league since it was officially launched in 1996. The season began on March 5, 2016 with the first matchday and is expected to start with the 34th matchday on October 30th Ending in 2016. The defending champion is Buriram United . Newcomers from the Thai Premier League Division 1 are Pattaya United , Sukhothai FC and BBCU FC .

The champion of the season qualifies directly for the AFC Champions League 2017 , the second placed starts in the qualification for the Champions League . The FA Cup winner also takes part in qualifying for the Champions League. The three worst teams of the season are relegated to the Thai Premier League Division 1.

Teams

18 teams took part in the league, including 15 teams from the 2015 season and three promoted teams from the Thai Premier League Division 1. TOT SC and Port FC relegated to the second division for sporting reasons. Fourteenth in the table Saraburi FC has withdrawn from the game, so that the 16th in the final table, BEC Tero Sasana FC , remained in the league. The best three teams from the 2nd division, Pattaya United , BBCU FC , Sukhothai FC , were promoted to the Premier League.

team Location Stadion Capacity
Army United Bangkok Royal Thai Army Stadium 20,000
Bangkok Glass Pathum Thani Leo Stadium 14,000
Bangkok United Pathum Thani Thammasat Stadium 25,000
BBCU FC Nonthaburi Nonthaburi Youth Center Stadium 6000
BEC Tero Sasana FC Bangkok 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) 10,000
Buriram United Buriram I-Mobile Stadium 32,600
Chainat Hornbill FC Chainat Khao Plong Stadium 12,000
Chiangrai United Chiangrai United Stadium of Chiangrai 15,000
Chonburi FC Chonburi Chonburi Stadium 8500
Muangthong United Nonthaburi SCG Stadium 15,000
Nakhon Ratchasima FC Nakhon Ratchasima 80th Birthday Stadium 28,000
Navy FC Chonburi Navy Stadium 6000
Pattaya United Chonburi Nong Prue Stadium 5000
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Stadium 13,000
Sisaket FC Sisaket Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium 10,000
Sukhothai FC Sukhothai Thung Thalay Luang Stadium 8000
Super Power Samut Prakan FC Samut Prakan M-Power Stadium 4100
Suphanburi FC Suphanburi Suphanburi Provincial Stadium 25,000

staff

team Trainer Team captain
Army United ThailandThailand Watcharakorn Antakhamphu ThailandThailand Chaiwat Nak-iem
Bangkok Glass AustraliaAustralia Aurelio Vidmar AustraliaAustralia Matt Smith
Bangkok United BrazilBrazil Alexandré Pölking ThailandThailand Wittaya Madlam
BBCU FC ThailandThailand Jatuporn Pramualban ThailandThailand Naruphon putsorn
BEC Tero Sasana FC ThailandThailand Surapong Kongthep ThailandThailand Apichet Puttan
Buriram United SerbiaSerbia Ranko Popović ThailandThailand Suchao Nuchnum
Chainat Hornbill FC ThailandThailand Worakorn Wichanarong ThailandThailand Pisan Dorkmaikaew
Chiangrai United ThailandThailand Teerasak Po-on ThailandThailand Pichitphong Choeichiu
Chonburi FC ThailandThailand Therdsak Chaiman ThailandThailand Cholratite Jantakam
Muangthong United ThailandThailand Totchtawan Sripan ThailandThailand Teerasil Dangda
Nakhon Ratchasima FC SerbiaSerbia Miloš Joksić ThailandThailand Chalermpong Kerdkaew
Navy FC BrazilBrazil Stefano Cugurra ThailandThailand Nattaporn Phanrite
Pattaya United Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Hak-chul ThailandThailand Tanasak Srisai
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol SpainSpain Juan José Rojo Martín BrazilBrazil Carlos Santos de Jesus
Sisaket FC JapanJapan Masahiro Wada ThailandThailand Ekkapan Jandakorn
Sukhothai FC ThailandThailand Somchai Chuayboonchum ThailandThailand Yuttapong Srilakorn
Super Power Samut Prakan FC ThailandThailand Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok ThailandThailand Jetsada Puanakunmee
Suphanburi FC BrazilBrazil Sérgio Farias ThailandThailand Rangsan Viwatchaichok

Supplier / sponsor

team Outfitter sponsor
Army United Sakka sport Chang
Bangkok Glass Nike Leo
Bangkok United Ari True
BBCU FC Ego Sports 3BB
BEC Tero Sasana FC FBT FB Battery
Buriram United Private label Chang
Chainat Hornbill FC Warrix Wangkanai
Chiangrai United Private label Singha Park
Chonburi FC Nike Chang
Muangthong United Grand Sport SCG Siam Cement Group
Nakhon Ratchasima FC Grand Sport Mazda
Navy FC Private label HR-Pro
Pattaya United Tamudo Nongnaka
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Ari Mitr Phol
Sisaket FC Private label Muang Thai Life Assurance
Sukhothai FC Mawin Chang
Super Power Samut Prakan FC Grand Sport M-150
Suphanburi FC Warrix Chang

Foreign players

team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC players Former players
Army United BrazilBrazil Rodrigo Frauches BrazilBrazil Josimar JapanJapan Kai Hirano SloveniaSlovenia Zdenko Kaprálik SingaporeSingapore Hassan Sunny BrazilBrazil Raphael Botti
Bangkok Glass Costa RicaCosta Rica Ariel Rodríguez FranceFrance Romain Gasmi MaliMali Caliph Cissé SpainSpain Toti AustraliaAustralia Matt Smith North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Darko Tasevski Lazarus Kaimbi
NamibiaNamibia
Bangkok United BrazilBrazil Gilberto Macena BrazilBrazil Leandro Tatu North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Mario Gjurovski MontenegroMontenegro Dragan Bošković BahrainBahrain Jaycee John MaliMali Caliph Cissé
BBCU FC CameroonCameroon Dooh Moukoko Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ali Diarra NigeriaNigeria Julius Oiboh Korea SouthSouth Korea Ma Sang-hoon Korea SouthSouth Korea Jeong Woo-geun
BEC Tero Sasana FC PolandPoland Łukasz Gikiewicz SerbiaSerbia Miloš Bosančić SerbiaSerbia Milan Bubalo SerbiaSerbia Sreten Sretenović JapanJapan Takahiro Kawamura IndonesiaIndonesia Greg Nwokolo Kim Jung-woo
Korea SouthSouth Korea
Buriram United BrazilBrazil Diogo BrazilBrazil Kaio PortugalPortugal Bruno Moreira VenezuelaVenezuela Andrés Túñez Korea SouthSouth Korea Go Seul-ki BrazilBrazil Weslley
Chainat Hornbill FC BrazilBrazil rice FranceFrance Florent Sinama-Pongolle JapanJapan Kazuto Kushida Korea SouthSouth Korea Jo Tae-Keun Korea SouthSouth Korea Shō Shimoji BrazilBrazil Renan Silva Wesley Alex
BrazilBrazil
Chiangrai United BrazilBrazil Wellington JapanJapan Hironori Saruta JapanJapan Kazuki Murakami NamibiaNamibia Lazarus Kaimbi AustraliaAustralia Mark Bridge BrazilBrazil Danilo Cirino Dennis Murillo
BrazilBrazil
Chonburi FC BrazilBrazil canoe BrazilBrazil Leandro Assumpção BrazilBrazil Rodrigo Vergilio GhanaGhana Prince Amponsah Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Jong-pil
Muangthong United SpainSpain Xisco BrazilBrazil Celio Santos Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Ho JapanJapan Naoaki Aoyama BrazilBrazil Cleiton Silva Michaël N'dri Pedro Mario Álvarez Abrante
FranceFrance
SpainSpain
Nakhon Ratchasima FC GermanyGermany Bjorn Lindemann GhanaGhana Dominic Adiyiah NigeriaNigeria Marco Tagbajumi ZambiaZambia Noah Chivuta JapanJapan Satoshi Nagano
Navy FC BrazilBrazil Addison Alves BrazilBrazil André Luís Leite BrazilBrazil Aron da Silva ParaguayParaguay Anggello Machuca IndonesiaIndonesia Victor Igbonefo BrazilBrazil Felipe Ferreira
Pattaya United BrazilBrazil Antonio Pina BrazilBrazil Júnior Negrao Korea SouthSouth Korea Yoo Jae-ho SpainSpain Fran González LebanonLebanon Soony Saad JapanJapan Yukiya Sugita
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol ArgentinaArgentina Germán Pacheco BelgiumBelgium Marvin Ogunjimi BrazilBrazil Carlos Santos de Jesus PortugalPortugal Yannick Djaló JapanJapan Takuya Murayama BrazilBrazil Heberty Łukasz Gikiewicz
PolandPoland
Sisaket FC BrazilBrazil Chico BrazilBrazil Victor Amaro NigeriaNigeria Adefolarin Durosinmi SerbiaSerbia Bojan Dubajic KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Anton Zemlyanuchin BulgariaBulgaria Lyuben Nikolov Norbert Csiki
HungaryHungary
Sukhothai FC BrazilBrazil Alex Rafael BrazilBrazil Renan Marques Ivory CoastIvory Coast Bireme Diouf MadagascarMadagascar Jhon Baggio JapanJapan Hiromichi Katano
Super Power Samut Prakan FC BrazilBrazil Dennis Murillo BrazilBrazil Jeferson Ivory CoastIvory Coast Anthony Moura-Komenan NamibiaNamibia Sadney Urikhob Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Hyun-woong BrazilBrazil Aron da Silva Ahn Jae-hoon
Korea SouthSouth Korea
Suphanburi FC BrazilBrazil Dellatorre BrazilBrazil Márcio Rosario North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Darko Tasevski Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Seung-yong Korea SouthSouth Korea Jung Hoon BrazilBrazil Tinga Carmelo González
SpainSpain

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Muangthong United  31  26th  2  3 073:240 +49 80
 2. Bangkok United  31  23  6th  2 072:360 +36 75
 3. Bangkok Glass  31  18th  3  10 062:410 +21 57
 4th Buriram United (M) (P)  30th  15th  10  5 055:380 +17 55
 5. Chonburi FC  31  14th  9  8th 052:330 +19 51
 6th Ratchaburi Mitr Phol  30th  14th  7th  9 052:350 +17 49
 7th Sukhothai FC (N)  31  13  6th  12 050:440  +6 45
 8th. Chiangrai United  31  13  6th  12 042:430  −1 45
 9. BEC-Tero Sasana  30th  12  5  13 042:520 −10 41
10. Suphanburi FC  31  10  8th  13 033:350  −2 38
11. Nakhon Ratchasima FC  31  10  5  16 030:440 −14 35
12. Pattaya United (N)  31  9  7th  15th 046:660 −20 34
13. Sisaket FC  31  8th  9  14th 044:520  −8 33
14th Navy FC  31  7th  10  14th 025:400 −15 31
15th Super Power Samut Prakan FC  31  8th  7th  16 045:710 −26 31
16. Army United  31  8th  6th  17th 034:460 −12 30th
17th Chainat Hornbill FC  31  8th  6th  17th 046:610 −15 30th
18th BBCU FC (N)  30th  3  4th  23 032:690 −37 13
As of September 25, 2016
At the end of the 2016 season:
Thai champion and participation in the AFC Champions League 2017
Participation in the second qualifying round for the AFC Champions League 2017
Relegation to the Thai Premier League Division 1 2017: BBCU FC, Chainat Hornbill FC, Army United
At the end of the 2015 season:
(M) Reigning Master : Buriram United
(P) Reigning cup winner : Buriram United
(N) Newcomers from the Thai Premier League Division 1 2015: Pattaya United, Sukhothai FC & BBCU FC

TOP goal scorers

As of September 25, 2016

space player team Gates
1 BrazilBrazil Cleiton Silva Muangthong United 27
2 MontenegroMontenegro Dragan Bošković Bangkok United 20th
BrazilBrazil Júnior Negrao Pattaya United
BrazilBrazil Heberty Ratchaburi Mitr Phol
5 Costa RicaCosta Rica Ariel Francisco Rodríguez Araya Bangkok Glass 19th
BahrainBahrain Jaycee John Bangkok United
7th BrazilBrazil Josimar Army United 16
8th BrazilBrazil Renan Marques Sukhothai FC 15th
PortugalPortugal Yannick Djaló Ratchaburi Mitr Phol
10 ThailandThailand Adisak Kraisorn Muangthong United 14th

Note: Heberty joined Al-Shabab FC during the season

TOP assists

As of September 25, 2016

space player team Assists
1 MadagascarMadagascar Jhon Baggio Sukhothai FC 13
2 ThailandThailand Chanathip Songkrasin Muangthong United 11
3 LebanonLebanon Soony Saad Pattaya United 9
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Mario Gjurovski Bangkok United
5 KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Anton Zemlyanuchin Sisaket FC 8th
BrazilBrazil Wellington Chiangrai United
ThailandThailand Sarach Yooyen Muangthong United
SpainSpain Toti Bangkok Glass
BrazilBrazil Cleiton Silva Muangthong United
NigeriaNigeria Adefolarin Durosinmi Sisaket FC
ThailandThailand Theerathon Bunmathan Buriram United , Muangthong United
ThailandThailand Tristan Thu Muangthong United

Hat tricks

player team Opposing team Result date
VenezuelaVenezuela Andrés Túñez Buriram United Bangkok United 5-3 March 6, 2016
MontenegroMontenegro Dragan Bošković Bangkok United Buriram United 3-5 March 6, 2016
ThailandThailand Teerasil Dangda Muangthong United Navy FC 4-0 2nd April 2016
East TimorEast Timor BrazilBrazil Heberty Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Bangkok Glass 4-3 April 23, 2016
BrazilBrazil Cleiton Silva Muangthong United Chiangrai United 3–0 May 7, 2016
BrazilBrazil Dennis Murillo Chiangrai United Nakhon Ratchasima FC 4–1 May 11, 2016
BrazilBrazil Heberty Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Pattaya United 6-0 May 22, 2016
BrazilBrazil Heberty Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Super Power Samut Prakan FC 4-4 May 28, 2016
BrazilBrazil Cleiton Silva Muangthong United Super Power Samut Prakan FC 8-3 June 22, 2016
BahrainBahrain Jaycee John Bangkok United BBCU FC 4-2 17th July 2016
BahrainBahrain Jaycee John Bangkok United BEC Tero Sasana FC 3–2 23rd July 2016
LebanonLebanon Soony Saad Pattaya United BBCU FC 3–2 July 24, 2016
BahrainBahrain Diogo Buriram United Chainat Hornbill FC 4-4 7th August 2016
NamibiaNamibia Sadney Urikhob Super Power Samut Prakan FC BBCU FC 4–1 20th August 2016
BrazilBrazil Dennis Murillo Super Power Samut Prakan FC Chainat Hornbill FC 4-2 September 10, 2016
BrazilBrazil Rodrigo Vergilio Chonburi FC Navy FC 4–1 11th September 2016
BrazilBrazil Dellatorre Suphanburi FC Navy FC 4–1 September 25, 2016
BrazilBrazil Júnior Negrao Pattaya United Nakhon Ratchasima FC 4–1 September 25, 2016

Trainer of the month

month Surname team
March ThailandThailand Teerasak Po-on Chiangrai United
April BrazilBrazil Alexandré Pölking Bangkok United
May ThailandThailand Totchtawan Sripan Muangthong United
June ThailandThailand Surapong Kongthep BEC-Tero Sasana
July ThailandThailand Somchai Chuayboonchum Sukhothai FC
August September ThailandThailand Therdsak Chaiman Chonburi FC

Player of the month

month Surname team
March AustraliaAustralia Matt Smith Bangkok Glass
April ThailandThailand Tanaboon Kesarat Muangthong United
May MadagascarMadagascar Jhon Baggio Sukhothai FC
June BrazilBrazil Cleiton Silva Muangthong United
July BahrainBahrain Jaycee John Bangkok United
August September ThailandThailand Kawin Thamsatchanan Muangthong United

White vest (clean sheets)

As of September 25, 2016

space goalkeeper team Zero games
1 ThailandThailand Kawin Thamsatchanan Muangthong United 16
2 ThailandThailand Siwarak Tedsungnoen Buriram United 10
ThailandThailand Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool Suphanburi FC
ThailandThailand Narong Wongthongkam Navy FC
ThailandThailand Ukrit Wongmeema Ratchaburi Mitr Phol
6th ThailandThailand Kittipong Phuthawchueak Bangkok United 9
7th ThailandThailand Chanin Sae-ear Chonburi FC 8th
ThailandThailand Intharat Apinyakool Chiangrai United
ThailandThailand Kampol Pathom-attakul Nakhon Ratchasima FC
10 ThailandThailand Prasit Padungchok BEC Tero Sasana 7th

Audience numbers

space team Total number of
viewers 		Highest
audience 		Lowest
audience 		Average
audience
1. Buriram United 248.760 32,600 8,857 15,547
2. Nakhon Ratchasima 173.041 32,159 5,543 11,536
3. Muangthong United 156.434 12,579 289 9,777
4th Suphanburi FC 143,693 17,512 4,232 8,980
5. Bangkok Glass 89,891 10,713 3,075 5,992
6th Sukhothai FC 91,232 7,950 4.012 5,702
7th Chiangrai United 81,171 15,550 1,761 5,411
8th. Chonburi FC 75,319 8,463 3,155 5,021
9. Sisaket FC 72,261 11,200 2,216 4,817
10. Ratchaburi Mitr Phol 61,631 13,270 2,185 4,402
11. Bangkok United 49,818 11,666 1,121 3,321
12. Navy FC 46.185 5,319 2,228 3,079
13. Pattaya United 46,344 5,100 1,351 2,896
14th Chainat Hornbill FC 39,386 6,144 1,013 2,461
15th Super Power Samut Prakan FC 36,985 4,983 1,041 2,311
16. Army United 36,707 5,766 1,143 2,294
17th BEC Tero Sasana FC 29,335 3,461 1,087 1,955
18th BBCU FC 23,111 3,514 289 1,540
TOTAL 1,503,600 32,600 289 5,428

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thai Premier League 2016: table . In: Soccerway.com . Retrieved September 25, 2016.

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