Thai League 2

Thai League 2 (Thai: ไทยลีก 2), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. The top 3 are promoted to Thai League 1 at the end of the season, whilst four are relegated to Thai League 3.^[1][2]

Thai League 2

Organising body	Thai League
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Country	Thailand
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Thai League 1
Relegation to	Thai League 3
Domestic cup(s)	Thai FA Cup
League cup(s)	Thai League Cup
Current champions	Nakhon Ratchasima (2nd title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Police United (4 titles)
Website	thaileague.co.th/t2
Current: 2023–24 Thai League 2

For the 2008 season, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) reduced the number of teams in the league to 16 teams. Previously there had been two groups of 12 clubs. For the 2011 season the number of teams was increased to 18 teams, The Thai Division 1 League is a season run from March to October, with teams playing 34 games each totalling 306 games in the season. In 2016, the Khǒr Royal Cup became a trophy for Thai Division 1 League. In 2017 the Football Association of Thailand^[3] changed the name to Thai League 2.^[4]

Promotion and relegation

The top three teams will be promoted to the Thai League 1. The top team as champions.^[5]

The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Thai League 3.

Stadiums and locations (2023–24)

 

 

Ayutthaya United

 

Chainat Hornbill

 

Chiangmai

 

Chiangmai United

 

Krabi

 

Lampang

 

Nakhon Ratchasima

 

Nakhon Si United

 

Phrae United

 

Nongbua Pitchaya

 

DP Kanchanaburi

 

Suphanburi

 

Rayong

 

Chanthaburi

 

Pattaya United

 

Bangkok Metro

 

Bangkok Metro teams
Customs United
Kasetsart
Samut Prakan City

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Locations of the 2023–24 Thai League 2 teams

 

 

Kasetsart

 

Customs United

 

Samut Prakan City

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Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Team	Location	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	Kanchanaburi Province 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
Nongbua Pitchaya	Nongbua Lamphu	Pitchaya Stadium	6,000
Nakhon Si United	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Nakhon Si Thammarat PAO. Stadium	5,000
Pattaya United	Chonburi	Nong Prue Stadium	5,500
Phrae United	Phrae	Huai Ma Stadium	2,500
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

Stadiums (2023–24)

Primary venues used in the Thai League 2:

Ayutthaya United	Chainat Hornbill	Chanthaburi	Chiangmai	Chiangmai United	Customs United
Ayutthaya Province Stadium	Khao Plong Stadium	Chanthaburi Province Stadium	Chiangmai Municipality Stadium	700th Anniversary Stadium	Lad Krabang 54 Stadium
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 8,625	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 2,000
DP Kanchanaburi	Kasetsart	Krabi	Lampang	Nakhon Ratchasima	Nongbua Pitchaya
Kanchanaburi Province Stadium	Insee Chantarasatit Stadium	Krabi Provincial Stadium	Lampang Province Stadium	80th Birthday Stadium	Pitchaya Stadium
Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 3,275	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 24,641	Capacity: 6,000
Nakhon Si United	Pattaya United	Phrae United	Rayong	Samut Prakan City	Suphanburi
Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Stadium	Nong Prue Stadium	Huai Ma Stadium	Rayong Province Stadium	Samut Prakarn SAT Stadium	Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 5,130	Capacity: 15,279

Championship history

(Champions of the 2nd tier Thai football league system)

#	Season	Champions	Runner-up	Third place
1	1997-98	Krung Thai Bank	Osotsapa	Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
2	1998-99	Bangkok Bank of Commerce	Assumption College Sriracha	Royal Thai Navy
3	1999-2000	Royal Thai Police	Royal Thai Navy	Rajpracha
4	2000-01	Tobacco Monopoly	Bangkok Christian College	Rajpracha
5	2001-02	Bangkok Christian College	Thai Military Bank	Bangkok University
6	2002-03	Bangkok University	Royal Thai Navy	Provincial Electricity Authority
7	2003-04	TOT	PEA	Royal Thai Army
8	2004-05	Royal Thai Army	Thai Honda	Royal Thai Police
9	2005-06	Royal Thai Police	Royal Thai Navy	Coke-Bangpra
10	2007	Customs Department	Chula-Sinthana	Coke-Bangpra
11	2008	Muangthong United	Sriracha	Royal Thai Navy
12	2009	Police United	Royal Thai Army	Sisaket
13	2010	Sriracha	Khon Kaen	Chiangrai United
14	2011	Buriram	Chainat	BBCU
15	2012	Ratchaburi	Suphanburi	Bangkok United
16	2013	Air Force AVIA	Singhtarua	PTT Rayong
17	2014	Nakhon Ratchasima	Saraburi	Siam Navy
18	2015	Police United	Pattaya United	Sukhothai
19	2016	Thai Honda	Ubon UMT United	Port
20	2017	Chainat Hornbill	Air Force Central	PT Prachuap
21	2018	PTT Rayong	Trat	Chiangmai
22	2019	BG Pathum United	Police Tero	Rayong
#	Season	Champions	Runner-up	Play-off winner
23	2020–21	Nongbua Pitchaya	Chiangmai United	Khon Kaen United
24	2021–22	Lamphun Warriors	Sukhothai	Lampang
25	2022–23	Nakhon Pathom United	Trat	Uthai Thani
26	2023–24	Nakhon Ratchasima	Nongbua Pitchaya

Number of wins

Club	Champions
Police United	4 (1999-2000), (2005–06), (2009), (2015)
Nakhon Ratchasima	2 (2014), (2023–24)
Krung Thai Bank	1 (1997–98)
Bangkok Bank of Commerce	1 (1998–99)
TTM	1 (2000–01)
Bangkok Christian College	1 (2001–02)
Bangkok University	1 (2002–03)
TOT	1 (2003–04)
Royal Thai Army	1 (2004–05)
Customs Department	1 (2007)
Muangthong United	1 (2008)
Sriracha	1 (2010)
Songkhla United	1 (2011)
Ratchaburi	1 (2012)
Air Force AVIA	1 (2013)
Thai Honda Ladkrabang	1 (2016)
Chainat Hornbill	1 (2017)
PTT Rayong	1 (2018)
BG Pathum United	1 (2019)
Nongbua Pitchaya	1 (2020–21)
Lamphun Warriors	1 (2021–22)
Nakhon Pathom United	1 (2022–23)

Awards

Top scorers

Season Top scorer Club Goals 2008   Tanongsak Promdard Raj-Vithi 18 2009   Wutthipong Kerdkul Rattana Bundit 27 2010   Chainarong Tathong Chula United 19 2011   Adisak Srikampang   Phuwadol Suwannachart PTT Rayong Chainat 21 2012   Lee Tuck Bangkok 23 2013   Leandro Singhtarua 24 2014   Marc Landry Babo Angthong 19 2015   Felipe Ferreira   Tana Chanabut Sukhothai Police United 25 2016   Hristijan Kirovski Prachuap 17 2017   Jonatan Ferreira Reis Kasetsart 28 2018   Barros Tardeli Trat 21 2019   Tiago Chulapa Rayong 19 2020–21   Paulo Conrado Khon Kaen United 25 2021–22   Thales Lima Udon Thani (13) / Lamphun Warriors (9) 22 2022–23   Ricardo Santos Uthai Thani 28 2023–24

Prize money

• Champion  : 5,000,000 Baht
• Runner-up  : 3,000,000 Baht
• Third Place  : 1,000,000 Baht

See also

• Football records in Thailand

References

1. "บทสรุปไทยลีก2ฤดูกาล2018-พีทีที ระยองคว้าแชมป์" (in Thai). 29 September 2018.
2. "บ้านผลบอล ทีเด็ดบอลวันนี้ 7m baanpolball ผลบอลเมื่อคืนนี้ zeanstep สปอร์ตพูล Gool.co" (in Thai).
3. มากรู้จักระบบบอลไทยกัน^{[permanent dead link]} (in Thai)
4. "ไทยลีก2 นัดส่งท้ายซีซั่นยังเหลืออะไรให้ลุ้นบ้าง?" (in Thai). 29 September 2018.
5. "ไทยลีก2ซีซั่น2019 ความมันส์ที่รอคอบอลลีกรองอยู่ - บทความฟุตบอลไทย". 8 October 2018.

External links

• (in Thai)
• (in Thai)
• Thai Division 1 League
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