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; 26 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	Lamphun Warriors (1st title) (2021–22)
Most championships	Police United (4 titles)
TV partners	AIS (Thailand, IPTV) T Sports 7
Website	thaileague.co.th/t2
Current: 2022–23 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. It is sponsored by Osotspa M-150 and therefore officially known as the Thai League 2 M-150 Championship.^[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.

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
3	1999-2000	Royal Thai Police	Royal Thai Navy
4	2000-01	Tobacco Monopoly	Bangkok Christian College
5	2001-02	Bangkok Christian College
6	2002-03	Bangkok University	Royal Thai Navy	Provincial Electricity Authority
7	2003-04	TOT	PEA
8	2004-05	Royal Thai Army	Thai Honda
9	2005-06	Royal Thai Police	Royal Thai Navy
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

Number of wins

Club	Champions
Police United	4 (1999-2000), (2005–06), (2009), (2015)
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)
Nakhon Ratchasima	1 (2014)
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)

Stadiums and locations (2022–23)

 

 

Ayutthaya United

 

Chainat Hornbill

 

Chiangmai

 

Chiangmai United

 

Krabi

 

Nakhon Pathom United

 

Nakhon Si United

 

Phrae United

 

Ranong United

 

Trat

 

Suphanburi

 

Rayong

 

Udon Thani

 

Uthai Thani

 

Bangkok Metro

 

Bangkok Metro teams
Customs United
Kasetsart
Rajpracha
Samut Prakan City

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Locations of the 2022–23 Thai League 2 teams

 

 

Kasetsart

 

Customs Ladkrabang United

 

Rajpracha

 

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
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
Kasetsart	Bangkok	Insee Chantarasatit Stadium	3,275
Krabi	Krabi	Krabi Provincial Stadium	6,000
Nakhon Pathom United	Nakhon Pathom	Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium	6,000
Nakhon Si United	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Nakhon Si Thammarat PAO. Stadium	5,000
Phrae United	Phrae	Huai Ma Stadium	2,500
Rajpracha	Bangkok	NT Stadium	3,000
Ranong United	Ranong	Ranong Provincial Stadium	7,000
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
Trat	Trat	Trat Provincial Stadium	5,000
Udon Thani	Udon Thani	Thai National Sports University Udon Thani Campus Stadium	5,000
Uthai Thani	Uthai Thani	Uthai Thani Provincial Stadium	4,477

Stadiums (2022–23)

Primary venues used in the Thai League 2:

Ayutthaya United	Chainat Hornbill	Chiangmai	Chiangmai United	Customs United	Kasetsart
Ayutthaya Province Stadium	Khao Plong Stadium	Chiangmai Municipality Stadium	700th Anniversary Stadium	Lad Krabang 54 Stadium	Insee Chantarasatit Stadium
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 8,625	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 3,275
Krabi	Nakhon Pathom United	Nakhon Si United	Phrae United	Rajpracha	Ranong United
Krabi Provincial Stadium	Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium	Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Stadium	Huai Ma Stadium	NT Stadium	Ranong Province Stadium
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 7,000
Rayong	Samut Prakan City	Suphanburi	Trat	Udon Thani	Uthai Thani
Rayong Province Stadium	Samut Prakarn SAT Stadium	Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium	Trat Province Stadium	Thai National Sports University Udon Thani Campus Stadium	Uthai Thani Provincial Stadium
Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 5,130	Capacity: 15,279	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,477

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

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
• ผลบอลสด บ้านผลบอล ผลบอลวันนี้ 7m 888 Livescore