2012 Thai Premier League

Thai Premier League

Season	2012
Champions	SCG Muangthong United
Relegated	ThaiPort BBCU TTM Chiangmai
Champions League	SCG Muangthong United Buriram United
Matches played	306
Goals scored	825 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cleiton Silva Teerasil Dangda (24 goals)
Biggest home win	BEC Tero Sasana 7–1 TTM Chiangmai
Biggest away win	BBCU 1–8 SCG Muangthong United
Highest scoring	Buriram United 7–2 Chainat (11 August 2012) BBCU 1–8 SCG Muangthong United
Highest attendance	30,102 Wuachon United vs SCG Muangthong United
Lowest attendance	0 Genufood Samut Songkhram vs Army United
Average attendance	4,823
← 2011 2013 →

2012 Thai Premier League (known as Sponsor Thai Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams are competing in the league.

Teams

Khonkaen, Siam Navy and Sriracha were relegated to the 2012 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2011 season in the bottom three places.

2011 Thai Division 1 League champions Buriram, runners-up Chainat and third place BBCU were promoted to the Thai Premier League. Buriram were to merge with Buriram PEA at the end of the 2011 campaign to become Buriram United allowing Wuachon United to take their place in the top flight for the first time.^[1][2]

Stadia and locations

Bangkok

Chiangrai United

Chainat

Chonburi

Esan United

Muangthong

Osotspa

Police

Wuachon United

Bangkok Glass

Samut Songkhram

Buriram United

TTM Chiangmai

Pattaya

Bangkok teams

Army United
BBCU
BEC Tero Sasana
Thai Port
TOT

Locations of the Thai Premier League teams 2012

Army United

BBCU

BEC Tero Sasana

Thai Port

TOT

Football clubs in Greater Bangkok

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Army United	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium	25,000
Bangkok Glass	Pathumthani	Leo Stadium	10,000
BEC Tero Sasana	Bangkok	Thephasadin Stadium	6,378
Buriram United	Buriram	New I-Mobile Stadium	24,000
BBCU	Bangkok	Rajamangala Stadium	65,000
Chainat	Chainat	Chainat Stadium	5,574
Chiangrai United	Chiangrai	United Stadium of Chiangrai	12,000
Chonburi	Chonburi	Chonburi Stadium	8,600
Esan United	Ubon Ratchathani	Tung Burapha Stadium	7,500
Muangthong United	Nonthaburi	SCG Stadium	17,000
Osotspa Saraburi	Saraburi	Saraburi Stadium	5,000
Pattaya United	Chonburi	Nongprue Municipality Football Field	8,000
Police United	Pathumthani	Thammasat Stadium	25,000
Samut Songkhram	Samut Songkhram	Samut Songkhram Stadium	6,000
Thai Port	Bangkok	PAT Stadium	12,308
TOT	Bangkok	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana	5,000
TTM Chiangmai	Chiang Mai	700th Anniversary Stadium	25,000
Wuachon United	Songkhla	Tinasulanon Stadium	35,000

Name changes

• Thai Port were renamed to Port FC for the start of the season and then renamed back to Thai Port one week later.
• Buriram PEA and Buriram merged to become Buriram United
• Sisaket were renamed to Esan United for the start of the season.
• TTM Phichit were renamed to TTM Chiangmai for the start of the season.
• Buriram were renamed to Wuachon United for the start of the season.

Stadium Changes

• Muangthong United's stadium would be known as SCG Stadium due to sponsorship reasons. The stadium was previously known as the Yamaha Stadium, again because of sponsorship reasons. The stadium was originally known as the Thunderdome Stadium.
• BBCU moved in the Rajamangala Stadium, vacating the Thai Army Sports Stadium that was shared with Army United. However BBCU did use Muangthong United's SCG Stadium for the match with Chiangrai United due to the Rajamangala Stadium being unavailable
• TTM Chiangmai moved from the Phichit Stadium to the 700th Anniversary Stadium .
• Esan United moved into the Tung Burapha Stadium after relocating into Ubon Ratchathani province.
• Wuachon United moved from the I-Mobile Stadium to the Tinasulanon Stadium .
• Police United used the IPE Stadium in Chonburi until the Thammasat Stadium was ready following floods that also made them use alternative stadiums in the 2011 campaign. A few games were also stage at the Army Stadium in Bangkok.
• BEC Tero Sasana hosted Osotspa at the Rajamangala Stadium due to the Thephasadin Stadium being unavailable.

Thai Premier League All-Star Exhibition game

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Sponsor	Kit maker	Team captain	Head coach
Army United	Chang	Pan	Sing-Ha, TatreeTatree Sing-Ha	Paniphon Kerdyam
Bangkok Glass	Leo Beer	Umbro	Kaewkiew, AmnartAmnart Kaewkiew	Phil Stubbins
BEC Tero Sasana	Channel 3	FBT	Viwatchaichok, RangsanRangsan Viwatchaichok	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Buriram United	Chang	-	Puttan, ApichetApichet Puttan	Buspakom, AttapholAttaphol Buspakom
BBCU	3 Board Band	-	Yaito, JakapongJakapong Yaito	Rungruang, AdulAdul Rungruang
Chainat	-	Kappa	Vachiraban, NarongchaiNarongchai Vachiraban	Jaturapattarapong, SurachaiSurachai Jaturapattarapong
Chiangrai United	Leo Beer	DEFFO	Po-on, TeerasakTeerasak Po-on	Stefano Cugurra
Chonburi	Chang	Nike	On-Mo, PipobPipob On-Mo	Laohakul, WithayaWithaya Laohakul
Esan United	Muang Thai Life Assurance	FBT	Tathong, WuttichaiWuttichai Tathong	Khunnaen, PhayongPhayong Khunnaen
Muangthong United	Siam Cement Group (SCG) and Yamaha	Grand Sport	Thonglao, DatsakornDatsakorn Thonglao	Jokanović, SlavišaSlaviša Jokanović
Osotspa Saraburi	M-150	Grand Sport	Puanakunmee, JetsadaJetsada Puanakunmee	Borwonwatanadilok, PairojPairoj Borwonwatanadilok
Pattaya United	True	Grand Sport	Niweat Siriwong	Sa-Ngapol, ChalermwootChalermwoot Sa-Ngapol
Police United	INSEE Cement	Kela	Sareepim, SurachartSurachart Sareepim	Damrong-Ongtrakul, ThawatchaiThawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul
Samut Songkhram	Genufood	Kool Sport	Wattana, ChaiwutChaiwut Wattana	Chuayboonchum, SomchaiSomchai Chuayboonchum
Thai Port	FB Battery	FBT	Nonsiri, ItthipolItthipol Nonsiri	Wichanarong, WorakornWorakorn Wichanarong
TOT	TOT	-	Kawamura, TakahiroTakahiro Kawamura	Subpherm, SomchaiSomchai Subpherm
TTM Chiangmai	Thailand Tobacco Monopoly	Mawin	Mahawong, WatcharaWatchara Mahawong	Suwan-nachot, NarongNarong Suwan-nachot
Wuachon United	TPIPL	FBT	Madsiri, ChaiyaratChaiyarat Madsiri	Meelarp, JadetJadet Meelarp

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Incoming manager
Muangthong United	Robbie Fowler	Neutral termination	Slaviša Jokanović
TTM Chiangmai	Somchai Chuayboonchum	Sacked	Narong Suwan-nachot
Esan United	Royter Moreira	Resigned	Phayong Khunnaen
Thai Port	Thongchai Sukkokee	Resigned	Piyakul Kaewnamkang
Thai Port	Piyakul Kaewnamkang	Resigned	Adul Leukijna
Thai Port	Adul Leukijna	Caretaker role ended	Worakorn Wichanarong
BBCU	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Resigned	Adul Rungruang
Samut Songkhram	Vorawan Chitavanich	Resigned	Somchai Chuayboonchum
BEC Tero Sasana	Andrew Ord	Sacked	Sven-Göran Eriksson
Army United	Amnart Chalerm-chawalit	Sacked	Paniphon Kerdyam
Bangkok Glass	Surachai Jaturapattarapong	Resigned	Phil Stubbins
Chainat	Issara Sritharo	Resigned	Surachai Jaturapattarapong

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Asian Player
Army United	Daniel Blanco	Fabinho	Alessandro Alves	Tony Pinho	Björn Lindemann		Danny Invincibile
Bangkok Glass	Rafael	Valery Hiek	Flavien Michelini	Giorgi	Samuel Ajayi	George Ekeh	Hironori Saruta
BEC Tero Sasana	Kharroubi	Cleiton	Gilbert Koomson	Arzu	Regino	Yusuke Kato	Jovanovic
Buriram United	Acheampong	Ekwalla Herman	Florent Obama	Frank Ohandza	Đorđije Ćetković	Marko Ćetković	Honda
BBCU	Jean Marc	Moussa Sylla	N'Guatta	Aikhionbare	Juninho	Kim Young-Kwang	Cho Kwang-Hoon
Chainat	Clarence Bitang	Moise	Vukadinović	José Galán	Jagdeosingh	Michael Byrne	Lee Dong-Won
Chiangrai United	Antonio Claudio	Leandro Assumpção	Uilian Souza	Gilcimar Pereira	Emerson Cesario	Victor Igbonefo	Greg Nwokolo
Chonburi	Anderson	Thiago Cunha	Doumeng	Diakité	Thomas Dossevi	Jeon Kwang-Jin	Kazuto Kushida
Esan United	Chayene Santos	Victor Amaro	Munze Ulrich	Kouadio Pascal	Guy Hubert	Mark Burchill	Kim Tae-Young
Muangthong United	Edivaldo	Paulo Rangel	Dagno Siaka	Mohamed Koné	Mario Gjurovski	Adnan Barakat	Ri Kwang-Chon
Osotspa Saraburi	Dudu	Anthony Moura	Lazarus Kaimbi	Tangeni Shipahu	Michael Zuke	Katano	Yamamoto
Pattaya United	Ludovick Takam	Athanase	O. J. Obatola	Rod Dyachenko	Marián Juhás	Kim Do-Yeon	Keisuke Ogawa
Police United	Leandro	Daniel Côrtes	Daniel Melo	Yannick Ossok	Amara Jerry	Park Jae-hong	Lee Han-Gook
Samut Songkhram	David Bayiha	Ngenevu Divine	Christian Nade	Bireme Diouf	Zezinando	Lucas Daniel	Park Jae-Hyun
Thai Port	Mário César	Alex da Costa	Steven Robb	Olof Watson	Woo Hyun	Kim Ba-We	Ri Myong-Jun
TOT	Amaury Nunes	Diego Walsh	Bas Savage	Fofana Abib	Paunović	Kawamura	Lee Jun-Ki
TTM Chiangmai	Leonardo Da Silva	Diomande Adama	Jan Hrbek	Jung Ho-Jin	Kim Joo-Yong		Won Yoo Hyun
Wuachon United	Aron da Silva	Jules Baga	Kwadwo Boabah	Koné Seydou	Mario Neto	Rakočević	Daiki Higuchi

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Muangthong United (C)	34	25	9	0	78	31	+47	84	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Chonburi	34	21	7	6	65	33	+32	70
3	BEC Tero Sasana	34	16	9	9	53	43	+10	57
4	Buriram United	34	14	12	8	60	40	+20	54	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off ^1
5	Osotspa Saraburi	34	16	4	14	55	48	+7	52
6	Esan United	34	11	14	9	41	42	−1	47
7	Samut Songkhram	34	12	10	12	37	39	−2	46
8	Bangkok Glass	34	10	15	9	53	39	+14	45
9	Chiangrai United	34	11	11	12	40	47	−7	44
10	Army United	34	10	13	11	34	38	−4	43
11	Police United	34	10	12	12	37	38	−1	42
12	TOT	34	10	12	12	43	46	−3	42
13	Wuachon United	34	9	14	11	46	54	−8	41
14	Chainat	34	9	12	13	59	72	−13	39
15	Pattaya United	34	9	10	15	35	47	−12	37
16	Thai Port (R)	34	8	9	17	32	48	−16	33	Relegation to the 2013 Thai Division 1 League
17	BBCU (R)	34	4	13	17	32	63	−31	25
18	TTM Chiangmai (R)	34	2	12	20	25	57	−32	18

Updated to games played on 28 October, 2012.
Source: Thai Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Buriram United qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League as winners of the 2012 Thai FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Rules for classification, when season was finished : 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (only match result, not used aggregate); 3rd match win; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored

Results

Home \ Away^[1]

ARM

BKG

BEC

BRU

BBC

CHA

CRU

CHO

ESU

MTU

OSO

PAT

POL

SAS

THP

TOT

TTM

WUA

Army United

0–0

1–3

3–3

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–3

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–2

1–3

Bangkok Glass

0–0

1–1

1–2

5–2

5–3

4–1

0–0

0–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

2–0

4–1

4–0

0–0

2–2

2–0

BEC Tero Sasana

0–0

3–0

0–0

1–1

4–2

3–2

1–2

0–1

2–2

0–4

3–1

2–2

1–0

0–2

2–1

7–1

2–1

Buriram United

1–1

3–2

0–1

3–0

7–2

3–1

3–4

2–2

1–1

4–2

1–1

2–2

0–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

0–0

BBCU

1–1

0–0

2–2

1–4

0–1

1–2

0–0

1–0

1–8

0–0

0–2

1–1

2–2

1–3

3–2

1–1

1–1

Chainat

1–0

2–2

2–1

0–3

1–3

1–2

0–3

1–1

4–4

2–2

4–2

1–3

1–1

2–0

2–2

0–1

1–1

Chiangrai United

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

1–1

4–3

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–1

3–2

1–1

Chonburi

3–1

1–1

3–0

4–2

4–1

4–3

2–1

5–1

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

4–0

2–0

0–0

1–0

Esan United

1–1

1–0

4–0

1–1

1–0

3–3

3–3

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–2

Muangthong United

2–1

2–2

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

2–1

3–2

3–1

1–0

5–1

2–1

3–0

2–0

Osotspa Saraburi

1–0

1–3

2–3

2–1

1–0

2–1

4–1

3–1

2–1

1–2

4–2

2–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

4–3

1–2

Pattaya United

2–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

0–2

2–2

0–2

2–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–3

2–2

1–0

Police United

0–1

3–1

0–2

0–0

1–1

4–2

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–2

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–0

Samut Songkhram

1–0

3–2

1–1

0–3

1–0

2–3

0–0

1–0

0–0

1–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–2

4–0

0–0

4–4

Thai Port

1–1

0–0

0–2

2–1

3–2

2–2

2–0

1–2

0–1

1–2

0–0

2–4

0–1

1–2

0–0

1–0

0–0

TOT

0–2

3–2

1–1

0–1

3–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–3

3–1

1–2

3–0

1–1

1–0

3–3

TTM Chiangmai

2–2

0–0

0–1

0–2

0–1

2–3

0–0

0–1

0–0

0–3

1–2

1–0

0–2

0–1

2–5

0–1

2–2

Wuachon United

2–0

1–5

1–2

2–1

2–2

2–4

2–2

1–4

1–1

1–4

3–0

0–0

3–2

3–2

0–0

0–0

2–0

Updated to games played on 28 October 2012.
Source: Thai Premier League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cleiton Silva	BEC Tero Sasana	24
	Teerasil Dangda	Muangthong United
3	Tana Chanabut	Police United	15
4	Mario Ǵurovski	Muangthong United	14
	Pipob On-Mo	Chonburi
6	Phuwadol Suwannachart	Chainat	13
7	Frank Acheampong	Buriram United	12
	Ludovick Takam	Pattaya United
9	Samuel Ajayi	Bangkok Glass	11
	Bireme Diouf	Samut Songkhram

Hat-tricks

Player	Nationality	For	Against	Result^[a]	Date
Thomas Dossevi	Togo	Chonburi	Esan United	5-1	7 April 2012
Dudu	Brazil	Osotspa Saraburi	Army United	3-1	8 April 2012
Cleiton Silva	Brazil	BEC Tero Sasana	Bangkok Glass	3-0	12 May 2012
Choklap Nilsang	Thailand	Chiangrai United	Osotspa Saraburi	4-3	26 May 2012
Pipob On-Mo	Thailand	Chonburi	Buriram United	4-3	24 June 2012
Ekkachai Sumrei	Thailand	Buriram United	Chainat	7-2	11 August 2012
Cleiton Silva	Brazil	BEC Tero Sasana	Chainat	4-2	8 September 2012
Amorn Thammanarm	Thailand	BEC Tero Sasana	TTM Chiangmai	7-1	10 October 2012
Teerasil Dangda^4	Thailand	Muangthong United	BBCU	8-1	17 October 2012
Kendall Jagdeosingh	Trinidad and Tobago	Chainat	Wuachon United	4-2	21 October 2012

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Buriram United	260,415	23,033	9,763	15,319	+2.0%^†
2	Muangthong United	228,256	21,155	8,811	13,427	+24.9%^†
3	Chiangrai United	136,578	13,773	2,405	8,034	+115.2%^†
4	Bangkok Glass	121,003	10,754	4,517	7,118	+24.6%^†
5	Wuachon United	115,980	30,102	2,617	6,822	−9.5%^†
6	Chonburi	101,036	8,565	3,975	5,943	+9.4%^†
7	BEC Tero Sasana	61,929	6,124	1,053	3,643	+31.0%^†
8	Esan United	58,843	6,871	1,748	3,461	−52.0%^†
9	Police United	58,774	10,890	1,023	3,457	−4.9%^†
10	Chainat	57,089	6,680	1,376	3,358	−7.3%^†
11	Army United	55,512	5,927	1,712	3,265	−41.4%^†
12	Osotspa Saraburi	47,483	4,943	1,450	2,793	−23.6%^†
13	Thai Port	38,424	2,991	500	2,260	−18.1%^†
14	Pattaya United	35,667	4,500	1,226	2,098	+15.6%^†
15	Samut Songkhram	32,490	3,632	0	1,911	−33.5%^†
16	TTM Chiangmai	25,772	5,854	293	1,516	−32.2%^†
17	TOT	24,551	3,606	549	1,444	+5.2%^†
18	BBCU	15,967	2,673	235	939	+17.5%^†
	League total	1,475,769	30,102	0	4,823	+5.6%^†

Updated to games played on Oct 15, 2012
Source: Thai Premier League

Awards

Annual awards

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year was awarded to Teerasil Dangda.

Youth Player of the Year

The Youth Player of the Year was awarded to Chanathip Songkrasin.

Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year was awarded to Slaviša Jokanović.

Champions

Champions
Muangthong United
3rd Title

References

1. "Relegation looms on unlucky last day". Bangkok Post (Bangkok Post). 28 January 2012. Retrieved January 2012.
2. http://www.thaileaguedb.com/eng/leagues/view/16/Thai-Premiere-League THAI PREMIERE LEAGUE 2012