2009 Thai Division 1 League

The 2009 Thai League Division 1 has 16 teams.

Thai Division 1 League

Season	2009
Champions	Police United
Promoted	Police United Royal Thai Army Sisaket
Relegated	Surat Thani Thai Airways-Ban Bueng Nakhon Sawan
Top goalscorer	Wutthipong Kerdkul (Rattana Bundit) (27)
Biggest home win	Police United 16-1 Nakhon Sawan
Biggest away win	Nakhon Sawan 0-8 Royal Thai Air Force
Highest scoring	Police United 16-1 Nakhon Sawan
← 2008 2010 →

Rules

• Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis
• 3 Points for a win
• 1 Point for a draw
• Teams finishing on same points at the end of the season use head-to-head record to determine finishing position.
• The top three teams will be promoted to Premier League.
• The top team as champions.
• The bottom three teams will be relegated to Division 2.

Prize money

• Champion  : 700,000 Baht
• Runner-up  : 300,000 Baht
• Third Place  : 200,000 Baht
• Fourth Place  : 100,000 Baht
• Fifth Place  : 50,000 Baht
• Sixth Place  : 40,000 Baht
• Seventh Place : 20,000 Baht

Member clubs

Stadia and locations

Chanthaburi

Khonkaen

Nakhon Sawan

Prachinburi

PTT

Songkhla

Sisaket

Suphanburi

Surat Thani

Thai Airways-Ban Bueng

Bangkok Metro

Bangkok Metro teams
Customs Department FC
Rattana Bundit
Royal Thai Army
Police United
Thai Honda
Royal Thai Air Force

Locations of the 2009 Thai Division 1 League teams

Customs Department

Rattana Bundit

Royal Thai Army

Police United

Thai Honda

Royal Thai Air Force

Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Club	Province	Home Stadium[1][2]	Capacity
Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi	Chanthaburi Province Stadium	3,500
Khonkaen	Khon Kaen	Khon Kaen Province Stadium	?
Nakhon Sawan	Nakhon Sawan	Nakhon Sawan Sport School Stadium		Army Welfare Department Promoted from 2008 Thailand Division 2 League Nakhon Sawan Reprieve after Army Welfare Department withdrew
Customs Department	Min Buri, Bangkok	Kasem Bundit University Stadium	2,000	Relegated from Thailand Premier League
Prachinburi	Prachinburi	Prachinburi Province Stadium	3,196	Promoted from 2008 Thailand Division 2 League
PTT	Chonburi	Chonburi Physical Education Institute Stadium	12,000
Rattana Bundit	Bangkok	RBAC University Stadium	?
Royal Thai Air Force	Pathum Thani	Thupatemee Stadium	20,000
Royal Thai Army	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium	20,000	Relegated from Thailand Premier League
Police United	Bangkok	Klong Chan Sports Center
Songkhla	Songkhla	Jiranakorn Stadium	20,000	Promoted from 2008 Thailand Division 2 League
Sisaket	Sisaket	Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium	9,773	Promoted from Thailand Division 2 League
Suphanburi	Suphan Buri	Suphanburi Municipality Stadium	25,000
Surat Thani	Surat Thani	Surat Thani Province Stadium	10,000
Thai Airways-Ban Bueng	Chonburi	Beer Chang Stadium	3,518
Thai Honda	Bangkok	72-years Anniversary Stadium	5,000	Won Pre Season Playoff

• Bangkok Bank FC (Relegated from Thailand Premier League) ¹

^{Bangkok Bank FC withdrew from the league before the season began. FAT therefore decided that to fill the league with 16 teams, they would run a pre-season competition featuring the 4 relegated clubs from the Thailand Division 1 League 2008 season.}

Pre Season Playoff

The winners of the Pre Season Playoff would fill the void left by Bangkok Bank FC, after they withdrew from the league after being relegated from the Thailand Premier League.

The four semi finalist's in the play-offs, are the four relegated clubs from the 2008 season of the Thailand Division 1 League.

Play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 January 2009 – Bangkok
	Thai Honda	1
					1 February 2009 – Bangkok
	Raj Vithi	0
					Thai Honda	4
	25 January 2009 – Phichit
					Nakhon Sawan	0
	Phitsanulok	1
	Nakhon Sawan	2

Semi finals

Thai Honda	1-0	Raj Vithi

2009-01-25

18:00 UTC+7

72-years Anniversary Stadium

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Phitsanulok	1-2	Nakhon Sawan

2009-01-25

16:00 UTC+7

Phichit Stadium

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Final

Thai Honda	4-0	Nakhon Sawan
Sutin Anukoon 35' Chommanan Sookkaserm 76', 79' Prasert Rookprailee 85'

2009-02-01

18:00 UTC+7

72-years Anniversary Stadium

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Final league table

Clubs outside Bangkok

Clubs from the greater area of Bangkok

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Police United	30	19	8	3	76	25	+51	65	Champion and promotion spot for the Premier League
2	Royal Thai Army (R)	30	18	8	4	55	18	+37	62	Promotion spot for the Premier League
3	Sisaket (P)	30	15	13	2	53	26	+27	58
4	Khonkaen	30	16	7	7	49	36	+13	55
5	Prachinburi (P)	30	13	5	12	34	30	+4	44
6	Royal Thai Air Force	30	12	6	12	45	36	+9	42[a]
7	Songkhla (P)	30	10	12	8	32	29	+3	42[a]
8	Rattana Bundit	30	11	8	11	58	56	+2	41
9	Customs Department (R)	30	9	11	10	33	36	−3	38
10	PTT FC	30	9	9	12	53	49	+4	36[b]
11	Thai Honda	30	8	12	10	30	35	−5	36[b]
12	Suphanburi	30	9	6	15	40	50	−10	33
13	Chanthaburi	30	8	8	14	50	61	−11	32
14	Surat Thani	30	8	6	16	39	58	−19	30[c]	Relegation spots to Division 2
15	Thai Airways-Ban Bueng	30	7	9	14	36	50	−14	30[c]
16	Nakhon Sawan	30	1	6	23	34	122	−88	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd match win; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head to Head: draw 1-1
2. PTT win 4-2
3. Head to Head: Surat Thani win 4-1

Results

Home \ Away	NKS	CHB	CUS	KHK	PRB	PTT	RTB	RTA	ARM	POL	SKL	SIS	SPB	SUR	AIR	HON
Nakhon Sawan		2–7	0–3	1–6	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–8	0–5	0–3	0–0	3–5	2–3	1–3	1–1	0–3
Chanthaburi	4–3		1–1	4–2	3–2	5–3	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–2	1–3	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–2
Customs	3–1	2–0		0–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	4–2	2–0
Khonkaen	0–0	3–2	1–0		1–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	5–3	1–0	1–0	1–1
Prachinburi	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
PTT	6–1	1–1	5–1	3–4	2–3		2–1	0–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1
Rattana Bundit	6–2	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–2		1–0	2–4	1–2	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–2	4–3	1–0
Air Force	4–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–0		1–1	2–3	1–0	0–4	0–0	2–0	1–1	5–1
Army	10–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2		0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–0
Police	16–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–1		3–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0
Songkhla	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Sisaket	2–1	0–0	5–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	5–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0
Suphanburi	1–3	4–2	2–1	3–0	3–3	0–0	2–4	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–2		2–2	2–3	0–0
Surat Thani	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–3	5–4	1–0	0–1	0–7	1–2	2–0	4–2		2–0	0–1
Thai Airways	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–3	0–2	1–2	1–2		3–3
Thai Honda	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1

Source: Football Association of Thailand website ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Last updated October 17, 2009

Scorer	Goals [4]	Team
Wutthipong Kerdkul	27	Rattana Bundit
Manit Noywech	24	Police United
Jirawut Saranan	20	PTT
Sirisak Musbu-ngor	17	Chanthaburi
Tatree Seeha		Royal Thai Army
Piroj Anantanarong	16	Sisaket
Arnon Buspha	13	Nakhon Sawan
Choklap Nilsang	12	Customs Department
Eakarthit Somjit		Police United
Sarawut Vichien		Khonkaen
Phuritad Jarikanon	11	Thai Airways-Ban Bueng
Rermrat Ngamchareon		Khonkaen
Witthawat Iamram		Songkhla
Mongkol Tossakrai	10	Royal Thai Army
Jakkrapong Somboon	9	Royal Thai Army
Sutin Anukoon		Thai Honda
Charin Bood-Hard	8	Khonkaen

See also

• 2009 Thai Premier League
• 2009 Regional League Division 2
• 2009 Thai FA Cup
• 2009 Kor Royal Cup

References

1. ผลการแข่งขัน ไทยลีก ดิวิชั่น1 ดิวิชั่น2 ฤดูกาล 2552 (in Thai). Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
2. การแข่งขันฟุตบอลอาชีพของประเทศไทย "ลีก ดิวิชั่น 1 2009 " เลกที่ 1 (in Thai). Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
3. "TPL Division 1 2009 fixtures". Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
4. TPL Division 1 2009 Top goalscorers Archived 19 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine coreballthai Archived 3 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• (in Thai) Football Association of Thailand