2007 Thailand Premier League

The 2007 Thai Premier League had 16 teams, combining the 12 member clubs from the 2006 season, the top two clubs from Division 1, and two clubs from the Pro League 1. The official name of the league at this time was Thailand Premier League.

Thai Premier League
Season2007
ChampionsChonburi
RelegatedSuphanburi
Thai Honda
Royal Thai Navy
Royal Thai Police
2008 AFC Champions LeagueChonburi
Krung Thai Bank
Top goalscorerBrazil Ney Fabiano de Oliveira
(Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC) (18)
Biggest home winRoyal Thai Army 5-1
Port Authority of Thailand
Tobacco Monopoly 4-0 Royal Thai Army
Port Authority of Thailand 4-0 Suphanburi
Biggest away winRoyal Thai Police 0-7
BEC Tero Sasana
Highest scoringRoyal Thai Police 0-7
BEC Tero Sasana
(7 goals)
2006
2008

Matches were normally played on Saturdays with a 4pm kick off time but there were some 5pm or 6pm started and some midweek fixtures. Evening kick offs were rare. The season would have a three-month break from mid-May to mid-August because of the Asian Cup which was being co-hosted by Thailand from July 7–29 and the world university games, the Universiade, in Bangkok from August 8–18.

Normally only the Premier League champions are allowed to take part in the AFC Champions League. However, for the 2007 season, the runners-up would also be admitted due to the late completion of Indonesian domestic league and cup competitions.

Member clubs

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Stadium and locations

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Team Location Stadium [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Capacity Ref.
Bangkok Bank Bangkok King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Stadium

Bangkok Bank Football Field (Udomsuk)

3,500

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Bangkok University Pathum Thani Bangkok University Stadium (Rangsit) ?
BEC Tero Sasana Nong Chok, Bangkok BEC Tero Sasana Nong Chok Stadium ?
Chonburi Chonburi Chonburi Municipality Stadium ?
Krung Thai Bank Bangkok Chulalongkorn University Sports Stadium 15,000
Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom Sanam Chan Palace Sports Stadium 6,000
Osotsapa M-150 Bang Kapi, Bangkok Klong Chan Sports Center ?
Port Authority of Thailand Pathum Thani Thupatemee Stadium 25,000
PEA Chonburi IPE Chonburi Stadium 12,000
Royal Thai Army Bangkok Thai Army Sports Stadium 15,000
Royal Thai Navy Sattahip, Chonburi Sattahip Navy Stadium 12,500
Royal Thai Police Ratchaburi Ratchaburi Province Stadium 10,000
Suphanburi Suphanburi Suphan Buri Provincial Stadium 25,000
Thai Honda Min Buri, Bangkok 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) ?
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly Pathum Thani Thupatemee Stadium 25,000
TOT Nonthaburi Namkaejon Stadium ?

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chonburi 30 19 6 5 50 25 +25 63 Champion and Qualification for the 2008 AFC Champions League
2 Krung Thai Bank 30 15 9 6 40 24 +16 54 Qualification for the 2008 AFC Champions League
3 BEC Tero Sasana 30 14 9 7 47 29 +18 51
4 Bangkok University[a] 30 14 5 11 39 36 +3 47[b]
5 Royal Thai Army 30 13 8 9 40 33 +7 47[b]
6 Tobacco Monopoly 30 12 8 10 43 42 +1 44[c]
7 Bangkok Bank 30 10 14 6 28 23 +5 44[c]
8 PEA 30 13 3 14 35 40 −5 42
9 Osotsapa 30 10 10 10 38 36 +2 40
10 TOT[d] 30 9 10 11 35 35 0 37[e]
11 Nakhon Pathom[d] 30 8 13 9 30 29 +1 37[e]
12 Port Authority 30 9 9 12 36 43 −7 36
13 Suphanburi 30 9 8 13 37 45 −8 35 Relegation
14 Thai Honda 30 7 8 15 26 38 −12 29
15 Royal Thai Navy[d] 30 5 12 13 21 35 −14 27
16 Royal Thai Police[d] 30 5 4 21 19 51 −32 19
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Defending Champion
  2. ^ a b Head to Head: Bangkok Univ win 2-1
  3. ^ a b Head to Head: Tobacco win 3-1
  4. ^ a b c d Promoted from last season
  5. ^ a b Head to Head: TOT win 2-1

Season notes

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Asian representation

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  • League champions Bangkok University took centre stage for Thailand in their first foray into the Asian Champions League, they put up a good fight, losing 3 games and drawing 3 games in an impressive campaign, although they still finished bottom of their group stage. Only one team would be for the Asian Champions League due to the fact that Australia entered the Asian Confederation.
  • Osotsapa would enter the 2007 AFC Cup, the first time a Thai team would enter this competition. They came third in their group, and only 3 points behind the group winners.
  • After reaching the final the previous year, Chonburi made a swift exit from the Singapore Cup getting beat in the first round by Balestier Khalsa. Bangkok University brought back some pride when they duly dispatched of Balestier Khalsa in the Quarter-Final stage before being knocked out by Tampines Rovers in the semi-final.

Results

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Home \ Away PAT PEA CHO POL ARM TOT BKB KTB NPA BEC TOB BKU NAV SUP OSO HON
PAT 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–2 0–1
PEA 2–1 0–4 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 3–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–1[a]
Chonburi 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2
Police 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–7 0–2 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–0
Army 5–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–0
TOT 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2
BKK Bank 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Krung Thai 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–2
N Pathom 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0
BEC tero 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2
Tobacco 2–3 0–2 0–2 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–2 2–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
BKK Univ 1–3 0–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0
Navy 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2
Suphanburi 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–4 0–1 4–3 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–2
Osotsapa 2–0 3–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 2–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0
Honda 1–1 0–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ eligible

Annual awards

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Coach of the Year

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Player of the year

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Top scorer

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ : แข้งไทยลีกกลับมาอีกครั้ง 22ส.ค.เทโรฯเสีย4ไอวอรีฯ (in Thai).
  2. ^ : สรุปไทยลีกล่าสุด (in Thai).
  3. ^ อัพเดตไทยลีก (in Thai).
  4. ^ [จับกระแสบอลไทยลีก VOL.1] ฉายา และสนามของแต่ละทีม ฉบับ Update ตามจริง (in Thai).
  5. ^ ไทยลีกเสาร์นี้ "โฟร์กัส" หลายคู่ครับ (in Thai).
  6. ^ โปรแกรม ฟุตบอลไทยแลนด์ฯลีก วันพุธที่ 24 ตค. 2550 (in Thai).
  7. ^ สะพายกล้องท่องลีกไทย อยู่กับเหย้า เฝ้ากับเรือนที่ลาดกระบัง (in Thai).
  8. ^ Football records in Thailand
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Preceded by Thai Premier League
2007
Chonburi
Succeeded by