2014 Thai Premier League
The 2014 Thai Premier League is the 18th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 20 teams are competing in the league. The season has begun on 22 February and will finish on 2 November.
Buriram United are the defending champions, having won their Thai Premier League title the previous season. Air Force Central, Singhtarua and PTT Rayong entered as the three promoted teams.
Teams
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2013 season and three promoted from the 2013 Thai Division 1 League.Pattaya United were relegated to the 2014 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2013 season. They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2013 Thai Division 1 League champions Air Force Central, runners-up Singhtarua and third place PTT Rayong.
Stadiums locations
| Team | Province | Stadium | Capacity | |
| Air Force Central | Pathumthani | Thupatemee Stadium | 25,000 | |
| Army United | Bangkok | Thai Army Sports Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Bangkok Glass | Pathumthani | Leo Stadium | 13,000 | |
| Bangkok United | Bangkok | Thai-Japanese Stadium | 10,320 | |
| BEC Tero Sasana | Bangkok | 72-years Anniversary Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Buriram United | Buriram | I-Mobile Stadium | 32,600 | |
| Chainat Hornbill | Chainat | Chainat Stadium | 12,000 | |
| Chiangrai United | Chiangrai | United Stadium of Chiangrai | 15,000 | |
| Chonburi | Chonburi | Chonburi Stadium | 8,500 | |
| Muangthong United | Nonthaburi | SCG Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Osotspa Saraburi | Saraburi Bang Kapi, Bangkok Pathum Wan, Bangkok | Saraburi Stadium1 Rajamangala Stadium Thephasadin Stadium | 6,000 49,722 6,378 | |
| Police United | Pathumthani | Thammasat Stadium | 20,000 | |
| PTT Rayong | Rayong | PTT Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Ratchaburi | Ratchaburi | Ratchaburi Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Samut Songkhram | Samut Songkhram Bangkok | Samut Songkhram Stadium2 Thai Army Sports Stadium | 6,000 20,000 | |
| Singhtarua | Bangkok | PAT Stadium | 12,308 | |
| Sisaket | Sisaket | Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Songkhla United | Songkhla | Tinasulanon Stadium | 35,000 | |
| Suphanburi | Suphanburi | Suphanburi Province Stadium | 18,000 | |
| TOT | Bangkok | TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana | 5,000 |
- 1 Osotspa Saraburi will use the Rajamangala Stadium as their temporary home whilst their home stadium, Saraburi Stadium's floodlights are upgraded.
- 2 Samut Songkhram used the Ratchaburi Stadium and Thai Army Sports Stadium until its floodlight is upgraded and the stadium is improved.
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Air Force Central |  Vitwarasak Uppathamnarakorn | | KELA | Central |
| Army United |  Gary Stevens | | – | Chang |
| Bangkok Glass | Anurak Srikerd | | Nike | Leo Beer |
| Bangkok United |  Alexandré Pölking | | Ari | True |
| BEC Tero Sasana | José Alves Borges | | FBT | FB Battery |
| Buriram United | Alexandre Gama | | – | Chang |
| Chainat Hornbill | Jadet Meelarp | | Kappa | – |
| Chiangrai United | | | – | Leo Beer |
| Chonburi |  | | Nike | Chang |
| Muangthong United |  Dragan Talajić | | Grand Sport | SCG |
| Osotspa Saraburi |  Stefano Cugurra | | Grand Sport | M-150 |
| Police United | Attaphol Buspakom | | Mizuno | Promise |
| PTT Rayong | Phayong Khunnaen | | Pan | PTT Group |
| Ratchaburi |  Ricardo Rodríguez |  | Mizuno | Mitr Phol |
| Samut Songkhram | Suksan Khunsut |  | Kool Sport | GSE |
| Singhtarua | | | Mizuno | PAT |
| Sisaket | Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol | | Joma | Muang Thai |
| Songkhla United | Jason Withe | | FBT | I-Mobile |
| Suphanburi |  Velizar Popov | | Grand Sport | Chang |
| TOT | | | – | TOT |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Chonburi | Withaya Laohakul | Moved to technical director | 24 October 2013 | Masahiro Wada | 2 December 2013 | |
| PTT Rayong | Nopporn Eksrattra | End of Contract | 3 November 2013 |  Peter Withe | 1 December 2013 | |
| Chiangrai United | Anurak Srikerd | End of Contract | 4 November 2013 | Teerasak Po-on | 23 November 2013 | |
| Muangthong United |  René Desaeyere | End of Contract | 4 November 2013 | Scott Cooper | 2 January 2014 | |
| Songkhla United | Sampan Yotatip Pitaya Pimanmaen | End of caretaker role | 4 November 2013 | Phayong Khunnaen | 3 January 2014 | |
| Suphanburi | Phayong Khunnaen | End of Contract | 6 November 2013 | Alexandré Pölking | 2 January 2014 | |
| Army United | Alexandré Pölking | End of Contract | 9 November 2013 |  | 7 December 2013 | |
| Ratchaburi | Iván Palanco | Sacked | 24 December 2013 | Ricardo Rodríguez | 19 January 2014 | |
| Police United | T. Damrong-Ongtrakul | Move to manager | 20 January 2014 | Carlos Roberto | 20 January 2014 | |
| Bangkok United | Sasom Pobprasert | Sacked | 20 January 2014 |  Rui Bento | 21 January 2014 | |
| Muangthong United | Scott Cooper | Mutual consent | 30 March 2014 | 4th | Dragan Talajić | 2 July 2014 |
| Samut Songkhram | Somchai Chuayboonchum | Resigned | 30 March 2014 | 20th | Paiboon Lertvimonrut | 12 April 2014 |
| Buriram United |  Alejandro Menéndez | Resigned | 11 April 2014 | 12th |  Božidar Bandović | 11 April 2014 |
| Air Force Central | Narasak Boonkleng | Resigned | 12 April 2014 | 19th | V. Uppathamnarakorn | 6 June 2014 |
| Bangkok United | Rui Bento | Sacked | 13 April 2014 | 18th | T. Damrong-Ongtrakul | 13 April 2014 |
| Police United | Carlos Roberto | Sacked | 23 April 2014 | 17th |  Mika Lönnström | 24 April 2014 |
| Suphanburi | Alexandré Pölking | Sacked | 12 May 2014 | 9th | Velizar Popov | 8 June 2014 |
| PTT Rayong | Peter Withe | Sacked | 29 May 2014 | 18th | Chaiyong Khumpiam | 17 June 2014 |
| Buriram United | Božidar Bandović | Sacked | 7 June 2014 | 3rd | Alexandre Gama | 8 June 2014 |
| Osotspa Saraburi | Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol | Resigned | 12 June 2014 | 12th | Stefano Cugurra | 17 July 2014 |
| Bangkok Glass | Attaphol Buspakom | Sacked | 16 June 2014 | 10th | Anurak Srikerd | 19 June 2014 |
| Police United | Mika Lönnström | Mutual consent | 21 June 2014 | 12th | T. Damrong-Ongtrakul | 23 June 2014 |
| Chainat Hornbill | Surachai Jaturapattarapong | Resigned | 21 June 2014 | 15th | Jadet Meelarp | 22 June 2014 |
| Sisaket | Paniphon Kerdyam | Resigned | 21 June 2014 | 17th | Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol | 27 June 2014 |
| Bangkok United | T. Damrong-Ongtrakul | Signed by Police United | 22 June 2014 | 16th | Alexandré Pölking | 23 June 2014 |
| Army United | Matt Elliott | Signed by Leicester City | 26 June 2014 | 11th | Gary Stevens | 30 July 2014 |
| Songkhla United | Phayong Khunnaen | Resigned | 16 July 2014 | 17th | Jason Withe | 29 July 2014 |
| Samut Songkhram | Paiboon Lertvimonrut | Resigned | 22 July 2014 | 20th | Suksan Khunsut | 29 July 2014 |
| Police United | T. Damrong-Ongtrakul | Sacked | 5 August 2014 | 16th | Attaphol Buspakom | 5 August 2014 |
| PTT Rayong | Chaiyong Khumpiam | Sacked | 6 August 2014 | 19th | Phayong Khunnaen | 6 August 2014 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per TPL team, but only five of them can be on the game sheet in each game. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Asian Player |
| Air Force Central |  Issac Honey |  Yao Hermann |  Zezinando |  Lee Jin-Ho | – | – | Bang Seung-Hwan |
| Army United | Luizinho | Raphael Botti | :nl:Wellington Cirino Priori|Wellington Priori |  Goran Jerković |  Yuji Funayama |  Zdenko Kaprálik | Lee Hyun-Jin |
| Bangkok Glass | Flavien Michelini |  Zourab Tsiskaridze | Goshi Okubo |  Blaže Ilioski | Darko Tasevski |  Lazarus Kaimbi | Teruyuki Moniwa |
| Bangkok United | Leandro Tatu | Romain Gasmi |  Kalifa Cissé | Miloš Bogunović |  Mike Temwanjera | – | Kim Yoo-Jin |
| BEC Tero Sasana |  Otman Djellilahine |  Bukasa Kasongo | Gilbert Koomson |  Georgie Welcome | Sho Shimoji |  Radomir Đalović | Daiki Iwamasa |
| Buriram United | Carmelo González | David Rochela |  Andrés Túñez | – | – | – |  Javier Patiño |
| Chainat Hornbill |  Jules Baga | Valery Hiek | Borce Manevski | Nikola Nikezić | Jo Tae-Keun |  Seon Power | Park Jung-Soo |
| Chiangrai United | Fernando Abreu | Leandro Assumpção | Renan Marques | Uilian Souza | Keisuke Ogawa | Keita Sugimoto | Kazuki Murakami |
| Chonburi | Anderson | Andre Araujo | Juliano Mineiro | Fodé Diakité | Yuki Bamba |  Thiago Cunha | Kazuto Kushida |
| Muangthong United | Cleiton Silva | Jay Bothroyd | Mario Gjurovski | Milan Bubalo | Aritz Borda |  Erik Paartalu | Kim Dong-Jin |
| Osotspa Saraburi | Aron da Silva | Jeferson | William Modibo |  Shelton Martis | Anthony Komenan | Tangeni Shipahu | Hiromichi Katano |
| Police United | Dooh Moukoko | Michaël Murcy | Dango Siaka |  Adnan Barakat | Sergio Suárez | Kim Tae-Min | Norihiro Nishi |
| PTT Rayong |  Matt Thompson | Trent McClenahan | Amadou Ouattara |  Yves Desmarets | Rafael Wellington | Rufo Sánchez | Michael Beauchamp |
| Ratchaburi | Douglas | Fábio Lopes | Heberty | Henri Jöel | Jang Gil-Hyeok | Juan Quero | Genki Nagasato |
| Samut Songkhram | Pascal Millien | Koné Seydou | Yusuke Kato | Guy Hubert |  Samuel Ajayi | – | Kim Tae-youn |
| Singhtarua | Leandro | Ikechukwu Kalu | Predrag Sikimić | Joo Sung-Hwan | Kim Geun-Chul | Lee Sang-Ho | Hironori Saruta |
| Sisaket | David Bala | Victor Amaro | Terukazu Tanaka | Godwin Antwi | Gorka Unda | – | Brent McGrath |
| Songkhla United |  Faysal Shayesteh | Renan Silva |  Sebastian Svärd | Muzafer Ejupi |  Kayne Vincent | Darko Rakočević | Ahn Byeong-keun |
| Suphanburi | Márcio Rosário |  Björn Lindemann | Bireme Diouf | Robert Cullen | Dragan Boškovic | Jung Myung-Oh |  Sergio van Dijk |
| TOT | :de:Alex Ruela|Alex Ruela | Bas Savage | Mohamed Koné | Gong Young-Sun | Ko Ki-Gu | Lee Jun-Ki | Takahiro Kawamura |
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Heberty | Ratchaburi | 26 |
| 2 |  Javier Patiño | Buriram United | 21 |
| 3 |  Thiago Cunha | Chonburi | 20 |
| 4 |  Björn Lindemann | Suphanburi | 18 |
| 5 | Sho Shimoji | BEC Tero Sasana | 17 |
| 5 | Renan Marques | Chiangrai United | 17 |
| 7 | Aron da Silva | Osotspa Saraburi | 15 |
| 8 | Leandro Assumpção | Chiangrai United | 14 |
| 9 | Kouassi Yao Hermann | Air Force Central | 13 |
| 9 | Mario Gjurovski | Muangthong United | 13 |
| 9 | Carmelo González | Buriram United | 13 |
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 |  Gilbert Koomson | BEC Tero Sasana | 11 |
| 2 | Darko Tasevski | Bangkok Glass | 10 |
| 2 | Theeraton Bunmathan | Buriram United | 10 |
| 4 | Rangsan Viwatchaichok | BEC Tero Sasana | 9 |
| 4 | Datsakorn Thonglao | Muangthong United | 9 |
| 4 | Pakorn Prempak | Police United | 9 |
| 7 | Mario Gjurovski | Muangthong United | 8 |
| 7 | Teeratep Winothai | Police United | 8 |
| 7 | Hironori Saruta | Singhtarua | 8 |
| 10 | Rufo Sánchez | PTT Rayong | 7 |