2016 Thai League T1


The 2016 Thai League T1 was the 20th season of the Thai League T1, the top Thai professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams competed in the league. The season started on 5 March 2016.
Buriram United are the defending champions, having won the Thai Premier League title the three consecutive seasons.
Following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Football Association of Thailand cancelled the remaining league season on 14 October 2016, with three rounds remaining. Muangthong United were therefore crowned champions with BBCU, Chainat and Army United relegated.
The following day however, FAT appeared to do a U-turn and announced that further discussions with key stake holders would determine whether the league campaign would continue. These discussions were required as teams that were in the relegation places at the time of the original announcement were voicing their concerns.
On the 16 October, after a meeting of all top flight league clubs it was announced that the original decision to cancel the remaining games would stay in place, therefore crowning Muangthong United as champions for the 4th time.

Teams



A total of 18 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2015 season and three promoted from the 2015 Thai Division 1 League.
TOT and Port were relegated to the 2016 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2015 season. 14th-placed Saraburi withdrew from the league after the season, sparing BEC Tero Sasana from relegation. They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2015 Thai Division 1 League runners-up Pattaya United, third place Sukhothai and fourth place BBCU.

Stadiums and locations

TeamProvinceStadiumCapacity
Army UnitedBangkokThai Army Sports Stadium20,000
Bangkok GlassPathumthaniLeo Stadium14,000
Bangkok UnitedPathumthaniThammasat Stadium25,000
BBCUNonthaburiNonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium6,000
BEC Tero SasanaBangkok72-years Anniversary Stadium10,000
Buriram UnitedBuriramNew I-Mobile Stadium32,600
Chainat HornbillChainatKhao Plong Stadium12,000
Chiangrai UnitedChiangraiUnited Stadium of Chiangrai15,000
ChonburiChonburiChonburi Stadium8,500
Muangthong UnitedNonthaburiSCG Stadium15,000
Nakhon RatchasimaNakhon Ratchasima80th Birthday Stadium28,000
NavyChonburiSattahip Navy Stadium12,500
Pattaya UnitedChonburiDolphins Stadium5,000
Ratchaburi Mitr PholRatchaburiMitr Phol Stadium13,000
SisaketSisaketSri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium10,000
SukhothaiSukhothaiThung Thalay Luang Stadium8,000
Super Power Samut PrakanSamut PrakanM-Power Stadium4,100
SuphanburiSuphanburiSuphanburi Municipality Stadium25,000

Name changes

  • Osotspa Samut Prakan renamed themselves to Super Power Samut Prakan.

    Stadium changes

  • Bangkok United used the Thammasat Stadium in Pathumthani, a change from the previous season where they used the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Bangkok as their home ground in 2015.
  • Ratchaburi Mitr Phol will use the Mitr Phol Stadium in June 2016, a change from the previous season where they used the Ratchaburi Stadium in Ratchaburi as their home ground in 2015.
  • Sukhothai used the TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana in Bangkok for the visit of Buriram United due to a home stadium ban.
  • Muangthong United used the Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok for the visit of BBCU due to a home stadium ban.

    Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerMain sponsor
Army United Watcharakorn Antakhamphu Sakka SportChang
Bangkok Glass Aurelio Vidmar Matt SmithNikeLeo Beer
Bangkok United Alexandré Pölking AriTrue
BBCU Jatuporn Pramualban Ego Sports3BB
BEC Tero Sasana Surapong Kongthep Apichet PuttanFBTFB Battery
Buriram United Ranko Popović Made by clubChang
Chainat Hornbill Worakorn Wichanarong Pisan DorkmaikaewWarrixWangkanai
Chiangrai United Made by clubSingha Park
Chonburi NikeChang
Muangthong United Totchtawan Sripan Grand SportSCG
Nakhon Ratchasima Miloš Joksić Grand SportMazda
Navy Stefano Cugurra Nataporn PhanritMade by clubHR-Pro
Pattaya United Kim Hak-chul Tanasak SrisaiTamudoNongnaka
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Pacheta CarlosAriMitr Phol
Sisaket Masahiro Wada Made by clubMuang Thai
Sukhothai Somchai Chuayboonchum Yuttapong SrilakornMawinChang
Super Power Samut Prakan Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok Grand SportM-150
Suphanburi Sérgio Farias WarrixChang

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Chonburi Jadet MeelarpEnd of Contract14 December 2015 Therdsak Chaiman21 December 2015
Super Power Samut Prakan Kritsada PianditEnd of Contract14 December 2015 Somchai Subpherm14 December 2015
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Josep FerréEnd of Contract14 December 2015 Pacheta5 January 2016
Sisaket Chalermwoot Sa-NgapolEnd of Contract14 December 2015 Božidar Bandović5 January 2016
Suphanburi Worrawoot SrimakaEnd of caretaker role14 December 2015 Sérgio Aparecido6 January 2016
Muangthong United Dragan TalajićSacked19 January 2016 Totchtawan Sripan20 January 2016
BEC Tero Sasana Rangsan ViwatchaichokEnd of caretaker role27 January 2016 Branko Smiljanić5 February 2016
Suphanburi Sérgio AparecidoSacked21 March 20164th Ricardo Rodríguez22 March 2016
BBCU Koichi SugiyamaSacked25 April 201618th Jatuporn Pramualban23 May 2016
Chainat Hornbill Issara SritaroSacked25 April 201616th Koichi Sugiyama28 April 2016
Super Power Samut Prakan Somchai SubphermResigned28 April 201616th Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok28 April 2016
BEC Tero Sasana Branko SmiljanićSacked11 May 201612th Surapong Kongthep12 May 2016
Nakhon Ratchasima Sugao KambeMoved to technical director12 May 201616th Miloš Joksić29 May 2016
Buriram United Alexandre GamaSacked22 May 20163rd Afshin Ghotbi24 May 2016
Pattaya United Miloš JoksićSigned by Nakhon Ratchasima29 May 201612th Kim Hak-chul27 June 2016
Chainat Hornbill Koichi SugiyamaResigned20 June 201617th Worakorn Wichanarong20 June 2016
Bangkok Glass Anurak SrikerdResigned23 June 20163rd Aurelio Vidmar1 August 2016
Suphanburi Ricardo RodríguezResigned28 June 20169th Sérgio Farias4 July 2016
Sisaket Božidar BandovićSacked12 August 201611th Masahiro Wada1 September 2016
Buriram United Afshin GhotbiSacked20 August 20163rd Ranko Popović25 August 2016

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per Thai League T1 team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4AFC PlayerFormer Player
Army United Frauches Josimar Kai Hirano Zdenko Kaprálik Hassan Sunny Raphael Botti
Bangkok Glass Ariel Rodríguez Romain Gasmi Kalifa Cissé Toti Matt Smith Darko Tasevski
Lazarus Kaimbi
Bangkok United Gilberto Macena Leandro Tatu Mario Gjurovski Dragan Boškovic Jaycee John Kalifa Cissé
BBCU Dooh Moukoko Diarra Ali Julius Oiboh Ma Sang-hoon Woo Geun-jeong
BEC Tero Sasana Łukasz Gikiewicz Miloš Bosančić Milan Bubalo Sreten Sretenović Takahiro Kawamura Greg Nwokolo
Kim Jung-Woo
Buriram United Diogo Kaio Bruno Moreira Andrés Túñez Go Seul-ki Weslley
Chainat Hornbill Reis Sinama Pongolle Kazuto Kushida Jo Tae-Keun Sho Shimoji Renan Silva
Wesley Alex
Chiangrai United Wellington Bruno Hironori Saruta Kazuki Murakami Lazarus Kaimbi Mark Bridge Danilo Cirino
Dennis Murillo
Chonburi Anderson Leandro Rodrigo Vergilio Prince Amponsah Kim Jong-pil
Muangthong United Xisco Célio Santos Lee Ho Naoaki Aoyama Cleiton Silva
Michaël N'dri
Mario
Nakhon Ratchasima Björn Lindemann Dominic Adiyiah Marco Tagbajumi Noah Chivuta Satoshi Nagano
Navy Addison André Luís Aron da Silva Anggello Machuca Victor Igbonefo Felipe Ferreira
Pattaya United Antonio Pina Júnior Negrão Yoo Jae-ho Fran González Soony Saad Yukiya Sugita
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Germán Pacheco Marvin Ogunjimi Carlos Yannick Djaló Takuya Murayama Heberty
Łukasz Gikiewicz
Sisaket Chico Victor Amaro Adefolarin Durosinmi Bojan Dubajić Anton Zemlianukhin Lyuben Nikolov
Norbert Csiki
Sukhothai Alex Rafael Renan Marques Bireme Diouf Jhon Baggio Hiromichi Katano
Super Power Samut Prakan Dennis Murillo Jeferson Anthony Komenan Sydney Urikhob Lee Hyun-woong Aron da Silva
Ahn Jae-hoon
Suphanburi Dellatorre Márcio Rosário Darko Tasevski Kim Seung-yong Jung Hoon Tinga
Carmelo González

  • Former player are the players who were out of Thai League T1 squad/left club in the mid-season transfer window.

    Results

League table

Positions by round

Result table

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Cleiton SilvaMuangthong United27
2 Dragan BoškovićBangkok United20
2 Júnior NegrãoPattaya United20
2 Heberty*Ratchaburi Mitr Phol20
5 Ariel RodríguezBangkok Glass19
5 Jaycee JohnBangkok United19
7 JosimarArmy United16
8 Renan MarquesSukhothai15
8 Yannick DjalóRatchaburi Mitr Phol15
10 Adisak KraisornMuangthong United14

  • * Transferred to Al-Shabab after 20 weeks.

    Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Jhon BaggioSukhothai13
2 Chanathip SongkrasinMuangthong United11
3 Soony SaadPattaya United9
3 Mario GjurovskiBangkok United9
5 Anton ZemlianukhinSisaket8
5 WellingtonChiangrai United8
5 Sarach YooyenMuangthong United8
5 TotiBangkok Glass8
5 Cleiton SilvaMuangthong United8
5 Adefolarin DurosinmiSisaket8
5 Theerathon BunmathanBuriram United, Muangthong United8
5 Tristan DoMuangthong United8

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Kawin ThamsatchananMuangthong United16
2 Siwarak TedsungnoenBuriram United10
2 Sinthaweechai HathairattanakoolSuphanburi10
2 Narong WongthongkamNavy10
2 Ukrit WongmeemaRatchaburi Mitr Phol10
6 Kittipong PhuthawchueakBangkok United9
7 Chanin Sae-earChonburi8
7 Intharat ApinyakoolChiangrai United8
7 Kampol Pathom-attakulNakhon Ratchasima8
10 Prasit PadungchokBEC Tero Sasana7

Awards

Monthly awards

Attendances