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2015 Thai Premier League

The 2015 Thai Premier League (also known as Toyota Thai Premier League due to the sponsorship from Toyota) was the 19th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams competed in the league. The season began on 14 February and finished on 13 December.

Thai Premier League
Season2015
Dates14 February – 13 December
ChampionsBuriram United
RelegatedPort
TOT
AFC Champions LeagueBuriram United
Muangthong United
Chonburi
Matches played306
Goals scored870 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerDiogo (33 goals)
Biggest home winBuriram 7–0 Chainat
(19 September 2015)
Muangthong 7–0 Navy
(19 September 2015)
Biggest away winChiangrai 0–5 BEC Tero
(13 December 2015)
Highest scoringOsotspa 3–6 Buriram
(31 October 2015)
Longest winning run14 matches
Buriram United
Longest unbeaten run34 matches
Buriram United
Longest winless run16 matches
TOT
Longest losing run5 matches
TOT
Highest attendance34,659
N. Ratchasima 1–1 Buriram
(11 July 2015)
Lowest attendance537
Osotspa 2–1 TOT
(1 March 2015)
Total attendance1,926,278
Average attendance6,295
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Buriram United were the defending champions, having won their Thai Premier League title the previous season. Nakhon Ratchasima, Saraburi and Navy entered as the three promoted teams.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from the 2014 Thai Division 1 League.

Police United, PTT Rayong, Songkhla United, Air Force Central and GSE Samut Songkhram were relegated to the 2015 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2014 season. They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2014 Thai Division 1 League champions Nakhon Ratchasima, runners-up Saraburi and third place Navy.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2015 Thai Premier League teams
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Football clubs in Bangkok Metropolitan Region
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamProvinceStadiumCapacityRef.
Army UnitedBangkokThai Army Sports Stadium20,000[1]
Bangkok GlassPathumthaniLeo Stadium13,000[2]
Bangkok UnitedBangkokThai-Japanese Stadium10,320[3]
BEC Tero SasanaBangkok72-years Anniversary Stadium10,000[4]
Buriram UnitedBuriramNew I-Mobile Stadium32,600[5]
Chainat HornbillChainatKhao Plong Stadium12,000[6]
Chiangrai UnitedChiangraiUnited Stadium of Chiangrai15,000[7]
ChonburiChonburiChonburi Stadium8,500[8]
Muangthong UnitedNonthaburiSCG Stadium17,500[9]
Nakhon RatchasimaNakhon Ratchasima80th Birthday Stadium28,000[10]
NavyChonburiSattahip Navy Stadium12,500[11]
Osotspa Samut PrakanSamut PrakanM Power Stadium4,100[12]
PortBangkokPAT Stadium12,308[13]
RatchaburiRatchaburiRatchaburi Province Stadium10,000[14]
SaraburiSaraburiSaraburi PAO. Stadium6,000[15]
SisaketSisaketSri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium10,000[16]
SuphanburiSuphanburiSuphanburi Municipality Stadium25,000[17]
TOTBangkokTOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana5,000[18]

Name changes

Stadium changes

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 manufacturerShirt sponsor
Army United Watcharakorn Antakhamphu Chaiwat Nak-iemMade by clubChang
Bangkok Glass Anurak Srikerd Chatree ChimtalayNikeLeo Beer
Bangkok United Alexandré Pölking Wittaya MadlamAriTrue
BEC Tero Sasana Rangsan Viwatchaichok Rangsan ViwatchaichokFBTFB Battery
Buriram United Alexandre Gama Suchao NutnumMade by clubChang
Chainat Hornbill Issara Sritaro Somjet SattabudMade by clubWangkanai
Chiangrai United Teerasak Po-on Pichitphong ChoeichiuMade by clubLeo Beer
Chonburi Jadet Meelarp Pipob On-MoNikeChang
Muangthong United Dragan Talajić Datsakorn ThonglaoGrand SportSCG
Nakhon Ratchasima Sugao Kambe Chalermpong KerdkaewGrand SportMazda
Navy Stefano Cugurra Nataporn PhanritWarrix SportsHR-Pro
Osotspa Samut Prakan Kritsada Piandit Jetsada PuanakunmeeGrand SportM-150
Port Masahiro Wada Kiatjarern RuangparnJomaMuang Thai
Ratchaburi Josep Ferré HebertyKappaMitr Phol
Saraburi Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok Panuwat Yimsa-ngarKoolNone
Sisaket Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol Ekkapan JandakornWarrix SportsMuang Thai
Suphanburi Worrawoot Srimaka Prat SamakratWarrix SportsChang
TOT Tewesh Kamonsin Takahiro KawamuraPanKan Air

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Ratchaburi Ricardo RodríguezEnd of Contract1 November 2014Pre-season Àlex Gómez1 November 2014[19]
Chonburi Masahiro Wada10 November 2014 Jadet Meelarp13 November 2014[20]
Chainat Hornbill Jadet MeelarpSigned by Chonburi13 November 2014 T. Damrong-Ongtrakul13 November 2014[21]
Bangkok Glass Anurak SrikerdRemoved from position13 November 2014 Ricardo Rodríguez13 November 2014[22]
BEC Tero Sasana Jose Alves BorgesEnd of Contract13 November 2014 Božidar Bandović13 November 2014[23]
Port Dusit ChalermsanResigned18 November 2014 Somchai Chuayboonchum20 November 2014[24]
Suphanburi Velizar PopovEnd of Contract24 November 2014 Sérgio Farias18 December 2014[25]
Ratchaburi Àlex GómezResigned due to illness30 January 2015 Josep Ferré31 January 2015[26]
Port Somchai ChuayboonchumResigned2 April 201515th Paiboon Lertvimonrut2 April 2015[27]
Saraburi Totchtawan Sripan8 April 201518th Mika Lönnström14 April 2015[28]
BEC Tero Sasana Božidar BandovićSacked9 May 201513th Kenny Shiels21 May 2015[29]
Army United Gary Stevens15 May 20154th Issara Sritaro17 May 2015[30]
Saraburi Mika LönnströmResigned15 June 201518th Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok1 July 2015[31]
Port Paiboon LertvimonrutSacked16 June 201514th Gary Stevens16 June 2015[32]
Navy Surasak Tungsurat8 July 201517th Arjhan Srong-ngamsub8 July 2015[33]
TOT Somchai Subpherm17 July 201518th Apisit Kaikaew24 July 2015[34]
Port Gary Stevens27 July 201516th Somchai Subpherm27 July 2015[35]
BEC Tero Sasana Kenny Shiels9 August 201514th Manuel Cajuda28 August 2015[36]
Suphanburi Sérgio FariasResigned13 August 20156th Worrawoot Srimaka13 August 2015[37]
Osotspa Samut Prakan Stefano CugurraSacked20 August 201510th Kritsada Piandit25 August 2015[38]
Navy Arjhan Srong-ngamsubResigned20 September 201517th Stefano Cugurra22 September 2015[39]
TOT Apisit KaikaewSacked12 October 201518th Tewesh Kamonsin12 October 2015[40]
Port Somchai SubphermResigned20 October 201517th Masahiro Wada21 October 2015[41]
Army United Issara SritaroSacked22 October 201510th Watcharakorn Antakhamphu23 October 2015[42]
Chainat Hornbill T. Damrong-OngtrakulResigned9 November 201514th Issara Sritaro9 November 2015
Bangkok Glass Ricardo RodríguezSacked24 November 20155th Anurak Srikerd24 November 2015
BEC Tero Sasana Manuel CajudaResigned1 December 201516th Rangsan Vivatchaichok1 December 2015

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per TPL 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 4Asian PlayerFormer Player
Army United Alex Raphael Botti Kai Hirano Zdenko Kaprálik Hassan Sunny Tangeni Shipahu
Melvin de Leeuw
Bangkok Glass Goshi Okubo Darko Tasevski Aridane Santana Toti Matt Smith Lazarus Kaimbi
Bangkok United Leandro Tatu Romain Gasmi Kalifa Cissé Dragan Boškovic Jaycee John Mike Temwanjera
BEC Tero Sasana Fodé Diakité Ivan Bošković Dmitriy Gorbushin Greg Nwokolo Gilbert Koomson
Buriram United Diogo Gilberto Macena Jandson Andrés Túñez Go Seul-ki Kayne Vincent
Chainat Hornbill Alex Michaël Murcy Jo Tae-Keun Kazuto Kushida Brandon McDonald
Chiangrai United Fernando Abreu Renan Marques Renatinho Keita Sugimoto Kazuki Murakami
Chonburi Anderson Juliano Mineiro Leandro Assumpção Thiago Cunha Cho Byung-kuk
Muangthong United Cleiton Silva Mario Gjurovski Kim Dong-Jin Naoaki Aoyama
Nakhon Ratchasima Lee Tuck Björn Lindemann Dominic Adiyiah Noah Chivuta Satoshi Nagano
Navy Rodrigo Vergilio Vitor Júnior David Bayiha Anggello Machuca Jun M. Davidson Michael Cvetkovski
Georgie Welcome
Osotspa Samut Prakan Addison Alves Jeferson Leandro Anthony Moura Victor Igbonefo Diogo Rangel
Port Kayne Vincent Lee Ho David Rochela Gorka Unda Hironori Saruta Brent McGrath
Diarra Ali
Ratchaburi Wander Luiz Henri Jöel Heberty Genki Nagasato Bruno Lopes
Flavien Michelini
Andy Keogh
Saraburi Bernard Henri Bireme Diouf Sydney Urikhob Damian Bellón Dai Min-Joo Guy Hubert
Sisaket Victor Amaro Lyuben Nikolov Adefolarin Durosinmi O. J. Obatola Mohsen Bayatinia Gerasim Zakov
Suphanburi André Luís Márcio Rosário Lee Seung-hee Carmelo González Sergio van Dijk
TOT Caihame Bas Savage Luciano Dompig Lee Jun-Ki Takahiro Kawamura
  • Former player are the players who were out of Thai League squad/left club in the mid-season transfer window.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Buriram United (C, Q)3425909824+74842016 AFC Champions League group stage
2Muangthong United (Q)3421858135+46712016 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[a]
3Suphanburi34161176039+2159
4Chonburi (Q)34151276244+1857[b]2016 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[a]
5Bangkok United3416995947+1257[b]
6Bangkok Glass34151184738+956
7Ratchaburi34174134850−255
8Nakhon Ratchasima341310113743−649
9Chiangrai United34128144257−1544
10Army United34118154347−441
11Osotspa Samut Prakan34109154054−1439
12Chainat Hornbill34910154253−1137
13Sisaket3499163047−1736
14Saraburi34811154156−1535Club resigned and folded
15Navy34105194265−2335
16BEC Tero Sasana34714134251−935
17Port (R)34103213149−1833Relegation to the 2016 Thai Division 1 League
18TOT (R)3437242571−4616
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2015. Source: Thai Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Result table

Home \ AwayARMBKGBKUBECBRUCHACRUCHOMTUNAKNAVOSOPORRATSARSISSUPTOT
Army United0–11–11–11–41–15–11–22–10–11–01–31–03–14–21–10–30–1
Bangkok Glass3–31–05–01–33–03–22–20–03–14–11–12–11–01–03–22–22–1
Bangkok United2–12–03–10–31–30–11–13–53–05–11–02–00–04–22–04–36–0
BEC Tero Sasana0–21–10–11–11–11–11–21–11–20–01–12–04–11–11–10–12–0
Buriram United0–00–06–13–37–06–01–12–24–03–02–12–05–06–01–01–05–0
Chainat Hornbill0–21–11–21–11–32–11–50–11–10–02–01–04–11–11–21–21–1
Chiangrai United0–01–22–20–50–11–01–11–24–22–42–10–04–01–03–03–22–1
Chonburi3–22–21–02–21–22–24–02–12–22–02–04–12–10–31–12–24–0
Muangthong United2–05–01–11–21–12–34–14–22–27–02–11–03–02–01–02–23–0
Nakhon Ratchasima4–31–01–21–01–12–10–01–00–12–12–00–02–21–11–01–02–1
Navy2–10–12–22–21–30–41–21–21–42–00–11–00–32–03–21–14–0
Osotspa Samut Prakan2–01–02–42–33–60–20–01–01–52–12–11–00–22–20–01–12–1
Port0–20–11–22–11–51–02–13–11–21–21–03–20–12–12–10–22–0
Ratchaburi2–01–04–01–01–21–10–13–10–41–11–03–21–03–25–11–21–0
Saraburi2–12–00–02–11–23–21–11–32–42–02–10–02–21–20–01–31–1
Sisaket0–00–01–02–00–12–11–01–11–31–02–41–12–10–11–02–51–0
Suphanburi0–10–01–15–02–21–03–10–02–11–02–42–22–12–00–12–12–0
TOT1–22–11–11–20–41–21–20–21–10–01–21–21–22–42–21–02–2
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2015. Source: Thai Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Gilberto MacenaBuriram UnitedBangkok United6–12 May 2015
Cleiton SilvaMuangthong UnitedTOT3–021 June 2015
Ronnachai RangsiyoBangkok UnitedTOT6–026 July 2015
Gilberto MacenaBuriram UnitedChainat Hornbill7–019 September 2015
Teerasil DangdaMuangthong UnitedNavy7–019 September 2015
Pisansin Za-inNavySuphanburi4–217 October 2015
Mario GjurovskiMuangthong UnitedChiangrai United4–118 October 2015
Thiago CunhaChonburiChiangrai United4–024 October 2015
Mario GjurovskiMuangthong UnitedChonburi4–228 October 2015
DiogoBuriram UnitedOsotspa Samut Prakan6–331 October 2015
AlexChainat HornbillRatchaburi4–114 November 2015
DiogoBuriram UnitedChiangrai United6–015 November 2015
DiogoBuriram UnitedSaraburi6–06 December 2015
Rodrigo VergilioNavyTOT4–06 December 2015
Gilberto MacenaBuriram UnitedPort5–113 December 2015

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReference
CoachClubPlayerClub
February Stefano CugurraOsotspa Samut Prakan Jakkaphan PornsaiSuphanburi[45]
March–April Alexandre GamaBuriram United Darko TasevskiBangkok Glass[46]
May–June Issara SritaroArmy United DiogoBuriram United[47]
July Jadet MeelarpChonburi Teerasil DangdaMuangthong United[48]
August Dragan TalajićMuangthong United Sanrawat DechmitrBangkok United[49]
September–October Sugao KambeNakhon Ratchasima Bireme DioufSaraburi[50]
November–December Pairoj BorwonwatanadilokSaraburi Go Seul-kiBuriram United[51]

Annual awards

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year was awarded to Diogo (Buriram United).

Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year was awarded to Alexandre Gama (Buriram United).

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot of the Year was awarded to Diogo (Buriram United).

Fair Play

The Fair Play of the Year was awarded to Army United.

Attendance

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Buriram United332,41233,26912,24019,553+2.2%†
2Nakhon Ratchasima300,51634,6598,14217,677+10.7%†
3Suphanburi176,77525,7092,80010,398+7.4%†
4Muangthong United155,86314,9804,2309,168−3.7%†
5Bangkok Glass116,47110,6144,3886,851+5.4%†
6Chonburi101,5858,4633,4895,975−0.9%†
7Chiangrai United96,55110,2501,9275,679−17.8%†
8Sisaket90,6639,8162,1455,333+21.4%†
9Chainat Hornbill80,4528,3821,8894,732+25.1%†
10Ratchaburi69,2849,6512,3204,075−16.8%†
11Port68,7636,2872,6784,044+15.0%†
12BEC Tero Sasana67,7686,5042,4703,986+7.7%†
13Navy63,2435,7172,4883,720+52.3%†
14Saraburi53,9104,9362,1943,171+123.2%†
15Bangkok United47,7906,3371,5612,811+8.7%†
16Army United44,6345,9571,2242,625+6.1%†
17Osotspa Samut Prakan35,1414,1235372,067+8.6%†
18TOT28,9224,0847141,701+7.9%†
League total1,926,27834,6595376,295+25.2%†

Updated to games played on 13 December 2015
Source: Thai Premier League
Notes:
†Teams played previous season in Division 1

See also

References

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