2008 Thailand Premier League

The Thailand Premier Football League played the 2008 season with 16 teams. The season ended on 18 February 2008 to 11 October 2008. 's Champion qualifies for the AFC Pro League Play- Offs and the second for the AFC Cup. The last three places mean falling in the Thailand Division 1 League.

The following teams came as climbers from the Thailand Division 1 League added:

FC Chula - Sinthana, Customs Department FC, ​​FC Coke Bangpra, Samut Songkhram FC

The big surprises of the season were the intermediate, which could keep all but the Customs Department FC the league. The 12 -time champions Bangkok Bank, however, rose at the end of the season for the first time since consist of TPL in the 2nd League from.

The Chonburi FC failed to defend the title from the previous year and he finally finished only second place. Champion for the first time in club history, the Provincial Electricity. BEC Tero Sasana stayed for the third time in a row, only the third place in the table.

  • 5.1 Coach of the Year
  • 5.2 Goalkeeper of the Year
  • 5.3 Defender of the Year
  • 5.4 Midfielder of the Year
  • 5.5 Forward of the Year
  • 5.6 Rookie of the Year
  • 5.7 Foreign Player of the Year
  • 5.8 scorer

The 16 teams of the 2008 season

  • Port Authority
  • Chonburi FC
  • Krung Thai
  • Bangkok University
  • Prov Electricity
  • Royal Thai Army
  • BEC Tero Sasana
  • Customs Department
  • FC Coke Bangpra
  • FC TOT
  • Nakhon Pathom
  • Samut Songkhram
  • Chula - Sinthana
  • Bangkok Bank
  • Tobacco Monopoly
  • FC Osotspa M -150

Table

Final Table

  • Determining the tablespace of a team in a tie:

1 Direct comparison; 2 goal difference; 3 goals scored

Decisions

Cross Table

Full Time

Season notes

  • Because of qualifying matches for the World Cup 2010, the Thailand Premier League season made ​​a break of 3 May 2008 to 28 June 2008.
  • In a friendly match on May 17, 2008 Thailand Premier League won selection against Manchester City.
  • The AFC announced that the master of the Thailand Premier League can qualify only via the play-offs for the AFC Champions League.
  • Coach Charnwit Polcheewin was on 16 June 2008 announced his retirement.
  • On 8 July 2008, the FAT announced that Peter Reid as the new coach of Thailand.
  • In June it was announced that Teerathep Winothai striker BEC Tero Sasana, will go to the end of the season to Lierse SK.
  • Goal scorer of the 2007 season, Ney Fabiano de Oliveira moved during the season break in June 2008 to Melbourne Victory in Australia.
  • Kraison Panjaroen changed in the season break from Bangkok University FC to FC Chonburi.
  • In August, the FC Chula - Sinthana club changed its name to FC Chula United.
  • On August 27, the draw was held at the ASEAN Football Championship 2008. Thailand got Vietnam, Malaysia and drawn against a qualifier.
  • On September 4, it was announced that the main jersey color of the Thai national football team will be yellow. Also, the equipment was changed from Grand Sports to Nike.

Continental competitions

Both Chonburi FC and the Krung Thai Bank -level in the AFC Champions League. However, Kamen does not have the group stage. The highlight was certainly the 3-1 Chonburi against Melbourne Victory and a 1-1 draw with Gamba Osaka in Japan.

Top scorers

Full Time

Annual Awards

Coach of the Year

  • Thailand Prapol Pongpanich - FC Provincial Electricity Authority

Goalkeeper of the Year

  • Thailand Kosin Hathairattanakool - Chonburi FC

Defender of the Year

Midfielder of the Year

Forward of the Year

  • Thailand Teerathep Winothai - BEC Tero Sasana

Rookie of the Year

Foreign Player of the Year

  • Cameroon Kouakou Tahiri Henri Joel - FC Provincial Electricity Authority

Scorer

Notes / References

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