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.
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
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Province Stadium Capacity Army UnitedBangkokThai Army Sports Stadium20,000Bangkok GlassPathumthaniLeo Stadium13,000Bangkok UnitedBangkokThai-Japanese Stadium10,320BEC Tero SasanaBangkok72-years Anniversary Stadium10,000Buriram UnitedBuriramNew I-Mobile Stadium32,600Chainat HornbillChainatKhao Plong Stadium12,000Chiangrai UnitedChiangraiUnited Stadium of Chiangrai15,000ChonburiChonburiChonburi Stadium8,500Muangthong UnitedNonthaburiSCG Stadium17,500 Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima 80th Birthday Stadium28,000NavyChonburiSattahip Navy Stadium12,500Osotspa Samut PrakanSamut PrakanM Power Stadium4,100PortBangkokPAT Stadium12,308RatchaburiRatchaburiRatchaburi Province Stadium10,000SaraburiSaraburiSaraburi PAO. Stadium6,000SisaketSisaketSri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium10,000SuphanburiSuphanburiSuphanburi Municipality Stadium25,000TOTBangkokTOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana5,000
Name changes Osotspa Saraburi renamed themselves to Osotspa Samut Prakan. Singhtarua renamed themselves to Port.
Stadium changes Osotspa Samut Prakan used the M Power Stadium in Samut Prakan, a change from the previous season where they used the Saraburi Stadium in Saraburi as their home ground in 2014.
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.
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorArmy United Watcharakorn Antakhamphu Made by clubChangBangkok Glass Anurak Srikerd NikeLeo BeerBangkok United Alexandré Pölking AriTrueBEC Tero Sasana FBTFB BatteryBuriram United Alexandre Gama Made by clubChangChainat Hornbill Issara Sritaro Somjet SattabudMade by clubWangkanaiChiangrai United Made by clubLeo BeerChonburi Jadet Meelarp NikeChangMuangthong United Dragan Talajić Grand SportSCGNakhon Ratchasima Sugao Kambe Grand SportMazdaNavy Stefano Cugurra Nataporn PhanritWarrix SportsHR-ProOsotspa Samut Prakan Kritsada Piandit Grand SportM-150Port Masahiro Wada JomaMuang ThaiRatchaburi Josep Ferré HebertyKappaMitr PholSaraburi Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok KoolNoneSisaket Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol Warrix SportsMuang ThaiSuphanburi Warrix SportsChangTOT Tewesh Kamonsin PanKan Air
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment Ratchaburi Ricardo RodríguezEnd of Contract 1 November 2014 Àlex Gómez 1 November 2014 Chonburi Masahiro Wada 10 November 2014 Jadet Meelarp 13 November 2014 Chainat Hornbill Jadet Meelarp Signed by Chonburi 13 November 2014 T. Damrong-Ongtrakul 13 November 2014 Bangkok Glass Anurak Srikerd Removed from position 13 November 2014 Ricardo Rodríguez 13 November 2014 BEC Tero Sasana Jose Alves Borges End of Contract 13 November 2014 Božidar Bandović 13 November 2014 Port Dusit Chalermsan Resigned 18 November 2014 Somchai Chuayboonchum 20 November 2014 Suphanburi Velizar Popov End of Contract 24 November 2014 Sérgio Farias 18 December 2014 Ratchaburi Àlex Gómez Resigned due to illness 30 January 2015 Josep Ferré 31 January 2015 Port Somchai ChuayboonchumResigned 2 April 2015 15th Paiboon Lertvimonrut 2 April 2015 Saraburi Totchtawan Sripan 8 April 2015 18th Mika Lönnström 14 April 2015 BEC Tero Sasana Božidar BandovićSacked 9 May 2015 13th Kenny Shiels 21 May 2015 Army United Gary Stevens 15 May 2015 4th Issara Sritaro 17 May 2015 Saraburi Mika Lönnström Resigned 15 June 2015 18th Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok 1 July 2015 Port Paiboon LertvimonrutSacked 16 June 2015 14th Gary Stevens 16 June 2015 Navy Surasak Tungsurat 8 July 2015 17th Arjhan Srong-ngamsub 8 July 2015 TOT Somchai Subpherm 17 July 2015 18th Apisit Kaikaew 24 July 2015 Port Gary Stevens 27 July 2015 16th Somchai Subpherm 27 July 2015 BEC Tero Sasana Kenny Shiels 9 August 2015 14th Manuel Cajuda 28 August 2015 Suphanburi Sérgio Farias Resigned 13 August 2015 6th Worrawoot Srimaka 13 August 2015 Osotspa Samut Prakan Stefano Cugurra Sacked 20 August 2015 10th Kritsada Piandit 25 August 2015 Navy Arjhan Srong-ngamsub Resigned 20 September 2015 17th Stefano Cugurra 22 September 2015 TOT Apisit Kaikaew Sacked 12 October 2015 18th Tewesh Kamonsin 12 October 2015 Port Somchai Subpherm Resigned 20 October 2015 17th Masahiro Wada 21 October 2015 Army United Issara Sritaro Sacked 22 October 2015 10th Watcharakorn Antakhamphu 23 October 2015 Chainat Hornbill T. Damrong-Ongtrakul Resigned 9 November 2015 14th Issara Sritaro 9 November 2015 Bangkok Glass Ricardo Rodríguez Sacked 24 November 2015 5th Anurak Srikerd 24 November 2015 BEC Tero Sasana Manuel Cajuda Resigned 1 December 2015 16th Rangsan Vivatchaichok 1 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 Leandro 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 Bojan Beljić Son Dae-ho 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 Borche Manevski Park Jung-soo 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 O. J. Obatola Diogo Rangel Port Kayne Vincent Lee Ho David Rochela Gorka Unda Hironori Saruta Brent McGrath Diarra Ali Ratchaburi Wander Luiz Andy Keogh Henri Jöel Heberty Genki Nagasato Bruno Lopes Flavien Michelini Saraburi Bernard Doumbia Bireme Diouf Sydney Urikhob Damian Bellón Dai Min-Joo Douglas Rodrigues Guy Hubert Sisaket Victor Amaro Lyuben Nikolov Adefolarin Durosinmi O. J. Obatola Mohsen Bayatinia Francesco Stella 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 Gong Tae-ha Juninho
Former player are the players who were out of Thai League squad/left club in the mid-season transfer window.
League table
Results
Result table
Season statistics
Top scorers As of 13 December 2015. RankPlayerClubGoals1 DiogoBuriram United332 Cleiton SilvaMuangthong United253 Gilberto MacenaBuriram United214 Mario DjurovskiMuangthong United205 Thiago CunhaChonburi19 HebertyRatchaburi7 AlexChainat Hornbill178 Sergio van DijkSuphanburi149 Adefolarin DurosinmiSisaket13 Dragan BoškovićBangkok United Jakkapan PornsaiSuphanburi
Top assists As of 13 December 2015. RankPlayerClubAssists1 Theeraton BunmathanBuriram United192 Jakkapan PornsaiSuphanburi143 Teerasil DangdaMuangthong United134 Mario DjurovskiMuangthong United125 Gilberto MacenaBuriram United11 André LuísSuphanburi7 DiogoBuriram United10 Cleiton SilvaMuangthong United9 Sanrawat DechmitrBangkok United9 Chanathip SongkrasinBEC Tero Sasana Anawin JujeenBuriram United
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Gilberto Macena Buriram United Bangkok United 6–1 Cleiton Silva Muangthong United TOT 3–0 Ronnachai Rangsiyo Bangkok United TOT 6–0 Gilberto Macena Buriram United Chainat Hornbill 7–0 Teerasil Dangda Muangthong United Navy 7–0 Pisansin Za-in Navy Suphanburi 4–2 Mario Gjurovski Muangthong United Chiangrai United 4–1 Thiago Cunha Chonburi Chiangrai United 4–0 Mario Gjurovski Muangthong United Chonburi 4–2 Diogo Buriram United Osotspa Samut Prakan 6–3 Alex Chainat Hornbill Ratchaburi 4–1 Diogo Buriram United Chiangrai United 6–0 Diogo Buriram United Saraburi 6–0 Rodrigo Vergilio Navy TOT 4–0 Gilberto Macena Buriram United Port 5–1
Awards
Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceCoachClubPlayerClubFebruary Stefano CugurraOsotspa Samut Prakan Jakkaphan PornsaiSuphanburiMarch–April Alexandre GamaBuriram United Darko TasevskiBangkok GlassMay–June Issara SritaroArmy United DiogoBuriram UnitedJuly Jadet MeelarpChonburi Teerasil DangdaMuangthong UnitedAugust Dragan TalajićMuangthong United Sanrawat DechmitrBangkok UnitedSeptember–October Sugao KambeNakhon Ratchasima Bireme DioufSaraburiNovember–December Pairoj BorwonwatanadilokSaraburi Go Seul-kiBuriram United
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
See also 2015 Thai Division 1 League 2015 Regional League Division 2 2015 Thai FA Cup 2015 Thai League Cup 2015 Kor Royal Cup Thai Premier League All-Star Football
References