2015 Thai League Division 1 (known as Yamaha League-1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 20 teams competed in the league this season.
Changes from last season
Team changes
From Division 1 Promoted to Thai Premier League Nakhon Ratchasima Mazda Saraburi Navy
Relegated to Regional League Division 2 Roi Et United Phitsanulok Khonkaen Sriracha Ban Bueng
To Division 1 Relegated from Thai Premier League Police United PTT Rayong Songkhla United Air Force Central GSE Samut Songkhram
Promoted from Regional League Division 2 Prachuap Thai Honda Sukhothai Phichit
Teams
Stadium and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Air Force CentralPathum ThaniThupatemee Stadium25,000Ang ThongAng ThongAng Thong Province Stadium6,500Ayutthaya AyutthayaAyutthaya Province Stadium6,000BangkokBangkokChalerm Phrakiat Bang Mod Stadium8,000BBCU NonthaburiChalerm Phrakiat Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium6,000 Chiangmai Chiangmai 700th Anniversary Stadium25,000 Krabi Krabi Krabi Province Stadium6,000 Nakhon Pathom United Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium2,141Pattaya UnitedPattayaNongprue Stadium5,000Phichit PhichitPhichit Stadium15,000Phuket PhuketSurakul Stadium15,000Police United Pathum ThaniBoonyachinda Stadium3,500Prachuap Prachuap Khiri KhanSam Ao Stadium7,000PTT Rayong RayongPTT Stadium20,000Samut Songkhram BTU Samut SongkhramSamut Songkhram Stadium 6,000Songkhla United SongkhlaTinsulanon Stadium35,000Sukhothai Sukhothai Thung Thalay Luang Stadium 8,000Thai HondaBangkok 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri)15,000TratTratTrat Province Stadium4,000TTM CustomsSamut PrakanLad Krabang 54 Stadium2,000
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 Shirt sponsor Kit manufacturer Captain Head coachAir Force CentralCentralKELA Sarayuth Chaikamdee Sasom PobprasertAng ThongCPEgo Sports Santat Klinyeesun Reiner MaurerAyutthayaGulfSvolme Sorasak KaewintaVacantBangkokM2FLotto Suguru Hashimoto Miloš JoksićBBCU3BBEgo Sports Kittikun Jamsuwan Tsuyoshi TakanoChiangmaiSinghaWarrix Sports Jaroonsak Somkong Wil BoessenKrabiThai AirAsiaEgo Sports Thaweephong Ja-reanroob Vorawan ChitavanichNakhon PathomChangKool Narentorn Rasee Jason WithePattaya UnitedBang & OlufsenWarrix Sports Wattana Plainum Lim Jong-heonPhichitRed BullFBT Amnart Rakprasert Vorakorn WichanarongPhuket ChangGrand Sport Yusuke Sato Songyod KlinsrisookPolice United ChangPuma Surachart Sareepim Totchtawan SripanPrachuap Sahaviriya GroupTamudo Rangsarit Sutthisa Dusit ChalermsanPTT Rayong PTT GroupGrand Sport Narongchai Vachiraban José Alves BorgesSamut Songkhram —Kool Saknarin Phusamsai Samad AmartayakulSongkhla United I-MobileFBT Chairat Madsiri Somchai MakmoolSukhothaiBangkok AirwaysMawin Thanawat Panchang Somchai ChuayboonchumThai HondaHondaKappa Daiki Higuchi Masami TakiTratCPTamudo Narej Karpkraikaew Praphan NarkpongTTMTTMDeffo Jetsada Jitsawad Narasak Boonkleng
Foreign players The number of foreign players is restricted to five per TPL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. 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 Player Air Force Central Valdomiro Soares Isaac Honny Kouassi Hermann Lee Hyun-jin Yuji Funayama Ang Thong Alex Ruela Rodrigo Gonçalves Ho Seong-wook Jeong Su-ho Nobuhito Takahashi Ayutthaya Valci Júnior Njie Divine Seiya Kojima Jozef Tirer Noguchi Pinto Bangkok F.C. Flavien Michelini Suguru Hashimoto Radomir Đalović Ivan Petrović Ahn Byeong-keun BBCU Andre Araujo Dooh Moukoko Yuki Bamba Chae Wan-Ji Yusuke Kato Chiangmai Rogerio Silva El Mehdi Sidqy Rafael Wellington Terrance Mandaza Krabi Koné Seydou Laby Kassiaty Tangeni Shipahu Willy Stephanus Ryohei Maeda Nakhon Pathom Aron da Silva Jacques Nguemaleu Lesley Ablorh Yusei Ogasawara Jeong Woo-geun Pattaya United Wellington Priori Ri Kwang-chon Milan Bubalo Borja Navarro Lee Won-young Phichit Mbengen Isaac Ludovic Loic Nenebi Tra Sylvestre Melvin Kicmett Joo Sung-hwan Phuket Trent McClenahan Andrezinho Berlin Ndebe-Nlome Moussa Sylla Yusuke Sato Police United Diego Barcelos Dagno Siaka Sho Shimoji Adnan Barakat Goran Šubara Prachuap Nascimento Munze Ulrich Sendley Bito Kwon Dae-hee Edgar Bernhardt PTT Rayong Kyle Nix Douglas Yves Desmarets Amadou Ouattara Lee Sang-Ho Samut Songkhram Barros Tardeli Bernard Kouassi Marc Landry Babo Heritiana Thierry Chang Seung-Weon Songkhla United Darko Rakočević Sergio Suárez Rufo Sánchez Paulo Martins Yugo Kobayashi Sukhothai Felipe Ferreira Bouba Abbo Yuto Nakagawa John Baggio Hiromichi Katano Thai Honda Gastón González Walther Henri Michitaka Akimoto Julius Oiboh Daiki Higuchi Trat Seiya Sugishita Borče Manevski Saidu Sani Na Jin-seong Yoon Si-ho TTM Lucas Daniel Matías Recio Ali Diarra Kendall Jagdeosingh Nam Dae-shik
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers As of 12 December 2015.
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Tana ChanabutPolice United25 Felipe FerreiraSukhothai3 Valci JúniorAyutthaya244 Jeong Woo-geunNakhon Pathom20 Milan BubaloPattaya United6 Marc Landry Babo Samut Songkhram187 Gastón GonzálezThai Honda178 Surachat SareepimPolice United169 Radomir ĐalovićBangkok15 Rufo SánchezSongkhla United Julius OibohAir Force Central (8 Goals)Thai Honda (7 Goals)
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Alex Ruela Ang Thong TTM 4–0 Rufo Sánchez Songkhla United Ayutthaya 6–2 Milan Bubalo Pattaya United Chiangmai 5–0 Tana Chanabut Police United BBCU 3–0 Tana Chanabut4 Police United Sukhothai 5–2 Marc Landry Babo Samut Songkhram Songkhla United 4–1 Faysal Shayesteh Songkhla United Trat 4–1 Rodoljub Paunović Thai Honda Phichit 5–0 Erivaldo Oliveira Prachuap TTM 3–2 Felipe Ferreira Sukhothai Trat 7–1 Yod Chanthawong Sukhothai Trat 7–1 Chayawat Srinawong PTT Rayong Trat 5–0 Marc Landry Babo Samut Songkhram Sukhothai 4–3 Rodoljub Paunović Thai Honda Trat 5–1 Alongkorn Jornnathong Thai Honda Air Force Central 3–1 Surachat Sareepim4 Police United Songkhla United 6–0 Valci Júnior Ayutthaya Trat 3–0 Lee Won-young Pattaya United Prachuap 5–3 Sendley Bito Prachuap Phuket 3–0 Teeratep Winothai Police United PTT Rayong 6–0 Aron da Silva Nakhon Pathom Trat 3–0 Borja Navarro Pattaya United Ayutthaya 4–1 Joo Sung-hwan Phichit Air Force Central 4–1
Attendances
See also 2015 Thai Premier 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