The 2022–23 Thai League 2 is the 25th season of the Thai League 2, the second-tier professional league for Thailand's association football clubs, since its establishment in 1997, also known as M-150 Championship due to the sponsorship deal with M-150. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 12 August 2022 and is scheduled to conclude on 27 May 2023.
For this season two teams in the final table (champion and runner up) directly promoted to Thai League 1 next season while teams ranked 3rd – 6th qualified in play off for last spot in top tier next season.
The 1st transfer window is from 25 May to 9 August 2022 while the 2nd transfer window is from 19 December 2022 to 17 January 2023.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season.
To Thai League 2
Uthai Thani Krabi Nakhon Si United
Suphanburi Samut Prakan City Chiangmai United
From Thai League 2
Lamphun Warriors Sukhothai Lampang
Khonkaen Navy
Muangkan United
Renamed Clubs Customs Ladkrabang United renamed to Customs United
Teams
Stadium and locations TeamLocation Stadium CapacityAyutthaya UnitedAyutthayaAyutthaya Provincial Stadium6,000Chainat HornbillChai NatKhao Plong Stadium8,625ChiangmaiChiang Mai Chiangmai Municipality Stadium5,000Chiangmai UnitedChiang Mai700th Anniversary Stadium25,000Customs UnitedSamut PrakanCustoms Department Stadium, Ladkrabang 542,000KasetsartBangkokInsee Chantarasatit Stadium3,275KrabiKrabiKrabi Provincial Stadium6,000Nakhon Pathom UnitedNakhon PathomNakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium6,000Nakhon Si UnitedNakhon Si ThammaratNakhon Si Thammarat PAO. Stadium5,000Phrae UnitedPhraeHuai Ma Stadium3,000RajprachaBangkokNT Stadium3,000Ranong UnitedRanongRanong Provincial Stadium7,000RayongRayongRayong Provincial Stadium7,500Samut Prakan CitySamut PrakanSamut Prakarn SAT Stadium5,130SuphanburiSuphanburiSuphan Buri Provincial Stadium15,279TratTratTrat Provincial Stadium5,000Udon ThaniUdon ThaniThai National Sports University Udon Thani Campus Stadium5,000Uthai ThaniUthai ThaniUthai Thani Provincial Stadium4,477
Personnel Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality; Club dissolved during season would shown by grey background.
TeamHead coachCaptain KitSponsorAyutthaya United Bruno Pereira Jakkapan PornsaiPegan SportGulf, ChangChainat Hornbill Pannarai Phansiri Mongkonchai KongjumpaWarrixWangkanaiAirAsiaKubotaChiangmai Jun Fukuda Suwannapat KingkaewVoltLeoChiangmai United Wanderley Junior Sirisak Faidong2S SportVBeyondMuang Thai Life AssuranceChangCustoms United Jadet Meelarp Adnan OrahovacInfinitLeoMuang Thai Life AssuranceKasetsart Anurak Srikerd Mongkol TossakraiYGTanowsri Traditional ChickenAtlanticKrabi Somchai Makmool Akarat PunkaewWowPhi Phi Harbour View HotelNakhon Pathom United Thongchai Sukkoki Chokchai ChuchaiMade by clubDeedo ChangNakhon Si United Worrawoot Srimaka Prakit DeepromWarrixAkiraNavakitelPhrae United Thongchai Rungreangles Nantapol SupathaiGrand SportPhrae SilaSAMARTRajpracha Pattanapong Sripramote Ronnachai RangsiyoKelmeCoca-ColaBangkok GlassRanong United Nuttawut Rattanaporn Jennarong PhuphaEurekaGrand AndamanPTGLeoRayong Chusak Sriphum Adisak SrikampangWarrixSingerLeoWHA GroupSamut Prakan City Tana Chanabut Saksit JitvijanFBTMittare InsuranceChangSuphanburi Sataporn Wajakhum Jetjinn SriprachOrcaChangTrat Harnarong Chunhakunakorn Pornpreecha JarunaiPanPTT ORUdon Thani Akbar Nawas Nattakrit ThongnoppakunIAMMuang Thai Life AssuranceUthai Thani Pattaraphon Naprasert Ricardo SantosKelme H well
Foreign Players Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerASEAN PlayerFormer Ayutthaya United Nilson Thiago Duchatsch Simon Dia Kazuki Murakami Sithu Aung GustavinhoChainat Hornbill Diego Silva Greg Houla Wellington Priori Kim Byung-oh Dennis Nieblas Choi Ho-juChiangmai Veljko Filipović Kim Bo-yong Yuta Hirayama Lim Chang-gyoon Ryhan Stewart Stênio JúniorChiangmai United Deyvison Fernandes Evson Patrício Melvin de Leeuw Yuto Ono Iain Ramsay Bill Oliver BiasCustoms United Alexandre Balotelli Adnan Orahovac David Cuerva Daisuke Sakai Aung Kaung Mann Miguel ClarinoKasetsart Adalgisio Pitbull Mateus Totô Esoh Omogba Park Hyun-woo Stuart Wark Kim Hong Soe Moe KyawKrabi Hamed Bakhtiari Choi Ho-ju Chigozie Mbah Badar Al-Alawi Suan Lam Mang Victor Oliveira Pedro RodriguesNakhonPathom Utd Peter Nergaard Jhonatan Bernardo Sam Obed Kofi Amirali Chegini Phithack Kongmathilath Mohamed Essam Abdolreza ZareiNakhon Si United Evandro Paulista Phillerson Aleksandar Kapisoda Fareed Sadat Mark Hartmann Kim Bong-jin Nyein Chan AungPhrae United Elivélton Marlon Da Silva Rodrigo Maranhão Taku ItoRajpracha Danilo Oliveira Mohamed Sidibe Victor Koki Narita Pete Forrosuelo Ibrahim Konaré Makan DiawaraRanong United Gabriel do Carmo Julius Chukwuma Selwan Al-Jaberi Yusaku Yamadera Aung Kyaw Naing Barry Lelouma Nyein Chan Rayong Florent Obama Tiago Chulapa Rafael Galhardo Seiya Sugishita Lwin Moe Aung Yeon Gi-sung Anto Okamura Samut Prakan City Makan Diawara Mohamed Toure Evans Aneni Sho Shimoji Zon Moe Aung Renan Costa Petru Leucă Evans Damian Aneni Suphanburi Douglas Tardin Matheus Souza João Paulo Lee Jong-cheon Seiya Kojima Trat Mohamed Essam Tãua Ferreira Valdo Hiromichi Katano Soukaphone Vongchiengkham João PauloUdon Thani Matheus Vieira da Silva Arnold Suew Flodyn Baloki Edgar Bernhardt Greg Houla Jo Sang-bum Aung Kaung MannUthai Thani Brinner Ricardo Santos Steeven Langil Kento Nagasaki Hikaru Minegishi Carlos Damian Adefolarin Durosinmi Zafuan Azeman
Dual citizenship/heritage players Overseas Thai players whom have obtained a Thai passport are regarded as local players.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6 Ayutthaya United Immanuel Famy Chainat Hornbill Chiangmai Chitchanok Xaysensourinthone Louis Panmanee May Chiangmai United Customs United James Shanahan Gustav Sahlin Krabi NakhonPathom Utd Athit Berg Saman Mohammadzadeh Nakhon Si United Antonio Verzura Samuel Cunningham Phrae United Rajpracha Ranong United Rayong Sattra Ratlongmaung Samut Prakan City Suphanburi Trat David Haas Udon Thani Uthai Thani Kitsada Otata Tony Laurent-Gonnet Notes: Carrying Thai heritage. Capped for Thailand.
League table Standings
Promotion play-offs
Semi-finals
2–2 on aggregate. Customs United won on away goals.
Uthai Thani won 5–4 on aggregate.
Finals
Uthai Thani won 5–2 on aggregate.
Positions by round
Results by round
Results
Season statistics Top scorers As of 30 April 2023. RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ricardo SantosUthai Thani 282 NilsonAyutthaya United 183 Rodrigo MaranhãoPhrae United164 Badar Al-AlawiKrabi15 Tãua FerreiraTrat 6 Diego SilvaChainat Hornbill14 Mohamed EssamNakhon Pathom United (2 Goals)Trat (12 Goals)8 ValdoTrat 139 Chigozie MbahKrabi 12 Evandro PaulistaNakhon Si United Douglas Tardin Suphanburi Mateus TotôKasetsart Tiago ChulapaRayong 10 Lwin Moe AungRayong 11
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Phodchara Chainarong Customs United Chainat Hornbill 3–2 (H) Nilson Ayutthaya United Udon Thani 4–1 (A) Greg Houla Udon Thani Kasetsart 3–1 (H) Mateus Totô Kasetsart Krabi 5–0 (H) Badar Al-Alawi Krabi Uthai Thani 3–0 (H) Tiago Chulapa Rayong Chiangmai 4–1 (H) Chigozie Mbah Krabi Udon Thani 7–0 (A) Ricardo Santos Uthai Thani Suphanburi 4–1 (H) Tãua Ferreira trat Ranong United 6–0 (H) Tãua Ferreira trat Udon Thani 8–0 (A) Mohamed Essam trat Udon Thani 8–0 (A) Ricardo Santos Uthai Thani Rajpracha 3–0 (H) Greg Houla Chainat Hornbill Udon Thani 3–4 (A) Ricardo Santos5 Uthai Thani Udon Thani 8–1 (H)
Clean sheets As of 30 April 2023. RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Wattanachai SrathongjanNakhon Pathom United162 Sumethee KhokphoCustoms United13 Noppakun KadtoonRayong Piyawat IntarapimSuphanburi5 Suppawat SrinothaiTrat126 Pairot EiammakChiangmai United117 Pathomtat SudprasertRajpracha / Chainat Hornbill8 Chakhon PhilakhlangNakhon Si United9 Sophonwit RakyartPhrae United7 Thatpicha AuksornsriSamut Prakan City
Attendances Overall statistical table
Attendances by home match played Team \ Match played1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total 887 1,506 1,700 1,063 1,287 949 1,033 651 661 674 447 669 428 582 475 435 917 14,364 1,119 1,059 1,281 1,095 729 730 835 1,320 1,050 1,032 1,325 1,153 1,479 1,250 1,031 833 1,052 18,373 1,831 1,639 1,128 1,713 1,355 1,166 836 1,163 1,505 1,205 1,343 870 963 2,617 662 776 1,047 21,819 1,391 1,381 765 715 2,916 566 849 766 714 657 736 599 628 689 754 427 478 15,031 380 520 300 685 320 500 406 200 200 320 675 331 119 220 480 490 825 7,191 425 442 288 342 378 432 445 392 620 342 315 445 622 342 307 822 1,482 8,441 450 309 350 200 750 450 400 400 475 400 550 400 500 550 650 600 400 7,834 460 1,200 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,175 974 875 825 1,066 728 1,025 2,010 2,252 825 2,555 3,033 22,402 1,500 2,088 2,108 2,071 2,870 2,707 2,135 1,518 2,878 3,125 1,397 2,559 1,950 2,214 2,223 1,650 1,411 36,404 795 729 1,020 474 448 412 455 614 876 465 703 616 655 475 461 571 627 10,396 423 102 149 319 212 142 356 142 214 674 168 307 271 279 230 308 280 4,576 542 407 812 450 428 312 346 274 316 317 312 307 305 302 310 324 278 6,342 946 820 661 1,100 900 1,145 575 445 739 715 1,129 1,016 1,009 904 835 2,115 1,710 16,764 556 477 232 140 143 424 313 129 223 546 352 404 248 260 295 294 386 5,422 1,077 1,466 1,153 1,214 695 954 1,019 830 1,368 1,046 1,030 977 1,026 1,126 1,256 1,064 992 18,293 795 685 791 698 498 694 768 457 780 765 769 799 755 995 1,117 1,595 2,895 15,856 1,855 1,540 854 1,025 455 375 240 750 192 530 760 954 198 437 211 165 1,040 11,581 1,130 1,011 982 875 745 525 659 665 601 680 590 596 916 662 912 1,138 2,908 15,595
See also 2022–23 Thai League 1 2022–23 Thai League 3 2023 Thailand Amateur League 2022–23 Thai FA Cup 2022–23 Thai League Cup 2022 Thailand Champions Cup
References
External links Official website Football Association of Thailand