# 2012 Thai Division 1 League

2012 Thai League Division 1 (known as Yamaha League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the 15th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league this season.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes
#### From Division 1

Promoted to 2012 Thai Premier League
* BBCU
* Buriram (later renamed Wuachon United and re-located from Buriram Province to Songkhla Province)
* Chainat
Relegated to Regional League Division 2
* Chiangmai
* RBAC Mittraphap
* Samut Prakan Customs United
* Thai Honda

#### To Division 1

Relegated from Thai Premier League
* Khonkaen
* Siam Navy
* Sriracha
Promoted from Regional League Division 2
* Krabi
* Nakhon Ratchasima
* Phattalung
* Ratchaburi

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Air Force United | Pathum Thani | North Bangkok University Stadium Thupatemee Stadium | ? 25,000 |
| Bangkok | Thung Khru, Bangkok | 72-years Anniversary Stadium (Bang Mod) | 8,000 |
| Bangkok United | Din Daeng, Bangkok | Thai-Japanese Stadium | 10,320 |
| Chanthaburi | Chanthaburi | Chanthaburi Province Stadium | ? |
| Phuket | Phuket | Surakul Stadium | 15,000 |
| Khonkaen | Khonkaen | Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium | 8,500 |
| Krabi | Krabi | Krabi Province Stadium | 6,000 |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | Nakhon Ratchasima | 80th Birthday Stadium | 20,141 |
| Phattalung | Phattalung | Phattalung Province Stadium | ? |
| PTT Rayong | Rayong | PTT Stadium | 17,000 |
| Raj Pracha | Nakhon Pathom | Mahidol University Salaya Campus Stadium | 1,000 |
| J.W. Rangsit | Pathum Thani | Chaloem Phra Kiat Stadium (Khlong 6) | 5,000 |
| Ratchaburi | Ratchaburi | Ratchaburi Province Stadium | 10,373 |
| Saraburi | Saraburi | Saraburi Stadium | 10,000 |
| Siam Navy | Chonburi | Sattahip Navy Stadium | 12,500 |
| Songkhla | Songkhla | Tinasulanon Stadium | 35,000 |
| Sriracha | Chonburi | Suzuki Stadium (Sriracha) | 10,207 |
| Suphanburi | Suphanburi | Suphanburi Province Stadium | 7,122 |

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Asian Player |
| Air Force United | Annan Deodatus | Julius Ononiwu | Kouassi Yao Hermann | Devala Gorrick | Lee Sun-Hoo | Ngassam Touffeu | Scott Baginski |
| Bangkok | Tomiwa Bolarinwa | Solomon Okutu | Samuel Kwaku | Lee Tuck | Yoo Jae-Min | | Kim Byung-Chae |
| Bangkok United | Antonin Trilles | Romain Gasmi | Gilson Diaś | Jun Uruno | Kwon Hyuk-Jin | | Mohamad Al Hasan |
| Chanthaburi | James Jimmy | Chun Keng Hong | Suhaidi Akmal | Khairul Iskandar | Amir Omar Khata | Ngoumou Manga | Junichi Watanabe |
| Phuket | Nene Bi | Ibrahim Kanouté | Roland Vargas | Marcio | Alonso | Boas Chun | Yeon Seung-Won |
| Khonkaen | Matías Recio | Amr Shaaban | Rafael | Kanlaya Sysomvang | Khampheng Sayavutthi | Shotaro Hattori | Li Xiang |
| Krabi | Anayo Cosmas | Justin Uche | Cristiano Lopes | Lee Jong-Yun | Kim Seung-Myung | | Soukaphone Vongchiengkham |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | Bani Abeiku | Rian Marques | Valci Júnior | Etoundi Claude | Dapley Togbe | David Le Bras | Jang Yong-Ik |
| Phattalung | Sylla Manesse | Goodluck Cliff | | | | | |
| PTT Rayong | Amadou Ouattara | Chris Brandon | Francis Koné | Ebako Merlin | Jozef Tirer | Noguchi Pinto | Yagin Boas |
| Raj Pracha Thailand | Victor Mensah | Dawuda Wulampah | Aboubakar Bako | Emile Yen | Pedro Henrique | Ben Webster | Jeong Woo-geun |
| J.W. Rangsit | Lesley Ablorh | Abdoul Coulibaly | Takem Atah | Youssouf Bamba | Fabricio Moreira | Andre | Onyemelukwe Okechukwu |
| Ratchaburi | Bouba Abbo | Kwayep Romeo | Henri Jöel | Douglas | Wander Luiz | | Jang Gil-Hyeok |
| Saraburi | Stéphane Jocky | Valery Djomon | Alpha Sama | Dai Min-Joo | Joo Jin-Hak | Kim Min-Hyun | Choi Jae-Won |
| Siam Navy | Tiene Moussa | Mathieu Kouamé | Sammy Bille | Paulo Enrique | Paulo Renato | | Jung Ji-Soo |
| Songkhla | Elvis Job | Saidu Sani | Jonathan Matijas | Ryohei Maeda | | | Kimiaki Kinomura |
| Sriracha | Berlin Ndebe-Nlome | Diego Pishinin | Douglas Cobo | Jun Kochi | Yuta Hamada | Gaston Raul | Seiya Kojima |
| Suphanburi | Emmanuel Nwachi | Diarra Ali | Jorrin John | Ney Fabiano | Hiroki Ibisawa | | Yuki Bamba |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ratchaburi (C, P) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 85 | 31 | +54 | 78 | Promotion to 2013 Thai League 1 |
| 2 | Suphanburi (P) | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 75 | Promotion to 2013 Thai League 1 |
| 3 | Bangkok United (P) | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 74 | Promotion to 2013 Thai League 1 |
| 4 | Sriracha | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 67 | |
| 5 | PTT Rayong | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 62 | |
| 6 | Krabi | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 57 | |
| 7 | Siam Navy | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 50 | |
| 8 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Air Force United | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 44 | |
| 10 | Bangkok F.C. | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 42 | |
| 11 | Khonkaen | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 42 | |
| 12 | Saraburi | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 41 | |
| 13 | Phuket | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 40 | |
| 14 | Songkhla | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 37 | |
| 15 | Phattalung (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 34 | Relegation to the 2013 Regional League Division 2 |
| 16 | J.W. Rangsit (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 31 | Relegation to the 2013 Regional League Division 2 |
| 17 | Raj Pracha (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 25 | Relegation to the 2013 Regional League Division 2 |
| 18 | Chanthaburi (R) | 34 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 115 | −94 | 4 | Relegation to the 2013 Regional League Division 2 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFU | BAN | BKU | CHN | PHU | KHO | KRA | NAK | PHT | PTT | RPT | JWR | RAT | SAR | RAR | SON | SRI | SUP |
| Air Force United | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| Bangkok F.C. | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Bangkok United | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chanthaburi | 0–2 | 0–7 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–9 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 |
| Phuket | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 8–1 | | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Khonkaen | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Krabi | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Phattalung | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| PTT Rayong | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Raj Pracha Thailand | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 |
| J.W. Rangsit | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Ratchaburi | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 6–2 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Saraburi | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Siam Navy | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| Songkhla | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Sriracha | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 0–2 |
| Suphanburi | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 121,225 | 8,484 | 2,210 | 6,694 | 0.0%$^†$ |
| 2 | Suphanburi | 102,222 | 8,814 | 3,594 | 5,495 | +140.6%$^†$ |
| 3 | Ratchaburi | 58,639 | 8,745 | 1,600 | 3,182 | 0.0%$^†$ |
| 4 | Krabi | 54,606 | 4,983 | 100 | 3,212 | 0.0%$^†$ |
| 5 | Phuket | 43,783 | 3,570 | 1,100 | 2,372 | −51.6%$^†$ |
| 6 | PTT Rayong | 39,545 | 3,626 | 846 | 2,276 | −1.6%$^†$ |
| 7 | Khonkaen | 33,175 | 2,650 | 498 | 1,844 | −40.6%$^†$ |
| 8 | Phattalung | 31,992 | 5,000 | 500 | 1,852 | 0.0%$^†$ |
| 9 | Songkhla | 30,931 | 5,719 | 418 | 1,786 | −84.8%$^†$ |
| 10 | Bangkok F.C. | 27,011 | 2,545 | 300 | 1,411 | +53.9%$^†$ |
| 11 | Saraburi | 25,280 | 2,480 | 1,034 | 1,418 | −33.0%$^†$ |
| 12 | Bangkok United | 24,729 | 2,459 | 555 | 1,310 | +110.6%$^†$ |
| 13 | Siam Navy | 21,574 | 2,127 | 741 | 1,144 | −50.6%$^†$ |
| 14 | Sriracha | 21,420 | 2,218 | 686 | 1,180 | −41.3%$^†$ |
| 15 | Air Force United | 15,798 | 1,636 | 375 | 872 | −35.9%$^†$ |
| 16 | Chanthaburi | 14,042 | 7,200 | 332 | 801 | −54.9%$^†$ |
| 17 | J.W. Rangsit | 10,876 | 1,327 | 132 | 632 | −7.7%$^†$ |
| 18 | Raj Pracha Thailand | 10,400 | 1,000 | 200 | 582 | −33.3%$^†$ |
| | League total | 687,248 | 8,745 | 100 | 2,115 | −27.0%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 27 Oct 2012 Source: Thai Division 1 League Notes: $^†$ Team played previous season in Division 2 League.