# 2015 Thai Division 1 League

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 Central | Pathum Thani | Thupatemee Stadium | 25,000 |
| Ang Thong | Ang Thong | Ang Thong Province Stadium | 6,500 |
| Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya Province Stadium | 6,000 |
| Bangkok | Bangkok | Chalerm Phrakiat Bang Mod Stadium | 8,000 |
| BBCU | Nonthaburi | Chalerm Phrakiat Nonthaburi Youth Centre Stadium | 6,000 |
| Chiangmai | Chiangmai | 700th Anniversary Stadium | 25,000 |
| Krabi | Krabi | Krabi Province Stadium | 6,000 |
| Nakhon Pathom United | Nakhon Pathom | Nakhon Pathom Municipality Sport School Stadium | 2,141 |
| Pattaya United | Pattaya | Nongprue Stadium | 5,000 |
| Phichit | Phichit | Phichit Stadium | 15,000 |
| Phuket | Phuket | Surakul Stadium | 15,000 |
| Police United | Pathum Thani | Boonyachinda Stadium | 3,500 |
| Prachuap | Prachuap Khiri Khan | Sam Ao Stadium | 7,000 |
| PTT Rayong | Rayong | PTT Stadium | 20,000 |
| Samut Songkhram BTU | Samut Songkhram | Samut Songkhram Stadium | 6,000 |
| Songkhla United | Songkhla | Tinsulanon Stadium | 35,000 |
| Sukhothai | Sukhothai | Thung Thalay Luang Stadium | 8,000 |
| Thai Honda | Bangkok | 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) | 15,000 |
| Trat | Trat | Trat Province Stadium | 4,000 |
| TTM Customs | Samut Prakan | Lad Krabang 54 Stadium | 2,000 |

### 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 coach |
| Air Force Central | Central | KELA | Sarayuth Chaikamdee | Sasom Pobprasert |
| Ang Thong | CP | Ego Sports | Santat Klinyeesun | Reiner Maurer |
| Ayutthaya | Gulf | Svolme | Sorasak Kaewinta | Vacant |
| Bangkok | M2F | Lotto | Suguru Hashimoto | Miloš Joksić |
| BBCU | 3BB | Ego Sports | Kittikun Jamsuwan | Tsuyoshi Takano |
| Chiangmai | Singha | Warrix Sports | Jaroonsak Somkong | Wil Boessen |
| Krabi | Thai AirAsia | Ego Sports | Thaweephong Ja-reanroob | Vorawan Chitavanich |
| Nakhon Pathom | Chang | Kool | Narentorn Rasee | Jason Withe |
| Pattaya United | Bang & Olufsen | Warrix Sports | Wattana Plainum | Lim Jong-heon |
| Phichit | Red Bull | FBT | Amnart Rakprasert | Vorakorn Wichanarong |
| Phuket | Chang | Grand Sport | Yusuke Sato | Songyod Klinsrisook |
| Police United | Chang | Puma | Surachart Sareepim | Totchtawan Sripan |
| Prachuap | Sahaviriya Group | Tamudo | Rangsarit Sutthisa | Dusit Chalermsan |
| PTT Rayong | PTT Group | Grand Sport | Narongchai Vachiraban | José Alves Borges |
| Samut Songkhram | — | Kool | Saknarin Phusamsai | Samad Amartayakul |
| Songkhla United | I-Mobile | FBT | Chairat Madsiri | Somchai Makmool |
| Sukhothai | Bangkok Airways | Mawin | Thanawat Panchang | Somchai Chuayboonchum |
| Thai Honda | Honda | Kappa | Daiki Higuchi | Masami Taki |
| Trat | CP | Tamudo | Narej Karpkraikaew | Praphan Narkpong |
| TTM | TTM | Deffo | 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.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Asian 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Police United | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 84 | 30 | +54 | 80 | |
| 2 | Pattaya United (P) | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 65 | Promotion to 2016 Thai Premier League |
| 3 | Sukhothai (P) | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 71 | 52 | +19 | 62 | Promotion to 2016 Thai Premier League |
| 4 | BBCU (P) | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 60 | Promotion to 2016 Thai Premier League |
| 5 | Nakhon Pathom | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 59 | |
| 6 | Thai Honda | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 57 | |
| 7 | PTT Rayong | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 54 | |
| 8 | Prachuap Khiri Khan | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 54 | |
| 9 | Air Force Central | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 52 | |
| 10 | Ang Thong | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 51 | |
| 11 | Songkhla United | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 51 | |
| 12 | Samut Songkhram | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 50 | |
| 13 | Bangkok F.C. | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 49 | |
| 14 | Krabi | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 49 | |
| 15 | Chiangmai | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 48 | |
| 16 | Phichit (R) | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 48 | Relegation to the 2016 Regional League Division 2 |
| 17 | Ayutthaya (R) | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 43 | Relegation to the 2016 Regional League Division 2 |
| 18 | Phuket (R) | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 65 | −27 | 43 | Relegation to the 2016 Regional League Division 2 |
| 19 | TTM (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 40 | Relegation to the 2016 Regional League Division 2 |
| 20 | Trat (R) | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 35 | 100 | −65 | 27 | Relegation to the 2016 Regional League Division 2 |
* ↑ Police United was suspended for one year.
* 1 2 BAN 0–0 KRA; KRA 1–2 BAN
* 1 2 CHI 1–1 PHI; PHI 1–2 CHI

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFA | ANG | AYT | BAN | BBC | CHI | KRA | NKP | PAT | PHI | PHU | POL | PUA | PTT | SAS | SON | SUK | THA | TRA | TTM |
| Air Force Central | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Ang Thong | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Ayutthaya | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Bangkok F.C. | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| BBCU | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 |
| Chiangmai | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Krabi | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 |
| Nakhon Pathom | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Pattaya United | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–0 |
| Phichit | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 6–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Phuket | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Police United | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| Prachuap | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| PTT Rayong | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| Samut Songkhram | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 |
| Songkhla United | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Sukhothai | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 |
| Thai Honda | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Trat | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| TTM F.C. | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 12 December 2015.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tana Chanabut | Police United | 25 |
| 1 | Felipe Ferreira | Sukhothai | 25 |
| 3 | Valci Júnior | Ayutthaya | 24 |
| 4 | Jeong Woo-geun | Nakhon Pathom | 20 |
| 4 | Milan Bubalo | Pattaya United | 20 |
| 6 | Marc Landry Babo | Samut Songkhram | 18 |
| 7 | Gastón González | Thai Honda | 17 |
| 8 | Surachat Sareepim | Police United | 16 |
| 9 | Radomir Đalović | Bangkok | 15 |
| 9 | Rufo Sánchez | Songkhla United | 15 |
| 9 | Julius Oiboh | Air Force Central (8 Goals) Thai Honda (7 Goals) | 15 |

## Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Alex Ruela | Ang Thong | TTM | 4–0 | 28 February 2015 |
| Rufo Sánchez | Songkhla United | Ayutthaya | 6–2 | 4 April 2015 |
| Milan Bubalo | Pattaya United | Chiangmai | 5–0 | 8 April 2015 |
| Tana Chanabut | Police United | BBCU | 3–0 | 26 April 2015 |
| Tana Chanabut$^4$ | Police United | Sukhothai | 5–2 | 29 April 2015 |
| Marc Landry Babo | Samut Songkhram | Songkhla United | 4–1 | 3 May 2015 |
| Faysal Shayesteh | Songkhla United | Trat | 4–1 | 6 May 2015 |
| Rodoljub Paunović | Thai Honda | Phichit | 5–0 | 9 May 2015 |
| Erivaldo Oliveira | Prachuap | TTM | 3–2 | 27 June 2015 |
| Felipe Ferreira | Sukhothai | Trat | 7–1 | 28 June 2015 |
| Yod Chanthawong | Sukhothai | Trat | 7–1 | 28 June 2015 |
| Chayawat Srinawong | PTT Rayong | Trat | 5–0 | 4 July 2015 |
| Marc Landry Babo | Samut Songkhram | Sukhothai | 4–3 | 12 July 2015 |
| Rodoljub Paunović | Thai Honda | Trat | 5–1 | 12 July 2015 |
| Alongkorn Jornnathong | Thai Honda | Air Force Central | 3–1 | 8 August 2015 |
| Surachat Sareepim$^4$ | Police United | Songkhla United | 6–0 | 23 August 2015 |
| Valci Júnior | Ayutthaya | Trat | 3–0 | 23 August 2015 |
| Lee Won-young | Pattaya United | Prachuap | 5–3 | 13 September 2015 |
| Sendley Bito | Prachuap | Phuket | 3–0 | 27 September 2015 |
| Teeratep Winothai | Police United | PTT Rayong | 6–0 | 17 October 2015 |
| Aron da Silva | Nakhon Pathom | Trat | 3–0 | 18 October 2015 |
| Borja Navarro | Pattaya United | Ayutthaya | 4–1 | 25 October 2015 |
| Joo Sung-hwan | Phichit | Air Force Central | 4–1 | 22 November 2015 |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Sukhothai | 70,400 | 7,657 | 1,674 | 3,911 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Bangkok | 52,515 | 3,831 | 1,829 | 2,763 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Air Force Central | 46,480 | 3,452 | 1,037 | 2,446 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Pattaya United | 44,358 | 4,352 | 1,176 | 2,334 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Chiangmai | 40,454 | 4,520 | 1,215 | 2,129 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Phichit | 38,921 | 3,650 | 800 | 2,048 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Phuket | 38,629 | 4,120 | 640 | 2,033 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Ayutthaya | 37,758 | 3,125 | 623 | 1,987 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | PTT Rayong | 37,669 | 4,902 | 597 | 1,982 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Ang Thong | 34,299 | 5,248 | 1,018 | 1,805 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Nakhon Pathom | 32,540 | 2,562 | 832 | 1,712 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Songkhla United | 31,757 | 3,125 | 1,039 | 1,671 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Thai Honda | 24,809 | 3,540 | 584 | 1,305 | n/a$^†$ |
| 14 | Prachuap | 20,152 | 1,960 | 589 | 1,060 | n/a$^†$ |
| 15 | Krabi | 19,118 | 1,483 | 538 | 1,006 | n/a$^†$ |
| 16 | Samut Songkhram | 18,974 | 2,682 | 385 | 998 | n/a$^†$ |
| 17 | Police United | 18,701 | 1,588 | 550 | 984 | n/a$^†$ |
| 18 | BBCU | 18,153 | 1,314 | 493 | 955 | n/a$^†$ |
| 19 | Trat | 17,941 | 1,897 | 350 | 944 | n/a$^†$ |
| 20 | TTM | 9,710 | 1,150 | 0 | 511 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 659,219 | 7,657 | 0 | 1,739 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 12 December 2015 Source: Thai Premier League Notes: $^†$ Teams played previous season in Division 2