# 2016 Thai Division 1 League

2016 Thai League Division 1 (known as Yamaha League Division 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai League T1. A total of 16 teams competed in the league this season.
Following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Football Association of Thailand cancelled the remaining league season on 14 October 2016, with two rounds remaining.
Thai Honda were therefore crowned champions with Ubon UMT United and Port also promoted. Thai Honda and Ubon were already promoted before the announcement.
The following day however (15 October), FAT appeared to do a U-turn and announced that further discussions with key stake holders would determine whether the league campaign would continue. Although these discussions were predominantly on the back of PLT league clubs, the ruling could also effect the whole footballing structure.
On the 16 October, after a meeting of all top flight league clubs it was announced that the original decision to cancel the remaining games would stay in place, therefore crowning Thai Honda as champions.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes
#### Withdrawn clubs

* Police United have withdrawn from the 2016 campaign due to financial problems.
* TOT have withdrawn in the 2016 campaign due to financial problems.
* Khon Kaen United was suspended from the 2016 campaign due to criminal case with 8 games remaining

## Teams
### Stadium and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Air Force Central | Pathum Thani | Thupatemee Stadium | 20,000 |
| Angthong | Angthong | Angthong Administrative Organization Stadium | 6,500 |
| Bangkok | Bangkok | Chalerm Phrakiat Bang Mod Stadium | 8,000 |
| Chiangmai | Chiang Mai | 700th Anniversary Stadium | 25,000 |
| Khonkaen United | Khonkaen | Khonkaen PAO. Stadium | 7,000 |
| Krabi | Krabi | Krabi Provincial Stadium | 6,000 |
| Lampang | Lampang | Lampang Provincial Stadium | 5,500 |
| Nakhon Pathom United | Nakhon Pathom | Nakhon Pathom Sport School Stadium | 2,141 |
| Port | Bangkok | PAT Stadium | 12,308 |
| Prachuap | Prachuap Khiri Khan | Sam Ao Stadium | 7,000 |
| PTT Rayong | Rayong | PTT Stadium | 20,000 |
| Rayong | Rayong | Rayong Stadium | 7,500 |
| Samut Songkhram | Samut Songkhram | Samut Songkhram Stadium | 6,000 |
| Songkhla United | Songkhla | Na Thawi District Stadium | 2,000 |
| Thai Honda Ladkrabang | Bangkok | 72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri) | 15,000 |
| Ubon UMT United | Ubon Ratchathani | Tung Burapha Stadium | 3,000 |

### 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 | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Air Force Central | Sasom Pobprasert | Aleksandar Kapisoda | KELA | Central |
| Angthong | Reiner Maurer | Peeratat Phoruendee | Ego Sports | M Wrap |
| Bangkok | Sutee Suksomkit | Wattanaporn Donmongkun | KELA | M2F |
| Chiangmai | Sugao Kambe | Henri Jöel | Made by club | Leo Beer |
| Khonkaen United | Ljubomir Ristovski | Sarayuth Chaikamdee | Made by club | Chang |
| Krabi | Pol Chomchuen | Anuwat Promsakul | FBT | Bangkok Airways |
| Lampang | Surachai Jirasirichote | Sirisak Musbu-ngor | Deffo | Bangkok Airways |
| Nakhon Pathom United | Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul | Panuwat Yimsa-ngar | Made by club | Chang |
| Port | Jadet Meelarp | David Rochela | Grand Sport | Muang Thai |
| Prachuap | Dusit Chalermsan | Rangsarit Sutthisa | Sakka Sport | PT |
| PTT Rayong | Lee Jun-ki | Phuritad Jarikanon | Sakka Sport | PTT |
| Rayong | Chusak Sribhum | Piyawat Thongman | Warrix Sports | Gulf |
| Samut Songkhram | Vimol Jankam | Apisak Kong-on | Warrix Sports | R Airlines |
| Songkhla United | Nopporn Eksatra | Chairat Madsiri | FBT | I-Mobile |
| Thai Honda Ladkrabang | Sirisak Yodyardthai | Watchara Mahawong | Kappa | Honda |
| Ubon UMT United | Scott Cooper | Victor Cardozo | Made by club | Ubon UMT United |

### 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.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | AFC Player | Former Player |
| Air Force Central | Leandro | Valdo | Aleksandar Kapisoda | Petar Vukčević | | |
| Angthong | Isaac Honny | Bernard Doumbia | Marc Landry Babo | Terukazu Tanaka | Yusuke Kato | |
| Bangkok | Douglas | David Silva | William Gros | Nebojša Bastajić | Junki Yokono | |
| Chiangmai | Felipe Ferreira | Henri Jöel | Kouassi Hermann | Borja Navarro | Goran Šubara | Romain Gasmi |
| Khonkaen United | Nelisson | Dagno Siaka | Melvin de Leeuw | Gorka Unda | Jeong Su-ho | |
| Krabi | Barros Tardeli | Isaac Mbengan | Koné Seydou | Tangeni Shipahu | Ryohei Maeda | |
| Lampang | Fernando de Abreu | Maycon Calijuri | Nenebi Tra Sylvestre | El Mehdi Sidqy | Ryuki Kozawa | |
| Nakhon Pathom United | Almir | Eliel | Lesley Ablorh | Amara Jerry | Yusei Ogasawara | |
| Port | Rodrigo Maranhão | Wagner Carioca | David Rochela | Thiago Cunha | Genki Nagasato | |
| Prachuap | Neto | Hristijan Kirovski | Uroš Stojanov | Kim Geun-chul | Kwon Dae-hee | |
| PTT Rayong | Alex Ruela | Amadou Ouattara | Yukiya Sugita | Janko Simovic | Goshi Okubo | |
| Rayong | David Bayiha | Paul Ekollo | Saeed Salarzadeh | Camara Souleymand | Atsushi Takahashi | |
| Samut Songkhram | David Bala | Sean Fraser | Guy Hubert | Cho Kwang-hoon | Chang Seung-weon | |
| Songkhla United | Willen | Francis Suárez | Rufo Sánchez | Sergio Suárez | Diogo Rangel | |
| Thai Honda Ladkrabang | Rafinha | Ricardo Jesus | Michitaka Akimoto | Yuki Bamba | Daiki Higuchi | |
| Ubon UMT United | Victor | Ivan Knežević | Febian Brandy | Darryl Roberts | Kenta Yamazaki | |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Thai Honda (C, P) | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 52 | Promotion to 2017 Thai League 1 |
| 2 | Ubon UMT United (P) | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 49 | Promotion to 2017 Thai League 1 |
| 3 | Port (P) | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 47 | Promotion to 2017 Thai League 1 |
| 4 | Air Force Central | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 42 | |
| 5 | Angthong | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 41 | |
| 6 | Songkhla United | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 39 | |
| 7 | Prachuap | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | PTT Rayong | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 35 | |
| 9 | Chiangmai | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 32 | |
| 10 | Krabi | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 29 | |
| 11 | Lampang | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 28 | |
| 12 | Nakhon Pathom United | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 28 | |
| 13 | Rayong | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 24 | |
| 14 | Bangkok | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 23 | |
| 15 | Samut Songkhram | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 61 | −35 | 19 | |
| 16 | Khonkaen United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Thai Honda | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ubon UMT United | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Port | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Air Force Central | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Ang Thong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| Songkhla United | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| Prachuap | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
| PTT Rayong | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |
| Chiangmai | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Krabi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Lampang | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Nakhon Pathom | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
| Rayong | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | |
| Bangkok | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| Samut Songkhram | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
* Leader and promotion to 2017 Thai Premier League
* Promotion to 2017 Thai Premier League

### Result table

| Home \ Away | AFA | ANG | BAN | CHI | KRA | LAM | NKP | POR | PUA | PTT | RAY | SAS | SON | THA | UBO |
| Air Force Central | | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Angthong | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Bangkok | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Chiangmai | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Khonkaen United | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Krabi | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Lampang | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 |
| Nakhon Pathom United | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Port | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 6–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Prachuap | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–5 | |
| PTT Rayong | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Rayong | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Samut Songkhram | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Songkhla United | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Thai Honda Ladkrabang | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Ubon UMT United | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |

## Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 24 September 2016.
Rank
Player
Club
Goals
1
Hristijan Kirovski
Prachuap
17
2
Marc Landry Babo
Angthong
13
Willen
Songkhla United
Ricardo Jesus
Thai Honda Ladkrabang
6
Valdo
Air Force Central
12
Sirisak Musbu-ngor
Lampang
8
Darryl Roberts
Ubon UMT United
10
Rodrigo Maranhão
Port
Leandro
PTT Rayong (5 Goals) Air Force Central (5 Goals)
Apiwat Pengprakone
Chiangmai
Yusei Ogasawara
Nakhon Pathom United :

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Barros Tardeli | Krabi | Bangkok | 3–0 | 9 March 2016 |
| Isaac Honny | Angthong | Khonkaen United | 4–1 | 16 March 2016 |
| Hristijan Kirovski | Prachuap | Lampang | 3–1 | 30 March 2016 |
| Rodrigo Maranhão | Port | Samut Songkhram | 3–0 | 30 March 2016 |
| Hristijan Kirovski | Prachuap | Samut Songkhram | 3–0 | 22 June 2016 |
| Ricardo Jesus | Thai Honda Ladkrabang | Samut Songkhram | 5–1 | 3 July 2016 |
| Yod Chanthawong | Songkhla United | Chiangmai | 3–1 | 3 July 2016 |
| Rufo Sánchez | Songkhla United | Samut Songkhram | 3–1 | 17 July 2016 |
| Jongrak Pakdee | Krabi | Samut Songkhram | 5–1 | 17 September 2016 |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Khonkaen United | 53,790 | 5,895 | 3,795 | 4,890 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Chiangmai | 60,024 | 6,880 | 3,167 | 4,287 | +101.4%$^†$ |
| 3 | Port | 42,609 | 4,258 | 360 | 3,043 | −24.8%$^†$ |
| 4 | Air Force Central | 35,694 | 5,015 | 1,592 | 2,549 | +4.2%$^†$ |
| 5 | Angthong | 29,488 | 5,616 | 824 | 2,268 | +25.7%$^†$ |
| 6 | Ubon UMT United | 26,559 | 3,128 | 850 | 1,897 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Bangkok | 27,911 | 2,980 | 939 | 1,860 | −32.7%$^†$ |
| 8 | PTT Rayong | 24,421 | 3,436 | 904 | 1,744 | −12.0%$^†$ |
| 9 | Songkhla United | 20,396 | 2,714 | 1,052 | 1,456 | −12.9%$^†$ |
| 10 | Lampang | 19,534 | 2,413 | 710 | 1,395 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Rayong | 16,474 | 2,228 | 600 | 1,176 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Prachuap | 14,409 | 2,571 | 722 | 1,108 | +4.5%$^†$ |
| 13 | Nakhon Pathom United | 12,314 | 1,454 | 506 | 947 | −44.7%$^†$ |
| 14 | Krabi | 13,481 | 1,394 | 471 | 898 | −10.7%$^†$ |
| 15 | Samut Songkhram | 10,387 | 1,292 | 352 | 741 | −25.8%$^†$ |
| 16 | Thai Honda Ladkrabang | 8,637 | 2,116 | 29 | 616 | −52.8%$^†$ |
| | League total | 421,049 | 6,880 | 29 | 2,192 | +26.0%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 24 September 2016 Source: Division 1 Notes: $^†$ Teams played previous season in Division 2