Suvarna Garge (Editor)

2001–02 Thai League

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Season
  
2001/02

2003 ASEAN Club Championship
  
BEC Tero Sasana FC

Champion
  
Police Tero F.C.

Champions
  
BEC Tero Sasana

Start date
  
October 2001

Location
  
Thailand

2001–02 Thai League

2002–03 AFC Champions League
  
BEC Tero Sasana FC Osotsapa FC

Top goalscorer
  
Worrawoot Srimaka (BEC Tero Sasana) Pitipong Kuldilok (Port Authority of Thailand) (12)

Biggest home win
  
BEC Tero Sasana 4-0 Osotsapa Royal Thai Air Force 5-1 Sinthana BEC Tero Sasana 4-0 Royal Thai Air Force Osotsapa 5-1 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly BEC Tero Sasana 4-0 Rattana Bundit

Relegated
  
Royal Thai Navy F.C., Insee Police United F.C., RBAC F.C.

People also search for
  
1998 Thai Premier League

The 2001-02 Thai Premier League consisted of 12 teams. The bottom three clubs would be relegated and three teams promoted from the Thailand Division 1 League.

Contents

Champions BEC Tero Sasana would enter edition the next edition of the AFC Champions League. The league was restructured, to be played between October 2001 and April 2002.

The league was also known as the GSM Thai League.

Member clubs

  • Bangkok Bank
  • BEC Tero Sasana
  • Sinthana
  • Krung Thai Bank
  • Osotsapa M-150
  • Port Authority of Thailand
  • Royal Thai Navy
  • Rattana Bundit (renamed from - Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)
  • Royal Thai Air Force
  • Royal Thai Police
  • Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (promoted from Division 1)
  • TOT

    • Final league table

  • Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored

    • Queen's Cup

    Osotsapa won their first Queen's Cup trophy. This was the 29th edition to be played.

    Asian Representation

  • BEC Tero Sasana would progress to the second round of the 2001–02 Asian Club Championship, but once again came up against, what now seemed to be an impossible mission of facing a team from Japan. Here, they would get beat once again by Kashima Antlers who now seemed to be a thorn in the side of Thai football clubs.
  • Royal Thai Air Force reached the second round of the 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners Cup, where they were beaten by Home United of Singapore in a match played over two legs. They won the first leg at home, but then were thumped 5-0 in the return in Singapore.

    • Coach of the Year

  • Attaphol Buspakom - BEC Tero Sasana

    • Player of the year

  • Apichat Thaweechalermdit - Bangkok Bank

    • Top scorer

  • Worrawoot Srimaka - 12 Goals BEC Tero Sasana
  • Pitipong Kuldilok - 12 Goals Port Authority of Thailand

    • Champions

    The league champion was BEC Tero Sasana. It was the team's second title.

    References

    2001–02 Thai League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA