2012 Thai Premier League

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Season 2012 Matches played 306 Champion Muangthong United F.C. End date October 28, 2012		Champions SCG Muangthong United Start date 2012 Location Thailand Goals scored 825

Champions League SCG Muangthong UnitedBuriram United Top goalscorer Cleiton Silva Teerasil Dangda(24 goals) Biggest home win BEC Tero Sasana 7–1 TTM Chiangmai Relegated Port F.C., BBCU F.C., TTM Customs F.C. Similar 2015 Thai Premier League, 2008 Thailand Premier L, 2016 Thai League T1

2012 Thai Premier League (known as Sponsor Thai Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams are competing in the league.

Teams

Khonkaen, Siam Navy and Sriracha were relegated to the 2012 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2011 season in the bottom three places.

2011 Thai Division 1 League champions Buriram, runners-up Chainat and third place BBCU were promoted to the Thai Premier League. Buriram were to merge with Buriram PEA at the end of the 2011 campaign to become Buriram United allowing Wuachon United to take their place in the top flight for the first time.

Name changes

Thai Port were renamed to Port FC for the start of the season and then renamed back to Thai Port one week later.

Buriram PEA and Buriram merged to become Buriram United

Sisaket were renamed to Esan United for the start of the season.

TTM Phichit were renamed to TTM Chiangmai for the start of the season.

Buriram were renamed to Wuachon United for the start of the season.

Stadium Changes

Muangthong United's stadium would be known as SCG Stadium due to sponsorship reasons. The stadium was previously known as the Yamaha Stadium, again because of sponsorship reasons. The stadium was originally known as the Thunderdome Stadium.

BBCU moved in the Rajamangala Stadium, vacating the Thai Army Sports Stadium that was shared with Army United. However BBCU did use Muangthong United's SCG Stadium for the match with Chiangrai United due to the Rajamangala Stadium being unavailable

TTM Chiangmai moved from the Phichit Stadium to the 700th Anniversary Stadium .

Esan United moved into the Tung Burapha Stadium after relocating into Ubon Ratchathani province.

Wuachon United moved from the I-Mobile Stadium to the Tinasulanon Stadium .

Police United used the IPE Stadium in Chonburi until the Thammasat Stadium was ready following floods that also made them use alternative stadiums in the 2011 campaign. A few games were also stage at the Army Stadium in Bangkok.

BEC Tero Sasana hosted Osotspa at the Rajamangala Stadium due to the Thephasadin Stadium being unavailable.

League table

Rules for classification, when season was finished : 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (only match result, not used aggregate); 3rd match win; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored

Results

Updated to games played on 28 October 2012.
Source: Thai Premier League
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Hat-tricks

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Attendances

Updated to games played on Oct 15, 2012
Source: Thai Premier League

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year was awarded to Teerasil Dangda.

Youth Player of the Year

The Youth Player of the Year was awarded to Chanathip Songkrasin.

Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year was awarded to Slaviša Jokanović.

References

2012 Thai Premier League Wikipedia

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