Season 2013 Biggest away win TOT 0–5 BEC Tero Champion Buriram United F.C. Relegated Pattaya United F.C. Matches played 272 | Biggest home win Army 6–0 Bangkok Utd Dates 2 Mar 2013 – 3 Nov 2013 Location Thailand Goals scored 718 | |
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Champions Buriram United
3rd Premier League title Champions League Buriram United
Muangthong United
Chonburi Top goalscorer Carmelo González
(23 goals) Similar 2015 Thai Premier League, 2016 Thai League T1, 2008 Thailand Premier L | ||
The 2013 Thai Premier League (also known as Toyota Thai Premier League due to the sponsorship from Toyota) is the 17th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams are competing in the league. It will begin in 2 March 2013 to 3 November 2013.
Contents
- Teams
- Stadiums and locations
- Personnel and sponsoring
- Foreign players
- League table
- Results
- Top scorers
- Hat tricks
- Attendances
- References
Muangthong United are the defending champions, having won their Thai Premier League title the previous season. they win the Thai Premier League is a third of the club and Muangthong United became the first team in Thai Premier League to go the season unbeaten in the current 34-game format.
Teams
A total of 18 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2012 season and three promoted from the 2012 Thai Division 1 League.
TTM Chiangmai, BBCU and Singhtarua were relegated to the 2013 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2012 season in the bottom three places.They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2012 Thai Division 1 League champions Ratchaburi, runners-up Suphanburi and third place Bangkok United.
Esan United were replaced by Sisaket. It has been proved that the move from Sisaket to Uban Ratchathani and as a consequence thereof naming the club Esan United, is illegal. Apparently fake documents have been used to legitimate the move.
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.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.
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per TPL team, but only five of them can be on the game sheet in each game. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.
League table
Updated to games played on 3 November 2013.
Source: Thai Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 The winners of the 2013 Thai FA Cup will also qualify for the play-off of the 2014 AFC Champions League. If the winners have already qualified to ACL through the championship, the spot will be awarded to the third-placed team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on 3 November 2013.
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.
Top scorers
As of 4 November 2013.Hat-tricks
Attendances
Updated to games played on 3 November 2013
Source: Thai Premier League
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in Division 1