Season 2016 Dates 5 Mar 2016 – 30 Oct 2016 Goals scored 830 | Champion Muangthong United F.C. Location Thailand Matches played 277 | |
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Highest scoring Muangthong 8–3 Super Power(22 June 2016) Longest winning run 14 matchesMuangthong United Similar 2015 Thai Premier League, 2008 Thailand Premier L, 2017 AFC Champions League | ||
The 2016 Thai League T1 (also known as the Toyota Thai League for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the Thai League T1, the top Thai professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams competed in the league. The season started on 5 March 2016.
Contents
- Teams
- Stadiums and locations
- Name changes
- Stadium changes
- Personnel and sponsoring
- Foreign players
- League table
- Positions by round
- References
Buriram United are the defending champions, having won the Thai Premier League title the previous season.
Following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Football Association of Thailand cancelled the remaining league season on 14 October 2016, with three rounds remaining. Muangthong United were therefore crowned champions with BBCU, Chainat and Army United relegated.
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. These discussions were required as teams that were in the relegation places at the time of the original announcement were voicing their concerns.
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 Muangthong United as champions for the 4th time.
Teams
A total of 18 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2015 season and three promoted from the 2015 Thai Division 1 League.
TOT and Port were relegated to the 2016 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2015 season. 14th-placed Saraburi withdrew from the league after the season, sparing BEC Tero Sasana from relegation. They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2015 Thai Division 1 League runners-up Pattaya United, third place Sukhothai and fourth place BBCU.
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.Name changes
Stadium changes
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 five per Thai League T1 team. 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 25 September 2016.
Source: Thai League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 The winners of the 2016 Thai FA Cup will also qualify for the play-off of the 2017 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.