2001–02 Thai League Explained

Season:	2001–02
League Topscorer:	Worrawoot Srimaka (BEC Tero Sasana) Pitipong Kuldilok (Port Authority of Thailand) (12)
Highest Scoring:	Royal Thai Air Force 5-1 Sinthana Osotsapa 5-1 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (6 goals)
Nextseason:	2002–03

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.

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

Season notes

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration withdrew from the league due to a lack of money. Rattana Bundit was formed off the back of BMA and took their place in the Premier League. This was the second season running that a club would withdraw following on from Thai Farmers Bank

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.

Annual awards

Coach of the Year

• Attaphol Buspakom - BEC Tero Sasana

Player of the year

• Apichad Thaveechalermdit - Bangkok Bank

Top scorer

• Worrawoot Srimaka - 12 Goals^[1] BEC Tero Sasana
• Pitipong Kuldilok - 12 Goals^[2] Port Authority of Thailand

Champions

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

References

• Thailand 2001/02 RSSSF

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. [Football records in Thailand]
2. [Football records in Thailand]