2011 Thai League Cup Explained

Thai League Cup
Year:2011
Country:Thailand
Dates:18 May 2011 –
Num Teams:97
Champions:Buriram PEA
Count:1
Runner-Up:Thai Port
Matches:109
Goals:318
Top Goal Scorer:Wasan Natasan
(8 goals)
Player:Rangsan Viwatchaichok
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The Thai League Cup is a knock-out football tournament played in Thai sport. Some games are played as a single match, others are played as two-legged contests. The 2011 Thai League Cup kicked off on 18 May 2011 with the Bangkok & field regional qualifiers.

Calendar

Round Date Matches width=100 Clubs !New entries this round
Qualifying first round 18 May 2011 29 58 → 21 to first round and 8 to qualifying second round 58
Qualifying second round 1 June 2011
2 June 2011
4 8 → 4
First round 18 June 2011
19 June 2011
26 June 2011
2 July 2011
32 21 + 4 + 39 → 32 39
Second round 28 June 2011
29 June 2011
1 July 2011
6 July 2011
16 32 → 16
Third round 5 July 2011
6 July 2011
13 July 2011
2 August 2011
3 August 2011
10 August 2011
16 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 17 August 2011
18 August 2011
24 August 2011
14 September 2011
18 September 2011
8 8 → 4
Semi-finals 14 September 2011
21 September 2011
1 October 2011
4 4 → 2
Final 4 February 2012 1 2 → Champions

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2011 Thai League Cup qualifying rounds.

This is the first edition of the competition and the qualifying round will be played in regions featuring clubs from the Regional League Division 2, had to compete in the qualifying rounds. it was divided into five groups by geographic region.

First round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|18 June 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|19 June 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|26 June 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|2 July 2011|}

2 Tak, Mahasarakham United and Thanyaburi RA United have lucky of lotting to automatic qualify to first round.

3 (C) is Champion in last season.

4 (RC) is Runner-up in last season.

5 Gulf Saraburi which automatic qualifying to first round withdrew before lotting.Globlex had lotted to replace its.

Second round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|28 June 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|29 June 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|1 July 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|6 July 2011

Third round

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 5 July 2011.............2nd leg on 3 August 2011|-|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 6 July 2011.............2nd leg on 2 August 2011|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 6 July 2011.............2nd leg on 13 July 2011|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 6 July 2011.............2nd leg on 3 August 2011|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 3 August 2011.............2nd leg on 10 August 2011

Quarter-finals

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 17 August 2011.............2nd leg on 24 August 2011|-|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 17 August 2011.............2nd leg on 18 September 2011|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 18 August 2011.............2nd leg on 14 September 2011

Semi-finals

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 14 September 2011.............2nd leg on 21 September 2011|-|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#99CCCC"| 1st leg on 21 September 2011.............2nd leg on 21 September 2011

Finals

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#99CCCC"|4 February 2012