2018 Thai League 2 Explained

Season:	2018
Winners:	PTT Rayong
League Topscorer:	Barros Tardeli (21 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	5 goals difference (10 March 2018) (18 March 2018) (5 May 2018) (11 August 2018)
Biggest Away Win:	5 goals difference (10 June 2018)
Highest Scoring:	11 goals (12 September 2018)
Highest Attendance:	9,346^[1] (17 March 2018)
Lowest Attendance:	289^[2] (15 September 2018)
Attendance:	325,428
Average Attendance:	1,549
Matches:	210
Total Goals:	563
Updated:	29 September 2018

The 2018 Thai League 2 is the 21st season of the Thai League 2, the second-tier professional league for Thailand's association football clubs, since its establishment in 1997, also known as M-150 Championship due to the sponsorship deal with M-150. A total of 15 teams will compete in the league. The season began on 9 February 2018 and is scheduled to conclude on 29 September 2018.^[3]

Chainat Hornbill are the defending champions, while Samut Sakhon, Khonkaen and Udon Thani have entered as the promoted teams from the 2017 Thai League 3.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Thai League 2

Promoted to 2018 Thai League

Chainat Hornbill

Air Force Central

PT Prachuap

Relegated to 2018 Thai League 3

Bangkok

Relegated to 2018 Thai League 4

Nakhon Pathom United

Samut Songkhram

To Thai League 2

Relegated from 2017 Thai League

Thai Honda

Sisaket

Super Power Samut Prakan

Promoted from 2017 Thai League 3

Samut Sakhon

Khonkaen

Udon Thani

Renamed clubs

Super Power Samut Prakan authorize from Jumpasri United
Thai Honda Ladkrabang was renamed to Thai Honda

Expansion clubs

Nakhon Pathom United and Samut Songkhram Club-licensing football club didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 2. This team were relegated to 2018 Thai League 4 Western Region.^[4]
Songkhla United Club-licensing football club didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 3 Lower Region. This team is banned 2 years and Relegated to 2020 Thai League 4 Southern Region.^[5]
Jumpasri United Club-licensing football club didn't pass to play 2018 Thai League 2. This team is banned 2 years and Relegated to 2020 Thai League 4 North Eastern Region.^[6]

Teams

Stadium and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Angthong	Angthong	Angthong Provincial Stadium	6,000
Army United	Bangkok	Thai Army Sports Stadium	20,000
Chiangmai	Chiangmai	700th Anniversary Stadium	25,000
Kasetsart	Bangkok	TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana	5,000
Krabi	Krabi	Krabi Provincial Stadium	6,000
Khonkaen	Khonkaen	Khonkaen PAO. Stadium	7,000
Lampang	Lampang	Lampang Provincial Stadium	5,500
	Nongbua Lamphu	Nongbua Lamphu Provincial Stadium	4,333
	Rayong	PTT Stadium	12,000
	Rayong	Rayong Provincial Stadium	7,500
	Samut Sakhon	Samut Sakhon Provincial Stadium	3,500
Sisaket	Sisaket	Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium	10,000
Thai Honda	Bangkok	72nd Anniversary Stadium (Min Buri)	10,000
	Trat	Trat Provincial Stadium	6,000
Udon Thani	Udon Thani	Institute of Physical Education Udon Thani Stadium	3,500

Foreign players

	Other foreign players.
	AFC quota players.
	ASEAN quota players.
	No foreign player registered.

A T2 team could registered five foreign players by at least one player from AFC member countries and at least one player from ASEAN member countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC member countries or ASEAN member countries (3+1).

Note :
: players who released during summer transfer window;
: players who registered during summer transfer window.
↔: players who have dual nationality by half-caste or naturalization.

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Angthong	1st
Angthong	2nd
Army United	1st
Army United	2nd
Chiangmai	1st
Chiangmai	2nd
Kasetsart	1st
Kasetsart	2nd
Khonkaen	1st
Khonkaen	2nd
Krabi	1st
Krabi	2nd
Lampang	1st
Lampang	2nd
Nongbua Pitchaya	1st
Nongbua Pitchaya	2nd
PTT Rayong	1st
PTT Rayong	2nd
Rayong	1st
Rayong	2nd
Samut Sakhon	1st
Samut Sakhon	2nd
Sisaket	1st
Sisaket	2nd
Thai Honda	1st
Thai Honda	2nd
Trat	1st
Trat	2nd
Udon Thani	1st
Udon Thani	2nd

League table

Standings

Results by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 September 2018.^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Barros Tardeli	Trat	21
2	Issac Honey	Angthong	17
3	Marc Landry Babo	Khonkaen	16
4	Erivelto	Army United	14
4		PTT Rayong	14
6	Goran Jerković	Nongbua Pitchaya	13
7	Hiziel Souza Soares	Chiangmai	11
	Thotsaphon Yotchan	Khonkaen
	Melvin de Leeuw	Lampang
	Tawin Butsombat	Thai Honda

Hat-tricks

Player	For !	Against	Result	Date
	Kasetsart		5–0
	Trat		5–0
	PTT Rayong		5–1
	Trat		4–1
	Nongbua Pitchaya		4–0
André Araújo	Rayong		6–1
	Angthong		4–4
	Lampang		4–3
	Samut Sakhon		3–3
Kamol Phothong	Angthong		5–6
	Chiangmai		6–5

Attendance

Attendance by home match played

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1,243	1,437	833	497	410	916	753	1,226	948	1,190	1,072	1,058	437	959	12,979
1,118	866	794	396	900	764	1,093	682	735	862	840	869	772	472	11,163
1,823	1,483	656	1,172	1,008	1,109	1,239	1,119	1,991	1,532	1,239	1,725	1,733	4,655	22,484
2,889	475	520	422	319	920	422	572	412	315	520	375	289	512	8,962
2,363	2,763	3,488	3,250	3,120	3,698	4,118	5,373	3,375	4,621	4,953	6,118	5,918	6,489	59,647
989	664	598	525	443	492	492	493	404	437	435	483	450	450	7,355
1,420	1,287	1,322	1,054	1,177	2,346	1,309	1,187	981	808	790	1,018	483	806	15,988
2,000	1,926	2,348	2,142	2,140	2,025	2,781	2,243	2,344	3,029	1,678	1,726	1,321	1,452	29,155
2,575	3,856	1,439	933	1,780	2,480	1,897	1,365	2,058	1,611	1,942	1,625	1,701	1,495	26,757
1,040	1,220	1,380	414	1,986	1,960	1,480	1,840	1,540	1,840	1,890	1,680	2,230	3,280	23,780
574	2,123	1,685	2,578	923	1,263	873	936	873	1,076	1,183	1,164	1,153	985	17,389
1,629	1,261	875	694	594	1,131	984	704	800	912	1,162	847	704	521	12,818
727	626	701	661	593	850	812	910	950	1,004	1,096	670	690	1,301	11,591
1,007	1,123	1,367	1,092	1,290	981	1,175	819	1,189	810	1,045	1,936	1,472	4,092	19,398
6,000	5,300	9,346	4,534	4,282	3,038	1,792	2,144	1,874	1,598	1,888	1,248	1,270	1,648	45,962

Source: Thai League 2

External links

Thai League 2 Official Website

Notes and References

Web site: Highest attendance . amp . T2 official match report (Udon Thani 1–1 Nongbua Pitchaya).. 17 March 2018.
Web site: Lowest attendance . amp . T2 official match report (Kasetsart 2–1 Army United).. 15 September 2018.
Web site: T1 and T2 schedules from Thai League official website . thaileague.co.th . Premier League Thailand . 18 December 2017 . 4 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020053300/https://www.thaileague.co.th/official/?r=News%2FNewsRead&id=3614 . 20 October 2018 . dead .
Web site: "Official decision of FA Thailand" . thaileague.co.th . FA Thailand . 2020-06-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171026011323/http://www.thaileague.co.th/official/t2/?r=News%2FScoopRead&id=129 . 2017-10-26 . dead .
Web site: "OFFICIAL : ‘สงขลา’ ติดโผ! ส.บอลเผยรายชื่อทีมไม่ผ่านคลับ ไลเซนซิ่ง" . thaileague.co.th . FA Thailand . 2018-02-07 . 2018-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123528/https://sport.mthai.com/football-thai/332984.html . dead .
Web site: "เหลือ15ทีม!"จัมปาศรี"ไม่ผ่านคลับไลเซนซิ่งลุยไทยลีก2". goal.com/th . Goal Thailand.
Web site: Thai League 2. www.thaileague.co.th.