Thai League Cup Explained

Thai League Cup
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Current:2023–24 Thai League Cup
Organiser:Football Association of Thailand
Founded: (1st era)
(2nd era)
Number Of Teams:92
Qualifier For:ASEAN Club Championship
Current Champions:BG Pathum United
(1st title)
Region:Thailand
Most Successful Club:Buriram United
(7 titles)
Broadcasters:TrueVisions

The League Cup (Thai: ไทยลีกคัพ) is a football cup competition in Thailand. It is also known as Hilux Revo Cup for sponsorship reasons.[1]

History

Thai League Cup was started by Toyota Motor (Thailand) in the name of Toyota Cup, the competition was held eight times between 1987 and 1994. Toyota Cup was canceled after establishing the 1996–97 Thailand Soccer League in the form of a professional league. As a result, the importance of the League Cup was diminished and the reason for its eventual cancellation.[2]

It was re-formed during the 2010 domestic football league season in Thailand and ran along the same lines as the Thai FA Cup except that the earlier rounds would be regional rather than an open draw.[3]

The League Cup competition in Thailand is said to be an opportunity for medium-sized teams to have the opportunity to compete with big teams and win prize money. The winning prize will receive a prize of 5,000,000 baht. The runner-up receives a prize of 1,000,000 baht and a travel allowance for all visiting teams from the qualifying round to the final rounds, 50,000 baht per team.[4]

Format

Thai League Cup is open to all members of the Football Association of Thailand and Thai League 1 and is divided into eight rounds; the remaining Thai League teams enter the first round. Matches in all rounds are single-legged, except for the semi-finals, which have been two-legged since the competition began. In the single-legged top division, teams will play as away teams. The semi-finals were the exception to this when the away goals rule and penalties were introduced.

For final match that has finished level after extra time has been decided by a penalty shoot-out. The winner also qualifies for Mekong Club Championship until 2017[5] but from season 2020 the winner will qualify for ASEAN Club Championship.[6]

Final

Toyota Cup

scope=colYearscope=colWinner
scope=row style=text-align:center1987Royal Thai Air Force
scope=row style=text-align:center1988Bangkok Bank
scope=row style=text-align:center1989Royal Thai Police
scope=row style=text-align:center1990Bangkok
(Osotsapa + Royal Thai Navy)
scope=row style=text-align:center1991Royal Thai Police
scope=row style=text-align:center1992Krung Thai Bank
scope=row style=text-align:center1993Royal Thai Police
scope=row style=text-align:center1994Royal Thai Air Force

League Cup

scope=colYearscope=colWinnerscope=col class="unsortable"Scorescope=colRunners-upscope=colVenue
scope=row style=text-align:center2010Thai Port2–1Buriram PEASupachalasai Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center20112–0Supachalasai Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2012Buriram United 4–1Thammasat Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2013Buriram United 2–1
scope=row style=text-align:center2014BEC Tero Sasana2–0Buriram UnitedSupachalasai Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2015Buriram United 1–0 SisaketSupachalasai Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2016
scope=row style=text-align:center2017Muangthong United 2–0Chiangrai UnitedSupachalasai Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2018Chiangrai United1–0Bangkok GlassThammasat Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2019PT Prachuap1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)
Buriram UnitedSCG Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2020Cancelled
scope=row style=text-align:center2021–22Buriram United 4–0PT PrachuapBG Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2022–23Buriram United 2–0BG Pathum UnitedThunderdome Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2023–24BG Pathum United1–0Muangthong UnitedThammasat Stadium
scope=row style=text-align:center2024–25

Sponsorship

From 2010 to the present, the League Cup has attracted title sponsorship, the League Cup was named after its sponsor, giving it the following names:

PeriodSponsorNameTrophy
2010 to 2020ToyotaToyota League Cup[7] [8] Sponsor designed
2021Hilux RevoHilux Revo League CupSponsor designed
2022 to PresentHilux RevoHilux Revo CupSponsor designed

References

  1. Web site: 7 โมเมนท์มนต์เสน่ห์รอบตัดเชือกโตโยต้าลีกคัพ. th. 2016-08-16.
  2. https://www.auto-thailand.com/PRNews/Toyota-Thai-Football-Sector-4-Year-Sponsorship-Thailand.html โตโยต้า สนับสนุนสมาคมฟุตบอลฯ ทีมชาติไทย และการแข่งขันฟุตบอลลีกอาชีพ 4 ปี
  3. Web site: โตโยต้า ลีก คัพ . th. 2010-08-14.
  4. https://www.thaipost.net/sport-news/350153/ บุรีรัมย์เยือนประจวบ,บีจีรับราชบุรี ศึก'รีโว่คัพ'รอบรองฯ ได้VARมาช่วยให้อุ่นใจ
  5. https://www.goal.com/th/%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7/%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%974%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%87-%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%9A-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%9E-4-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2-5-%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99/ba9f6n2mj6bc1n85zhkch5e18 ต่อเนื่องปีที่4!โตโยต้าแถลงเปิดศึก"แม่โขง คลับ แชมเปี้ยนชิพ" 4 ชาติชิงรางวัลกว่า 5 ล้าน
  6. https://siamsport.co.th/football-thailand/football-asia/3206/ เอเอฟเอฟ ปัดฝุ่นชิงแชมป์สโมสรอาเซียน
  7. Web site: Toyota League Cup : เช็คโปรแกรมและช่องทางถ่ายทอดสด (รอบ16ทีม) Goal.com.
  8. Web site: Pt ประจวบเอฟซี สร้างประวัติศาสตร์ คว้าแชมป์Toyota League Cup 2019.

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