Thailand Premier League 2002/03

Infobox Football league season
season = 2002/03
competition = Thailand Premier League
winners = Krung Thai Bank
relegated = TOT
Bangkok Christian College
continentalcup1 = AFC Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers = BEC Tero Sasana FC: Runner Up
Osotsapa FC: Group Stage
continentalcup2 = ASEAN Club Championship
continentalcup2 qualifiers = BEC Tero Sasana FC: Runner Up
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league topscorer = flagicon|Thailand Sarayoot Chaikamdee (Port Authority of Thailand) (12)
biggest home win = BEC Tero Sasana 4-0
Bangkok Christian College
Royal Thai Air Force 6-2
Bangkok Christian College
Port Authority of Thailand 4-0 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
biggest away win = Royal Thai Air Force 0-4
BEC Tero Sasana
Royal Thai Air Force 0-4
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
highest scoring = Royal Thai Air Force 6-2
Bangkok Christian College
Krung Thai Bank 4-4 Bangkok Bank (8 goals)
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prevseason = 2001/02
nextseason = 2003/04

The 2002-03 Thailand Premier League had 10 teams. Two clubs would be relegated and 2 teams promoted from Thailand Division 1 League. The team that finished in 8th position would play in a relegation play-off. The official name of the league at this time was GSM Thai League.

Krung Thai Bank won their first ever Thailand Premier League title and their 5th major title at the time.

Member clubs

*Bangkok Bank
*Bangkok Christian College ("promoted from Division 1")
*BEC Tero Sasana
*Sinthana
*Krung Thai Bank
*Osotsapa M-150
*Port Authority of Thailand
*Royal Thai Air Force
*Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
*TOT

Final League table

*Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored

Queen's Cup

Osotsapa won and retained the 30th edition of the Queen's Cup. They defeated TOT 1-0 in the final.

Asian Representation

* In an revamped Asian Champions League, BEC Tero Sasana would surprise the whole of Asia and bring back past glories not seen since Thai Farmers Bank in the mid 90's and would reach the final of the Champions League where they would come runners up to UAE side Al Ain. On their way to the final BEC would claim victories over old Japanese rivals Kashima Antlers, Shanghai Shenhua of China, Daejeon Citizen of South Korea and Uzbekistan side Pakhtakor Tashkent.
* This was also the first time that two Thai clubs would enter the Champions League. Osotsapa would also take part but would find the going tough and would crash out in embarrassing circumstances in the group stage.
* BEC Tero Sasana would also take part in the newly formed ASEAN Club Championship to be held in Indonesia against the best of the rest of the ASEAN and SAFF region. Here they made the final but got beat by Indian side Kingfisher East Bengal

Awards of the Year

Coach of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Narong Suwannachote - Krung Thai Bank

Player of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Khampee Pintapol - Bangkok Bank

Top Scorer

*flagicon|Thailand Sarayoot Chaikamdee - Port Authority of Thailand

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/thai03.html Thailand 2002-03] RSSSF

External links

* [http://www.thaifootballleague.com/ Official Website]