Thailand Premier League 2001/02

Infobox Football league season
season = 2001/02
competition = Thailand Premier League
winners = BEC Tero Sasana
relegated = Royal Thai Navy
Royal Thai Police
Rattana Bundit
continentalcup1 = AFC Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers = BEC Tero Sasana: 2nd Round
continentalcup2 = Asian Cup Winner's Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers = Royal Thai Air Force FC: 2nd Round
continentalcup3 =
continentalcup3 qualifiers =
league topscorer = flagicon|Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka (BEC Tero Sasana)
flagicon|Thailand Pitipong Kuldilok
(Port Authority of Thailand) (12)
biggest home win = BEC Tero Sasana 4-0
Osotsapa
Royal Thai Air Force 5-1
Sinthana
BEC Tero Sasana 4-0
Royal Thai Air Force
Osotsapa 5-1
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
BEC Tero Sasana 4-0
Rattana Bundit
biggest away win = TOT 0-4 Sinthana
highest scoring = Royal Thai Air Force 5-1
Sinthana Osotsapa 5-1
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (6 goals)
total goals =
average goals =
longest wins =
longest unbeaten =
longest losses =
highest attendance =
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prevseason = 2000
nextseason = 2002/03

The 2001-02 Thailand 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 ("substitute - Thai Farmer Bank")
*Krung Thai Bank
*Osotsapa M-150
*Port Authority of Thailand
*Royal Thai Navy
*Rattana Bundit ("substitute - Bangkok Metropolitan Administration")
*Royal Thai Air Force
*Royal Thai Police
*Thailand Tobacco Monopoly ("promoted from Division 1)
*TOT

Final League table

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

eason 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 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 an thorn in the side of Thai football clubs.
* Royal Thai Air Force reached the second round of the Asian Cup Winner's 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

Awards of the Year

Coach of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Attaphol Buspakom - BEC Tero Sasana

Player of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Apichat Thaweechalermdit - Bangkok Bank

Top Scorer

*flagicon|Thailand Worrawoot Srimaka - BEC Tero Sasana
*flagicon|Thailand Pitipong Kuldilok - Port Authority of Thailand

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/thai01.html Thailand 2001/02] RSSSF

External links

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