Thailand Premier League 2006

Infobox Football league season
season = 2006
competition = Thailand Premier League
winners = Bangkok University
relegated = "No Relegation"
continentalcup1 = AFC Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers = Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC: Disqualified
Provincial Electricity Authority FC: Disqualified
continentalcup2 = AFC Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers = "No Representation"
continentalcup3 = Singapore Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers = Chonburi FC: Runner Up
Provincial Electricity Authority FC: 1st Round
league topscorer = flagicon|Thailand Pipat Thonkanya
(BEC Tero Sasana) (12)
biggest home win = BEC Tero Sasana 8-1
Royal Thai Army
biggest away win = Provincial Electricity Authority 0-3 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
Suphanburi 2-5 Thai Honda
highest scoring = BEC Tero Sasana 8-1
Royal Thai Army (9 goals)
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prevseason = 2004/05
nextseason = 2007

The 2006 Thailand Premier League had 12 teams. No clubs would be relegated as the league would be expanded to 16 teams for the 2007 season. Two teams promoted from the rival Pro League and two clubs from Thailand Division 1 League.

Member clubs

*Bangkok Bank
*Bangkok University
*BEC Tero Sasana
*Chonburi ("promoted from Provincial League")
*Krung Thai Bank
*Osotsapa M-150
*Port Authority of Thailand
*Provincial Electricity Authority
*Royal Thai Army ("promoted from Division 1")
*Suphanburi ("promoted from Provincial League")
*Thai Honda ("promoted from Division 1")
*Thailand Tobacco Monopoly

Final League table

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

Season Notes

* In this season, the winner and runner-up of the Provincial League, Chonburi FC and Suphanburi FC began the practice of moving to play in the Thailand Premier League.

Kor Royal Cup

The Kor Royal Cup was an end of season match between the two clubs that finished first and second in the final Premier League standings.

Osotsapa, who came second in the Premier League, beat league Champions Bangkok University 2-1.

Queen's Cup

2nd Level Royal Thai Navy upset the odds when they won the 32nd edition of the Queen's Cup defeating Krung Thai Bank 1-0.

Asian Representation

*League champions and runners up Thailand Tobacco Monopoly and PEA should have taken part in the Asian Champions League, but both clubs failed to meet the respective time frame to send in squad lists. Both teams were duly disqualifed from the competition. Rumor was rift that neither club ished to take part due to the financial costs.

*Chonburi reached the final of the Singapore Cup in their first ever participation. They were within one minute of lifting the silverware against Tampines Rovers but succumbed in extra time to lose 3-2. Provincial Electricity Authority also took part in the competition but got knocked out in the first round against Woodlands Wellington

Awards of the Year

Coach of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Somchai Subpherm - Bangkok University

Player of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Punnarat Klinsukon - Bangkok University

Top Scorer

*flagicon|Thailand Pipat Thonkanya - BEC Tero Sasana

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/thai06.html Thailand 2006] RSSSF

External links

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