- 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|ThailandWorrawoot Srimaka (BEC Tero Sasana)
flagicon|ThailandPitipong 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 =
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prevseason = 2000
nextseason = 2002/03The 2001-02
Thailand Premier League consisted of 12 teams. The bottom three clubs would be relegated and three teams promoted from theThailand 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)
*TOTFinal 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 fromJapan . Here, they would get beat once again byKashima Antlers who now seemed to be an thorn in the side of Thai football clubs.
* Royal Thai Air Force reached the second round of theAsian Cup Winner's Cup , where they were beaten by Home United ofSingapore in a match played over two legs. They won the first leg at home, but then were thumped 5-0 in the return inSingapore Awards of the Year
Coach of the Year
*flagicon|Thailand
Attaphol Buspakom - BEC Tero SasanaPlayer of the Year
*flagicon|Thailand Apichat Thaweechalermdit - Bangkok Bank
Top Scorer
*flagicon|Thailand
Worrawoot Srimaka - BEC Tero Sasana
*flagicon|ThailandPitipong Kuldilok - Port Authority of ThailandReferences
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/thai01.html Thailand 2001/02] RSSSF
External links
* [http://www.thaifootballleague.com/ Official Website]
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