Thailand Premier League 2000

Infobox Football league season
season = 2000
competition = Thailand Premier League
winners = BEC Tero Sasana
relegated = -
continentalcup1 = Asian Club Championship
continentalcup1 qualifiers = Royal Thai Air Force FC: 2nd Round
continentalcup2 = Asian Cup Winners Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers = BEC Tero Sasana FC: Quarter-Finals
continentalcup3 =
continentalcup3 qualifiers =
league topscorer = flagicon|Thailand Sutee Suksomkit (Thai Farmers Bank) (16)
biggest home win = BEC Tero Sasana 5-0
Sinthana
biggest away win = Krung Thai Bank 0-6
BEC Tero Sasana
highest scoring = TOT 3-6 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (9 goals)
total goals =
average goals =
longest wins =
longest unbeaten =
longest losses =
highest attendance =
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prevseason = 1999
nextseason = 2001/02

The 2000 Thailand Premier League consisted of 12 teams. The bottom club would be relegated to the Thailand Division 1 League. The club that came 11th would play in a relegation / promotion match against the club that came second in the Thailand Division 1 League

Champions Royal Thai Air Force entered the next edition of the Asian Club Championship.

The league was also known as the Caltex Premier League.

Member clubs

*Bangkok Bank
*Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
*BEC Tero Sasana
*Krung Thai Bank
*Osotsapa M-150
*Port Authority of Thailand
*Royal Thai Air Force
*Royal Thai Navy ("promoted from Division 1)
*Royal Thai Police ("promoted from Division 1)
*Sinthana
*Thai Farmers Bank
*TOT

Final League table

† TOT remain at the Thailand Premier League.

eason Notes

Thai Farmers Bank would withdraw from the league at the end of the season due to the Asian financial crisis that initial struck in 1998. The effects would spread across Asia and many clubs now came under a huge financial burden.

Queen's Cup

Bangkok Bank won the 27th edition of the Queen's Cup and their third title overall. They defeated Sinthana 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw played at Suphachalasai Stadium.

Thailand FA Cup

BEC Tero Sasana won their first Thailand FA Cup. It is unclear whom they beat in the final.

Asian Representation

* Royal Thai Air Force would progress to the second round of the Asian Club Championship, but only on the virtue of receiving a bye in the first round. Here, they would get beat once again by PSM Ujungpandang of Indonesia.
* BEC Tero Sasana reached the Quarter-finals of the Asian Cup Winner's Cup, where they were beaten by Shimizu S-Pulse of Japan in a match played over two legs. They drew the first leg at home, but were overcome in Japan.

Awards of the Year

Coach of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Pichai Pituwong - BEC Tero Sasana

Player of the Year

*flagicon|Thailand Anurak Srikerd - BEC Tero Sasana

Top Scorer

*flagicon|Thailand Sutee Suksomkit - Thai Farmers Bank

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/thai00.html Thailand 2000] RSSSF

External links

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