2002–03 Thai League

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Thai Premier League
Season2002–03
Dates26 October 2002 – 17 May 2003
ChampionsKrung Thai Bank
RelegatedTOT
Bangkok Christian College
2004 AFC Champions LeagueKrung Thai Bank
BEC Tero Sasana
Top goalscorerSarayoot Chaikamdee (Port Authority of Thailand) (12)
Biggest home winBEC 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 winRoyal Thai Air Force 0-4
BEC Tero Sasana
Royal Thai Air Force 0-4
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
Highest scoringRoyal Thai Air Force 6-2
Bangkok Christian College
Krung Thai Bank 4-4 Bangkok Bank (8 goals)

The 2002-03 Thai 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 Thai 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
2002–03 Thai League is located in Thailand
Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok teams Bangkok Bank Bangkok Christian College Sinthana Osotsapa M-150 Port Authority of Thailand Royal Thai Air Force Krung Thai Bank Thailand Tobacco Monopoly TOT Tero Sasana
Bangkok teams
Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Christian College
Sinthana
Osotsapa M-150
Port Authority of Thailand
Royal Thai Air Force
Krung Thai Bank
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
TOT
Tero Sasana
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Locations of the Thai Premier League 2002–03 teams

Final league table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Krung Thai Bank 18 10 6 2 29 15 +14 36 Champion and Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
2 BEC Tero Sasana[a] 18 10 5 3 31 11 +20 35 Qualification for the 2004 AFC Champions League
3 Port Authority 18 10 3 5 25 19 +6 33
4 Bangkok Bank 18 6 10 2 31 26 +5 28
5 Royal Thai Air Force 18 7 2 9 26 29 −3 23
6 Osotsapa 18 5 8 5 19 17 +2 23
7 Sinthana 18 4 10 4 21 23 −2 22
8 Tobacco Monopoly 18 5 6 7 22 25 −3 21
9 TOT 18 2 5 11 18 29 −11 11 Relegation spot
10 Bangkok Christian College[b] 18 2 3 13 16 44 −28 9
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Defending champion
  2. ^ Promoted from last season

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 a 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 1990s 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 2003 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

Annual awards[]

Coach of the Year[]

  • Thailand - Krung Thai Bank

Player of the year[]

  • Thailand - Bangkok Bank

Top scorer[]

  • Thailand Sarayoot Chaikamdee 12 Goals[1] - Port Authority of Thailand

Champions[]

The league champion was Krung Thai Bank.

References[]

  1. ^ Football records in Thailand

External links[]

Preceded by Thai Premier League
2002–03
Krung Thai Bank 		Succeeded by
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