2009 Thai Division 1 League
Football league season
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The 2009 Thai League Division 1 has 16 teams.
| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Police United |
| Promoted | Police United Royal Thai Army Sisaket |
| Relegated | Surat Thani Thai Airways-Ban Bueng Nakhon Sawan |
| Top goalscorer | (Rattana Bundit) (27) |
| Biggest home win | Police United 16-1 Nakhon Sawan |
| Biggest away win | Nakhon Sawan 0-8 Royal Thai Air Force |
| Highest scoring | Police United 16-1 Nakhon Sawan |
← 2008 2010 → | |
Rules
- Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis
- 3 Points for a win
- 1 Point for a draw
- Teams finishing on same points at the end of the season use head-to-head record to determine finishing position.
- The top three teams will be promoted to Premier League.
- The top team as champions.
- The bottom three teams will be relegated to Division 2.
Prize money
Member clubs
Stadia and locations
Bangkok Bank FC were relegated from the Thailand Premier League, but withdrew from the league and folded before the season began. The Thai FA decided that, in order to keep the league at 16 teams, they would run a pre-season competition featuring the four relegated clubs from the Thailand Division 1 League 2008 season: Thai Honda won the competition.
Pre Season Playoff
The winners of the Pre Season Playoff would fill the void left by Bangkok Bank FC, after they withdrew from the league after being relegated from the Thailand Premier League.
The four semi finalist's in the play-offs, are the four relegated clubs from the 2008 season of the Thailand Division 1 League.
Play-offs
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 25 January 2009 – Bangkok | ||||||
| Thai Honda | 1 | |||||
| 1 February 2009 – Bangkok | ||||||
| Raj Vithi | 0 | |||||
| Thai Honda | 4 | |||||
| 25 January 2009 – Phichit | ||||||
| Nakhon Sawan | 0 | |||||
| Phitsanulok | 1 | |||||
| Nakhon Sawan | 2 | |||||
Semi finals
Final
| Thai Honda | 4-0 | Nakhon Sawan |
|---|---|---|
| Sutin Anukoon Chommanan Sookkaserm Prasert Rookprailee |
Final league table


| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police United | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 65 | Champion and promotion spot for the Premier League |
| 2 | Royal Thai Army (R) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 18 | +37 | 62 | Promotion spot for the Premier League |
| 3 | Sisaket (P) | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 58 | |
| 4 | Khonkaen | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 55 | |
| 5 | Prachinburi (P) | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 44 | |
| 6 | Royal Thai Air Force | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 42[a] | |
| 7 | Songkhla (P) | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 42[a] | |
| 8 | Rattana Bundit | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 41 | |
| 9 | Customs Department (R) | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 38 | |
| 10 | PTT FC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 36[b] | |
| 11 | Thai Honda | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 36[b] | |
| 12 | Suphanburi | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 33 | |
| 13 | Chanthaburi | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 32 | |
| 14 | Surat Thani | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 30[c] | Relegation spots to Division 2 |
| 15 | Thai Airways-Ban Bueng | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 30[c] | |
| 16 | Nakhon Sawan | 30 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 34 | 122 | −88 | 9 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head; 3rd match win; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Head to Head: draw 1-1
- Head to Head: Surat Thani win 4-1
Results
Top scorers
Last updated October 17, 2009
| Scorer | Goals [4] | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | Rattana Bundit | |
| 24 | Police United | |
| 20 | PTT | |
| 17 | Chanthaburi | |
| Royal Thai Army | ||
| 16 | Sisaket | |
| 13 | Nakhon Sawan | |
| 12 | Customs Department | |
| Police United | ||
| Khonkaen | ||
| 11 | Thai Airways-Ban Bueng | |
| Khonkaen | ||
| Songkhla | ||
| 10 | Royal Thai Army | |
| 9 | Royal Thai Army | |
| Thai Honda | ||
| 8 | Khonkaen |