2001–02 Thai League

Thai Premier League

Season	2001–02
Champions	BEC Tero Sasana
Relegated	Royal Thai Navy Royal Thai Police Rattana Bundit
2002–03 AFC Champions League	BEC Tero Sasana FC Osotsapa FC
2003 ASEAN Club Championship	BEC Tero Sasana FC
Top goalscorer	Worrawoot Srimaka (BEC Tero Sasana) Pitipong 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)
← 2000 2002–03 →

The 2001-02 Thai Premier League consisted of 12 teams. The bottom three clubs would be relegated and three teams promoted from the Thailand 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
• Krung Thai Bank
• Osotsapa M-150
• Port Authority of Thailand
• Royal Thai Navy
• Rattana Bundit (renamed from - Bangkok Metropolitan Administration )
• Royal Thai Air Force
• Royal Thai Police
• Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (promoted from Division 1 )
• TOT

Bangkok

Bangkok teams
Bangkok Bank
Rattana Bundit
Sinthana
Osotsapa M-150
Port Authority of Thailand
Royal Thai Police
Royal Thai Air Force
Royal Thai Navy
Krung Thai Bank
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
TOT
Tero Sasana

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Locations of the Thai Premier League 2001–02 teams

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BEC Tero Sasana [a]	22	15	5	2	41	11	+30	50	Champion and Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League
2	Osotsapa	22	13	5	4	34	21	+13	44	Qualification for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League
3	Bangkok Bank	22	9	8	5	21	17	+4	35
4	Royal Thai Air Force	22	8	8	6	23	21	+2	32
5	Sinthana	22	6	12	4	25	21	+4	30
6	Port Authority	22	6	10	6	26	23	+3	28
7	Krung Thai Bank	22	7	7	8	23	23	0	28
8	Tobacco Monopoly [b]	22	8	2	12	24	35	−11	26
9	TOT	22	6	6	10	18	24	−6	24
10	Royal Thai Navy	22	6	3	13	14	31	−17	21	Relegation spot
11	Royal Thai Police	22	4	7	11	16	24	−8	19
12	Rattana Bundit	22	3	9	10	10	24	−14	18

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

Season 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 2001–02 Asian Club Championship, but once again came up against, what now seemed to be an impossible mission of facing a team from Japan. Here, they would get beat once again by Kashima Antlers who now seemed to be a thorn in the side of Thai football clubs.
• Royal Thai Air Force reached the second round of the 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners Cup, where they were beaten by Home United of Singapore in a match played over two legs. They won the first leg at home, but then were thumped 5-0 in the return in Singapore.

Annual awards

Coach of the Year

• Attaphol Buspakom - BEC Tero Sasana

Player of the year

• Apichad Thaveechalermdit - Bangkok Bank

Top scorer

• Worrawoot Srimaka - 12 Goals ^[1] BEC Tero Sasana
• Pitipong Kuldilok - 12 Goals ^[2] Port Authority of Thailand

Champions

The league champion was BEC Tero Sasana. It was the team's second title.

References

1. Football records in Thailand
2. Football records in Thailand

• Thailand 2001/02 RSSSF

External links

• Official Website

Preceded by Thai Premier League 2000	Thai Premier League 2001–02 Sinthana	Succeeded by Thai Premier League 2002–03