2002–03 Thai League

Thai Premier League

Season	2002–03
Dates	26 October 2002 – 17 May 2003
Champions	Krung Thai Bank
Relegated	TOT Bangkok Christian College
2004 AFC Champions League	Krung Thai Bank BEC Tero Sasana
Top goalscorer	Sarayoot Chaikamdee (Port Authority of Thailand) (12)
Biggest home win	BEC 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 win	Royal Thai Air Force 0-4 BEC Tero Sasana Royal Thai Air Force 0-4 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly
Highest scoring	Royal Thai Air Force 6-2 Bangkok Christian College Krung Thai Bank 4-4 Bangkok Bank (8 goals)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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

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

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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

• Narong Suwannachote - Krung Thai Bank

Player of the year

• Khampee Pintapol - Bangkok Bank

Top scorer

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

Champions

The league champion was Krung Thai Bank.

References

1. Football records in Thailand

• Thailand 2002-03 RSSSF

External links

• Official Website

Preceded by Thai League 2001–02	Thai Premier League 2002–03 Krung Thai Bank	Succeeded by Thai League 2003–04