2016 Regional League Division 2 Southern Region

Season	2016
Champions	Surat Thani
Relegated	Nakhon Si Heritage
Matches played	132
Goals scored	335 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Elvis Job (15 Goals)
Biggest home win	Pattani 6–2 Ranong (23 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Hat Yai 0–4 Nara United (21 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Pattani 6–2 Ranong (23 April 2016) Surat Thani 4–4 Phuket (20 August 2016)
Longest winning run	6 Matches Surat Thani
Longest unbeaten run	16 Matches Surat Thani
Longest losing run	4 Matches Hat Yai Phang Nga
Highest attendance	10,800 Nara United 1–0 Surat Thani (23 July 2016)
Lowest attendance	100 Nakhon Si Heritage 0–3 Nara United (4 June 2016)
← 2015 (T4)2017 →

2016 Regional League Division 2 Southern Region is the 8th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the third tier of the Thai football league system.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Relegated clubs

Phuket were relegated from the 2015 Thai Division 1 League.

Renamed clubs

• Surat renamed Surat Thani.
• Satun United renamed Cadenza Satun United.

Relocated club

• Chumphon moved into the Western Region.

Returning clubs

Hat Yai is returning to the league after a 1-year Withdrawn.

Teams

Stadium and locations

Hat Yai

Nakhon Si Heritage

Nara United

Pattani

Phang Nga

Phattalung

Phuket

Ranong United

Cadenza Satun United

Surat Thani

Trang

Yala United

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Locations of the 2016 Regional League South Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Hat Yai	Hat Yai, Songkhla	Jiranakorn Stadium	25,000	[1]
Nakhon Si Heritage	Nakhon Si Thammarat	Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Stadium	4,744	[2]
Nara United	Narathiwat	Narathiwat Provincial Administrative Organization Stadium	?	[3]
Pattani	Pattani	Rainbow Stadium	?	[4]
Phang Nga	Phang Nga	Phang Nga Province Stadium	3,000	[5]
Phattalung	Phattalung	Phattalung Provincial Stadium	8,000	[6]
Phuket	Phuket	Surakul Stadium	15,000	[7]
Ranong United	Ranong	Ranong Province Stadium	7,212	[8]
Cadenza Satun United	Satun	Satun PAO. Stadium	4,671	[9]
Surat Thani	Surat Thani	Surat Thani Province Stadium	10,175	[10]
Trang	Trang	Trang City municipality Stadium	4,789	[11]
Yala United	Yala	Jaru Stadium	2,500	[12]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Surat Thani (C, Q)	22	13	6	3	33	21	+12	45	Qualification to Champions League Round and Promotion to Thai League Championship
2	Nara United (Q)	22	12	5	5	35	17	+18	41
3	Trang (P)	22	10	5	7	29	25	+4	35 [lower-alpha 1]	Promotion to Thai League Championship
4	Ranong United (P)	22	9	8	5	21	19	+2	35 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Pattani	22	10	4	8	39	25	+14	34 [lower-alpha 2]
6	Yala United	22	10	4	8	34	31	+3	34 [lower-alpha 2]
7	Satun United	22	8	8	6	31	26	+5	32
8	Phattalung	22	7	6	9	23	30	−7	27
9	Phuket	22	5	11	6	30	32	−2	26
10	Hat Yai	22	7	1	14	22	39	−17	22
11	Phang Nga	22	5	6	11	23	35	−12	21
12	Nakhon Si Heritage (R)	22	2	6	14	17	37	−20	12	Relegation to Thai Football Division 3

Source: Division 2
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. TRA 0–0 RAN ; RAN 2–3 TRA
2. PAT 3–0 YAL ; YAL 3–2 PAT

Results

Home \ Away	HAT	NAK	NAU	PAT	PHN	PHT	PHU	RAN	SAT	SUT	TRA	YAL
Hat Yai		2–1	0–4	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–3	3–2
Nakhon Si Heritage	0–1		0–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1
Nara United	3–2	4–0		1–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Pattani	3–0	3–1	0–1		1–0	2–0	3–1	6–2	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0
Phang Nga	0–1	4–2	3–4	2–2		2–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	0–0
Phattalung	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–2		2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–3
Phuket	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1		0–0	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–1
Ranong United	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	2–3	1–1
Satun United	3–1	3–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0		2–3	1–1	2–2
Surat Thani	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	4–4	1–1	2–0		3–1	2–1
Trang	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		4–1
Yala United	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	4–3	1–0	4–2	0–1	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2016. Source: Division 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 3 September 2016. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Elvis Job Pattani 15 2 Supot Jodjam Surat Thani 13 3 Ibrahim Dicko Nara United 9 Julius Chukwuma Satun United 5 Dimitri Carlos Zozimar Nara United 7 Yannick Tougessong Phang Nga 7 Miloš Galin Nara United 6 Cherif Mamy Phattalung Ouattara Zana Brahima Yala United Saibudin Da-oh Pattani Adison Nuhnas Trang Sukree Etae Phuket Sanou Oumar Ranong United

See also

• 2016 Thai Premier League
• 2016 Thai Division 1 League
• 2016 Regional League Division 2
• 2016 Thai FA Cup
• 2016 Thai League Cup
• 2016 Kor Royal Cup

References

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4. โก๋เลี๊ยบไม่แฮปปี้แม้คว้าชัย จวกลูกทีมต้องเล่นให้ดีกว่านี้ (in Thai).
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9. ผลฟุตบอล ดิวิชั่น 2 FT สตูลUTD - ภูเก็ต FC (in Thai). Archived from the original on March 30, 2017.
10. "สุราษฎร์ธานี เอฟซี" ส่งแข้งเกาหลีประเดิม "พังงา" (in Thai).
11. เดอะล๊อต ชี้สถานการณ์หลังชนฝา เกมฟัดหมอผีต้องสามแต้ม (in Thai).
12. โค้ชซี ลั่นลูกทีมพกความมั่นใจมายะลา เล่นหญ้าเทียมไม่ใช่ปัญหา (in Thai).

External links

• (in Thai) Division 2