Johnnie Walker Thailand Soccer League 1996/97 NB: first ever edition (known results) 17- 8-96 Army 2-1 Thai Farmers Bank Air Force 2-1 Krung Thai Bank Osotspa 1-1 Navy Rajvithi 2-1 Singha-Thamrongthai 18- 8-96 Stock Exchange 1-0 Port Authority TOT 0-1 Sinthana 18- 9-96 Stock Exchange 3-0 Sinthana FC Bangkok Bk. of Commerce 3-2 Rajvithi FC Bangkok Bank 1-0 Port Authority FC Osotspa 2-1 Singha-Thamrongthai Air Force 1-0 Thai Farmers Bank 6-10-96 Air Force 4-3 Port Authority Osotspa 0-0 Thai Farmers Bank Rajvithi 4-3 Police Army 2-1 UCOM Rajpracha Stock Exchange 1-0 Singha Tero-Sasana 4-11-96 Thai Farmers Bank 1-0 Telephone Organisation abandoned after 65 mins. 10-11-96 Tobacco Monopoly 4-0 Singha-Thamrongthai 29-10-96 Singha-Tero-Sasana 1-1 Telephone Organisation [league was interrupted from Oct 30-Jan 3] 8-1-97 Singha-Thamrongthai 1-1 Rajvithi Sinthana FC 2-0 Krung Thai Bank UCOM-Rajpracha 1-1 Osotspa Tobacco Monopoly 1-1 Port Authority Telephone Organisation 1-1 Bangkok Bank 9- 1-97 Thai Farmers Bank 2-1 Police Bangkok Bank 0-0 Telephone Organisation Sinthana FC 3-0 Royal Thai Air Force Tero-Sasana 2-1 Royal Thai Navy 11- 1-97 Bangkok Bank 0-0 Police Port Authority 3-1 Navy Monopoly Tobacco 1-0 BB of Commerce Rajvithi Agfatech 2-1 Krung Thai Bank 23/25- 1-97 Telephone Org. 6-0 Singha-Thamrongthai abandoned Port Authority 3-1 Rajvithi-Agfatech Navy 0-0 Police Bangkok Bank 1-0 Army Thai Farmers Bank 1-0 Navy Telephone Org. 0-0 Port Authority 30- 1-97 Bangkok Bank 2-0 Navy Telephone Org. 4-1 Police Stock Exchange 4-1 Rajvithi 1- 2-97 Telephone Organisation 5-1 Singha-Thamrongthai Singha-Tero Sasana 1-0 Rajvithi Final Table: 1.Thai Farmers Bank 34 18 10 6 56-25 64 [TFB] 2.Telephone Organization of Thailand 34 17 11 6 61-35 62 [TOT] 3.Bangkok Bank 34 17 11 6 54-34 62 [BBL] 4.Stock Exchange of Thailand 34 17 9 8 59-31 60 [SET] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.UCOM-Rajpracha 34 16 12 6 62-36 60 6.Sinthana 34 17 6 11 45-45 57 7.Royal Thai Air Force 34 14 12 8 60-50 54 [RTAF] 8.Royal Thai Army 34 14 12 8 60-50 54 9.Royal Thai Navy 34 13 12 9 44-29 51 10.Police 34 13 11 10 53-39 50 11.Port Authority of Thailand 34 9 14 11 44-39 41 [PAT] 12.Singha Tero Sasana 34 9 14 11 37-44 41 -------------------------------------------------------------- 13.Thailand Tobacco Monopoly 34 7 14 13 37-44 35 [aka Yasoob] 14.Osotspa 34 8 10 16 41-73 34 15.Bangkok Bank of Commerce 34 7 11 16 34-47 32 [BBC] 16.Rajvithi-Agfatech 34 8 8 18 43-71 32 17.Krung Thai Bank 34 5 9 20 32-54 24 [KTB] 18.Singha-Thamrongthai 34 1 6 27 26-111 9 NB: total GD -5 (mistake with RTAF?) Top 4 qualified for championship playoffs Championship Playoffs Semifinals [Feb 23, 1997] Stock Exchange 2-0 Thai Farmers Bank Bangkok Bank 3-2 Telephone Organisation Final [Mar 16, 1997] Bangkok Bank 2-0 Stock Exchange of Thailand NB: The league will be reduced in size to consist of only 12 teams for season 1997. The competiting clubs will be: Bangkok Bank, Stock Exchange of Thailand, Thai Farmers Bank Bank, Telephone Organisation of Thailand, Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Air Force, Sinthana, UCOM- Rajpracha, Royal Thai Navy, Port Authority of Thailand Tero-Sasana and Police. Another six teams, who failed to make it into the top 12 elite, Tobacco Monopoly, Osotspa, Bangkok Bank of Commerce, Rajvithi, Krungthai Bank and Thamrongthai will join the top four teams from the old second division - Rayong, Samut Prakan, Royal Household Bureau and Bank for Agriculture and Co-Operatives - to make up a new second tier. It was also confirmed that there will be no play-offs for the championship this year and just one team will go either down to the Second Division and up to the first. However, the second bottom team in the top division will have to face the second placed team in the second division to decide who takes up a place in the top 12 next year.
Prepared and maintained by Josef Bobrowsky and Ian King for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Josef Bobrowsky
and Ian King
Last updated: 22 Jan 2009
(C) Copyright Josef Bobrowsky, Ian King and RSSSF 1999/2009
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper
acknowledgement is given to the authors. All rights reserved.