2013 Thai League Division 1 (known as Yamaha League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the 16th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the

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. A total of 18 teams will compete in the league this season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Division 1

Promoted to

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Suphanburi Suphan Buri () is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand. It covers ''tambon'' Tha Philiang and parts of ''tambons'' Rua Yai and Tha Rahat, all within the Mueang Suphan Buri District. As of 2006 it had a population of 26,656. The tow ...

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Relegated to

Regional League Division 2 Thai League 4 (), commonly known as the T4, was the fourth level association football league in Thailand. In 2009, it was divided into five groups by geographic region. Each group contained 16 clubs except for the Southern Region group which con ...

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* JW Rangsit * Raj Pracha *

Chanthaburi Chanthaburi (, ) is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in the east of Thailand, on the banks of the Chanthaburi River. It is the capital of the Chanthaburi Province and the Mueang Chanthaburi District. The town covers the two ''tambons'' Talat an ...

To Division 1

Relegated from

* BBCU * Singhtarua * TTM Chiangmai Promoted from

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Rayong Rayong (, ) is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province. It covers tambons Tha Pradu and Pak Nam and parts of ''tambons'' Choeng Noen and Noen Phra, all within Mueang Rayong dist ...

* Rayong United *

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Renamed Clubs

* TTM Chiangmai renamed TTM Lopburi. * after tree game TTM Lopburi renamed TTM.

Expansion Clubs

* Nakhon Pathom United

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per DIV1 team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Annual awards

Player of the Year

*Goalkeeper of the Year –

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*Defender of the Year –

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*Midfielder of the Year – Sarach Yooyen *Striker of the Year – Lee Tuck

Coach of the Year

The Coach of the Year was awarded to Narasak Boonkleng.

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot was awarded to Leandro de Oliveira da Luz.

References

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