Bangabandhu Cup

The national team have been invited to the Bangabandhu Cup to be held in October/November by hosts Bangladesh.

Other invited teams are: India, Qatar, UAE, Iran, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Myanmar.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=94643

FA Cup Results

1st Qualifying Round

Rose Asia Pathum Thani 1 - 2 Samut Prakan
Chankasem Rajabhat 1 - 0 Kasem Bundit Uni
Chainat 1-1(5-6) Nakhon Rachasima

You got to love the FA Cup, day one has produced a cup upset. Chankasem Rajabhat Uni defeated Kasem Bundit Uni who are one step higher than them.

Rose Asia nearly got their first ever win, they currently sit bottom of the Central and Eastern League and todays opponents Samut Prakan sit top of it. Samut won the earlier league meetign 3-0, but todays' FA Cup tie was much closer.

Korat, currently top of the North East League narrowly progressed winning their match on penalties against Chainat whom are 4th of the Northern League.

Tawan takes BEC Tero reins

BANGKOK – Former Thailand international Tawan Sripan has been named as head coach of inaugural AFC Champions League finalists BEC Tero Sasana, replacing Frenchman Christophe Larrouilh who becomes the team’s Technical Director.

Tawan (pictured with club President Brin Marcar) ended his playing career at BEC Tero Sasana after spells in Vietnam (Hoang Anh Gia Lai) and Singapore (the now-defunct Sembawang Rangers) and was previously on the coaching staff of the Thailand national team but the mercurial midfielder struggled to balance his role as an assistant to Peter Reid and continuing to play for the Fire Dragons.

BEC Tero will be hoping that Tawan, who was capped 145 times for his country, can reignite the Bangkok giants’ Thailand Premier League (TPL) campaign, with the club currently fifth in the table at the half-way stage.

The two-time league champions ended the first leg of the 2009 TPL season with a 4-1 loss to promoted side Muang Thong United and are currently eight points behind joint leaders Chonburi and Bangkok Glass.

BEC Tero resume their league campaign on July 26 when they entertain table-toppers Chonburi, pitting Tawan against good friend and former international team-mate Kiatisuk ‘Zico’ Senamuang, who recently led the Shark into the quarter-finals of this year’s AFC Cup with a 4-0 win over Indonesia’s PSMS Medan.

http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/member-association-news/301-asean-/24614-tawan-takes-bec-tero-reins

30 point safety net

Since 2007, we have had a 30 game season. This has proven, in order to stay up, you must get 30 points:

2007 final standings

12 Port Authority 30 9 9 12 36 43 -7 36
13 Suphanburi 30 9 8 13 37 45 -8 35
14 Thai Honda 30 7 8 15 26 38 -12 29
15 Royal Thai Navy (PR) 30 5 12 13 21 35 -14 27
16 Royal Thai Police (PR) 30 5 4 21 19 51 -32 19

2008 final standings

12 Tobacco Monopoly 30 7 12 11 20 25 -5 33
13 Port Authority 30 7 9 14 30 47 -17 30
14 Bangkok Bank 30 6 11 13 23 35 -12 29
15 Royal Thai Army 30 6 7 17 21 44 -23 25
16 Customs Department (PR) 30 5 5 20 18 39 -21 20

In order to survive, you must get about 8 victories.

In 2007, two promoted teams took the drop and in 2008, one team fell.

Fast forward to 2009 and again we could have another two newly promoted teams meet their fate:

12 Pattaya United 13 2 6 5 6 9 -3 12
13 Rajnavy Rayong (PR) 13 3 3 7 10 15 -5 12
14 Samut Songkhram 13 3 2 8 8 13 -5 11
15 Sriracha (PR) 13 2 3 8 8 15 -7 9
16 Chula United 13 1 5 7 10 26 -16 8

Regional League - Bangkok Region Standings

1 Kasem Bundit University 9 7 1 1 27 9 +16 22
2 Raj Pracha 8 7 1 0 16 4 +12 22
3 Raj-Vithi 9 5 1 3 22 12 +10 16
4 Bangkok Christian College 8 4 1 3 13 13 0 13
5 Bangkok Bravo 9 2 4 3 8 14 -6 10
6 Bangkok North Central ASSN 8 2 3 3 7 12 -5 9
7 Rangsit University 8 2 2 4 8 12 -4 8
8 Sarawitaya 9 2 2 5 9 15 -6 8
9 Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University 9 1 4 4 7 11 -4 7
10 Kasetsart University 9 0 3 6 9 24 -15 3

Regional League - South Standings

1 Narathiwat 7 5 2 0 15 5 +10 17
2 Satun 7 5 2 0 23 9 +14 17
3 Nakhon Si Thammarat 7 4 2 1 19 14 +5 14
4 Pattani 7 3 1 3 14 17 -3 10
5 Krabi 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 7
6 Phuket 7 1 1 5 6 13 -7 4
7 Phattalung 7 1 1 5 6 13 -7 4
8 Yala 6 1 0 5 3 12 -9 3

Regional League - Central / East Standings

1 Thai Summit 10 6 3 1 23 13 +10 21
2 Samut Prakan 10 5 4 1 15 9 +6 19
3 Ayutthaya 10 4 5 1 18 11 +7 17
4 Cha Choeng Sao 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17
5 Lopburi 10 4 3 3 14 12 +2 15
6 Singburi 10 4 3 3 14 15 -1 15
7 Saraburi 10 3 5 2 18 17 +1 14
8 Rayong 10 2 5 3 6 5 +1 11
9 Ratchaburi 10 1 6 3 11 10 +1 9
10 Prachuap Khiri Khan 10 0 8 2 8 10 -2 8
11 Nakhon Nayok 10 0 5 5 5 19 -14 5
12 Rose Asia Pathum Thani 10 0 3 7 7 22 -15 3