Krung Thai Bank become BG FC Sport

KTB have been bought out by Bangkok Glass and official been registered as BG FC Sport.

Thanks to Nigb and his new Thai football blog http://thaileague.spaces.live.com/

Report is also sourced here, if you can read Thai http://www.thairath.co.th/news.php?section=sports&content=120643

Now, they are registered as BG FC Sport, but have they chanegd name to that or is that just the holding company?

2009 King's Cup Results

Semi Final Results

Denmark League XI 1 - 0 North Korea
Thailand 2 - 1 Lebanon

3/4 Place Matchup

Lebanon 1 - 0 North Korea

Final

Denmark League XI 2 - 2 Thailand

Denmark won 5-3 on penalties

Goalscorers

2 goals

Sutee Suksomkit (Thailand)

1 goal

Søren Rieks (Denmark)
Danny Olsen (Denmark)
Ken Ilsø (Denmark)
Mahmoud El Ali (Lebanon)
Abbas Ahmed Atwi (Lebanon)
Teerasil Dangda (Thailand)
Suchao Nutnum (Thailand)

Thailand 2 - 2 Denmark

Ok, 2-2 draw against a 2nd string, maybe even 3rd string Danish side.

Defeated 5-3 on penalties, which allowed Denmark to lift the King's Cup. It seem's, we just don't have that bit of luck.

Squad list tomorrow.....

KBT Bought Out??

Rumour has it, Krung Thai Bank have been bought out by Bangkok Glass!

So, name change on the cards?

Thai football is certainly having a makeover this year. We have rumoured changes to Division 2 and the fall of Bangkok Bank and Coke-Bangpra. The emergenece of Pattaya United.

PEA are looking to change name and Muang Thong United have bought practcially every decent player. Add to previous name changes aswell for Muang and Chula, it's certainly all go

Now KTB are selling to BKK Glass.

Is all this true? I guess no one will really know unti lthe first game of the season.

Queens Cup Makes a Come Back

Queen's Cup is making a come back this year after a two year absence, thanks to the gossip going around the Thai Football forum.

Royal Thai Navy were the last winners of the tournement in 2006.

So the basics:

• 20 teams have been divided into 5 groups.
• All groups have a host team where the group games will be based around.
• Group winners enter the final phase
• Chonburi have a bye to the final phase
• First phase is played from 1st Feb - 8th Feb
• Final phase is played 13th Feb - 22nd Feb
• 3 foriegn sides will enter at the final phase

Group A: BEC, Port Authority, Raj Pracha, Pattaya United (Host)

Group B: Navy, Chula, Airforce, PEA (Host)

Group C: KTB, Tobacco Monopoly, Police, Samut Songkhram (Host)

Group D: TOT, Bangkok Uni, Army, Suphanburi (Host)

Group E: Ostsapa, Nakhon Pathom, Raj Vithi, Haaka (Host)

So a couple of questions after this draw:

What happens if PEA qualify for final phase and have clash with ACL?

Why have some clubs not bothered to enter? Is it just FAT selection, or do you have to register?

Who the hell are Haaka?

Why do we need foriegn sides to make the final phase at the expense of our Thai clubs? After all, clubs who will come over will more than likely be South Korean uni clubs

Other bits of gossip i've been picking up on the last few days are:

• PEA FC to change their name to Faifa-Ayutthaya (apparently already widely used amongest the Thais)
• Bangkok Bank to be bought out by Thai Gas

Thailand 2 - 1 Lebanon

King's Cup 2009

Semi Final

Thailand 2 - 1 Lebanon
Surakul Stadium, Phuket

Thailand Squad (Players Used)

THAILAND: Kosin Hathairatanakul, Kittisak Rawangpa, Suree Sukha, Patiparn Phetphun‎, Nataporn Phanrit, Natthapong Samana, Rangsan Viwatchaichok‎, Surat Sukha, Datsakorn Thonglao, Teerasil Dangda, Salahudin Arware‎, Ronnachai Rangsiyo, Suchao Nutnum, Pichitphong Choeichiu‎

Notes

Teerasil Dangda scored his 11th international goal

Suchao Nutnum scored his 6th international goal

Sutee Suksomkit went back to clubside Tampines Rovers, but will be ready for final game

Coach Peter Reid's record now stands at:

Played: 12
Won: 7
Drawn: 3
Lost: 2
Scored: 21
Conceded: 8

Thailand King's Cup Squad

22 man squad for the King's Cup:

Goalkeepers:

Kosin Hathairattanakool (Chonburi, 45 caps, 0 goals)
Kittisak Rawangpa (Osotsapa M-150, 43, 0)
Sivaruck Tedsungnoen (BEC, 4, 0)

Defenders:

Niweat Siriwong (BEC, 89, 3)
Nattaporn Phanrit (Muang Thong Utd, 43, 2)
Suree Sukha (Chonburi, 42, 2)
Natthaphong Samana (Chonburi, 25, 1)
Patiparn Phetphun (PEA, 12, 4)
Cholratit Jantakam (Chonburi, 10, 0)
Rangsan Viwatchaichok (PEA, 9, 0)
Panupong Wongsa (PEA, 2, 0)

Midfielders:

Datsakorn Thonglao (Hoang Anh Gia Lai, 58, 8)
Sutee Sukomskit (Tampines Rovers, 58, 14)
Pichitphong Choeichiu (KTB, 38, 2)
Suchao Nutnum (TOT, 36, 5)
Surat Sukha (Chonburi, 10, 0)
Arthit Sunthornpit (Chonburi, 7, 2)
Salahudin Arware (Muang Thong Utd, 4, 0)

Forwards:

Teerasil Dangda (Muang Thong Utd, 23, 10)
Ronnachai Rangsiyo (PEA, 10, 4)
Anon Sangsanoi (BEC, 7, 2)
Issarapong Lilakorn (Khon Kaen, 1, 0)


So, recalls for striker Lilakorn, defender Wongsa and goalkeeper Tedsungnoen.

I still feel that we are a bit light in the attacking areas and the basis of this squad will be used for the Iran match.

Under Coach Reid at the moment, he has always gone with much more experienced players for games with points at stake and slowly brought in young, inexpereinced lads for the friendly games. Don't be surprised to see Lilakorn and Aware used in both King's Cup matches.