2025–26 Thai League 1

Thai League 1

Season	2025–26
Dates	15 August 2025 – 10 May 2026
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Thai League 1 will be the 9th season of Thai League 1 under its current name and the 29th season of top-flight Thai football professional league since its establishment in 1996. This league also known as BYD Sealion 6 League I due to the sponsorship deal with BYD Auto. The season is scheduled to begin on 15 August 2025 and will conclude on 10 May 2026.

Buriram United entered the season as the four-time defending champions, having won their 4th consecutive league title and 11th overall Thai top-flight football title in the previous season.

Overview

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

16 teams will compete in the league – the thirteen teams from previous season and three teams promoted from Thai League 2.

Teams promoted from Thai League 2

Chonburi and Ayutthaya United became the first two teams to be promoted on 26 April 2025 after winning their respective matches. Chonburi were also crowned champions by defeating Suphanburi 0–1 in an away match, while Ayutthaya United beat Bangkok 5–1. Kanchanaburi Power became the last team to be promoted after their win against Phrae United 4–5 on aggregate in promotion play-off match.

Chonburi returned to the top division after a one-season absence, while for Ayutthaya United and Kanchanaburi Power this was their first season in the top division in their history, respectively.

Teams relegated to Thai League 2

Khonkaen United became the first team to be relegated on 30 March 2025 after suffering a 0–5 defeat to Bangkok United. The result ended their time in the top division for 4 seasons.

Nakhon Pathom United became the second team to be relegated on 13 April 2025 after earning a 2–2 draw against Port. The result ended their time in the top division for 2 seasons.

Nongbua Pitchaya became the third and final team to be relegated after suffering a 1–2 defeat to Port and Rayong's win over Khonkaen United on 20 April 2025. These results meant that Nongbua Pitchaya only lasted one season in the top division and returned to the second division.

Teams

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.

To Thai League 1

Promoted from the Thai League 2

• Chonburi
• Ayutthaya United
• Kanchanaburi Power

From Thai League 1

Relegated to the Thai League 2

• Khonkaen United
• Nakhon Pathom United
• Nongbua Pitchaya

Teams by province

Rank	Province	Number	Teams
1	Pathum Thani	2	Bangkok United and BG Pathum United
2	Bangkok1	1	Port
	Buriram		Buriram United
	Chiang Rai		Chiangrai United
	Chonburi		Chonburi
	Kanchanaburi		Kanchanaburi Power
	Lamphun		Lamphun Warriors
	Nakhon Ratchasima		Nakhon Ratchasima
	Nonthaburi		Muangthong United
	Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya		Ayutthaya United
	Prachuap Khiri Khan		PT Prachuap
	Ratchaburi		Ratchaburi
	Rayong		Rayong
	Sukhothai		Sukhothai
	Uthai Thani		Uthai Thani

1. ^ Special administrative area.

Stadiums and locations

Lamphun

Ratchaburi

Kanchanaburi Power

Prachuap

Sukhothai

Chiangrai

Uthai Thani

Ayutthaya

Chonburi

Rayong

Nakhon RHM

Buriram

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Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Thai League 1

Muangthong

Port

BG Pathum &
Bangkok United

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Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Thai League 1 from Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2024–25 season
Ayutthaya United↑	Ayutthaya	Ayutthaya	6,000	Thai League 2 Runner-up
Bangkok United	Thanyaburi	True BG Stadium	15,114	Thai League 1 Runner-up
BG Pathum United	Thanyaburi	True BG Stadium	15,114	Thai League 1 Third place
Buriram United	Buriram	Chang Arena	32,600	Thai League 1 Champion
Chiangrai United	Ban Du	Singha Chiangrai	11,354	11th in Thai League 1
Chonburi↑	Chonburi	Chonburi	8,680	Thai League 2 Champion
Kanchanaburi Power↑	Kanchanaburi	Kleeb Bua Stadium	13,000	Promotion play-off winner
Lamphun Warriors	Lamphun	Lamphun Warriors Stadium	5,000	9th in Thai League 1
Muangthong United	Pak Kret	Thunderdome	15,000	6th in Thai League 1
Nakhon Ratchasima	Nakhon Ratchasima	80th Birthday	25,000	13th in Thai League 1
Port	Khlong Toei	Port Authority of Thailand	12,308	5th in Thai League 1
PT Prachuap	Prachuap Khiri Khan	Sam Ao	5,000	7th in Thai League 1
Ratchaburi	Ratchaburi	Ratchaburi	10,000	4th in Thai League 1
Rayong	Rayong	Rayong Province	7,500	12th in Thai League 1
Sukhothai	Sukhothai	Thalay Luang	9,500	10th in Thai League 1
Uthai Thani	Uthai Thani	Uthai Thani Province Stadium	4,477	8th in Thai League 1

↑	Promoted from the Thai League 2

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and coaches may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor
				Domestic	Continental	Other kit sponsor(s)
Ayutthaya United	Jugkrit Siriwattanasart		Ego Sport	Chang		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Bangkok United	Totchtawan Sripan	Everton	Adidas	True		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
BG Pathum United	Supachai Komsilp	Chanathip Songkrasin	Nike	Leo		List Front: Gomuc, Asset Wise, Euro Cake, Reparil Ice Spray Back: Stiebel Eltron, Yanmar Sleeves: Coca-Cola, Muang Thai Insurance, BG Sports Shorts: None
Buriram United	Osmar Loss	Narubadin Weerawatnodom	Made by club	Chang		List Front: Yamaha, Samart Back: Coca-Cola Sleeves: CP, Muang Thai Life Assurance, True, Dunlopillo Shorts: Toyo Tires
Chiangrai United	Miti Tiyapairat		Grand Sport	Singha		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Chonburi	Teerasak Po-on		FBT	Chang		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Kanchanaburi Power	Alongkorn Thong-Am		Warrix	Rabbit		List Front: Elera, UIH Back: mMILK Sleeves: KSL Shorts: None
Lamphun Warriors	Wanderley Junior			Chang		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Muangthong United	Rangsan Viwatchaichok	Tristan Do	Ego Sport	Yamaha		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Nakhon Ratchasima	Issara Sritaro		Volt	Mazda		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Port	Alexandre Gama	Tanaboon Kesarat	Mizuno			List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PT Prachuap	Sasom Pobprasert	Nattapon Malapun	Ari	PTG Energy		List Front: Chang, 2Gear Back: None Sleeves: Bendix, SSI Shorts: None
Ratchaburi	Worrawoot Srimaka	Jakkaphan Kaewprom	Ego Sport	Chang		List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Rayong	Jukkapant Punpee		Imane	WHA Group		List Front: None Back: WHA Group, VSK, IRPC, Gulf, Thai AirAsia, Origin Sleeves: SNC, Muang Thai Life Insurance, M-Dear, May Flower Shorts: None
Sukhothai	Aktaporn Chalitaporn		Warrix	Chang		List Front: CP Back: None Sleeves: Bangkok Airways, Reparil Ice Spray Shorts: None
Uthai Thani	Gino Lettieri		Warrix	GRC		List Front: Chang, G9 Gold, Princ Hospital Uthai Thani Back: Cosmogold Sleeves: None Shorts: None

1. ^ Interim.
2. ^ Apparel made by club.
3. ^ Apparel used on other competition.

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Lamphun Warriors	Alexandre Gama	End of contract	27 April 2025	Wanderley Junior	12 June 2025
Nakhon Ratchasima	Teerasak Po-on	Signed by Chonburi	29 April 2025	Issara Sritaro	30 May 2025
Uthai Thani	Miloš Joksić	End of contract	2 May 2025	Gino Lettieri	26 May 2025
Chonburi	Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul		4 May 2025	Teerasak Po-on	9 May 2025
Port	Choketawee Promrut	End of interim spell	7 May 2025	Alexandre Gama	1 June 2025
Muangthong United	Gino Lettieri	Signed by Uthai Thani	25 May 2025	Rangsan Viwatchaichok	28 May 2025
Kanchanaburi Power	Dusit Chalermsan	Appointed as technical director	16 June 2025	Alongkorn Thong-Am	16 June 2025

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Week	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment

Foreign players

Each team can register a maximum of seven foreign players and an unlimited number of players from the AFF member countries. However, only five foreign players and two AFF players are allowed in the line-up for each match.

• Players named in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Former players named in italics are players that were out of squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Players
Ayutthaya United	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Caíque	Diego Carioca	Eduardo Kau	Hwang Hyun-soo	Yashir Islame
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Dylan De Bruycker
Bangkok United	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Everton Gonçalves	Philipe Maia	Richairo Živković	Seia Kunori	Ilias Alhaft	Muhsen Al-Ghassani	Luka Adžić
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Pratama Arhan	Kyoga Nakamura
BG Pathum United	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Joel López Pissano	Slaviša Bogdanović	Matheus Fornazari	Nika Sandokhadze	Gakuto Notsuda	Tomoyuki Doi	Miloš Drinčić
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Takaki Ose	Phoutthavong Sangvilay	Jordan Emaviwe			Seydine N'Diaye Raniel
Buriram United	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Peter Žulj	Robert Žulj	Guilherme Bissoli	Robert Bauer	Fejsal Mulić	Goran Čaušić	Ko Myeong-seok
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Shayne Pattynama	Neil Etheridge	Ilhan Fandi			Lucas Crispim Robin González Filip Stojković Nemanja Nikolić Juan Ibiza
Chiangrai United	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Carlos Iury	Dudu	Gabriel Henrique	Hélio	Itsuki Enomoto	Lee Seung-won	Sim Seung-hyeon
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
Chonburi	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Jorge Fellipe	Queven	Jonathan Bolingi	Greg Houla	Lesley Ablorh	Oege-Sietse van Lingen	Abo Eisa
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Jefferson Tabinas	Kevin Ray Mendoza	Kike Linares
Kanchanaburi Power	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Mehdi Tahrat	Ewerton	Gerson Rodrigues	Mohamed Mara	Alain Oyarzun	Aboubakar Kamara
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Sergio Agüero	Diego Bardanca	John Lucero	Anumanthan Kumar	Ryhan Stewart
Lamphun Warriors	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Ralph	Willen	Charlie Clough	Aly Cissokho	Mohammed Osman	Peniel Mlapa
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Maung Maung Lwin	Oskari Kekkonen
Muangthong United	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Armin Gremsl	Willian Popp	Stefan Tsonkov	Richmond Darko	Nelson Orji	Emil Roback	Melvyn Lorenzen
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	John-Patrick Strauß	Michael Kempter				Batata Diego Reis
Nakhon Ratchasima	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Dennis Murillo	Wendel Matheus	Elson Hooi	Hirotaka Mita	Dejan Meleg	Nenad Lalić	Viti Martínez
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Bill Mamadou
Port	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Kaká Mendes	Lucas Tocantins	Matheus Lins	Matheus Pato	Brayan Perea	Rebin Sulaka	Noboru Shimura
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Asnawi Mangkualam	Michael Falkesgaard	Irfan Fandi
PT Prachuap	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Michel	Rodrigo Dias	Marcelo Djaló	Srđan Krstović	Aaron Samuel Olanare
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Nick Taylor	Adrian Ugelvik	Jesper Nyholm
Ratchaburi	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Negueba	Tana	Gabriel Mutombo	Ottman Dadoune	Njiva Rakotoharimalala	Jérémy Corinus
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Faiq Bolkiah	Jesse Curran	Ikhsan Fandi				Romain Habran Sidcley
Rayong	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	João Afonso	Júnior Batista	Stênio Júnior	Keven Alemán	Stefan Cebara	Hiromichi Katano	Veljko Filipović
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Manny Ott
Sukhothai	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Cláudio	Elias	Gildo	Mateusinho	Romeu Martins	Eito Ishimoto	John Baggio
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
Uthai Thani	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
	Bruno Baio	Chigozie Mbah	Mohamed Eisa	Christian Gomis
	AFF Player 1	AFF Player 2	AFF Player 3	AFF Player 4	AFF Player 5	Unregistered Players	Former Players
	Soe Moe Kyaw

Foreign players by confederation

Foreign players by confederation
AFC	Brunei (1), Cambodia (2), Indonesia (3), Iraq (1), Japan (8), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (2), Oman (1), Palestine (1), Philippines (15), Singapore (8), South Korea (4), Syria (1)
CAF	Algeria (1), DR Congo (1), Ghana (2), Guinea (1), Guinea-Bissau (1), Madagascar (2), Mauritania (1), Nigeria (3), Senegal (1), Sudan (2), Togo (1), Uganda (1)
CONCACAF	Canada (2), Curacao (2), Martinique (1)
CONMEBOL	Argentina (1), Brazil (35), Colombia (1)
OFC
UEFA	Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Bulgaria (1), England (1), France (4), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Luxembourg (1), Montenegro (2), Netherlands (2), Serbia (6), Spain (3), Sweden (1)

Dual citizenship/heritage players

• Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Player's name in italics indicates Overseas Thai players whom have obtained an Thailand passport and citizenship, therefore being considered as local players.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9
Ayutthaya United
Bangkok United	Manuel Bihr 2 3	Philip Frey 2	Shunta Hasegawa 2	Wichan Inaram 2
BG Pathum United	Marco Ballini 2 3	Surachat Sareepim 2 3	Patrik Gustavsson 2 3
Buriram United	Maxx Creevey 2	Kenny Dougall 2	Leon James 2	Phumin Boers 2	Athit Berg 2 3
Chiangrai United	Gionata Verzura 2
Chonburi
Kanchanaburi Power
Lamphun Warriors	Nont Muangngam 2
Muangthong United	Tristan Do 2 3
Nakhon Ratchasima	Ernesto Phumipha 2 3
Port	Caelan Tanadon Ryan 2	Kevin Deeromram 2 3
PT Prachuap	Phon-Ek Jensen 2	Saranyu Plangwal 2
Ratchaburi	Jonathan Khemdee 2 3	Thanawat Suengchitthawon 2 3
Rayong	Parkin Harape 2
Sukhothai	Adisak Seebunmee 2	Yannick Nussbaum 2
Uthai Thani	Alexander Gountounas 2	Charalampos Charalampous 2	Danai Smart 2	James Beresford 2 3	Chakkit Laptrakul 2 3	Jonas Schwabe 2	Ben Davis 2 3	William Weidersjö 2	Denis Darbellay 2

Notes:

^2 Carrying Thai heritage.

^3 Capped for Thailand.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ayutthaya United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Bangkok United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	BG Pathum United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the AFC Champions League Two group stage
4	Buriram United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Chiangrai United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chonburi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Kanchanaburi Power	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lamphun Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Muangthong United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Nakhon Ratchasima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Port	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	PT Prachuap	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Ratchaburi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Rayong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Thai League 2
15	Sukhothai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Uthai Thani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 15 August 2025. Source: Thai League 1 2025–26
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored.

Results

Fixture and result

Home \ Away	AYU	BKU	BGP	BRU	CRU	CHO	KBP	LWR	MTU	NRM	POR	PTP	RBM	RAY	SUK	UTT
Ayutthaya United
Bangkok United
BG Pathum United
Buriram United									a
Chiangrai United
Chonburi
Kanchanaburi Power
Lamphun Warriors
Muangthong United				a
Nakhon Ratchasima
Port
PT Prachuap
Ratchaburi
Rayong
Sukhothai
Uthai Thani

First match(es) will be played: 2025. Source: Thai League 1 2025–26
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Attendances

Overall

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Ayutthaya United	0	0	0	0	n/a†
2	Bangkok United	0	0	0	0	n/a†
3	BG Pathum United	0	0	0	0	n/a†
4	Buriram United	0	0	0	0	n/a†
5	Chiangrai United	0	0	0	0	n/a†
6	Chonburi	0	0	0	0	n/a†
7	Kanchanaburi Power	0	0	0	0	n/a†
8	Lamphun Warriors	0	0	0	0	n/a†
9	Muangthong United	0	0	0	0	n/a†
10	Nakhon Ratchasima	0	0	0	0	n/a†
11	Port	0	0	0	0	n/a†
12	PT Prachuap	0	0	0	0	n/a†
13	Ratchaburi	0	0	0	0	n/a†
14	Rayong	0	0	0	0	n/a†
15	Sukhothai	0	0	0	0	n/a†
16	Uthai Thani	0	0	0	0	n/a†
	League total	0	0	0	0	n/a†

Source: Thai League 1 2025–26
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in Thai League 2

Home match played

As of future

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
Ayutthaya United
Bangkok United
BG Pathum United
Buriram United
Chiangrai United
Chonburi
Kanchanaburi Power
Lamphun Warriors
Muangthong United
Nakhon Ratchasima
Port
PT Prachuap
Ratchaburi
Rayong
Sukhothai
Uthai Thani
League total																0

Source: Thai League 1 2025–26

See also

• 2025–26 Thai League 2
• 2025–26 Thai League 3
• 2025 Thailand Semi-pro League
• 2025 Thailand Amateur League
• 2025–26 Thai FA Cup
• 2025–26 Thai League Cup
• 2025 Thailand Champions Cup

External links

• Official website