The 2002-03

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had 10 teams. Two clubs would be relegated and 2 teams promoted from

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. The team that finished in 8th position would play in a relegation play-off. The official name of the league at this time was GSM Thai League.

Krung Thai Bank Krungthai Bank ( th, ธนาคารกรุงไทย; ), officially Krungthai Bank Public Company Limited, and sometimes known by its initials KTB, is a state-owned bank under license issued by the Ministry of Finance (Thailand), Ministry ...

won their first ever Thai Premier League title and their 5th major title at the time.

Member clubs

Bangkok Bank Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited ( th, ธนาคารกรุงเทพ, Royal Thai General System of Transcription, RTGS: Thanakhan Krung Thep) is one of the largest commercial banks in Thailand. Its branch network includes over 1,165 ...

Bangkok Christian College Bangkok Christian College (BCC)( th, โรงเรียนกรุงเทพคริสเตียนวิทยาลัย) is a private boys' school in the financial district of Si Lom, Bangkok. The school has a longstanding reputation ...

(''promoted from Division 1'') * BEC Tero Sasana * Sinthana *

* Osotsapa M-150 *

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Royal Thai Air Force "Royal Thai Air Force March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 9 April 1937 (Royal Thai Air Force Day) , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles ...

Thailand Tobacco Monopoly The Tobacco Authority of Thailand ( th, การยาสูบแห่งประเทศไทย; ) (TOAT), is a Thai state enterprise and the sole legal entity permitted to produce tobacco products in the country, mostly cigarettes. It wa ...

* TOT

Final league table

Queen's Cup

Osotsapa won and retained the 30th edition of the

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. They defeated TOT 1-0 in the final.

Asian Representation

* In a revamped

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, BEC Tero Sasana would surprise the whole of Asia and bring back past glories not seen since

Thai Farmers Bank Kasikornbank ( th, ธนาคารกสิกรไทย, , Teochew: Khai-thài Ngîng-hâng, , stylised in all caps), often stylised as KBank and formerly known as the Thai Farmers Bank is a banking group in Thailand. KBank was establishe ...

in the mid 1990s and would reach the final of the Champions League where they would come runners up to UAE side

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. On their way to the final BEC would claim victories over old Japanese rivals

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of China,

Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club (Korean 대전 하나 시티즌 축구단) is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 19 ...

of South Korea and Uzbekistan side

Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...

. * This was also the first time that two Thai clubs would enter the Champions League. Osotsapa would also take part but would find the going tough and would crash out in embarrassing circumstances in the group stage. * BEC Tero Sasana would also take part in the newly formed

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to be held in

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against the best of the rest of the ASEAN and SAFF region. Here they made the final but got beat by Indian side

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Annual awards

Coach of the Year

* Narong Suwannachote -

Player of the year

* Khampee Pintapol -

Top scorer

Sarayoot Chaikamdee Sarayuth Chaikamdee ( th, ศรายุทธ ชัยคำดี; born September 24, 1981), simply known as Joe ( th, โจ้), is a Thai retired professional footballer who previously played for Pisico Bình Định in the V-League. He ...

12 Goals

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Champions

The league champion was

References

Thailand 2002-03
RSSSF

External links

Official Website
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Thai League The Thai League 1 ( th, ไทยลีก 1), often referred to as T1, is the top level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai League 2. Seasons run from August ...

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