| Season | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Provincial Electricity Authority |
| Relegated | Bangkok Bank Customs Department Royal Thai Army |
| 2009 AFC Champions League | PEA |
| 2009 AFC Cup | Chonburi |
| Top goalscorer | (BEC Tero Sasana) (20) |
| Biggest home win | Chula-Sinthana5-0Port Authority of Thailand |
| Biggest away win | Tobacco Monopoly1-4Krung Thai Bank Customs Department1-4Bangkok University Port Authority of Thailand2-5BEC Tero Sasana |
| Highest scoring | Chula-Sinthana6-2BEC Tero Sasana (8 goals) |
←2007 2009 → | |
The2008Thai Premier League had 16 teams. It was the twelfth since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 18 February 2008, and the season ended on 11 October 2008. Three teams would be relegated toThailand Division 1 League. The Champion in this season would qualify for theAFC Champions League 2009 qualification stage and the runner-up would be enter theAFC Cup 2009. The official name of the league at this time wasThailand Premier League.
Provincial Electricity Authority won their first championship after they moved their home stadium fromBangkok toAyutthaya, where they have a bigger fan base.
This season was the last for a grear team of Thai football,Bangkok Bank: the club were originally relegated after they were defeated byChonburi in the final match of the season, but folded before the start of the 2009 season.
Defending championsChonburi were pipped to the title after faltering against newly promotedSamut Songkhram in the second to last game of the season. Samut finished in a creditable seventh place, whileChula United who also impressed in their first season back in the top flight to finish eighth.
Customs Department FC, the other newly promoted club, were relegated in their first season.
† Chula-Sinthana changed to "Chula United" from August 2008 season
| Team | Location | Stadium[1][2][3][4] | Capacity | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok Bank | Bangkok | Bangkok Bank football field | ? | [5] |
| Bangkok University | Pathum Thani | Bangkok University Stadium (Rangsit) | 4,000 | |
| BEC Tero Sasana | Nong Chok,Bangkok | BEC Tero Sasana Nong Chok Stadium | ? | |
| Chula-Sinthana | Bangkok | Chulalongkorn University Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Chonburi | Chonburi | Chonburi Municipality Stadium | ? | |
| Coke-Bangpra | Chonburi | Chonburi Municipality Stadium | ? | |
| Customs Department | Min Buri,Bangkok | Kasem Bundit University Stadium (Rom Klao) | ? | |
| Krung Thai Bank | Bangkok | Chulalongkorn University Stadium | 20,000 | [6] |
| Nakhon Pathom | Nakhon Pathom | Sanam Chan Palace Sports Stadium | 6,000 | |
| Osotsapa M-150 | Bang Kapi,Bangkok | Klong Chan Sports Center | ? | |
| Port Authority of Thailand | Bangkok | Thai-Japanese Stadium | ? | |
| PEA | Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya Province Central Stadium | ? | |
| Royal Thai Army | Bangkok | Thai Army Sports Stadium | ? | |
| Samut Songkhram | Samut Songkhram | Samut Songkhram Province Stadium | ? | |
| Thailand Tobacco Monopoly | Samut Sakhon | Institute of Physical Education Samut Sakhon Stadium | ? | |
| TOT | Nonthaburi | Namkaejon Stadium | ? |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEC Tero Sasana | Sacked | February 2008 | 3rd | ||
| Customs Department | Resigned | July 2008 | Postseason (16th) | ||
| Thailand Tobacco Monopoly | Became manager ofThailand national under-20 football team | July 2008 | Postseason (12th) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PEA | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 61 | Champion and Qualification for the2009 AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Chonburi[a] | 30 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for the2009 AFC Cup |
| 3 | BEC Tero Sasana | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 55 | |
| 4 | Osotsapa M-150 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 51 | |
| 5 | TOT | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 50 | |
| 6 | Krung Thai Bank | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 46 | |
| 7 | Samut Songkhram[b] | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 43 | |
| 8 | Chula-Sinthana (Chula United)[b] | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 39 | |
| 9 | Nakhon Pathom | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 37 | |
| 10 | Bangkok University | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 35[c] | |
| 11 | Coke-Bangpra[b] | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 35[c] | |
| 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 | Club folded at end of season |
| 15 | Royal Thai Army | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 25 | Relegated |
| 16 | Customs Department[b] | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 20 |
| Home \ Away | PAT | PEA | CKB | CHS | CHO | ARM | TOT | BKB | KTB | NPA | BEC | TOB | BKU | CUS | SSK | OSO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Authority of Thailand | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Provincial Electricity Authority | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Coke-Bangpra | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Chula | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Chonburi | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Army | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| TOT | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| BKK Bank | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Krung Thai | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
| N Pathom | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| BEC tero | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Tobacco | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| BKK Univ | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Customs | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | |
| S Songkhram | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
| Osotsapa | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
The league champion wasPEA. It was the team's first title.
| Preceded by | Thai Premier League 2008 Provincial Electricity Authority | Succeeded by |