Regional League Northern Region

Regional League Northern Region

Founded	2009
Folded	2017
Country	Thailand
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Regional League Division 2
Domestic cup(s)	Thai FA Cup Thai League Cup
Last champions	Nongbua Pitchaya (2016)
Website	http://www.d2.in.th
Current: 2016

Regional League Northern Region is the 3rd Level League in Thailand. It was formed in 2009 along with other four other regional leagues, all playing at the same level. The winner of each regional league enter the Regional League Championships to determine the three teams that will receive promotion to the Thai Division 1 League.

League History

Formed in 2009, 11 clubs applied to be part of the new setup; Chainat, Chiangmai United, Chiangrai United, Kamphaeng Phet, Phetchabun, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak and Uttaradit.

Chiangmai United and Phitsanulok were the only two teams with previous experience in the Thai football league system.

Chiangrai United led the league from start to finish and duly won the first championship by 14 points.

Timeline

Year	Important Events	Participating Clubs
2009	1st ever Regional League North-East starts. 4 clubs entered the FA Cup	11
2010	League expanded to 16 clubs	16

Championship History

#	Season	Winner	Runner Up	Third Place
1	2009	Chiangrai United	Phichit	Chainat
2	2010	Chiangmai	Chainat	Phichit
3	2011	Phitsanulok	Lamphun Warrior	Phichit
4	2012	Chiangmai	Phitsanulok	Paknampho NSRU F.C.
5	2013	Chiangmai	Phitsanulok	Sukhothai
6	2014	Sukhothai	Phichit	Phayao
7	2015	Lampang	Chiangrai City	Phrae United
8	2016	Nongbua Pitchaya	Kamphaeng Phet	Phrae United

Member clubs

Club	Province	Years
Chainat	Chainat	2009–2010
Chiangmai	Chiangmai	2009–2010, 2012–2013
Chiangrai United	Chiang Rai	2009
Kamphaeng Phet	Kamphaeng Phet	2009–present
Phetchabun	Phetchabun	2009–present
Phichit	Phichit	2009–2014
Phitsanulok	Phitsanulok	2009–2013, 2015–present
Phrae United	Phrae	2009–present
Sukhothai	Sukhothai	2009–2014
Tak	Tak	2009–2014
Uttaradit	Uttaradit	2009–present
Lampang	Lampang	2010–2015
Nakhon Sawan	Nakhon Sawan	2010–present
Phayao	Phayao	2010–present
Singburi	Singburi	2010–2012, 2015–present
Uthai Thani	Uthai Thani	2010–present
Lamphun Warrior	Lamphun	2011–present
Nan	Nan	2011–present
Paknampho NSRU	Nakhon Sawan	2012
Lopburi	Lopburi	2015–present
Tak City	Tak	2015–present