Khǒr Royal Cup ( Thai : ถ้วยพระราชทานประเภท ข.; ถ้วย ข. ), known as the Noi Cup ( ถ้วยน้อย ) until 1963, was a part of the Thai football league system , founded by the Football Association of Thailand in 1916.
6-580: Khǒr Royal Cup was the second-highest level of the Thai football league system from 1916 to 1995. The Khǒr Royal Cup was downgraded to the third-tier tournament in 1996, replaced by the Thai Division 1 League . In 2006, the tournament was further downgraded to the fourth-tier of Thai football due to the proposed merger of the Provincial League and Thai Premier League into one entity. In 2016,
12-558: Is sponsored by Muang Thai Life Assurance and Muang Thai Insurance and therefore officially known as the Muang Thai League . Champion, runner up and teams ranked 3rd – 6th qualified in play off for last spot in top tier promoted to Thai League 1 at the end of the season, whilst three are relegated to Thai League 3 . For the 2008 season, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) reduced the number of teams in
18-470: The Khǒr Royal Cup was combined with Khor Royal Cup and Ngor Royal Cup into Regional League Division 3 , and the tournament's cup become a trophy for Thai Division 1 League. Each season or edition of the tournament was populated by clubs from its previous season which were neither promoted nor relegated, joined by the best four clubs promoted from the previous season of Khor Royal Cup . The first round
24-664: The field; the final match of the 2015 Khǒr Royal Cup wasn't held, and Institute of Physical Education Samut Sakhon Campus automatically won the tournament, while Sena municipality qualified as the runner-up. Thai Division 1 League Thai League 2 ( Thai : ไทยลีก 2 ), commonly known as the T2 , formally called Thai Division 1 League , is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system . Seasons typically run from August to May, with each team playing 34 games : two against each other team, one home and one away. It
30-460: The league to 16 teams. Previously there had been two groups of 12 clubs. For the 2011 season the number of teams was increased to 18 teams, The Thai Division 1 League is a season run from March to October, with teams playing 34 games each totalling 306 games in the season. In 2016, the Khǒr Royal Cup became a trophy for Thai Division 1 League. In 2017 the Football Association of Thailand changed
36-615: Was a group stage, with clubs divided into groups of 3 or 4 clubs. The winners and the runners-up of each group qualified to the knock-out stage. The finalists of the tournament were promoted to Regional League Division 2 for the following season, while the clubs which withdrew themselves from the tournament were relegated to Khor Royal Cup and Ngor Royal Cup for the following season. Rangsit University Bank for agriculture and agricultural co-operatives Note 1: Both semi-finalists, Air Technical Training School and Pak Chong Sport School, were disqualified due to sending illegal players to
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