2016 Regional League Division 2 North Eastern Region

Regional League North Eastern Region
Season	2016
Champions	Udon Thani
Relegated	Nakhon Phanom
Matches played	182
Goals scored	464 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bouba Abbo; (12 Goals)
Biggest home win	Surin City 5–0 Nakhon Phanom; (29 May 2016)
Biggest away win	Mukdahan Lamkhong 0–7 Nong Khai; (11 June 2016)
Highest scoring	Mahasarakham 5–4 Nong Khai; (24 July 2016)
Longest winning run	Ubon Ratchathani 6 matches; (11 June 2016-23 July 2016)
Longest unbeaten run	Ubon Ratchathani 13 matches; (7 May 2016-23 July 2016)
Longest winless run	Nakhon Phanom 19 matches; (8 May 2016-24 August 2016)
Longest losing run	Mukdahan Lamkhong 5 matches; (1 June 2016-2 July 2016); Nakhon Phanom 5 matches; (5 June 2016-9 July 2016); Nong Khai 5 matches; (10 July 2016-3 August 2016); Nakhon Phanom 5 matches; (3 August 2016-24 August 2016)
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2016 Regional League Division 2 North Eastern Region is the 8th season of the League competition since its establishment in 2009. It is in the third tier of the Thai football league system. The league winners and runners up will qualify for the 2016 Regional League Division 2 champions league round.

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted clubs

Khonkaen United and Ubon UMT United were promoted to the 2016 Thai Division 1 League.

Returning clubs

Yasothon is returning to the league after a 2-year break.

Moved clubs

Loei City and Nong Bua Pitchaya were moved to the Northern Region.
Chaiyaphum were moved to the Central Region.

Stadium and locations

Sakon Nakhon Muangthai

Locations of the 2016 Regional League North Eastern Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Amnat Poly United	Amnat Charoen	Amnat Charoen Province Stadium	2,500	^[1]
Kalasin	Kalasin	Kalasin Town municipality Stadium	2,580	^[2]
Khonkaen	Khon Kaen	50 years Khon Kaen University Stadium	8,000	^[3]
Mahasarakham	Maha Sarakham	Mahasarakham Province Stadium	3,171	^[4]
Mukdahan Lamkhong	Mukdahan	Mukdahan Province Stadium	5,000	^[5]
Nakhon Phanom	Nakhon Phanom	Nakhon Phanom Province Stadium	4,477	^[6]
Nong Khai FT	Nong Khai,	Nong Khai Province Stadium	4,500	^[7]
Roi Et United	Roi Et	Roi Et Province Stadium	3,066	^[8]
Sakon Nakhon Muangthai	Sakon Nakhon	Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University Stadium	?	^[9]
Sisaket United	Sisaket	Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium	9,000	^[10]
Surin City	Surin	Sri Narong Stadium	5,673	^[11]
Ubon Ratchathani	Ubon Rachathani	Ubon Rachathani Sports School Stadium	2,945	^[12]
Udon Thani	Udon Thani	Udon Thani Rajabhat University Stadium	3,500	^[13]
Yasothon	Yasothon	Yasothon Province Stadium	2,500	^[14]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Udon Thani (C, Q)	26	18	4	4	55	17	+38	58	Qualification to Champions League Round and Promotion to Thai League Championship
2	Ubon Ratchathani (Q)	26	15	8	3	47	28	+19	53
3	Kalasin (P)	26	15	2	9	39	30	+9	47	Promotion to Thai League Championship
4	Khon Kaen (P)	26	12	8	6	40	26	+14	44
5	Amnat Poly United (P)	26	12	6	8	31	21	+10	42
6	Mahasarakham	26	11	7	8	40	36	+4	40
7	Sakon Nakhon	26	10	5	11	35	41	−6	35^[a]
8	Roi Et United	26	9	8	9	25	33	−8	35^[a]
9	Nong Khai FT	26	8	10	8	38	37	+1	34
10	Sisaket United	26	8	9	9	35	36	−1	33
11	Yasothon	26	6	8	12	19	31	−12	26
12	Surin City	26	5	7	14	19	33	−14	22
13	Mukdahan Lamkhong	26	4	4	18	16	47	−31	16
14	Nakhon Phanom (R)	26	2	8	16	25	48	−23	14	Relegation to Thai Football Division 3

Source: Division 2 North-East
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b SKN 0–0 ROI ; ROI 1–3 SKN

Results

Home \ Away	APU	KAL	KHK	MAH	MUK	NPN	NKH	ROI	SKN	SKU	SUR	UBR	UDT	YAS
Amnat Poly United		3–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1
Kalasin	2–1		2–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	4–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1
Khon Kaen	1–1	1–1		3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0
Mahasarakham	1–2	5–2	1–0		0–0	4–0	5–4	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–5	0–2
Mukdahan Lamkhong	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–2		1–3	0–7	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–4	0–1
Nakhon Phanom	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–1		3–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–0
Nong Khai FT	1–4	1–4	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–2		2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–1
Roi Et United	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1		1–3	3–2	1–0	1–5	2–2	1–1
Sakon Nakhon	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–0		4–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–2
Sisaket United	0–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	5–3		1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0
Surin City	0–0	1–4	0–3	0–0	2–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–4	1–3	1–0
Ubon Ratchathani	0–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	3–2	3–3	3–2		1–1	1–0
Udon Thani	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		3–0
Yasothon	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–5	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2016. Source: Division 2 North-East
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 28 August 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bouba Abbo	Ubon Ratchathani	12
2	Thanapol Srithong	Khonkaen	10
3	Natthaphat Somsri	Udon Thani	9
	Decha Sirifong	Sakon Nakhon
	Manuschai Phupaisit	Mahasarakham
6	Arboubacar Sanogo	Yasothon	7
	Takaya Sugasawa	Nakhon Phanom
	Kittipong Wongma	Udon Thani
	Rachanon Srinork	Udon Thani
10	Bernard Henri	Udon Thani	6
	Traore Ibrahima	Mahasarakham
	Seiya Kojima	Khonkaen
	David Srangnanaok	Kalasin