2015 Thai Premier League
The 2015 Thai Premier League was the 19th season of the Thai Premier League since its establishment in 1996. A total of 18 teams competed in the league. The season began on 14 February and finished on 13 December.
Buriram United were the defending champions, having won their Thai Premier League title the previous season. Nakhon Ratchasima, Saraburi and Navy entered as the three promoted teams.
Teams
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from the 2014 Thai Division 1 League.Police United, PTT Rayong, Songkhla United, Air Force Central and GSE Samut Songkhram were relegated to the 2015 Thai Division 1 League after finishing the 2014 season. They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2014 Thai Division 1 League champions Nakhon Ratchasima, runners-up Saraburi and third place Navy.
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Province | Stadium | Capacity | |
| Army United | Bangkok | Thai Army Sports Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Bangkok Glass | Pathumthani | Leo Stadium | 13,000 | |
| Bangkok United | Bangkok | Thai-Japanese Stadium | 10,320 | |
| BEC Tero Sasana | Bangkok | 72-years Anniversary Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Buriram United | Buriram | New I-Mobile Stadium | 32,600 | |
| Chainat Hornbill | Chainat | Khao Plong Stadium | 12,000 | |
| Chiangrai United | Chiangrai | United Stadium of Chiangrai | 15,000 | |
| Chonburi | Chonburi | Chonburi Stadium | 8,500 | |
| Muangthong United | Nonthaburi | SCG Stadium | 17,500 | |
| Nakhon Ratchasima | Nakhon Ratchasima | 80th Birthday Stadium | 28,000 | |
| Navy | Chonburi | Sattahip Navy Stadium | 12,500 | |
| Osotspa Samut Prakan | Samut Prakan | M Power Stadium | 4,100 | |
| Port | Bangkok | PAT Stadium | 12,308 | |
| Ratchaburi | Ratchaburi | Ratchaburi Province Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Saraburi | Saraburi | Saraburi PAO. Stadium | 6,000 | |
| Sisaket | Sisaket | Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Suphanburi | Suphanburi | Suphanburi Municipality Stadium | 25,000 | |
| TOT | Bangkok | TOT Stadium Chaeng Watthana | 5,000 |
Name changes
- Osotspa Saraburi renamed themselves to Osotspa Samut Prakan.
- Singhtarua renamed themselves to Port.
Stadium changes
- Osotspa Samut Prakan used the M Power Stadium in Samut Prakan, a change from the previous season where they used the Saraburi Stadium in Saraburi as their home ground in 2014.
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Army United |  Watcharakorn Antakhamphu | | Made by club | Chang |
| Bangkok Glass | Anurak Srikerd | | Nike | Leo Beer |
| Bangkok United |  Alexandré Pölking | | Ari | True |
| BEC Tero Sasana | | | FBT | FB Battery |
| Buriram United | Alexandre Gama | | Made by club | Chang |
| Chainat Hornbill | Issara Sritaro | Somjet Sattabud | Made by club | Wangkanai |
| Chiangrai United | | | Made by club | Leo Beer |
| Chonburi | Jadet Meelarp | | Nike | Chang |
| Muangthong United |  Dragan Talajić | | Grand Sport | SCG |
| Nakhon Ratchasima |  Sugao Kambe | | Grand Sport | Mazda |
| Navy | Stefano Cugurra | Nataporn Phanrit | Warrix | HR-Pro |
| Osotspa Samut Prakan | Kritsada Piandit | | Grand Sport | M-150 |
| Port | Masahiro Wada | | Joma | Muang Thai |
| Ratchaburi |  Josep Ferré |  Heberty | Kappa | Mitr Phol |
| Saraburi | Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok | | Kool | - |
| Sisaket | Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol | | Warrix | Muang Thai |
| Suphanburi | | | Warrix | Chang |
| TOT | Tewesh Kamonsin | | Pan | Kan Air |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ratchaburi | Ricardo Rodríguez | End of Contract | 1 November 2014 | Àlex Gómez | 1 November 2014 | |
| Chonburi | Masahiro Wada | End of Contract | 10 November 2014 | Jadet Meelarp | 13 November 2014 | |
| Chainat Hornbill | Jadet Meelarp | Signed by Chonburi | 13 November 2014 | T. Damrong-Ongtrakul | 13 November 2014 | |
| Bangkok Glass | Anurak Srikerd | Removed from position | 13 November 2014 | Ricardo Rodríguez | 13 November 2014 | |
| BEC Tero Sasana | Jose Alves Borges | End of Contract | 13 November 2014 |  Božidar Bandović | 13 November 2014 | |
| Port | Dusit Chalermsan | Resigned | 18 November 2014 | Somchai Chuayboonchum | 20 November 2014 | |
| Suphanburi |  Velizar Popov | End of Contract | 24 November 2014 | Sérgio Farias | 18 December 2014 | |
| Ratchaburi | Àlex Gómez | Resigned due to illness | 30 January 2015 | Josep Ferré | 31 January 2015 | |
| Port | Somchai Chuayboonchum | Resigned | 2 April 2015 | 15th | Paiboon Lertvimonrut | 2 April 2015 |
| Saraburi | Totchtawan Sripan | Resigned | 8 April 2015 | 18th |  Mika Lönnström | 14 April 2015 |
| BEC Tero Sasana | Božidar Bandović | Sacked | 9 May 2015 | 13th |  Kenny Shiels | 21 May 2015 |
| Army United |  Gary Stevens | Sacked | 15 May 2015 | 4th | Issara Sritaro | 17 May 2015 |
| Saraburi | Mika Lönnström | Resigned | 15 June 2015 | 18th | Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok | 1 July 2015 |
| Port | Paiboon Lertvimonrut | Sacked | 16 June 2015 | 14th | Gary Stevens | 16 June 2015 |
| Navy | Surasak Tungsurat | Sacked | 8 July 2015 | 17th | Arjhan Srong-ngamsub | 8 July 2015 |
| TOT | Somchai Subpherm | Sacked | 17 July 2015 | 18th | Apisit Kaikaew | 24 July 2015 |
| Port | Gary Stevens | Sacked | 27 July 2015 | 16th | Somchai Subpherm | 27 July 2015 |
| BEC Tero Sasana | Kenny Shiels | Sacked | 9 August 2015 | 14th |  Manuel Cajuda | 28 August 2015 |
| Suphanburi | Sérgio Farias | Resigned | 13 August 2015 | 6th | Worrawoot Srimaka | 13 August 2015 |
| Osotspa Samut Prakan | Stefano Cugurra | Sacked | 20 August 2015 | 10th | Kritsada Piandit | 25 August 2015 |
| Navy | Arjhan Srong-ngamsub | Resigned | 20 September 2015 | 17th | Stefano Cugurra | 22 September 2015 |
| TOT | Apisit Kaikaew | Sacked | 12 October 2015 | 18th | Tewesh Kamonsin | 12 October 2015 |
| Port | Somchai Subpherm | Resigned | 20 October 2015 | 17th | Masahiro Wada | 21 October 2015 |
| Army United | Issara Sritaro | Sacked | 22 October 2015 | 10th | Watcharakorn Antakhamphu | 23 October 2015 |
| Chainat Hornbill | T. Damrong-Ongtrakul | Resigned | 9 November 2015 | 14th | Issara Sritaro | 9 November 2015 |
| Bangkok Glass | Ricardo Rodríguez | Sacked | 24 November 2015 | 5th | Anurak Srikerd | 24 November 2015 |
| BEC Tero Sasana | Manuel Cajuda | Resigned | 1 December 2015 | 16th | Rangsan Vivatchaichok | 1 December 2015 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per TPL team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Asian Player | Former Player |
| Army United |  Alex | Raphael Botti |  Kai Hirano |  Zdenko Kaprálik |  Hassan Sunny |  Tangeni Shipahu  Melvin de Leeuw |
| Bangkok Glass | Goshi Okubo |  Darko Tasevski |  Aridane Santana | Toti |  Matt Smith | Lazarus Kaimbi |
| Bangkok United | Leandro Tatu |  Romain Gasmi |  Kalifa Cissé |  Dragan Boškovic |  Jaycee John |  Mike Temwanjera |
| BEC Tero Sasana |  Fodé Diakité | Ivan Bošković |  Dmitriy Gorbushin |  Greg Nwokolo |  Gilbert Koomson | |
| Buriram United | Diogo | Gilberto Macena | Jandson |  Andrés Túñez |  Go Seul-ki |  Kayne Vincent |
| Chainat Hornbill | Alex | Michaël Murcy | Jo Tae-Keun | Kazuto Kushida |  Brandon McDonald | |
| Chiangrai United | Fernando Abreu | Renan Marques | Renatinho | Keita Sugimoto | Kazuki Murakami | |
| Chonburi | Anderson | Juliano Mineiro | Leandro Assumpção | Thiago Cunha | Cho Byung-kuk | |
| Muangthong United | Cleiton Silva | Mario Gjurovski | Kim Dong-Jin | Naoaki Aoyama | ||
| Nakhon Ratchasima |  Lee Tuck |  Björn Lindemann | Dominic Adiyiah |  Noah Chivuta | Satoshi Nagano | |
| Navy | Rodrigo Vergilio | Vitor Júnior |  David Bayiha |  Anggello Machuca | Jun M. Davidson | Michael Cvetkovski  Georgie Welcome |
| Osotspa Samut Prakan | Addison Alves | Jeferson | Leandro | Anthony Moura | Victor Igbonefo | Diogo Rangel |
| Port |  Kayne Vincent | Lee Ho | David Rochela | Gorka Unda | Hironori Saruta | Brent McGrath Diarra Ali |
| Ratchaburi | Wander Luiz | Henri Jöel | Heberty | Genki Nagasato | Bruno Lopes Flavien Michelini  Andy Keogh | |
| Saraburi | Bernard Henri | Bireme Diouf | Sydney Urikhob |  Damian Bellón | Dai Min-Joo |  Guy Hubert |
| Sisaket | Victor Amaro |  Lyuben Nikolov |  Adefolarin Durosinmi | O. J. Obatola |  Mohsen Bayatinia | Gerasim Zakov |
| Suphanburi | André Luís | Márcio Rosário | Lee Seung-hee | Carmelo González | Sergio van Dijk | |
| TOT | Caihame | Bas Savage | Luciano Dompig | Lee Jun-Ki | Takahiro Kawamura |
- Former player are the players who were out of Thai League squad/left club in the mid-season transfer window.
Results
League table
Result table
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Diogo | Buriram United | 33 |
| 2 | Cleiton Silva | Muangthong United | 25 |
| 3 | Gilberto Macena | Buriram United | 21 |
| 4 | Mario Djurovski | Muangthong United | 20 |
| 5 | Thiago Cunha | Chonburi | 19 |
| 5 | Heberty | Ratchaburi | 19 |
| 7 | Alex | Chainat Hornbill | 17 |
| 8 |  Sergio van Dijk | Suphanburi | 14 |
| 9 |  Adefolarin Durosinmi | Sisaket | 13 |
| 9 |  Dragan Bošković | Bangkok United | 13 |
| 9 | Jakkapan Pornsai | Suphanburi | 13 |
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Theeraton Bunmathan | Buriram United | 19 |
| 2 | Jakkapan Pornsai | Suphanburi | 14 |
| 3 | Teerasil Dangda | Muangthong United | 13 |
| 4 | Mario Djurovski | Muangthong United | 12 |
| 5 | Gilberto Macena | Buriram United | 11 |
| 5 | André Luís | Suphanburi | 11 |
| 7 | Diogo | Buriram United | 10 |
| 7 | Cleiton Silva | Muangthong United | 10 |
| 9 | Sanrawat Dechmitr | Bangkok United | 9 |
| 9 | Chanathip Songkrasin | BEC Tero Sasana | 9 |
| 9 | Anawin Jujeen | Buriram United | 9 |