User:Gunkiet/sandbox/2025–26 Thai League 3 South
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 September 2025 – TBD |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → |
The 2025–26 Thai League 3 Southern Region is part of the 2025–26 Thai League 3 Regional Stage,[1] consisting of 10 clubs located in the southern region of Thailand. The season will commence on 13 September 2025, with clubs competing in a round-robin format featuring home-and-away matches. The Regional Stage will conclude on TBD, at which point the top two clubs will advance to the National Championship Stage, while the bottom-placed club will face relegation to the Thailand Semi-pro League for the following season. This stage reflects the growing enthusiasm for football in Thailand's southern provinces, where clubs from coastal and rural areas proudly represent their regions on a national level.
Seasonal Changes
[edit]The 2025–26 Thai League 3 season features a number of changes compared to the previous campaign. These include the promotion and relegation of clubs between divisions, several club renamings and rebrandings, and the introduction of a new title sponsor, BYD Auto, which rebranded the competition as the BYD Dolphin League III for sponsorship reasons.
Promotions from Thailand Semi-pro League
[edit]Normally, the champions of each of the six regional groups of the 2025 Thailand Semi-pro League would be promoted to the Thai League 3.[2] However, in the Western region, the champions, The Wall, failed club licensing and were denied promotion. As a result, only five regional champions earned direct promotion, with several additional clubs promoted under special quotas due to licensing issues and adjustments to balance the number of teams in each group. Clubs promotion in the Southern region:
- Samui United – promoted as regional champions.[3]
- Chumphon United – promoted as runners-up under a special quota, after Songkhla and Pattani were promoted to Thai League 2, and Phatthalung failed licensing, leaving three vacancies in the group.
Promotion to Thai League 2
[edit]Songkhla and Pattani achieved promotion to Thai League 2, having finished as the national runners-up and third place, respectively. Both clubs will be missed in this region, where they were top performers.
Club relegated due to club licensing failures
[edit]In addition to the regular relegations, one club was demoted from the Thai League 3 Southern region after failing to obtain a club licensing certificate for the 2025–26 season.
- Phatthalung – failed licensing and were relegated.
Club relegated due to finishing last in the region
[edit]Alongside the licensing-related relegations, one club was demoted from the Thai League 3 Southern region after finishing at the bottom of the respective regional leagues in the 2024–25 season.
- Yala City – relegated after finishing bottom in the Southern standings.
Sponsorship and Broadcasting
[edit]In the 2025–26 season, Thai League 3 will operate under a title sponsorship arrangement for the first time: BYD Auto (through BYD Rêver Thailand) has become the main sponsor for all three professional tiers in Thailand, including Thai League 3, rebranding it as the BYD Dolphin League III.[4]
On the broadcasting side, a landmark media rights deal was struck, giving AIS Play (in partnership with Gulf and JAS)[5] exclusive rights to stream all matches from Thai Leagues 1, 2, and 3, plus domestic cups and youth competitions for the 2025–26 through 2028–29 seasons.[6] Under this agreement, Thai League 3 matches can be watched live for free via AIS Play, and fans will no longer rely solely on individual clubs' streaming efforts (e.g., via YouTube or Facebook), as they did in previous seasons.
Club logo changes
[edit]1 club has changed its logo for the 2025–26 season of the Thai League 3 Southern region:
- Chumphon United, a newly promoted club from the Thailand Semi-pro League, has updated its logo by adopting a more dimensional appearance.
Teams
[edit]Number of teams by province
[edit]| Position | Province | Number | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Surat Thani |
2 | PSU Surat Thani City and Samui United |
| 2 |  Chumphon |
1 | Chumphon United |
 Krabi |
1 | Krabi | |
 Narathiwat |
1 | Nara United | |
 Phang Nga |
1 | Phuket Andaman | |
 Ranong |
1 | Ranong United | |
 Satun |
1 | Satun | |
 Trang |
1 | Muang Trang United | |
 Yala |
1 | Yala |
Stadiums and locations
[edit]Road travel distances between clubs
[edit]The distances between football clubs in the 2024–25 Thai League 3 Southern Region are approximate and calculated based on the most convenient and shortest practical road routes. These measurements prioritize routes that balance proximity and ease of travel, avoiding too indirect or inconvenient paths despite their shorter distance. By focusing on practical road travel, this chart reflects the real-world journey clubs will undertake for away matches, considering the road infrastructure and conditions in southern Thailand. This provides valuable insight into the logistical challenges clubs face during the season and is an essential resource for planning travel for clubs and their supporters.
Among the distances calculated, the shortest is notably 0 kilometers, representing Yala and Yala City, whose stadiums are located directly across from one another, making travel unnecessary. Conversely, the longest road journey between clubs spans 704 kilometers, between Ranong United and Nara United. In terms of total travel distances over the season, Ranong United faces the most extensive journey, covering approximately 5,284 kilometers, while Phatthalung has the least travel, totaling around 2,445 kilometers. These travel disparities are presented in the accompanying table, which offers a detailed breakdown of road distances between each club, providing valuable insights into the logistical demands clubs face in the 2024–25 season.
| From | To (km) | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KBI | MTG | NRA | PTN | PLG | PKA | STC | RNU | STN | SKA | YLA | YLC | ||
| Krabi | — | 103 | 469 | 379 | 181 | 162 | 151 | 302 | 257 | 301 | 404 | 404 | 3,113 |
| Muang Trang United | 103 | — | 374 | 284 | 86 | 269 | 176 | 373 | 168 | 207 | 311 | 311 | 2,662 |
| Nara United | 469 | 374 | — | 97 | 291 | 623 | 507 | 704 | 290 | 199 | 72 | 72 | 3,698 |
| Pattani | 379 | 284 | 97 | — | 201 | 532 | 417 | 614 | 200 | 108 | 46 | 46 | 2,924 |
| Phatthalung | 181 | 86 | 291 | 201 | — | 351 | 217 | 414 | 128 | 124 | 226 | 226 | 2,445 |
| Phuket Andaman | 162 | 269 | 623 | 532 | 351 | — | 234 | 301 | 420 | 477 | 578 | 578 | 4,525 |
| PSU Surat Thani City | 151 | 176 | 507 | 417 | 217 | 234 | — | 221 | 343 | 330 | 442 | 442 | 3,480 |
| Ranong United | 302 | 373 | 704 | 614 | 414 | 301 | 221 | — | 540 | 537 | 639 | 639 | 5,284 |
| Satun | 257 | 168 | 290 | 200 | 128 | 420 | 343 | 540 | — | 122 | 225 | 225 | 2,918 |
| Songkhla | 301 | 207 | 199 | 108 | 124 | 477 | 330 | 537 | 122 | — | 133 | 133 | 2,671 |
| Yala | 404 | 311 | 72 | 46 | 226 | 578 | 442 | 639 | 225 | 133 | — | 0 | 3,076 |
| Yala City | 404 | 311 | 72 | 46 | 226 | 578 | 442 | 639 | 225 | 133 | 0 | — | 3,076 |
Foreign players
[edit]A T3 team could register 3 foreign players from foreign players all around the world. A team can use 3 foreign players on the field in each game.
- Note :
: players who released during second leg transfer window;
: players who registered during second leg transfer window.
AFC member countries players. CAF member countries players. CONCACAF member countries players. CONMEBOL member countries players. OFC member countries players. UEFA member countries players. No foreign player registered.
| Club | Leg | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chumphon United | 1st |  Emmanue Larinze Ojemuyide
|
 Ryohei Maeda
|
 Kim Ye-sung
|
| 2nd | ||||
| Krabi | 1st |  Joaquín Sebastián Romero
|
Lucas Daniel Echenique
|
 Nicholas Demetri
|
| 2nd | ||||
| Muang Trang United | 1st |  Carlos Damian dos Santos Puentes
|
Edson dos Santos Costa Júnior
|
Romário Reginaldo Alves
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| 2nd | ||||
| Nara United | 1st | Pedro Lucas Jesus Paixão Martins
|
Lucas Grossi de Araújo Reis
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Takuya Fushimi
|
| 2nd | ||||
| Phuket Andaman | 1st |  Coulibaly Chomana
|
Mohamed Kouadio
|
|
| 2nd | ||||
| PSU Surat Thani City | 1st | Osvaldo Nascimento dos Santos Neto
|
Josimar Tiago da Silva
|
 Toloba Aremu Kassim Mouyidine
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| 2nd | ||||
| Ranong United | 1st | |||
| 2nd | ||||
| Samui United | 1st | Lucas Massaro Garcia Gama
|
 Tommy O'Sullivan
|
Aliu Micheal Abdul
|
| 2nd | ||||
| Satun | 1st | Mairon Natan Pereira Maciel Oliveira
|
Lucas Gaudencio Moraes
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Caio da Conceição Silva
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| 2nd | ||||
| Yala | 1st | Felipe Micael
|
Jhonatan Bernardo
|
 Mitsada Saitaifah
|
| 2nd |
League table
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nara United | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 18 | Qualification to the National Championship stage |
| 2 | Samui United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | |
| 3 | PSU Surat Thani City | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Satun | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | |
| 5 | Yala | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | |
| 6 | Phuket Andaman | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | |
| 7 | Muang Trang United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 10 | |
| 8 | Ranong United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | |
| 9 | Chumphon United | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
| 10 | Krabi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | Relegation to the Thailand Semi-pro League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goal scored; 5) Overall goal difference; 6) Overall goal scored; 7) Fair play points; 8) Play-off without extra time).
Positions by round
[edit]= Qualification to the National Championship stage; = Relegation to the Thailand Semi-pro League
Results by round
[edit]Results
[edit]- ^ "BYD ไทยลีก เปิดศักราชความเดือด ซีซั่น 2025/26 มาดามแป้งการันตีเงินสนับสนุนเพิ่ม (in Thai)". mgronline.com. 6 August 2025.
- ^ "สรุปรายชื่อ 6 ทีมจากไทยแลนด์เซมิโปรลีก เลื่อนชั้นสู่ไทยลีก 3 ซีซั่น 2025/26 (in Thai)". ballthai.com. 5 May 2025.
- ^ "สมุย ยูไนเต็ด ตั้ง มิก้า ชูนวลศรี นั่งรองประธานสโมสร (in Thai)". ballthai.com. 7 July 2025.
- ^ "BYD หนุนบอลไทยเต็มสูบ! เปิดตัวสปอนเซอร์ทีมชาติ-ไทยลีก ครบ 3 ลีก (in Thai)". siamsport.co.th. 18 July 2025.
- ^ "GULF, AIS, and JAS Secure Exclusive Thai League Broadcast Rights to Elevate Thai Football Globally". gulf.co.th. 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Historic deal to broadcast all Thai football matches live". bangkokpost.com. 11 June 2025.