Cambodia national football team

Cambodia
Nickname(s)	Kouprey Blue
Association	Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Prak Sovannara
Captain	Khoun Laboravy
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	CAM
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	170 2 (17 May 2018)
Highest	135 (March 2011)
Lowest	198 (August 2014)
First international
	Malaya 9–2 Cambodia ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 17 March 1956)
Biggest win
	Cambodia 11–0 North Yemen ; (Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 29 November 1966)
Biggest defeat
	Indonesia 10–0 Cambodia ; (Chiangmai, Thailand; 6 December 1995)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1972)
Best result	Fourth place

The Cambodia national football team (Template:Lang-km) is the national team of the Kingdom of Cambodia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC).^[2] It was known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975. It finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup.^[3] The team was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA's ranks in 1953. One of Cambodia's best players was Hok Sochetra. Earlier in the decade he was considered one of the top 2 strikers in South East Asia along with Kiatisuk Senamuang from Thailand.^[4] In 1997, Hok Sochetra won the best player award in Southeast Asia – the Golden Ball from Sanyo.^[5]

History

1972 AFC Asian Cup

During the tournament as Khmer Republic, Cambodia was one of the best national teams in Asia. As Khmer Republic, they had qualified to the semi-finals, only got beaten later by Iran and Thailand, and won the 4th place overall. It remains as Cambodia's greatest achievement in an international tournament.

1990s to 2010s

After decades of war, in which witnessed both Khmer Rouge's genocide and the later Vietnamese invasion which toppled the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia returned to international football at 1993. Cambodia's first tournament as a new team was the Tiger Cup, in which Cambodia was defeated in all four matches. In this tournament, although Cambodia was the weakest among all teams participating in the tournament, Cambodia demonstrated high spirit of football. However, in successive tournaments, Cambodia was not successful and they could not manage to play with high spirits as it used to be. Despite of this, Cambodia still gave birth to what would one of Cambodia's football talents in its young history, Hok Sochetra.

Cambodia remained lagged behind for many years.

Since 2010s

Cambodia's football has witnessed resurgence after decades being under shadows. The resurgence of Cambodia had begun with the arrival of South Korea's Lee Tae-hoon, who had introduced a significant development of football in Cambodia, with the change of its tactics, as well as youth development and promotion of Cambodian youngsters to the national team, has given a hope for the change of Cambodia. At this team, the team has a lot of newly young talents, notably Chan Vathanaka, the first ever Cambodian to play professional football outside Cambodia, and the fanbase increased as for the achievement. Cambodia once again demonstrated a full spirit of football, despite during 2018 World Cup qualifying stage, Cambodia didn't record any win at all.

During 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Cambodia has managed what could be Cambodia's greatest achievement, when they defeated Afghanistan, which ranked 158 that time, above Cambodia which was ranked 174, and had already defeated Cambodia twice in the World Cup qualification, 1–0 at home. It is still regarded to be Cambodia's best performance in its modern football history.

Competition history

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup finals record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1994	Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify	6	0	1	5	2	27
2002	Did not qualify	6	0	1	5	2	22
2006	Did not enter
2010	Did not qualify	2	0	0	2	1	5
2014		2	1	0	1	6	8
2018		10	1	1	8	5	28
2022	To be determined
Total	0/21	23	2	3	21	16	90

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup Records
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Withdrew
1964	Withdrew
1968	Did not qualify
1972	4th place	5	1	1	3	8	10
1976 to 1996	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not enter
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019
Total	1/16	5	1	0	4	8	10

AFC Challenge Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
Total	Best:Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6

ASEAN Competitions History

Finals Records Only

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

ASEAN Football Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Group Stage	4	0	0	4	1	12
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	5	10
2002		4	1	0	3	5	18
2004		4	0	0	4	2	22
2007	Did not qualify
2008	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	12
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2014
2016	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	4	8
ASEAN 2018	TBD
Total	Best: Group Stage	22	2	0	20	19	82

Kits

Cambodia's home kit is all blue and black.^[6] Their away kit is red and black uniform. The kits are currently manufactured by FBT.

Fixtures and results

Win Draw Lose

2017

14 January 2017 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	7–2	Cambodia	Abu Dhabi, UAE
19:00 UTC+3	Al-Shamrani 23' (pen.), 28', 37' Al-Sahlawi 49' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Al-Mogahwi 63' Al-Ruwaili 80'	Report	Kh.Laboravy 19' K.Sokpheng 38'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

22 March 2017 Friendly	Cambodia	2–3	India	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:00 --:-- UTC+7	Laboravy 36' Vathanaka 62'	Report	Chhetri 35' Lalpekhlua 49' Jhingan 52'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

28 March 2017 Asian Cup Q	Jordan	7–0	Cambodia	Amman, Jordan
18:00 UTC+2	Dardour 12', 21', 87' Albakhit 47' Al-Saify 61' Samir 62' Taamari 90'			Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev(Kyrgyzstan)

8 June 2017 Friendly	Cambodia	0–2	Indonesia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7		Report	Bachdim 26' Zola 90+6'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Warintorn Sassadee (Thailand)

13 June 2017 (2017-06-13) Asian Cup Q	Cambodia	1–0	Afghanistan	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
TBD UTC+7	Mony Udom 59'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)

5 September 2017 Asian Cup Q	Cambodia	1–2	Vietnam	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7	Chan Vathanaka 10'	Report	Nguyễn Văn Quyết 5' Nguyễn Quang Hải 81'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

4 October 2017 Friendly¹	Indonesia	3–1	Cambodia	Bekasi, Indonesia
21:00 UTC+07	Lerby 32' Rezaldi 34' Septian 49'		Vathanaka 48'	Stadium: Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Referee: Sukbir Singh (Singapore)

10 October 2017 Asian Cup Q	Vietnam	5–0	Cambodia	Hanoi, Vietnam
--:-- UTC+7	Đinh Thanh Trung 13' Nguyễn Văn Quyết 56' Nguyễn Anh Đức 60' Nguyễn Công Phượng 76' Mạc Hồng Quân 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

9 November 2017 Friendly	Cambodia	1–2	Myanmar	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	Mony Udom 50'		Zaw Min Tun 15' Aung Thu 71'

14 November 2017 Asian Cup Q	Cambodia	0–1	Jordan	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7			Abu Amarah 17'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium

2018

21 March 2018 Friendly	Laos	0–1	Cambodia	Vientiane, Laos
18:00 --:-- UTC+7			Laboravy 86'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

27 March 2018 Asian Cup Q	Afghanistan	2–1	Cambodia	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
--:--	Azadzoy 26' Sharza 45'	Report	Laboravy 70'	Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

8 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS	Cambodia	v	Malaysia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium

12 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS	Myanmar	v	Cambodia	Yangon, Myanmar
--:-- UTC+6:30				Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

20 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS	Cambodia	v	Laos	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium

24 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS	Vietnam	v	Cambodia	Hanoi, Vietnam
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium

¹ Not an international FIFA match "A".'

Coaches

^{[citation needed]}

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win%
Vladimír Mirka	1965–1967
Joachim Fickert	June 1996 – January 2003
Som Saran	2003 – June 2005	4	0	0	4	0%
Scott O'Donnell	July 2005 – December 2007	15	2	3	10	13.33%
Yoo Kee-heung	December 2007 – July 2008	2	1	0	1	50%
Prak Sovannara	July 2008 – May 2009	12	3	1	8	27%
Scott O'Donnell	June 2009 – August 2010	0	0	0	0	0%
Lee Tae-Hoon	August 2010 – May 2012	10	3	2	5	40%
Hok Sochetra	July 2012 – October 2012	5	0	1	4	0%
Prak Sovannara	December 2012 – September 2013	2	0	0	2	0%
Kazunori Ohara (Interim)	April 2015	4	1	1	2	25%
Lee Tae-Hoon	September 2013 – March 2017	35	13	2	20	37%
Leonardo Vitorino	March 2017 – October 2017	7	1	0	6	14%
Prak Sovannara (Interim)	October 2017 –	4	1	0	3	25%

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Prak Sovannara
Manager	Chhouk Pisedth
Assistant Coach	Oung Kan Yanith
Assistant Coach	Oum Savong
Assistant Coach	Hor Sokheng
Goalkeeper Coach	Ouk Mic
Physiotherapist	Seng Bunna
Medical Team	Hay Sakiry

Current squad

The following 23 players who were called up for the friendly match against Laos on 21 March 2018 and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round against Afghanistan on 27 March 2018.

Caps and goals as of 27 March 2018, after the match against Afghanistan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sou Yaty	(1991-12-17) 17 December 1991 (age 32)	36	0	Boeung Ket
21	1GK	Keo Soksela	(1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Visakha
22	1GK	Om Oudom	(1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng

2	2DF	Nen Sothearoth	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28)	13	0	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
3	2DF	Rous Samoeun	(1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30)	35	1	Visakha
4	2DF	Ouk Sovann	(1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Phnom Penh Crown
5	2DF	Soeuy Visal	(1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29)	42	2	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
6	2DF	Hong Pheng	(1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 (age 35)	17	1	Boeung Ket
13	2DF	Sath Rosib	(1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Boeung Ket
15	2DF	Yue Safy	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Phnom Penh Crown
18	2DF	Seut Baraing	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Phnom Penh Crown
19	2DF	Cheng Meng	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Nagaworld

8	3MF	Hoy Phallin	(1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29)	28	0	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
12	3MF	Sos Suhana	(1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 32)	42	2	Nagaworld
14	3MF	Sok Heang		1	0	National Defense Ministry
16	3MF	Sin Kakada	(2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Phnom Penh Crown
20	3MF	Orn Chanpolin	(1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Phnom Penh Crown
23	3MF	Thierry Chantha Bin (Vice-captain)	(1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 (age 33)	28	3	Terengganu

7	4FW	Prak Mony Udom	(1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 30)	49	9	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng F.C.
9	4FW	Khoun Laboravy (Captain)	(1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 36)	56	12	Boeung Ket
10	4FW	Keo Sokpheng	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32)	34	8	Phnom Penh Crown {{nat fs g player\|no=11\|pos=FW\|name=Chan Vathanaka\|age= (1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 (age 30)\|caps=39\|goals=13\|club=[[Boeung Ket FC\|Boeung Ket\|clubnat=CAM}}
17	4FW	Mat Noron	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Electricite du Cambodge

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Um Sereyroth	(1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 29)	20	0	National Defense Ministry	v. Jordan, 14 November 2017

DF	Nub Tola	(1995-10-01) 1 October 1995 (age 29)	27	0	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	v. Jordan, 14 November 2017
DF	Sareth Krya	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng	v. Jordan, 14 November 2017
DF	Pom Tola	(1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 (age 36)	0	0	National Defense Ministry	v. Jordan, 28 March 2017

MF	Chhin Chhoeun	(1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 35)	50	4	National Defense Ministry	v. Jordan, 14 November 2017
MF	Ouk Sothy	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 37)	4	0	Phnom Penh Crown	v. Jordan, 14 November 2017
MF	Kouch Sokumpheak	(1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 (age 37)	45	6	Nagaworld	v. Jordan, 14 November 2017
MF	Ol Ravy	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 31)	1	0	National Police Commissary	v. Jordan, 28 March 2017

FW	Suong Virak	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33)	4	0	Nagaworld	v. Jordan, 28 March 2017

^INJ Injured players

Honours

AFC Asian Cup

Fourth Place (1): 1972

President's Cup Football Tournament

Champion (1): 1973

South Vietnam Independence Cup^[7]

Champion (1): 1972

Jakarta Anniversary Tournament

Third Place (1): 1972

References

^ "Cambodia matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Cambodia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ Ek Madra (8 October 2007). "FEATURE-Soccer-Asia's minnows have World Cup mountain to climb". Reuters. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
^ Sopheark, Chhim (15 September 2005). "With a New Head Coach and New Direction Cambodia's National Football Team Reaches For Its Goals". The Cambodia Daily.
^ Cambodia's Hok Sochetra On The Ball
^ Hok Sochetra speaks out about the beautiful game in Cambodia-The Phnom Penh Post
^ "Kit". ebaystatic.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ South Vietnam Independence Cup 1972 Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "Cambodia matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Cambodia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[2] Ek Madra (8 October 2007). "FEATURE-Soccer-Asia's minnows have World Cup mountain to climb". Reuters. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[3] Sopheark, Chhim (15 September 2005). "With a New Head Coach and New Direction Cambodia's National Football Team Reaches For Its Goals". The Cambodia Daily.

[4] Cambodia's Hok Sochetra On The Ball

[5] Hok Sochetra speaks out about the beautiful game in Cambodia-The Phnom Penh Post

[6] "Kit". ebaystatic.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[7] South Vietnam Independence Cup 1972 Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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