Cambodia national football team

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Cambodia
File:Football Federation of Cambodia .png
Nickname(s) The royals
Association Cambodian Football Federation
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Flag of Australia Scott O'Donnell
Top scorer Hok Sochetra (42)
Home stadium Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium
FIFA code CAM
FIFA ranking 176
Highest FIFA ranking 156 (July 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking 188 (December 2005)
Elo ranking 208
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
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Away colours
First international
Flag of Cambodia Khmer Republic 2 - 3 Malaya Flag of Malaysia
(Cambodia; March 17, 1956)
Biggest win
Flag of Cambodia Khmer Republic 11 - 0 North Yemen Flag of Yemen Arab Republic
(Cambodia; Date Unknown, 1966)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 10 - 0 Cambodia Flag of Cambodia
(Thailand; September 6, 1995)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1972)
Best result Fourth place, 1972

The Cambodia national football team is the national team of Cambodia and is controlled by the Cambodian Football Federation. It was known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975. It finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup, but is currently one of the weakest teams in the world and did not even attempt qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The team was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA's ranks in 1953. One of Cambodia's best player was Hok "Jet" Sochetra. Earlier in the decade he was consider one of the top 2 strikers in South East Asia along with Kiatisuk Senamuang from Thailand. [1] In 1997, Hok Sochetra won the best player award in Southeast Asia in 1997 - the Golden Ball from Sanyo. [2]

Contents

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] World Cup Qualification Records

Asian Qualification Records
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Flag of Uruguay 1930 to
Flag of the United States 1994
Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of France 1998 Did not qualify 6 0 1 5 2 27
Flag of South KoreaFlag of Japan 2002 Did not qualify 6 0 1 5 2 22
Flag of Germany 2006 Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of South Africa 2010 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 5
Total 14 0 2 12 5 54

[edit] Asian Cup record

[edit] Asian Cup Records

Asian Cup
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Flag of Hong Kong 1956 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of South Korea 1960 Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of Israel 1964 Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of Iran 1968 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of Thailand 1972 4th Place 4 0 2 2 6 8
Flag of Iran 1976 to Flag of the United Arab Emirates 1996 Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of Lebanon 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of the People's Republic of China 2004 Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of IndonesiaFlag of MalaysiaFlag of ThailandFlag of Vietnam 2007 Did not enter - - - - - -
Flag of Qatar 2011 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total Best: 4th Place 4 0 2 2 6 8

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup Records

AFC Challenge Cup
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Flag of Bangladesh 2006 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6
Flag of India 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Flag of ? 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total Best:Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6

[edit] ASEAN Competitions History

[edit] ASEAN Football Championship record

  • Finals Records Only

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

ASEAN Football Championship
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Flag of Singapore 1996
Group Stage
4
0
0
4
1
12
Flag of Vietnam 1998
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
Flag of Thailand 2000
Group Stage
4
1
0
3
5
10
Flag of Indonesia Flag of Singapore 2002
Group Stage
4
1
0
3
5
18
Flag of Malaysia Flag of Vietnam 2004
Group Stage
4
0
0
4
2
22
Flag of Singapore Flag of Thailand 2007
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
Flag of Indonesia Flag of Thailand 2008
Group Stage
3
0
0
3
2
12
Total
Best: Group Stage
19
2
0
17
15
74

[edit] ASEAN Youth Tournaments

[edit] AFF U17 Youth Championship record

AFF U17 Youth Championship
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Flag of Thailand 2005
Group Stage
3
0
2
1
2
7
Flag of Vietnam 2006
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
Flag of Cambodia 2007
Group Stage
4
1
2
1
7
6
Total
Best: Group Stage
7
1
4
2
9
13

[edit] AFF U16 Youth Championship record

AFF U16 Youth Championship
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Flag of Indonesia 2008
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

[edit] AFF U20 Youth Championship record

AFF U20 Youth Championship
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Flag of Indonesia 2005
Did not enter
-
-
-
-
-
-
Flag of Malaysia 2006
Did not enter
-
-
-
-
-
-
Flag of Vietnam 2007
Group Stage
3
0
0
3
1
14
Total
Best: Group Stage
3
0
0
3
1
14

[edit] AFF U19 Youth Championship record

AFF U19 Youth Championship
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Flag of Thailand 2008
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

[edit] Cambodian all time record against all nations

Against Played Won Drawn Lost  % Won
 Armenia 3 0 2 1 22%
 Australia 1 0 1 0 33%
 Bangladesh 2 0 1 1 16%
 Brunei 5 2 2 1 53%
 China PR 3 0 0 3 0%
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 0%
 Guam 1 0 0 1 100%
 Hong Kong 4 2 0 2 50%
 India 4 1 0 3 25%
 Indonesia 18 2 3 13 16%
 Iran 2 0 0 2 0%
 Japan 4 0 1 3 8%
 Korea Republic 10 2 0 8 20%
 Kuwait 1 0 0 1 0%
 Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 1 0%
 Laos 6 3 1 2 55%
 Lebanon 1 0 0 1 0%
 Macau 2 2 0 0 100%
 Malaysia 22 3 3 16 18%
 Maldives 2 0 1 1 16%
 Myanmar 14 3 1 10 23%
 Nepal 1 0 1 2 0%
 Pakistan 1 1 1 0 100%
 Palestine 1 0 0 1 0%
 Philippines 7 2 3 2 42%
 Singapore 13 0 2 11 5%
 Somalia 4 2 1 1 58%
 Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0%
 Syria 1 0 0 1 0%
 Thailand 13 1 4 8 17%
 Timor-Leste 2 1 1 3 66%
 Tonga 4 2 2 0 66%
 Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 0%
 Uzbekistan 2 0 0 2 0%
 Vietnam 11 2 1 8 21%
 Yemen 2 0 0 2 0%
Total 170 31 33 106 25%

[edit] Kits

Cambodia's kit is a red jersey with blue-S slash, white border and black v-neck with red shorts and black socks. Their away kit is with a blue jersey with red line-S with white shorts and blue socks with gold top . The kits are currently manufactured by Nike . This information is found at *The official 2009-2014 Cambodia football kit website

[edit] Recent developments

In October 2007, Cambodia was eliminated from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, at the first hurdle, losing 1-0 to Turkmenistan at home in Phnom Penh and 4-1 away in Ashgabat.

On 21 December 2007 it was announced that Yoo Kee-Heung, a South Korean coach, had been hired as the Cambodia national team coach. This appointment was reported to be part of a sponsorship deal with a Korean technology company worth $205 000 a year, half of which will be Yoo's salary.[3]

On July, 2008 Cambodian Football Federation have fired South Korean coach Yoo Kee-Heung from the national team after poor results and the lack of a coaching license and he has been replaced by local coach Prak Sovannara.[4]

[edit] Places for improvement

There is good physical conditioning of the young players but they lack football IQ. Former Cambodian football star, Hok Socheatra said "They can pass, they can shoot, but they dont know how to [lose] the defender to create space to have a chance at goal. They don't know how to [outsmart] the goalkeeper." [5]

[edit] National Coaches

  • Note - Known coaches only (please add to the list)
Manager From To
Flag of Germany Joachim Fickert
Flag of Australia Scott O'Donnell 2005 2008
Flag of South Korea Yoo Kee-Heung 2008 July 2008
Flag of Cambodia Prak Sovannara July 2008 June 2009
Flag of Australia Scott O'Donnell June 2009

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Oum Chandara
2 Chandara Ngoun 14 October 1988 Flag of Cambodia Royal Dolphins
3 DF Kim Chanburith
4 DF Chan Chaya
5 FW Nuth Sinuon 10 October 1985 Flag of Cambodia Royal Navy
6 DF Om Thavrak
7 MF Chan Rithy 11 November 1983 Flag of Cambodia Cambodia Army
8 MF Keo Kosal 13 June 1986 Flag of Cambodia Khemara
9 MF Samel Nasa 25 April 1984 Flag of Cambodia Military Police
10 FW Kouch Sokumpheak Flag of Cambodia Ranger FC
11 MF Teab Vathanak 7 January 1985 Flag of Cambodia Naga Corp FC
12 MF Khim Borey
13 GK Samreth Seiha
14 MF Sun Sovannarith
15 Men Pisith
16 DF Tieng Tiny
17 MF Hok Sotitya
18 MF Pok Chanthan 1 December 1982 Flag of Cambodia FC Royal Sword

[edit] Recent Call Ups in 2007

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
15 MF Sam Minar
GK Oum Veasna 7 October 1984 Flag of Cambodia General Logistics
DF Thul Sothearith
DF Suon Thuon 20 June 1986 Flag of Cambodia Military Police
FW Chin Chum 7 October 1985 Flag of Cambodia Koh Kong

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Samreth Seiha
2 Kim Chanburith (Capital) 14 October 1988 Flag of Cambodia Royal Dolphins
3 DF Lay Rasmey Flag of Cambodia FC Royal Sword
4 DF Teing Tiny
5 FW Thul Sothearith 10 October 1985 Flag of Cambodia Royal Navi
6 DF Chea Virath
7 MF Khim Borey 11 November 1983 Flag of Cambodia Cambodia Army
8 MF Ieng Saknida 13 June 1986 Flag of Cambodia Khemara
9 MF Hok Sochivorn 25 April 1984 Flag of Cambodia Postel Club
10 FW Kouch Sokumpheak Flag of Cambodia Ranger FC
11 MF Chan Rithy 11 November 1983 Flag of Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
13 GK San Narith
14 DF Sun Sovannarith Flag of Cambodia Naga Corp
16 MF Sam El Nasa Flag of Cambodia FC Royal Sword
18 GK Ouk Mic 1 December 1982 Flag of Cambodia FC Royal Sword

[edit] Name of Players during AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 qualifiers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Samreth Seiha Ministry of National Defense
2 Kim Chanburith (Capital) 14 October 1988 Flag of Cambodia Royal Dolphins
3 DF Lay Rasmey Flag of Cambodia FC Royal Sword
4 DF Teing Tiny
5 FW Thul Sothearith 10 October 1985 Flag of Cambodia Royal Navi
6 DF Chea Virath
7 MF Khim Borey 11 November 1983 Flag of Cambodia Ministry of National Defense
8 MF Ieng Saknida 13 June 1986 Flag of Cambodia Khemara
9 MF Hok Sochivorn 25 April 1984 Flag of Cambodia Postel Club
10 FW Kouch Sokumpheak Flag of Cambodia Ranger FC
11 MF Chan Rithy 11 November 1983 Flag of Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
13 GK San Narith
14 DF Sun Sovannarith Flag of Cambodia Naga Corp
16 MF Sam El Nasa Flag of Cambodia Preah Khan Reach
18 GK Ouk Mic 1 December 1982 Flag of Cambodia Preah Khan Reach
19 Pich Sina Flag of Cambodia Naga Corp
22 Ngoun Chansothea Flag of Cambodia
27 Sam Minar Flag of Cambodia

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[edit] References

[edit] See also

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