Laos national football team
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Nickname(s) | Thim Xad (The National Team) | ||
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Association | Lao Football Federation | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
Head coach | Kokichi Kimura | ||
Captain | Visay Phaphouvanin | ||
Top scorer | Visay Phaphouvanin (18)[1] | ||
Home stadium | New Laos National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | LAO | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 177 | ||
Highest | 134 (September 1998) | ||
Lowest | 194 (August 2012) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Rangoon, Burma; December 12, 1961) | |||
Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Jakarta, Indonesia; November 1963) |
The Laos national football team is the national team of Laos and is controlled by the Lao Football Federation. They have never qualified for the AFC Asian Cup or the FIFA World Cup.
History
Laos established their national football association in 1951. The South East Asian nation is still waiting to make its first entrance into a major international competition. Laos have never entered the World Cup, Asian Cup or Asian Games and as an international side, their appearances have been restricted to regional tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games and the Tiger Cup. After years of internal strife, Laos is well on the road to economic and political recovery. With the country achieving political stability, football has made an impact on Laotians. Since making their appearance at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, Laos has competed in the ASEAN Football Championship (Tiger Cup). Although new to the regional tournaments, Laos has displayed passion and talent. In 1995, they beat Brunei and the Philippines and two years later in the Jakarta SEA Games, they also beat Malaysia. Domestic competitions are also active with over 60 clubs competing at various levels. Domestic football is amateur although most of the top teams are drawn from government ministries and public services. In the qualifying preliminary rounds for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, they beat Bangladesh 2–1. In the 2006 World Cup Asian zone qualifiers, they qualified for the second round as a lucky loser after Guam and Nepal both withdrew from competition. Going back the years, the team qualified for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but proceeded to lose all its games (with Qatar, Iran and Jordan). They also advanced to the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, after defeating Cambodia 8-6 on aggregate. In the second round, they lost to China PR 13-3 on aggregate. Laos has defeated their much more established counterparts such as Brunei, Cambodia, Philippines, Myanmar, Singapore and Malaysia.
Competition records
World Cup
FIFA World Cup | |||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
1930 to 1998 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2002 | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 |
2006 | Did not qualify | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 36 |
2010 | Did not enter[2] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2014 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
Total | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 95 |
Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup | |||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1956 to 1968 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1972 to 1980 | Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1984 to 1996 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2000 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
2004 | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
2007 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2011 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 0/2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
AFC Challenge Cup
ASEAN Championship
This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup
ASEAN Football Championship | |||||||
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Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Schedule
Latest Results
10 September 2012 1 | Laos ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane |
19:00 | Kanya Kounvongsa ![]() Visay Phaphouvanin ![]() |
Report | Rob Gier ![]() |
Attendance: 1500 |
12 September 2012 | Thailand ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok |
18:00 | Surachart Sareepim ![]() Teerathorn Boonmathan ![]() |
Sopha Saysana ![]() |
2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification
7 October 2012 | Laos ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon |
18:00 | Visay Phaphouvanin ![]() |
Report | Referee: Abdulla Al-Zaabi (United Arab Emirtaes) |
9 October 2012 | East Timor ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon |
18:00 | Murilo de Almeida ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report | Visay Phaphouvanin ![]() |
Referee: Ahmed Aslam (Maldives) |
11 October 2012 | Laos ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon |
15:00 | Namthavixay ![]() Sayavutthi ![]() Sysomvang ![]() |
Report | Rosmin ![]() |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh) |
13 October 2012 | Myanmar ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon |
15:00 |
Upcoming Fixtures
24 October 2012 1 | Laos ![]() | 1 – 4 | ![]() | Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City |
16:30 | Syvilay ![]() |
Han Seung-Yeop ![]() Kim Pyeong-Jin ![]() Park Jung-Bin ![]() Lee Jung-Kwon ![]() |
26 October 2012 | Vietnam ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City |
19:00 | Quang Hải ![]() Trọng Hoàng ![]() Quốc Anh ![]() |
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia) |
28 October 2012 | Turkmenistan ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City |
16:30 |
25 November 2012 | Indonesia ![]() | v | ![]() | Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur |
18:00 |
28 November 2012 | Laos ![]() | v | ![]() | Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur |
20:45 |
1 December 2012 | Singapore ![]() | v | ![]() | Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam |
20:45 |
- 1 Non FIFA 'A' international match
Current squad
- The following 20-man were called up to prepare for 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup.
Recent call-ups
The following players were recently called-up.
Coaches
Name | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Efficiency % |
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1996 – 1999 | |||||
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Feb 2000 – May 2000 | |||||
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2000 – ? | |||||
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2001 | |||||
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2002 – ? | |||||
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May 2003 – ? | |||||
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Oct 2003 – Oct 2004 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7.1% |
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Oct 2004 – 2005? | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20% |
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Oct 2006 – 2007? | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 50.1% |
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Oct 2008 – Nov 2008 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
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Dec 2008 – Jul 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
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Jul 2009 – May 2010 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40% |
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Jul 2010 – Dec 2010 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 40.5% |
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Jan 2011 – Feb 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% |
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Feb 2011 – Dec 2011 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25% |
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July 2012 – present | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 66.7% |
References
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Record number of 204 teams enter preliminary competition". FIFA Media Department. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "Laos withdraw from AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
External links
- Laos at FIFA.com
- Laos Football Fanclub
- Lao Football's Forum