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Cambodia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Kouprey Blue
Angkor Warriors
AssociationFootball Federation of Cambodia (FFC)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachKeisuke Honda
CaptainKhoun Laboravy
Home stadiumOlympic Stadium
FIFA codeCAM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current169 Decrease 3 (20 September 2018)
Highest135 (March 2011)
Lowest198 (August 2014)
First international
 Malaya 9–2 Cambodia 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 17 March 1956)[1]
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
Appearances1 (first in 1972)
Best resultFourth place

The Cambodia national football team (Khmer: ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិកម្ពុជា) 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 Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 to United States 1994 Did not enter
France 1998 Did not qualify 6 0 1 5 2 27
South Korea Japan 2002 6 0 1 5 2 22
Germany 2006 Did not enter
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 5
Brazil 2014 2 1 0 1 6 8
Russia 2018 10 1 1 8 5 28
Qatar 2022 To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total 0/21 23 2 3 21 16 90

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Did not qualify
South Korea 1960 Withdrew
Israel 1964
Iran 1968 Did not qualify
Thailand 1972 4th place 5 1 1 3 8 10
Iran 1976 to United Arab Emirates 1996 Did not enter
Lebanon 2000 Did not qualify
China 2004 Did not enter
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007
Qatar 2011 Did not qualify
Australia 2015
United Arab Emirates 2019
Total 1/16 5 1 0 4 8 10

AFC Challenge Cup record

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Bangladesh 2006 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 6
India 2008 Did not qualify
Sri Lanka 2010
Nepal 2012
Maldives 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 Pld W D L GF GA
Singapore 1996 Group stage 4 0 0 4 1 12
Vietnam 1998 Did not qualify
Thailand 2000 Group stage 4 1 0 3 5 10
Indonesia Singapore 2002 4 1 0 3 5 18
Vietnam Malaysia 2004 4 0 0 4 2 22
Singapore Thailand 2007 Did not qualify
Indonesia Thailand 2008 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 12
Indonesia Vietnam 2010 Did not qualify
Malaysia Thailand 2012
Singapore Vietnam 2014
Myanmar Philippines 2016 Group stage 3 0 0 3 4 8
ASEAN 2018 To be determined
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

Main article: Cambodia national football team 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
UTC+7 Azadzoy 26'
Sharza 45'		 Report Laboravy 70' Stadium: Pamir Stadium
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
10 September 2018 Friendly[7] Cambodia  1–3  Malaysia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Visal 18' Report Shahrul 62'
Syazwan 74'
Shahrel 90+3'		 Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Referee: Nguyễn Hiền Triết (Vietnam)
12 October 2018 Friendly Cambodia  2–2  East Timor Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Vathanaka 40'
Bunheing 90+1'		 Report Almeida 30'
Gama 42'		 Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)
16 October 2018 Friendly Cambodia  v  Singapore Phnom Penh, Cambodia
UTC+7 Report Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
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: Hàng Đẫy Stadium
  • 1 Not an international FIFA match "A".'

Coaches

[citation needed]

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Win%
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Mirka 1965–1967
Germany Joachim Fickert June 1996 – January 2003
Cambodia Som Saran 2003 – June 2005 4 0 0 4 0%
Australia Scott O'Donnell July 2005 – December 2007 15 2 3 10 13.33%
South Korea Yoo Kee-heung December 2007 – July 2008 2 1 0 1 50%
Cambodia Prak Sovannara July 2008 – May 2009 12 3 1 8 27%
Australia Scott O'Donnell June 2009 – August 2010 0 0 0 0 0%
South Korea Lee Tae-Hoon August 2010 – May 2012 10 3 2 5 40%
Cambodia Hok Sochetra July 2012 – October 2012 5 0 1 4 0%
Cambodia Prak Sovannara December 2012 – September 2013 2 0 0 2 0%
Japan Kazunori Ohara (Interim) April 2015 4 1 1 2 25%
South Korea Lee Tae-Hoon September 2013 – March 2017 35 13 2 20 37%
Brazil Leonardo Vitorino March 2017 – October 2017 7 1 0 6 14%
Cambodia Prak Sovannara (Interim) October 2017 – August 2018 4 1 0 3 25%
Japan Keisuke Honda August 2018 – 0 0 0 0 0%

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach Japan Keisuke Honda
Manager Japan Keisuke Honda
Assistant Coach Argentina Félix Agustín González Dalmás
Assistant Coach Cambodia Oum Savong
Assistant Coach Cambodia Hor Sokheng
Goalkeeper Coach Cambodia Ouk Mic
Physiotherapist Cambodia Seng Bunna
Medical Team Cambodia Hay Sakiry

Current squad

The following 24 players who were called up for the friendly match against Timor-Leste on 12 October 2018.

Caps and goals as of 12 October 2018, after the match against Timor-Leste.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Chea Vansak 0 0 Cambodia Visakha
21 1GK Keo Soksela (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Cambodia Visakha
22 1GK Um Vichet (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 30) 2 0 Cambodia National Defense Ministry
2 2DF Nen Sothearoth (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28) 15 0 Cambodia Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
3 2DF Sath Rosib (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27) 3 0 Cambodia Boeung Ket
4 2DF Sareth Krya (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Cambodia Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
5 2DF Soeuy Visal (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 28) 44 3 Cambodia Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
6 2DF Hong Pheng (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 (age 34) 19 1 Cambodia Boeung Ket
18 2DF Sor Piseth (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 32) 5 0 Cambodia National Defense Ministry
19 2DF Cheng Meng (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 26) 6 0 Cambodia Nagaworld
8 3MF Orn Chanpolin (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 26) 3 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
10 3MF Kouch Sokumpheak (Captain) (1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 (age 37) 47 6 Cambodia Nagaworld
12 3MF Sos Suhana (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 32) 44 2 Cambodia Nagaworld
13 3MF In Sodavid (1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 26) 7 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
15 3MF Tith Dina (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 31) 31 2 Cambodia Visakha
16 3MF Sin Kakada (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
17 3MF Chhin Chhoeun (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 31) 52 4 Cambodia National Defense Ministry
20 3MF Brak Thiva (1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 25) 5 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
23 3MF Thierry Chantha Bin (Vice-captain) (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 (age 33) 30 3 Malaysia Terengganu
24 3MF Kouch Dani (1990-10-11) 11 October 1990 (age 33) 1 0 Cambodia Nagaworld
7 4FW Prak Mony Udom (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 29) 50 9 Cambodia Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
9 4FW Keo Sokpheng (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32) 35 8 Cambodia Visakha
11 4FW Chan Vathanaka (1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 (age 30) 40 14 Cambodia Boeung Ket
14 4FW Reung Bunheing (1992-09-25) 25 September 1992 (age 31) 2 1 Cambodia National Defense Ministry

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Sou YatyINJ (1991-12-17) 17 December 1991 (age 32) 37 0 Cambodia Nagaworld v.  Malaysia, 10 September 2018
GK Um SereyrothINJ (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 28) 20 0 Cambodia National Defense Ministry v.  Jordan, 14 November 2017
GK Om Oudom (1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 28) 0 0 Cambodia Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
DF Ouk Sovann (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown v.  Malaysia, 10 September 2018
DF Ly Vahed (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 25) 1 0 Cambodia Boeung Ket v.  Malaysia, 10 September 2018
DF Yue Safy (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
DF Seut Baraing (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 24) 4 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
DF Rous Samoeun (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993 (age 30) 35 1 Cambodia Visakha v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
DF Nub Tola (1995-10-01) 1 October 1995 (age 28) 27 0 Cambodia Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng v.  Jordan, 14 November 2017
DF Pom Tola (1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Cambodia National Defense Ministry v.  Jordan, 28 March 2017
MF Hoy Phallin (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) 28 0 Cambodia Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
MF Sok Heang 1 0 Cambodia National Defense Ministry v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
MF Ouk Sothy (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 36) 4 0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown v.  Jordan, 14 November 2017
MF Ol Ravy (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 30) 1 0 Cambodia National Police Commissary v.  Jordan, 28 March 2017
FW Chey Chetra (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 26) 0 0 Cambodia National Police Commissary v.  Malaysia, 10 September 2018
FW Suong Virak (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33) 4 0 Cambodia Nagaworld v.  Jordan, 28 March 2017
FW Khoun Laboravy (1988-08-25) 25 August 1988 (age 35) 56 12 Cambodia Boeung Ket v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
FW Mat Noron (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Cambodia Electricite du Cambodge v.  Afghanistan, 27 March 2018
  • INJ Injured players

Honours

Fourth Place (1): 1972
Champion (1): 1973
  • South Vietnam Independence Cup[8]
Champion (1): 1972
Third Place (1): 1972

See also

References

  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. ^ Ooi Kin Fai (10 June 2018). "Malaysia line up 6 friendlies in lead up to AFF Championship". Sporting News. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  8. ^ South Vietnam Independence Cup 1972 Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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