Cambodia national football team

Cambodia
Nickname(s)
  • អ្នកចម្បាំងអង្គរ
    ("Angkor Warriors")[1]
  • គោព្រៃកម្ពុជា
    ("Koupreys of Cambodia")[2]
AssociationFootball Federation of Cambodia (FFC)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachKeisuke Honda
Ryu Hirose[3][4][5]
CaptainSoeuy Visal
Most capsKouch Sokumpheak (65)
Top scorerHok Sochetra (20)[6]
Home stadiumMorodok Techo National Stadium
FIFA codeCAM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 171 (31 March 2022)[7]
Highest153 (March 2011)
Lowest198 (August 2014)
First international
 Malaya 9–2 Cambodia 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 17 March 1956)[8]
Biggest win
 Cambodia 8–0 North Yemen 
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 29 November 1966)
Biggest defeat
 Iran 14–0 Cambodia 
(Tehran, Iran; 10 October 2019)
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1972)
Best resultFourth place (1972)
AFC Challenge Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage (2006)
AFF Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1996)
Best resultGroup Stage (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2020)

The Cambodia national football team (Khmer: ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិកម្ពុជា, Krŏm Băltoăt Chômreus Chéatĕ Kâmpŭchéa) represents Cambodia in international football and is administered by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC),[9] which is part of the Asian Football Confederation and sub-confederation AFF.

Known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975, the team finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup, which still remains as Cambodia's greatest achievement in an international competition. The team was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA's ranks in 1953.

History

Beginning of an era

Cambodia formed its first national team following the end of French colonization in 1954. Immediately following the end of French colonialism, Cambodia played its first home game against Malaya. The game ended with a 9–2 win for the Malays.

Like most Asian countries at the time, Cambodia did not seek to participate in the FIFA World Cup qualification nor even AFC Asian Cup qualification, as the country was still trying to consolidate its early football development. However, when Lon Nol decided to topple the Cambodian Kingdom and replaced by a Republic, Cambodia finally decided to participate in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification. The Cambodians managed to qualify for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup in its first qualification attempt, a major success up to date. Cambodia managed to win over Hong Kong, which sent the country to Thailand.

In the tournament as Khmer Republic, the Cambodians lost to Iran and had to play in group B along with South Korea and Kuwait. Despite early loss to the South Koreans, they had qualified to the semi-finals thanked for a resounding 4–0 win over Kuwait, only got beaten later by Iran, again, and Thailand, and won the 4th place overall. It remains as Cambodia's greatest achievement in an international tournament.

Following the success, Cambodia could not participate in further tournament, due to the eventual rise of Khmer Rouge.

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 this, Cambodia still gave birth to what would one of Cambodia's football talents in its young history, Hok Sochetra.

Also during this time, Cambodia sent its national team to the 1998 World Cup qualification, the first time Cambodia had ever done so. However, Cambodia had been unsuccessful by large, and often got eliminated in the bottom of their group. The country also withdrew from participating in the 2006 World Cup qualification. Likewise, Cambodia also only participated in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification, before withdrew from 2004 and 2007 qualification attempts. The country later suffered AFF Championship drought, failing to qualify for three consecutive tournaments.

Since 2010s

2018 AFF Championship group stage starting line-up in a 3–1 win against Laos.[10]

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 the country, with the change of its tactics, as well as youth development and promotion of Cambodian youngsters to the national team, has given hopes of change. At this team, the team has a lot of 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 the 2018 World Cup qualifying stage, they didn't win and also missed out the 2012 and 2014 AFC Challenge Cups, thus missing out in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

During 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Cambodia finished bottom in a group where they suffered losses to Jordan and neighbour Vietnam. Despite this, Cambodia has managed what could be the country's greatest achievement in their qualification history, when they defeated Afghanistan, ranked 158 in that time, above Cambodia which was ranked 174, and had already defeated Cambodia twice in the World Cup qualification, 1–0 at home. It was the country's only win in the qualification and is still regarded to be Cambodia's best performance in its modern football history.

Following their failure to qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Cambodia participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, where they had to face Pakistan in the first round. Cambodia comfortably beat Pakistan in both games 4–1 on aggregate to reach the second round.[11] Once the team had entered this stage again, Cambodia had to deal with much stronger sides like Hong Kong, Bahrain, Iraq and Iran, the "Kings of Asia". Despite passionate support from home fans, the Koupreys could only obtain a 1–1 draw at home to Hong Kong, before receiving heavy defeats in the remaining games, including a 0–14 annihilation by Iran, which became Cambodia's heaviest loss in history.[12]

Kits

The national kits of Cambodia reflect the colors of the national flag which are blue, red, and white. Currently, the home kit is a blue and black shirt, black shorts and blue socks; while the current away kit is all white with a series of horizontal red stripes on the shirt. Cambodia's latest kit sponsor was FBT.[13] 2022, Cambodia announces Varaman[14] as new costume sponsor

Kit provider Period Ref
FBT 2010–2022 [15]
Varaman 2022– [16]

Home stadiums

The Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh hosts the majority of the national team's home matches. With a capacity of 70,000, it still remains as Cambodia's largest sporting venue since its completion in 1964. However, starting from August 2021 this will no longer be the case, as the newly constructed Morodok Techo National Sports Complex, with a capacity of 75,000 will be completed. Once completed, the Morodok Techo National Stadium will be the biggest sports facility in Cambodia and one of the largest in Southeast Asia.[17] The sports complex is meant to be the main venue of the 2023 Southeast Asian Games. It is also anticipated that the new stadium and associated facilities will also be used to facilitate international friendly football matches and regional football qualifiers.[18][19]

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2021

3 June 2021 2022 WCQ R2 Bahrain  8–0  Cambodia Riffa, Bahrain
19:30 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
7 June 2021 2022 WCQ R2 Iraq  4–1  Cambodia Arad, Bahrain
17:30 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
11 June 2021 2022 WCQ R2 Cambodia  0–10  Iran Isa Town, Bahrain
17:30 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Bahrain
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
9 October 2021 2023 ACQ Play-off Guam  0–1  Cambodia Isa Town, Bahrain
20:30 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
12 October 2021 2023 ACQ Play-off Cambodia  2–1  Guam Isa Town, Bahrain
Report
Stadium: Khalifa Sports City Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ismaeel Habib (Bahrain)
6 December 2021 2020 AFF Championship Cambodia  1–3  Malaysia Bishan, Singapore
17:30
Report
Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 518
Referee: Shukri Hussain Al-Alhunfush (Saudi Arabia)
9 December 2021 2020 AFF Championship Indonesia 4–2  Cambodia Bishan, Singapore
20:30
Report
Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
15 December 2021 2020 AFF Championship Cambodia  3–0  Laos Bishan, Singapore
17:30
Report Stadium: Bishan Stadium
Attendance: 129
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashan (Singapore)

2022

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) Friendly Cambodia  v  Timor-Leste Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Stadium: Morodok Techo National Stadium
8 June 2022 (2022-06-08) AFC AC Q India  v  Cambodia Kolkata, India
IST Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) AFC AC Q Cambodia  v  Hong Kong Kolkata, India
IST Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) AFC AC Q Afghanistan  v  Cambodia Kolkata, India
IST Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium

Coaching staff

Position Name
General Manager Keisuke Honda[20][21]
Head Coach Ryu Hirose[22][23]
Team Manager Chhouk Piseth[24]
Assistant Coach Phea Sopheaktra[25][26]
Ouk Sothy[27][28]
Goalkeeper Coach Toshihiro Mitsumaru[29]
Fitness Coach Kiyomasa Komatsu[30]
Video Analyst Shinya Kizaki[31]
Performance Director Taichi Oshita[32]
Team Doctor Aum Puthi[33]
Physiotherapist Hun Penglong[34]
Nay Chankdeb[35]

Coaching history

Updated 19 December 2021, after the match against  Vietnam.

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%
Yoo Kee-heung December 2007 – July 2008 2 1 0 1 50%
Prak Sovannara July 2008 – May 2009 12 3 1 8 25%
Scott O'Donnell June 2009 – August 2010 0 0 0 0 0%
Lee Tae-hoon August 2010 – May 2012 10 3 2 5 30%
Hok Sochetra July 2012 – October 2012 5 0 1 4 0%
Prak Sovannara December 2012 – September 2013 2 0 0 2 0%
Lee Tae-hoon September 2013 – March 2017 35 13 2 20 37%
Kazunori Ohara (Interim) April 2015 4 1 1 2 25%
Leonardo Vitorino March 2017 – October 2017 7 1 0 6 14%
Prak Sovannara (Interim) October 2017 – August 2018 4 1 0 3 25%
Félix Dalmás[36][37] August 2018 – August 2020 16 3 3 10 19%
Ryu Hirose[38][39] March 2021  9 3 0 6 33%

Current squad

The following 30 players were selected for the 2020 AFF Championship.[40]

Caps and goals updated as of 19 December 2021, after the match against Vietnam.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Keo Soksela (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 16 0 Visakha
21 1GK Vireak Dara (2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 0 0 Visakha
22 1GK Hul Kimhuy (2000-04-07) 7 April 2000 4 0 Boeung Ket
2 2DF Ken Chansopheak (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 12 0 Visakha
3 2DF Sath Rosib (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 23 2 Boeung Ket
4 2DF Sareth Krya (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 20 0 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
5 2DF Soeuy Visal (Captain) (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 62 4 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
6 2DF Tes Sambath (Vice-captain) (2000-10-20) 20 October 2000 9 0 Visakha
15 2DF Yue Safy (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 6 1 Phnom Penh Crown
19 2DF Cheng Meng (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 26 0 Visakha
23 2DF Sor Rotana (2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 4 0 Prey Veng
25 2DF Chan Sarapich (2002-04-05) 5 April 2002 1 0 Prey Veng
26 2DF Soeuth Nava (2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 0 0 Boeung Ket
27 2DF Leng Nora (2004-09-19) 19 September 2004 3 0 Visakha
8 3MF Orn Chanpolin (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 22 0 Phnom Penh Crown
10 3MF Kouch Sokumpheak (1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 65 7 Nagaworld
12 3MF Sos Suhana (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 64 3 Nagaworld
13 3MF Min Ratanak (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 5 0 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
16 3MF Chrerng Polroth (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 28 2 Visakha
17 3MF Lim Pisoth (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 9 0 Phnom Penh Crown
18 3MF Brak Thiva (1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 8 0 Phnom Penh Crown
24 3MF Choun Chanchav (1999-05-05) 5 May 1999 2 0 Phnom Penh Crown
28 3MF Sin Sovannmakara (2004-12-06) 6 December 2004 1 0 Prey Veng
30 3MF Ean Pisey (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 1 0 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
7 4FW Prak Mony Udom (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 58 11 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
9 4FW Sieng Chanthea (2002-09-09) 9 September 2002 17 2 Boeung Ket
11 4FW Chan Vathanaka (1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 49 19 Boeung Ket
14 4FW Keo Sokpheng (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 53 12 Visakha
20 4FW Nhean Sosidan (2002-10-11) 11 October 2002 4 0 Tiffy Army
29 4FW Sa Ty (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 1 0 Visakha

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Reth Lyheng (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 0 0 Bati Academy v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
GK Um Vichet (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 6 0 Tiffy Army v.  Iran, 11 June 2021

DF Seut Baraing (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 5 0 Phnom Penh Crown v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
DF Nhoem Lyhuor (2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 0 0 Prey Veng v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
DF Ouk Sovann (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 10 0 Visakha v.  Iran, 11 June 2021

MF Choeun Nacha (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 0 0 Tiffy Army v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
MF Lim Aarun Raymond (2003-06-25) 25 June 2003 0 0 Boeung Ket v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
MF Long Menghav (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 0 0 Tiffy Army v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
MF Roth Samnang (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 0 0 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
MF Dani Kouch (1990-10-11) 11 October 1990 9 0 Nagaworld v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
MF Thierry Bin (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 38 3 Visakha v.  Iran, 11 June 2021

FW Narong Kakada (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 1 0 Tiffy Army v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
FW Ky Rina (2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 0 0 Visakha v.  Guam, 12 October 2021
FW Mat Noron (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 3 0 Boeung Ket v.  Iran, 11 June 2021
FW Wut Tola (2002-10-06) 6 October 2002 2 0 Visakha v.  Iran, 11 June 2021

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
RET Retired from the national team
SUS Serving suspension
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Previous squads

Records

As of 19 December 2021
Players in bold are still active with Cambodia.

Competition history

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Part of  France
1934
1938
1950
1954 Did not enter
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998Did not qualify6015227
20026015222
2006Did not enter
2010Did not qualify200215
2014210168
201810118528
202210217645
2026To be determined
Total 0/22 36 4 4 28 22 135

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1956Did not qualify 2101511
1960WithdrewWithdrew
1964
1968Did not qualify 320142
1972Fourth place5113810 521288
1976Did not enterDid not enter
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000Did not qualify 4004419
2004Did not enterDid not enter
2007
2011Did not qualify AFC Challenge Cup
2015
2019 1832131247
2023To be determined 10217645
Total Best: Fourth place 5 1 1 3 8 10 42 10 4 28 39 132

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
2006Group stage310246
2008Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
Total Best: Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 6

AFF Championship

AFF Championship record AFF Championship qualification record
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1996Group stage9th4004112 No qualification
1998Did not qualify 201114
2000Group stage7th4103510 No qualification
20027th4103518
200410th4004222
2007Did not qualify 412175
2008Group stage7th3003212 421198
2010Did not qualify 312042
2012 4004312
2014 420266
2016Group stage8th300348 330083
20188th410349 Qualified automatically
20207th4103611
Total Best: Group stage 8/13 30 4 0 26 29 102 249693840

Head-to-head record

Last match updated was against  Vietnam on 19 December 2021[41]

Including results from Khmer Republic.

Key
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative balance (more Losses)
Opponents Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Afghanistan410326−4AFC
 Australia1010000AFC
 Bahrain200209−9AFC
 Bangladesh401325−3AFC
 Bhutan110020+2AFC
 Brunei8521229+11AFC
 China PR6006324−21AFC
 Chinese Taipei4211660AFC
 Guam430163+3AFC
 Guinea100112−1CAF
 Hong Kong9216921−12AFC
 India5104517−12AFC
 Indonesia2423191690−74AFC
 Iran4004128−27AFC
 Iraq200218−7AFC
 Japan4004110−9AFC
 Jordan200208−8AFC
 Kuwait110040+4AFC
 Kyrgyzstan200268−2AFC
 Laos178363024+6AFC
 Lebanon100115−4AFC
 Macau6411147+7AFC
 Malaysia13043232991−62AFC
 Maldives4013314−11AFC
 Mongolia1010110AFC
 Myanmar2022161358−45AFC
   Nepal100101−1AFC
 North Korea100102−2AFC
 Pakistan330051+4AFC
 Palestine2101440AFC
 Philippines113441118−7AFC
 Saudi Arabia100127−5AFC
 Singapore1921151138−27AFC
 South Korea8107424−20AFC
 Sri Lanka3201102+8AFC
 Syria3003117−16AFC
 Tajikistan100103−3AFC
 Thailand152581736−19AFC
 Timor-Leste85212116+5AFC
 Turkmenistan3003112−11AFC
 Uzbekistan2002110−9AFC
 Vietnam21431101552−37AFC
 Yemen33102880AFC

Honours

Including results from Khmer Republic.

See also

Leagues

Cups

National teams

Men

Women

Futsal

Other

Notes

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