Cambodia national football team

The Cambodia national football team (Khmer: ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិកម្ពុជា), nicknamed the Angkor Warriors[4] or Kouprey Kampuchea, represents Cambodia in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC)[5] which is part of the Asian Football Confederation and sub-confederation AFF.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cambodia women's national football team.

 Cambodia
Nickname(s)អ្នកចម្បាំងអង្គរ (Angkor Warriors)[1]
គោព្រៃកម្ពុជា (Kouprey Kampuchea)
AssociationFootball Federation of Cambodia (FFC)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachFélix Dalmás
CaptainSoeuy Visal
Most capsKouch Sokumpheak (59)
Top scorerChan Vathanaka (16)
Home stadiumOlympic Stadium
FIFA codeCAM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 173 (16 July 2020)[2]
Highest153 (March 2011)
Lowest198 (August 2014)
First international
 Malaya 9–2 Cambodia 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 17 March 1956)[3]
Biggest win
 Cambodia 11–0 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)

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

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
2018 AFF Championship group stage starting line-up in a 3–1 win against Laos.[6]

Cambodia's football has witnessed resurgence after decades being under shadows. The resurgence of Cambodia had begun with the arrival of South Korea's Le-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

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup finals record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1994Did not enter
1998Did not qualify6015227
20026015222
2006Did not enter
2010Did not qualify200215
2014210168
201810118528
2022To be determined
2026
Total0/212323211690

AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1956Did not qualify
1960Withdrew
1964
1968Did not qualify
1972Fourth place5113810
1976 to 1996Did not enter
2000Did not qualify
2004Did not enter
2007
2011Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023To be determined
Total1/165104810

AFC Challenge Cup
AFC Challenge Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
2006Group stage310246
2008Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
TotalBest: Group stage310246

AFF Competitions History
  • Finals Records Only

This competition was also formerly known as the Tiger Cup.

AFF Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1996Group stage4004112
1998Did not qualify
2000Group stage4103510
20024103518
20044004222
2007Did not qualify
2008Group stage3003212
2010Did not qualify
2012
2014
2016Group stage300348
2018Group stage410349
2020To be determined
TotalBest: Group stage2230232391

Kits

Cambodia's home kit is all blue and black.[7] The current away kit is mainly white with a series of red stripes.[8] Cambodia's current kit sponsor is FBT.

Fixtures and results
Main article: Cambodia national football team results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019
9 March 2019 FriendlyCambodia 0–1 BangladeshPhnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Report Robiul  83' Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)
6 June 2019 2022 WCQ R1Cambodia 2–0 PakistanPhnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Chanthea  81'
Sokumpheak  84'		 Report Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 33,706
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
11 June 2019 2022 WCQ R1Pakistan 1–2 CambodiaDoha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3 Bashir  18' (pen.) Report Rosib  64'
Bunheing  89'		 Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
5 September 2019 2022 WCQ R2Cambodia 1–1 Hong KongPhnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Keo  16' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Tan Chun Lok  33' Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 45,500
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
10 September 2019 2022 WCQ R2Cambodia 0–1 BahrainPhnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Al Aswad  78' Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
10 October 2019 2022 WCQ R2Iran 14–0 CambodiaTehran, Iran
17:00 UTC+3:30 Nourollahi  5'
Azmoun  11', 35', 44'
Kanaani  18'
Taremi  22', 54'
Ansarifard  40', 48', 60', 88'
Mohebi  65', 67'
Mohammadi  85'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 15,823
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
15 October 2019 2022 WCQ R2Cambodia 0–4 IraqPhnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Bayesh  22'
Ali  41'
Attwan  57'
Ibrahim  62'		 Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 48,258
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
14 November 2019 FriendlyCambodia 1–1 MongoliaPhnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Keo  35' (pen.) Narmandakh Artag  21' Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
19 November 2019 2022 WCQ R2Hong Kong 2–0 CambodiaHong Kong Island, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8 Ha  20'
Roberto  84'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 6,497
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

2020
8 October 2020 2022 WCQ R2Bahrain v CambodiaRiffa, Bahrain
--:-- UTC+3 Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium
13 October 2020 2022 WCQ R2Cambodia v IranPhnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
12 November 2020 2022 WCQ R2Iraq v CambodiaTBD
--:-- UTC+3 Stadium: TBD

Coaches
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%
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 – August 2018 4 1 0 3 25%
Félix Dalmás
Keisuke Honda		 August 2018 – 16 3 3 10 19%

Correct as of November, 2019 after the game against  Hong Kong.

Coaching staff
Position Name
General Manager Keisuke Honda
Head Coach Félix Dalmás
Keisuke Honda
Team Manager Chhouk Piseth
Assistant Coach Phea Sopheaktra
Assistant Coach Sabone Venta
Goalkeeper Coach Yun Vongrat
Fitness Coach Taichi Oshita

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against  Hong Kong.

Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2019 after the match against  Hong Kong.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sou Yaty (1991-12-17) 17 December 1991 37 0 Nagaworld
21 1GK Hul Kimhuy (2000-04-07) 7 April 2000 1 0 Boeung Ket
22 1GK Keo Soksela (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 10 0 Visakha
2 2DF Ken Chansopheak (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 5 0 Visakha
3 2DF Sath Rosib (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 16 1 Boeung Ket
4 2DF Sareth Krya (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 15 0 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
5 2DF Soeuy Visal (Captain) (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 57 3 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
6 2DF Tes Sambath (2000-10-20) 20 October 2000 0 0 Boeung Ket
13 2DF Ly Vahed (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 1 0 Boeung Ket
15 2DF Yue Safy (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 3 0 Phnom Penh Crown
19 2DF Cheng Meng (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 19 0 Visakha
8 3MF Orn Chanpolin (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 15 0 Phnom Penh Crown
10 3MF Kouch Sokumpheak (Vice-captain) (1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 60 6 Nagaworld
11 3MF Sin Kakada (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 5 0 Visakha
12 3MF Sos Suhana (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 56 2 Nagaworld
16 3MF Kouch Dani (1990-10-11) 11 October 1990 8 0 Nagaworld
20 3MF Yeu Muslim (1998-12-25) 25 December 1998 4 0 Phnom Penh Crown
23 3MF Thierry Chantha Bin (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 36 3 Perak
7 4FW Prak Mony Udom (1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 56 10 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
9 4FW Reung Bunheing (1992-09-25) 25 September 1992 10 2 Visakha
14 4FW Keo Sokpheng (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 47 11 Visakha
17 4FW Sieng Chanthea (2002-09-09) 9 September 2002 8 1 Boeung Ket
18 4FW Kan Pisal (2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 0 0 Tiffy Army

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Cambodia squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Saveng Samnang (2000-10-15) 15 October 2000 0 0 Tiffy Army v.  Bahrain, 10 September 2019
GK Um Vichet (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 6 0 Tiffy Army v.  Pakistan, 11 June 2019
DF Ouk Sovann (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 7 0 Visakha v.  Iraq, 15 October 2019
DF Seut Baraing (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 4 0 Phnom Penh Crown v.  Iraq, 15 October 2019
DF Chhong Bunnath (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 1 0 Angkor Tiger v.  Pakistan, 11 June 2019
DF Sor Piseth (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 6 0 Tiffy Army 2018 AFF Championship
DF Nen Sothearoth (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 16 0 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 2018 AFF Championship
DF Hong Pheng (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 24 1 Boeung Ket 2018 AFF Championship
MF Hoy Phallin (1996-03-30) 30 March 1996 30 0 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng v.  Iraq, 15 October 2019
MF In Sodavid (1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 7 0 Visakha v.  Bahrain, 10 September 2019
MF Tith Dina (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 33 2 Visakha 2018 AFF Championship
MF Chhin Chhoeun (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 55 4 Tiffy Army 2018 AFF Championship
FW Dav Nim (1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 0 0 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey v.  Bahrain, 10 September 2019
FW Khieng Menghour (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 1 0 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng v.  Pakistan, 11 June 2019
FW Chan Vathanaka (1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 45 16 Boeung Ket 2018 AFF Championship
  • INJ Injured players
  • PRE Preliminary squad
  • SUS Suspended from the team
  • RET Retired players

Previous squads

Honours

Including results from  Khmer Republic.

Fourth Place (1): 1972
Champion (1): 1973
Champion (1): 1972
Third Place (1): 1972

See also

Leagues

Cups

National teams

Men

Women

Futsal

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