Cambodia national football team
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Nickname(s) |
Kouprey Blue Angkor Warriors | ||
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Association | Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
Head coach | Keisuke Honda | ||
Captain | Khoun Laboravy | ||
Home stadium | Olympic Stadium | ||
FIFA code | CAM | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
169 | ||
Highest | 135 (March 2011) | ||
Lowest | 198 (August 2014) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current |
207 | ||
Highest | 84 (15 November 1972) | ||
Lowest | 210 (8 June 2017) | ||
First international | |||
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 17 March 1956)[1] | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 29 November 1966) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Chiangmai, Thailand; 6 December 1995) | |||
Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1972) | ||
Best result | Fourth 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 | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Did not enter | |||||||
Did not qualify | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | ||
Did not enter | |||||||
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 28 | ||
To be determined | |||||||
Total | 0/21 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 90 |
AFC Asian Cup record
AFC Asian Cup record | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Did not qualify | |||||||
Withdrew | |||||||
Did not qualify | |||||||
4th place | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |
Did not enter | |||||||
Did not qualify | |||||||
Did not enter | |||||||
Did not qualify | |||||||
Total | 1/16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
AFC Challenge Cup record
Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Did not qualify | |||||||
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 | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Group stage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
Did not qualify | |||||||
Group stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | ||
Did not qualify | |||||||
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
Did not qualify | |||||||
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
Win Draw Lose
2017
14 January 2017 Friendly | Saudi Arabia |
7–2 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | |
19:00 UTC+3 | Al-Shamrani Al-Sahlawi Al-Mogahwi Al-Ruwaili |
Report | Kh.Laboravy K.Sokpheng |
Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Ali (United Arab Emirates) |
22 March 2017 Friendly | Cambodia |
2–3 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
18:00 --:-- UTC+7 | Laboravy Vathanaka |
Report | Chhetri Lalpekhlua Jhingan |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium |
28 March 2017 Asian Cup Q | Jordan |
7–0 | Amman, Jordan | |
18:00 UTC+2 | Dardour Albakhit Al-Saify Samir Taamari |
Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev(Kyrgyzstan) |
8 June 2017 Friendly | Cambodia |
0–2 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
--:-- UTC+7 | Report | Bachdim Zola |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Warintorn Sassadee (Thailand) |
13 June 2017 Asian Cup Q | Cambodia |
1–0 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
TBD UTC+7 | Mony Udom |
Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran) |
5 September 2017 Asian Cup Q | Cambodia |
1–2 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
18:30 UTC+7 | Chan Vathanaka |
Report | Nguyễn Văn Quyết Nguyễn Quang Hải |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium |
4 October 2017 Friendly1 | Indonesia |
3–1 | Bekasi, Indonesia | |
21:00 UTC+07 | Lerby Rezaldi Septian |
Vathanaka |
Stadium: Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Referee: Sukbir Singh (Singapore) |
10 October 2017 Asian Cup Q | Vietnam |
5–0 | Hanoi, Vietnam | |
--:-- UTC+7 | Đinh Thanh Trung Nguyễn Văn Quyết Nguyễn Anh Đức |
Report | Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand) |
9 November 2017 Friendly | Cambodia |
1–2 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
Mony Udom |
Zaw Min Tun Aung Thu |
14 November 2017 Asian Cup Q | Cambodia |
0–1 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
--:-- UTC+7 | Abu Amarah |
Stadium: Olympic Stadium |
2018
21 March 2018 Friendly | Laos |
0–1 | Vientiane, Laos | |
18:00 UTC+7 | Laboravy |
Stadium: New Laos National Stadium |
27 March 2018 Asian Cup Q | Afghanistan |
2–1 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | |
UTC+7 | Azadzoy Sharza |
Report | Laboravy |
Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) |
10 September 2018 Friendly[7] | Cambodia |
1–3 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
18:30 UTC+7 | Visal |
Report | Shahrul Syazwan Shahrel |
Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Referee: Nguyễn Hiền Triết (Vietnam) |
12 October 2018 Friendly | Cambodia |
2–2 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
18:30 UTC+7 | Vathanaka Bunheing |
Report | Almeida Gama |
Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia) |
16 October 2018 Friendly | Cambodia |
v | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
UTC+7 | Report | Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium |
8 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS | Cambodia |
v | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
--:-- UTC+7 | Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium |
12 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS | Myanmar |
v | Yangon, Myanmar | |
--:-- UTC+6:30 | Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium |
20 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS | Cambodia |
v | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
--:-- UTC+7 | Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium |
24 November 2018 2018 AFF Championship GS | Vietnam |
v | Hanoi, Vietnam | |
--:-- UTC+7 | Stadium: Hàng Đẫy Stadium |
- 1 Not an international FIFA match "A".'
Coaches
Name | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Win% |
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1965–1967 | ||||||
June 1996 – January 2003 | ||||||
2003 – June 2005 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0% | |
July 2005 – December 2007 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13.33% | |
December 2007 – July 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | |
July 2008 – May 2009 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 27% | |
June 2009 – August 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | |
August 2010 – May 2012 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40% | |
July 2012 – October 2012 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0% | |
December 2012 – September 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | |
April 2015 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25% | |
September 2013 – March 2017 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 37% | |
March 2017 – October 2017 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14% | |
October 2017 – August 2018 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25% | |
August 2018 – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Coaching staff
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | |
Manager | |
Assistant Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Goalkeeper Coach | |
Physiotherapist | |
Medical Team | |
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 | ||
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1 | GK | Chea Vansak | 0 | 0 | ||||
21 | GK | Keo Soksela | 1 August 1997 | 1 | 0 | |||
22 | GK | Um Vichet | 27 November 1993 | 2 | 0 | |||
2 | DF | Nen Sothearoth | 24 December 1995 | 15 | 0 | |||
3 | DF | Sath Rosib | 7 July 1997 | 3 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Sareth Krya | 4 March 1995 | 3 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Soeuy Visal | 19 August 1995 | 44 | 3 | |||
6 | DF | Hong Pheng | 1 November 1989 | 19 | 1 | |||
18 | DF | Sor Piseth | 8 August 1992 | 5 | 0 | |||
19 | DF | Cheng Meng | 27 February 1998 | 6 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Orn Chanpolin | 15 March 1998 | 3 | 0 | |||
10 | MF | Kouch Sokumpheak (Captain) | 15 February 1987 | 47 | 6 | |||
12 | MF | Sos Suhana | 4 April 1992 | 44 | 2 | |||
13 | MF | In Sodavid | 2 July 1998 | 7 | 0 | |||
15 | MF | Tith Dina | 5 June 1993 | 31 | 2 | |||
16 | MF | Sin Kakada | 29 July 2000 | 2 | 0 | |||
17 | MF | Chhin Chhoeun | 10 September 1992 | 52 | 4 | |||
20 | MF | Brak Thiva | 5 December 1998 | 5 | 0 | |||
23 | MF | Thierry Chantha Bin (Vice-captain) | 1 June 1991 | 30 | 3 | |||
24 | MF | Kouch Dani | 11 October 1990 | 1 | 0 | |||
7 | FW | Prak Mony Udom | 24 August 1994 | 50 | 9 | |||
9 | FW | Keo Sokpheng | 3 March 1992 | 35 | 8 | |||
11 | FW | Chan Vathanaka | 23 January 1994 | 40 | 14 | |||
14 | FW | Reung Bunheing | 25 September 1992 | 2 | 1 |
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Sou YatyINJ | 17 December 1991 | 37 | 0 | v. | |
GK | Um SereyrothINJ | 25 September 1995 | 20 | 0 | v. | |
GK | Om Oudom | 24 August 1995 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Ouk Sovann | 15 May 1998 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Ly Vahed | 26 December 1998 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Yue Safy | 8 November 2000 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Seut Baraing | 29 September 1999 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Rous Samoeun | 20 December 1993 | 35 | 1 | v. | |
DF | Nub Tola | 1 October 1995 | 27 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Pom Tola | 29 March 1988 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Hoy Phallin | 30 March 1995 | 28 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Sok Heang | 1 | 0 | v. | ||
MF | Ouk Sothy | 5 October 1987 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Ol Ravy | 15 August 1993 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Chey Chetra | 6 November 1997 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Suong Virak | 26 June 1991 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Khoun Laboravy | 25 August 1988 | 56 | 12 | v. | |
FW | Mat Noron | 17 June 1998 | 1 | 0 | v. |
- 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
- ↑ "Cambodia matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Cambodia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ Ek Madra (8 October 2007). "FEATURE-Soccer-Asia's minnows have World Cup mountain to climb". Reuters. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Cambodia's Hok Sochetra On The Ball
- ↑ Hok Sochetra speaks out about the beautiful game in Cambodia-The Phnom Penh Post
- ↑ "Kit". ebaystatic.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ Ooi Kin Fai (10 June 2018). "Malaysia line up 6 friendlies in lead up to AFF Championship". Sporting News. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ South Vietnam Independence Cup 1972 Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
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