Champasak United F.C.

Champasak United
ຈຳປາສັກຢູ່ໄນເຕັດ
Full name Champasak United Football Club
ສະໂມສອນໄອດີຊີ ຈຳປາສັກຢູ່ໄນເຕັດ
Nickname(s) The Freshwater Dolphins
ເດິນຟິນນ້ໍາຈືດ
Founded 2015
Ground Champasak Stadium
Champasak, Laos
Capacity 12,000
Chairman Laos Phonesavanh Khieulavong
Manager Laos Pimsithon Xayyasen
League Lao Premier League
2017 Lao Premier League, 8th

Champasak United Football Club (Laos ສະໂມສອນຈຳປາສັກຢູ່ໄນເຕັດ) is a professional football club, based in Pakse, Laos, that plays in the Lao Premier League, the highest division in Laotian football. The club plays its home matches at the Champasak Stadium, which holds 12,000 people.

In July 2015, the BBC that reported the club were employing illegally trafficked players as young as 14 years old from Western Africa, having forced them to sign contracts and make them live in sub-standard accommodation without pay. [1]

References

  1. "Underage African footballers 'trafficked' to Laos". BBC News. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.


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