The Cambodia men's national football team (Khmer: ក្រុមបាល់ទាត់ជម្រើសជាតិកម្ពុជា, Krŏm Băltoăt Chômreus Chéatĕ Kâmpŭchéa ) represents Cambodia in association football. It is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The team was founded in 1954 and is administered by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC).
History Formation 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 in 1956. The game ended with a 9–2 win for the Malayans.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 association football development. 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. Cambodia managed to qualify for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup in its first qualification attempt. Cambodia managed to win over Hong Kong, which sent the country to Thailand.
In the tournament as Khmer Republic, Cambodia 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 4–0 win over Kuwait, only got beaten later by Iran, again, and Thailand, and won the 4th place overall.
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 association football in 1993. Cambodia's first tournament as a new team was the 1996 AFF Championship, in which Cambodia was defeated in all four matches. In successive tournaments, Cambodia was not as 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 association football talents in its initial history, Hok Sochetra.
During this time, Cambodia sent its national team to the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, the first time Cambodia had ever done so. It had been unsuccessful by large, and often got eliminated in the bottom of their group. The country also withdrew from participating in the 2006 FIFA 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.
2010s and 2020s
Cambodia's association football has witnessed resurgence after decades being under shadows. The resurgence of Cambodia had begun with the arrival of South Korean Lee Tae-hoon, who had introduced development of association 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 association football outside Cambodia, and the fanbase increased as for the achievement. Cambodia once again demonstrated a full spirit of association football, despite during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage, they did not 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. It 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.
Following its failure to qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Cambodia participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification first round where it beat Pakistan 4–1 on aggregate over two legs to reach the second round being drawn with Hong Kong, Bahrain, Iraq and Iran. On 5 September 2019 in the first fixture, Cambodia obtained a 1–1 draw at home to Hong Kong, 5 days later, it lost against Bahrain 1–0.
In August 2020, Félix Dalmás left his post after completing his contract while on 7 April 2021, fellow countrymen, Ryu Hirose was unveiled as the new head coach of the Cambodia taking the team whenever manager Keisuke Honda is unavailable. Hirose’s task was to guide Cambodia for the remaining matches of the second round qualifiers of the FIFA 2022 World Cup qualification. Cambodia went on to undergo 2 defeats to Iran, their worst ever defeat, 14–0 on 10 October 2019 and then 10–0 on 11 June 2021 seeing Cambodia picking up a solitary point in its group.
Kit From 2010 to 2021, the home kit was a blue and black shirt with black shorts and blue socks; while the original away kit was all white with a series of horizontal red stripes on the shirt. FBT sponsored this version of the kit.
On May 27, 2022, the team announced its new kit collection. The Khmer sportswear company, Varaman established in February 2022 sponsored them with designs by HCD football agency Clan United. The designs are based upon the flag of Cambodia, with the blue and red tones from the flag featured along with a pattern made from pixelated images of Angkor Wat. The 2022 home shirt uses a 3 toned blue digital camouflage design. The away shirt is all white fabric, with a zoomed in section of the pattern decorated in faint blue and red tones whilst being separated by patterns and shapes. To match each set, the goalkeeper kits are red and blue for home and away respectively. The repeated element is "slightly off-coloured" from the base fabric. The training kits are blue, red, and white with a graffiti styled pattern on each. Cambodia national football team kitsKit ProviderPeriod FBT2010–2021 Varaman2022–
Stadium Cambodia's home stadium is the Morodok Techo National Stadium with a capacity of 75,000, and associated facilities, was anticipated to be used to facilitate international friendly matches and regional qualifiers which was opened in August 2021 while their former home ground, the National Olympic Stadium will be second in line to host international matches. Cambodia national football team home stadiumsImageStadiumCapacityLocationLast matchMorodok Techo National Stadium60,000Yongphat St., Phnom Penhv (3 August 2026; 2026 ASEAN Championship)National Olympic Stadium30,000Sangkat Boeng Prolit, Phnom Penhv (9 June 2026; Friendly)
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, and future matches that have been scheduled.
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2026
Coaching staff PositionNameHead coach Koji GyotokuTeam manager Chhouk PisethAssistant coach Khek Khemrin Kento FujiharaGoalkeeper coach Kheng RaksmeyMatch analyst Kim LeabfongDoctor Lang SobinPhysiotheraptist Seng Borey Ry LihourInterpreter Khla AkonKit manager Lim SeaklayTeam staff Son Vuthy Touch Phanouch
Coaching history As of 9 June 2026 NamePeriodMatchesWinsDrawsLosses Engly Bean 195? – 195? Azerie 195? – 195? František Kolman 1959 – 1962 Josef Hagara 1962 – 1963 František Kolman 1963 – 1965 Vladimír Mirka 1965 – 1967 Prak Kim San & Slaman Hasmat 1967 – 1975 Joachim FickertJune 1996 – January 2003444535 Som Saran2003 – June 20054004 Scott O'DonnellJuly 2005 – December 2007152310 Yoo Kee-heungDecember 2007 – July 20082101 Prak SovannaraJuly 2008 – May 200912318 Scott O'DonnellJune 2009 – August 20100000 Lee Tae-hoonAugust 2010 – May 201210325 Hok SochetraJuly 2012 – October 20125014 Prak SovannaraDecember 2012 – September 20132002 Lee Tae-hoonSeptember 2013 – March 20173513220 Kazunori Ohara (Interim)April 20154112 Leonardo VitorinoMarch 2017 – October 20177106 Prak Sovannara (Interim)October 2017 – August 20184103 Félix DalmásAugust 2018 – August 2020163310 Keisuke HondaAugust 2018 – January 2023349421 Ryu HiroseMarch 2021 – January 2023186111 Félix DalmásMarch 2023 – September 202412246 Koji GyotokuSeptember 2024 – present16529
Players Current squad The following 23 players were called up for 2026 FIFA ASEAN Challenge Cup.
Caps and goals are correct , after the match against Hong Kong.
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.
INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension WD Withdrew due to non-injury issue.
Previous squads
AFC Asian Cup 1972 AFC Asian Cup squad
AFF Championship / ASEAN Championship 1996 AFF Championship squad 2000 AFF Championship squad 2002 AFF Championship squad 2004 AFF Championship squad 2008 AFF Championship squad 2016 AFF Championship squad 2018 AFF Championship squad 2020 AFF Championship squad 2022 AFF Championship squad 2024 ASEAN Championship squad
Player records
Players in bold are still active with Cambodia.
Most appearances RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer1Soeuy Visal8652014–present2Sos Suhana7942012–present3Kouch Sokumpheak7372006–20234Keo Sokpheng62152015–20225Prak Mony Udom60112011–20216Chhin Chhoeun5642011–20187Khoun Laboravy55122008–20188Chan Vathanaka52192013–20239Thierry Bin5132015–present10Sam El Nasa46112000–2011
Top goalscorers RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioCareer1Hok Sochetra20260.771995–20032Chan Vathanaka19522013–20233Keo Sokpheng15620.242015–20224Khoun Laboravy12550.222008–20185Sam El Nasa11460.242000–2011Prak Mony Udom11600.182011–20217Khim Borey10280.362007–20158Sieng Chanthea8442019–present9Kouch Sokumpheak7730.12006–202310Sok Chanraksmey5100.52013–2016Reung Bunheing5192018–2023Chan Rithy5250.22002–2011Soeuy Visal5862014–present
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup recordYearRound 1930Part of 1934 1938 1950 1954Did not enter 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998Did not qualify6015227 20026015222 2006 Did not enter 2010Did not qualify200215 2014 210168 2018 10118528 2022 10217645 2026 201101 2030To be determined 2034 Total 38 4 5 29 22 136
AFC Asian Cup
record record Year Round Position 1956 Did not qualify2101511 1960 Withdrew Withdrew 1964 1968 Did not qualify320142 1972 Fourth place4th4112810521288 1976 Did not enter Did not enter 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 Did not qualify4004419 2004 Did not enter Did not enter 2007 2011 Did not qualifyAFC Challenge Cup 2015 20191832131247 2023154291153 2027201122 Total Fourth place 5 1 1 3 8 10 49 12 6 31 46 142
AFC Challenge Cup record Year Round 2006 Group stage310246 2008Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 Total Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 6
ASEAN Championship record record Year Round 1996 Group stage 9th 4 0 0 4 1 12 No qualification 1998 Did not qualify201114 2000 Group stage 7th 4 1 0 3 5 10 No qualification 2002 7th 4 1 0 3 5 18 2004 10th 4 0 0 4 2 22 2007 Did not qualify412175 2008 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 2 12421198 2010 Did not qualify312042 20124004312 2014420266 2016 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 4 8330083 2018 8th 4 1 0 3 4 9Qualified automatically 2020 7th 4 1 0 3 6 11 2022 6th 4 2 0 2 10 8 2024 4 1 1 2 7 8 2026 8th 4 1 0 3 6 10 Total Group stage 42 8 1 33 52 128 249693840
FIFA ASEAN Challenge Cup record Year Round Position 2026Runners-up2nd311134
Head-to-head record Last match updated was against Hong Kong on 3 October 2026.
Including results from the Khmer Republic.
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