Cambodia national football team

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Cambodia

Nickname(s)

The royals

Association

Cambodian Football Federation

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Yoo Kee-Heung^[1]

Top scorer

Hok Sochetra (42)

Home stadium

Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium

FIFA code

CAM

FIFA ranking

185

Highest FIFA ranking

156 (July 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

188 (December 2005)

Elo ranking

208





First kit





Second kit

First international

Khmer Republic 2 - 3 Malaya

(Cambodia; March 17, 1956)

Biggest win

Khmer Republic 11 - 0 North Yemen

(Cambodia; Date Unknown, 1966)

Biggest defeat

Indonesia 10 - 0 Cambodia

(Thailand; September 6, 1995)

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1972)

Best result

Fourth place, 1972

The Cambodia national football team is the national team of Cambodia and is controlled by the Cambodian Football Federation. It was known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975. It finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup, but is currently one of the weakest teams in the world and did not even attempt qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The team was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA's ranks in 1953.

1 World Cup record
2 Asian Cup record
3 ASEAN Football Championship record
4 AFC Challenge Cup record
5 Recent developments
- 5.1 Results and Upcoming fixtures
6 Current squad
- 6.1 Recent Call Ups in 2007
7 See also
8 References

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1994 - Did not enter
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not enter
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

1956 - Did not qualify
1960 - Did not enter
1964 - Did not enter
1968 - Did not qualify
1972 - Fourth place
1976 to 1996 - Did not enter
2000 - Did not qualify
2004 to 2007 - Did not enter

[edit] ASEAN Football Championship record

1996 - Round 1
1998 - Did not qualify
2000 to 2004 - Round 1
2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

2006 - Round 1
2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Recent developments

In October 2007, Cambodia was eliminated from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, at the first hurdle, losing 1-0 to Turkmenistan at home in Phnom Penh and 4-1 away in Ashgabat.

On 21 December 2007 it was announced that Yoo Kee-Heung, a South Korean coach, had been hired as the Cambodia national team coach. This appointment was reported to be part of a sponsorship deal with a Korean technology company worth $205 000 a year, half of which will be Yoo's salary.^[2]

[edit] Results and Upcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
26 May 2008	2008 AFC Challenge Cup	Olympic Stadium Phnom Penh	Cambodia	0:1	Nepal
28 May 2008	2008AFC Challenge Cup	Olympic Stadium Phnom Penh	Macau	1:3	Cambodia	Sinoun 29',92', Rithy 67'

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Oum Chandara
2		Chandara Ngoun	14 October 1988	Royal Dolphins
3	DF	Kim Chanburith
4	DF	Chan Chaya
5	FW	Nuth Sinuon	10 October 1985	Royal Navi
6	DF	Om Thavrak
7	MF	Chan Rithy	11 November 1983	Cambodia Army
8	MF	Keo Kosal	13 June 1986	Khemara
9	MF	Samel Nasa	25 April 1984	Military Police
10	FW	Kouch Sokumpheak
11	MF	Teab Vathanak	7 January 1985	Phnom Penh Empire
12	MF	Khim Borey
13	GK	Samreth Seiha
14	MF	Sun Sovannarith
15		Men Pisith
16	DF	Tieng Tiny
17	MF	Hok Sotitya
18	MF	Pok Chanthan	1 December 1982	FC Royal Sword