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The Cambodia national football team is the national team of Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

and is controlled by the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC). It was known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975. It finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup

1972 AFC Asian Cup

-Semi-finals:----- Third place play-off :-Final:-External links:**...

, but is currently one of the weakest teams in the world and did not even attempt qualifying for the 2006 World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

. The team was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

's ranks in 1953. One of Cambodia's best players was Hok "Jet" Sochetra. Earlier in the decade he was considered one of the top 2 strikers in South East Asia along with Kiatisuk Senamuang

Kiatisuk Senamuang

Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang is a Thai football manager and former football striker who played between April 1993 and October 2007, currently managing Chula United in the Thai Division 1 League.-Club career:...

from Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. In 1997, Hok Sochetra won the best player award in Southeast Asia in 1997 – the Golden Ball from Sanyo

Sanyo

is a major electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo targets the middle of the market and has over 230 Subsidiaries and Affiliates....

. He has scored 42 goals in 64 international matches.

Fixtures and Results

Date	Competition	Location	Result	Scorers for Cambodia
March 21, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw eight teams advance to the final tournament in Nepal. The qualification draw was held on 20 October 2010, in AFC House.-Seeding:...	Male Male Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...	0–4	N/A
March 23, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw eight teams advance to the final tournament in Nepal. The qualification draw was held on 20 October 2010, in AFC House.-Seeding:...	Male Male Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...	0–3	N/A
March 25, 2011	AFC Challenge qualifiers 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw eight teams advance to the final tournament in Nepal. The qualification draw was held on 20 October 2010, in AFC House.-Seeding:...	Male Male Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...	3–4	Kouch Sokumpheak 38', 49, Sok Rithy 89'
June 29, 2011	2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (AFC) 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round This page provides the summaries of the AFC First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:In this round the sixteen lowest seeded teams were drawn into 8 home-and-away ties...	Olympic Stadium (Phnom Penh), Phnom Penh Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...	4–2	Khoun Laboravy 51', Sam El Nasa 57', 88', Kouch Sokumpheak 67'
July 3, 2011	2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (AFC) 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round This page provides the summaries of the AFC First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:In this round the sixteen lowest seeded teams were drawn into 8 home-and-away ties...	New Laos National Stadium New Laos National Stadium New Laos National Stadium is a new multi-use state-of-the-art stadium in Vientiane, Laos, that is newly built. It was used mostly for football matches as well as athletics events and will be used to host the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. The stadium will have a... , Vientiane Vientiane -Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...	2–6	Chhin Chhoeun 45' Kouch Sokumpheak 75'

World Cup record

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=8|Asian

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

Qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments...

Records
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|1930

1930 FIFA World Cup

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...

to 1994

1994 FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...

||Did not enter||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| 1998

1998 FIFA World Cup

The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

||Did not qualify||6||0||1||5||2||27
|-
| 2002

2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

||Did not qualify||6||0||1||5||2||22
|-
|2006

2006 FIFA World Cup

||Did not enter||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|2010

2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

||Did not qualify||2||0||0||2||1||5
|-
|2014

2014 FIFA World Cup

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....

||Did not qualify||2||1||0||1||6||8
|-
|Total||||16||1||2||13||11||62

AFC Challenge Cup record

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!colspan=8|AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Challenge Cup

The AFC Challenge Cup is an international football competition for emerging nations that are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The first tournament was hosted by Bangladesh in 2006...

|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
|-
|2006 || Group Stage||3||1||0||2||4||6
|-
|2008

2008 AFC Challenge Cup

The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was hosted by India and played from July 30 to August 13, 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan...

to 2012

2010 AFC Challenge Cup

The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup was the third edition of the tournament which was held from 16–27 February 2010 in Sri Lanka. India, the defending champions, fielded their under-23 team for this tournament in preparation for the 2010 Asian Games later that year...

|| 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
Tiger Cup
The ASEAN Football Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organized by the ASEAN Football Federation , contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia...

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=8|ASEAN Football Championship
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
|-
|| 1996

1996 Tiger Cup

The 1996 Tiger Cup is the inaugural edition of the ASEAN Football Championship, sponsored by Tiger Beer. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 September to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeast Asia taking part, four of which were invitees.- Teams :...

||Group Stage ||4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||1 ||12
|-
|| 1998

1998 Tiger Cup

The 1998 tournament was held in Vietnam. Group A's matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City with Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Philippines. Group B's matches were played in Hanoi with Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Laos.-Controversy:...

|| Did not qualify ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
|| 2000

2000 Tiger Cup

The 2000 Tiger Cup was held in Thailand from 5 November to 18 November 2000.- Teams :No qualification was required for this edition of the tournament and national teams from nine of the ten member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation have entered...

|| Group Stage ||4 ||1 ||0 ||3 ||5 ||10
|-
|| 2002

2002 Tiger Cup

The 2002 Tiger Cup was co-hosted by Indonesia and Singapore from 15 December to 29 December 2002 and participated by all national teams of the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered except for...

|| Group Stage ||4 ||1 ||0 ||3 ||5 ||18
|-
|| 2004

2004 Tiger Cup

The 2004 Tiger Cup was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 December to 16 January 2005 and participated by the national football teams of Southeast Asia....

|| Group Stage ||4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||2 ||22
|-
|-
|| 2007

2007 ASEAN Football Championship

The 2007 ASEAN Football Championship was the 6th ASEAN Football Championship, hosted by Singapore and Thailand....

|| Did not qualify ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
|| 2008|| Group Stage ||3 ||0 ||0 ||3 ||2 ||12
|-
|| 2010

2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

The 2010 AFF Cup, sponsored by Suzuki and officially named the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, took place on December 1–29, 2010. Indonesia and Vietnam hosted the preliminary stage from 1 to 7 December for Group A and 2 to 8 December for Group B. The semi-finals were played home and away with the first legs...

|| Did not qualify ||- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
|| Total || Best: Group Stage ||19 ||2 ||0 ||17 ||15 ||74
|}

Kits

Cambodia's home kit is a red jersey with white shoulders, blue-red-blue V-neck (represent Cambodia's flag

Flag of Cambodia

The national flag of Cambodia was readopted in 1993, after elections returned the monarchy to rule.-Brief history:Since around 1850, the Cambodian flag has featured a depiction of Angkor Wat in the center. The current flag, with a blue border and red central was adopted following Cambodia's...

) and white small sides, with white shorts and red socks. Their away kit is all light blue jersey (represent the color of the monarchy of Cambodia) with yellow shoulders, blue-red-blue V-neck (represent Cambodia's flag) and yellow small sides. The kits are currently manufactured by Erke

ERKE (brand)

ERKE is a sportswear brand owned by the Chinese company HongXing Erke Group. The brand specializes in sports apparel and has sponsored major sports icons within the Chinese Olympic team. ERKE was also the official kit sponsor for the Korea DPR national football team...

Recent developments

In October 2007, Cambodia was eliminated from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, at the first hurdle, losing 1–0 to Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan national football team

The Turkmenistan national football team is the national team of Turkmenistan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.-History:After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Kazakhstan on June 1, 1992...

at home in Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

and 4–1 away in Ashgabat.

On 21 December 2007 it was announced that Yoo Kee-Heung

Yoo Kee-Heung

Yoo Kee-Heung is a Korean football manager and former player.Yoo represented South Korea as a player during the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.Yoo subsequently turned to football coaching...

, a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n 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.

On July, 2008 the Cambodian Football Federation

Cambodian Football Federation

Football Federation of Cambodia is the governing body of football in Cambodia, controlling the Cambodian national team. It was founded in 1933, and has been a member of FIFA since 1953 and the Asian Football Confederation since 1957.-External links:...

fired South Korean coach Yoo Kee-Heung

Yoo Kee-Heung

Yoo Kee-Heung is a Korean football manager and former player.Yoo represented South Korea as a player during the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.Yoo subsequently turned to football coaching...

from the national team after poor results and the lack of a coaching license and he has been replaced by local coach Prak Sovannara.

Places for improvement

There is good physical conditioning of the young players but they lack football IQ

Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests designed to assess intelligence. When modern IQ tests are constructed, the mean score within an age group is set to 100 and the standard deviation to 15...

. Former Cambodian football star, Hok Socheatra said "They can pass, they can shoot, but they don't know how to [lose] the defender to create space to have a chance at goal. They don't know how to [outsmart] the goalkeeper."

Coaches

{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Nat
!Period
!Matches
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
!Win%
|-
| Joachim Fickert
| align="center" |

Scott O'Donnell

Scott O'Donell is a retired Australian football player.Current AIFF Academy Instructor. FIFA Coaching Instructor.Former Director of Coach Education, Asian Football Confederation.S.League Coach of the Year 2003.-External links:...

| align="center" |

| align="center" |2005 – 2008
| align="center" |14
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |9
| align="center" |14%
|-
| Som Saran
| align="center" |

| align="center" |January – June 2008
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |0
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |40%
|-
| Yoo Kee-Heung

Yoo Kee-Heung

Yoo Kee-Heung is a Korean football manager and former player.Yoo represented South Korea as a player during the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.Yoo subsequently turned to football coaching...

| align="center" |

| align="center" |July 2008 – June 2009
| align="center" |14
| align="center" |3
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |9
| align="center" |24%
|-
| Scott O'Donnell

Scott O'Donnell

| align="center" |

| align="center" |August 2010 –
| align="center" |11
| align="center" |4
| align="center" |2
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |33%
|-
|}

Current squad

The following 25-man squad was selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

The Asian Football Confederation section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification sees teams competing for berths in the final tournament in Brazil...

games against Laos

Laos national football team

The Laos national football team is the national team of Laos and is controlled by the Lao Football Federation. A member of the AFC, Laos has developed regional rivalries with Thailand and Burma.-History:...

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