Laos national football team

The Laos national football team (Lao: ທິ ມຊາດ

ບານເຕະ ແຫ່ງຊາດ ລ າວ; French: Équipe du Laos de Lao People's Democratic Republic
football) is the men's national football team that
represents the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Contents
History
Competition records
World Cup
Asian Cup Nickname(s) ພະລັງລູກເຂົາ
້ ໜຽວ
Asian Games (Pha Lung Louk khao
AFC Challenge Cup niew)
AFC Solidarity Cup record (Power Sticky rice)
ASEAN Championship Association Lao Football Federation
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures Confederation AFC (Asia)
2019 Sub-confederation AFF (Southeast Asia)
Laos national football team head-to-head Head coach V. Sundramoorthy
Players Captain Soukaphone
Current squad Vongchiengkham[1]
Recent call-ups Most caps Visay Phaphouvanin (51)
Coaches Top scorer Visay Phaphouvanin (18)[2]
Honours Home stadium New Laos National
See also Stadium
References FIFA code LAO
External links

History
Laos established their national football association in
1951. The South East Asian nation is still waiting to
make its entrance into a major international competition.
First colours Second
Laos have never qualified for the World Cup, Asian Cup
or Asian Games and as an international side, their colours
appearances have been restricted to regional tournaments FIFA ranking
such as the Southeast Asian Games and the AFF Suzuki
Current 188 (9 April 2020)[3]
Cup. After years of internal strife, Laos is well on the
Highest 134 (September 1998)
road to economic and political recovery. With the Lowest 210 (August 2012)
country achieving political stability, football has made an
Elo ranking
impact on Laotians.[6][7]
Current 221 (2 April 2020)[4]
Since making their appearance at the 1995 Southeast Highest 142 (1961)
Asian Games, Laos has competed in the ASEAN
Football Championship (formerly known as the Tiger Lowest 224 (June 2019)
Cup). Although new to the regional tournaments, Laos First international
has displayed passion and talent. In 1995, they beat
South Vietnam 7–0 Laos
Brunei and the Philippines and two years later in the
Jakarta SEA Games, they also beat Malaysia. Domestic (Rangoon, Burma; 12 December 1961)[5]
competitions are also active with over 60 clubs Biggest win
competing at various levels. Domestic football is Laos 6–1 Timor-Leste
amateur although most of the top teams are drawn from
(Vientiane, Laos; 26 October 2010)
government ministries and public services. In the
qualifying preliminary rounds for the 2004 Asian Cup, Biggest defeat
they beat Bangladesh 2–1. In the Asian zone qualifiers Egypt 15–0 Laos
for the 2006 World Cup, they qualified for the second (Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 November 1963)
round as a lucky loser after Guam and Nepal both
withdrew from the competition, but proceeded to lose all AFC Solidarity Cup
[8]
its games (with Qatar, Iran and Jordan). They also Appearances 1 (first in 2016)
advanced to the second round of the Asian qualifiers for Best result Third place (2016)
the 2014 World Cup, after defeating Cambodia 8–6 on
aggregate. In the second round, they lost to China 13–3
on aggregate. Laos has defeated their much more established counterparts such as Brunei, Cambodia,
Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. Laos' first appearance in a continental tournament was in 2014, when
they played at the 2014 Challenge Cup.[9][10]

Competition records

World Cup

FIFA World Cup record

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1998 Did not enter

2002
Did not qualify
2006
2010 Did not enter[11]
2014

2018 Did not qualify

2022
2026 To be determined
Total 0/22 – – – – – –
Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1956 to 1968 Did not enter
1972 to 1980 Withdrew

1984 to 1996 Did not enter

2000
Did not qualify
2004

2007
Did not enter
2011
2015
2019 Did not qualify
2023

Total 0/17 – – – – – –

Asian Games
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
 Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
1951 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1954 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1958 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1962 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1966 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1970 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1974 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1978 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1982 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1986 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1990 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1994 - 0 0 0 0 0 0

1998 - 2 0 0 2 1 11

2002–present See Laos national under-23 football team

Total 1/13 2 0 0 2 1 11

AFC Challenge Cup

2006: Was replaced by AFC
2008: Withdrew[12]
2010: Did not enter
2012: Did not qualify
2014: Group stage

AFC Solidarity Cup record

AFC Solidarity Cup record

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
2016 Third place 5 3 1 1 11 9

ASEAN Championship

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

 ASEAN Football Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1996 4 1 1 2 5 10

1998 3 0 1 2 2 8

2000 4 0 0 4 0 16

2002 3 0 1 2 3 8

2004 4 1 0 3 4 16
Group stage
2007 3 0 0 3 1 23

2008 3 0 0 3 0 13

2010 3 0 1 2 3 13

2012 3 0 1 2 6 10
2014 3 0 0 3 2 12

2016 Did not qualify

2018 Group stage 4 0 0 4 3 12

Total Best: Group stage 37 2 5 31 29 141

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Win Draw Lose

2019
Friendly 28 May Laos 2–1 Sri Lanka Vientiane, Laos
18:30 UTC+7 Champathong 86' Aakib 11' Stadium: New Laos
Douangmaity 87' National Stadium
Friendly 31 May Laos 2–2 Sri Lanka Vientiane, Laos
18:30 UTC+7 Vongchiengkham Vongsa 50' (o.g.) Stadium: New Laos
78' (pen.), 90+2' Aakib 70' National Stadium
2022 FIFA 6 June Laos 0–1 Bangladesh Vientiane, Laos
World Cup Q
18:30 UTC+7 Report (htt Ro. Hasan 71' Stadium: New Laos
p://stats.the- National Stadium
afc.com/mat Attendance: 4,572
ch_report/15 Referee: Ho Wai Sing
511) (Hong Kong)
2022 FIFA 11 June Bangladesh 0–0 Laos Dhaka, Bangladesh
World Cup Q
19:00 UTC+6 Report (htt Stadium: Bangabandhu
p://stats.the- National Stadium
afc.com/mat Referee: Timur Faizullin
ch_report/15 (Kyrgyzstan)
517)
Laos national football team head-to-head
Last match updated was against Bangladesh on 31 May 2019[13]

Key

Positive balance (more Wins)

Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative balance (more Losses)
 Opponents Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
Afghanistan 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 AFC
Bangladesh 5 1 2 2 4 5 -1 AFC
Brunei 10 9 1 0 27 12 +15 AFC
Cambodia 16 7 3 6 24 24 0 AFC
China PR 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 AFC

Chinese Taipei 4 0 1 3 4 10 −6 AFC

Egypt 1 0 0 1 0 15 -15 CAF
Guam 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 AFC
Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 AFC
India 9 0 0 2 1 7 −6 AFC

Indonesia 9 0 1 8 8 40 −32 AFC

Iran 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 AFC
Jordan 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 AFC
Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 UEFA
Kuwait 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 AFC
Lebanon 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 AFC

Lesotho 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 CAF
Macau 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 AFC

Malaysia 17 1 5 11 10 50 −40 AFC

Maldives 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 AFC
Mongolia 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 AFC
Myanmar 17 0 3 14 9 53 −44 AFC
Nepal 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 AFC

Oman 0 0 0 2 0 19 −19 AFC

Philippines 13 7 2 4 22 21 +1 AFC
Qatar 0 0 0 2 1 11 −10 AFC
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 1 0 4 −4 AFC
Singapore 12 1 1 10 12 40 −28 AFC

South Korea 7 0 0 5 0 28 −28 AFC

Sri Lanka 7 3 2 2 11 12 -1 AFC
 Syria 2 0 0 2 0 20 −20 AFC
Thailand 12 1 1 10 14 45 −31 AFC

Timor-Leste 8 7 0 1 22 9 +13 AFC

Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 AFC
United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 AFC

Vietnam ^ 20 0 2 18 5 78 −73 AFC

Total 196 40 29 129 205 614 −414

^ Includes the result of North Vietnam and South Vietnam

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against
Bangladesh on 6 and 11 June 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 11 June 2019 after the match against Bangladesh.
 Date of
No. Pos. Player Caps Goals Club
birth (age)
3 Young
Xaysavath
1 GK September 4 0
Souvanhansok Elephant
1999
13
12 GK Outthilath Nammakhoth September 5 0 Rayong
1996
3
Young
18 GK Solasak Thilavong November 0 0
Elephant
2003

20 March Lao Police

2 DF Thinnakone Vongsa 4 0
1992 Club
9 Young
3 DF Kaharn Phetsivilay September 9 0
Elephant
1999
19
Thipphachanth Lao Toyota
4 DF September 4 0
Inthavong
1996
26 May Young
6 DF Kittisak Phomvongsa 3 0
1999 Elephant
29 March Young
19 DF Lathasay Lounlasy 16 0
1998 Elephant
21
Young
20 DF Vanna Bounlovongsa November 8 0
Elephant
1998

Soukaphone
9 March
7 MF Vongchiengkham 47 13 Prachuap
1992
(Captain)

Phoutdavy 2 February Lao Toyota

8 MF 14 0
Phommasane 1994
29 Nakhon
Phoutthasay
10 MF December 36 0
Khochalern Pathom United F.C.
1995
28
11 MF Manolom Phetphakdy December 4 0 Lao Toyota
1991
4
Chanthaphone
14 MF November 21 0 Khon Kaen
Waenvongsoth
1994
16 MF Somlith Sengvanny 5 August 3 0 Young
 1999 Elephant
27
17 MF Phathana Phommathep February 10 1 Phuket City
1999
11
23 MF Phouthone Innalay February 21 1 Lao Army
1992

Khounsombath 8 January Lao Police

5 FW 11 0
Phommaxay 1988 Club
27 July Young
9 FW Somxay Keohanam 15 1
1998 Elephant
Khitsakhone 2 October Lao Police
13 FW 4 1
Champathong 1995 Club
3
15 FW Sengvilay Chanthasili November 4 0 Phitsanulok
1987
Vannasone 15 March Young
21 FW 4 1
Douangmaity 1997 Elephant
11 August Lao Army
22 FW Sisawad Dalavong 6 0
1996

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Laos squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Coaches
 Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Efficiency %
Songphu Phongsa 1996–1999

Vangchay
February 2000 – May 2000
Muangmany
Outhensackda
2000 – January 2002
Vatthana
Boris Zhuravlyov 2001 – February 2002

Soutsakhone
March 2002 – April 2003
Oudomphet
Dominique Fernandez May 2003 – September 2003

Saythong Syphasay October 2003 – October 2004 7 0 1 6 7.1%

Bounlap Khenkitisack October 2004 – September

5 1 0 4 20%
2006
Saythong Syphasay October 2006 – January 2008 7 3 1 3 50.1%

Valeriy Vdovin February 2008 – November

4 3 0 1 75%
2008
Saysana Savatdy December 2008 – July 2009 3 0 0 3 0%

Alfred Riedl July 2009 – May 2010 5 1 2 2 40%

David Booth July 2010 – December 2010 6 1 3 2 40.5%

Bounlap Khenkitisack January 2011 – February

2 0 1 1 25%
2011

Hans-Peter Schaller February 2011 – December

4 1 0 3 25%
2011
Kokichi Kimura July 2012 – January 2014 18 4 5 9 22.2%

Norio Tsukitate January 2014 – August 2014 5 0 1 4 0%

David Booth August 2014 – June 2015 10 4 1 5 40%

Steve Darby August 2015 – 2016 6 0 1 5 0%

Valakone
May 2016 – December 2016 2 0 1 1 0%
Phomphakdy
Mike Wong June 2017 – August 2017 3 1 0 2 33.33%

Patrice Neveu September 2018

V. Sundramoorthy 15 October 2018 – 8 1 3 4 12.5%

Honours
AFC Solidarity Cup
Third place (1): 2016

See also
Laos women's national football team
 Laos national under-23 football team
Laos national under-21 football team
Laos national under-20 football team
Laos national under-17 football team

References
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External links
Laos (https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=lao/ranking/gender=m/index.html) at
FIFA.com
Laos Football Fanclub (https://web.archive.org/web/20091026200702/http://geocities.com/Lao
Football/)
Lao Football's Forum (http://pub45.bravenet.com/forum/3842324786)
Laos 2012/13 [1] (https://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=1965551/) at FIFA.com

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