Laos national football team

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

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Laos women's national football team.

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Nickname(s)ພະລັງລູກເຂົ້າໜຽວ
(Pha Lung Louk khao niew)
(Power Sticky rice)
AssociationLao Football Federation
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachV. Sundramoorthy
CaptainSoukaphone Vongchiengkham[1]
Most capsVisay Phaphouvanin (51)
Top scorerVisay Phaphouvanin (18)[2]
Home stadiumNew Laos National Stadium
FIFA codeLAO
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 188 (10 December 2020)[3]
Highest134 (September 1998)
Lowest210 (August 2012)
First international
 South Vietnam 7–0 Laos
(Rangoon, Burma; 12 December 1961)[4]
Biggest win
Laos 6–1 Timor-Leste 
(Vientiane, Laos; 26 October 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Egypt 15–0 Laos
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 November 1963)
AFC Solidarity Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best resultThird place (2016)

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. Laos have never qualified for the World Cup, Asian Cup or Asian Games and as an international side, their appearances have been restricted to regional tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games and the AFF Suzuki Cup. After years of internal strife, Laos is well on the road to economic and political recovery. With the country achieving political stability, football has made an impact on Laotians.[5][6]

Since making their appearance at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, Laos has competed in the ASEAN Football Championship (formerly known as the Tiger Cup). Although new to the regional tournaments, Laos has displayed passion and talent. In 1995, they beat Brunei and the Philippines and two years later in the Jakarta SEA Games, they also beat Malaysia. Domestic competitions are also active with over 60 clubs competing at various levels. Domestic football is amateur although most of the top teams are drawn from government ministries and public services. In the qualifying preliminary rounds for the 2004 Asian Cup, they beat Bangladesh 2–1. In the Asian zone qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup, they qualified for the second round as a lucky loser after Guam and Nepal both withdrew from the competition, but proceeded to lose all its games (with Qatar, Iran and Jordan).[7] They also advanced to the second round of the Asian qualifiers for 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.[8][9]

Competition records

World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1998Did not enter
2002Did not qualify
2006
2010Did not enter[10]
2014Did not qualify
2018
2022
2026To be determined
Total0/22––––––

Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1956 to 1968Did not enter
1972 to 1980Withdrew
1984 to 1996Did not enter
2000Did not qualify
2004
2007Did not enter
2011
2015Did not qualify
2019
2023
Total0/17––––––

Asian Games
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
See also: Laos national under-23 football team
Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
1951-000000
1954-000000
1958-000000
1962-000000
1966-000000
1970-000000
1974-000000
1978-000000
1982-000000
1986-000000
1990-000000
1994-000000
1998-2002111
2002–present See Laos national under-23 football team
Total1/132002111

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Solidarity Cup record
AFC Solidarity Cup record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
2016Third place5311119

ASEAN Championship

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

ASEAN Football Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1996Group stage4112510
1998301228
20004004016
2002301238
20044103416
20073003123
20083003013
20103012313
20123012610
20143003212
2016Did not qualify
2018Group stage4004312
TotalBest: Group stage37253129141

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

Laos national football team head-to-head

Last match updated was against  Bangladesh on 31 May 2019[12]

Key
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative balance (more Losses)
Opponents Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Afghanistan302113-2AFC
 Bangladesh512245-1AFC
 Brunei109102712+15AFC
 Cambodia1673624240AFC
 China PR2002313−10AFC
 Chinese Taipei4013410−6AFC
 Egypt1001015-15CAF
 Guam1010110AFC
 Hong Kong3003313−10AFC
 India900217−6AFC
 Indonesia9018840−32AFC
 Iran3003120−19AFC
 Jordan200228−6AFC
 Kazakhstan100105−5UEFA
 Kuwait210132+1AFC
 Lebanon200209−9AFC
 Lesotho100113-2CAF
 Macau200227-5AFC
 Malaysia1715111050−40AFC
 Maldives201115-4AFC
 Mongolia421176+1AFC
 Myanmar170314953−44AFC
   Nepal2020330AFC
 Oman0002019−19AFC
 Philippines137242221+1AFC
 Qatar0002111−10AFC
 Saudi Arabia000104−4AFC
 Singapore1211101240−28AFC
 South Korea7005028−28AFC
 Sri Lanka73221112-1AFC
 Syria2002020−20AFC
 Thailand1211101445−31AFC
 Timor-Leste8701229+13AFC
 Turkmenistan200239−6AFC
 United Arab Emirates300309−9AFC
 Vietnam ^200218578−73AFC
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.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Xaysavath Souvanhansok (1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 4 0 Young Elephant
12 1GK Outthilath Nammakhoth (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 5 0 Rayong
18 1GK Solasak Thilavong (2003-11-03) 3 November 2003 0 0 Young Elephant
2 2DF Thinnakone Vongsa (1992-03-20) 20 March 1992 4 0 Lao Police Club
3 2DF Kaharn Phetsivilay (1999-09-09) 9 September 1999 9 0 Young Elephant
4 2DF Thipphachanth Inthavong (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 4 0 Lao Toyota
6 2DF Kittisak Phomvongsa (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 3 0 Young Elephant
19 2DF Lathasay Lounlasy (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 16 0 Young Elephant
20 2DF Vanna Bounlovongsa (1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 8 0 Young Elephant
7 3MF Soukaphone Vongchiengkham (Captain) (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 47 13 Prachuap
8 3MF Phoutdavy Phommasane (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 14 0 Lao Toyota
10 3MF Phoutthasay Khochalern (1995-12-29) 29 December 1995 36 0 Nakhon Pathom United F.C.
11 3MF Manolom Phetphakdy (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 4 0 Lao Toyota
14 3MF Chanthaphone Waenvongsoth (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 21 0 Khon Kaen
16 3MF Somlith Sengvanny (1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 3 0 Young Elephant
17 3MF Phathana Phommathep (1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 10 1 Phuket City
23 3MF Phouthone Innalay (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 21 1 Lao Army
5 4FW Khounsombath Phommaxay (1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 11 0 Lao Police Club
9 4FW Somxay Keohanam (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 15 1 Young Elephant
13 4FW Khitsakhone Champathong (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 4 1 Lao Police Club
15 4FW Sengvilay Chanthasili (1987-11-03) 3 November 1987 4 0 Phitsanulok
21 4FW Vannasone Douangmaity (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 4 1 Young Elephant
22 4FW Sisawad Dalavong (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 6 0 Lao Army


Coaches
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Efficiency %
Songphu Phongsa 1996–1999
Vangchay Muangmany February 2000 – May 2000
Outhensackda Vatthana 2000 – January 2002
Boris Zhuravlyov 2001 – February 2002
Soutsakhone Oudomphet March 2002 – April 2003
Dominique Fernandez May 2003 – September 2003
Saythong Syphasay October 2003 – October 2004 7 0 1 6 7.1%
Bounlap Khenkitisack October 2004 – September 2006 5 1 0 4 20%
Saythong Syphasay October 2006 – January 2008 7 3 1 3 50.1%
Valeriy Vdovin February 2008 – November 2008 4 3 0 1 75%
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 2011 2 0 1 1 25%
Hans-Peter Schaller February 2011 – December 2011 4 1 0 3 25%
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 Phomphakdy May 2016 – December 2016 2 0 1 1 0%
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

See also
  • Laos women's national football team
  • Laos women's national football team results
  • List of Laos women's international footballers
  • Laos women's national under-20 football team
  • Laos women's national under-17 football team

References
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