The Cambodia national football team represents

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...

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and is administered by the

Football Federation of Cambodia The Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC; km, សហព័ន្ធកីឡាបាល់ទាត់កម្ពុជា, ) is a governing body that administers some association football and futsal activities in Cambodia. Name * 1933 to 199 ...

(FFC). Operated under the name Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975, it was founded in 1933 and joined

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's ranks in 1953.

History

After decades of war, it returned internationally and its first tournament was the

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, in which it was defeated in all 4 matches. It participated in the 1998 World Cup qualification, and got eliminated in the bottom of a group. It withdrew from participating in the 2006 World Cup qualification. It participated in the

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, before withdrew from 2004 and 2007 qualification attempts. Following its failure to qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, it participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification first round where it beat

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in both games 4–1 on aggregate to reach the

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where it obtained a 1–1 draw at home to Hong Kong, before receiving defeats in the remaining games against Hong Kong,

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and Iran.

Kit

Before May 27, 2022, 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.

Stadium

The Morodok Techo National Sports Complex, with a capacity of 75,000, and associated facilities, was anticipated to be used to facilitate international

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and regional qualifiers.

Results and fixtures

''Matches in the last 12 months, and future scheduled matches''

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Coaching history

Updated 17 June 2022, after the match against .

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for the

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. ''Caps and goals updated as of 3 January 2023, after the match against

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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: * 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

Players record

:''Players in bold are still active with Cambodia.''

Competition history

FIFA World Cup

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Challenge Cup

AFF Championship

Other

* President's Cup Tournament ** Champions:

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** Champions: 1972 *

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** Third place:

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Head-to-head record

''Last match updated was against on 2 January 2023'' ''Including results from Khmer Republic.'' *¹ includes the results of *² includes the results of *³ includes the results of

References

External links

Website

FIFA profile

{{National sports teams of Cambodia Asian national association football teams 1933 establishments in Cambodia