Cambodian League

Cambodian League

Country	Cambodia
Confederation	AFC
Founded	1982 (1982)
Divisions	1
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Cambodia Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Hun Sen Cup King Cup FFC Challenge Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Cup
Current champions	Phnom Penh Crown (5th title) (2014)
Most championships	Phnom Penh Crown (5 titles)
TV partners	BTV News
Website	Official website
2015 Metfone C-League

The Cambodian League (Khmer: មិត្តហ្វូន ខេមបូឌៀលីក) is the top division of the Cambodian Football Federation. It is a Cambodia professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Cambodia football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodia Division 1 League. It is called the Metfone C-League due to sponsorship reasons. Seasons run from January to August, with teams playing 22 games each totaling 132 games in the season. With the new comer Abilrex Niigata^[1] from Japan.

Overview

Competition format

• The new 2014 series of Metfone C-League will feature the very first home and away fixtures in Cambodia football history. With the play-offs abolished, the FFC will introduce an end of season cup competition in its place. The King Cup will likely involve the top four finishers in the championship race playing-off for this new cup to add a bit of spice to the end of the campaign, while the teams below will play-off for the FFC Challenge Cup under the same format.
• At the end of the season, the club with the most points is crowned champion.
• Teams are ranked by total points, head-to-head, goal difference and goals scored.
• Top team is qualified for AFC Cup qualifying round.

Rules on foreign players

Clubs are only allowed to register five foreign players per season, but only three of them can be on the game sheet in each game.

2015 teams

• TBD
• Asia Europe United
• Boeung Ket Angkor
• Build Bright United
• Cambodia Tiger (former TriAsia Phnom Penh)
• Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
• Nagaworld
• National Defense Ministry
• National Police Commissary
• Phnom Penh Crown
• Svay Rieng
• Western Phnom Penh

Source: ^[2]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use three foreign players on the field in each game.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
TBD
Asia Europe United
Boeung Ket Angkor	Tijani Mohammed	Wada Yuya	Oyewole Yemi	Esoh Paul Omogba
Build Bright United	Adeyanju Omokafe
Cambodia Tiger	Masakazu Kihara	Masato Yoshihara	Tomohiro Masaki	Yuta Nakamoto
Kirivong	Julius Ononiwu	Moneke Ugochkwu
Nagaworld	Masahiro Fukasawa	Ban Kazuaki	Baldwin Ngwa	Barry Lelouma
National Defense	Tatsuta Kazuki	Takahito Ota	Anderson Zogbe	Nelson Oladiji	George Kelechi
National Police	Yusuke Ishii	Ippei Shimizu	Oseika Samuel
Phnom Penh Crown	George Bisan	Odion Obadin	Jeong Ho Kim	Shane Booysen
Svay Rieng	Jame Adekule	Razaqnofi Nofiu	Dzarma Bata	Tani Reijin
Western Phnom Penh

Stadiums and locations

Previous winners

Previous champions are:^[3]

References

External links

• Metfone Cambodian League, MCL 2014
• FFC, the Football Federation