Laos national football team
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 entered 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 Tiger 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.
Since making their appearance at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, Laos has competed in the ASEAN Football Championship (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 AFC Asian Cup, they beat Bangladesh 2–1. In the 2006 World Cup Asian zone qualifiers, they qualified for the second round as a lucky loser after Guam and Nepal both withdrew from competition, but proceeded to lose all its games (with Qatar, Iran and Jordan). They also advanced to the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, after defeating Cambodia 8–6 on aggregate. In the second round, they lost to China PR 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 AFC Challenge Cup.
Competition records
World Cup
Asian Cup
AFC Challenge Cup
ASEAN Championship
This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup
| ASEAN Football Championship |
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| Year |
Round |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
| 1996 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1998 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2000 | Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 2002 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2004 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
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| 2007 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| 2008 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 2010 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 2012 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2014 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Total | Best: Group Stage | 33 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 129 |
Current squad
- The following were called up to prepare for 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. Note: number of caps and goals may be incorrect.
Recent call-ups
The following players were recently called-up.
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
Win
Draw
Lose
2015
| FIFA World Cup qualification – Second Round (Group G) 11 June |
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2016
Coaches
| Name |
Period |
Matches |
Wins |
Draws |
Losses |
Efficiency % |
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| Songphu Phongsa |
1996 – 1999 |
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| Vangchay Muangmany |
Feb 2000 – May 2000 |
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| Outhensackda Vatthana |
2000 – ? |
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 Boris Zhuravlyov |
2001 |
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| Soutsakhone Oudomphet |
2002 – ? |
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 Dominique Fernandez |
May 2003 – ? |
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| Saythong Syphasay |
Oct 2003 – Oct 2004 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7.1% |
| Bounlap Khenkitisack |
Oct 2004 – 2005? |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
20% |
| Saythong Syphasay |
Oct 2006 – 2007? |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
50.1% |
| Valeriy Dvovin |
Oct 2008 – Nov 2008 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
75% |
| Saysana Savatdy |
Dec 2008 – Jul 2009 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0% |
 Alfred Riedl |
Jul 2009 – May 2010 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
40% |
 David Booth |
Jul 2010 – Dec 2010 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
40.5% |
| Bounlap Khenkitisack |
Jan 2011 – Feb 2011 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
25% |
| Hans-Peter Schaller |
Feb 2011 – Dec 2011 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
25% |
 Kokichi Kimura |
July 2012 – 2014 |
18 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
22.2% |
| Norio Tsukitate |
2014 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
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| David Booth |
Aug 2014 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
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References
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- See also
- International women's football
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