Laotian national soccer team
Association | Lao Football Federation | ||
confederacy | AFC | ||
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Record scorer | Visay Phaphouvanin (16) | ||
Home stadium | New Laos National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | LAO | ||
FIFA rank | 188. (912 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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First international Laos 7-0 South Vietnam ( Rangoon , Myanmar ; December 12, 1961)
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Biggest victory Laos 6-1 East Timor ( Vientiane , Laos ; October 26, 2010)
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Biggest defeat Oman 12-0 Laos ( Muscat ; April 30, 2001)
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(As of July 23, 2011) |
The Laotian national soccer team is the national team of the Southeast Asian state of Laos . Soccer is more of a marginal sport in Laos and the team is one of the weakest teams in Asia and has so far not qualified for either a soccer World Cup or an Asian soccer championship . Even at the regional level ( Tiger Cup ), the team hardly gets past the preliminary round. In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , the Laotians initially lost to Sri Lanka, but moved into the group stage as lucky losers after Nepal and Guam withdrew. One of the stars of the national team is Lamnao Singto . The striker played in the Thai Premier League .
In the FIFA world rankings , 134th place in September 1998 was the best ever.
Participation in the soccer world championships
- 1930 to 1998 - no participation
- 2002 to 2006 - no qualification
- 2010 - no participation
- 2014 to 2022 - not qualified
Participation in the Asian soccer championships
- 1956 to 1996 - no participation
- 2000 to 2004 - not qualified
- 2007 and 2011 - no participation
- 2015 to 2023 - not qualified
Participation in the ASEAN soccer championships
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Laotian national team (in red) at the AFF Suzuki Cup , 2008
- 1996 - preliminary round
- 1998 - preliminary round
- 2000 - preliminary round
- 2002 - preliminary round
- 2004 - preliminary round
- 2007 - preliminary round
- 2008 - preliminary round
- 2010 - preliminary round
- 2012 - preliminary round
- 2014 - preliminary round
Participation in the AFC Challenge Cup
- 2006 - no participation
- 2008 - withdrawn
- 2010 - no participation
- 2012 - did not qualify
- 2014 - preliminary round
Participation in the AFC Solidarity Cup
Trainer
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Boris Zhuravlev (2001-2002)
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Saythong Syphasay (2003-2004)
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Alfred Riedl (2009-2010)
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David Booth (2010)
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Hans-Peter Schaller (2011)
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Kōkichi Kimura (2012-2014)
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Steve Darby (2015-2016)
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Valakone Phomphakdy (2016)
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Mike Wong (2017)
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V. Sundramoorthy (since 2018)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ FIFA.com: Laos in the FIFA World Ranking