Laotian national soccer team

Laos

Association	Lao Football Federation
confederacy	AFC
Head coach	V. Sundramoorthy (since 2018)
Record scorer	Visay Phaphouvanin (16)
Home stadium	New Laos National Stadium
FIFA code	LAO
FIFA rank	188. (912 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international Laos 7-0 South Vietnam ( Rangoon , Myanmar ; December 12, 1961)
Biggest victory Laos 6-1 East Timor ( Vientiane , Laos ; October 26, 2010)
Biggest defeat Oman 12-0 Laos ( Muscat ; April 30, 2001)
(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

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• 2008 - withdrawn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

• 2016 - 3rd place
• 2020 - qualified

Trainer

•  Boris Zhuravlev (2001-2002)
•  Saythong Syphasay (2003-2004)
•  Alfred Riedl (2009-2010)
•  David Booth (2010)
•  Hans-Peter Schaller (2011)
•  Kōkichi Kimura (2012-2014)
•  Steve Darby (2015-2016)
•  Valakone Phomphakdy (2016)
•  Mike Wong (2017)
•  V. Sundramoorthy (since 2018)

Web links

• Games and results Laos 1961-2001

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ FIFA.com: Laos in the FIFA World Ranking