The club was founded in 2001 as Samart United . In the 2002 season, the club was the first time Cambodian football champions. In 2003 and 2004 there was no league operation, which is why the club took part in the AFC President's Cup 2005 as champions of the 2002 season , at that time under the new club name Hello United . There the club was eliminated as the bottom of group B in the group stage. In 2005 the Cambodian League was introduced as the top division of Cambodia, for which the club also qualified. In the debut season, Hello United reached the final of the play-offs , but what was lost against Khemara 3-0. Before the 2006 season, it was renamed Phnom Penh United again . In the 2006 season, the club reached the final of the play-offs, but Khemara had to be beaten again , this time 4-5. In 2007 there was the next renaming, the club appeared from then on as Phnom Penh Empire .
The club achieved their first championship title of the Cambodian Premier League in the 2008 season. As a result, Phnom Penh qualified for the AFC President's Cup 2009 , in which the club was eliminated in the group stage. In the same year, the club won the national cup competition with a 1-0 win over Preah Khan Reach . In 2009 it was renamed for the last time to Phnom Penh Crown . Last year's cup win was successfully defended thanks to a 1-0 win over Nagacorp FC . In 2010 and 2011 the club was able to win the Cambodian football championship again. At the AFC President's Cup 2011 , the club reached the final against Taiwan Power Company FC . The game played on September 25, 2011 was just lost 3-2 and Phnom Penh missed winning the title. Phnom Penh Crown won two more national championship titles in 2014 and 2015. Since 2014 the Cambodian soccer champions have been given a starting place at the Mekong Club Championship . There Phnom Penh reached third place in 2014 after defeating Hoang Anh Attapeu FC from Laos . The Cambodian football champions have also been allowed to take part in the AFC Cup since 2016, but the Football Federation of Cambodia did not register a participant in 2016 . For the AFC Cup 2017 , Phnom Penh Crown originally qualified as champions of the 2015 season, but was excluded from the Asian Football Confederation due to match- fixing and the winner of the 2016 season, Boeung Ket Angkor, moved up. After a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport , Phnom Penh Crown was allowed to take part in this tournament and Cambodia had two participants in the tournament once. However, Phnom Penh was eliminated in the play-off round after two defeats against Singaporean representatives Home United .
In 2016 and 2017, the club reached 5th place in the domestic league and thus missed the play-offs for the championship decision.
Bojan Hodak
David Booth
Oriol Mohedano
Leonardo Vitorino
Elroy van der Hooft
George Bisan
Keo Sokpheng