2024–25 Cambodian Premier League

The 2024–25 Cambodian Premier League is the 38th season of the Cambodian Premier League, the top Cambodian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1982. The season started on 10 August 2024 and conclude on 11 May 2025.[3]

Cambodian Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates10 August 2024 – 11 May 2025
Matches played53
Goals scored226 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorerJosemar Agostinho
(13 goals)
Biggest home winPhnom Penh Crown 10–0 Life Sihanoukville
(29 September 2024)
Biggest away winMinistry of Interior 0–9 Visakha
(18 September 2024)
Highest scoringPhnom Penh Crown 10–0 Life Sihanoukville
(29 September 2024)
Longest winning run10 matches
Phnom Penh Crown
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Phnom Penh Crown
Longest winless run10 matches
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Longest losing run5 matches
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Highest attendance4,143
Phnom Penh Crown 4–3 PKR Svay Rieng (20 October 2024)[1]
Lowest attendance101
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 1–7 Tiffy Army (27 October 2024)[2]
Total attendance61,933
Average attendance1,168
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 8 November 2024.

Eleven teams are competing in a double round-robin match before proceeding to the champion round. Life Sihanoukville and Ministry of Interior FA are promoted from the 2023–24 Cambodian League 2.[4][5]

Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng are the defending champions, having won their 3rd league title in 2023–24 season.[6]

Teams

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A total of 11 teams are participating in the 2024–25 edition of the Cambodian Premier League.

Team changes

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Promoted from
2023–24 Cambodian League 2
Relegated from
2023–24 Cambodian Premier League
Withdrew
  Life Sihanoukville (1st)
  Ministry of Interior FA (2nd)
None
Prey Veng[7]

Life FC will make its debut, becoming the first club from Preah Sihanouk province to compete in the top-flight of Cambodian football. After changing its name from National Police, the Ministry of Interior FA returned to the Cambodian top division following two-year absence.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous season
Angkor Tiger Siem Reap Province Akihiro Kato Stadium TBD Cambodian Premier League (10th)
Boeung Ket Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium (Interim) 35,000 Cambodian Premier League (4th)
ISI Dangkor Senchey Phnom Penh AIA Stadium KMH PARK 3,000 Cambodian Premier League (6th)
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Takéo Province Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Stadium 1,000 Cambodian Premier League (9th)
Life Sihanoukville Sihanoukville Life Stadium 3,000 2023–24 Cambodian League 2 (1st)
Ministry of Interior FA Phnom Penh AIA Stadium KMH PARK 3,000 2023–24 Cambodian League 2 (2nd)
Nagaworld Kampong Speu Province Kampong Speu Stadium 3,000 Cambodian Premier League (7th)
Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Smart RSN Stadium 5,010 Cambodian Premier League (2nd)
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Svay Rieng Province Svay Rieng Stadium 4,000 Cambodian Premier League (1st)
Tiffy Army Phnom Penh RCAF Old Stadium 15,000 Cambodian Premier League (5th)
Visakha Phnom Penh Prince Stadium 10,000 Cambodian Premier League (3rd)

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Angkor Tiger   Kota Miyagi   Sophal Dimong   NT Sport Nous
Boeung Ket   Conor Nestor   Chan Vathanaka   EGO Sport Cambodia Airways
ISI Dangkor Senchey   Jean Botioba   Abdel Kader Coulibaly   NT Sport ISI Palm
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey   Sabone Venta   Chhing Sokphanny   NT Sport Krud Beer
Life Sihanoukville   Jörg Steinebrunner   Seo-In Kim   NT Sport
Ministry of Interior FA   Sum Vanna   Noun Borey   NT Sport Borey Sambath Meanheng
Nagaworld   Khim Borey   Kouch Sokumpheak   FBT NagaWorld
Phnom Penh Crown   Oleg Starynskyi   Orn Chanpolin   Warrix Smart Axiata, Pi Pay
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng   Pep Muñoz   Soeuy Visal   FBT Orkide Villa, Krud Beer
Tiffy Army   Phea Sopheaktra   Thorng Da   Dai Ek Sport TIFFY
Visakha   Jurģis Kalns   Kan Mo   Forward Sportswear Prince Bank

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Life   Kong Vicheka Mutual consent 2 April 2024 Pre-season   Prak Sovannara 2 April 2024 [8]
Visakha   Meas Channa 16 June 2024   Jurģis Kalns 16 June 2024 [9]
Angkor Tiger   Ny Yuth (interim) End of caretaker spell 1 July 2024   Kota Miyagi 1 July 2024 [10]
Boeung Ket   Hong Pheng (interim) 8 October 2024 5th   Conor Nestor 8 October 2024 [11]
Life Sihanoukville   Prak Sovannara Resigned 10 October 2024 9th   Jörg Steinebrunner 18 October 2024 [12][13]

Foreign players

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The number of foreign players is restricted to 6 per team exclude naturalized player. A team can use 5 foreign players and 1 naturalized player on the field in each game , including at least 2 players from the AFC and the AFF region.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC Player ASEAN Player Naturalized Player Former Players
Angkor Tiger   Ben Nugent   Kodai Nagashima   Shuto Asano   Taiga Kitajima   Takuto Yasuoka   João Pedro
Boeung Ket   Stefan Golubović   Iago Bento   Yusuke Muta   Yuto Hikida   Ryohei Yoshihama
ISI Dangkor Senchey   Abdel Kader Coulibaly   Louis Willy Ndongo   Sonosuke Onda   Umaru Samura   Kazu Yanagidate   Jhon Frith
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey   Tengeg Neville   Johandre Padilla   Mahiro Takahashi   Nguyễn Ngọc Thi   Bradie Smith
  Mikheil Ergemlidze
Life Sihanoukville   Okoro Osa Orobosa   Atuheire Kipson   Seo-In Kim   Kanta Asami   Georgino Mendonça   Greg Siamoa
Ministry of Interior FA
Nagaworld   Marcio Marques   Mateus Martins   Yuta Kikuchi   Yusuke Minagawa   Hugo Kametani   Thiha Zaw
Phnom Penh Crown   Andres Nieto   Takaki Ose   Jelle Goselink   Ofufu Ibeh   Reo Kunimoto   Jarvey Gayoso   Yudai Ogawa
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng   Gabriel Silva   Pablo   Cristian Roque   Ryo Fujii   Takashi Odawara   Bounphachan Bounkong   Hikaru Mizuno
Tiffy Army   Tetsuaki Misawa   Reiya Kinoshita   Josemar Agostinho   Nemanja Filipović   Shori Murata   Soe Moe Kyaw
Visakha   Ramon Tanque  Vitālijs Jagodinskis   Alisher Mirzaev   Park Jung-bin   Mike Ott   Kan Mo   Víctor Blasco

Players holding Cambodian dual citizenship

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Cambodian dual nationals do not take up foreign players quota.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Angkor Tiger
Boeung Ket
ISI Dangkor Senchey   Min Monimakara Nicholas
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Life Sihanoukville
Ministry of Interior FA
Nagaworld
Phnom Penh Crown
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng   Dani Kouch   Thierry Chantha Bin   Nick Taylor
Tiffy Army   Lim Aarun Raymond
Visakha   Leng Nora    Mohammath Hamisi

League table

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Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Phnom Penh Crown 10 10 0 0 43 11 +32 30 Qualified to Championship round
2 Visakha 10 8 0 2 30 9 +21 24
3 Angkor Tiger 10 6 1 3 16 13 +3 19
4 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 8 6 0 2 28 10 +18 18
5 Nagaworld 10 6 0 4 18 15 +3 18
6 Boeung Ket 10 4 2 4 23 17 +6 14
7 Tiffy Army 10 4 1 5 23 27 −4 13
8 ISI Dangkor Senchey 10 3 2 5 15 19 −4 11
9 Ministry of Interior FA 9 1 1 7 11 33 −22 4
10 Life Sihanoukville 9 0 2 7 8 29 −21 2
11 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 10 0 1 9 6 38 −32 1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points

Results

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Home \ Away ANG BOE ISI KSS SHV MIF NAG PPC SVA TIF VIS ANG BOE ISI KSS SHV MIF NAG PPC SVA TIF VIS
Angkor Tiger
Boeung Ket 0–0 5–1 4–1 1–3 1–2
ISI Dangkor Senchey 0–2 4–4 2–0 0–1 1–4 2–2
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 1–7
Life Sihanoukville 2–3 0–1
Ministry of Interior FA 0–1 3–4 2–1 1–1 0–9
Nagaworld 0–1 2–0 2–0 5–2 2–6 2–3
Phnom Penh Crown 3–1 2–1 1–0 10–0 5–1 4–3 4–2
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 4–2 6–1 2–0 7–0
Tiffy Army 1–2 2–5 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–3
Visakha 2–1 1–0 2–1 7–0 3–1 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 8 November 2024.[14]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Josemar Agostinho Tiffy Army 13
2   Ramon Tanque Visakha 10
3   Jarvey Gayoso Phnom Penh Crown 9
4   Andres Nieto Phnom Penh Crown 8
  Ofufu Ibeh
6   Jelle Goselink Phnom Penh Crown 7
  Yusuke Minagawa Nagaworld
8   Cristian Roque PKR Svay Rieng 6
9   Bounphachan Bounkong PKR Svay Rieng 5
  Kan Mo Visakha
  Ryohei Yoshihama Boeung Ket
  Stefan Golubović Boeung Ket

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Andres Nieto Phnom Penh Crown Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 6–0 (A)[15] 15 September 2024
  Josemar Agostinho Tiffy Army Ministry of Interior 3–1 (H)[16] 22 September 2024
  Andres Nieto4 Phnom Penh Crown Life Sihanoukville 10–0 (H)[17] 29 September 2024
  Yusuke Minagawa Nagaworld Ministry of Interior 5–2 (H)[18] 27 October 2024
  Josemar Agostinho4 Tiffy Army Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 7–1 (A)[2] 27 October 2024
Note: 4 – player who scored 4 goals

Top assists

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As of 8 November 2024.[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Ouk Sovann Visakha 11
2   Lim Pisoth Phnom Penh Crown 6
  Reiya Kinoshita Tiffy Army
4   Thiha Zaw Nagaworld 5
7   Ofufu Ibeh Phnom Penh Crown 4
  Nhean Sosidan PKR Svay Rieng
  Tetsuaki Misawa Tiffy Army
  Márcio Marques Nagaworld
  Ryohei Yoshihama Boeung Ket

Clean sheets

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As of 4 November 2024.[20]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Yi Bunheng Angkor Tiger 4
  Reth Lyheng Nagaworld
3   Chheng Chantha ISI Dangkor Senchey 2
  Hul Kimhuy Visakha
  Keo Soksela Visakha
  Um Vichet Phnom Penh Crown
  Vireak Dara PKR Svay Rieng
8   Saveng Samnang Phnom Penh Crown 1
  Tha Chanrithy Boeung Ket

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month References
Player Club
August   Lim Pisoth Phnom Penh Crown [21]
September   Josemar Agostinho Tiffy Army [22]
October   Yusuke Minagawa Nagaworld [23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024/25 CPL Week 8 Attendance". CPL Official page. 21 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Match Summary – Kirivong Sok Sen Chey FC vs Tiffy Army FC". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ "ផ្លូវការហើយ! លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា រដូវកាលថ្មី នឹងចាប់ផ្ដើមនៅ ដើមខែសីហានេះ" (in Khmer). troryorng.com. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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  8. ^ "Life FC picks new coach to lead promoted team into debut CPL". Khmer Times. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Jurģis Kalns karjeru turpinās Kambodžā, kļūstot par Visakha galveno treneri". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 16 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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  12. ^ "លោកប្រាក់ សុវណ្ណារ៉ា លាលែងពីតំណែងអ្នកចាត់ការ ឡាយហ្វ". Thmey Thmey (in Khmer). 8 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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  14. ^ "Player Stat – Top Scorers". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  15. ^ Chhorn, Norn (16 September 2024). "Phnom Penh Crown top CPL table as Svay Rieng suffer first loss of season". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Match Summary – Tiffy Army vs Ministry of Interior". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Match Summary – Phnom Penh Crown vs Life Sihanoukville". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Match Summary – Nagaworld FC vs Ministry of Interior FA". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Player Stat – Top Assists". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Player Stat – Clean sheets". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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