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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 played110
Goals scored422 (3.84 per match)
Top goalscorerJelle Goselink (16 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 run16 matches
Phnom Penh Crown
Longest winless run17 matches
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Longest losing run9 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 attendance128,731
Average attendance1,170
All statistics correct as of 16 February 2025.

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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Locations of the 2024–25 Cambodian Premier League teams

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 2,000 Cambodian Premier League (10th)
Boeung Ket Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium 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 Cambodian League 2 (1st)
Ministry of Interior FA Phnom Penh AIA Stadium KMH Park 3,000 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   Tum Saray   Kang Sen   NT Sport ISI Palm
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey   Satyasagara   Chhing Sokphanny   NT Sport Krud Beer
Life Sihanoukville   Jörg Steinebrunner   Seo-In Kim   NT Sport
Ministry of Interior FA   Sum Vanna   Mat Yamoin   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   Akeeb Tunji Ayoyinka (interim)   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 Sihanoukville   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]
ISI Dangkor Senchey   Jean Botioba Appointed as technical director 30 November 2024 7th   Tum Saray 23 December 2024 [14][15]
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey   Sabone Venta 21 January 2025 11th   Satyasagara 21 January 2025 [16]
Visakha   Jurģis Kalns Mutual consent 31 January 2025 3rd   Akeeb Tunji Ayoyinka (interim) 1 February 2025 [17][18]

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 Unregistered Player(s) Former Player(s)
Angkor Tiger   Ben Nugent   Kodai Nagashima   Shuto Asano   Taiga Kitajima   Takuto Yasuoka   João Pedro    Abdel Kader Coulibaly
Boeung Ket   Stefan Golubović   Iago Bento   Alexander Kevin Baker   Charlie Scott   Ryohei Yoshihama   Scott Wood   Yusuke Muta
  Yuto Hikida
ISI Dangkor Senchey   Louis Willy Ndongo   Sonosuke Onda   Umaru Samura   David Julien   Kazu Yanagidate   Jhon Frith
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey   Tengeg Neville   Kohei Kato   Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov   Reon Saito   Bradie Smith
  Mikheil Ergemlidze
  Nguyễn Ngọc Thi
  Johandre Padilla
  Mahiro Takahashi
Life Sihanoukville   Okoro Osa Orobosa   Atuheire Kipson   Seo-In Kim   Sam Strong   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   Jelle Goselink   Ofufu Ibeh   Andrés Nieto   Yudai Ogawa   Park Yi-young   Jarvey Gayoso    Takaki Ose   Reo Kunimoto
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng   Gabriel Silva   Moresche   Cristian Roque   Ryo Fujii   Takashi Odawara   Bounphachan Bounkong    Hikaru Mizuno   Pablo1
  Breno Caetano2
Tiffy Army   Tetsuaki Misawa   Reiya Kinoshita   Josemar Agostinho   So Kataoka   Shori Murata   Soe Moe Kyaw
  Nemanja Filipović
Visakha   Ramon Tanque  Vitālijs Jagodinskis   Alisher Mirzaev   Artūrs Karašausks   Park Jung-bin   Mike Ott    Kan Mo   Víctor Blasco

Notes:

^1 Registered to play for the 2025 Hun Sen Cup and 2024–25 AFC Challenge League only.
^2 Registered to play for the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League only.

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 Player 5
Angkor Tiger   Abdel Kader Coulibaly
Boeung Ket
ISI Dangkor Senchey
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey   Dav Nim
Life Sihanoukville
Ministry of Interior FA   Nhoem Lyhour    Mohammath Hamisi   Min Monimakara Nicholas
Nagaworld
Phnom Penh Crown   Yudai Ogawa   Takaki Ose   Andres Nieto
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng   Dani Kouch   Thierry Bin   Nick Taylor   Hikaru Mizuno   Lucas Arthur
Tiffy Army   Aarun Lim
Visakha   Leng Nora   Kan Mo   Ashnarvy Mustapha

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 20 17 1 2 66 14 +52 52 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Phnom Penh Crown 20 16 3 1 66 22 +44 51
3 Visakha 20 14 2 4 51 20 +31 44
4 Angkor Tiger 20 11 4 5 40 23 +17 37
5 Nagaworld 20 11 3 6 35 28 +7 36
6 Boeung Ket 20 9 3 8 51 31 +20 30
7 ISI Dangkor Senchey 20 7 3 10 31 45 −14 24 Qualification for the Bottom-five round
8 Tiffy Army 20 5 4 11 31 46 −15 19
9 Life Sihanoukville 20 2 4 14 17 53 −36 10
10 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 20 1 3 16 17 68 −51 6
11 Ministry of Interior FA 20 1 2 17 17 72 −55 5
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
Angkor Tiger 1–0 2–2 6–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 5–0 0–2
Boeung Ket 0–0 8–1 3–1 5–1 4–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2
ISI Dangkor Senchey 0–2 4–4 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 4–2
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–5 0–6 0–6 1–7 1–2
Life Sihanoukville 2–3 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–5 1–3 3–1 0–3
Ministry of Interior FA 0–1 1–6 3–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–5 0–3 0–9
Nagaworld 0–1 1–5 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–2 2–6 0–2 2–3 1–1
Phnom Penh Crown 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 10–0 5–1 0–0 4–3 3–1 4–2
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 4–2 2–0 6–0 6–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 7–0 1–0
Tiffy Army 1–2 2–5 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–3
Visakha 2–1 1–0 2–1 7–0 3–1 4–1 0–1 3–3 1–0 2–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts SVA PPC VIS ANG NAG BOE
1 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 20 17 1 2 66 14 +52 52 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying play-off —
2 Phnom Penh Crown 20 16 3 1 66 22 +44 51 —
3 Visakha 20 14 2 4 51 20 +31 44 —
4 Angkor Tiger 20 11 4 5 40 23 +17 37 —
5 Nagaworld 20 11 3 6 35 28 +7 36 —
6 Boeung Ket 20 9 3 8 51 31 +20 30 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points

Bottom-five round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ISI TIF SHV KSS MIF
1 ISI Dangkor Senchey 20 7 3 10 31 45 −14 24 —
2 Tiffy Army 20 5 4 11 31 46 −15 19 —
3 Life Sihanoukville 20 2 4 14 17 53 −36 10 —
4 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 20 1 3 16 17 68 −51 6 —
5 Ministry of Interior FA 20 1 2 17 17 72 −55 5 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 16 February 2025.[19]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Jelle Goselink Phnom Penh Crown 16
2   Andres Nieto Phnom Penh Crown 14
  Ramon Tanque Visakha
4   Josemar Agostinho Tiffy Army 13
5   Cristian Roque PKR Svay Rieng 12
  Pablo PKR Svay Rieng
  Yusuke Minagawa Nagaworld
8   Sieng Chanthea Boeung Ket 11
9   Jarvey Gayoso Phnom Penh Crown 10
  Kodai Nagashima Angkor Tiger
  Ofufu Ibeh Phnom Penh Crown
  Taiga Kitajima Angkor Tiger

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Andres Nieto Phnom Penh Crown Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 6–0 (A)[20] 15 September 2024
  Josemar Agostinho Tiffy Army Ministry of Interior 3–1 (H)[21] 22 September 2024
  Andres Nieto4 Phnom Penh Crown Life Sihanoukville 10–0 (H)[22] 29 September 2024
  Yusuke Minagawa Nagaworld Ministry of Interior 5–2 (H)[23] 27 October 2024
  Josemar Agostinho4 Tiffy Army Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 7–1 (A)[2] 27 October 2024
  Pablo PKR Svay Rieng Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 6–0 (A)[24] 30 November 2024
  Kodai Nagashima Angkor Tiger Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 6–0 (H)[25] 4 January 2025
  Sieng Chanthea Boeung Ket ISI Dangkor Sen Chey 8–1 (H)[26] 8 February 2025
Note: 4 – player who scored 4 goals

Top assists

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As of 16 February 2025.[27]
Rank Player Club Assists
1   Ouk Sovann Visakha 16
2   Lim Pisoth Phnom Penh Crown 11
3   Ryohei Yoshihama Boeung Ket 10
4   Reiya Kinoshita Tiffy Army 9
5   Kodai Nagashima Angkor Tiger 8
  Márcio Marques Nagaworld
  Ofufu Ibeh Phnom Penh Crown
8   Nhean Sosidan PKR Svay Rieng 7
9   Cristian Roque PKR Svay Rieng 6
  Thiha Zaw Nagaworld

Clean sheets

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As of 16 February 2025.[28]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Vireak Dara PKR Svay Rieng 10
2   Yi Bunheng Angkor Tiger 8
3   Reth Lyheng Nagaworld 5
4   Hul Kimhuy Visakha 4
  Keo Soksela Visakha
  Saveng Samnang Phnom Penh Crown
7   Chheng Chantha ISI Dangkor Senchey 3
8   Um Vichet Phnom Penh Crown 2
9   Aim Sovanarath PKR Svay Rieng 1
  Georgino Mendonça Life Sihanoukville
  Mat Lany Tiffy Army
  Pich Dara Tiffy Army
  Tha Chanrithy Boeung Ket
  Touth Sarouth Nagaworld

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 [29]
September   Josemar Agostinho Tiffy Army [30]
October   Yusuke Minagawa Nagaworld [31]
November   Jelle Goselink Phnom Penh Crown [32]
December   Vireak Dara PKR Svay Rieng [33]
January   Louis Willy Ndongo ISI Dangkor Sen Chey [34]

See also

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References

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