2025–26 Cambodian Premier League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 2025 – 17 May 2026 |
| Matches | 44 |
| Goals | 139 (3.16 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kwame Peprah Mark Ajay Kurita (7 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Angkor Tiger 8–0 ISI Dangkor Senchey (13 September 2025) |
| Biggest away win | MOI Kompong Dewa 3–6 Angkor Tiger (10 August 2025) |
| Highest scoring | MOI Kompong Dewa 3–6 Angkor Tiger (10 August 2025) |
| Longest winning run | PKR Svay Rieng |
| Longest unbeaten run | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (6 matches) |
| Longest winless run | 7 matches ISI Dangkor Senchey |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches ISI Dangkor Senchey |
| Highest attendance | 4,236 Visakha 1–1 Phnom Penh Crown (8 November 2025) |
| Lowest attendance | 160 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 2–1 Life Sihanoukville (2 November 2025) |
| Total attendance | 70,297 |
| Average attendance | 1,291 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 10 November 2025. | |
The 2025–26 Cambodian Premier League is the 41st season of the Cambodian Premier League, the top Cambodian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1982. The season began on 9 August 2025 and will conclude on 17 May 2026.[1]
Much like the previous season, eleven teams are competing in a double round-robin match before the top-six teams proceed to the champion round. Due to the cancellation of 2024–25 Cambodian League 2, no team were promoted or relegated.
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng are two-time defending champions.
Teams
Locations of the 2025–26 Cambodian Premier League teams
A total of 11 teams are participating in the 2025–26 edition of the Cambodian Premier League.
Team changes
Since the 2024–25 edition of the Cambodian League 2 was not held, no teams were promoted or relegated. Ministry of Interior FA found themselves under new management and have yet again changed their name to MOI Kompong Dewa,[2] after switching from the National Police the previous season.
Personnel and kits
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Other(s) | ||||
| Angkor Tiger | Sotaro Yasunaga | Takuto Yasuoka | NT Sport | nous | List
|
| Boeung Ket | Conor Nestor | Mat Noron | Ego Sport1 | K9Win Investment | List
|
| ISI Dangkor Senchey | Tum Saray | Kang Sen | NT Sport | ISI Palm | List
|
| Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | Satyasagara | Sao Viafy | NT Sport | Krud | List
|
| Life Sihanoukville | Jung Dong-gyu | Kim Joung-woo | NT Sport | Life University | List
|
| MOI Kompong Dewa | Alex Dorado | Mateus Barbosa Soares | Forward Sportswear | Kompong Dewa Resort | List
|
| Nagaworld | Khim Borey | Kouch Sokumpheak | Made by club | NagaWorld | List
|
| Phnom Penh Crown | Oleg Starynskyi | Orn Chanpolin | Fan Sport | Pi Pay | List
|
| Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Mattew McConkey | Soeuy Visal | Kelme | Orkide Villa | List
|
| Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | Phea Sopheaktra | Thourng Da | Dai Ek Sport | V-COLA | List
|
| Visakha | Scott Cooper | Kan Mo | Forward Sportswear | Prince Bank | List
|
- ^ Contract suspended due to the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict, but kit still bears manufacturer's logo.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
| PKR Svay Rieng | Pep Muñoz | End of contract | 25 May 2025 | Pre-season | Mattew McConkey | 3 June 2025 | [3][4] | ||
| Visakha | Akeeb Tunji Ayoyinka | End of interim spell | 27 May 2025 | Gerard Jones | 27 May 2025 | [5][6] | |||
| Angkor Tiger | Kota Miyagi | End of interim spell | 29 May 2025 | Sotaro Yasunaga | 29 May 2025 | [7] | |||
| Life Sihanoukville | Jörg Steinebrunner | Mutual consent | 6 June 2025 | Heo Jae-won | 16 June 2025 | [8] | |||
| MOI Kompong Dewa | Sum Vanna | Mutual consent | July 2025 | Alex Dorado | 14 July 2025 | [9] | |||
| Visakha | Gerard Jones | Mutual consent | 10 October 2025 | 7th | Scott Cooper | 17 November 2025 | [10] | ||
| Life Sihanoukville | Heo Jae-won | Sacked | 12 November 2025 | 10th | Jung Dong-gyu | 15 November 2025 | |||
Foreign players
The number of foreign players registered is 6 per team exclude naturalized player without any restriction to any confederation or region. A team can use 5 foreign players and 1 naturalized player on the field in each game.[11]
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Naturalized player | Unregistered player(s) | Former player(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angkor Tiger | Matheus Freitas | Mark Ajay Kurita | Takara Masutani | Takuto Yasuoka | Guytho Mijland | Abdel Kader Coulibaly | Eduardo Junior | ||
| Boeung Ket | Cyrus Dehmie | Louis Zabala | Iago Bento | Charlie Scott | Myer Bevan | Sean Kelly | Thabiso Brown Louis Willy Ndongo | ||
| ISI Dangkor Senchey | Bruno Ernandes | Shogo Akiba | Sonosuke Onda | João Rodrigues | Umaru Samura | Jhon Frith Diakite Lancine1 |
Gabriel Silva Emmanuel Chinonso | ||
| Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | Louis Willy Ndongo | Abbey Agbodzie | Emmanuel Yaghr | Samuel Ofori | Laken Limbu | Azike Ekene | Eduardo Andrade Kenta Hara Kyle Degelman | ||
| Life Sihanoukville | Gabriel Silva | James Arthur | Kanta Asami | Kim Hyeon-su | Kim Joung-ho | Kim Joung-woo | Georgino Mendonça Oh Tae-gyun Shogo Akiba | ||
| MOI Kompong Dewa | Dida | Mateus Barbosa | Patrick Nonato | Ricardo Lima | Lotra Widiyanto | Sulthan Zaky | Alisher Mirzaev | ||
| Nagaworld | Lucas Oliveira | Lucas Venuto | Mateus Martins | Weyderson China | Wisney Junio | Yusuke Minagawa | Zogbe Vireak | ||
| Phnom Penh Crown | Makerlo Tellez | Rick Ketting | Moses Dyer | Raul Feher | Park Yi-young | Maksym Pryadun | Andrés Nieto | Seo-In Kim2 | |
| Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Cristian Roque | Patrick | Kwame Peprah | Ryo Fujii | Takashi Odawara | Yudai Ogawa | Faris Hammouti3 | Bounphachan Bounkong | |
| Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | Reiya Kinoshita | Ryosuke Maeda | Shori Murata | So Kataoka | Tomoki Taniguchi | Valentine Ekejiuba | Hikaru Mizuno | ||
| Visakha | Breno Caetano | Vitālijs Jagodinskis | Park Jung-bin | Pavle Ivelja | Kan Mo | Benson Omala Alisher Mirzaev Nana Kwame |
Notes:
- ^1 Registered to play for the 2025-26 Cambodian Development League only.
- ^2 Registered to play for the 2025-26 AFC Challenge League only.
- ^3 Registered to play for the 2025-26 ASEAN Club Championship and 2025-26 AFC Challenge League only.
Foreign players by confederation
| Foreign players by confederation | |
|---|---|
| AFC | Australia (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (15), Laos (1), Nepal (1), South Korea (4), Uzbekistan (1) |
| CAF | Cameroon (1), Ghana (3), Kenya (1), Nigeria (2), Sierra Leone (1) |
| CONMEBOL | Bolivia (1), Brazil (18) |
| OFC | New Zealand (1) |
| UEFA | England (1), Latvia (1), Netherlands (2), Republic of Ireland (1), Romania (1), Scotland (1), Ukraine (1) |
Players holding Cambodian dual citizenship
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 | Aarun Lim | ||||
| ISI Dangkor Senchey | |||||
| Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | Dav Nim | Chou Hav | |||
| Life Sihanoukville | Vann Vit | ||||
| MOI Kompong Dewa | Nhoem Lyhour | Ashnarvy Mustapha | Lucas Arthur | ||
| Nagaworld | Immanoel Aking Osamuj | Zogbe Vireak | |||
| Phnom Penh Crown | Mohammath Hamisi | ||||
| Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Dani Kouch | Thierry Bin | Yudai Ogawa | ||
| Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | Hikaru Mizuno | ||||
| Visakha | Leng Nora | Kan Mo | Loic Chan | Sitha Mathew | Alisher Mirzaev |
League table
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 27 | Qualified to Championship round |
| 2 | Angkor Tiger | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 22 | |
| 3 | Phnom Penh Crown | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 21 | |
| 4 | Boeung Ket | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 19 | |
| 5 | Nagaworld | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 15 | |
| 6 | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 14 | |
| 7 | Visakha | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 12 | |
| 8 | MOI Kompong Dewa | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 11 | |
| 9 | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 10 | |
| 10 | Life Sihanoukville | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 4 | |
| 11 | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 31 | −22 | 4 |
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2025. Source: Cambodian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 26 October 2025[12]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kwame Peprah | PKR Svay Rieng | 7 |
| Mark Ajay Kurita | Angkor Tiger | ||
| 3 | Patrick | PKR Svay Rieng | 6 |
| 4 | Eduardo Junior | Angkor Tiger | 5 |
| Maksym Pryadun | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| Park Jung-bin | Visakha | ||
| 7 | Yusuke Minagawa | Nagaworld | 4 |
| Raul Feher | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| Kim Hyeon-su | Life Sihanoukville | ||
| 10 | Patrick Nonato | MOI Kompong Dewa | 3 |
| Guytho Mijland | Angkor Tiger | ||
| Benson Omala | Visakha | ||
| Min Ratanak | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| Sa Ty | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| Christian Roque | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| Weyderson China | Nagaworld | ||
| Moses Dyer | Phnom Penh Crown |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yusuke Minagawa | Nagaworld | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 3–0 (A)[13] | 23 August 2025 |
| Eduardo Junior | Angkor Tiger | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 8–0 (H)[14] | 13 September 2025 |
| Maksym Pryadun | Phnom Penh Crown | Life Sihanoukville | 3–4 (A)[15] | 14 September 2025 |
| Patrick | PKR Svay Rieng | Life Sihanoukville | 6–1 (H)[16] | 19 September 2025 |
| Raul Feher | Phnom Penh Crown | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 4–2 (A)[17] | 19 October 2025 |
Top assists
- As of 26 October 2025[12]
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sin Kakada | Visakha | 4 |
| Maksym Pryadun | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| Park Jung-bin | Visakha | ||
| Kwame Peprah | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| 5 | Sonosuke Onda | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 3 |
| Min Ratanak | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| Mark Ajay Kurita | Angkor Tiger | ||
| Takara Masutani | |||
| 9 | Mateus Barbosa | MOI Kompong Dewa | 2 |
| Sieng Chanthea | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| Louis Willy Ndongo | Boeung Ket | ||
| Iago Bento | Boeung Ket | ||
| Lucas Oliveira | Nagaworld | ||
| Tomoki Taniguchi | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | ||
| Sa Ty | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| Eduardo Junior | Angkor Tiger | ||
| Guytho Mijland | |||
| Tum Makara | |||
| Hang Dalik | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | ||
| Sareth Krya | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| Breno Caetano | Visakha |
Clean sheets
- As of 26 October 2025[12]
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koy Salim | Boeung Ket | 5 |
| 2 | Vireak Dara | PKR Svay Rieng | 4 |
| 3 | Yi Bunheng | Angkor Tiger | 3 |
| 4 | Reth Lyheng | Nagaworld | 2 |
| Um Sereyroth | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | ||
| Ron Chongmieng | Life Sihanoukville | ||
| Dida | MOI Kompong Dewa | ||
| 8 | Um Vichet | Phnom Penh Crown | 1 |
| Chiem Samnang | |||
| Hul Kimhuy | Visakha | ||
| Sou Sovaneat | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | ||
| Mat Lany | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces |
Awards
Monthly awards
| Month | Player of the Month | References | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
| August | Kwame Peprah | PKR Svay Rieng | [18] |
| September | Maksym Pryadun | Phnom Penh Crown | [19] |
| October | Sokry Sofan | Angkor Tiger | |
| November | Ouk Sovann | Visakha | |
See also
- 2025–26 Hun Sen Cup
- 2025 Cambodian League Cup
- 2025 Cambodian Super Cup
References
- ^ "មកដឹងពីនីតិវិធី ប្រកួតលីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា រដូវកាលថ្មីឆ្នាំ ២០២៥-២៦ មុនចាប់ផ្ដើមនៅដើមខែសីហានេះ" (in Khmer). troryorng.com. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "MOI Kompong Dewa FC Muncul, Ini Aturan Ubah Klub di Liga Kamboja" (in Indonesian). kumparanBola. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ Ngay, Nai (2025-06-04). "Matthew McConkey appointed head coach of Svay Rieng FC". Khmer Times. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Irish eyes are smiling: Savy Rieng promote McConkey to head coach role". The Phnom Penh Post. 2025-06-03. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ Corcoran, Danny. "Gerard Jones joins Visakha FC as Head Coach". Football Careers. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ^ "Star player Ogawa to leave Crown FC, while Visakha unveil new coach". The Phnom Penh Post. 2025-05-28. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ^ "ក្លិបបាល់ទាត់អង្គរថាយហ្គឺរ បានធ្វើការចុះហត្ថលេខាជាមួយលោក Sotaro Yasunaga ជាគ្រូបង្វឹកបង្គោលសម្រាប់រដូវកាលក្រោយ។". Angkor Tiger Facebook page. 2025-05-28. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Life FC place trust in new coach, as rebuilding phase begins". The Phnom Penh Post. 2025-05-29. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "First Interview, First Impression! Our Head Coach 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙟𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤 𝘿𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙤". Instagram. 2025-07-15. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ "វិសាខា ចែកផ្លូវជាមួយលោក Jones ខណៈ លោក Pep ឬ Shin Tae Yong អាចមកជំនួសវិញ". Thmey Thmey (in Khmer). 2025-10-10. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- ^ "លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជារដូវកាលថ្មី ចុះឈ្មោះកីឡាករបរទេសបាន ៦ នាក់ដោយមិនកំណត់តំបន់ណា" (in Khmer). Kampuchea Thmei Daily. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Player Stat". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Match Summary – ISI Dangkor Senchey FC vs Nagaworld FC". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ Ngay, Nai (15 September 2025). "Tiger FC roar to 8-0 win in stunning Premier League showdown". Khmer Times. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Chhorn, Norn (15 September 2024). "Despite clean sheet season, McConkey demands more from Svay Rieng, Tigers feast on Life FC". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Match Summary – Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC vs Life FC Sihanoukville". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "Match Summary – ISI Dangkor Senchey FC vs Phnom Penh Crown FC". cpl-cambodia.com. Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ^ "Kwame Peprah ឈ្នះពានកីឡាករល្អបំផុតប្រចាំខែសីហា ក្នុងលីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា". Kampuchea Thmei Daily (in Khmer). 2 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Ny, Mengngy (2 October 2025). "Maksym Pryadun របស់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន ឈ្នះពានរង្វាន់ជាកីឡាករល្អប្រចាំខែកញ្ញា នៅ CPL". Troryorng (in Khmer). Retrieved 4 October 2025.