2025–26 Lao League 1
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 August 2025 – 16 December 2025 |
| Champions | Ezra F.C. |
| Matches | 90 |
| Goals | 24 (0.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kydavone Souvanny Luan Borges (3 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Young Elephants 6-0 Army (23 August 2025) |
| Highest scoring | 6 goals total Young Elephants 5–1 Savannakhet (16 August 2025) Young Elephants 6-0 Army(23 August 2025) |
| Longest winless run | 2 matches Young Elephants |
| Longest losing run | 2 macthes Savannakhet |
| Highest attendance | 2,156 Salavan Unitef 2–2 Namtha United (23 August 2025) |
| Lowest attendance | 500 Young Elephants 6-0 Army (23 August 2025) |
| Average attendance | 4,911 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 28 August 2025. | |
The 2025–26 Lao League 1 will be the 37th season of the Lao League 1, the top Laos professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1988. The season will begin in August 2025 and will conclude on 2026. [1][2] [3]
As in previous seasons, all 8 teams will play a round robin, and this season, there are 2 more teams from League 2 Province.
Ezra is the defending champion and the club's first-time champion.
Teams
To Lao League 1
Promoted from the Lao League 2 Province
- Salavan United Runner Up Salavan League 2
- Savannakhet Runner Up Savannakhet League 2
Stadiums and locations
A total of 10 teams participated in the 2025–26 Lao League 1 season.[4]
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | Vientiane | Army Stadium Km5 | 1,500 | Lao League 1 (5th) |
| Bis Master | Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium (outside field) | 500 | Lao League 1 (8th) |
| Champasak Avenir | Champasak Province | Champasak Stadium | 8,000 | Lao League 1 (2nd) |
| Ezra | Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium (outside field) | 500 | Lao League 1 (3rd) |
| Luang Prabang | Luang Prabang Province | Luang Prabang Stadium | 7,000 | Lao League 1 (4th) |
| Mazda GB | Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium (outside field) | 500 | Lao League 1 (7th) |
| Namtha United | Luang Namtha Province | Luang Namtha Province Stadium | 1,000 | Lao League 1 (6th) |
| Salavan United | Salavan Province | Salavan Province Stadium | 3,000 | Lao League 2 (1th) |
| Savannakhet | Savannakhet Province | Savannakhet Stadium | 10,000 | Lao League 2 (1st) |
| Young Elephants | Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium (outside field) | 500 | Lao League 1 (1st) |
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Other(s) | ||||
| Army | Kovanh Namthavixay | Sisavath Dalavong | Life Football | None | List
|
| Bis Master | Bounlap Khenkitisack | Chitpasong Latthachak | Life Football | List
| |
| Champasak Avenir | Kim Tae-young[5] | Ji-seong Ryu | Life Football | Fan Pick 11 | List
|
| Ezra | Byung-soo Na | Phathana Phommathep | Life Football | SkyVision | List
|
| Luang Prabang | Khamsay Chanthavong | Vacant | PAPON Sportswear | List
| |
| Mazda GB | Oley Bousaart | Soukaphone Vongchiengkham | PAPON Sportswear | Mazda | List
|
| Namtha United | Viengsavanh Sayyaboun | Sengphachan Bounthisanh | Evo Store | Coca-Cola | List
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| Salavan United | Phoutpasong Sengdalavong | Nalongsith Chanthasily | LAZA Sport | List
| |
| Savannakhet | Vacant | Mitpaza Luangpaserth | Life Football | Fable Sports Consulting | List
|
| Young Elephants | Kanlaya Sysomvang | Kittisak Phomvongsa | FBT | Phu Bia Mining | List
|
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
| Bis Master | Phouphet Sanouvong | Sacked | 2025 | Pre-season | Bounlap Khenkitisack | December 2025 | |||
| Luang Prabang | Phonepadith Xayavong | Sacked | 2025 | Khamsay Chanthavong | December 2025 | ||||
| Salavan United | Kittichai Wongsim | Sacked | 2025 | Phoutpasong Sengdalavong | December 2025 | ||||
| Savannakhet | Khamsay Chanthavong | Sacked | 2025 | Vacant | |||||
Foreign players
Lao League 1 allows a maximum of 10 foreign players.
For the upcoming season, clubs will have three options for registering foreign players:
Route 1: AFC Only
- Maximum number of foreign players: 10 foreign players
- All players must be nationals of an AFC member association
- Foreign players on the field per game: 7 players
- Bank statements of ≥ 3 billion kip (~$139,000) are required.
- No bank statement is required if the club holds an AFC Club Licensing this season.
Route 2: Intercontinental
- Maximum number of foreign players: 6
- 4 non-AFC players + 1 AFC player + 1 ASEAN player
- Foreign players on the field per game: 5 players
- Bank statements are not required.
Route 3: ASEAN Only
- Maximum number of ASEAN players: 6 players
- All 6 players may be fielded in the match.
- Bank statements are not required.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Player 9 | Player 10 | Form Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | |||||||||||
| Bis Master | Cyrille Dissake | Any Michael | Diarrassouba Amed Hassan |
Edema Aziku |
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| Champasak Avenir | Jin An | Geon Lee | Ji-seong Ryu | Shim-Yeong woo | Kim Dae-yeong | Sang-Hyung lee | Yoo Dong-woo | Gyocheol Gu | Lee Jung-jin | Francis Tacardon | |
| Ezra | Min-hyuk Lee | Sang-won Jeong | Yusei Shimomura | Koki Narita | Thanprakorn Khemru | Reo Nakamura Ren Yoshioka | |||||
| Luang Prabang | Emmanuel Jugbe Doe | Tsukasa Watanabe | Latif Ghazli | Mohamad Abed | Masatoshi Takeshita | Ren Yoshioka | |||||
| Mazda GB | Shian Kawasaki | Shogo Umazume | Toshinari Sato | Asilbek Orifzhonov | Mukhammad Odilov | Ryoki Imaizumi | |||||
| Namtha United | Daiki Jahana | Mao Negishi | Yusuke Suzuki | Kim Min-seong | Hiroya Fujibayashi | Judah Berry | |||||
| Salavan United | Kaisei Hara | Reiya Mutsuda | Takaya Tsugasawa | Takuya Watanabe | Soichi Kinoshita | Takuya Ogata | Nasu Okamoto | Yoon-seok Kang | Kohsuke Asano | Rintaro Tsuchitani | Tsukasa Shimomura |
| Savannakhet | Carlos Javier | Seung-beom Kim | Taeh-wan Joo | Seung-yeon Cha | Hwang Tae-hyeon | Irineo Sibal III | Cesar Gustavo | ||||
| Young Elephants | Tsukasa Shimomura | Cesar Gustavo | Taiga Fujikawa | Luan Borges |
Foreign players by confederation
| Foreign players by confederation | |
|---|---|
| AFC |
Australia (1), Japan (26), Philippines (2), South Korea (16), Thailand (1), Uzbekistan (2) |
| CAF |
Cameroon (1), Egypt (1), Ivory Coast (2), Liberia (1), Uganda (1) |
| CONMEBOL |
Chile (2) |
| CONCACAF |
United States (1) |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezra (Q) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | +31 | 27 | Qualification for the AFC Challenge League and ASEAN Club Championship |
| 2 | Mazda GB | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 21 | |
| 3 | Young Elephants | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 19 | |
| 4 | Army | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 16 | |
| 5 | Namtha United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 12 | |
| 6 | Champasak Avenir | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | |
| 7 | Salavan United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 10 | |
| 8 | Luang Prabang | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 8 | |
| 9 | Bis Master | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 4 | |
| 10 | Savannakhet | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 34 | −28 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2025. Source: FIFA Lao League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Season statistics
Top Goalscorers
- As of 28 August 2025.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kydavone Souvanny | Young Elephants | 3 |
| Luan Borges | Young Elephants | ||
| 2 | Moon Chi-Sung | Young Elephants | 2 |
| Tee Sihalath | Army | ||
| Seenuan Xamontee | Salavan United | ||
| Anousone Xaypanya | Young Elephants | ||
| Ketsada Detkhoummane | Mazda GB | ||
| Peter Phanthavong | Ezra | ||
| 3 | Cesar Gustavo | Savannakhet | 1 |
| Phithack Kongmathilath | Young Elephants | ||
| Thanongxay Rammangkoun | Namtha United | ||
| Souksavanh Hopchakkawan | Namtha United | ||
| Yoo Dong-woo | Champasak Avenir | ||
| Asilbek Orifjonov | Mazda GB |
Top Assists
Hat-trick
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kydavone Souvanny | Young Elephants | Savannakhet | 5–1 (A)[6] | 16 August 2025 |
| Luan Borges | Young Elephants | Army | 6–0 (A) | 23 August 2025 |
Clean sheets
See also
- 2025–26 Lao League 2
- 2025–26 Prime Minister's Cup
References
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- ^ Lao League 1, laoff.org.la
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