Saturday, November 28, 2009

Cambodia Football History Record

Kingdom of Cambodia

The Cambodia national football team is the national team of Cambodia and is controlled by the Cambodian Football Federation. It was known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975. It finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup, but is currently one of the weakest teams in the world and did not even attempt qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The team was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA's ranks in 1953. One of Cambodia's best players was Hok "Jet" Sochetra. Earlier in the decade he was considered one of the top 2 strikers in South East Asia along with Kiatisuk Senamuang from Thailand[1] In 1997, Hok Sochetra won the best player award in Southeast Asia in 1997 - the Golden Ball from Sanyo. [2] He has scored 42 goals in 64 international matches.

Nickname(s): The royals

Association: Cambodian Football Federation Confederation AFC (Asia)

Current Head coach: Scott O'Donnell

Top scorer: Hok Sochetra (42)

Home stadium: Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium

FIFA code: CAM FIFA

Current ranking: 171

Highest FIFA ranking: 156 (July 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking: 188 (December 2005)

Elo ranking: 208

Uniform:

First international: Cambodia 2 - 3 Malaya (Cambodia; March 17, 1956)

Biggest win: Cambodia 11 - 0 North Yemen (Cambodia; Date Unknown, 1966)

Biggest defeat: Indonesia 10 - 0 Cambodia (Thailand; September 6, 1995)

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances 1: (First in 1972)

Best result: Fourth place, 1972



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