2025–26 Cambodian Premier League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 2025 – 17 May 2026 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 Cambodian Premier League will be the 39th season of the Cambodian Premier League, the top Cambodian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1982. The season will begin on 9 August 2025 and will conclude on 17 May 2026.[1]
Much like the previous season, eleven teams will compete 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
A total of 11 teams will participate 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 | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angkor Tiger | Sotaro Yasunaga | NT Sport | Nous | |
| Boeung Ket | Conor Nestor | Chan Vathanaka | EGO Sport | K9Win Investment |
| ISI Dangkor Senchey | Tum Saray | Kang Sen | NT Sport | ISI Palm |
| Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | Satyasagara | Chhing Sokphanny | NT Sport | Krud Beer |
| Life Sihanoukville | Heo Jae-won | NT Sport | ||
| MOI Kompong Dewa | Alex Dorado | |||
| Nagaworld | Khim Borey | Kouch Sokumpheak | FBT | NagaWorld |
| Phnom Penh Crown | Oleg Starynskyi | Orn Chanpolin | Warrix | Smart Axiata, Pi Pay |
| Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Mattew McConkey | Soeuy Visal | Kelme | Orkide Villa, Krud Beer |
| Tiffy Army | Phea Sopheaktra | Thorng Da | Dai Ek Sport | TIFFY |
| Visakha | Gerard Jones | Kan Mo | Forward Sportswear | Prince Bank |
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 Sihanoulville | Jörg Steinebrunner | Mutual consent | 6 June 2025 | Heo Jae-won | 16 June 2025 | [8] | |||
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.[9]
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Foreign players by confederation
| Foreign players by confederation | |
|---|---|
| AFC | Australia (1), Japan (10), Laos (1), Nepal (1), South Korea (5), Timor-Leste (1), Uzbekistan (2) |
| CAF | Cameroon (1), Ghana (2), Guinea (1), Kenya (1), Lesotho (1), Nigeria (1), Sierra Leone (1) |
| CONCACAF | |
| CONMEBOL | Brazil (11) |
| OFC | New Zealand (1) |
| UEFA | England (1), Latvia (1), Netherlands (2), Portugal (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 | Mohammath Hamisi | Nicolas Min | ||
| Nagaworld | Immanoel Aking Osamuj | Zogbe Vireak | |||
| Phnom Penh Crown | |||||
| Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Dani Kouch | Thierry Bin | Lucas Arthur | Yudai Ogawa | |
| Tiffy Army | Hikaru Mizuno | ||||
| Visakha | Leng Nora | Kan Mo | Loic Chan |
League table
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angkor Tiger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified to Championship round |
| 2 | Boeung Ket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Life Shihanoukville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MOI Kompong Dewa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Nagaworld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Phnom Penh Crown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tiffy Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Visakha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points
See also
- 2025–26 Hun Sen Cup
- 2025 Cambodian League Cup
- 2025 Cambodian Super Cup
References
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Life FC place trust in new coach, as rebuilding phase begins". The Phnom Penh Post. 2025-05-29. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជារដូវកាលថ្មី ចុះឈ្មោះកីឡាករបរទេសបាន ៦ នាក់ដោយមិនកំណត់តំបន់ណា" (in Khmer). Kampuchea Thmei Daily. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.