2025–26 Cambodian Premier League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 2025 – 17 May 2026 |
| Matches | 83 |
| Goals | 276 (3.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kwame Peprah (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Angkor Tiger 8–0 ISI Dangkor Senchey (13 September 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces 0–6 Boeung Ket (4 January 2026) |
| Highest scoring | MOI Kompong Dewa 3–6 Angkor Tiger (10 August 2025) |
| Longest winning run | 5 matches each Phnom Penh Crown Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Phnom Penh Crown |
| Longest winless run | 8 matches ISI Dangkor Senchey Life Sihanoukville |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches ISI Dangkor Senchey Life Sihanoukville |
| Highest attendance | 20,005 Boeung Ket 2–1 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng (27 December 2025) |
| Lowest attendance | 160 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 2–1 Life Sihanoukville (2 November 2025) |
| Total attendance | 105,171 |
| Average attendance | 1,291 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 19 January 2026. | |
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
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| Boeung Ket | Conor Nestor | Mat Noron | Ego Sport1 | K9Win Investment | List
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| ISI Dangkor Senchey | Tum Saray | Sonosuke Onda | NT Sport | ISI Palm | List
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| Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | Satyasagara | Samuel Ofori | NT Sport | Krud | List
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| Life Sihanoukville | Jung Dong-gyu | Kanta Asami | NT Sport | Life University | List
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| MOI Kompong Dewa | Alex Dorado | Mateus Barbosa | Forward Sportswear | Kompong Dewa Resort | List
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| Nagaworld | Khim Borey | Kouch Sokumpheak | Made by club | NagaWorld | List
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| Phnom Penh Crown | Oleg Starynskyi | Orn Chanpolin | Fan Sport | Pi Pay | List
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| Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Mattew McConkey | Soeuy Visal | Kelme | Orkide Villa | List
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| Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | Phea Sopheaktra | Shori Murata | Dai Ek Sport | V-COLA | List
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| Visakha | Scott Cooper | Kan Mo | Forward Sportswear | Prince Bank | List
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- ^ 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.
Notes:
- ^1 Registered to play for the 2025-26 AFC Challenge League and 2025-26 Cambodian Development League only.
- ^2 Registered to play for the 2025-26 AFC Challenge League and 2025-26 Hun Sen Cup only.
- ^3 Registered to play for the 2025-26 AFC Challenge League and 2025-26 ASEAN Club Championship only.
- ^4 Registered to play for the 2025-26 AFC Challenge League and 2025-26 Hun Sen Cup only.
Foreign players by confederation
| Foreign players by confederation | |
|---|---|
| AFC | Australia (2), Indonesia (2), Japan (12), Nepal (1), South Korea (5) |
| CAF | Cameroon (1), Ghana (5), Guinea (1), Morocco (1), Nigeria (2), Sierra Leone (1) |
| CONMEBOL | Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (16) |
| OFC | New Zealand (2) |
| UEFA | England (1), Latvia (1), Netherlands (2), Romania (1), Scotland (3), Serbia (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 | Chou Hav | Dani Kouch | |||
| Life Sihanoukville | Thierry Bin | ||||
| MOI Kompong Dewa | Ashnarvy Mustapha | Lucas Arthur | Alisher Mirzaev | ||
| Nagaworld | Immanoel Aking Osamuj | Zogbe Vireak | |||
| Phnom Penh Crown | Andrés Nieto | Mohammath Hamisi | |||
| Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Yudai Ogawa | ||||
| Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | Hikaru Mizuno | ||||
| Visakha | Leng Nora | Kan Mo | Loic Chan | Sitha Mathew |
League table
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 20 | +44 | 51 | Qualified to Championship round |
| 2 | Phnom Penh Crown | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 46 | |
| 3 | Angkor Tiger | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 36 | |
| 4 | Nagaworld | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 35 | |
| 5 | Boeung Ket | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 32 | |
| 6 | MOI Kompong Dewa | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 30 | |
| 7 | Visakha | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 29 | |
| 8 | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 51 | −31 | 17 | |
| 9 | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 14 | |
| 10 | Life Sihanoukville | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 10 | |
| 11 | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 9 |
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
Championship round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PKR | PPC | AKT | NGW | BKF | MKD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 21 | +48 | 58 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage | — | – | 2–0 | – | – | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Phnom Penh Crown | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-off round | – | — | – | – | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| 3 | Angkor Tiger | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 38 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | – | – | – | ||
| 4 | Nagaworld | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 39 | 1–1 | – | – | — | – | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Boeung Ket | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 39 | – | – | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | – | ||
| 6 | MOI Kompong Dewa | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 33 | 0–2 | – | – | 0–2 | – | — |
First match(es) will be played: unknown. 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
Bottom-five round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | VSK | KSC | RCA | ISI | SHV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visakha | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 32 | — | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 20 | – | — | 3–2 | – | – | |
| 3 | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 17 | – | – | — | – | – | |
| 4 | ISI Dangkor Senchey | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 12 | – | 0–1 | – | — | – | |
| 5 | Life Sihanoukville | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 54 | −35 | 10 | 0–2 | – | – | 2–4 | — |
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
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 9 March 2026[12]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kwame Peprah | PKR Svay Rieng | 20 |
| 2 | Mark Ajay Kurita | Angkor Tiger | 17 |
| 3 | Yusuke Minagawa | Nagaworld | 12 |
| Moses Dyer | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| 5 | Patrick | PKR Svay Rieng | 11 |
| 6 | Maksym Pryadun | Phnom Penh Crown | 10 |
| Park Jung-bin | Visakha | ||
| Kim Hyeon-su | Life Sihanoukville | ||
| 9 | Azike Ekene | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 8 |
| 10 | Patrick Nonato | MOI Kompong Dewa | 7 |
| Cristian Roque | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| Guytho Mijland | Angkor Tiger | ||
| Louis Willy Ndongo | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | ||
| 14 | Raul Feher | Phnom Penh Crown | 6 |
| Bruno Ernandes | ISI Dangkor Senchey |
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 |
| Patrick Nonato | MOI Kompong Dewa | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 5–3 (H)[18] | 22 December 2025 |
| Cyrus Dehmie4 | Boeung Ket | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | 6–0 (A)[19] | 6 January 2026 |
| Kwame Peprah | PKR Svay Rieng | Phnom Penh Crown | 3–2 (A)[20] | 18 January 2026 |
| Mark Ajay Kurita | Angkor Tiger | Life Sihanoukville | 3–1 (A) | 8 February 2026 |
| Mark Ajay Kurita | Angkor Tiger | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | 7–1 (H) | 22 February 2026 |
- Note: 4 – player who scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
- As of 9 March 2026[12]
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koy Salim | Boeung Ket | 10 |
| 2 | Dida | MOI Kompong Dewa | 7 |
| Chiem Samnang | Phnom Penh Crown | ||
| Vireak Dara | PKR Svay Rieng | ||
| 5 | Reth Lyheng | Nagaworld | 6 |
| 6 | Yi Bunheng | Angkor Tiger | 5 |
| 7 | Sou Sovaneat | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 4 |
| 8 | Um Sereyroth | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | 3 |
| 9 | Ron Chongmieng | Life Sihanoukville | 2 |
| Tin Razak | Angkor Tiger | ||
| Keo Soksela | Visakha | ||
| 12 | Um Vichet | Phnom Penh Crown | 1 |
| Hul Kimhuy | Visakha | ||
| Mat Lany | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | ||
| Ly Kakada | ISI Dangkor Senchey | ||
| Soeun Rithvirakvathana | |||
| Kim Chanveasna | MOI Kompong Dewa | ||
| Touch Manann | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey |
Awards
Monthly awards
| Month | Player of the Month | References | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
| August | Kwame Peprah | PKR Svay Rieng | [21] |
| September | Maksym Pryadun | Phnom Penh Crown | [22] |
| October | Sokry Sofan | Angkor Tiger | [23] |
| November | Ouk Sovann | Visakha | [24] |
| December | Koeut Pich | Phnom Penh Crown | |
| January | Yusuke Minagawa | Nagaworld | |
| February | Mark Ajay Kurita | Angkor Tiger | |
See also
- 2025–26 Hun Sen Cup
- 2025 Cambodian League Cup
- 2025 Cambodian Super Cup
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