Boeung Ket F.C.

Boeung Ket
បឹងកេត
Full nameBoeung Ket Football Club
(ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់បឹងកេត)
NicknameThe Blue Dragon
Founded2008 (2008) as Boeung Ket Rubber Field Football Club
2015 (2015) as Boeung Ket Angkor Football Club
2017 (2017) as Boeung Ket Football Club
GroundPhnom Penh Olympic Stadium
Capacity50,000
OwnerPuth Thyda
Head coachConor Nestor
LeagueCambodian Premier League
2024–25Cambodian Premier League, 4th of 11
Websiteboeungketfc.com

Boeung Ket Football Club (Khmer: ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់បឹងកេត, Klœ̆b Băltoăt Bœ̆ng Két) is a professional football club based in Phnom Penh. It plays in the Cambodian Premier League, a top-tier national competition.[1] Founded in 2008 as Boeung Ket Rubber Field,[2] it became Boeung Ket Angkor in 2015 and simply Boeung Ket in 2017. Originally based in Kampong Cham province, the club moved to Kandal province in 2018 and finally to the country's capital in 2019.

Boeung Ket has won the Cambodian League titles in 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2020, and was runners-up in 2013, 2014 and 2018.[3][4] In 2019, it won its first Hun Sen Cup trophy after beating Svay Rieng in a penalty shootout.[5] Its women's section plays in the Cambodian Women's League.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CAM Koy Salim
2 DF  CAM Sleh Sen
4 DF  CAM Ly Vahed
5 DF  CAM Chhoeung Visinu
6 DF  CAM Soeuth Nava
7 FW  CAM Iago Bento
8 MF  CAM Chea Vesly
10 FW  CAM Mat Noron
11 FW  CAM Chan Vathanaka (Captain)
13 MF  AUS Louis Zabala
14 FW  CAM Our Phearon
15 DF  CAM Try Sinarin
18 MF  ENG Charlie Scott
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  CAM Touch Manoch
20 DF  CAM Vang Davin
22 GK  CAM Chheng Chantha
23 DF  CAM Taing Bunchhai
24 FW  AUS Cyrus Dehmie
25 FW  NZL Myer Bevan
26 MF  CAM Eav Sovannara
27 MF  CAM Aarun Lim
30 FW  CAM Khoan Soben
31 DF  SCO Sean Kelly
33 GK  CAM Khem Kuntheara
47 DF  CAM Sath Rosib
88 MF  CAM Nop David

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
70 FW  CIV Louis Willy Ndongo (to Kirivong Sok Sen Chey)

Players with multiple nationalities

Club staff

Position Staff
Team manager Be Makara
Technical director Sabone Venta
Head coach Conor Nestor
Assistant coach Hong Pheng
Hao Socheat
Ret Vibol
Goalkeeper coach Rory Grand
Sports scientist Joseph Ronald D Angelus
Physiotherapist Ueta Tomoya
Chhean Sovannara
Kitman Leng Kimly
General coordinator Son Veasna

Coaches

Coaches by years

Name Nationality Period Tournament
Prak Vuthy 2012–2014 2012 Cambodian League champion
John McGlynn 2014–2015
Prak Sovannara 2015–2017 2015 Mekong Club Championship runner-up, 2016 Cambodian League champion
John McGlynn 2017
Hao Socheat 2017–2019 2017 Cambodian League champion, 2018 Cambodian League runner-up, 2019 Hun Sen Cup champion
Apisit Im Amphai 2020
Kim Pheakdey 2020–2022 2020 Cambodian League champion
Hao Socheat 2022–2023
Clement Teo 2023
Hong Pheng (interim) 2023–2024
Conor Nestor[6] 2024–

Continental record

Season Tournament Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013 AFC President's Cup Group C Sri Lanka Army 6–0 3rd
Balkan 2–0
Hilal Al-Quds 0–1
2015 Mekong Club Championship First round Lao Toyota 0–2
Yangon United 3–0
Semi-final Becamex Binh Duong 2–3
Final Buriram United 1–0 Runners-up
2016 Mekong Club Championship Semi-final Lanexang United 0–3
2017 AFC Cup Qualifying play-off round Lao Toyota 1–1 0–1 2–1
Group F Johor Darul Ta'zim 0–3 3–0 3rd
Global FC 0–2 3–1
Magwe 1–0 1–1
2017 Mekong Club Championship First round Sanna Khánh Hòa 1–5 4–4 5–9
2018 AFC Cup Qualifying play-off round Lao Toyota 3–3 0–1 3–4
Group G Ceres-Negros 0–4 9–0 3rd
Shan United 1–2 1–4
Home United 3–2 6–0
2021 AFC Cup Group G Cancelled

Invitational

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013 Singapore Cup Preliminary round Tanjong Pagar United 4–1
2017 Singapore Cup Preliminary round Warriors FC 1–4
Quarter-final Global Cebu 2–1 1–3 3–4

Honours

Affiliated clubs

References

  1. ^ Boeung Ket Rubber Field FC Archived 24 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Soccerway
  2. ^ "CLUB HISTORY". Boeung Ket Football Club. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Cambodia - List of Champions". Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Police snatch back top spot, Boeung Ket smash in seven". Daily Khmer Post. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Boeung Ket win Hun Sen Cup on penalties". Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Nestor aims to make Boeung Ket CPL title contender". khmertimeskh.com. Khmer Times. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  7. ^ Cambodia - List of Champions Archived 5 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine Rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021
  8. ^ "ベルマーレ・アジア・フットボール・アライアンス(BAFA)設立のお知らせ". bellmare.co.jp (in Japanese). Shonan Bellmare. 15 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.