2025–26 Lao League 1

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The 2025–26 Lao League 1 (also known as the 2025–26 Pepsi Lao League 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th season of the Lao League 1, the top Laos professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1988.[1][2] [3] Ezra successfully defended their title from the previous season.

Season2025–26
Dates16 August 2025 – 14 March 2026
ChampionsEzra
2nd title
AFC Challenge LeagueEzra
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Pepsi Lao League 1
Season2025–26
Dates16 August 2025 – 14 March 2026
ChampionsEzra
2nd title
AFC Challenge LeagueEzra
ASEAN ChampionshipEzra
Matches180
Goals314 (1.74 per match)
Best PlayerPeter Phanthavong
Top goalscorerKoki Narita
(22 goals)
Best goalkeeperSolasak Thilavong
(9 clean sheets)
Biggest home winEzra 11–0 Savannakhet
(8 February 2026)
Biggest away winSavannakhet 1–8 Ezra
(28 September 2025)
Savannakhet 0–7 Champasak Avenir
(8 March 2026)
Highest scoringMazda GB 10–2 Savannakhet
(25 January 2026)
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Ezra
Longest winless run18 matches
Savannakhet
Longest losing run11 matches
Savannakhet
Highest attendance2,156
Salavan United 2–2 Namtha United
(23 August 2025)
Lowest attendance500
Young Elephants 6–0 Lao Army
(23 August 2025)
All statistics correct as of 28 August 2025.
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Teams

To Lao League 1

Promoted from the Lao League 2 Province

Stadiums and locations

A total of 10 teams participated in the 2025–26 Lao League 1 season.[4]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
More information Team, Location ...
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)
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Personnel and sponsoring

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsor(s)
Main Other(s)
Army Laos Kovanh Namthavixay Laos Sisavath Dalavong Laos Life Football None
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Bis Master Laos Bounlap Khenkitisack Laos Chitpasong Latthachak Laos Life Football
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Champasak Avenir South Korea Kim Tae-young[5] South Korea Ku Kyo-cheol Laos Life Football Fan Pick 11
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Booyoung Group
    • Sleeves: PLCO, Fitogether
    • Shorts: None
Ezra South Korea Byung-soo Na Laos Anantaza Siphongphan Laos Life Football SkyVision
List
    • Front: Broker Smile, ThaiNamthip, Coca-Cola
    • Back: Eternal Coffee
    • Sleeves: Chue Chin Hua, Chakawan
    • Shorts: None
Luang Prabang Laos Khamsay Chanthavong Liberia Emmanuel Jugbe Doe Laos PAPON Sportswear
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Mazda GB Laos Oley Bousaart Laos Soukaphone Vongchiengkham Laos PAPON Sportswear Mazda
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: Kimberley Apartment
    • Shorts: None
Namtha United Laos Viengsavanh Sayyaboun Laos Sengphachan Bounthisanh Laos Evo Store Coca-Cola
List
    • Front: iCAR
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Salavan United Laos Phoutpasong Sengdalavong Laos Nalongsith Chanthasily Laos LAZA Sport
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Savannakhet Laos Hatsadong Lok aphone Laos Mitpaza Luangpaserth Laos Life Football Fable Sports Consulting
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Young Elephants Laos Kanlaya Sysomvang Laos Kittisak Phomvongsa Thailand FBT Phu Bia Mining
List
    • Front: Saysaath Pharma, Lao Digital TV
    • Back: Lao Airlines
    • Sleeves: Aviation Guard Lao
    • Shorts: None
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing ...
Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Bis Master Laos Phouphet Sanouvong Sacked 2025 Pre-season Laos Bounlap Khenkitisack December 2025
Luang Prabang Laos Phonepadith Xayavong Sacked 2025 Laos Khamsay Chanthavong December 2025
Salavan United Thailand Kittichai Wongsim Sacked 2025 Laos Phoutpasong Sengdalavong December 2025
Savannakhet Laos Khamsay Chanthavong Sacked 2025 Laos Hatsadong Lok aphone Juanary 2026
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Foreign players

For the 2025–26 season, LFF adopted a registration system based on three distinct "routes", allowing teams to specialize their recruitment.

  • Maximum number of foreign players: 6
  • 4 non-AFC players + 1 AFC player + 1 ASEAN player
  • Foreign players on the field per game: 5

Route 3: ASEAN only

  • Maximum number of ASEAN players: 6
More information Team, Player 1 ...
Team 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 Cameroon Cyrille Dissake Japan Alao Kenshu Hyonsu Uganda Edema Aziku United States Judah Berry Ivory Coast Michael Archange
Ivory Coast Amed Diarrassouba
Champasak Avenir Philippines Francis Tacardon South Korea Gu Gyo-cheol South Korea Lee Jung-jin South Korea Lee Sang-Hyung South Korea Lee Yu-min South Korea Park Chan-min South Korea Shim-Yeong woo South Korea Yoo Dong-woo South Korea Yoon Chan Japan Jin An
South Korea Lee Geon
South KoreaKim Dae-yeong
South Korea Ryu Ji-seong
Ezra Japan Reo Nakamura Japan Koki Narita Japan Yusei Shimomura South Korea Jeong Sang-won South Korea Lee Min-hyuk Thailand Thanprakorn Khemru Japan Ren Yoshioka
Luang Prabang Australia Latif Ghazli Egypt Mohamad Abed Japan Masatoshi Takeshita Japan Ren Yoshioka Liberia Emmanuel Jugbe Doe Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
Mazda GB Japan Ryoki Imaizumi Japan Shian Kawasaki Japan Toshinari Sato Japan Shogo Umazume Uzbekistan Asilbek Orifzhonov Uzbekistan Mukhammad Odilov
Namtha United Japan Hiroya Fujibayashi Japan Takuya Watanabe Japan Daiki Jahana
Japan Mao Negishi
Japan Yusuke Suzuki
South Korea Kim Min-seong
United States Judah Berry
Salavan United Japan Kohsuke Asano Japan Kaisei Hara Japan Soichi Kinoshita Japan Reiya Matsuda Japan Takuya Ogata Japan Nasu Okamoto Japan Takaya Sugasawa Japan Rintaro Tsuchitani South Korea Kang Yoon-seok Japan Tsukasa Shimomura
Japan Takuya Watanabe
Savannakhet Egypt Elkofory Abdelnaby France Jilo Niamke Japan Yoshiki Terasaka Chile Cesar Gustavo
Chile Carlos Javier
South Korea Cha Seung-yeon
South Korea Hwang Tae-hyeon
South Korea Joo Taeh-wan
South Korea Kim Seung-beom
Philippines Irineo Sibal III
Young Elephants Egypt Saad El Mokanen Japan Tsukasa Shimomura South Korea Jung Hyun-wook Brazil Luan Borges
Brazil Gabriel Carrera
Japan Taiga Fujikawa
South Korea Moon Chi-Sung
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ezra (C, Q) 18 15 1 2 63 16 +47 46 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League
and ASEAN Club Championship
2 Young Elephants 18 14 2 2 46 8 +38 44
3 Mazda GB 18 10 4 4 50 21 +29 34
4 Champasak Avenir 18 8 4 6 34 19 +15 28
5 Army 18 8 3 7 24 32 −8 27
6 Salavan United 18 7 5 6 31 27 +4 26
7 Luang Prabang 18 5 5 8 25 30 −5 20
8 Namtha United 18 5 4 9 23 34 −11 19
9 BIS Master 18 1 5 12 15 49 −34 8
10 Savannakhet 18 0 1 17 10 85 −75 1
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Source: FIFA Lao League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BIS ...
Home \ Away BIS CPK EZR ARM LPB GB NTU SLV SVK YEP
BIS Master — 0–0 0–3 2–3 1–6 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–0 1–1
Champasak Avenir 2–0 — 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–3 3–2 3–1 8–0 0–0
Ezra 4–2 0–2 — 7–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 11–0 1–6
Lao Army 3–1 1–0 0–3 — 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Luang Prabang 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–2 — 0–3 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–3
Mazda GB 7–0 5–1 2–2 4–2 1–1 — 3–1 3–1 10–2 0–1
Namtha United 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 — 1–2 5–0 1–4
Salavan United 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 — 4–0 1–2
Savannakhet 2–2 0–7 1–8 0–4 0–4 0–3 1–3 2–3 — 0–5
Young Elephants 4–0 3–0 0–1 6–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 5–1 —
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Source: FIFA Lao League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 14 March 2026
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Japan Koki Narita Ezra 22
2 Laos Peter Phanthavong Ezra 21
3 Japan Toshinari Sato Mazda GB 16
4 Laos Tee Sihalath Lao Army 15
5 Japan Tsukasa Shimomura Salavan United / Young Elephants 13
Laos Kouaycheng Noophackde Champasak Avenir
7 Laos Souksavanh Hopchakkawan Namtha United 9
8 Laos Kydavone Souvanny Young Elephants 8
9 Japan Masatoshi Takeshita Luang Prabang 6
Laos Avilay Siphavanh Salavan United
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Laos Kydavone Souvanny Young Elephants Savannakhet 5–1 (H)[6] 16 August 2025
Brazil Luan Borges Lao Army 6–0 (H) 23 August 2025
Laos Cham Vanpaserth Luang Prabang BIS Master 6–1 (A) 10 September 2025
Uzbekistan Mukhammad Odilov4 Mazda GB Lao Army 4–2 (H) 13 September 2025
Laos Peter Phanthavong Ezra Savannakhet 8–1 (A) 28 September 2025
Japan Koki Narita
Laos Peter Phanthavong4 Lao Army 7–0 (H) 18 October 2025
Japan Toshinari Sato Mazda GB BIS Master 7–0 (H) 19 October 2025
Uzbekistan Asilbek Orifzhonov Mazda GB Salavan United 3–1 (H) 2 November 2025
Laos Kouaycheng Noophackde4 Champasak Avenir Savannakhet 8–0 (H)
Japan Tsukasa Shimomura Salavan United BIS Master 3–0 (H) 6 November 2025
Japan Toshinari Sato Mazda GB Savannakhet 10–2 (H) 25 January 2026
Japan Koki Narita Ezra Namtha United 3–0 (H) 31 January 2026
Japan Koki Narita5 Savannakhet 11–0 (H) 8 February 2026
Laos Peter Phanthavong
Laos Tee Sihalath Lao Army 4–0 (A) 14 February 2026
Laos Souksavanh Hopchakkawan Namtha United 5–0 (A) 1 March 2026
Japan Tsukasa Shimomura Young Elephants Namtha United 4–1 (A) 8 March 2026
Laos Kouaycheng Noophackde Champasak Avenir Savannakhet 7–0 (A)
Laos Phetvixay Phimmasen
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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Team Clean
sheets
1 Laos Solasak Thilavong Young Elephants 9
2 South Korea Lee Sang-hyung Champasak Avenir 8
3 Laos Kop Lokphathip Ezra 7
4 South Korea Lee Min-hyuk 3
Japan Natsu Okamoto Salavan United
Laos Keo-Oudone Souvannasangso Lao Army
Laos Anoulak Vilaphonh Mazda GB
8 Laos Anavin Malathong Luang Prabang 2
Laos Saymanolinh Paseuth Mazda GB
Laos Gamekeela Bounliyaphanh Namtha United
Laos Sengphachan Bounthisanh
Laos Soulisack Souvankham Namtha United / Luang Prabang
Laos Chanthasone Siliamphone BIS Master / Champasak Avenir
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