2026–27 Lao League 1
Football league season
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The 2026–27 Lao League 1 (also known as the 2026–27 Pepsi Lao League 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 38th season of the Lao League 1, the top Laos professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1988. Ezra[1] successfully defended the title from the previous season and became champion back to back consecutive seasons.
Season2026–27
Dates10 October 2026 – 21 March 2027
| Season | 2026–27 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 October 2026 – 21 March 2027 |
← 2025–26 2028–29 → | |
Ezra entered the season as the List of Laos football champions|two-time defending champions, having secured their second consecutive league title and 4th overall Laos top-flight football title the previous season.[2]
Teams
To Lao League 1
Promoted from the Lao League 2 Province
- Chanthabouly Oinkeo Pakse Champions Champasak League 2 and the newcomer team, Oudomxay Entrements FC[3], from northern Laos.
Stadiums and locations
A total of 11 teams participated in the 2026–27 Lao League 1 season.[4]
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | Vientiane | Army Stadium Km5 | 1,500 | Lao League 1 (5th) |
| BIS | Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium (outside field) | 500 | Lao League 1 (9th) |
| Champasak HALG Avenir [5][6] | Champasak Province | Champasak Stadium | 8,000 | Lao League 1 (4th) |
| Chanthabouly Pinkeo Pakse | Champasak Province | Champasak Stadium | 8,000 | Lao League 1 (1) |
| Ezra | Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium (outside field) | 500 | Lao League 1 (1st) |
| Luang Prabang EDL Laos | Luang Prabang Province | Luang Prabang Stadium | 7,000 | Lao League 1 (7th) |
| Mazda Laos GB | Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium (outside field) | 500 | Lao League 1 (3rd) |
| Namtha United | Luang Namtha Province | Luang Namtha Province Stadium | 1,000 | Lao League 1 (8th) |
| Oudomxay Entremets [7] | Oudomxay Province | Oudomxay Province Stadium | 10,000 | Lao League 1 (1st) |
| Salavan United | Salavan Province | Salavan Province Stadium | 1,000 | Lao League 1 (6th) |
| Savannakhet Zelos | Savannakhet Province | Savannakhet Stadium | 10,000 | Lao League 1 (10th) |
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsor(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Other(s) | ||||
| Army |  Viengsavanh Sayyaboun |
 |
PAPON Sportswear |
None | List
|
| BIS | |
|
Life Football |
BIS | List
|
| Champasak HAGL Avenir |  Song-Chon Jong |
|
 MOTIVE Sportswear |
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group | List
|
| Chanthabouly Pinkeo Pakse | Bounlap Khenkitisack |
|
|
Lao Toyota | List
|
| Ezra | Chandalaphone Liepvisay |
|
Life Football |
SkyVision | List
|
| Luang Prabang EDL Laos | |
|
PAPON Sportswear |
Électricité du Laos | List
|
| Mazda Laos GB | Oley Bousaart |
|
PAPON Sportswear |
Mazda | List
|
| Namtha United | Amphaivanh Chanthalavong |
|
Evo Store |
Coca-Cola | List
|
| Oudomxay Entremets | |
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|
Entremets | List
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| Salavan United | Phoutpasong Sengdalavong |
|
 Ego Sport[8][9] |
Phoumin Construction | List
|
| Savannakhet Zelos |  Takuya Watanabe |
|
 Zelos Sportswear |
Fable Sports Consulting | List
|
Foreign players
For the 2026–27 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
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Player 9 | Player 10 | Form Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | |||||||||||
| BIS |  Javon Turner |
 Edema Aziku |
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| Champasak HAGL Avenir | Gi-hun Lee |
Um Ji-hwan |
Jang min |
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng |
Tô Minh Lộc |
Lê Huy Kiệt |
Đinh Phước Sang |
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| Chanthabouly Pinkeo Pakse | |||||||||||
| Ezra | Reo Nakamura |
Dabin Yoon |
Reiya Mutsuda |
Kazuha Sudo |
Koki Narita |
Yunosuke Sugiura |
Min-jun Kim |
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| Luang Prabang DEL Laos | |||||||||||
| Mazda Laos GB | Koki Miyamoto [10] |
Ren Yoshioka |
Takato Sakai |
Ryoki Imaizumi |
Tsubasa Watanabe |
Yogo Ichinayaki |
Toshinari Sato |
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| Namtha United | Hiroya Fujibayashi |
 Saad El Mokanen |
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| Oudomxay Entremets | Ayumu Yamaguchi |
Kon Kawahara |
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| Salavan United | Soichi Kinoshita |
Sho Komine |
 Stéphane Blanc |
 Ojeabulu Palito Tony |
Arnaud Rollin |
Thaweesak Kitraksa |
Ratsin Bamrungphakdee |
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| Savannakhet Zelos[11] | Takaya Sugasawa |
Shion Mitarai |
Ryosuke Honda |
Taku Hishida |
Nasu Okamoto |
Ryusei Seike |
Keita Sato |
Shota Inoue |
Ryusei Kodaira |
Shuki Itofusa |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the AFC Challenge League Preliminary round and ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-offs |
| 2 | BIS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Champasak HAGL Avenir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Chanthabouly Pinkeo Pakse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ezra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Luang Prabang EDL Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Mazda Laos GB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Namtha United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Oudomxay Entremets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Salavan United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Savannakhet Zelos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on August 2026. Source: FIFA Lao League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
See also
- 2026 Lao League 2
- 2026–27 Prime Minister's Cup
