Laos national football team

Laos established their national football association in 1951. The Southeast Asian nation is still waiting to make its entrance into a major international competition. Laos have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup or Asian Games and as an international side, their appearances have been restricted to regional tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games and the AFF Championship. After years of internal strife, Laos focused on economic and political recovery. With the country achieving political stability, football has made an impact on Laotians.^[4][5]

Since making their appearance at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, Laos has competed in the inaugural 1996 AFF Championship, drawing against Vietnam 1–1 and winning against Cambodia 1–0. Although they are new to the regional tournaments, Laos has displayed a fiery passion and talent. In 1995, they beat Brunei and Philippines and two years later in the 1997 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, they also beat Malaysia 1–0 and Philippines 4–1. Domestic competitions are also active with over 60 clubs competing at various levels. Domestic football is amateur although most of the top teams are drawn from government ministries and public services. In the qualifying preliminary rounds for the 2004 Asian Cup, Laos beat Bangladesh 2–1. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, Laos qualified for the second round as a lucky loser after Guam and Nepal both withdrew from the competition, but proceeded to lose all its games (against Qatar, Iran and Jordan).^[6] They also advanced to the second round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, after defeating Cambodia 8–6 on aggregate. In the second round, they lost to China 13–3 on aggregate. Laos has defeated their much more established counterparts such as Brunei, Cambodia, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. Laos' first appearance in a continental tournament was in 2014, when they played at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.^[7][8] In 2016, Laos were invited to the inaugural 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup held in Kuching being grouped with Macau, Sri Lanka and Mongolia. In the first match, Laos won Sri Lanka 2–0 before losing to Macau 1–4 but bounced back with another win against Mongolia 3–0 sending the team to the knockout stage. They would go on to face Nepal in the semi-finals and were 2–2 at the end of extra time but lost in the penalty shootout, thus bowing out from the cup.

In 2023, Laos participated in the first round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification facing against Nepal. On 12 October 2023, Laos contested in a 1–1 draw at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu but lost 1–0 at home suffering a 2–1 aggregate. Laos would then go on to play in the 2024 ASEAN Championship after playing just two friendlies match against Malaysia and Thailand in November 2024 right before the tournament began.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2025

Laos  v    Nepal

10 June 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Laos	2–1	Nepal	Vientiane, Laos
19:00 UTC+7	Damoth 13' Peter 49'	Report Report (AFC)	Dangi 73' (pen.)	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Nivon Robesh (Sri Lanka)

Laos  v  Malaysia

9 October 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Laos	0–3	Malaysia	Vientiane, Laos
19:00 UTC+7		Report Report (AFC)	Arif 53' Cools 69' Faisal 90+7'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Wiwat Jumpao-on (Thailand)

Malaysia  v  Laos

14 October 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Malaysia	5–1	Laos	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8	Faisal 59' Morales 65', 70' Khammanh 79' (o.g.) Josué 82'	Report Report (AFC)	Chanthavixay 19'	Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 18,901 Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

Laos  v  Vietnam

19 November 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Laos	0–2	Vietnam	Vientiane, Laos
19:00 UTC+7		Report Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Xuân Son 67' (pen.) Phạm Tuấn Hải 90+2'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 16,250 Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

2026

Nepal    v  Laos

31 March 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Nepal	0–1	Laos	Vientiane, Laos[note 1]
19:00 UTC+7		Report Report (AFC)	Bounphachan 47'	Stadium: New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 2,327 Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

Laos  v  Thailand

25 July 2026 ASEAN Championship Group B	Laos	v	Thailand	Vientiane, Laos
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

Malaysia  v  Laos

28 July 2026 ASEAN Championship Group B	Malaysia	v	Laos	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
--:-- UTC+8				Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium

Laos  v  Philippines

1 August 2026 ASEAN Championship Group B	Laos	v	Philippines	Vientiane, Laos
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

Myanmar  v  Laos

4 August 2026 ASEAN Championship Group B	Myanmar	v	Laos	Yangon, Myanmar
--:-- UTC+6:30				Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

As of 19 November 2025^[12]

Players in bold are still active with Laos.

Most appearances

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Soukaphone Vongchiengkham	58	15	2010–2023
2	Saynakhonevieng Phommapanya	55	2	2006–2016
3	Visay Phaphouvanin	50	19	2002–2013
	Khampheng Sayavutthi	50	15	2010–2017
5	Phoutthasay Khochalern	47	1	2013–present
6	Chalana Luang-Amath	37	5	1996–2004
	Ketsada Souksavanh	37	3	2008–2014
8	Bounphachan Bounkong	35	7	2018–present
	Khamphoumy Hanvilay	35	0	2011–2016
	Keoviengphet Liththideth	35	4	2010–2018

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Last match updated was against Nepal on 31 March 2026

More information Opponent, Pld ...

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Afghanistan	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	AFC
Bangladesh	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	AFC
Bhutan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	AFC
Brunei	11	10	0	1	30	15	+15	AFC
Cambodia	17	6	3	8	24	30	−6	AFC
China	2	0	0	2	3	13	−10	AFC
Chinese Taipei	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	AFC
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	15	−15	CAF
Guam	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	AFC
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	AFC
India	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	AFC
Indonesia	10	0	2	9	12	48	−36	AFC
Iran	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	AFC
Jordan	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	AFC
Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	UEFA
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	AFC
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	AFC
Lesotho	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	CAF
Macau	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	AFC
Malaysia	22	1	5	18	12	70	−58	AFC
Maldives	4	0	1	3	3	15	−12	AFC
Mongolia	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	AFC
Myanmar	19	0	4	15	13	58	−45	AFC
Nepal	8	2	2	4	9	10	−1	AFC
Oman	0	0	0	2	0	19	−19	AFC
Philippines	14	7	3	4	23	22	+1	AFC
Qatar	0	0	0	2	1	11	−10	AFC
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	1	0	4	−4	AFC
Singapore	13	1	1	11	12	42	−30	AFC
South Korea	7	0	0	5	0	28	−28	AFC
Sri Lanka	8	3	2	3	12	14	−2	AFC
Syria	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20	AFC
Thailand	13	1	2	10	15	46	−31	AFC
Timor-Leste	8	7	0	1	22	9	+13	AFC
Turkmenistan	2	0	0	2	3	9	−6	AFC
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	AFC
Vietnam[a]	25	0	2	23	6	97	−91	AFC
37 Countries	219	43	31	145	222	685	−463	FIFA

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