Laos national football team


The Laos national football team is the men's national football team that represents the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

History

Laos established their national football association in 1951. The South East Asian nation is still waiting to make its entrance into a major international competition. Laos have never qualified for the World Cup, 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 Suzuki Cup. After years of internal strife, Laos is well on the road to economic and political recovery. With the country achieving political stability, football has made an impact on Laotians.
Since making their appearance at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, Laos has competed in the ASEAN Football Championship. Although new to the regional tournaments, Laos has displayed passion and talent. In 1995, they beat Brunei and the Philippines and two years later in the Jakarta SEA Games, they also beat Malaysia. 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, they beat Bangladesh 2–1. In the Asian zone qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup, they 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. They also advanced to the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2014 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 Challenge Cup.

Competition records

World Cup

Asian Cup

Asian Games

AFC Challenge Cup

ASEAN Championship

This competition was formerly known as the Tiger Cup

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2019

Laos national football team head-to-head

Last match updated was against on 31 May 2019

^ Includes the result of and

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against on 6 and 11 June 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 11 June 2019 after the match against.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Laos squad within the last twelve months.

Coaches

Honours