2022 Cambodian Premier League

2022 Cambodian Premier League is the 36th season of the Cambodian Premier League, the top Cambodian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1982.

Cambodian Premier League
Season2022
Dates5 March – 3 December 2022
ChampionsPhnom Penh Crown (8th title)
AFC CupPhnom Penh Crown
Matches played96
Goals scored348 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcus Haber (25 goals)
Biggest home winPreah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 10–0 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey (13 August)
Biggest away winKirivong Sok Sen Chey 1–5 Phnom Penh Crown (23 July)
Highest scoringPreah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 10–0 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey (13 August)
Longest winning run5 matches
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
Longest winless run13 matches
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Longest losing run6 matches
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Highest attendance4,857
Angkor Tiger 0–0 Boeung Ket (16 July)
← 2021

Eight teams will be competing in a triple round-robin match. 5 teams that are National Police Commissary, Asia Euro United, Electricite du Cambodge, Prey Veng, and Soltilo Angkor are relegated to the Cambodian League 2 because they did not fulfill the Cambodian Football League Company's requirements. The season began on 5 March 2022.[1]

Phnom Penh Crown were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their 2nd consecutive title and 8th title overall.

Teams
Locations of the 2022 Cambodian Premier League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous season
Angkor Tiger Siem Reap Province Hanuman Stadium 5,030 C-League (6th)
Boeung Ket Phnom Penh Cambodia Airways Stadium 2,138 C-League (5th)
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Takéo Province Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Stadium 350 C-League (8th)
Nagaworld Kampong Speu Province Kampong Speu Stadium 2,400 C-League (4th)
Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Smart RSN Stadium 5,010 C-League (1st)
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Svay Rieng Province Svay Rieng Stadium 2,060 C-League (2nd)
Tiffy Army Phnom Penh RCAF Old Stadium 14,750 C-League (7th)
Visakha Phnom Penh Prince Stadium 15,000 C-League (3rd)

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Angkor Tiger England Alistair Heath Cambodia Sophal Dimong Cambodia NT Sport Pocari Sweat, Voltra Motors, Kirisu Farm, Sabay
Boeung Ket Cambodia Hao Socheat (Interim) Brazil Alexandre Cardoso Thailand EGO Sport Cambodia Airways
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Spain Manuel Retamero Cambodia Chhing Sokphanny Cambodia NT Sport Krud Beer
Nagaworld Cambodia Khim Borey Cambodia Kouch Sokumpheak Thailand FBT NagaWorld
Phnom Penh Crown Ukraine Oleg Starynskyi Cambodia Orn Chanpolin Thailand FBT Smart Axiata, Pi Pay
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Republic of Ireland Conor Nestor Cambodia Soeuy Visal Thailand FBT Orkide Villa
Tiffy Army Cambodia Hor Sokheng Cambodia Thourng Da Cambodia NT Sport TIFFY
Visakha Cambodia Meas Channa Cambodia Keo Sokpheng Cambodia Forward Sportswear Prince Bank

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to 5 per team. A team can use 4 foreign players on the field in each game, including at least 1 player from the AFC region.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC Player Former Players
Angkor Tiger Brazil Gabriel Silva Brazil Iago Bento Republic of IrelandHungary Jozsef Keaveny Japan Soh Narita East Timor Mouzinho Japan Naoki Maeda
Boeung Ket AfghanistanGermany Mustafa Zazai Brazil Alexandre Cardoso Finland Sakari Tukiainen Nigeria Ajayi Opeyemi Korede Iran Taher Jahanbakhsh
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Cameroon David Koum Montenegro Marko Ivanovic East TimorBrazil Thiago Fernandes Japan Motohiro Kaneshiro Ghana Robert Ghansah
Uzbekistan Sukhrob Rakhmonov
PhilippinesUnited States OJ Porteria
Nagaworld Brazil Cristian Roque Brazil Eliel da Cruz Ivory Coast Anderson Zogbe Spain Súper Japan Fumiya Kogure
Phnom Penh Crown AfghanistanFinland Fareed Sadat Colombia Andres Nieto Japan Takaki Ose Ukraine Valeriy Hryshyn Japan Yudai Ogawa Japan Daisuke Kobayashi
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Canada Marcus Haber Spain Victor Blasco Republic of Ireland Clyde O'Connell[2] Japan Hikaru Mizuno Japan Takashi Odawara Cameroon Emmanuel Mbarga
Tiffy Army Japan Takumu Nishihara Japan Reiya Kinoshita Japan Daisuke Kobayashi United States Jonny Campbell Japan Yuta Kikuchi Ivory Coast Ibrahim Abou Dicko
Egypt Elsayed Mahmoud
Visakha Brazil Marcos Vinícius Brazil Paulo Victor South Korea Lee Jae-gun Trinidad and Tobago Seon Power Uzbekistan Alisher Mirzaev Brazil Junior Barros
South SudanAustralia Kenny Athiu
South Africa Mohammed Khan
Foreign players by confederation
AFC (18) Japan (11),  Afghanistan (2),  Timor Leste (2),  Iran (1),  South Korea (1),  Uzbekistan (1)
CAF (3) Cameroon (1),  Ivory Coast (1),  Nigeria (1)
CONCACAF (3) Canada (1),  Trinidad & Tobago (1),  United States (1)
CONMEBOL (8) Brazil (7),  Colombia (1)
UEFA (7) Ireland (2),  Spain (2),  Finland (1),  Montenegro (1),  Ukraine (1)

Players holding Cambodian dual citizenship

Cambodian dual nationals do not take up foreign players quota.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Angkor Tiger
Boeung Ket
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey New ZealandCambodia Lim Aarun Raymond
Nagaworld FranceCambodia Dani Kouch VietnamCambodia Ream Serng VietnamCambodia Dav Nim ThailandCambodia Nhoem Lyhuor
Phnom Penh Crown
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
Tiffy Army
Visakha FranceCambodia Thierry Chantha Bin FranceCambodia Rath Virak GhanaCambodia Leng Nora ThailandCambodia Phan Ort

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 21 14 4 3 54 18 +36 46 Qualification for Championship round
2 Visakha 21 12 4 5 46 23 +23 40
3 Phnom Penh Crown 21 10 6 5 47 28 +19 36
4 Boeung Ket 21 10 5 6 41 28 +13 35
5 Nagaworld 21 8 5 8 23 28 −5 29
6 Tiffy Army 21 6 5 10 35 32 +3 23
7 Angkor Tiger 21 6 3 12 35 61 −26 21
8 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey (Q) 21 1 2 18 21 84 −63 5 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: FIFA Soccerway Cambodian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results
Home \ Away ANG BOE NAG KSS PPC SVA TIF VIS
Angkor Tiger — 0–0 4–3 3–3 4–2 0–4 5–4 1–3
Boeung Ket 2–0 — 3–1 6–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–2
Nagaworld 0–2 1–0 — 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 3–3 0–4 1–2 — 1–5 1–4 1–0 1–2
Phnom Penh Crown 3–2 2–2 0–0 6–1 — 1–3 1–0 0–0
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 4–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 — 1–1 0–1
Tiffy Army 5–1 3–4 0–1 5–1 0–0 1–3 — 0–3
Visakha 5–2 1–2 2–0 5–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 July 2022. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

The second-round date will be announced after all first-round matches are played.

Some matches will be updated

Championship round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Phnom Penh Crown (C) 27 15 7 5 66 36 +30 52[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for AFC Cup Play-Off Round
2 Visakha 27 16 4 7 60 34 +26 52[lower-alpha 1]
3 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 27 15 4 8 59 29 +30 49
4 Boeung Ket 27 11 6 10 48 44 +4 39
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2022. Source: FIFA Soccerway Cambodian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Phnom Penh Crown 8, Visakha 5.

Results
Home \ Away BOE PPC SVA VIS
Boeung Ket — 1–1 2–1 1–2
Phnom Penh Crown 5–0 — 1–0 4–3
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 2–1 2–5 — 0–1
Visakha 5–3 2–3 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2022. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Hat-Tricks
As of 28 August 2022.
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
CanadaAustria Marcus Haber Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Tiffy Army 3–1 (A) 26 March 2022
Japan Takumu Nishihara Tiffy Army Angkor Tiger 4–5 (A) 2 April 2022
Colombia Andres Nieto Phnom Penh Crown Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 6–1 (H)
Japan Takumu Nishihara5 Tiffy Army Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 5–1 (H) 23 April 2022
Japan Takumu Nishihara Tiffy Army Angkor Tiger 5–1 (H) 23 July 2022
Finland Sakari Tukiainen Boeung Ket Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 4–0 (A) 30 July 2022
Cambodia Min Ratanak4 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 10–0 (H) 13 August 2022
Brazil Paulo Victor Visakha Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 6–1 (H) 27 August 2022
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

  • 4 player scored 4 goals
  • 5 player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets
As of 04 December 2022.
Rank Player Club Clean

sheets

1 Cambodia Saveng Samnang Phnom Penh Crown 9
2 Cambodia Om Oudom Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 8
3 Cambodia Sou Yaty Nagaworld 6
4 Cambodia Hul Kimhuy Boeung Ket 5
5 Cambodia Vireak Dara Visakha 4
6 Cambodia Um Vichet Tiffy Army 3
Cambodia Keo Soksela Visakha
8 Cambodia Koy Salim Boeung Ket 1
Cambodia Non Nat Angkor Tiger
Cambodia Tha Chanrithy Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Cambodia Yi Bunheng Angkor Tiger
Cambodia Pich Dara Tiffy Army

Controversies

After Angkor Tiger supporters threw bottles at the referee in protest of his choice not to award a penalty to their teams against Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng on Matchday 13, they were prohibited from competing at their home stadium. The decision was overturned, however, as Angkor Tiger was permitted to play in their home stadium but spectators were prohibited from attending and the clubs were required to pay a fine.[3]

Awards
Month Players of the months Ref.
PlayerClub
March Cameroon Emmanuel Mbarga Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng [4][5]
April Japan Takumu Nishihara Tiffy Army
July CanadaAustria Marcus Haber Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
August Cambodia Lim Pisoth Phnom Penh Crown
October Cambodia Sieng Chanthea Boeung Ket
November Cambodia Lim Pisoth Phnom Penh Crown

See also

References
  1. "National SportsNationalCambodian Premier League is the new official name of the Cambodian Premier League with 168 matches". Thmey Thmey. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. "Irish ace Clyde O'Connell talks swapping cold Iceland for a stint in Cambodia". Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. Facebook post
  4. "Players of the Months". Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. "Player of the Month (October)". Cambodian Premier League. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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