2018 Cambodian League

Football league season

Cambodian LeagueSeason| 2018

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Champions| Nagaworld FC
Relegated| Western Phnom Penh FC
AFC Cup| Nagaworld FC
Matches played| 132
Goals scored| 495 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorer| George Bisan (28 goals)
Biggest home win| Nagaworld 10–1 Western Phnom Penh
(17 June 2018)
Biggest away win| Electricite du Cambodge 1–9 National Defense
(30 September 2018)
Highest scoring| Nagaworld 10–1 Western Phnom Penh
(17 June 2018)
Longest winning run| Nagaworld (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run| Boeung Ket (15 games)
Longest winless run| Western Phnom Penh ( 22 Games )
Longest losing run| Western Phnom Penh (14 games)
Highest attendance| 4257
Angkor Tiger 2–2 Boeung Ket
(23 September 2018) [1]

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2019 →

2018 Cambodian League is the 34th season of the Cambodian League. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian Second League. The league starts from 3 March until 30 September.[2] Boeung Ket are the defending champions. Nagaworld FC[3] won the champion again after waiting since 2009.

## 2018 season clubs

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### Teams

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Angkor Tiger

Asia Euro United

Svay Rieng

Soltilo Angkor

Electricite du Cambodge
Nagaworld
National Defense Ministry
National Police Commissary
Phnom Penh Crown
Western Phnom Penh
Visakha

Boeung Ket

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Locations of the 2018 Cambodian Premier League teams

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Angkor Tiger | Siem Reap Province | Svay Thom Stadium | Premier League (7th)
Asia Euro United | Kandal Province | AEU Sport Park | Premier League (10th)
Boeung Ket | Kandal Stadium | Premier League (champions)
Electricite du Cambodge | Phnom Penh | EDC Stadium | Premier League (9th)
Nagaworld | Kandal Province | AEU Sport Park | Premier League (3rd)
National Defense Ministry | Phnom Penh | RCAF Old Stadium | Premier League (4th)
National Police Commissary | Kandal Province | SCT Sports Complex | Premier League (6th)
Phnom Penh Crown | Phnom Penh | RSN Stadium | Premier League (5th)
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Svay Rieng Province | Svay Rieng Stadium | Premier League (2nd)
Soltilo Angkor | Siem Reap Province | Svay Thom Stadium | Second League (4th)
Western Phnom Penh | Phnom Penh | Western Stadium | Premier League (8th)
Visakha | Western Stadium | Second League (champions)

Source: FIFA Soccerway Cambodian League

### Personnel and Kits

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Angkor Tiger |  Oriol Mahedano  |  Masahiro Fukasawa | NT Sport
Asia Euro United |  Sok Veasna  |  Mat Hosan | NT Sport
Boeung Ket |  Hav Socheat |  Sun Sovannrithy | FBT
Electricite du Cambodge |  Prak Vuthy  |  Tum Saray |
Nagaworld |  Meas Channa |  Kouch Sokumpheak | FBT
National Defense Ministry |  Phea Sopheaktra |  Reung Bunheing |
National Police Commissary |  Nuth Sony |  Say Piseth | Warrix Sports
Phnom Penh Crown |  Sean Sainsbury |  Ouk Sothy | FBT
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng |  Conor Nestor  |  Chea Samnang | FBT
Soltilo Angkor |  Yuki Matsuda |  Kento Fujihara | SUSI
Western Phnom Penh |  Fisol Lasak |  Lim You | NT Sport
Visakha |  Hok Sochivorn |  Tieng Tiny | NT Sport

## Foreign players

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The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.

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

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Angkor Tiger |  Masahiro Fukasawa |  Kenjiro Ogino |  Kazuteru Okamoto |  Joichiro Sugiyama |  Ryota Hayashi |  Baldwin Ngwa
Asia Euro United |  Momoh Degule |  Befolo Mbarga  |  Chigozie Nwaokorie |  George Kelechi |  Tomohiro Masaki |  Okereke Timothy
Hedayati Mohamad
Boeung Ket |  Maycon Calijuri |  Samuel Ajayi |  Julius Oiboh |  Esoh Paul Omogba  |  Hikaru Mizuno |
Electricite du Cambodge | None | None | None | None | None | None
Nagaworld |  Anderson Zogbe |  Tatsuro Inui |  George Bisan |  Mathew Osa |  Song Chi-hun |  Han Sung-gyu
National Defense |  Yudai Ogawa |  Yoo Jae-ho |  Mohamed Hamza |  |  Na Hyo-sung |  Lee Jun-hyeob
Daiki Matsumoto
Song Chi-hun
National Police |  Yuta Suzuki  |  Adekunjo Busayo |  Oladipupo Abiodun |  Kim Dong-yoo |  No Dae-ho |  Noh Sang-min
Matthew Rhoda
Phnom Penh Crown |  Jonny Campbell |  Atsushi Shirota |  Sunny Jane |  Valci Júnior |  Pouya Hosseini  |  Jorrin John
Preah Khan Reach |  Ryota Ishikawa |  Harley Willard |  Sergio Barbosa |  Dmitry Asnin |  Daisuke Kobayashi |  Shane Booysen
Whoo Hyun
Trevin Caesar
Soltilo Angkor |  Yuta Kikuchi |  Kento Fujihara |  Dzarma Bata |  James Abban |  Unno Tomoyuki |
Western Phnom Penh |  Tenius Trukna |  Yuspen Uopdana |  |  |  Faisal Rizal Samberbori |  Takahito Ota
Horri Ikki
Yoon Sug-hee
Nwankwo Chika Junior
Visakha |  Choe Myong-ho |  Ri Hyok-chol  |  Pak Song-chol |  Jang Song-hyok  |  Kim Kyong-hun  |

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Nagaworld | 22  | 18  | 2  | 2  | 66  | 17  | +49  | 56  | 2019 AFC Cup group stage
2  | Boeung Ket | 22  | 15  | 4  | 3  | 52  | 23  | +29  | 49  |
3  | Visakha | 22  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 54  | 24  | +30  | 45
4  | National Defense Ministry | 22  | 13  | 3  | 6  | 55  | 25  | +30  | 42
5  | Phnom Penh Crown | 22  | 11  | 3  | 8  | 41  | 33  | +8  | 36
6  | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 22  | 10  | 3  | 9  | 52  | 41  | +11  | 33
7  | Asia Euro United | 22  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 46  | 44  | +2  | 30
8  | Angkor Tiger | 22  | 7  | 7  | 8  | 33  | 33  | 0  | 28
9  | National Police Commissary | 22  | 7  | 4  | 11  | 37  | 48  | −11  | 25
10  | Soltilo Angkor | 22  | 5  | 5  | 12  | 29  | 34  | −5  | 20
11  | Electricite du Cambodge | 22  | 2  | 3  | 17  | 16  | 75  | −59  | 9
12  | Western Phnom Penh | 22  | 0  | 1  | 21  | 14  | 98  | −84  | 1  | Relegation to 2019 Cambodian Second League

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: FIFA Soccerway Cambodian League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

## Results

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### Results table

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Home \ Away  | AKT | AEU | BOE | EDC | NAG | NDM | NPC | PPC | PKR | SOL | VSK | WPP

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Angkor Tiger | -- | 0–0  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 2–5  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 2–0
Asia Euro United | 2–2  | -- | 3–4  | 2–2  | 1–6  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 2–4  | 6–1
Boeung Ket | 4–0  | 4–0  | -- | 5–0  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 5–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 5–1
Electricite du Cambodge | 0–5  | 0–2  | 1–1  | -- | 1–5  | 1–9  | 1–4  | 0–4  | 2–4  | 0–3  | 0–4  | 3–1
Nagaworld | 3–0  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | -- | 2–0  | 6–2  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 4–1  | 0–3  | 10–1
National Defense Ministry | 2–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 4–0  | 0–2  | -- | 3–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 2–2  | 8–0
National Police Commissary | 2–1  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 2–4  | 0–4  | -- | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 6–0
Phnom Penh Crown | 0–4  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–5  | 4–0  | -- | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 6–0
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 1–3  | 1–6  | 0–1  | 5–1  | 0–4  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 6–3  | -- | 5–2  | 5–4  | 8–0
Soltilo Angkor | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  | -- | 0–2  | 3–0
Visakha | 4–1  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  | -- | 5–0
Western Phnom Penh | 1–3  | 3–7  | 1–3  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 3–3  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 1–4  | 0–3  | --

Updated to match(es) played on 11 Mar 2018. Source: SOCCERWAY
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

### Results by match played

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Team ╲ Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22

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Angkor Tiger| L| L| L| W| W| D| W| L| D| L| L| L| L| D| D| W| W| W| D| W| D| D
Asia Euro United| L| W| L| W| L| D| D| D| W| W| W| L| L| L| L| L| W| D| D| W| D| W
Boeung Ket| W| W| W| D| W| W| D| W| W| D| W| W| W| W| W| L| W| L| W| W| D| L
Electricite du Cambodge| L| L| L| L| L| W| D| L| L| D| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| D| W| L| L| L
Nagaworld| D| W| W| W| W| W| W| L| W| W| L| W| W| D| W| W| W| W| W| W| W| W
National Defense Ministry| W| L| W| W| L| L| L| W| W| W| W| W| W| W| D| W| D| W| D| L| L| W
National Police Commissary| W| D| L| W| W| L| W| D| L| W| L| W| L| L| W| D| L| L| L| L| D| L
Phnom Penh Crown| W| W| D| L| L| W| D| W| L| D| W| W| L| L| L| W| W| L| W| L| W| W
Preah Khan Reach| D| D| W| L| W| L| W| L| L| L| W| L| W| W| D| L| L| W| L| W| W| W
Soltilo Angkor| L| L| W| D| L| L| L| W| D| L| L| L| W| W| L| D| D| L| L| L| W| D
Visakha| W| W| D| L| W| W| L| W| W| D| W| W| W| W| W| W| L| W| D| W| L| L
Western Phnom Penh| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| L| D| L| L| L| L| L| L| L

Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

## Season statistics

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### Top scorers

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1  |  George Bisan | Nagaworld | 28
2  |  Befolo Mbarga  | Asia Euro United | 27
3  |  Julius Oiboh | Boeung Ket | 17
4  |  Maycon Calijuri | Boeung Ket | 15
Dzarma Bata | Soltilo Angkor
6  |  Reung Bunheing | National Defense Ministry | 14
Choe Myong-ho | Visakha
8  |  Valci Júnior | Phnom Penh Crown | 13
9  |  Mathew Osa | Nagaworld | 12
10  |  Na Hyo-sang | National Defense Ministry | 11
11  |  Yudai Ogawa | National Defense Ministry | 10
Nub Tola | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
13  |  Keo Sokpheng | Visakha | 9
14  |  Trevin Caesar | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 8
Kazuteru Okamoto | Angkor Tiger
Noun Borey | National Police Commmissary
Joichiro Sugiyama | Angkor Tiger
Mat Noron  | Electricite du Cambodge
19  |  Shane Booysen | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | 7
Song Chi-hun | Defense/Nagaworld
Tang Sopheak | Angkor Tiger
San Kimheng | Visakha

### Hat-tricks

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Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref

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Julius Oiboh | Boeung Ket | Asia Euro United | 4–3 (A) | 3 March 2018 | [4]
George Bisan | Nagaworld | Electricite du Cambodge | 5–1 (A) | 11 March 2018 | [5]
Reung Bunheing | National Defense Ministry | Western Phnom Penh | 8–0 (H) | 8 April 2018 | [6]
Sary Matnorotin | Nagaworld | Soltilo Angkor | 4–1 (H) | 20 May 2018 | [7]
Befolo Mbarga6 | Asia Euro United | Western Phnom Penh | 6–1 (H) | 10 June 2018 | [8]
George Bisan5 | Nagaworld | Western Phnom Penh | 10–1 (H) | 17 June 2018 | [9]
Mathew Osa4 | Nagaworld | Western Phnom Penh | 10–1 (H) | 17 June 2018 | [9]
Trevin Caesar | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Western Phnom Penh | 8–0 (H) | 23 June 2018 | [10]
Shane Booysen | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Western Phnom Penh | 8–0 (H) | 23 June 2018 | [10]
Joichiro Sugiyama | Angkor Tiger | Electricite du Cambodge | 5–0 (A) | 5 August 2018 | [11]
Valci Júnior5 | Phnom Penh Crown | Western Phnom Penh | 6–0 (H) | 23 September 2018 | [12]
Befolo Mbarga5 | Asia Euro United | Western Phnom Penh | 3–7 (A) | 29 September 2018 | [13]
Reung Bunheing | National Defense | Electricite du Cambodge | 1–9 (A) | 29 September 2018 | [14]
Yudai Ogawa | National Defense | Electricite du Cambodge | 1–9 (A) | 29 September 2018 | [14]
George Bisan4 | Nagaworld | Police Commissary | 6–2 (H) | 29 September 2018 | [15]
Hoy Phallin | Preah Khan Reach | Visakha | 5–4 (H) | 30 September 2018 | [16]

Note:

* (H) – Home; (A) – Away
* 6 player scored 6 goals
* 5 player scored 5 goals
* 4 player scored 4 goals

## Awards

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Awards  | Nation/Name  | Club

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Top Scorer  |  George Bisan | Nagaworld
Player of the season  |  Choe Myong-ho | Visakha
Goalkeeper of the season  |  Samrith Seiha | Nagaworld
Coach of the season  |  Meas Channa | Nagaworld
Awards  | Club

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Fair Play  | Nagaworld

## See also

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* 2018 Hun Sen Cup

## References

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7. ^ "Cambodian League: Nagaworld 4–1 Soltilo". www.facebook.com/officialcambodianleague2005.
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12. ^ "លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា៖ ភ្នំពេញក្រោនបញ្ចប់បេសកកម្មក្នុងដី". camsports.org/football. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018.
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14. ^ a b "Cambodian League: EDC 1–9 National Defense". www.facebook.com/officialcambodianleague2005.
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16. ^ "Cambodian League: Preah Khan Reach 5–4 Visakha". www.facebook.com/officialcambodianleague2005.
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*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
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