Laos national football team: Difference between revisions

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== History ==

Since making their appearance at the [[Football at the 1995 SEA Games|1995 Southeast Asian Games]], Laos has competed in the inaugural [[1996 AFF Championship]], drawing against [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam]] 1–1 and winning against [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]] 1–0. Although they are new to the regional tournaments, Laos has displayed a fiery passion and talent. In 1995, they beat [[Brunei national football team|Brunei]] and [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]] and two years later in the [[Football at the 1997 SEA Games|1997 Southeast Asian Games]] held in Jakarta, they also beat [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] 1–0 and [[Philippines national football team|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 AFC Asian Cup|2004 Asian Cup]], Laos beat [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh]] 2–1. In the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]], Laos qualified for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|second round]] as a lucky loser after [[Guam national football team|Guam]] and [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]] both withdrew from the competition, but proceeded to lose all its games (against [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]] and [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]]).<ref>https://www.thai2english.com/dictionary/Laos%20national%20football%20team.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706135311/https://www.thai2english.com/dictionary/Laos%20national%20football%20team.html |date=6 July 2020 }} {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref> They also advanced to the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round|second round]] of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]] for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]], after defeating [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]] 8–6 on aggregate. In the second round, they lost to [[China national football team|China]] 13–3 on aggregate. Laos has defeated their much more established counterparts such as Brunei, Cambodia, Philippines, [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] and Malaysia. Laos' first appearance in a continental tournament was in 2014, when they played at the [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/laos/option/ranking/|title=Laos national football team: FIFA ranking|website=www.11v11.com|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225235730/https://www.11v11.com/teams/laos/option/ranking/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/laos-team/|title=Laos|date=3 September 2015 |access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=13 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013130040/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/laos-team/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Laos were invited to the inaugural [[2016 AFC Solidarity Cup]] held in [[Kuching]] being grouped with [[Macau national football team|Macau]], [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]] and [[Mongolia national football team|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.

 

 

== Results and fixtures ==

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{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=DF|name=Inthachak Sisouphan|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|5|21}}|caps=2 |goals=0 |club=Luang Prabang|clubnat=LAO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=DF|name=Sengdaovy Hanthavong|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|10|4}}|caps=0 |goals=0 |club=[[Young Elephants FC|Young Elephants]]|clubnat=LAO}}

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{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Chanthavixay Khounthoumphone]]|age={{birth date and age|2004|2|17|df=y}}|caps=11 |goals=0 |club=[[Ezra F.C.|Ezra]]|clubnat=LAO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=Chony Wenpaserth|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|11|27}}|caps=13 |goals=1 |club=[[Ezra F.C.|Ezra]]|clubnat=LAO}}

{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Soukphachan Lueanthala|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|8|24}}|caps=0 |goals=0 |club=[[Master 7 FC|Master 7]]|clubnat=LAO}}

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== References ==