# 2018 Cambodian League

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. Boeung Ket are the defending champions. Nagaworld FC won the champion again after waiting since 2009.

## 2018 season clubs
### Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Last season |
| 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 Province | 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 | Phnom Penh | Western Stadium | Second League (champions) |
Source: FIFA Soccerway Cambodian League

### Personnel and Kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| 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

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 |
| 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

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

## Results
### Results table

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

### Results by match played

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

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

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

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Julius Oiboh | Boeung Ket | Asia Euro United | 4–3 (A) | 3 March 2018 |
| George Bisan | Nagaworld | Electricite du Cambodge | 5–1 (A) | 11 March 2018 |
| Reung Bunheing | National Defense Ministry | Western Phnom Penh | 8–0 (H) | 8 April 2018 |
| Sary Matnorotin | Nagaworld | Soltilo Angkor | 4–1 (H) | 20 May 2018 |
| Befolo Mbarga$^6$ | Asia Euro United | Western Phnom Penh | 6–1 (H) | 10 June 2018 |
| George Bisan$^5$ | Nagaworld | Western Phnom Penh | 10–1 (H) | 17 June 2018 |
| Mathew Osa$^4$ | Nagaworld | Western Phnom Penh | 10–1 (H) | 17 June 2018 |
| Trevin Caesar | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Western Phnom Penh | 8–0 (H) | 23 June 2018 |
| Shane Booysen | Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng | Western Phnom Penh | 8–0 (H) | 23 June 2018 |
| Joichiro Sugiyama | Angkor Tiger | Electricite du Cambodge | 5–0 (A) | 5 August 2018 |
| Valci Júnior$^5$ | Phnom Penh Crown | Western Phnom Penh | 6–0 (H) | 23 September 2018 |
| Befolo Mbarga$^5$ | Asia Euro United | Western Phnom Penh | 3–7 (A) | 29 September 2018 |
| Reung Bunheing | National Defense | Electricite du Cambodge | 1–9 (A) | 29 September 2018 |
| Yudai Ogawa | National Defense | Electricite du Cambodge | 1–9 (A) | 29 September 2018 |
| George Bisan$^4$ | Nagaworld | Police Commissary | 6–2 (H) | 29 September 2018 |
| Hoy Phallin | Preah Khan Reach | Visakha | 5–4 (H) | 30 September 2018 |
Note:
* (H) – Home; (A) – Away
* $^6$ player scored 6 goals
* $^5$ player scored 5 goals
* $^4$ player scored 4 goals

## Awards

| Awards | Nation/Name | Club |
| 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 |
| Fair Play | Nagaworld |