The Laos national association football team represents

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

and is governed by the Lao Football Federation.

History

As of 2020, Laos has not qualified for the

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

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. Since making its appearance at the

1995 Southeast Asian Games The 1995 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Southeast Asian Games, Chiang Mai, 1995 (), were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 9 to 17 December 1995. It was the first time that a non-capital ...

, it has competed in the inaugural

1996 AFF Championship The 1996 AFF Championship, sponsored by Asia Pacific Breweries and officially known as the 1996 Tiger Cup, was the inaugural edition of the AFF Championship. It was hosted by Singapore from 1 to 15 September 1996 with all 10 nations of Southeas ...

, drawing against

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

1–1 and winning against

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

1–0. In 1995, it beat

Brunei Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...

and

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

and 2 years later in the 1997 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, it beat

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

1–0 and Philippines 4–1. In the qualifying preliminary rounds for the 2004 Asian Cup, it beat

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2–1. In the

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, it qualified for the

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as a “lucky loser” after

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and

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

withdrew from the tournament, and proceeded to lose all its games (against

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

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and

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

). It advanced to the

of the

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for the

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, after defeating Cambodia 8–6 on aggregate. In the second round, it lost to

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13–3 on aggregate. Its first appearance in a continental tournament was in 2014 when it played at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.

Results and Fixtures

2025

2026

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Players

The following players were called up for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round match against

on 10 June 2025. ''Caps and goals as of 10 June 2025, after the match against

.'' The following players had been called up to the squad within 12 months preceding the above draft. ^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to injury
^PRE Included in the preliminary squad or on standby
^RET Retired from the team
^SUS Serving suspension from the team
^WD Withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue

Player record

:''Players in bold are still active with Laos.''

Most appearances

SoukaphoneVongchiengkamUthaiThani20Feb2021

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

AFC Asian Cup

Asian Games

AFC Challenge Cup

AFC Solidarity Cup

ASEAN Championship

Head-to-head record

''Last match updated was against on 10 June 2025''

References

External links

Laos
at FIFA.com * Laos 2012/1

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