2022 Lao League Explained

Season:2022
Competition:Pepsi Lao League 1
Dates:12 March – 20 August 2022
Winners:Young Elephants
Continentalcup1:2023-24 AFC Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Young Elephants
League Topscorer:Keoviengphet Liththideth (15 goal)
Biggest Home Win:
(19 March 2022)

Biggest Away Win:
(2 April 2022)
Highest Scoring:5 goal difference





Matches:63
Total Goals:171
Longest Wins:4 matches
Young Elephants
Longest Winless:3 matches
Viengchanh
Champasak
Ezra
Lao Army
Longest Losses:2 matches
Champasak
Ezra
Highest Attendance:8,500

Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Lao League is the 33rd season of the Lao League 1. Contested by 7 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Lao League 2. The season started on 12 March 2022.[1] It is played in triple round-robin format, with 21 total rounds. Due to the new policies and regulations implemented by the newly established Laos Football League Company, there will be only seven teams in the league.

FC Chanthabouly were the defending champions, having won their title in 2020 season. However, they did not send a team due to problems with the Lao National Football Federation.

Team

A total of 7 teams participated in the 2022 Lao League season.

Stadium

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
ChampasakChampasak ProvinceChampasak Stadium12,000
EzraVientianeNew Laos National Stadium25,000
Lao ArmyVientianeArmy Stadium KM51,000
Luang PrabangLuang Prabang ProvinceLuang Prabang Stadium20,000
Master 7 FCVientianeNew Laos National Stadium25,000
ViengchanhVientiane ProvinceNew Laos National Stadium25,000
Young ElephantsVientianeNew Laos National Stadium25,000

Withdrew

A total of 7 teams participated in the 2022 Lao League season, 1 promoted from the previous season of Lao League 2. 1 teams withdrew from the league, including defending champions, Chanthabouly after winning the 2021 season due to Laos match fixing scandal.

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Champasak Khamla Pinkeo Nalongsit Chanthalanhsy EVOHAL Logistics ຮຸ່ງອາລຸນ ຂົນສົ່ງ
Ezra Soukphavanh Phaivanh Phathana Phommathep MizunoCoca-Cola
Lao Army Viengsavanh Sayyaboun Phouthone Innalay Myway SportwearMyway Sports
Luang Prabang Khamsai Chanthavong Bounmy Jittaphone CavaBCEL Bank & Luang Prabang in group & Luang Prabang Hotel
Master 7 Chandalaphone Liepvixai Keoviengphet Liththideth NOAHISUZU LAO SERVICES
Viengchanh Phoutpasong Sengdalavong Keo Phimmasone EVONiksan mining development group & Lao star
Young Elephants Satyasagara Bounphachan Bounkong FBTT-Plus & Foodpanda

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyWeekTableIncoming manager
Kaisone XayavongResigned15 May 202266 Khamsai Chanthavong
Na Byung SooResigned5 Jun 202266 Soukphavanh Phaivanh

Foreign players

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

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

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Asian PlayerFormer Players
Champasak
Ezra Takumi Ito Melvin Platje Takuya Watanabe
Lao Army
Luang Prabang Emmanuel Jugbe Doe Rei Ishikawa
Master 7 Souleymane Coulibaly Yukihiro Ayukawa

Rafinha

Viengchanh Koffi Ben David Murphy Ebedi Abu Kanu
Young Elephants Lucas Paulista Shori Murata Aee Soe Ryota Yanagisono Masaya Tobari Satoshi Iwahashi

League table

Results

Match 6

Awards

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Keoviengphet LiththidethMaster 715
2 RafinhaMaster 710
3 Sinnakone KoumanykhamLuang Prabang9
4 Bounphachan BounkongYoung Elephants8
Peter PhanthavongEzra
Lucas PaulistaYoung Elephants
Soukphachan LuangthalaChampasak
8 Anousone XaypanyaEzra6
9 Chony WenpaserthEzra5
Phouvieng PhoumsavathViengchanh
  • 1 own goal

Kittisak Phomvongsa (against Master 7 FC)

  • 1 own goal

Bounmy Jittaphon (against Viengchanh FC)

See also

  • 2022 Lao League 2
  • 2022 LFF Lao Cup
  • 2022 LFF National Championship

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/laos2022.html Laos 2022