C-League
Season2021
Dates6 March – 21 November[1]
ChampionsPhnom Penh Crown
RelegatedSoltilo Angkor
AFC CupPhnom Penh Crown and Visakha
Matches played111
Goals scored412 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorerMarques Marcio 22 goals
Biggest home winPrey Veng 6–0 Soltilo Angkor
(16 May 2021) Phnom Penh Crown 6–0 Electricite du Cambodge
(18 July 2021)
Biggest away winAsia Euro United 0–9 Visakha
(10 July 2021)
Highest scoringAsia Euro United 0–9 Visakha
(10 July 2021)
Longest winning runBoeung Ket (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runVisakha
Phnom Penh Crown (12 matches each)
Longest winless runNational Police Commissary (12 matches)
Longest losing runSoltilo Angkor (8 matches)
Highest attendance2,532 Phnom Penh Crown 1-0 Boeung Ket
Lowest attendance0
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2021 Metfone C-League is the 37th season of the C-League. Contested by 13 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian Second League.[2] Boeung Ket are the defending champions, while Prey Veng makes its debut as the promoted team from the 2020 Cambodian Second League.[3][4]

2021 season clubs

Teams

2021 C-League is located in Cambodia
Siem Reap teams Angkor Tiger Soltilo Angkor
Asia Euro United
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey
Svay Rieng
Prey Veng
Phnom Penh teams Boeung Ket Electricite du Cambodge Nagaworld National Police Commissary Phnom Penh Crown Tiffy Army Visakha
Locations of the 2021 C-League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous season
Angkor Tiger Siem Reap Province SRU Stadium 5,000 C-League (10th)
Asia Euro United Kandal Province AEU Sport Park 1,500 C-League (8th)
Boeung Ket Phnom Penh Cambodia Airways Stadium 2,000 C-League (1st)
Electricite du Cambodge Phnom Penh EDC Stadium 300 C-League (12th)
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Takeo Province Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Stadium 500 C-League (8th)
Nagaworld Phnom Penh RCAF Old Stadium 20,000 C-League (6th)
National Police Commissary Kandal Province 7NG Stadium TBD C-League (9th)
Phnom Penh Crown Phnom Penh Smart RSN Stadium 5,000 C-League (3rd)
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Svay Rieng Province Svay Rieng Stadium 2,500 C-League (2nd)
Prey Veng Prey Veng Province Prey Veng Stadium 1,200 Cambodian Second League (1st)
Soltilo Angkor Siem Reap Province SRU Stadium 5,000 C-League (11th)
Tiffy Army Phnom Penh RCAF Old Stadium 20,000 C-League (4th)
Visakha Phnom Penh Prince Stadium 10,000 C-League (5th)

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Angkor Tiger Spain Oriol Mohedano Brazil Eliel da Cruz Cambodia NT Sport Pocari Sweat, Voltra Motors, Kirisu Farm, Sabay
Asia Euro United Cambodia Sok Veasna Cambodia Lay Raksmey Cambodia NT Sport Asia Euro University
Boeung Ket Cambodia Kim Pheakdey Cambodia Chan Vathanaka Thailand EGO Sport Cambodia Airways
Electricite du Cambodge Cambodia Meas Samoeun Cambodia Chhoeung Visinu Cambodia Forward Sportswear Electricite du Cambodge
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Thailand Ekapob Potisai Cambodia Prak Chanratana Cambodia NT Sport Vattanac Bank, E-GetS
Nagaworld Brazil Jose Alves Borges (Interim) Cambodia Kouch Sokumpheak Thailand FBT NagaWorld
National Police Commissary Cambodia Ung Kanyanith Cambodia Say Piseth Cambodia FAN General Commissariat of National Police
Phnom Penh Crown Ukraine Oleg Starynskyi Cambodia Orn Chanpolin Thailand FBT Smart Axiata, Pi Pay
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Republic of Ireland Conor Nestor Cambodia Soeuy Visal Thailand FBT Orkide Villa
Prey Veng Thailand Thongchai Rungreangles Trinidad and Tobago Seon Power Cambodia Forward Sportswear Cambodia Beer
Soltilo Angkor Cambodia Ouk Sothy Cameroon Yannick Francois Cambodia Forward Sportswear Queen Legacy Group
Tiffy Army Cambodia Hor Sokheng Cambodia Phuong Soksana Cambodia NT Sport TIFFY
Visakha Nigeria Akeeb Tunji Ayoyinka (Interim) Cambodia Keo Sokpheng Cambodia Forward Sportswear Prince Bank

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 region.

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 Brazil Eliel da Cruz Brazil Iago Belarus Maksim Taleyko Tonga Ata Inia Japan Kosuke Uchida
Asia Euro United Nigeria Samuel Ajayi Nigeria Rasheed Omokafe Liberia Manuel E Johnson Japan Yuya Kuriyama Japan Kanta Asami Cameroon Abbee Ndjoo
Brazil Magson Dourado
Boeung Ket Cameroon Abbee Ndjoo Ivory Coast Anderson Zogbe South Africa Mothusi Gopane Japan Kenta Yamazaki Japan Hikaru Mizuno Serbia Marko Rajković
Electricite du Cambodge*
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey Brazil Douglas Tardin Brazil Osmar Cameroon David Julien Japan Reiya Kinoshita Japan Taku Yanagidate
Nagaworld Brazil Marques Marcio Spain Súper Moldova Petru Leucă Japan Fumiya Kogure
National Police Commissary Cameroon Baldwin Ngwa Cameroon Brian Longnyo Japan Soma Otani Japan Tsubasa Mitani South Africa Shane Booysen
Phnom Penh Crown Brazil Matheus Souza Colombia Andres Nieto Ukraine Valeriy Hryshyn Japan Yudai Ogawa Japan Takaki Ose
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Cameroon Privat Mbarga Cameroon Emmanuel Mbarga Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Spain Mika Japan Daisuke Kobayashi Brazil Thiago Santos
Republic of Ireland Paddy Barrett
Prey Veng Brazil Magson Dourado Nigeria Esoh Paul Omogba Trinidad and Tobago Seon Power Uzbekistan Alisher Mirzaev
Soltilo Angkor Cameroon Yannick Francois Guinea Barry Lelouma Japan Reo Kageyama Japan Takeo Miyazaki Japan Unno Tomoyuki Japan Kisa Kutsuwada
Tiffy Army Nigeria Okereke Timothy Japan Rio Sakuma Japan Yuta Kikuchi South Korea Ha Chan-young Brazil Cristiano Sergipano
Nigeria Dzarma Bata
Japan Takumu Nishihara
Brazil Romário
Visakha Brazil Cristian Alex Nigeria Ajayi Opeyemi Korede South Africa Mohammed Khan Canada Marcus Haber South Korea Lee Jae-gun Afghanistan Mustafa Zazai
England Charlie Machell

*Note: Electricite du Cambodge do not use foreign players.

Foreign players by confederation
AFC (21)  Japan (18),  South Korea (2),  Uzbekistan (1)
CAF (19)  Cameroon (7),  Nigeria (5),  South Africa (3),  Ivory Coast (1),  Guinea (1),  Liberia (1),  Senegal (1)
CONCACAF (2)  Canada (1),  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
CONMEBOL (10)  Brazil (9),  Colombia (1)
OFC (1)  Tonga (1)
UEFA (5)  Spain (2),  Belarus (1),  Moldova (1),  Ukraine (1)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Phnom Penh Crown 19 13 5 1 54 18 +36 44 Qualification for AFC Cup Group Stage
2 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 19 13 3 3 58 26 +32 42
3 Visakha 19 11 7 1 56 19 +37 40 Qualification for AFC Cup Play-off Round
4 Nagaworld 19 11 4 4 52 34 +18 37
5 Boeung Ket 19 11 2 6 30 22 +8 35
6 Angkor Tiger 19 8 4 7 31 31 0 28
7 Tiffy Army 19 6 5 8 25 27 −2 23
8 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 19 4 1 14 22 54 −32 13
9 National Police Commissary 16 3 5 8 18 32 −14 14 Relegation to Cambodian Second League
10 Asia Euro United 16 4 2 10 30 49 −19 14
11 Electricite du Cambodge 16 3 4 9 14 44 −30 13
12 Prey Veng 16 2 5 9 23 30 −7 11
13 Soltilo Angkor 16 1 5 10 12 39 −27 8
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2021. Source: CNCC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to Covid-19 pandemic, teams are split into two groups (Top 8 and Bottom 5) after each have played 12 matches.


Results

Home \ Away ANG AEU BOE ELE KSS NAG POL PPC SVA PRV SOL TIF VIS
Angkor Tiger — 13 Nov 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 9 Oct 0–2 16 Oct 27 Nov 3–2 1–2
Asia Euro United 2–2 — 1–3 16 Oct 3–5 3–2 27 Nov 3–4 11 Dec 1–0 1–2 0–9
Boeung Ket — 27 Nov 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 20 Nov 16 Oct 2–0 1–5
Electricite du Cambodge 23 Oct 0–4 0–2 — 0–2 1–3 3–2 6 Nov 0–0 30 Oct 0–3 0–7
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 4–2 23 Oct 20 Nov — 2–5 6 Nov 1–2 0–6 3–0 0–1 1–3
Nagaworld 6 Nov 30 Oct 9 Oct 11 Dec — 20 Nov 27 Nov 13 Nov 2–2 16 Oct
National Police Commissary 0–1 13 Nov 2–2 0–0 0–4 — 1–4 0–5 30 Oct 16 Oct 1–1
Phnom Penh Crown 11 Dec 5–0 9 Oct 6–0 1–1 23 Oct — 3–3 4–1 1–1 3–3
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng 1–2 9 Oct 1–2 6–1 13 Nov 3–1 11 Dec 30 Oct — 6 Nov 2–1 3–2
Prey Veng 1–1 2–4 1–3 13 Nov 9 Oct 3–4 0–0 1–2 — 6–0 1–2 20 Nov
Soltilo Angkor 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 3–3 3–2 1–7 23 Oct — 0–3 6 Nov
Tiffy Army 6 Nov 11 Dec 30 Oct 20 Nov 16 Oct 27 Nov 23 Oct 9 Oct —
Visakha 3–1 23 Oct 11 Dec 27 Nov 2–2 1–1 13 Nov 3–2 3–2 5–0 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2021. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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