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]

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
2020
2022

2021 season clubs edit

Teams edit

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 edit

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

Foreign players edit

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

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 edit

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.

Season statistics edit