The Laos national association football team is the association football team that represents Laos.

History

Since making its appearance at the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, Laos has competed in the inaugural 1996 AFF Championship, drawing against Vietnam 1–1 and winning against Cambodia 1–0. In 1995, it beat Brunei and Philippines and 2 years later in the 1997 Southeast Asian Games held in Jakarta, it beat Malaysia 1–0 and Philippines 4–1. In the qualifying preliminary rounds for the 2004 Asian Cup, it beat Bangladesh 2–1. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, it qualified for the second round as a "lucky loser" after Guam and Nepal both withdrew from the tournament, and proceeded to lose all its games (against Qatar, Iran and Jordan). It advanced to the second round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, after defeating Cambodia 8–6 on aggregate. In the second round, it lost to China 13–3 on aggregate. It has defeated Brunei, Cambodia, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. Its first appearance in a continental tournament was in 2014, when it played at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.

Fixtures

Coaching staff

Coaching history

Players

The following 26 players were called up for the 2024 ASEAN Championship. Caps and goals as of 17 November 2024, after the match against 🇹🇭 thailand. The following players have 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

Records

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Tournament

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 🇹🇭 thailand on 17 November 2024 ^ Includes the result of and