Boeung Ket Football Club (Khmer: ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់បឹងកេត, Klœ̆b Băltoăt Bœ̆ng Két) is an association football club based in Phnom Penh. It plays in the Cambodian Premier League, a top-tier league.[1] Founded in 2008 as Boeung Ket Rubber Field,[2] it became Boeung Ket Angkor in 2015 and simply Boeung Ket FC in 2017. Originally based in Kampong Cham province, the club moved to play in Kandal province in 2018 and finally to the country's capital of Phnom Penh in 2019 with its stadium, Cambodia Airways Stadium.

Boeung Ket
Full nameBoeung Ket Football Club
(ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់បឹងកេត)
Nickname(s)Blue Dragon
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008) as Boeung Ket Rubber Field Football Club
2015; 9 years ago (2015) as Boeung Ket Angkor Football Club
2017; 7 years ago (2017) as Boeung Ket Football Club
GroundBoeung Ket Stadium
Capacity2,500
OwnerPuth Thyda
ManagerBe Makara
CoachConor Nestor
LeagueCambodian Premier League
2023–244th of 10
Websiteboeungketfc.com

Boeung Ket has won the Cambodian League champions title in 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2020, and was runners-up in 2013, 2014 and 2018.[3][4] In 2019, it won its first Hun Sen Cup trophy after beating the 2019 league champion, Svay Rieng in a penalty shootout.[5]

Players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CAM Koy Salim
2 DF   CAM Sleh Sen
3 DF   CAM Vang Davin
4 DF   CAM Ly Vahed (Vice-captain)
5 DF   CAM Chhoeung Visinu
6 DF   CAM Soeuth Nava
7 FW   CAM Chantha Chanteaka
8 MF   CAM Chea Vesly
9 FW   CAM Sieng Chanthea
10 FW   CAM Mat Noron (3rd-captain)
11 FW   CAM Chan Vathanaka (Captain)
13 GK   CAM Suo Sovanneath
14 FW   CAM Our Phearon
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW   CAM San Kimheng
16 DF   CAM Kan Pisal
19 MF   CAM Touch Manoch
20 FW   BRA Iago Bento
22 DF   JPN Yusuke Muta
23 DF   CAM Taing Bunchhai
26 MF   CAM Eav Sovannara
27 FW   SRB Stefan Golubović
33 GK   CAM Khem Kuntheara
41 MF   JPN Ryohei Yoshihama
77 MF   JPN Yuto Hikida
87 GK   CAM Tha Chanrithy
88 MF   CAM Nop David

Continental record

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Season Tournament Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013 AFC President's Cup Group C   Sri Lanka Army 6–0 3rd
  Balkan 2–0
  Hilal Al-Quds 0–1
2015 Mekong Club Championship First round   Lao Toyota 0–2
  Yangon United 3–0
Semi-final   Becamex Binh Duong 2–3
Final   Buriram United 1–0 Runner-up
2016 Mekong Club Championship Semi-final   Lanexang United 0–3
2017 AFC Cup Qualifying play-off round   Lao Toyota 1–1 0–1 2–1
Group F   Johor Darul Ta'zim 0–3 3–0 3rd
  Global FC 0–2 3–1
  Magwe 1–0 1–1
2017 Mekong Club Championship First round   Sanna Khánh Hòa 1–5 4–4 5–9
2018 AFC Cup Qualifying play-off round   Lao Toyota 3–3 0–1 3–4
Group G  Ceres-Negros 0–4 9–0 3rd
 Shan United 1–2 1–4
 Home United 3–2 6–0
2021 AFC Cup Group G Cancelled

Invitational

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013 Singapore Cup Preliminary round   Tanjong Pagar United 4–1
2017 Singapore Cup Preliminary round   Warriors FC 1–4
Quarter-final   Global Cebu 2–1 1–3 3–4

Honours

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Club staff

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Position Staff
Manager   Be Makara
Technical Director   Clement Teo
Head coach   Conor Nestor
Assistant coach   Hong Pheng
  Hao Socheat
  Ret Vibol
Goalkeeper coach   Akrapon Onseree
Assistant Goalkeeper Coach   Prak Vanny
Fitness coach   Ly Ravy
Physiotherapist   Ly Raklin
  Ly Hour
Kitman   Leng Kimly

Managers

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Coaches by years

Name Nationality Period Tournament
Prak Vuthy   2012–2014 2012 Cambodian League champion
John McGlynn   2014–2015
Prak Sovannara   2015–2017 2015 Mekong Club Championship runner-up, 2016 Cambodian League champion
John McGlynn   2017
Hao Socheat   2017–2019 2017 Cambodian League champion, 2018 Cambodian League runner-up, 2019 Hun Sen Cup champion
Apisit Im Amphai   2020
Kim Pheakdey   2020–2022 2020 Cambodian League champion
Hao Socheat   2022–2023
Clement Teo   2023
Hong Pheng (interim)   2023–2024
Conor Nestor[7]   2024–

Affiliated clubs

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References

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  1. ^ Boeung Ket Rubber Field FC Archived 24 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Soccerway
  2. ^ "CLUB HISTORY". Boeung Ket Football Club. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Cambodia - List of Champions". Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Police snatch back top spot, Boeung Ket smash in seven". Daily Khmer Post. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Boeung Ket win Hun Sen Cup on penalties". Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  6. ^ Cambodia - List of Champions Archived 5 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine Rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021
  7. ^ "Nestor aims to make Boeung Ket CPL title contender". khmertimeskh.com. Khmer Times. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  8. ^ "ベルマーレ・アジア・フットボール・アライアンス(BAFA)設立のお知らせ". bellmare.co.jp (in Japanese). Shonan Bellmare. 15 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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