Phnom Penh Crown FC

Phnom Penh Crown
ភ្នំពេញក្រោន
Full namePhnom Penh Crown Football Club
Nickname(s)Red Singha[1]
Short namePPCFC
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001), as
Samart United F.C.
GroundRSN Stadium[2]
Capacity5,000
ChairwomanPhu Cherlin
ManagerKeo Sokngon
CoachOleg Starynskyi
LeagueCambodian Premier League
2023–242nd of 10
Websitehttp://ppcfc.com/
Current season
Active departments of
Phnom Penh Crown FC
Football (Men's) Football (Women's)

Phnom Penh Crown Football Club (Khmer: ក្លឹបបាល់ទាត់ភ្នំពេញក្រោន), commonly referred to as Crown[3] or PPCFC, is a Cambodian professional football club based in Sangkat Toul Sangke II, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh. The club competes in the Cambodian Premier League, the top flight of Cambodian football.

Nicknamed the "Red Singha", the club was first formed as Smart United Football Club in 2001. Phnom Penh Crown is one of the most successful and prominent teams in Cambodia, having won a recorded eight league titles, the most of any team in Cambodian football. Alongside league success, Phnom Penh Crown also continued to win domestic cups, winning the Hun Sen Cup, Cambodian League Cup and the Cambodian Super Cup each twice. Phnom Penh Crown is also the only Cambodian club to reach the group stage and semi-finals of the AFC Cup.[4]

  1. ^ "Crown takes on Shan United in final AFC Cup qualifier". Khmer Times. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Phnom Penh Crown FC". Soccerway. Perform. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. ^ "All eyes on Crown in AFC Cup semi". Khmer Times. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. ^ Data Sports Group (2014) Team Info Phnom Penh Crown FC, Website: globalsportsarchive.com, Copyright © Data Sports Group. All rights reserved.