The 2020 Lao Premier League is the 31st season of the Lao Premier League. The season started on 12 July 2020.[1] It is played in triple round-robin format, with 15 total rounds.[2]
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Lao Toyota |
| Relegated | Vientiane FT |
| 2021 AFC Cup | Lao Toyota |
| 2022 AFC Cup | Young Elephants |
| Matches played | 84 |
| Goals scored | 61 (0.73 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Keoviengphet Liththideth (10) goals |
| Highest attendance | 2,000 Match Lao Toyota 1-1 Master 7 FC |
← 2019 2022 → | |
Teams
A total of 7 teams participate in the 2020 Lao League season.
Locations of the 2019 Lao Premier League teams
Stadia
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Ezra | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Lao Police | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Lao Toyota | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Master 7 | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Viengchanh | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Vientiane | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
| Young Elephants | New Laos National Stadium | 25,000 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four 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 | Asian Player | Former Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra |  Su-young Yoo |  | | | |
| Lao Toyota |  Laércio Gomes Costa |  Youssouf Mory Bamba |  Shuya Akamatsu | Kazuo Homma | Norihiro Kawakami Goran Jerkovic |
| Lao Police | |||||
| Master 7 |  Souleymane Coulibaly | Kosuke Uchida | Shota Wada | |  Abu Kanu  Islam Shamshiev |
| Vientiane FT | Adama Diomande | | | ||
| Viengchanh | Kazu Yanagidate | Takuya Watanabe | Takaya Sugasawa | Shuta Ishino | |
| Young Elephant | Norihiro Kawakami |  Murphy Ebedi | Abu Kanu | Takumu Nishihara |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lao Toyota | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 32 | Qualification to 2021 AFC Cup Play-Off |
| 2 | Master 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 25 | |
| 3 | Young Elephants | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 17 | Qualification to 2022 AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 4 | Ezra | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 16 | |
| 5 | Lao Police Club | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 12 | |
| 6 | Viengchanh | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 12 | |
| 7 | Vientiane | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 47 | −38 | 2 |
Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2020. Source: Soccerway