Things to Know about The English Premier League in Cambodia


The English Premier League is the most popular league in Cambodia since the early 2000s. There was only a small group of European football fans back then and Premier League is the only league that was broadcast on TV. 

From 2005 onward European football gained massive fans in Cambodia as TV channels start to broadcast the League every week. 

Today in 2022 there is a huge European fan base in Cambodia and Cambodians still enjoy the English Premier League followed by Spanish Laliga and Bundesliga. The Serie A has lost its reputation over the years in Cambodia. 


Can you easily watch the Premier League in Cambodia?

You can easily watch Premier League football anywhere in Cambodia where there is access to the Internet and the time is really convenient the game is mostly played in the early evening Cambodian time. They are also Live on cable TV in Cambodia which includes many Foreign TV channels.


What time can you watch the Premier League in Cambodia?

Cambodia follows UTC+7:00 which is 6 hours ahead of London, England. So if the Game starts at 2PM in London Cambodian people can enjoy the game at 8PM when most of their work day is already done. The time of the English Premier League is really suitable in Cambodia.


Which Premier League Club has the most fan base in Cambodia?

Manchester United has the most fan base in Cambodia followed by Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal (Arsenal was up there second in the early 2000s). These four clubs were by far the most popular, but it's not like that anymore today the big four was over. 

Back then the TV channels only choose to broadcast the match from these 4 teams but today you can enjoy every Premier League game in Cambodia so people start to know more about the other club. So the big 4 have changed, and there is the emergence of Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Westham United, and Leicester City after they won the Premier League in 2016.


Which Premier League Player is the most famous in Cambodia?

I'm not a United Fan, but for sure Cristiano Ronaldo is the most famous Premier League Player in Cambodia where he shares with Leonel Messi as the most famous football player in Cambodia in this generation. You can expect his name on the football news every day. 

I have another article about the most famous football player of all time in Cambodia and CR7 vs Messi who has the most fans in Cambodia. You sure want to check that out.


Which Premier League Players are most famous in Cambodia from early 2000-2015?


That was the time when European Football started to gain a lot of attention in Cambodia. The time when people are watching and talking about football altogether as they don't have many choices to choose from like they have today.

Besides Cristiano Ronaldo, there is David Beckham (more famous among old-school Cambodians), Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, and the list continues... 


Which Premier League Players are most famous in Cambodia today?

Ronaldo 7 still in the top of the list and there is Mohamad Salah, Son Hueng Min, Ngolo Kante, Sadio Mane, Kevin Debruyne, and Alexander Arnold. These are the players I could think of right in terms of their popularity rank in Cambodia.


PS: The word "today" mentioned here is 2022 when I writing the article.

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