Laos shocks Southeast Asian football, each club uses up to 10 foreign players

(NLDO) - Lao football "plays big" by allowing clubs in the domestic league to register up to 10 foreign players and depending on the plan, 6 people can play on the field at the same time.

The Lao National Championship (Lao League) has recently brought a big shock to Southeast Asian football. The tournament organizers announced new regulations on foreign players, each club is allowed to choose one of three options in the new season. In which, one option is to register to use foreign players, causing surprise with a maximum number of 10 people in the next season.

Accordingly, option 1 , each club is allowed to register 10 foreign players, all of whom must be members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - Asian foreign players. Each match will be allowed to use a maximum of 5 foreign players.

However, the condition is that the club must prove its financial capacity, with a statement of 139,000 USD or more, or have a license to participate in the AFC tournament.

Lao League plays big with 3 options for using foreign players for Lao football teams

Option 2 allows the registration of 6 foreign players, including 4 non-Asian players, 1 Asian player and 1 Southeast Asian player. Teams can use 5 players on the field at the same time without having to prove their financial status.

Option 3 is regional and is facilitated by allowing up to 6 Southeast Asian players and all 6 players can be on the field at the same time.

With this new regulation, Lao League becomes one of the few tournaments in the world that gives clubs the right to choose a foreign player model that suits the goals and potential of each team.

This will help ambitious teams competing in the AFC Champions League or Southeast Asian Club Cup prioritize options 1 or 2 to optimize squad quality.

Meanwhile, financially constrained clubs can choose option 3 to take advantage of cheap players in the region.

Lao League 2025-2026 will have the participation of 10 teams, with 90 matches to take place. The 37th season of Lao League will take place on August 16.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/lao-gay-soc-voi-bong-da-dong-nam-a-moi-clb-dung-toi-10-ngoai-binh-19625081219395753.htm