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| Full name | Angkor City Football Club | |
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| Founded | 2013 | |
| Ground | Hanuman Stadium Siem Reap province, Cambodia | |
| Capacity | 5,000[ citation needed ] | |
| Head Coach | Charlie Pomroy | |
| League | Cambodian League 2 | |
| 2022 | Cambodian League 2, 11th | |
| Website | Club website | |
Angkor City Football Club, formerly known as Next Step Football Club is a Cambodian professional association football club based in Siem Reap province. The club plays in Cambodian League 2.
Next Step Football Club was founded in 2013 by Charlie Pomroy and Keo Sophal. With the help of goalkeeping coach Charles Dailey, [1] the not-for-profit football academy, working to help underprivileged children in Cambodia, joined the Cambodian second tier to participate in its first professional season in 2022.
Next Step Football Club registered as a professional club in July 2021, before making its professional football debut in 2022. The team finished 11th in the league, with Brazilian striker Bruno Krenkel ending the season as the club's top scorer, logging ten goals – one of those, a long-range wonder strike, which gained global acclaim. [2]
In 2023, former Dorchester Town F.C. manager Callum Brooks joined the club as technical director. [3] Brooks stated that he joined Next Step "to be another body behind a great vision". [4]
Richard Harcus, CEO of Harcus Consultancy Group arrived at the club in November 2023 as new Director Of Football and is also tasked with the role of General Manager. [5]
In 2023, Next Step teamed up with recruitment and relocation company Next Step International (NSI) “in a deal which will see the latter help hire, move and adapt the latest quality football talent from around the world” to Cambodia. [6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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