Given a compact Lie group$G$, in this paper we establish$L^{p}$-bounds for pseudo-differential operators in$L^{p}(G)$. The criteria here are given in terms of the concept of matrix symbols defined on the noncommutative analogue of the phase space$G\times \widehat{G}$, where$\widehat{G}$is the unitary dual of$G$. We obtain two different types of$L^{p}$bounds: first for finite regularity symbols and second for smooth symbols. The conditions for smooth symbols are formulated using$\mathscr{S}_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C},\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}}^{m}(G)$classes which are a suitable extension of the well-known$(\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C},\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF})$ones on the Euclidean space. The results herein extend classical$L^{p}$bounds established by C. Fefferman on$\mathbb{R}^{n}$. While Fefferman’s results have immediate consequences on general manifolds for$\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}>\max \{\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF},1-\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}\}$, our results do not require the condition$\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}>1-\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}$. Moreover, one of our results also does not require$\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}>\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}$. Examples are given for the case of$\text{SU}(2)\cong \mathbb{S}^{3}$and vector fields/sub-Laplacian operators when operators in the classes$\mathscr{S}_{0,0}^{m}$and$\mathscr{S}_{\frac{1}{2},0}^{m}$naturally appear, and where conditions$\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}>\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}$and$\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}>1-\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FF}$fail, respectively.