South Vietnam national football team

National association football team of South Vietnam

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Republic of Vietnam1949/1954–1976

Nickname(s)| Rồng vàng
(Golden Dragon)
Association| Vietnam Football Association
Confederation| AFC (Asia)
Top scorer| Duc
Cu Sinh Le (6)
Home stadium| Cộng Hòa Stadium
FIFA code| SVM

First colours

Second colours

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First international
Hong Kong 3–2 Vietnam
(Mong Kok, Hong Kong; 20 April 1947)[1]
Last international
Malaysia 3–0 South Vietnam
(Bangkok, Thailand; 23 March 1975)
Biggest win
South Vietnam 10–0 Philippines
(Tokyo, Japan; 1 October 1967)
Biggest defeat
South Vietnam 1–9 Indonesia
(Seoul, South Korea; 4 May 1971)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances| 2 (first in 1956)
Best result| Fourth place, 1956, 1960

The Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) was the national association football team representing the State of Vietnam and South Vietnam between 1949 or 1954 and 1976. The team took part in the first two Asian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing fourth both times out of 4 teams.

The team ceased to exist when the North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. No matches were played between 1976 and 1990 and the first tournament the combined team played in was after 1991. Football record agencies count the South Vietnam matches as part of the all-time record of the Vietnam national team while considering North Vietnam team to be a separate team for statistical purposes.[1]

## Competitive record[edit]

### FIFA World Cup[edit]

FIFA World Cup record  |  | Qualification record

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Year  | Result  | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA
1950 | Did not enter | Did not enter
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5
Total | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5

#### 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification[edit]

The only World Cup qualification campaign which South Vietnam entered was the for the 1974 World Cup. They were placed in Zone A of the AFC and OFC qualification in Seoul, South Korea. On 16 May 1973 they beat Thailand 1–0 to qualify for Group 1. On 20 May, South Vietnam lost their opening game 0–4 to Japan and four days later they lost 1–0 to Hong Kong and were eliminated. Hong Kong and Japan advanced but neither got any further, losing play-offs for the next round to South Korea and Israel respectively.

Rank  | Team  | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD

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1 |  Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2
2 |  Japan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3
3 |  South Vietnam | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5

### Asian Cup[edit]

AFC Asian Cup record  |  | Qualification record

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Year  | Result  | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA
1956 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | Squad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3
1960 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1
1964 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7
1968 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4
1972 | Withdrew | Withdrew
1976 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10
Total | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | – | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 25
Asian Cup Finals Results

Year | Score | Result
1956 |  South Vietnam 2–2 Hong Kong | Draw
South Vietnam 1–2 Israel | Loss
South Vietnam 3–5 South Korea | Loss
1960 |  South Vietnam 1–5 South Korea | Loss
South Vietnam 0–2 Republic of China | Loss
South Vietnam 1–5 Israel | Loss

### Asian Games[edit]

| Asian Games

Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA
1951 | Did not enter
1954 | Preliminary round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5
1958 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5
1962 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8
1966 | Preliminary round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6
1970 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3
Total | Fourth Place | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 27

| Asian Games History

Year | Round | Score | Result
1954 | Round 1 |  South Vietnam 2-3 Republic of China | Loss
Round 1 |  South Vietnam 3-2 Philippines | Win
1958 | Round 1 |  South Vietnam 1-1 Pakistan | Draw
Round 1 |  South Vietnam 6-1 Malaya | Win
Quarter-finals |  South Vietnam 1-3 South Korea | Loss
1962 | Round 1 |  South Vietnam 0-1 Indonesia | Loss
Round 1 |  South Vietnam 6-0 Philippines | Win
Round 1 |  South Vietnam 3-0 Malaya | Win
Semi-finals |  South Vietnam 2-3 India | Loss
Bronze medal |  South Vietnam 1-4 Malaya | Loss
1966 | Round 1 |  South Vietnam 2-1 Republic of China | Win
Round 1 |  South Vietnam 0-0 Indonesia | Draw
Round 1 |  South Vietnam 0-5 Singapore | Loss
1970 | Round 1 |  South Vietnam 0-2 India | Loss
Round 1 |  South Vietnam 0-1 Thailand | Loss

### Southeast Asian Games[edit]

The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games Southeast Asian Games record

Year  | Result  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA
1959 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3
1961 | Third place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2
1965 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5
1967 | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2
1969 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2
1971 | Third place | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4
1973 | Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7
Total  | 1 title  | 24  | 10  | 5  | 9  | 53  | 25

* 1971: Pesta Sukan Cup (join-winners with India)[2]

### Head-to-head record[edit]

Key

Positive balance

Neutral balance

Negative balance

The list shown below shows the South Vietnam national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Against  | Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | GF  | GA  | GD

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Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2
Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
Cambodia | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0
Hong Kong | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4
India | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | –9
Indonesia | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 36 | –11
Israel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | –4
Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | –9
Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1
Laos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 23
Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
Malaya | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 29 | –1
Malaysia | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 42 | –1
Myanmar | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | –12
New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4
Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
Philippines | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 23
Singapore | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 26 | 22
South Korea | 21 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 48 | –28
Taiwan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3
Thailand | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9
West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1

## See also[edit]

* Football in Vietnam

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
2. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1971 Singapore Pesta Sukan Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

## External links[edit]

* South Vietnam – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com

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Vietnam national football team

General|

* Vietnam Football Federation
* History
* North
* South
* Managers

Venues|

* National stadiums
* Mỹ Đình National Stadium
* Hàng Đẫy Stadium
* Thống Nhất Stadium

Statistics|

* All-time record
* 1947–2019
* 2020–present
* AFC Asian Cup record
* AFF Championship record
* Head-to-head record

Players|

* Squad
* Born outside Vietnam
* Most capped players
* Top goalscorers
* Youngest players

AFC Asian Cup Finals|

* 1956
* 1960
* 2007
* 2019
* 2023

AFF Cup Finals|

* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2007
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022

Goals|

* Lê Công Vinh

Friendly tournaments|

* Ho Chi Minh City Cup
* VTV-T&T Cup
* VFF Cup
* International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup
* BTV Cup

Other competitions|

* AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy
* Olympic Games
* Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games

Rivalries|

* Thailand
* Malaysia
* Singapore
* Indonesia
* Philippines
* Myanmar

Awards|

* Honours and titles
* Golden Balls

Matches|

* Vietnam 2–0 United Arab Emirates (2007)
* Philippines 2–0 Vietnam (2010)
* 2018 AFF Championship final
* 2022 AFF Championship final

Other teams|

* U-23 (Olympic)
* U-20
* U-17
* Women's team
* U-20
* U-17
* Futsal
* U-20
* Women's futsal
* Beach soccer
* Former teams
* North Vietnam
* South Vietnam

Culture|

* Street storming

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Southeast Asian Games football men's tournament winners

* 1959: South Vietnam1
* 1961: Malaya1
* 1965: Burma /  Thailand
* 1967: Burma
* 1969: Burma
* 1971: Burma
* 1973: Burma
* 1975: Thailand
* 1977: Malaysia
* 1979: Malaysia
* 1981: Thailand
* 1983: Thailand
* 1985: Thailand
* 1987: Indonesia
* 1989: Malaysia
* 1991: Indonesia
* 1993: Thailand
* 1995: Thailand
* 1997: Thailand
* 1999: Thailand
* 2001: Thailand
* 2003: Thailand
* 2005: Thailand
* 2007: Thailand
* 2009: Malaysia
* 2011: Malaysia
* 2013: Thailand
* 2015: Thailand
* 2017: Thailand
* 2019: Vietnam
* 2021: Vietnam
* 2023: Indonesia

1 Results of Malaya and South Vietnam is counted as part of the results of present-day Malaysia and Vietnam.

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Defunct and altered national football teams

Recognised as defunct by FIFA|

* East Germany
* Saarland
* South Yemen

Teams whose names and borders
both differ from the present|

* CIS
* Curaçao
* Czechoslovakia
* Ireland (IFA)
* Malaya
* Mandatory Palestine
* Netherlands Antilles
* Russian Empire
* South Vietnam
* Unified Korea (U20)
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia
* Serbia and Montenegro

Defunct but unrecognised by FIFA|

* Manchukuo
* North Vietnam

For teams that have undergone name changes but no border alterations see here
For teams that have undergone border changes but no name alterations see here

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National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)

AFC Asian Cup

West Asia (WAFF)|

* Bahrain
* Iraq
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Oman
* Palestine
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Syria
* United Arab Emirates
* Yemen

Central Asia (CAFA)|

* Afghanistan
* Iran
* Kyrgyzstan
* Tajikistan
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan

South Asia (SAFF)|

* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* India
* Maldives
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Sri Lanka

East Asia (EAFF)|

* China
* Chinese Taipei1
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Macau
* Mongolia
* North Korea
* Northern Mariana Islands2
* South Korea

Southeast Asia (AFF)|

* Australia
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* Indonesia
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Vietnam

Defunct|

* Malaya
* Manchukuo
* North Vietnam
* South Vietnam
* South Yemen

Former|

* Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994)
* Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002)
* New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)

* 1 Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei"
* 2 Not a member of FIFA

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