South Vietnamese national soccer team

South Vietnam

confederacy	AFC
FIFA code	VSO
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international match South Vietnam 2-4 South Korea ( South Vietnam ; January 15, 1949 )
Last game Malaysia 3-0 South Vietnam ( Thailand ; March 23, 1975 )
Biggest victory South Vietnam 10-0 Laos ( Japan ; October 1, 1967 )
Biggest defeat Indonesia 9: 1 South Vietnam ( South Korea ; May 4, 1971 )
Successes in tournaments
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 1956 )
Best results	Fourth ( 1956 , 1960 )
(Status: unknown)

The South Vietnamese national soccer team was the national soccer team of South Vietnam . It existed from 1949 to 1975. In that year it was merged with the selection of North Vietnam to form the Vietnamese national football team .

South Vietnam was able to qualify for the first two Asian Championships in 1956 and 1960, where they finished fourth. The team could not qualify for a world championship.

World championships

• 1930 to 1950 : did not participate
• 1954 : Registration rejected by FIFA
• 1958 to 1970 : did not participate
• 1974 : not qualified
• 1978 : Registration by annexation obsolete

then see the Vietnamese national football team

Asian Championships

• 1956 : fourth
• 1960 : fourth
• 1964 : did not take part
• 1968 : not qualified
• 1972 : did not participate
• 1976 : not qualified

then see the Vietnamese national football team

Web links

• RSSSF archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) (PDF; 325 kB), p. 10
2. ↑ fifa.com: History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) (PDF; 325 kB), p. 23