Vietnamese national soccer team

Vietnam

Association

Vietnam Football Federation

confederacy

AFC

Head coach

Hang-seo Park (since 2017)

Record scorer

Lê Công Vinh

Record player

Lê Công Vinh

Home stadium

Mỹ Đình National Stadium

FIFA code

VIE

FIFA rank

94th (1258 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international game People's Republic of China 5-3 North Vietnam ( China ; October 4, 1956 ) Philippines 5: 3 Vietnam ( Philippines ; November 26, 1991 )

Biggest Victory Vietnam 11-0 Guam Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam ; January 23, 2000

Biggest defeats Zimbabwe 6-0 Vietnam ( Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia ; February 26, 1997 ) Oman 6-0 Vietnam ( Incheon , South Korea ; September 29, 2003 )

Successes in tournaments

Asian Championship

Participation in the finals

4 ( first : 1956 )

Best results

Fourth in 1956, 1960

(As of November 13, 2008)

The Vietnamese national football team is the national team of the Southeast Asian state of Vietnam , it is organized by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The VFF was founded in 1962 and joined FIFA two years later. The team plays their home games in the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in the capital Hanoi , and they rarely play in Nam Định , Hải Phong and Ho Chi Minh City .

history

The history of football in Vietnam began after the colonization by France , but after the country gained independence, this sport could hardly develop due to the wars and conflicts. During the time of the Vietnam War , the two Vietnamese states had two separate national teams.

The North Vietnamese national football team was not very active and played almost exclusively against communist or socialist states. The team played their first international match in China on October 4, 1956 and lost 3-0. Another 23 games followed by 1966, of which North Vietnam was able to win six (with three draws and 15 defeats). In the last international match against North Yemen, the team also achieved their highest victory (9-0), from 1966 onwards no more international matches were played.

In contrast, the South Vietnamese national soccer team was much more active. The first international game was played in 1949, in 1956 and 1960 the South Vietnamese team was represented at the Asian Cup, but was the last in both editions. Shortly before the country collapsed, South Vietnam also took part in the 1974 World Cup qualifiers. The last international match was played in March 1975 - one month before the fall of Saigon.

After the reunification of the country in 1976, there was no international match for 15 years. It was not until the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines in 1991 that a Vietnamese national team appeared again. In 1993, the country played World Cup qualifiers for the first time, but could not prevail against the competition from North Korea and Qatar. In 1998 it failed because of China, in 2002 because of Saudi Arabia, and in 2006 because of South Korea. Vietnam was not represented at the 2010 World Cup either, as they lost to the United Arab Emirates in the first round.

Vietnam was also not represented at the Asian Football Championship for a long time, with teams like China and South Korea failing several times. After all, in 2007 they co-hosted the tournament. In their first international match, the United Arab Emirates were defeated 2-0, another 1-1 defeat against Qatar and a 4-1 defeat against Japan were enough for Vietnam to reach the quarter-finals. There they were defeated by the later Asian champions Iraq with 0-2.

At the regional level, Vietnam was able to record some successes, for example the semi-finals of the ASEAN football championship (formerly Tiger Cup) were always reached until 2002. In 1998 they lost to Singapore in the final. In 2007 they lost to Thailand in the semi-finals.

Vietnam has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer world championship . The team took part in the 2007 Asian soccer championship as one of the four hosts. The 2008 ASEAN championship ultimately became Vietnam's greatest success. In the semi-finals, the team defeated the defending champions from Singapore 1-0 and reached the final. The team won the first leg at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium 2-1, with a 1-1 draw in Hanoi, the first championship for the Vietnamese.

Participation of Vietnam in the world championships

1950 to 1970: Neither North nor South Vietnam participated
1974 : South Vietnam failed to qualify, North Vietnam did not participate
1978 to 1990: did not participate
1994 to 2018 : not qualified

Participation of Vietnam in the Olympic Games

1956 in Melbourne - qualified but canceled (South Vietnam)
1960 in Rome - no participation
1964 in Tokyo - not qualified (South Vietnam)
1968 Mexico City - did not qualify (South Vietnam)
1972 in Munich - no participation

North Vietnam never took part in the Olympic Games or the qualification for them, and after reunification no Vietnamese team took part in the Olympic Games.