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South Vietnam national football team

The Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) or the State of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá Quốc gia Việt Nam) was the national football team from 1949 to 1975 representing the State of Vietnam and later the Republic of Vietnam, known as "South Vietnam".

State of Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
1949–1975
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Rồng vàng
(Golden Dragon)
AssociationVietnam Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Top scorerLê Hữu Đức (9)
Home stadiumCộng Hòa Stadium
FIFA codeVSO[1]
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Vietnam[a] 3–3 South Korea 
(Saigon, French Cochinchina; 16 January 1949)[2][3]
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
Appearances2 (first in 1956)
Best resultFourth place, 1956, 1960

The State of Vietnam joined the International Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954.[4][5][6] The South Vietnamese football association was treated by these bodies as the only legitimate Vietnamese association, as the State of Vietnam and later the Republic of Vietnam claimed sovereignty over all of Vietnam from 1949 to 1975. The team started to play under the State of Vietnam in January 1949, two months before France recognized Vietnamese nominal independence. After the State of Vietnam gained complete independence from France in June 1954 and Vietnam was divided in July, it existed side by side with a separate North Vietnam team, which represented the Communist-controlled northern portion of the country from 1956 to 1976. Unlike its southern counterpart, the latter was never allowed to join FIFA or the AFC. South Vietnam took part in the first two Asian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing last both times. Despite the fierce wars, it was one of strongest teams in Southeast Asia.

The South Vietnam team played their last games at 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification in March 1975, and ceased to exist after the Fall of Saigon in April, when the Vietnam War ended. The North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976, with the Vietnam national team replacing both the North and South teams. The unified republic was allowed to keep South Vietnam's membership of FIFA and the AFC, resulting in the South Vietnam team's historical record usually being counted as part of the overall record of the Vietnam national team, while results for the North Vietnam team are not commonly included as part of the record.[citation needed]

Tournament record

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FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1950 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
  1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA Entry not accepted by FIFA
1958 to 1970 Did not enter Did not enter
  1974 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 1 5
Total — — – – – – – – 3 1 0 2 1 5

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

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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.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification      
1   Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4 Zonal semi-finals — 1–0 1–0
2   Japan 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 2 — — 4–0
3   South Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0 — — —
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Asian Cup

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AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
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
AFC Asian Cup record
First match   South Vietnam 2–2 Hong Kong  
(9 September 1956; Causeway Bay, Hong Kong)
Last match   South Vietnam 1–5 Israel  
(14 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
Biggest win None
Biggest defeat   South Vietnam 1–5 Israel  
(14 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
  South Korea 5–1 South Vietnam  
(19 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
Best result Fourth place in 1956 and 1960
Worst result None

Olympic Games

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Olympic Games record Qualification record
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1952 Did not enter No qualification
  1956 Qualified, but withdrew 2 2 0 0 9 5
  1960 Did not enter Did not enter
  1964 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 4 6
  1968 5 2 1 2 14 5
  1972 Did not enter Did not enter
Total 0/16 – – – – – – – 11 5 2 4 27 16

Asian Games

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Southeast Asian Games

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The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in Bangkok, Thailand
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)[7]

Match results

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Further information: South Vietnam national football team results

Head-to-head record

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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
  Australia 2 0 0 2 0 2 –2
  Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
  Myanmar 14 2 2 10 12 25 –12
  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 9 4 0 5 13 15 –2
  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
  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 18 1 6 11 18 44 –26
  Taiwan 10 3 3 4 18 15 3
  Thailand 18 11 3 4 30 21 9

Honours

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Regional

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Friendly

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ FIFA recognizes the results of the South Vietnamese team (State of Vietnam and Republic of Vietnam) existing from 1949 to 1975 as part of the results of Vietnam as a whole because unified Vietnam inherited South Vietnam's membership in FIFA. Before the country was divided, South Vietnamese team was the only team representing Vietnam

References

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  1. ^ Jeffree, Iain. "FIFA Country Codes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "South Vietnam - List of International Matches". RSSSF.
  3. ^ "South Korea international games 1949".
  4. ^ The A–Z of Asian Football 97–98; 1997 Asian Football Confederation
  5. ^ 香港足球總會九十週年紀念特刊 (Hong Kong Football Association 90th Anniversary Booklet) 2004
  6. ^ "AFC 60th Anniversary: Back to where it all began". the-afc.com.
  7. ^ 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.
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