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The Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa; French: Équipe du Sud-Vietnam de Football) 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.

Republic of Vietnam
1949/1954–1976
Coat of arms of the Republic of Vietnam (1967–1975).svg
Nickname(s)Rồng vàng
(Golden Dragon)
AssociationVietnam Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Top scorerDuc
Cu Sinh Le (6)
Home stadiumCộng Hòa Stadium
FIFA codeSVM
First colours
Second colours
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
Appearances2 (first in 1956)
Best resultFourth place, 1956, 1960

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 recordEdit

FIFA World CupEdit

FIFA World Cup Finals FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS 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 qualificationEdit

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
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 CupEdit

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup 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

Asian GamesEdit

Southeast Asian GamesEdit

 
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 recordEdit

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
  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 2 1 0 1 3 2 1
  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 alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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 linksEdit

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