South Vietnam national football team

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.

South Vietnam
1949/1954–1976
AssociationVietnam Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Home stadiumCộng Hòa Stadium, Saigon
FIFA codeVSO
First international
 Hong Kong 3–2 South Vietnam 
(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)
World Cup
Appearances0
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 was in 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]

1974 WORLD CUP PRELIMINARY TOURNAMENT ASIA - REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM FOOTBALL TEAM

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup
World Cup Finals World Cup qualification
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1950Did not enter
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974Did not qualify 310215
Total*–––––––– 310215

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

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 4220020+2
2  Japan 2210141+3
3  South Vietnam 0200205−5

Asian Cup

Asian Games

Southeast Asian competitions
  • 1959: gold medals in football SEAP Games (now SEA Games)
  • 1 gold medal (1959), 2 silver medals (1967 and 1973) and 2 bronze (1965 and 1971) in football Sports Congress Peninsula Southeast Asia (SEAP Games)

See also

References
  1. "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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