South Vietnam national football team

The Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) 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
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 record

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup Finals FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
Brazil 1950Did not enterDid not enter
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 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
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
Hong Kong 1956Fourth place4th301269Squad 211073
South Korea 1960Fourth place4th3003212Squad 220051
Israel 1964Did not qualify 320197
Iran 1968 420244
Thailand 1972Withdrew Withdrew
Iran 1976Did not qualify 4004110
TotalFourth place4th6015821– 157172625
Asian Cup Finals Results
YearScoreResult
1956  South Vietnam 2–2  Hong KongDraw
 South Vietnam 1–2  IsraelLoss
 South Vietnam 3–5  South KoreaLoss
1960  South Vietnam 1–5  South KoreaLoss
 South Vietnam 0–2  Republic of ChinaLoss
 South Vietnam 1–5  IsraelLoss

Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games
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
Thailand 1959Champions4301113
Myanmar 1961Third place311182
Malaysia 1965420285
Thailand 1967Runners-up3201112
Myanmar 1969Group stage201112
Malaysia 1971Third place412154
Singapore 1973Runners-up411297
Total 1 title 24 10 5 9 53 25
  • 1971: Pesta Sukan Cup (join-winners with India)[2]

Head-to-head record
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
 Australia200202–2
 Bangladesh1010110
 Cambodia1373314140
 Hong Kong1042416124
 India11227817–9
 Indonesia155192536–11
 Israel410348–4
 Japan5104514–9
 Kuwait100112–1
 Laos651024123
 Lebanon1010110
 Malaya116141629–1
 Malaysia2046103042–1
 Myanmar120210825–12
 New Zealand1100514
 Pakistan1010110
 Philippines440025223
 Singapore191351482622
 South Korea2107142048–28
 Taiwan1033418153
 Thailand18113430219
 West Germany100112–1

See also

References
  1. "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.
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