Vietnam national football team

The Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam) represents Vietnam in international football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation, the governing body of football in Vietnam.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Vietnam women's national football team.

Vietnam
Nickname(s)Rồng Vàng
(Golden Dragon)
AssociationVietnam Football Federation (VFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachPark Hang-seo
CaptainQuế Ngọc Hải
Most capsLê Công Vinh (83)
Top scorerLê Công Vinh (51)
Home stadiumMỹ Đình National Stadium
FIFA codeVIE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 94 (16 July 2020)[1]
Highest84 (September 1998[2])
Lowest172 (December 2006)
First international
 Hong Kong 3–2 South Vietnam 
(Mong Kok, Hong Kong; 20 April 1947)[3]
 China PR 5–3 North Vietnam 
(Beijing, China; 4 October 1956)[4]
as Vietnam
 Philippines 2–2 Vietnam 
(Manila, Philippines; 26 November 1991)
Biggest win
Vietnam 11–0 Guam 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 23 January 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Zimbabwe 6–0 Vietnam
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 26 February 1997)
 Oman 6–0 Vietnam
(Incheon, South Korea; 29 February 2003)
Asian Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1956)
Best resultFourth place (1956, 1960)

Vietnam has a long history of football, as a result of the sport being introduced by the French in the 19th century. However, due to various conflicts that occurred in the country throughout the 20th century, development of Vietnamese football was significantly hampered during these times.[5][6]

While Vietnam was split into North and South Vietnam, two national teams existed and both were controlled by separate governing bodies. After the two countries unified in 1975, the separate governing bodies were combined and renamed to the Vietnam Football Federation.[7]

Since the 1990s when Vietnam rejoined global world football, the sport soon became part of Vietnamese society and a weapon to fight the negative reputation of the country due to the traumatic Vietnam War and later conflicts. This made the national team become part of Vietnamese nationalism and contributed to passionate support worldwide. Vietnamese supporters are dubbed to be some of the best and most passionate fans, renowned for large celebrations over the team's achievements, regardless if it is a senior or youth side.[8][9]

History

Early history (1896—1954)
Main article: Football in Vietnam
Early Vietnamese football with Vietnamese players and French officials in the Championnat Cochinchine, c. 1922–23

The introduction of football into Vietnam traced its roots in 1896 during the era of colonial French Cochinchina. At the early stage, the sport are only played among French civil servants, merchants and soldiers. The French then encouraged local Vietnamese to played football and several other sports that were introduced to them to divert their interest from politics which resulting the sport being spread to other regions, mostly the northern and central region.[10][11] On 20 July 1908, the newspaper Southern Luc Tan Van reported the match between two local Vietnamese teams for the first time. A first football guidebook then published in 1925 by a local Vietnamese doctor named Pham Van Tiec to attract the interest among Vietnamese youngsters.[12] By 1928, the Vietnamese had established the Annamite Sports Bureau and in the same year they sent a Vietnamese football team to compete in Singapore. More local football clubs then established in both northern and southern Vietnam although it was not until after the World War II that football clubs in the region started to become more organised.[13] It was the time Vietnam played their first ever international match, against Korea in Saigon which they lost 2–4.

Two Vietnam national teams (1954—1976)
Main articles: South Vietnam national football team and North Vietnam national football team
The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games.
The North Vietnam team in 1956.

Two national football teams then existed when Vietnam was divided into South Vietnam and North Vietnam. The team from the South participated in the first two AFC Asian Cup finals (1956 AFC Asian Cup and 1960 AFC Asian Cup) and finished in fourth place both times. They won the first Southeast Asian Games in 1959 in Thailand. The team also entered qualification for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, beating Thailand 1–0 to qualify the classification matches before losing their group opening matches by 0–4 to Japan and 0–1 to Hong Kong. The team played their last game against Malaysia in 1975 where they lost 0–3. Meanwhile, the team from the North was less active, not being a member of either AFC and FIFA, often playing against other Communist states between 1956 and 1966. They had their first match against China PR where they lost 3–5 under head coach Truong Tan Buu. They participated in the first GANEFO (Games of the New Emerging Forces) competitions at Indonesia in 1962 and Cambodia in 1966. Both teams ceased to exist when the North and South regions were combined together into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War, but North Vietnam did not become a member of AFC and FIFA until 1976.[14] Because South Vietnam was a member of FIFA, the later unified Vietnam team is classified as the successor of South Vietnam by FIFA.

The development of football during this era for both Vietnams was marked with stagnation as the Vietnam War occurred at the same time. The Vietnam War, a war that occurred between two states, had a tremendous impact and delayed the development of football in the country. Because of the war, Vietnam, by then, a major football force in Asia, started losing its reputation as the war ruined the country. Thus, the conflict had greatly reduced Vietnamese football ability and weakened the country seriously. However, the following Cambodian–Vietnamese War and Sino-Vietnamese War, and global sanctions against the country, had depleted the nation's football team and turned Vietnam into one of the weakest teams in the world and Asia overall. For this reason, Vietnamese football can be still considered as new and unknown for the rest of the world, in spite of its long standing history as Vietnam only rejoined global football in 1991.

Post Vietnam War and redevelopment era (1991—2006)

Vietnam's professional football league, known as the All Vietnam Football Championship, was launched in 1980 to redevelop Vietnamese football after a long period of civil war. In 1989, following the Đổi Mới reforms, a new football federation was formed. Vietnamese sports began to return to international events. After three months of preparation, in August 1989, the First Congress of the new football federation took place in Hanoi, declaring the formation of the Vietnam Football Federation. Trịnh Ngọc Chữ, deputy minister of General Department of Sports, was elected as the first president of VFF.[15] The reunified Vietnam national football team then played their first match against the Philippines in 1991 where they had a draw.[16]

Vietnam participated in the country's first ever FIFA World Cup qualification in 1994 World Cup campaign for the first time as an unified nation, having participated in the 1974 qualification as South Vietnam. The national side at the time was not successful in World Cup campaigns, failing in both the 1994 and 1998 qualifications with only one win.

In 1996, Vietnam participated in the first Tiger Cup where they finished in third place and hosted the second Tiger Cup in 1998 where they lost 0–1 to Singapore in the final. From 2000 to 2007, Vietnam continued their quest to win the Southeast Asian trophy, but often ended short by losing in the semi-finals or being eliminated in the group stage. Also around 1996, Vietnam gained international headline for inviting Italian giant Juventus F.C. to play in a friendly match in Hanoi, with Juventus already lifted the recent 1995–96 UEFA Champions League title. The game, which Vietnam lost 1–2, was a watershed moment that boosted the development of football in the country.[17]

Vietnam was the host of the 1999 Dunhill Cup, a friendly tournament for both senior and U-23 players. Since it was categorized as a mingled senior and U-23 competition, some national teams had decided to participate using its senior reserve side. In this competition, Vietnam created a promising performance, including a shock win over then-1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996 participant Russia 1–0 and drawing with 1998 FIFA World Cup participant Iran 2–2 and topping the group. Vietnam was then eliminated in the semi-finals after a 1–4 defeat to China.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification had some of Vietnam's few bright moments during these World Cup campaigns, with the team winning three matches and drawing one, both played in Dammam. However, with the team having lost against Saudi Arabia, Vietnam did not qualify for the World Cup. The 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification was also unsuccessful, with Vietnam falling to South Korea and Oman, but managing to create a shock 1–0 win to 2002 FIFA World Cup's fourth-place winner South Korea in Muscat, which remains as one of Vietnam's greatest football feats since unification.[18] The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification had been extremely depressing for Vietnam, with the team once again failing, falling behind South Korea and Lebanon, and only staying above Maldives by goal difference.

The first golden generation, and renaissance of Vietnamese football (2007-2011)
Scenes during the final of 2008 AFF Championship. Clockwise from top: Vietnamese supporters during Vietnam's triumph, Vietnamese team receiving the cup and Vietnamese team before the second leg final matches.

During that shortcoming era, Vietnam hosted the 2007 AFC Asian Cup along with Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand; despite failure to qualify for the Asian Cup since the 1990s. The team was ranked second lowest only after Malaysia, but in the group stage, Vietnam created shock by defeating the UAE 2–0, drawing 1–1 with another Gulf team, Qatar, before losing 1–4 to Japan. Vietnam were the only Southeast Asian and host team to reach the quarter-finals, where they lost to eventual champions Iraq 0–2.[19] The amazing journey of Vietnam began the first renaissance of Vietnamese football.

Vietnam won the first AFF Championship title in 2008, in which they were held in Group B with Thailand, Malaysia and Laos. After losing to Thailand 0–2 in the opener, Vietnam defeated Malaysia 3–2 and Laos 4–0. In the semi-finals, Vietnam held the defending champion Singapore to 0–0 in the home match before winning 1–0 away. Vietnam met Thailand again in the finals and defeated them 3–2 by aggregate, winning the away match 2–1 then drawing 1–1 at home.[20] This would be the team's first international honour since rejoining global football, and it would take 10 years until the team repeated this feat.

Vietnam almost managed a successful 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification when Vietnam performed well against Syria and Lebanon, as well as against China; but the shortcoming on scoring goals once again proved to be instrumental on denying Vietnam's qualification to 2011 AFC Asian Cup, as the team finished third with only a single 3–1 home win over Lebanon[21] and two draws away to both Levant opponents Syria and Lebanon.

Decline and rebuilding (2012—2016)

Vietnam participated in 2010, 2014 World Cup qualifiers and 2011, 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers, but were unsuccessful, as the team's shortcoming contributed to its early elimination.

The national team of Vietnam started to witness significant changes under the tenure of Toshiya Miura, who took charge of Vietnam from 2014 to 2016. The Japanese coach was accredited for rebuilding the national team of Vietnam after the failed 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification, and had a significant impact on the improvement of the team's performances. One of the most renowned achievement under Miura's era was with the youth team, when the Olympic side managed to cruise pass Olympic Iran, a major Asian force, at the 2014 Asian Games with an unthinkable 4–1 victory.[22] Many of these young players nurtured by coach Miura would be brought to senior side, where the team managed a fine performance in 2014 AFF Championship, but Vietnam failed to progress beyond the semi-finals after suffering a shock 2–4 defeat to Malaysia right at home,[23] in spite of winning 2–1 away before.[24] Vietnamese police had sought to investigate this match, but found no evidence of rigged bribery or corruption as also stated in the findings of Swiss-based international supplier betting services Sportradar.[25][26]

Miura led Vietnam in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers when Vietnam was grouped together with Thailand, Indonesia, Chinese Taipei and Iraq; Indonesia later withdrew. Vietnam managed a fine performance, drawing Iraq 1–1 at home.[27] However, two disappointing defeats to Thailand away 0–1[28] and humiliating 0–3 home loss to the same opponent[29] had put the team under heavy criticism. Toshiya Miura, despite improvement, was sacked by the VFF after the Olympic side's failure to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics.[30]

Hope was put into new coach, Nguyễn Hữu Thắng, some of the first fine Vietnamese managers during the era. Under Thắng, Vietnam once again progressed to the semi-finals of 2016 AFF Championship, but the team had to bow down to Indonesia in another thrilling semi-finals, being held 2–2 at home[31] and previously lost 1–2 away to the same rival.[32] The team's disappointment somehow relieved a little, as the Golden Dragons participated in 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification for finishing third in their World Cup qualification group. The Vietnamese side managed two draws in their opening run against Afghanistan in Tajikistan[33] and a goalless draw to Jordan in Ho Chi Minh City.[34] However, the Olympic side was shockingly eliminated in the group stage of 2017 SEA Games, coach Nguyễn Hữu Thắng was relieved from duty, and the team faced a tremendous crisis of confidence as fans have lost their will to support the team.[35] Interim coach Mai Đức Chung was appointed to help Vietnam in two crucial Asian Cup qualification match against neighbour Cambodia, in which coach Chung was able to revive some of the team's lost spirit, beating Cambodia 2–1 away and a thrashing 5–0 win at home.[36] These wins allowed Vietnam to join top two for final tickets.

The New Golden Generation (2017—present): a new hope
2018 AFF Championship champion second-leg finals starting line-up.[37]
Scenes during the quarter-finals of 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Clockwise from top: Vietnamese team with Japan at the cup quarter-finals and Vietnamese fans during the match.

Park Hang-seo, former assistant of Guus Hiddink during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, was appointed as new coach of Vietnam in 2017 after an attempt to negotiate with Takashi Sekizuka was unsuccessful; previously the VFF also tried contact with American manager Steve Sampson with no avail.[38] Upon his arrival to Vietnam, Park Hang-seo was greeted with skepticism and jeers from Vietnamese.[39]

Park's first match as coach of Vietnam was in the same 2019 Asian Cup qualification, where Vietnam held Afghanistan at home in a 0–0 draw, thus allowed Vietnam to qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, their first ever Asian Cup since 2007.[40] Park himself, though, was criticized.[41] However, the mood changed after Vietnam’s performance in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship and 2018 Asian Games. Park Hang-seo was also coach of the U-23 and Olympic team.[42] With the same U-23 players, he formed the squad of Vietnamese senior in a meaningless 1–1 draw to Jordan in 2019 Asian Cup qualification, which both teams qualified together.[43] Also with these young players, the 2018 AFF Championship became Vietnam's second AFF Championship title. In Group A, Vietnam managed 3 victories against Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia and a draw with Myanmar. In the semi-finals, they defeated the Philippines twice, and in the finals defeated Malaysia 3–2 aggregated, drawing 2–2 away and winning 1–0 home.[44]

But only the 2019 AFC Asian Cup that Vietnam truly began to gain international recognition. With entire of squad made up with the successful U-23 players, the youngest squad in the tournament, Vietnam beat Yemen in their final group matches to become the last best-fourth place team to qualify for the round of sixteen. Then, they surprised everyone by defeating favored Jordan which had previously defeated defending champions Australia and earlier played a friendly match against 2018 FIFA World Cup runners-up Croatia, winning 4–2 in penalty shoot-out.[45] The win sent million of Vietnamese into the street for celebrations.[46] In the quarter-finals, Vietnam met Japan but failed to continue the success after their opponent being awarded a penalty kick which being decided through the video assistant referee (VAR), resulting to a 0–1 score by Ritsu Doan until the final whistle being blown.[47]

Vietnam was grouped in the Joint 2022 World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualification group G with three other Southeast Asian rivals, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, along with United Arab Emirates. The Vietnamese started with a 0–0 away draw over Thailand[48] before defeating Malaysia 1–0 at home[49] and then achieving a 3–1 win against Indonesia.[50] In November, Vietnam faced up the United Arab Emirates at home soil with attempts to break 12-year winless streak to the opponent. In spite of facing struggle in early minutes, a following red card to the UAE gave the Vietnamese an advantage, eventually managed to beat the Emirates 1–0.[51] Then, Vietnam moved to a thrilling encounter against neighbor and fellow powerhouse Thailand at home, where both teams played out in another goalless draw, including a crucial Akinfeev-penalty save by Đặng Văn Lâm and two disallowed goals of Vietnamese side, to foster Vietnam's no.1 position in the Joint FIFA World Cup/Asian Cup qualification group G.[52]

Team image

Vietnam's current kit sponsor is Grand Sport. The contract started in January 2015 which will end by the end of December 2019 but extended until 2023. Vietnam was also previously sponsored by Adidas, Li-Ning and Nike. The tradition home colour for the Vietnamese team is all red with yellow trim and the away colour is all white with red trim ever since they started the contract with Nike. With Adidas, it was just red and white. Occasionally, the team wore blue and yellow jerseys.

Kit suppliers
Kit supplier Period Notes
Adidas 1996–2005 [53]
Li-Ning 2006—2008
Nike 2009—2014
Grand Sport 2014—2023

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: Honda Vietnam,[54] Yanmar,[55] Grand Sport,[56] Suzuki Vietnam,[57] Sony Vietnam,[58] Z.com,[59] VPMilk,[60] Vina Acecook,[61] Coca-Cola,[62] Vinamilk,[63] Kao Vietnam[64] and TNI Corporation.[65]

Unlike many national teams in the world, Vietnam is one of the few football teams to not feature their federation logo, but rather the national flag. The few other AFC members to not feature the logo includes Syria, North Korea, Singapore and Iraq; and is the only Southeast Asian team alongside Singapore to not feature the logo. Despite the country unveiling a logo for the national football team in 2017, the logo has yet to be incorporated on to the national jersey due to the majority of negative responses from fans, though it has been changing more toward a positive opinion.[66]

Nicknames

The national team of Vietnam has been known by several nicknames, the most commonly are "Rồng Vàng" (Golden Dragons) which is influenced from the history of Vietnam including the legend of Lạc Long Quân, the dragon King in Vietnamese folk story who gave the Vietnamese identity for his people, and also appeared in former emblems of Vietnamese dynasty as well as South Vietnam.[67] Another nickname is the "Những chiến binh sao Vàng" (Golden Star warriors) which is derived from the national flag of Vietnam.[68] The local media and people in Vietnam also refer the national team as simply as "Tuyển" (The Selection).[69]

Supporters
Vietnamese supporters during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, in all red and yellow star attire similar as in the colour of the flag of Vietnam.

There are two major supporters for the national team, namely Vietnam Football Supporters or VFS (Vietnamese: Hội Cổ động viên Bóng đá Việt Nam) which was founded in 2014 and Vietnam Golden Stars or VGS (Vietnamese: Hội Cổ động viên Sao vàng Việt Nam) which was founded in 2017.

When the national team won big matches, the streets are often overwhelmed by large Vietnamese crowds, demonstrating nationalist chants, singing Vietnamese nationalist songs.[9] Vietnamese passionate supporters have been witnessed during 2007 AFC Asian Cup when the team defeated the UAE 2–0 and later, the lone Southeast Asian side to sneak into the quarter-finals.[70] During the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Vietnamese fans were euphoric in celebration after beating Jordan in the round of sixteen.[71]

Even in smaller tournaments, Vietnamese fans are also noted for large celebration, such as when Vietnam won the 2008 AFF Championship and 2018 AFF Championship, and recently 2018 AFC U-23 Championship which their U-23 team finished second after losing the final.[72]

Facilities
Main article: Mỹ Đình National Stadium

The Vietnamese national team mainly plays at Mỹ Đình National Stadium, although other venues are also used.

In the past, Vietnam did not have any specific training centre for the national team, which forced them to practice sporadically at different facilities, contributing to their lack of success. However, since 2017, the country's first ever football training centre, known as PVF Training Centre was established in Hưng Yên to improve the national team's performance.[73] Former Manchester United star and current Wales coach, Ryan Giggs was appointed as the first director of the centre alongside Paul Scholes.[74]

Rivalries

Thailand

Thailand is often considered as Vietnam's traditional and biggest rival. The matches between these two teams are always likened to the "El Classico" of Southeast Asian football and are followed with much interest in both countries. Vietnam as South Vietnam first faced Thailand at the 1959 Southeast Asian Games and won the 2 matches, in the group stage and the final. Despite currently having the better overall record compared with Thailand with 22 wins, 6 draws and 19 losses after 47 matches, Vietnam has generally poor results against Thailand since its reintegration into international football in 1991. After the match between two teams in November 2019 in the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, Vietnam has faced Thailand in 24 matches at the national team level since 1991, the overall results being 3 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses. Despite this, Vietnam, since reintegration to world's football, is renowned for its performance that punching above the weight, often due to its ability to culminate surprise results despite disadvantages, while Thailand has struggled harder to do the same.

Vietnam's most memorable win against Thailand was in the final of the 2008 AFF Championship, when a 2–1 win in the first leg in Bangkok set them up for their first ever title, which they secured after a 1–1 draw in Hanoi.[75]

Indonesia

Vietnam has also developed a rivalry with Indonesia. They have faced each other in 37 matches, with Vietnam having the poorer record with 11 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses. During the 20-year period from 1999 to 2019, Vietnam only drew and lost against Indonesia in official tournaments. This series of winless matches began after the 1–0 win over Indonesia in 1999 in the semi-finals of the 1999 SEA Games, and lasted 12 matches, with 7 draws and 5 losses, and finally ended when Vietnam won 3–1 against Indonesia in October 2019 in the second round of the 2022 World Cup qualification in Indonesia, also the first-ever Vietnamese victory against Indonesia in the Indonesian territory at any football competitions and friendlies. During this period, Vietnam only won against Indonesia 3–2 in a friendly match in 2016.

Singapore

While Singapore was still a force in the ASEAN football until 2012, this team was also a rival of Vietnam. They have faced each other in 39 matches, with Vietnam dominating with 21 wins, 13 draws and 5 losses. Since just rejoining with international football in 1991, Vietnam experienced, in the period from 1993 to 1998, poorer head-to-head record against Singapore; especially the failure in the 1998 AFF Championship final. However, since 1998, Vietnam has been maintaining a series of unbeaten matches against Singapore until now. It is worth noting that Vietnam's winning matches in this period against Singapore have never exceeded 1 goal and there were 6 out of the 12 matches that had drawn results, although Vietnam still won in the remaining 6 matches.

Malaysia

As South Vietnam, the Vietnamese side had a poorer performance, with only 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, during that time the Malaysians posed as a formidable side in Asia. Since reintegration, however, Vietnam has overwhelmed in the head-to-head record against Malaysia with 12 wins, 3 draws and only 5 losses in 20 games since 1991. "Golden Dragon" has also been maintaining the series of unbeaten match against Malaysia since 2014.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1950Did not participateDid not participateN/A
1954 to 1974See South VietnamSee South VietnamSee South Vietnam
1978 to 1990Did not enterDid not enterN/A
1994Did not qualify8107418 Trần Bình Sự
19986006221 Trần Duy Long,
Lê Đình Chính
2002631299 Dido
2006611459 Nguyễn Thành Vinh
, Edson Tavares
2010200206 Alfred Riedl
20144301155 Falko Götz
2018621378 Toshiya Miura,
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
2022To be determinedIn progress Park Hang-seo
2026To be determinedTo be determined
Total – 0/21 – – – – – – 37 10 3 24 42 75

AFC Asian Cup
Main article: Vietnam at the AFC Asian Cup

Vietnam holds a spectacular distinction in the competition by having tendency of facing future finalists of the AFC Asian Cup, having implemented so in all four editions, with South Korea and Iraq emerged winners after facing Vietnam, and Japan finished runners-up.

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1956Fourth place4/4301269201173
1960Fourth place4/43003212220051
1964 to 1972See South VietnamSee South Vietnam
1976 to 1992Did not enterDid not enter
1996Did not qualify3201135
20003201142
20046303813
2007Quarter-finals8/16411247Host
2011Did not qualify6123611
20156105515
2019Quarter-finals8/24511357124531611
2023To be determinedIn progress
Total Best: Fourth place 4/17 15 2 3 10 17 35 40 15 8 17 74 61

Asian Games

Since 2002, the Asian Games Football tournament uses the Olympic team. See: Vietnam national Olympic football team

Asian Games record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1951Did not participateDid not participate
1954 to 1974See South VietnamSee South Vietnam
1978 to 1994Did not enterDid not enter
1998Group stage17/23200206 Alfred Riedl
Total Best: Group Stage 1/13 2 0 0 2 0 6

AFF Championship
AFF Championship record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1996Third place3/1063211410 Karl-Heinz Weigang
1998Runners-up2/8531182 Alfred Riedl
2000Fourth place4/96312146 Alfred Riedl
2002Third place3/964112112 Henrique Calisto
2004Group stage6/104211135 Edson Tavares,
Trần Văn Khánh
2007Semi-finals3/85131103 Alfred Riedl
2008Champions1/87421116 Henrique Calisto
2010Semi-finals3/8521285 Henrique Calisto
2012Group stage6/8301225 Phan Thanh Hùng
2014Semi-finals3/85311128 Toshiya Miura
2016Semi-finals3/8531186 Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
2018Champions1/108620154 Park Hang-seo
Total 2 titles 12/12 65 34 17 14 136 72

Southeast Asian Games

Since 2001, the SEA games football competition uses the Olympic team. See: Vietnam national Olympic football team

Southeast Asian Games record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1959 to 1973See South VietnamSee South Vietnam
1975 to 1989Did not enterDid not enter
1991Group stage6/7301235 Nguyễn Sỹ Hiển
1993Group stage6/9310213 Trần Bình Sự
1995Runners-up2/106402108 Karl-Heinz Weigang
1997Third place3/10631296 Colin Murphy
1999Runners-up2/106411142 Alfred Riedl
Total Best: Runners-up 5/20 24 12 3 9 37 24

Vietnam Football Federation Cup
VFF Cup record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
2004 Agribank CupRunners-up2/4320143 Edson Tavares
2006Runners-up2/4321052 Alfred Riedl
2008 T&T CupRunners-up2/3202022 Henrique Calisto
2010 VFF Son Ha CupFourth place4/4301215 Henrique Calisto
2012 VFF CupThird place3/4311152 Phan Thanh Hùng
Total Best: Runners-up 5/5 14 5 5 4 17 14

All-time head-to-head record
As of 19 November 2019

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Results and fixtures
Main article: Vietnam national football team results (2020–present)

  Win   Draw   Loss

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2019
5 September World Cup qualifierThailand 0–0 VietnamPathum Thani, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Thammasat Stadium
Attendance: 19,011
Referee: Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)
10 October World Cup qualifierVietnam 1–0 MalaysiaHanoi, Vietnam
20:00 UTC+7 Nguyễn Quang Hải  40' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Attendance: 38,256
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
15 October World Cup qualifierIndonesia 1–3 VietnamGianyar, Indonesia
18:30 UTC+7 Bachdim  84' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Đỗ Duy Mạnh  26'
Quế Ngọc Hải  55' (pen.)
Nguyễn Tiến Linh  61'		 Stadium: Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium
Attendance: 8,237
Referee: Turki Al-Khudayr (Saudi Arabia)
14 November World Cup qualifierVietnam 1–0 United Arab EmiratesHanoi, Vietnam
20:00 UTC+7 Nguyễn Tiến Linh  44' Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Attendance: 37,989
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
19 November World Cup qualifierVietnam 0–0 ThailandHanoi, Vietnam
20:00 UTC+7 Report (FIFA)
Report (AFC)		 Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

2021


March World Cup qualifierMalaysia – VietnamKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:45 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium
March World Cup qualifierVietnam – IndonesiaHanoi, Vietnam
20:00 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
March World Cup qualifierUnited Arab Emirates – VietnamDubai, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4 Report Stadium: TBD
April AFF ChampionshipTBD– VietnamTBD
TBD TBD Stadium: TBD
April AFF ChampionshipVietnam –TBDTBD
TBD TBD Stadium: TBD
April AFF ChampionshipTBD– VietnamTBD
TBD TBD Stadium: TBD
April AFF ChampionshipVietnam –TBDTBD
TBD TBD Stadium: TBD

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against United Arab Emirates on 14 November 2019 and against Thailand on 19 November 2019
Caps and goals are as of 19 November 2019 after the match against Thailand.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 4 0 SHB Đà Nẵng
18 1GK Phạm Văn Cường (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 0 0 Quảng Nam
23 1GK Đặng Văn Lâm (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 23 0 Muangthong United
2 2DF Đỗ Duy Mạnh (1996-09-29) 29 September 1996 27 1 Hà Nội
3 2DF Quế Ngọc Hải (Captain) (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 46 3 Viettel
4 2DF Bùi Tiến Dũng (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 24 0 Viettel
5 2DF Đoàn Văn Hậu (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 23 0 Hà Nội
12 2DF Lê Văn Đại (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 0 0 Thanh Hóa
17 2DF Vũ Văn Thanh (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 18 2 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
21 2DF Nguyễn Thành Chung (1997-09-08) 8 September 1997 1 0 Hà Nội
7 3MF Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy (1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 11 0 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
8 3MF Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 69 12 Viettel
14 3MF Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 12 1 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
15 3MF Phạm Đức Huy (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 11 2 Hà Nội
16 3MF Đỗ Hùng Dũng (Vice-captain) (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 19 0 Hà Nội
19 3MF Nguyễn Quang Hải (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 24 6 Hà Nội
20 3MF Nguyễn Trọng Hùng (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 0 0 Thanh Hóa
9 4FW Nguyễn Văn Toàn (3rd captain) (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 27 4 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
10 4FW Nguyễn Công Phượng (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 35 8 Hồ Chí Minh City
11 4FW Nguyễn Anh Đức (1985-10-24) 24 October 1985 36 12 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
13 4FW Hà Minh Tuấn (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 0 0 Quảng Nam
22 4FW Nguyễn Tiến Linh (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 12 4 Becamex Bình Dương

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Vietnam squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Trần Nguyên Mạnh (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 24 0 Viettel v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 INJ
DF Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 0 0 Hồ Chí Minh City v.  Thailand, 19 November 2019 PRE
DF Trần Văn Kiên (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 1 0 Hà Nội v.  United Arab Emirates, 14 November 2019 PRE
DF Phạm Xuân Mạnh (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 1 0 Sông Lam Nghệ An v.  United Arab Emirates, 14 November 2019 INJ
DF A Hoàng (1995-07-31) 31 July 1995 2 0 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 PRE
DF Nguyễn Công Thành (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 0 0 Hồ Chí Minh City v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 PRE
DF Đỗ Thanh Thịnh (1998-08-18) 18 August 1998 0 0 SHB Đà Nẵng v.  Thailand, 5 September 2019 PRE
DF Lâm Anh Quang (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 0 0 Nam Định v.  Thailand, 5 September 2019 PRE
MF Nguyễn Huy Hùng (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 24 2 Quảng Nam v.  Thailand, 19 November 2019 PRE
MF Ngô Hoàng Thịnh (1992-04-21) 21 April 1992 15 2 Hồ Chí Minh City v.  United Arab Emirates, 14 November 2019 INJ
MF Lương Xuân Trường (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 29 1 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 INJ
MF Võ Huy Toàn (1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 8 1 Hồ Chí Minh City v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 INJ
MF Tô Văn Vũ (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 0 0 Becamex Bình Dương v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 PRE
MF Đặng Anh Tuấn (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 0 0 SHB Đà Nẵng v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 PRE
FW Ngân Văn Đại (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 2 0 Hà Nội v.  United Arab Emirates, 14 November 2019 PRE
FW Nguyễn Việt Phong (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 2 0 Viettel v.  United Arab Emirates, 14 November 2019 PRE
FW Mạc Hồng Quân (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 14 3 Hải Phòng v.  Malaysia, 10 October 2019 INJ

Notes:

  • [a] Withdrew from squad.
  • SUS Player suspended.
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
  • RET Retired from the national team.
  • WD Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons.
  • PRE Preliminary squad.

Previous squads

Coaching staff
Position Name Notes
Head Coach Park Hang-seoVFF
Technical Director Yusuke AdachiVFF
Assistant Coach Lee Young-jinVFF
Lưu Danh MinhVFF
Lư Đình TuấnHCMC FC
Goalkeeper Coach Trần Minh QuangHCMC FC
Fitness Coach Park Sung-gyunVFF
Doctor Choi Ju-youngVFF
Trần Anh TuấnVFF
Tuấn Nguyên GiápVFF
Interpreter Lê Huy KhoaVFF

Records

List of managers
Coach Park Hang-seo, considered as the most successful coach in Vietnam football history with FIFA praising Vietnam's progress throughout his managerial career with the team especially following the junior team success in AFC U-23 Championship as Asian runners-up and Asian Games as well the senior team in AFF Championship and AFC Asian Cup.[76]

Coaches by years since 1991

As of 18 December 2019.
List of Vietnamese coaches[77]
Image Name Nationality From To Pld W D L GF GA Win%[nb 2] Honours
Park Hang-seo  South Korea 11 October 2017 Present 22 11 8 3 28 14 050.00 1 AFF Championship
Mai Đức Chung (Interim)  Vietnam 27 August 2017 11 October 2017 2 2 0 0 7 1 100.00
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng  Vietnam 3 March 2016 27 August 2017 16 8 6 2 15 14 050.00
Toshiya Miura  Japan 8 May 2014 28 January 2016 14 7 3 4 12 8 050.00
Hoàng Văn Phúc  Vietnam 16 May 2013 4 April 2014 3 1 0 2 1 3 033.33
Nguyễn Văn Sỹ (Interim)  Vietnam 1 January 2013 16 May 2013 4 1 0 3 − − 025.00
Phan Thanh Hùng  Vietnam 1 September 2012 31 December 2012 14 5 5 4 12 10 035.71
Mai Đức Chung (Interim)  Vietnam 21 February 2012 31 August 2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Falko Götz  Germany 1 June 2011 6 January 2012 5 3 0 2 15 6 060.00
Henrique Calisto  Portugal June 2008 1 March 2011 42 11 11 20 38 41 026.19 1 AFF Championship
Alfred Riedl  Austria 2005 October 2007 23 8 8 7 29 27 034.78
Trần Văn Khánh[78] (Interim)  Vietnam 12 December 2004 2005 1 1 0 0 3 0 100.00
Edson Tavares  Brazil 22 March 2004 12 December 2004 11 4 1 6 18 15 036.36
Nguyễn Thành Vinh (Interim)  Vietnam January 2004 February 2004 1 0 0 1 0 5 000.00
Alfred Riedl  Austria January 2003 December 2003 7 3 0 4 8 13 042.86
Henrique Calisto  Portugal August 2002 December 2002 10 5 3 2 27 18 050.00
Dido  Brazil December 2000 25 September 2001 6 3 1 2 9 9 050.00
Alfred Riedl  Austria August 1998 2000 31 16 6 9 54 21 051.61
Colin Murphy  England October 1997 1998 6 3 1 2 9 6 050.00
Lê Đình Chính (Interim)  Vietnam 1997 1997 1 0 0 1 0 4 000.00
Trần Duy Long  Vietnam 1997 1997 5 0 0 5 2 17 000.00
Karl-Heinz Weigang  Germany 1995 June 1997 17 9 2 6 37 33 052.94
Edson Tavares  Brazil 1995 1995 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00
Trần Duy Long (Interim)  Vietnam 1994 1995 1 1 0 0 − − 100.00
Trần Bình Sự  Vietnam 1993 1993 11 2 0 9 5 21 018.18
Nguyễn Sỹ Hiển  Vietnam 1993 1993 3 0 1 2 3 5 000.00
Vũ Văn Tư  Vietnam 1991 1991 — − − − − − —

Most capped players

Players in bold are still active for the national team

Most capped players record
# Player Career Caps Goals
1 Lê Công Vinh 2004–2016 83 51
2 Phạm Thành Lương 2008–2016 78 7
3 Nguyễn Minh Phương 2002–2010 73 12
4 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 2009– 69 12
5 Lê Huỳnh Đức 1995–2004 66 28
6 Lê Tấn Tài 2006–2014 63 3
7 Nguyễn Văn Quyết 2011– 51 14
8 Phan Văn Tài Em 2002–2011 50 7
9 Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 1993–2001 48 16
10 Quế Ngọc Hải 2014– 46 3

Top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active for the national team

Top goalscorers record
# Player Career Goals Caps Average
1 Lê Công Vinh 2004–2016 51 83 0.61
2 Lê Huỳnh Đức 1995–2004 28 66 0.42
3 Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 1993–2001 16 48 0.33
4 Nguyễn Văn Quyết 2011– 14 51 0.27
5 Phan Thanh Bình 2003–2009 13 31 0.42
6 Nguyễn Anh Đức 2006– 12 36 0.33
Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 2009– 12 69 0.17
Nguyễn Minh Phương 2002–2010 12 73 0.16
9 Thạch Bảo Khanh 2002–2008 10 22 0.45

Honours

Include the results of  South Vietnam before 1975

Continental

Regional

Champions (1): 1966
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See also

Notes
  1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places
  2. Win% is rounded to two decimal places

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