Thailand–Vietnam football rivalry

The football rivalry between Thailand and Vietnam likely originated from the Siamese–Vietnamese wars and conflicts that lasted for many centuries, due to the long military tradition and the economic rivalry of the two countries, which later expanded into football.[4] There is also a significant difference between Vietnamese footballers and supporters as well as the Vietnamese press and media when refusing to acknowledge the current domination of Thai football in Southeast Asia, unlike the rest of Southeast Asia that often consider Thailand as the strongest team, which further develops the importance of the rivalry between these two teams. In fact, Thailand is generally more successful than Vietnam in international competitions, but Vietnamese achievements are better in some certain tournaments. Since the 21st century, although Thailand has qualified for the AFC Asian Cup more than Vietnam, its performances in the final tournament were often worse than Vietnam, who has, in some aspect, ability to culminate surprise results despite disadvantages Vietnam endured in a number of competitions, while Thailand, due to its leading status in Southeast Asia, has a harder time to do the same toward stronger opponents. Most notably, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup when Vietnam, despite being the lowest-ranked team in the competition and Vietnam's group contained three champions, turned to be the lone host country to reach the knockout phase while Thailand failed to achieve the same. Also, in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Vietnam again reached the quarterfinals while Thailand lost in the round of 16.[3][5][6][7]

This is one of the most popular rivalries in the ASEAN region and is often referred as the "El Clásico" or "Battle" of Southeast Asia, because both teams are commonly considered as the two strongest teams in the regional competitions.[3] The matches between Thailand and Vietnam always attract the large numbers of press, media, supporters of the two countries as well as other countries of Southeast Asia and Asia.[3] However, the rivalry has grown differently from time to time. During the period against the South Vietnam, Thailand had a worse performance when they only won 4 matches compared to 20 wins of former South Vietnam. However, when Vietnam has been unified and its national team returned to international football in 1991, Thailand has showed a far domination against Vietnam when it got 17 wins, 8 draws, and only 3 losses. However, the overall performance from the first ever match of both countries since 1956 until now is still a disadvantage for Thailand against Vietnam, with only 21 wins compared to 23 losses and 12 draws. In the most recent confrontation between these two teams in the 2022 AFF Championship second leg final, the Thais won 1–0 and 3–2 on aggregate.[8] The teams met each other again in the 2022 AFF Championship Final, 15 years after the 2008 AFF Championship final.

The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in Thailand after beating the hosts

Vietnam's most memorable win against Thailand since its reintegration was in the 2008 AFF Championship final, when a 2–1 win in the first leg in Bangkok set them up for their first ever regional title, which they secured after a 1–1 draw in Hanoi.[9]

Vietnam won the 2008 AFF Championship after winning Thailand

Like their men's counterparts, the two nations also have a strong rivalry in the women's counterparts, with both Thailand women's national football team and Vietnam women's national football team among ASEAN's strongest, Vietnam has a winning record against Thailand in women's matches, with 18 wins compared to 9 losses and 9 draws.

No.	Date	Competition	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
1.	7 October 1997	1997 Southeast Asian Games	Thailand	3–2	Vietnam	Jakarta	unknown	unknown
2.	10 December 1998	1998 Asian Games	Thailand	1–1	Vietnam	Thupatemi Stadium, Pathum Thani	unknown	unknown
3.	15 September 2001	2001 Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	4–0	Thailand	Petaling Jaya	Bùi Thị Hiền Lương 9', 83' Nguyễn Thị Thuý Nga 30' (pen.) Lưu Ngọc Mai 49' (pen.)
4.	2003	Friendly	Vietnam	3–0	Thailand	Quảng Ninh	unknown
5.	8 December 2003	2003 Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	3–1	Thailand	Lạch Tray Stadium, Hải Phòng	Lưu Ngọc Mai 6' Phùng Minh Nguyệt 36' Saipin 49' (o.g.)	Piamsin 63'
6.	20 April 2004	2004 Summer Olympics qualification	Vietnam	0–0	Thailand	Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Tokyo
7.	26 November 2005	2005 Southeast Asian Games	Thailand	0–1	Vietnam	Marikina Sports Complex, Marikina		Đỗ Hồng Tiến 20'
8.	31 May 2006	2006 AFF Women's Championship	Vietnam	3–2	Thailand	Thành Long Sports Centre, Hồ Chí Minh City	unknown	unknown
9.	19 February 2007	2008 Summer Olympics qualification	Thailand	1–0	Vietnam	Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok	unknown 85'
10.	3 June 2007		Vietnam	1–0	Thailand	Lạch Tray Stadium, Hải Phòng	Nhiêu Thùy Linh 41'
11.	10 June 2007		Thailand	5–0	Vietnam	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok	unknown
12.	13 September 2007	2007 AFF Women's Championship	Vietnam	0–3	Thailand	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon		Sunisa 2' Nisa ?' 75'
13.	13 December 2007	2007 Southeast Asian Games	Thailand	2–0	Vietnam	Nakhon Ratchasima Municipal Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima	Pitsamai 61' Anootsara 71' (pen.)
14.	1 June 2008	2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Vietnam	1–0	Thailand	Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City	Đoàn Thị Kim Chi 70'
15.	18 October 2008	2008 AFF Women's Championship	Vietnam	2–1	Thailand	Thành Long Sports Centre, Hồ Chí Minh City	Trần Thị Kim Hồng 8' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Nisa 52'
16.	23 October 2009	Friendly	Vietnam	2–0	Thailand	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả	Đỗ Thị Ngọc Châm 24', 77'
17.	11 December 2009	2009 Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	2–2	Thailand	National University of Laos Stadium, Vientiane	Nguyễn Thị Muôn 4' Văn Thị Thanh 32'	Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Anh 41' (o.g.) Sukunya 88'
18.	16 December 2009		Thailand	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	Vietnam	Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
19.	25 March 2011	2012 Summer Olympics qualification	Vietnam	2–1	Thailand	Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung	Nguyễn Thị Hòa 53' Lê Thu Thanh Hương 90+2'	Chidtawan 1'
20.	12 June 2011		Vietnam	3–3	Thailand	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Lê Thị Thương 8' Nguyễn Thị Muôn 12' Lê Thu Thanh Hương 37'	Nguyễn Hải Hòa 18' (o.g.) Kanjana 25' Wilaiporn 84'
21.	9 September 2013	2013 AFF Women's Championship	Thailand	0–0	Vietnam	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
22.	13 December 2013	2013 Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	1–2	Thailand	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay	Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 33'	Naphat 40' Anootsara 47'
23.	21 May 2014	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Vietnam	1–2	Thailand	Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung 86'	Kanjana 48', 65'
24.	26 September 2014	2014 Asian Games	Thailand	1–2	Vietnam	Goyang Stadium, Goyang	Nisa 51'	Nguyễn Thị Liễu 53' Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung 67'
25.	8 May 2015	2015 AFF Women's Championship	Vietnam	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand	Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City	Nguyễn Thị Liễu 30'	Nisa 52', 92'
26.	22 September 2015	2016 Summer Olympics qualification	Thailand	0–2	Vietnam	Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay		Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 39', 83'
27.	30 July 2016	2016 AFF Women's Championship	Thailand	0–2	Vietnam			Huỳnh Như 85' Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt 90+4'
28.	4 August 2016		Vietnam	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Thailand		Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 85'	Rattikan 7'
29.	22 August 2017	2017 Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	1–1	Thailand	UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam	Phạm Hải Yến 11'	Rattikan 41'
30.	24 January 2018	2018 Four Nations Tournament	Thailand	2–0	Vietnam	Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan	Taneekarn 83' Kanjana 90' (pen.)
31.	19 August 2018	2018 Asian Games	Vietnam	3–2	Thailand	Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung 22' Nguyễn Thị Vạn 33' Nguyễn Thị Liễu 40'	Suchawadee 30' (pen.) Pitsamai 79'
32.	27 August 2019	2019 AFF Women's Championship	Thailand	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Vietnam	IPE Chonburi Stadium 1, Chonburi		Huỳnh Như 93'
33.	26 November 2019	2019 Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	1–1	Thailand	Biñan Football Stadium, Biñan	Dương Thị Vân 45+1'	Taneekarn 87'
34.	8 December 2019		Thailand	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Vietnam	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila		Phạm Hải Yến 92'
35.	2 February 2022	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Thailand	0–2	Vietnam	DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai		Huỳnh Như 19' Thái Thị Thảo 24'
36.	21 May 2022	2021 Southeast Asian Games	Vietnam	1–0	Thailand	Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả	Huỳnh Như 59'

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