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 South Vietnam (State of Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam-mostly, Republic of South Vietnam) and its predecessor from 1947 to 1976. South Vietnam joined International Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954, South Vietnamese football association was treated by these bodies as the only legitimate Vietnamese one as South Vietnam claimed sovereignty over all of Vietnam from 1949 to 1975. The South Vietnam team appeared under French Indochina in 1947 before a Vietnamese government reprsenting it appeared in 1949 (future South Vietnam), it existed side by side with a separate North Vietnam team after Vietnam gained independence from France and got divided in 1954, which represented the Communist-controlled northern portion of the country from 1956 to 1976, and which unlike its southern counterpart was never allowed to join FIFA or the AFC. South Vietnam took part in the first two Asian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing last both times.

Republic of Vietnam
1947–1976
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Rồng vàng
(Golden Dragon)
AssociationVietnam Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Top scorerDuc
Cu Sinh Le (6)
Home stadiumCộng Hòa Stadium
FIFA codeVSO[1]
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Hong Kong 3–2 Vietnam 
(Mong Kok, Hong Kong; 20 April 1947)[2]
Post autonomy
 Taiwan 3–2 Vietnam 
(Manila, Philippines; 1 May 1954)
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 South Vietnam team played their last game in 1975 and ceased to exist when the North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 after the end of the Vietnam War, with the Vietnam national team replacing both the North and South teams. The unified republic was allowed to keep South Vietnam's membership of FIFA and the AFC, resulting in the South Vietnam team's historical record usually being counted as part of the overall record of the Vietnam national team, while results for the North Vietnam team are not commonly included as part of the latter.[2]

Tournament record

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF 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 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)[3]

Match results

South Vietnam – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com

See also
  • Football in Vietnam

References
  1. Jeffree, Iain. "FIFA Country Codes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. 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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