| Nickname(s) | Đội tuyển Việt Nam (Team representing for Vietnam) |
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| Association | Vietnam Football Federation | ||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||
| Asst coach | Mai Đức Chung Phan Thanh Hùng Lê Huỳnh Đức |
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| Captain | Phan Van Tai Em | ||
| Most caps | Nguyễn Minh Phương (71)[1] | ||
| Top scorer | Le Huynh Duc & Le Cong Vinh (30) |
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| FIFA code | VIE | ||
| FIFA ranking | 99 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 84 (September 1998) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 172 (December 2006) | ||
| Elo ranking | 120 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 118 (October 2009) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 175 (January 1995) | ||
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| First international | |||
| Philippines 2–2 Vietnam (Manila, Philippines; November 26, 1991) |
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| Biggest win | |||
| Vietnam 11–0 Guam (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 23, 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
| Zimbabwe 6–0 Vietnam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 26, 1997) Oman 6–0 Vietnam (Incheon, South Korea, September 29, 2003) |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals | ||
The Vietnam National Football Team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam) is the national football team representing Vietnam and is managed by the Vietnam Football Federation.
In the FIFA World Rankings, Vietnam's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in September 1998, at 84th. The team is currently ranked 99th in the World, 13th in Asia and 1st in Southeast Asia by FIFA (December 2011).
While Vietnam was split into North and South Vietnam, two national teams existed and both were controlled by similar Vietnam Football Associations. After the two countries unified in 1976 the VFA was renamed to Vietnam Football Federation. The team has no specific nickname. Fans and media call the team "Đội tuyển túc cầu quốc gia Việt Nam" which was often used in the past, especially in South Vietnam and the word "túc cầu" (football) is still often used today by many Vietnamese outside of Vietnam. Fans and media today normally call the national team "Football team representing Vietnam" (Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam) or "Team representing Vietnam" (Đội tuyển Việt Nam) for short. The word "bóng đá" is how Vietnamese say "football" today.
Vietnam is one of the most successful teams in South East Asia along with Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Winning the ASEAN Football Championship once and other small competitions and still improving today. Vietnam also a giant of Asia football in the past, beside South Korea, Japan.
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Football was introduced to Vietnam in 1896 by the French. It was first introduced in Cochinchina (Nam Kỳ); it later spread to other parts of Vietnam. The Vietnamese learned the game from the French before creating their own teams. On July 20, 1908, the first Vietnamese football teams with Vietnamese players had their first match where Phú Mỹ team defeated team Chợ Đũi with the score of 2-0. In 1928, Vietnam picked out the best team to compete in their first tournament in Singapore.
The North team was not very active and played only against other communist countries from 1956 to 1966. They had their first match against China PR where they lost 5-3 under head coach Truong Tan Buu. They participated in the first GANEFO competitions at Indonesia in 1962 and Cambodia in 1966.
The North team was the national team of Democratic Republic of Vietnam between 1949 and 1975. The team ceased to exist when the North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. For results after 1991, see the article Vietnam national football team (no matches were played between 1976 and 1990). Most of North Vietnam's international games were played against other socialist countries.
The South team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển túc cầu quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) was the national team of South Vietnam controlled by Vietnam Football Association (now Vietnam Football Federation) between 1949 and 1975. It took part in the first two Asian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing 4th both times. They won the first SEA games in 1959 in Thailand. The team also entered qualification for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. They played their last game against Malaysia in 1975 where they lost 3-0.
The only World Cup which South Vietnam entered was the 1974 tournament in West Germany. 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 4-0 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.
The team ceased to exist when the North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. For results after 1991, see the article Vietnam national football team (no matches were played between 1976 and 1990).
Vietnamese professional football league was launched in 1980 to redevelop Vietnamese football after a long period of civil war. V-League was the official name used since 2000-2001 season.
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 Vietnam Football Federation. Trịnh Ngọc Chữ, deputy minister of General Department of Sports, was elected president of VFF and Lê Thế Thọ was appointed general secretary.
The Vietnam national team was created once again and played their first match for 18 years against the Philippine in 1991 where they had a draw. In 2006, along with other South East Asian teams, Vietnam participated in the first Tiger Cup where they finished in third place. Vietnam hosted the second Tiger Cup in 1998 where they were defeated by Singapore in the final.
In 2007, Vietnam hosted the AFC Asian Cup for the first time along with Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. They beat the UAE 2-0 and drew 1-1 with Qatar in the group stage. Though they lost 4-1 to Japan, they were still able to go on to quarter-finals and were the only host and only South East Asian team to reach quarter-finals. In the quarter final they were defeated by the later champion Iraq.
In the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup, the successor to the Tiger Cup/ASEAN Football Championship, Vietnam defeated the defending champion Singapore 1-0 away from home in the semi-finals after a goalless draw in Hanoi. They also defeated Thailand 2-1 in the finals away from home. In the final 2nd-leg, Thailand scored the opening goal that leveled the aggregate score to 2-2, however Vietnam's star Le Cong Vinh scored a late equalised goal from Nguyen Minh Phuong's free kick, which gave Vietnam 3-2 aggregate win and its first title in the regional tournament.
Vietnam's previous kit manufacturers were Adidas and, from 2005 to 2008, Li-Ning.
Vietnam traditionally wear all-red with yellow accents. The away kit is all-white with yellow accents. Vietnam old away color is all-white with light blue accents which ended when Vietnam start using Li-Ning, the Chinese sport company.
Since 2009, Vietnam began to be sponsored by Nike. Nike supply training materials and uniforms for the national football teams and futsal team on a five year deal.[2]
The first two games with Nike, Vietnam wore a temporary away kit for matches with Lebanon and China PR in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
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My Dinh National Stadium (Vietnamese: Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình) is a stadium in My Dinh commune, Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam, has a capacity of 40,192 seats and is the centerpiece of Vietnam's National Sports Complex. It was officially opened in September 2003 and was the main venue for the Southeast Asian Games later that year, hosting the opening and closing ceremony as well as the men's football and athletics events.
The stadium is home to the Vietnam national football team, and hosts its home international matches.
Located in Tu Liem district, 10 kilometres north-west of central Hanoi, the 40,000-seat stadium is the second biggest in the country and was built at a cost of US$53 million. Arched roofs cover the grandstands on the east and west sides of the arena, providing shelter for half of the seats.
The area provides training facilities for the teams with two football training grounds conveniently located next to the stadium.
According to the Vietnam Football Federation, Vietnam have around 15 sponsors. Primary sponsors includes Nike, Yamaha, Panasonic. Local sponsor includes Eximbank, Petro Vietnam, Hoa Sen Group, Kova Paint, Boss Paint, Dong Luc Group, Viettel Mobile, Cuulong Steel, Thai Son Nam Group, Phan Lan Nung Chay Group, Canh Buom Do Group, Huu Lien A Chau Joint-Stock Company.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | Competition |
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| June 29, 2011 | Macau | W | 6 - 0 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round |
| July 3, 2011 | Macau | W | 7 - 1 | Macau, China PR | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification First Round |
| July 23, 2011 | Qatar | L | 0 - 3 | Doha, Qatar | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round |
| July 28, 2011 | Qatar | W | 2 - 1 | Hanoi, Vietnam | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Second Round |
| October 7, 2011 | Japan | L | 0 - 1 | Kobe, Japan | International Friendly |
| Name | Coaching career | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Achievements |
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| Falko Götz | June 2011 - December 2011 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup 2nd Round Qualification | |
| Mai Đức Chung | May 2011 (caretaker role) | |||||
| Henrique Calisto | June 2008–March 2011 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup Champions 2010 Thang Long-Hanoi Football Cup runner up 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup 3rd place 2010 Asian Games 2nd Round 2010 VFF SonHa Cup 4th place 2009 Southeast Asian Games runner up (U-23) |
| Alfred Riedl | Dec 2006 - Oct 2007 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2007 Asian Cup Quarter-final 2006 Agribank Cup runner up 2007 AFF Suzuki Cup 3rd place 2008 Summer Olympics 3rd Round Qualification |
| Edson Tavares | Feb 2004 - Dec 2004 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2004 Agribank Cup runner up |
| Alfred Riedl | Feb 2003 - Oct 2003 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2003 Southeast Asian Games runner up (U-23) |
| Henrique Calisto | Nov 2002 - Dec 2002 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2002 Tiger Cup 3rd place |
| Alfred Riedl | Aug 1998 - Feb 2001 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1998 Tiger Cup runner up 1999 Southeast Asian Games runner up |
| Colin Murphy | Oct 1997 - Oct 1997 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1997 Southeast Asian Games 3rd place |
| Karl-Heinz Weigang | 1995 - June 1997 | 1996 Tiger Cup 3rd place 1995 Southeast Asian Games runner up |
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| Trần Duy Long | 1995 - 1995 |
Match Date: 7 October 2011
Opposition: Japan (international friendly match)
Caps and goals correct as of: 7 October 2011
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| 1930 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1934 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1938 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1950 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1954 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1958 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1962 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1966 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1970 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1974 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1978 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1982 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1986 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1990 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |
| 1998 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 36 | 73 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| China PR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 |
| Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| North Korea | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Laos | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Macau | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 |
| Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Oman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Philippines | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
| Qatar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Singapore | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 15 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Syria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Thailand | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 34 |
| Turkmenistan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 160 | 62 | 32 | 64 | 262 | 246 |
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