South Vietnam national football team

Association

Vietnam Football Association (VFF)

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Home stadium

Cộng Hòa Stadium, Saigon

FIFA code

VSO

First colours

Second colours

First international

South Korea 4–2 South Vietnam

(Sài Gòn, South Vietnam; 15 January 1949)
Last international

Malaysia 3–0 South Vietnam

(Bangkok, Thailand; 23 March 1975)

Biggest win

South Vietnam 10–0 Philippines

(Tokyo, Japan; 1 October 1967)

World Cup

Appearances

AFC Asian Cup

Appearances

2 (first in 1956)

Best result

Fourth Place; 1956

The South Vietnam national football 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 fourth both times. The team also entered qualification for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

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).

World Cup record

World Cup Finals									World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not exist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not exist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not exist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Total*	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	0	2	1	5

1974 World Cup Qualification

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hong Kong	4	2	2	0	2	0	+2
2	Japan	2	2	1	1	4	1	+3
3	South Vietnam	0	2	0	2	0	5	−5

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.

Asian Cup record

Asian Cup Finals									Asian Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1956	Fourth place	4	3	0	1	2	6	9	2	1	1	0	7	3
1960	Fourth place	4	3	0	0	3	2	12	2	2	0	0	5	1
1964	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	0	1	9	7
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	0	2	4	4
1972	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	0	4	1	10
Total	Best: Fourth place	4	6	0	1	5	8	21	15	7	1	7	26	25

Asian Cup Finals Results
Year	Round	Score	Result
1956	Round 1	South Vietnam 2 – 2 Hong Kong	Draw
	Round 1	South Vietnam 1 – 2 Israel	Loss
	Round 1	South Vietnam 3 – 5 South Korea	Loss
1960	Round 1	South Vietnam 1 – 5 South Korea	Loss
	Round 1	South Vietnam 0 – 2 Republic of China	Loss
	Round 1	South Vietnam 1 – 5 Israel	Loss

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1951	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Round 1	2	1	0	1	5	5
1958	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	8	5
1962	Fourth Place	5	2	0	3	12	8
1966	Round 1	3	1	1	1	2	6
1970	Round 1	2	0	0	2	0	3
Total	Best: Fourth Place	15	5	2	8	27	27

Asian Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1954	Round 1	South Vietnam 2 – 3 Republic of China	Loss
1954	Round 1	South Vietnam 3 – 2 Philippines	Win
1958	Round 1	South Vietnam 1 – 1 Pakistan	Draw
	Round 1	South Vietnam 6 – 1 Malaya	Win
	Quarter-finals	South Vietnam 1 – 3 South Korea	Loss
1962	Round 1	South Vietnam 0 – 1 Indonesia	Loss
	Round 1	South Vietnam 6 – 0 Philippines	Win
	Round 1	South Vietnam 3 – 0 Malaya	Win
	Semi-finals	South Vietnam 2 – 3 India	Loss
	Bronze medal	South Vietnam 1 – 4 Malaya	Loss
1966	Round 1	South Vietnam 2 – 1 Republic of China	Win
	Round 1	South Vietnam 0 – 0 Indonesia	Draw
	Round 1	South Vietnam 0 – 5 Singapore	Loss
1970	Round 1	South Vietnam 0 – 2 India	Loss
1970	Round 1	South Vietnam 0 – 1 Thailand	Loss

Southeast Asian Football

1959: gold medals in football SEAP Games (now SEA Games)
1 gold medal (1959), 2 silver medals (1967 and 1973) and 2 bronze (1965 and 1971) in football Sports Congress Peninsula Southeast Asia (SEAP Games)

External links

South Vietnam - List of International Matches at RSSSF.com

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam

Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹

South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen

Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen

Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)

¹ Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

Defunct and altered national football teams

Recognised as defunct by FIFA	East Germany Saarland South Yemen

Teams whose names and borders both differ from the present	CIS Czechoslovakia Ireland Malaya Mandatory Palestine Netherlands Antilles North Vietnam Russian Empire USSR South Vietnam Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro

For teams that have undergone name changes but no border alterations see here For teams that have undergone border changes but no name alterations see here

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