Vietnam national football team

 Vietnam
Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam

Nickname(s)	The Golden Stars (Vietnamese: Ngôi Sao Vàng)[1]
Association	Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Captain	Lê Công Vinh
Most caps	Lê Công Vinh (83)
Top scorer	Lê Công Vinh (51)
Home stadium	Mỹ Đình National Stadium
FIFA code	VIE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	129 7 (24 November 2016)
Highest	84 (September 1998)
Lowest	172 (December 2006)
Elo ranking
Current	135 7 (3 December 2016)
Highest	58
Lowest	175 (January 1995)
First international
Philippines 2–2 Vietnam (Manila, Philippines; 26 November 1991)[2]
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 September 2003)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2007)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2007

The Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam) is the national football team representing Vietnam in international football competition 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 129th in the World, 18th in Asia and 2nd in Southeast Asia by FIFA (24 November 2016). During the late 1950s, known by the name South Vietnam national football team it was one of the four strongest teams in Asia and advanced into the final round of 1956 AFC Asian Cup, 1960 AFC Asian Cup, finishing 4th both times. The team also won 10th Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia, 1966.

Currently, Vietnam is one of the most successful teams in Southeast Asia along with Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. It won the ASEAN Football Championship in 2008. 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 Vietnam Football Associations was renamed to Vietnam Football Federation.

History

Early history

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 20 July 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.

North team

The North Vietnam football team in 1956.

The North team was not very active and played only against other communist and pro-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 1945 and 1975. The team ceased to exist when the North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Most of North Vietnam's international games were played against other socialist countries.

South team

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 and played 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 farther, losing play-offs for the next round to South Korea and Israel respectively.

Present team

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 1996, along with other Southeast 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.

2007 AFC Asian Cup co-host and success

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 Southeast Asian team to reach quarter-finals. In the quarter final they were defeated by the later champion Iraq.

2008 AFF Suzuki Cup champion

Vietnamese supporters during Vietnam's triumph

Vietnam Champions ASEAN Football Championship 2008

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 equalized goal from Nguyen Minh Phuong's free kick, which gave Vietnam 3–2 aggregate win and its first title in the regional tournament.

Kits

Vietnam's current kit sponsor is Grand Sport. The contract started in January 2015 which will end by the end of December 2019.

Vietnam was also sponsored by Nike, Adidas and Li-Ning, the Chinese sport company. Li Ning kit was worn during their Aff Championship in 2008 which they won the title for the first time.

Vietnam kit provider is last sponsored by Adidas from 1996 to 2007.

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.

Adidas (1996–2007)
1998–99 Home	1998–99 Away	2000–01 Home	2000–01 Away
2002–03 Home	2002–03 Away	2004 Home	2004 Away
2006–07 Home	2006–07 Away

Li-Ning (2007–2008)
2007–08 Home	2007–08 Away

Nike (2009–2014)
2009–10 Home	2009–10 Away	2010–12 Home	2010–12 Away	2012–14 Home	2012–14 Away

Grand Sport (2014–2019)
2014–16 Home	2014–16 Away

National Stadium

Mỹ Đình National Stadium

Mỹ Đình National Stadium (Vietnamese: Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình) is a stadium in Mỹ Đình commune, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, 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.^[3]

The stadium is home to the Vietnam national football team, and hosts its home international matches.

Located in Từ Liêm 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.

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors includes

• Yanmar
• Grand Sport
• Suzuki Vietnam^[4]

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

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Finals Record										Qualifications Record							Coach(es)
Year	Result	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not participate									Did not participate							N/a
1934
1938
1950
1954	See South Vietnam national football team									See South Vietnam national football team							See South Vietnam national football team
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978	Did not enter									Did not enter							N/a
1982
1986
1990
1994	Did not qualify									8	1	0	7	4	18		Trần Bình Sự
1998										6	0	0	6	2	21		Trần Duy Long (5 matches) Lê Đình Chính (last match)
2002										6	3	1	2	9	9		Edson Silva Dido
2006										6	1	1	4	5	9		Nguyễn Thành Vinh (first match) Edson Tavares (5 matches)
2010										2	0	0	2	0	6		Alfred Riedl
2014										4	3	0	1	15	5		Falko Götz
2018										6	2	1	3	7	8		Toshiya Miura (4 matches) Nguyễn Hữu Thắng (2 matches)
2022	To be determined									To be determined							To be determined
Total	Best: None	0/21	0	0	0	0	0	0		37	10	3	24	42	75

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup Finals Record										Qualifications Record							Coach(es)
Year	Result	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	See South Vietnam national football team									See South Vietnam national football team							See South Vietnam national football team
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976	Did not enter									Did not enter							Did not enter
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996	Did not qualify									3	2	0	1	13	5		Karl-Heinz Weigang
2000										3	2	0	1	14	2		Alfred Riedl
2004										6	3	0	3	8	13		Alfred Riedl
2007	Quarter-finals	8/16	4	1	1	2	4	7		Host							Alfred Riedl
2011	Did not qualify									6	1	2	3	6	11		Henrique Calisto
2015										6	1	0	5	5	15		Hoàng Văn Phúc
2019	To be determined									6	2	1	3	7	8		Toshiya Miura (4 matches) Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	1/16	4	1	1	2	4	7		30	11	3	16	53	54

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Asian Games Record										Coach(es)
Year	Result	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not participate									Did not participate
1954	See South Vietnam national football team									See South Vietnam national football team
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978	Did not enter									Did not enter
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998	Group stage		2	0	0	2	0	6		Alfred Riedl
2002 – present	See Vietnam national under-23 football team
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
1996	Third place	3/10	6	3	2	1	14	10		Karl-Heinz Weigang
1998	Runner-up	2/8	5	3	1	1	8	2		Alfred Riedl
2000	Fourth place	4/9	6	3	1	2	14	6		Alfred Riedl
2002	Third place	3/9	6	4	1	1	21	12		Henrique Calisto
2004	Group stage	6/10	4	2	1	1	13	5		Edson Tavares (3 matches) Trần Văn Khánh (last match)
2007	Semi-finals	3/8	5	1	3	1	10	3		Alfred Riedl
2008	Champions	1/8	7	4	2	1	11	6		Henrique Calisto
2010	Semi-finals	3/8	5	2	1	2	8	5		Henrique Calisto
2012	Group stage	6/8	3	0	1	2	2	5		Phan Thanh Hùng
2014	Semi-finals	3/8	5	3	1	1	12	8		Toshiya Miura
2016			4	3	0	1	6	4		Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Total	Best: Champions	12/12	56	28	14	14	119	66

Southeast Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2001.

Southeast Asian Games Record										Coach(es)
Year	Result	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959	See South Vietnam national football team									See South Vietnam national football team
1961
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1975	Did not enter									Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991	Group stage	6/7	3	0	1	2	3	5		Nguyễn Sỹ Hiển
1993	Group stage	6/9	3	1	0	2	1	3		Trần Bình Sự
1995	Runner-up	2/10	6	4	0	2	10	8		Karl-Heinz Weigang
1997	Third place	3/10	6	3	1	2	9	6		Colin Murphy
1999	Runner-up	2/10	6	4	1	1	14	2		Alfred Riedl
2001 – present	See Vietnam national under-23 football team
Total	Best: Runner-up	5/20	24	12	3	9	37	24

Vietnam Football Federation Cup

• (Vietnam and the U-23 Vietnam team take turns every other year representing as the host team.)

VFF Cup Record										Coach(es)
Year	Result	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2004 Agribank Cup	Runner-up	2/4	3	2	0	1	4	3		Edson Tavares
2008 T&T Cup	Runner-up	2/4	2	0	2	0	2	2		Henrique Calisto
2010 VFF Son Ha Cup	Fourth place	4/4	3	0	1	2	1	5		Henrique Calisto
2012 VFF Cup	Third place	3/4	3	1	1	1	5	2		Phan Thanh Hùng
Total	Best: Runner-up	4/4	11	3	4	4	12	12

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2016

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

Vietnam  v  Chinese Taipei

24 March 2016 2018 AFC 2nd round – Group F	Vietnam	4–1	Chinese Taipei	Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7	Vinh  8', 90+1' Toàn  29', 42'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Chun-ching  7'	Stadium: Mỹ Đình Attendance: 18,350 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Iraq  v  Vietnam

29 March 2016 2018 AFC 2nd round – Group F	Iraq	1–0	Vietnam	Tehran, Iran
18:30 UTC+4:30	Abdul-Raheem  45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: PAS Stadium Attendance: 2,160 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Friendly

Vietnam  v  Syria

31 May 2016 Official friendly	Vietnam	2–0	Syria	Hanoi, Vietnam
18:00 UTC+7	Vinh  34' Quyết  45+1'	Report		Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Vietnam  v  Hong Kong

3 June 2016 2016 AYA Bank Cup Semifinal	Vietnam	2–2 (4–3 p)	Hong Kong	Yangon, Myanmar
15:00 UTC+6:30	Vinh  57', 61'		McKee  48', 77'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Thant Zin Oo (Myanmar)
		Penalties
	Mạnh Hải Trường Tùng Quyết		Itaparica Sandro Leung Kwun Chung Ngue Roberto

Vietnam  v  Singapore

6 June 2016 2016 AYA Bank Cup Final	Vietnam	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Singapore	Yangon, Myanmar
18:00 UTC+6:30	Vinh  91' Quyết  98' Trung  113'			Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Khin Maung Win (Myanmar)

Vietnam  v  North Korea

6 October 2016 Official friendly	Vietnam	5–2	North Korea	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:00 UTC+7	Anh  33' Vinh  51' Thanh  63' Trường  85' Lương  90+3'		Pak Kwang-ryong  15', 53'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Indonesia  v  Vietnam

9 October 2016 Official friendly	Indonesia	2–2	Vietnam	Sleman, Indonesia
16:45 UTC+7	Zulham  26' Irfan  28'		Thắng  4' Tuấn  12'	Stadium: Maguwoharjo Stadium Referee: Khin Maung Win (Myanmar)

FC Seoul Reserves v  Vietnam

20 October 2016 Unofficial friendly	FC Seoul Reserves	0–3	Vietnam	Paju, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9		Report	Quyết  37', 78' Tuấn  50'	Stadium: Paju National Football Center

Jeonju University v  Vietnam

25 October 2016 Unofficial friendly	Jeonju University	1–1	Vietnam	Paju, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9	???  65'		Tùng  28'	Stadium: Paju National Football Center

FC Pocheon v  Vietnam

27 October 2016 Unofficial friendly	FC Pocheon	2–5	Vietnam	Paju, South Korea
15:00 UTC+9	50'  74'	Report	Quyết  33' Vinh  42', 58' Huy  75' Trung  79'	Stadium: Paju National Football Center

Vietnam  v  Indonesia

8 November 2016 Official friendly	Vietnam	3–2	Indonesia	Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7	Vinh  45' Phượng  71' Toàn  83'		Boaz  32' Irfan  52' (pen.)	Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Referee: Alongkorn Feemuechang (Thailand)

Vietnam  v Avispa Fukuoka

12 November 2016 Unofficial friendly	Vietnam	0–0	Avispa Fukuoka	Cần Thơ, Vietnam
18:00 UTC+7				Stadium: Cần Thơ Stadium Referee: Teerajit Sittisook (Thailand)

2016 AFF Championship

Myanmar  v  Vietnam

20 November 2016 Group stage	Myanmar	1–2	Vietnam	Yangon, Myanmar
18:00 UTC+6:30	Aung Thu  73'	Report	Quyết  24' Vinh  80'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 28,040 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Malaysia  v  Vietnam

23 November 2016 Group stage	Malaysia	0–1	Vietnam	Yangon, Myanmar
15:00 UTC+6:30		Report	Hoàng  80'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 2,542 Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

Vietnam  v  Cambodia

26 November 2016 Group stage	Vietnam	2–1	Cambodia	Naypyidaw, Myanmar
18:00 UTC+6:30	Vinh  20' Tola  50' (o.g.)	Report	Polroth  65'	Stadium: Wunna Theikdi Stadium Attendance: 685 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Indonesia  v  Vietnam

3 December 2016 SF1 1st leg	Indonesia	2–1	Vietnam	Bogor, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7	Hansamu  7' Boaz  50' (pen.)	Report	Quyết  17' (pen.)	Stadium: Pakansari Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

Vietnam  v  Indonesia

7 December 2016 SF1 2nd leg	Vietnam	v	Indonesia	Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7				Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium Referee: Fu Ming (China)

2017

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round

Vietnam  v TBD

28 March 2017 Third round	Vietnam	v	TBD	TBD
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Vietnam  v TBD

13 June 2017 Third round	Vietnam	v	TBD	TBD
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Vietnam  v TBD

5 September 2017 Third round	Vietnam	v	TBD	TBD
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Vietnam  v TBD

10 October 2017 Third round	Vietnam	v	TBD	TBD
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Vietnam  v TBD

14 November 2017 Third round	Vietnam	v	TBD	TBD
TBD				Stadium: TBD

2018

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round

Vietnam  v TBD

27 March 2018 Third round	Vietnam	v	TBD	TBD
TBD				Stadium: TBD

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2016 AFF Championship

Caps and goals as of 3 December 2016 after the match against Indonesia

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	20 December 1991	25	0	Sông Lam Nghệ An
22	GK	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	17 April 1991	2	0	Than Quảng Ninh
23	GK	Đặng Văn Lâm	13 August 1993	0	0	Hải Phòng
3	DF	Trương Đình Luật	12 November 1983	44	0	Becamex Bình Dương
13	DF	Trần Đình Đồng	20 May 1987	21	0	FLC Thanh Hóa
15	DF	Quế Ngọc Hải	15 May 1993	22	1	Sông Lam Nghệ An
5	DF	Đinh Tiến Thành	24 January 1991	16	1	XSKT Cần Thơ
2	DF	Âu Văn Hoàn	1 October 1989	16	0	Becamex Bình Dương
17	DF	Vũ Văn Thanh	14 April 1996	10	1	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
28	DF	Sầm Ngọc Đức	18 May 1992	2	0	Hà Nội T&T
25	DF	Bùi Tiến Dũng	2 October 1995	3	0	Viettel
11	MF	Phạm Thành Lương	10 September 1988	77	7	Hà Nội T&T
8	MF	Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng	14 April 1989	47	12	Becamex Bình Dương
18	MF	Đinh Thanh Trung	24 January 1988	22	1	QNK Quảng Nam
6	MF	Vũ Minh Tuấn	19 September 1990	12	4	Than Quảng Ninh
7	MF	Ngô Hoàng Thịnh	21 April 1992	13	2	FLC Thanh Hóa
14	MF	Lương Xuân Trường	28 April 1995	11	1	Incheon United
20	MF	Trần Phi Sơn	14 March 1992	3	1	Sông Lam Nghệ An
9	FW	Lê Công Vinh (c)	10 December 1985	84	51	Becamex Bình Dương
10	FW	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	1 July 1991	44	11	Hà Nội T&T
21	FW	Nguyễn Văn Toàn	12 April 1996	13	3	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
16	FW	Nguyễn Công Phượng	21 January 1995	10	1	Mito HollyHock
12	FW	Lê Văn Thắng	8 February 1990	9	2	Hải Phòng

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	Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh	31 July 1990	8	0	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	v Avispa Fukuoka (Unofficial friendly)
GK	Phí Minh Long	11 February 1995	0	0	Hà Nội T&T	2016 AYA Bank Cup
GK	Lê Văn Hưng	12 December 1987	0	0	SHB Đà Nẵng	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
GK	Nguyễn Thanh Diệp	6 September 1991	0	0	Đồng Nai	v Manchester City (Unofficial friendly)
GK	Nguyễn Hoài Anh	10 March 1993	0	0	Than Quảng Ninh	v  Iraq (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
GK	Tô Vĩnh Lợi	22 April 1985	3	0	FLC Thanh Hóa	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
GK	Bùi Tấn Trường	19 February 1986	7	0	Becamex Bình Dương	2016 First training camp
DF	Trần Đình Hoàng	8 December 1991	7	0	Sông Lam Nghệ An	v Avispa Fukuoka (Unofficial friendly)
DF	Nguyễn Minh Tùng	9 August 1992	4	0	Than Quảng Ninh	v Avispa Fukuoka (Unofficial friendly)
DF	Vũ Ngọc Thịnh	8 July 1992	3	0	Hải Phòng	2016 AYA Bank Cup
DF	Nguyễn Tiến Duy	29 April 1991	2	0	Than Quảng Ninh	v  Iraq (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Võ Hoàng Quảng	2 May 1987	2	0	SHB Đà Nẵng	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Huỳnh Tấn Tài	17 August 1994	0	0	Đồng Tâm Long An	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Michal Nguyễn	4 December 1989	2	0	Becamex Bình Dương	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Phạm Mạnh Hùng	3 March 1993	1	0	Sông Lam Nghệ An	v Manchester City (Unofficial friendly)
DF	Trần Chí Công	25 August 1983	7	0	Đồng Tâm Long An	v Manchester City (Unofficial friendly)
DF	Dương Thanh Hào	23 June 1991	0	0	Hà Nội T&T	v  Iraq (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Nguyễn Văn Biển	27 April 1985	27	2	Hà Nội T&T	v  Iraq (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Nguyễn Huy Cường	8 November 1986	5	1	Than Quảng Ninh	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Đặng Văn Robert	27 August 1984	0	0	Becamex Bình Dương	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Mai Tiến Thành	16 March 1986	12	1	Becamex Bình Dương	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
DF	Nguyễn Xuân Thành	22 March 1985	9	0	Becamex Bình Dương	2016 First training camp
DF	Nguyễn Thanh Hiền	16 April 1993	7	0	Than Quảng Ninh	2016 First training camp
DF	Đặng Quang Huy	12 May 1992	0	0	Hải Phòng	2016 AFF Championship provisional squad
MF	Nguyễn Huy Hùng	2 March 1992	10	1	QNK Quảng Nam	v Avispa Fukuoka (Unofficial friendly)
MF	Võ Huy Toàn	15 March 1993	9	1	SHB Đà Nẵng	v Avispa Fukuoka (Unofficial friendly)
MF	Nghiêm Xuân Tú	28 August 1988	0	0	Than Quảng Ninh	v Avispa Fukuoka (Unofficial friendly)
MF	Lê Hoàng Thiên	25 December 1990	2	0	SHB Đà Nẵng	2016 AYA Bank Cup
MF	Đỗ Duy Mạnh	29 September 1996	4	0	Hà Nội T&T	v  Iraq (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
MF	Nguyễn Hữu Dũng	28 August 1995	0	0	FLC Thanh Hóa	v  Chinese Taipei (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
MF	Nguyễn Minh Châu	9 January 1985	29	0	Hải Phòng	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
MF	Vương Quốc Trung	29 May 1990	1	0	Hải Phòng	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
MF	Hồ Ngọc Thắng	10 February 1994	0	0	SHB Đà Nẵng	v  Iraq (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
MF	Đặng Khánh Lâm	23 January 1984	2	0	Hải Phòng	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
MF	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh ^INJ	16 May 1995	7	1	Yokohama	2016 AFF Championship provisional squad
FW	Hoàng Đình Tùng	24 August 1988	6	0	FLC Thanh Hóa	v Avispa Fukuoka (Unofficial friendly)
FW	Nguyễn Hải Anh	15 September 1987	8	4	Đồng Nai	v  Thailand (2018 FIFA World Cup qualification)
FW	Nguyễn Anh Đức ^WD	24 October 1985	23	5	Becamex Bình Dương	2016 First training camp
FW	Mạc Hồng Quân	1 January 1992	11	2	Than Quảng Ninh	2016 First training camp

Notes:

• ^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

Squads

• 2007 AFC Asian Cup squads

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Technical Director	Mai Duc Chung
Technical Director	Hans-Jürgen Gede
Fitness Coach	Martin Forkel
Assistant Manager 1	Dang Phuong Nam
Assistant Manager 2	Dương Minh Ninh
Assistant Manager 3	Lư Đình Tuấn
Assistant Manager 4	Trần Hùng Cường
Assistant Manager 5	Đào Quang Hùng
Goalkeeper Coach 1	Nguyễn Đức Cảnh
Goalkeeper Coach 2	Võ Văn Hạnh
Doctor 1	Hideyuki Nakajima
Doctor 2	Nguyễn Trọng Thủy
Doctor 3	Đồng Xuân Lâm

Managers

Coaches by years since 1991

Name	Coaching career	Pld	W	D	L	Achievements
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	March 2016–	12	8	2	2	2016 AYA Bank Cup - Champion
Toshiya Miura	May 2014 – January 2016	14	7	3	4	2014 AFF Championship – 3rd place
Hoàng Văn Phúc (Interim)	January 2013 – April 2014	3	1	0	2
Nguyễn Văn Sỹ (Interim)	October 2012 – November 2012	4	1	0	3
Phan Thanh Hùng	August 2012 – October 2012	14	5	5	4
Falko Götz	June 2011 – December 2011	5	3	0	2
Mai Đức Chung (Interim)	April 2011 - May 2011
Henrique Calisto	June 2008 – March 2011	42	11	11	20	2010 AFF Championship – 3rd place 2008 AFF Championship – Champion 2008 VFF Cup – runner up
Alfred Riedl	2005 – October 2007	23	8	8	7	2007 AFF Championship – 3rd place 2007 AFC Asian Cup – Quarter-final 2006 VFF Cup – runner up 2006 King's Cup – runner up
Trần Văn Khánh[5] (Interim)	December 2004	1	1	0	0
Edson Tavares	February 2004 – December 2004	11	4	1	6	2004 VFF Cup – runner up
Nguyễn Thành Vinh (Interim)	January 2004 – February 2004	1	1	0	0
Alfred Riedl	January 2003 – December 2003	7	3	0	4
Henrique Calisto	August 2002 – December 2002	10	5	3	2	2002 AFF Championship – 3rd place
Dido	2001 - 2002	6	3	1	2
Alfred Riedl	August 1998 – 2000	32	16	6	9	1998 AFF Championship – runner up
Colin Murphy	October 1997	6	3	1	2
Lê Đình Chính (Interim)	1997	1	0	0	1
Trần Duy Long	1997	5	0	0	5
Karl-Heinz Weigang	1995 – June 1997					1996 AFF Championship – 3rd place
Edson Tavares	1995
Trần Duy Long (Interim)	1994–1995	1	1	0	0
Trần Bình Sư	1993	11	2	0	9
Nguyễn Sỹ Hiển	1991	3	0	1	2
Vũ Văn Tư	1991

All–time record against all nations

As of 3 December 2016

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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	6	6	0	0	33	5
China PR	6	0	0	6	3	20
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	10	3
Estonia	1	1	0	0	1	0
Guam	2	2	0	0	20	0
Hong Kong	6	3	2	1	11	7
India	2	1	0	1	3	4
Indonesia	21	5	8	8	23	28
Iraq	3	0	1	2	1	4
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	3	0
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	5
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	2	1
North Korea	7	1	3	3	6	9
South Korea	6	1	0	5	2	17
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	3
Laos	10	9	1	0	44	3
Lebanon	4	1	2	1	4	4
Macau	2	2	0	0	13	1
Malaysia	16	9	2	5	21	17
Maldives	2	1	0	1	4	3
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	1	0
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	5	0
Myanmar	10	8	1	1	35	10
Nepal	2	2	0	0	7	0
Oman	2	0	0	2	0	8
Palestine	1	0	0	1	1	3
Philippines	9	6	1	2	18	7
Qatar	6	2	1	3	5	14
Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2	0	9
Singapore	19	7	8	4	19	15
Sri Lanka	4	1	3	0	7	6
Syria	3	1	1	1	2	1
Tajikistan	2	0	0	2	0	8
Thailand	20	2	4	14	16	41
Turkmenistan	6	1	0	5	4	12
United Arab Emirates	5	1	0	4	3	13
Uzbekistan	2	0	0	2	1	6
Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1	0	6
Total	204	84	39	81	348	303

Honours

Continental

• AFC Asian Cup

Quarterfinals (1): 2007

Appearances (1): 2007

Regional

• AFF Championship

Champion (1): 2008

Runner-up (1): 1998

Third place/Semi-finalist (5): 1996, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014

Appearances (11): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

• Southeast Asian Games

Runner-up (2): 1995, 1999

Appearances (5): 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999

Other awards

• AYA Bank Cup

• Winners (1) : 2016

See also

• Football in Vietnam
• Vietnam Football Federation
• Vietnam national futsal team
• Vietnam national under-23 football team
• Vietnam national under-20 football team
• Vietnam women's national football team
• Vietnam women's national futsal team
• North Vietnam national football team
• South Vietnam national football team
• Vietnam national beach soccer team

Notes

References

1. AFC (19 February 2016). "2016 Five from Asia set for Colombia". fifa.com. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
2. "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
3. "Sân vận động quốc gia Mỹ Đình sẵn sàng phục vụ SEA Games". Tuổi Trẻ online (in Vietnamese). 2 September 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
4. "Suzuki Vietnam becomes main sponsor for National Team". VFF. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
5. "Vietnam coach quits". The Island. 4 December 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2015. "VFF also decided to appoint Vietnamese coach Tran Van Khanh for the job." (After Tavares resigned)

External links

• Vietnam Football Federation official site (Vietnamese)
• FIFA.com Vietnam's profile from FIFA website (English)