South Vietnam national football team

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South Vietnam

1949/1954–1976
Nickname(s)	Rồng vàng (Golden Dragon)
Association	Vietnam Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Home stadium	Cộng Hòa Stadium, Saigon
FIFA code	VIE
First international
Hong Kong 3–2 South Vietnam  (Hong Kong; 20 April 1947)[1]
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)
World Cup
Appearances	0
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1956)
Best result	Fourth place, 1956, 1960

The Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa; French: Équipe du Sud-Vietnam de Football) was the national association football team representing the State of Vietnam and South Vietnam between 1949 or 1954 and 1976. The team took part in the first two Asian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing fourth both times out of 4 teams.

The team ceased to exist when the North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. No matches were played between 1976 and 1990 and the first tournament the combined team played was in after 1991. Football record agencies count the South Vietnam matches as part of the all-time record of the Vietnam national team while considering North Vietnam team to be a separate team for statistical purposes.^[1]

Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

World Cup Finals										World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1950	Did not enter
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	1	5
Total*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3	1	0	2	1	5

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	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
2	Japan	2	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3
3	South Vietnam	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5

Asian Cup[]

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

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

Southeast Asian competitions[]

The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

• 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)

Head-to-head record[]

Key

The list shown below shows the South Vietnam national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2
Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Cambodia	13	2	4	7	14	14	0
Hong Kong	10	4	2	4	16	12	4
India	11	2	2	7	8	17	-9
Indonesia	15	5	1	9	25	36	-11
Israel	4	1	0	3	4	8	-4
Japan	2	1	0	1	3	2	1
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Laos	6	5	1	0	24	1	23
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Malaya	11	6	1	4	16	29	-1
Malaysia	20	4	6	10	30	42	-1
Myanmar	12	0	2	10	8	25	-12
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	5	1	4
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Philippines	4	4	0	0	25	2	23
Singapore	19	13	5	1	48	26	22
South Korea	21	0	7	14	20	48	-28
Taiwan	10	3	3	4	18	15	3
Thailand	18	11	3	4	30	21	9
West Germany	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1

See also[]

• Football in Vietnam

References[]

External links[]

• South Vietnam - List of International Matches at RSSSF.com