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South Vietnam national football team

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Republic of Vietnam
1947–1975
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Rồng vàng
(Golden Dragon)
AssociationVietnam Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Top scorerLê Hữu Đức (9)
Home stadiumCộng Hòa Stadium
FIFA codeVSO[1]
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Hong Kong 3–2 French Cochinchina French Cochinchina
(Mong Kok, British Hong Kong; 20 April 1947)[2]
Post autonomy
 Taiwan 3–2 State of 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 Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) was the national association football team from 1947 to 1975 representing the State of Vietnam and later the Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as South Vietnam.

State of Vietnam joined the International Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954. The South Vietnamese football association was treated by these bodies as the only legitimate Vietnamese association, 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 representing it (future South Vietnam) appeared in 1949. After Vietnam gained independence from France and was divided in 1954, it existed side by side with a separate North Vietnam team, which represented the Communist-controlled northern portion of the country from 1956 to 1976. Unlike its southern counterpart, the latter 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.

The South Vietnam team played their last games at 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification in 1975 March, and ceased to exist after the Fall of Saigon on April 30, when the Vietnam War ended. The North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976, 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 record.[2]

Tournament record

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See also: South Vietnam national football team results

FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Brazil 1950 Did not enter Did not enter
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 1 5
Total — — – – – – – – 3 1 0 2 1 5

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

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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.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4 Advance to Zonal semi-finals — 1–0 1–0
2  Japan 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 2 — — 4–0
3  South Vietnam 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0 — — —
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Asian Cup

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AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 6 9 Squad 2 1 1 0 7 3
South Korea 1960 Fourth place 4th 3 0 0 3 2 12 Squad 2 2 0 0 5 1
Israel 1964 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 9 7
Iran 1968 4 2 0 2 4 4
Thailand 1972 Withdrew Withdrew
Iran 1976 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 1 10
Total 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
AFC Asian Cup record
First match  South Vietnam 2–2 Hong Kong 
(9 September 1956; Causeway Bay, Hong Kong)
Last match  South Vietnam 1–5 Israel 
(14 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
Biggest win None
Biggest defeat  South Vietnam 1–5 Israel 
(14 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
 South Korea 5–1 South Vietnam 
(19 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
Best result Fourth place in 1956 and 1960
Worst result None

Olympic Games

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Olympic Games record
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
Finland 1952 Did not enter
Australia 1956 Qualified, but withdrew
Italy 1960 Did not enter
Japan 1964 Did not qualify
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972 Did not enter
Total 0/16 – – – – – – –

Asian Games

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Southeast Asian Games

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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 1959 Champions 4 3 0 1 11 3
Myanmar 1961 Third place 3 1 1 1 8 2
Malaysia 1965 4 2 0 2 8 5
Thailand 1967 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 11 2
Myanmar 1969 Group stage 2 0 1 1 1 2
Malaysia 1971 Third place 4 1 2 1 5 4
Singapore 1973 Runners-up 4 1 1 2 9 7
Total 1 title 24 10 5 9 53 25
  • 1971: Pesta Sukan Cup (join-winners with India)[3]

Match results

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South Vietnam – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com

Head-to-head record

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Key
  Positive balance
  Neutral balance
  Negative balance

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
 Burma 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Myanmar 14 2 2 10 12 25 –12
 Cambodia 13 7 3 3 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 9 4 0 5 13 15 –2
 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
 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 19 1 6 12 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

Honours

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Regional

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Friendly

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jeffree, Iain. "FIFA Country Codes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "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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