Global InformationVietnam national football team information
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| Nickname(s) | Những chiến binh sao vàng (Golden Star Warriors)[1][2][3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Kim Sang-sik | ||
| Captain | Đỗ Hùng Dũng | ||
| Most caps | Lê Công Vinh (83) | ||
| Top scorer | Lê Công Vinh (51) | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
| FIFA code | VIE | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 115  10 (4 April 2024)[4] | ||
| Highest | 84 (September 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 172 (December 2006) | ||
| First international | |||
as South Vietnam[a]: Hong Kong 3–2 Vietnam  (Mong Kok, Hong Kong; 20 April 1947) Post autonomy  Taiwan 3–2 Vietnam (Manila, Philippines; 1 May 1954) as Vietnam:  Vietnam 2–2 Philippines  (Manila, Philippines, 26 November 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Vietnam 11–0 Guam  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 23 January 2000) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
as South Vietnam: South Vietnam 1–9 Indonesia  (Seoul, South Korea; 4 May 1971) as Vietnam:  Zimbabwe 6–0 Vietnam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 26 February 1997)  Oman 6–0 Vietnam (Daegu, South Korea; 29 December 2003)  South Korea 6–0 Vietnam (Suwon, South Korea; 17 October 2023) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| Best result | Third qualifying round (2022) | ||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1956 as South Vietnam 2007 as Vietnam) | ||
| Best result | as South Vietnam: Fourth place (1956, 1960) as Vietnam: Quarter-finals (2007, 2019) | ||
| AFF Cup | |||
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2008, 2018) | ||
| Southeast Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1959 as South Vietnam 1991 as Vietnam) | ||
| Best result | as South Vietnam: Champions (1959) as Vietnam: Silver medals (1995, 1999) | ||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1954 as South Vietnam 1998 as Vietnam) | ||
| Best result | as South Vietnam: Fourth place (1962) as Vietnam: Group stage (1998) | ||
| Website | vff.org.vn | ||
The Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam) represents Vietnam in men's international senior football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation, the governing body of football in Vietnam. It has been nicknamed the Golden Star Warriors.
Football was introduced to Vietnam by the French in the late 19th century during the French colonial period and Vietnam (future South Vietnam) played their first game in 1947. However, because various conflicts occurred in the country throughout the 20th century,[6][7] Vietnam was split into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (representing the communist-controlled North) and the State of Vietnam, later the Republic of Vietnam and Republic of South Vietnam (representing the capitalist-controlled South), beginning in 1954. As a result, two national teams (one for the North and one for the South) existed simultaneously and were controlled by separate governing bodies. While South Vietnam became a member of both International Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954, North Vietnam never held memberships in either. After North and South were unified into a single country in 1976, the separate governing bodies were combined into the Vietnam Football Federation.[8] However, the current unified Vietnam also inherited South Vietnam's membership in FIFA, therefore Vietnamese team is considered a successor to the South Vietnamese team, while North Vietnamese team is considered a separate team for statistical purposes.[9]
For the first years of its history, reunified Vietnam experienced a prolonged international football hiatus and no national team matches were played between unification in 1976 and participation in the Southeast Asian Games football tournament of 1991. This tournament marked the re-integration of Vietnam into international football, with the Vietnam national team subsequently achieving moderate success in Southeast Asia and reaching the final round of the World Cup qualification in 2022. Vietnam also reached the quarter-finals of the AFC Asian Cup twice, in 2007 and in 2019.
- ^ Linh Pham (20 January 2019). "Vietnam football team: when Golden Star Warriors get emboldened". hanoitimes.vn. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ VFF (25 May 2021). "Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Xuân Phúc chúc các chiến binh sao vàng giành vé vào vòng loại thứ ba World Cup 2022" (in Vietnamese). vff.org.vn. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Liên đoàn Bóng đá Việt Nam – VFF" (in Vietnamese). 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 – via Facebook.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Agathe Larcher-Goscha (2009). "Du Football au Vietnam (1905–1949) : colonialisme, culture sportive et sociabilités en jeux" [Football in Vietnam (1905–1949): colonialism, sports culture and sociabilities in games]. Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire (in French). 96 (364): 61–89. doi:10.3406/outre.2009.4414. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019 – via Persée.
- ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal. 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ Scott Sommerville (16 November 2017). "The Reunification Game that brought North and South Vietnam together". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "World Football Elo Ratings".
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