Vietnam national football team

Vietnam
Nickname(s) Rồng Vàng (The Golden Dragons)[1]
Những Ngôi Sao Vàng (The Golden Stars)
Association Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)
Confederation Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Sub-confederation ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
Head coach South Korea Park Hang-seo
Captain Nguyễn Văn Quyết
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 102 Steady (20 September 2018)
Highest 84 (December 1998)
Lowest 172 (December 2006)
Elo ranking
Current 137 Decrease 1 (30 August 2018)
Highest 58 (October 2002)
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 February 2003)
World Cup
Appearances 0
Asian Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 1956)
Best result Fourth place (1956, 1960)
Southeast Asian Championship
Appearances 11 (first in 1996)
Best result Champion (2008)

The Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam) is the national football team representing Vietnam in international football competitions and is managed by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

During the late 1950s, known by the name South Vietnam national football team it was one of the four teams in Asia to advance 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. 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 VFF. FIFA considers Vietnam as the successor of South Vietnam team, despite the current government of Vietnam continues to reject South Vietnam's historical legitimacy.

Before 2003, VietNam's home ground was Hàng Đẫy Stadium. Then, the national team moved to Mỹ Đình Stadium -the new stadium built for Sea Games 2003. Therefore Vietnam's home ground is Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi and their head coach is Park Hang-seo.

In the FIFA World Rankings, Vietnam's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in September 1998, at 84th. It won the ASEAN Football Championship in 2008.

History

Early history

The introduction of football into Vietnam traced its roots in 1896 during the era of colonial French Cochinchina (Vietnamese: Nam Kỳ). At the early stage, the sport are only played among French civil servants, merchants and soldiers. The French then encouraged local Vietnamese to played football and several other sports that were introduced to them to divert their interest from politics which resulting the sport being spread to other regions, mostly the northern and central region.[3] On 20 July 1908, the newspaper Southern Luc Tan Van reported the match between two local Vietnamese teams for the first time. A first football guidebook then published in 1925 by a local Vietnamese doctor named Pham Van Tiec to attract the interest among Vietnamese youngsters.[4] By 1928, the Vietnamese had established the Annamite Sports Bureau and in the same year they sent a Vietnamese football team to compete in Singapore. More local football clubs then established in both northern and southern Vietnam although it was not until after the World War II that football clubs in the region started to become more organised.[5] It was the time Vietnam played their first ever international match, against Korea in Saigon which they lost 2–4.

Two Vietnams era

South Vietnam
The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games.
North Vietnam
The North Vietnam team in 1956.

Two national football teams then existed when Vietnam was divided into South Vietnam and North Vietnam. The team from the South participated in the first two AFC Asian Cup finals (1956 AFC Asian Cup and 1960 AFC Asian Cup) and finished in fourth place both times. They won the first Southeast Asian Games in 1959 in Thailand. The team also entered qualification for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, beating Thailand 1–0 to qualify the classification matches before losing their group opening matches by 0–4 to Japan and 0–1 to Hong Kong. Hong Kong and Japan then advanced but neither got any farther, losing play-offs for the next round to South Korea and Israel respectively. The team played their last game against Malaysia in 1975 where they lost 0–3. Meanwhile, the team from the North was less active, not being a member of either AFC and FIFA, often playing against other Communist states between 1956 and 1966. They had their first match against China PR where they lost 3–5 under head coach Truong Tan Buu. They participated in the first GANEFO (Games of the New Emerging Forces) competitions at Indonesia in 1962 and Cambodia in 1966. Both team ceased to exist when the North and South regions were combined together into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War; but North Vietnam remained not a member of AFC and FIFA before 1975.[6] Due to South Vietnam was a member of FIFA, the later unified Vietnam team is classified as successor of South Vietnam by FIFA.

1956 AFC Asian Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 321096+35
 Israel 320165+14
 Hong Kong 302167−12
South Vietnam South Vietnam 301269−31

Vietnam participated in the inaugural 1956 AFC Asian Cup as South Vietnam, and became the first ever Southeast Asian team to play in the Asian Cup. During the tournament, South Vietnam was placed with South Korea, Hong Kong and Israel. Throughout the tournament, South Vietnam managed to draw only Hong Kong 2–2, before getting defeated by Israel 1–2 and South Korea 3–5, thus winning fourth-place, Vietnam's first ever honor in international football.

South Vietnam South Vietnam2 – 2 Hong Kong
Trần Văn Tổng  30'
Lê Hữu Đức  64'		 Chu Wing Wah  59' (pen.)
Lau Chi Lam  79'
Attendance: 30,000
Israel 2 – 1South Vietnam South Vietnam
Stelmach  14', 27' Trần Văn Tổng  58'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tommy Tucker (England)
South Korea 5 – 3South Vietnam South Vietnam
Sung Nak-woon  5'
Woo Sang-kwon  41' (pen.), 58'
Choi Chung-min  57', 66'		 Trải Văn Đào  20'
Lê Hữu Đức  51', 63'
Attendance: 11,000

1960 AFC Asian Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 330091+86
 Israel 320164+24
 Republic of China 31022202
South Vietnam South Vietnam 3003212−100

Vietnam participated again in the 1960 AFC Asian Cup as South Vietnam for the second times, this time meeting again with South Korea and Israel, with debutant Republic of China. During the tournament, South Vietnam performed even worse than the first edition, when South Vietnam lost all three matches, 1–5 both to South Korea and Israel, and 0–2 to Republic of China. Again, Vietnam won fourth-place, and this has remained as Vietnam's best performance in the Asian Cup.

South Korea 5 – 1South Vietnam South Vietnam
Cho Yoon-ok  15', 71'
Woo Sang-kwon  27'
Choi Chung-min  47'
Moon Jung-sik  56'		 Nguyễn Văn Tu  70'
Attendance: 30,000
Republic of China 2 – 0South Vietnam South Vietnam
South Vietnam South Vietnam1 – 5 Israel
Trần Văn Nhung  68' (pen.) R. Levi  13'
Stelmach  18'
S. Levi  25'
Menchel  32'
Aharonskind  70'
Attendance: 15,000

Post civil war and redevelopment era

Vietnamese professional football league known as the All Vietnam Football Championship was launched in 1980 to redevelop Vietnamese football after a long period of civil war. 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 the formation of Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). Trịnh Ngọc Chữ, deputy minister of General Department of Sports, was elected president of VFF and Lê Thế Thọ was appointed as the vice-president.[8][9] The reunified Vietnam national football team then played their first match against the Philippines in 1991 where they had a draw.[10] 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 lose 0–1 to Singapore in the final.

2007 AFC Asian Cup co-host and revival

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 321083+57
 Vietnam 311145−14
 United Arab Emirates 310236−33
 Qatar 302134−12

Vietnam hosted the 2007 AFC Asian Cup for the first time along with Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Despite being ranked as weaker and only above Malaysia in the tournament, while before the tournament was considered to be ranked bottom in group B which contained Japan (then-Asian champion and leading Asian team in FIFA), then-Gulf champions the UAE and Qatar with the squad mostly made up from the players that won 2006 ASIAD football, effectively making Vietnam to face off over three champions on the same group. In spite of these hardship, Vietnam stunned all the predictions. They beat UAE 2–0 and drew 1–1 with another Gulf team, Qatar.[11] And though they lost 1–4 to Japan, they were able to go on to quarter-finals and were the only host and only Southeast Asian team to reach quarter-finals, creating a national atmosphere with the fairytale story of Vietnam. In the quarterfinals, they were defeated by the latter champion Iraq 0–2, but it remains as one of the best performance ever in Vietnamese football history since 1975.[12]

Qatar 1–1 Vietnam
Soria  79' Report Phan Thanh Bình  32'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Vietnam 1–4 Japan
Suzuki  8' (o.g.) Report Maki  12', 59'
Endō  31'
S. Nakamura  53'
Attendance: 40,000
Quarter-finals
Iraq 2–0 Vietnam
Mahmoud  2', 65' Report
Attendance: 9,720

2008 AFF Championship triumph

Scenes during the final of 2008 AFF Championship. Clockwise from top: Vietnamese supporters during Vietnam's triumph, Vietnamese team receiving the cup and Vietnamese team before the second leg final matches.

In the 2008 AFF Championship (which is a successor tournament of the Tiger Cup), Vietnam were held in Group B together with Thailand, Malaysia and Laos. Though losing 0–2 in their first match against Thailand, the Vietnamese team bounce back and defeating Malaysia by 3–2 before a large victory of 4–0 against Laos.[13] In the semi-finals, Vietnam hold the defending champion Singapore by 0–0 in a home match before winning 1–0 in an away match.[13] In the finals, they meet Thailand again and finally managed to defeat them by 2–1 in an away match before drawing 1–1 in a home match by a score from Lê Công Vinh through a free-kick by Nguyễn Minh Phương, thus winning the tournament with an aggregate of 3–2.[13][14]

2009–15: Drought

Vietnam team in the semi-final of the first leg of 2010 AFF Championship meeting Malaysia national football team.

Vietnam had continued its participation to seek the quests to become champions twice at the regional AFF Championship and to gain tickets entering the AFC Asian Cup. However neither efforts was successful in these tournaments and even during 2012–15, Vietnam suffered a serious setback at football. The repeated failure of the team has made some senior Vietnamese players to lose their confidence as the team remains poorly performing in international stage during these period.

2016–present

With the success of its youth teams, notably the Vietnam national under-20 football team and Vietnam national under-23 football team by qualifying the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup and reaching the final of 2018 AFC U-23 Championship tournament for the first time, this has brought a significant and positive influences to Vietnamese senior team. The senior team begun to play a better football than years ago suffering drought. During 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Vietnam, after managed two draws against Afghanistan and Jordan, had repeatedly defeated its neighbour, Cambodia, both away and home matches. Vietnam was having a big chance to qualify to an international tournament since the 2007 AFC Asian Cup which Vietnam was a co-host, if they didn't lose to Afghanistan later. On 14 November 2017, after managed to hold Afghanistan with a 0–0 draw, Vietnam managed to qualify to the AFC Asian Cup for the second time in its history. They later drew Jordan by 1-1 in March 2019 in their final match.

2019 AFC Asian Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 January 2019. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Vietnam was drawn into group D together with two Asian powerhouses, Iran and Iraq, as well as Yemen, effectively making Vietnam the only East Asian team to play in the group. Iran, similar to Japan in 2007 AFC Asian Cup, is the leading Asian team in FIFA and AFC rankings, thus repeating Vietnam's fate to share group with Asia's leading team again.

Iraq Match 8 Vietnam
Report
Vietnam Match 19 Iran
Report
Vietnam Match 31 Yemen
Report

Team image

Kits

Kit provider Period Ref
Germany Adidas 1996–2006 [15]
China Li-Ning 2006–2008
United States Nike 2009–2014
Thailand Grand Sport 2014–2019

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 previously sponsored by Nike, Adidas and Li-Ning. 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. Occasionally, the team wore blue and yellow jerseys.

Supporters

There are two major supporters for the national team, namely VFS (Vietnamese: Hội CĐV Bóng đá Việt Nam) which was founded in 2014 and VGS (Vietnamese: Hội CĐV VGS) founded in 2017.

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors includes:

Local sponsors includes:

  • Eximbank
  • Petro Vietnam
  • Hoa Sen Group
  • Kova Paint
  • Next Media
  • Dong Luc Group
  • Viettel Mobile
  • Cuulong Steel
  • Thai Son Nam Group
  • Canh Buom Do Group
  • Huu Lien A Chau Joint-Stock Company

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualifications record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930Did not participateDid not participateN/A
1934
1938
1950
1954See South Vietnam national football teamSee South Vietnam national football teamSee South Vietnam national football team
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978Did not enterDid not enterN/A
1982
1986
1990
1994Did not qualify8107418 Trần Bình Sự
19986006221 Trần Duy Long (5 matches)
Lê Đình Chính (last match)
2002631299 Dido
2006611459 Nguyễn Thành Vinh (first match)
Edson Tavares (5 matches)
2010200206 Alfred Riedl
20144301155 Falko Götz
2018621378 Toshiya Miura (4 matches)
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng (2 matches)
2022To be determinedTo be determinedTo be determined
2026
Total N/A 0/21 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 10 3 24 42 75

AFC Asian Cup

During 1950s to 1960s, South Vietnam was known as one of the best teams in Asia, with many prominent popular stars including Phạm Văn Rạng, Trần Văn Tổng, etc. South Vietnam won 4th places in both two first editions, the 1956 and 1960 Asian Cup.

Since reunification, Vietnam didn't enjoy much level of success, but it is still very notable when Vietnam passed through group stage in 2007 Asian Cup into the quarter-finals, the only host to do so. Vietnam later qualified to the first ever Asian Cup as an unified country, in 2019.

AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1956Fourth Place4/4301269201173
1960Fourth Place4/43003212220051
1964Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976Did not enterDid not enter
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996Did not qualify3201135
20003201142
20046303813
2007Quarter-finals8/16411247Host
2011Did not qualify6123611
20156105515
2019Qualified124531611
Total Best: Fourth place 4/17 10 1 2 7 12 28 40 15 8 17 74 61

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
1951Did not participateDid not participate
1954See South Vietnam national football teamSee South Vietnam national football team
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978Did not enterDid not enter
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998Group stage200206 Alfred Riedl
2002 – presentSee 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
1996Third place3/1063211410 Karl-Heinz Weigang
1998Runner-up2/8531182 Alfred Riedl
2000Fourth place4/96312146 Alfred Riedl
2002Third place3/964112112 Henrique Calisto
2004Group stage6/104211135 Edson Tavares (3 matches)
Trần Văn Khánh (last match)
2007Semi-finals3/85131103 Alfred Riedl
2008Champions1/87421116 Henrique Calisto
2010Semi-finals3/8521285 Henrique Calisto
2012Group stage6/8301225 Phan Thanh Hùng
2014Semi-finals3/85311128 Toshiya Miura
2016Semi-finals3/8531186 Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
2018Qualified Park Hang-seo
Total Best: Champions 11/11 57 28 15 14 121 68

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
1959See South Vietnam national football teamSee South Vietnam national football team
1961
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1975Did not enterDid not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991Group stage6/7301235 Nguyễn Sỹ Hiển
1993Group stage6/9310213 Trần Bình Sự
1995Runner-up2/106402108 Karl-Heinz Weigang
1997Third place3/10631296 Colin Murphy
1999Runner-up2/106411142 Alfred Riedl
2001 – presentSee 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 CupRunner-up2/4320143 Edson Tavares
2006Runners-up2/4321052 Alfred Riedl
2008 T&T CupRunner-up2/3202022 Henrique Calisto
2010 VFF Son Ha CupFourth place4/4301215 Henrique Calisto
2012 VFF CupThird place3/4311152 Phan Thanh Hùng
Total Best: Runner-up 4/4 11 3 4 4 12 12

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

Friendly
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round

2018

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round

2018

Friendly
AFF Championship

2019

Friendly
AFC Asian Cup
  • 1 : Non FIFA 'A' international match
Matches in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches

Players

Current squad

The following 30 players were selected for a friendly match against South Korea Incheon United, South Korea Seoul FC and South Korea Seoul E-Land on 22, 25 and 29 October 2018.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 11 0 Vietnam Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN
1GK Đặng Văn Lâm (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 3 0 Vietnam Hải Phòng
1GK Phạm Văn Cường (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 0 0 Vietnam Quảng Nam
1GK Bùi Tiến Dũng (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 0 0 Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa
2DF Quế Ngọc Hải (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 27 1 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
2DF Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy (1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 1 0 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
2DF Bùi Tiến Dũng (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 10 0 Vietnam Viettel
2DF Đỗ Duy Mạnh (1996-09-29) 29 September 1996 7 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
2DF Đoàn Văn Hậu (1999-04-19) 19 April 1999 3 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
2DF Trần Đình Trọng (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 1 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
2DF Dương Thanh Hào (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 0 0 Vietnam Than Quảng Ninh
2DF Phạm Văn Thành (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 0 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
2DF Lục Xuân Hưng (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 0 0 Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa
2DF Đinh Viết Tú (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 0 0 Vietnam Nam Định
3MF Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 36 4 Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa
3MF Đinh Thanh Trung (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 29 2 Vietnam Quảng Nam
3MF Lương Xuân Trường (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 18 1 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
3MF Nguyễn Huy Hùng (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 15 1 Vietnam Quảng Nam
3MF Nguyễn Quang Hải (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 (aged 20) 4 1 Vietnam Hà Nội
3MF Phạm Đức Huy (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 0 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
3MF Trần Minh Vương (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 0 0 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
3MF Đỗ Hùng Dũng (1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 0 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
4FW Nguyễn Văn Quyết (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 50 14 Vietnam Hà Nội
4FW Nguyễn Anh Đức (1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 26 7 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
4FW Nguyễn Công Phượng (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 18 3 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
4FW Nguyễn Văn Toàn (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 17 4 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
4FW Phan Văn Đức (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 1 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
4FW Nguyễn Tiến Linh (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 0 0 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
4FW Nguyễn Hoàng Quốc Chí (1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 0 0 Vietnam Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN
4FW Hà Đức Chinh (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 0 0 Vietnam SHB Đà Nẵng

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 Phạm Văn Cường (1990-07-19) 19 July 1990 0 0 Vietnam Quảng Nam v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
GK Phí Minh Long (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 1 0 Vietnam Hà Nội v  Cambodia (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Âu Văn Hoàn (1989-10-01) 1 October 1989 21 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Vũ Ngọc Thịnh (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 6 0 Vietnam Hải Phòng v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Đoàn Văn Hậu (1999-04-19)19 April 1999 (aged 18) 3 0 Vietnam Hà Nội v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Vũ Xuân Cường (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 0 0 Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Huỳnh Tấn Sinh (1998-04-06)6 April 1998 (aged 19) 0 0 Vietnam Quảng Nam v  Cambodia (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Sầm Ngọc Đức (1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 2 0 Vietnam Hà Nội v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Hoàng Văn Khánh (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 2 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF A Hoàng (1995-07-31) 31 July 1995 2 0 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Trần Đình Khương (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 1 0 Vietnam Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Nguyễn Huy Hùng (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 15 1 Vietnam Quảng Nam v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Đỗ Văn Thuận (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 0 0 Vietnam Sài Gòn v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Trần Minh Vương (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 0 0 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 8 1 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v  Cambodia (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
FW Nguyễn Văn Quyết (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 50 13 Vietnam Hà Nội v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
FW Hồ Tuấn Tài (1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 1 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)

Notes:

  • [a] Withdrew from squad.
  • 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.
  • PRE Preliminary squad.

Previous squads

Coaching staff

Position Name Notes
Head Coach Park Hang-seoVFF
Assistant coach Lee Young-jinVFF
Assistant coach Bae Ji-wonVFF
Assistant coach Lư Đình TuấnTP Hồ Chí Minh
Fitness coach Nguyễn Đức CảnhHải Phòng
Interpreter Phan Duy TuấnVFF
Doctor Trần Nguyên GíapVFF
Doctor Nguyễn Trọng ThủyVFF
Doctor Trần Huy ThoVFF

Managers

Coaches by years since 1991

Name Coaching career Pld W D L Achievements
Park Hang-seo October 2017 – present 2 0 2 0 Qualified 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Mai Đức Chung (Interim) August 2017 – October 2017 2 2 0 0
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng March 2016 – August 2017 16 8 6 2 2016 AYA Bank Cup - Champion
2016 AFF Championship – 3rd place
Toshiya Miura May 2014 – January 2016 14 7 3 4 2014 AFF Championship – 3rd place
Hoàng Văn Phúc 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[27] (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

Records

Most capped players

The list of the 16 players with the most caps for Vietnam.

As of 28 March 2018
Most capped players record
# Name Career Caps Goals Position Current club
1 Lê Công Vinh 2004–2016 83 51 FW Retired
2 Phạm Thành Lương 2008–2016 78 7 LM/LW Vietnam Hà Nội
3 Nguyễn Minh Phương 2002–2010 73 12 MF Retired
4 Lê Huỳnh Đức 1995–2004 66 28 FW Retired
5 Nguyễn Văn Quyết 2011– 50 13 FW Vietnam Hà Nội
6 Lê Tấn Tài 2006–2014 63 3 MF Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
7 Phan Văn Tài Em 2002–2011 50 7 MF Retired
8 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 2009– 49 12 MF Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa
9 Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 1993–2001 48 16 MF Retired
10 Nguyễn Vũ Phong 2006–2014 46 7 RW Retired
11 Huỳnh Quang Thanh 2005–2014 45 4 RB Vietnam Long An
12 Trương Đình Luật 2006–2016 45 0 CB Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh City
13 Dương Hồng Sơn 2003–2012 39 0 GK Retired
14 Nguyễn Quang Hải 2008–2016 39 7 FW Retired
15 Lê Phước Tứ 2008–2014 38 0 CB Retired
16 Nguyễn Việt Thắng 2001–2012 37 3 FW Retired
  • Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Top goalscorers

The list of the 10 players with the most goals for Vietnam.

As of 27 March 2018
Most goalscorers record
# Name Goals Caps Average First goal(s) Latest goal(s) Position Current club
1 Lê Công Vinh 51 83 0.61 20 August 2004 26 November 2016 FW Retired
2 Lê Huỳnh Đức 28 66 0.42 4 January 1995 23 December 2002 FW Retired
3 Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 16 48 0.33 FW Retired
4 Phan Thanh Bình 13 31 0.42 27 September 2003 10 December 2008 FW Retired
5 Nguyễn Văn Quyết 13 50 0.26 29 June 2011 10 October 2017 FW Vietnam Hà Nội
6 Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 12 49 0.24 31 May 2009 23 November 2016 MF Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa
7 Nguyễn Minh Phương 12 73 0.16 15 December 2002 2 December 2010 MF Retired
8 Thạch Bảo Khanh 10 22 0.45 20 August 2004 6 June 2005 FW Retired
9 Phạm Văn Quyến 7 14 0.5 15 December 2002 18 February 2004 FW Retired
Đặng Phương Nam 7 15 0.46 30 July 1999 FW Retired
Vũ Minh Hiếu 7 22 0.32 MF Retired
Nguyễn Anh Đức 7 26 0.27 24 June 2007 27 March 2018 FW Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
Nguyễn Quang Hải 7 39 0.18 FW Retired
Nguyễn Vũ Phong 7 46 0.15 15 December 2002 2 December 2010 MF Retired
Phan Văn Tài Em 7 50 0.14 21 December 2002 MF Retired
Phạm Thành Lương 7 78 0.08 8 December 2008 6 October 2016 LM Vietnam Hà Nội
  • Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Top youngest player

The list of the 5 youngest player for Vietnam.[28]

As of 6 June 2018
Top youngest player record
# Name Date of birth Age Matches Note
1 Phan Thanh Bình 1 November 1986 16 years, 331 days Vietnam  5–0    Nepal
(27 September 2003)		 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2 Đoàn Văn Hậu 19 April 1999 18 years, 140 days Vietnam  2–1  Cambodia
(5 September 2017)		 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3 Lê Công Vinh 10 December 1985 18 years, 183 days Vietnam  0–2  South Korea
(9 June 2004)		 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 Phạm Văn Quyến 29 April 1984 18 years, 213 days Vietnam  2–1  Sri Lanka
(27 November 2002)		 Friendly
5 Nguyễn Thành Long Giang 6 September 1988 19 years, 53 days Vietnam  0–5  United Arab Emirates
(28 October 2007)		 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Ranking in FIFA World Rankings

Ranking chart of the Vietnam national football team in the FIFA world rankings ranking

All–time record against all nations

Include the results of South Vietnam State of Vietnam and  South Vietnam before 1975

As of 27 March 2018

1 Includes the result of  Malaya

Honours

Include the results of  South Vietnam before 1975

Continental

Regional

1st, gold medalist(s) Champion (1): 2008
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up (1): 1998
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third place/Semi-finalist (6): 1996, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016
1st, gold medalist(s) Champion (1): 1959
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up (2): 1967, 1973, 1995, 1999
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third place/Semi-finalist (2): 1961, 1965, 1971

Other awards

1st, gold medalist(s) Champion (6): 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1974
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up (2): 1971, 1972
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third place (2): 1967, 1973
1st, gold medalist(s) Champion (1): 1966
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up : 2006
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third place (1): 2006
2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up : 2004, 2006, 2008
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Third place : 2012
  • AYA Bank Cup
1st, gold medalist(s) Champion (1): 2016
  • Dunhill Cup
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist (1): 1999

See also

References

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