Vietnam national futsal team

The Vietnam national futsal team represents Vietnam in international futsal and is governed by Vietnam Football Federation.[2]

Vietnam
AssociationVietnam Football Federation (VFF)
ConfederationAsian Football Confederation (AFC)
Head coachPhạm Minh Giang
CaptainTrần Văn Vũ
Most capsNguyễn Bảo Quân (100)
Top scorerNguyễn Bảo Quân (50)
FIFA codeVIE
FIFA ranking44 (12 May 2020)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking39 ( September 2016, September – November 2017)
Lowest FIFA ranking70
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
First international
 Italy 11–2 Vietnam 
(Singapore; 4 December 1997)
Biggest win
 Vietnam 24–0 Philippines 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 27 October 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Vietnam 2–14 Iran 
(Singapore; 5 December 1997)
 Vietnam 1–13 Iran 
(Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 19 February 2016)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2016)
Best resultRound of 16 (2016)
Asian Cup
Appearances6 (First in 2005)
Best resultFourth place (2016)

History

Beginnings

Futsal appeared in Vietnam in the early 1990s. In 1997, the first national team's squad was set up. In that time, all Vietnamese futsal players came from football such as: Nguyễn Hữu Thắng, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Lại Công Minh, Trần Minh Chiến,...The team joined 1997 Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal in Singapore. In this tournament, they were drawn in the same group with Italy, Iran and the host Singapore. They finished 3rd in group after getting 1 win against host [3] and 2 losts against Italy [4] and Iran.[5] After this tournament, the team was disband for many years.

2005–2008: Decline

After being inactive for 8 years since 1997, the national team was reformed and joined 2005 AFF Futsal Championship and 2005 AFC Futsal Championship which Vietnam was host.[6] The team finished 5/6 teams in AFF Futsal Championship 2005 [7] and the bottom of 2005 AFC Championship.[8] Vietnam failed to qualify for AFC Championship 2006 and 2007. The team also failed to reach the far from group-stage of the AFF tournament.

2009–2013: Regeneration

After these results in international competitions, the team decided to hire foreign futsal head coach. In 2008, Pattaya Piamkum was the first foreign futsal head coach. Vietnam reached to the final of 2009 AFF Futsal Championship which Vietnam was host,[9] the team's first ever in AFF Futsal Championship.

In 2010, Pattaya resigned and was replaced by an Italian head coach Sergio Gargelli.[10] The team qualified for 2010 AFC Futsal Championship, second continent tournament since 2005. In region AFF tournaments, the team got 2 silver medals in 2011 Southeast Asian Games and 2013 Southeast Asian Games, finish 2nd in 2012 AFF Futsal Championship.

2014–2016: Success in AFC tournaments and first FIFA Futsal World Cup

Vietnam (red) playing versus Uzbekistan a friendly tournament in Japan in 2016. The tournament was organized after Vietnam defeated Japan at 2016 AFC Futsal Championship.

In 2014, Sergio Gargelli stepped down as coach. Bruno Formoso Garcia became the new coach of team.[11] Vietnam qualified for 2014 AFC Futsal Championship, the third AFC competition. In this tournament, Vietnam reached to the quarter-final for the first time [12]

Vietnam also qualified for 2016 AFC Futsal Championship. The team got a win over Japan in quarter-final and reached to the semi-final for the first time. This result also make Vietnam qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia, their first FIFA tournament.[13] The team also reached to the knock-out stage after beating Guatemala 4-2,[14] losing Paraguay 0-7 and Italy 0-2. In Round of 16, they went to lose Russia 0-7.[15][16] The team also got FIFA Fair-play award from this tournament,[17] first FIFA award of Vietnam Football.

2017–present: the new stage

After 2016's success, Bruno stepped down as coach.[18] In 2017, Miguel Rodrigo has become the new coach.[19] The team is aiming to qualify for 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Vietnam played exhibition games in Andalusia against Spanish clubs during late February to early March 2019.[20]

Home city

The Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City is known as the capital city of futsal in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City had hosted all events of futsal those Vietnam won the hosting rights, since 2005.

This city also organises the Ho Chi Minh City futsal championships; national leagues and cups. They are the sources of futsal players for the national team.[21]

Competition history

AMF Futsal World Cup

AMF World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
1982Not a part of AMF
1985
1988
1991
1994
1997
2000
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total0000000

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
1989Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008Did not qualify
2012
2016Round of 164103518
2020To be determined
Total0 titles4103518

Futsal Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2009Did not qualify
2013
2014
2017
2018
2021To be determined
Total0 titles000000

AFC Futsal Championship

Asian record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
1999Did not enter
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005Round 162131319
2006Did not qualify
2007Did not enter
2008Did not qualify
2010Round 131021112
2012Did not qualify
2014Quarter-finals42021722
2016Fourth place62131933
2018Quarter-finals420277
2020Qualified
Total0 titles2392126793

AFF Futsal Championship

ASEAN record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2001Did not enter
2003
2005Group stage61051235
2006Group stage30031323
2007Fourth place52122227
2008Group stage3102912
2009Runners-up4211288
2010Third place4202135
2012Runners-up65012916
2013Third place64022619
2014Third place6411428
2015Fourth place63034421
2016Did not enter
2017Fourth place64115210
2018Fourth place52122110
2019Third place5311137
Total0 titles6533626324201

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2005Did not enter
2007Group stage3102610
2009Group stage3012918
2013Group stage211041
2017Quarter-finals5302125
2021To be determined
Total0 golds135263134

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2007Group stage200236
2011Silver42111513
2013Silver42021414
2017Bronze4211127
Total0 golds146264440

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix record
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2005Did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2014Sixth place3003417
2015Did not enter
2018
Total0 titles3003417

Friendly tournaments

Ho Chi Minh City Friendlies
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2013Third place310257
Total0 titles310257
JFA Friendlies
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2016Third place201129
Total0 titles201129
CFA Friendlies
Year Result Pld W D* L GS GA
2016Second place311178
2017Third place311176
2018Second place3201136
Total0 titles94232720
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

Honours

Players

Current squad

The following 14 players are called for 2019 AFF Futsal Championship in Vietnam .
Caps and goals are as of 26 October 2019 after the match against  Myanmar.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hồ Văn Ý (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 12 0 Thái Sơn Nam
14 1GK Nguyễn Hoàng Anh (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996 2 0 Sanna Khánh Hòa

6 2DF Phạm Đức Hòa (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 O Parrulo FS
7 2DF Vũ Quốc Hưng (1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 23 9 Đà Nẵng
11 2DF Trần Văn Vũ (Captain) (1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 78 43 Thái Sơn Nam
13 2DF Nhan Gia Hưng (2002-10-02) 2 October 2002 8 1 Cao Bằng

2 3MF Tôn Thất Phi (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 Thái Sơn Nam
4 3MF Châu Đoàn Phát (1999-03-14) 14 March 1999 Thái Sơn Nam
5 3MF Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng (1997-06-09) 9 June 1997 Thái Sơn Nam
9 3MF Trần Thái Huy (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 47 22 Thái Sơn Nam
12 3MF Nguyễn Thành Tín (1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 14 7 Thái Sơn Bắc

3 4FW Nguyễn Đắc Huy (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 Tân Hiệp Hưng
8 4FW Nguyễn Minh Trí (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 Thái Sơn Nam
10 4FW Vũ Đức Tùng (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 Thái Sơn Bắc

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 Ngô Đình Thuận (1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 Tân Hiệp Hưng 2018 CFA International TournamentRET
GK Nguyễn Văn Huy (1989-08-13) 13 August 1989 Thái Sơn Bắc 2019 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
GK Châu Thạch Khánh Cường (1994-08-28) 28 August 1994 Cao Bằng 2018 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE

DF Vũ Văn Khá (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 Thái Sơn Bắc January training camp
DF Trần Danh Phát (1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 Thái Sơn Bắc 2018 CFA International Tournament
DF Cổ Trí Kiệt (1995-09-04) 4 September 1995 Thái Sơn Nam January training camp
DF Khổng Đình Hùng (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 84 41 Sanatech Khánh Hòa 2018 AFC Futsal Championship
DF Ngô Ngọc Sơn (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995 Cao Bằng January training camp

MF Lê Quốc Nam (1993-11-14) 14 November 1993 Thái Sơn Nam 2018 AFC Futsal Championship
MF Đinh Văn Toàn (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 Đà Nẵng 2018 CFA International Tournament
MF Đoàn Văn Định (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 Sài Gòn 2018 CFA International Tournament
MF Nguyễn Anh Duy (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 Thái Sơn Nam 2019 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
MF Trần Quốc Tuyên (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 Đà Nẵng 2019 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
MF Nguyễn Hữu Thắng (1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 Sài Gòn 2018 CFA International Tournament
MF Vũ Xuân Du (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 Thái Sơn Bắc 2018 AFC Futsal ChampionshipPRE

FW Dương Ngọc Linh (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 Thái Sơn Nam 2018 CFA International Tournament
FW Đặng Anh Tài (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 Tân Hiệp Hưng 2019 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
FW Lương Thái Huy (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 Sài Gòn 2019 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
FW Chu Văn Tiến (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 Cao Bằng 2019 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
FW Trần Quang Toàn (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 Thái Sơn Nam January training camp


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

Coaches history

Nationality Coach Year Ref.
 VietnamUnknown1997–2007
 ThailandPattaya Piamkum2008–2010
 ItalySergio Gargelli2010–2013
 SpainBruno GarciaMarch 2014–September 2016
 VietnamBảo QuânOctober 2016–March 2017
 SpainMiguel RodrigoJune 2017–November 2019[22]
 VietnamPhạm Minh Giang (caretaker)4 December 2019–15 December 2019
 VietnamPhạm Minh Giang8 January 2020–

Results and fixtures

Results list Vietnam's goal tally first.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2019

21 October AFF ChampionshipVietnam 2–0 AustraliaHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7
  • Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng  28'
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí  37'
Report Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)
22 October AFF ChampionshipIndonesia 0–0 VietnamHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:30 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabiafshar (Iran)
11 December FriendlyVietnam 3–3 GuatemalaNakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
12:45 UTC+7 Stadium: Terminal 21 Hall
13 December FriendlyOman 1–3 VietnamNakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
12:45 UTC+7 Stadium: Terminal 21 Hall
15 December FriendlyThailand 3–1 VietnamNakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
15:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Terminal 21 Hall

2020

14 February Unofficial FriendlyVietnam 6–2 Málaga
18 February Unofficial FriendlyVietnam 1–2 Real Betis
22 February FriendlyVietnam Cancelled Saudi Arabia

Ranking in the Asian Football Confederation

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Updated to 4 February 2018

All-time Record

The record of Vietnam against other countries since the first official international match against Italy on 4 December 1997. Only official games were regarded.

As of matches played December 2019
Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
 ArgentinaCONMEBOL 200238−5
 AustraliaAFC81251829−11
 BahrainAFC211065+1
 BhutanAFC110063+6
 BrazilCONMEBOL 2101410-6
 BruneiAFC65014512+33
 CambodiaAFC53113316+17
 ChinaAFC105142824+4
 CroatiaUEFA 3003717-10
 ColombiaCONMEBOL 100126-4
 Costa RicaCONCACAF 100113-2
 Chinese TaipeiAFC530215150
 EgyptCAF 201147-3
 GuatemalaCONCACAF 211075+2
 Hong KongAFC3210142+12
 IndonesiaAFC155553835+3
 IranAFC50051156−45
 IraqAFC3003211−9
 ItalyUEFA 5014728−21
 JapanAFC7016928−19
 JordanAFC100136−3
 KuwaitAFC330094+5
 KyrgyzstanAFC200238-5
 LaosAFC53024511+34
 LebanonAFC211062+4
 MalaysiaAFC2210487273−1
 MaldivesAFC220092+7
 MexicoCONCACAF 110043+1
 MyanmarAFC109104713+34
 NetherlandsUEFA 1010220
 New ZealandOFC 110070+7
 OmanAFC110031+2
 ParaguayCONMEBOL 100117-6
 PalestineAFC110041+3
 PhilippinesAFC12110110113+84
 QatarAFC310258−3
 RussiaUEFA 2002213-11
 SingaporeAFC110021+1
 SloveniaUEFA 110064+2
 South KoreaAFC2200148+6
 Solomon IslandsOFC 110021+1
 SpainUEFA 200239−6
 TajikistanAFC2200185+13
 ThailandAFC20101926118−93
 East TimorAFC2200292+27
 TurkmenistanAFC210112-1
 UkraineUEFA 100113-2
 UzbekistanAFC71241525−10
Total 199 84 24 91 670 636 +34

See also

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