Vietnam national football team

Vietnam
Association	Vietnam Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Henrique Calisto
Captain	Nguyen Minh Phuong
Most caps	Le Huynh Đuc (63)
Top scorer	Le Huynh Đuc (30)
Home stadium	My Dinh National Stadium
FIFA code	VIE
FIFA ranking	131
Highest FIFA ranking	84 (September 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	172 (December 2006)
Elo ranking	121
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	South Vietnam 2 - 4 South Korea ; (South Vietnam, 15 January 1949); China 5 - 3 North Vietnam ; (China, October 4, 1956); Philippines 2 - 2 Vietnam ; (Philippines; November 26, 1991)
Biggest win
	Vietnam 11 - 0 Guam ; (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 23, 2000)
Biggest defeat
	Zimbabwe 6 - 0 Vietnam ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 26, 1997); Oman 6 - 0 Vietnam ; (Incheon, South Korea, September 29, 2003)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2007)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 2007

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The Vietnam national football team is the national team of Vietnam and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.

When Vietnam was split into North Vietnam and South Vietnam, two national teams existed; the North Vietnamese team was not very active, playing almost exclusively against other Communist countries between 1956 and 1966 whilst the South Vietnamese team took part in the first two Asian Cups finals, finishing fourth both times. South Vietnam played their last match in 1975, but the unified Vietnam national team only started playing in 1991.

In the 2008 edition of the ASEAN Football Championship, Vietnam soundly defeated Thailand 3-2 on aggregate (first match 2-1, second match 1-1) in the final round to obtain its maiden international title. Exactly 10 years before, Vietnam was defeated 1-0 by the unfancied Singaporeans in Hanoi, in one of the biggest shocks in the tournament history.

The biggest achievements of the team were the reaching the quarterfinal of the Asian Cup 2007 and the winning of the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.

[edit] World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Asian Cup record

Vietnam's Asian Cup record (Include South Vietnam national football team).

AFC Asian Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1956	Fourth Place	3	0	1	2	6	9
1960	Fourth Place	3	0	0	3	3	13
1964	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Quarter-final	4	1	1	2	4	7
2011	To Play
Total	Best Result: Fourth Place

[edit] ASEAN Football Championship record

This is Vietnam national football team's record at ASEAN Football Championship since 1996.

ASEAN Football Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Third Place	5	3	2	1	13	8
1998	Runner-up	5	3	1	1	8	2
2000	Fourth Place	6	3	1	2	14	5
2002	Third Place	6	4	1	1	21	15
2004	Round 1	4	2	1	1	13	4
2007	Semi-final	5	1	3	1	10	3
2008	Champions	7	4	2	1	11	6
Total	Best Result: Champions

[edit] Other record

King's Cup 2006 - Runner Up
Merdeka Cup 1966 - Champion (South Vietnam national football team)
Merdeka Cup 2008 - Champion (U-22 Team)

[edit] Coaches

Head coach : Henrique Calisto
Assistant coach : Phan Thanh Hùng, Trần Văn Khánh, Nguyễn Văn Hiệp

[edit] Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Goals	Club
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Duong Hong Son	20 November 1982	0	T&T Hà Nội
	GK	Dinh Hoang La	20 October 1979	0	XM The Vissai NB
15	GK	Bui Quang Huy	24 July 1982	0	Nam Dinh F.C.
20	GK	Tran Duc Cuong	20 May 1985	0	Da Nang F.C.
Defenders
2	DF	Doan Viet Cuong	1 January 1985	0	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
3	DF	Nguyen Minh Duc	14 September 1983	0	P. Sông Lam Nghệ An
4	DF	Le Phuoc Tu	15 April 1984	0	Thể Công
6	DF	Phan Thanh Giang	3 October 1981	0	Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.
7	DF	Vu Nhu Thanh	28 August 1981	0	Bình Dương F.C.
11	DF	Le Quang Cuong	2 January 1983	0	Da Nang F.C.
16	DF	Huynh Quang Thanh	4 June 1984	2	Bình Dương F.C.
Midfielders
5	MF	Nguyen Minh Chau	9 January 1985	0	Xi Măng Hải Phòng FC
12	MF	Nguyen Minh Phuong	5 July 1980	9	Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.
14	MF	Le Tan Tai	4 January 1984	1	Khatoco Khánh Hoà
17	MF	Nguyen Vu Phong	6 February 1985	5	Bình Dương F.C.
19	MF	Pham Thanh Luong	10 September 1988	2	Hà Nội ACB
22	MF	Phan Van Tai Em (Vice-Captain)	23 April 1982	5	Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.
28	MF	Dinh Hoang Max	14 December 1986	0	XM The Vissai NB
Strikers
9	FW	Le Cong Vinh	10 December 1986	25	T&T Hà Nội
13	FW	Nguyen Quang Hai	1 November 1985	1	Khatoco Khánh Hoà
18	FW	Phan Thanh Binh	1 November 1986	16	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
21	FW	Nguyen Viet Thang	13 September 1981	3	Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.
32	FW	Huynh Kesley Alves	23 December 1981	0	Bình Dương F.C.

[edit] Kits

Vietnam traditionally wore all-red kits. The away kit is mostly white with navy blue accents.

Vietnam previous kit sponsors were Adidas and Li-Ning. Li-Ning was Vietnam's sponsor since 2005 to 2008. The last game Vietnam wore Li-Ning kit was the second leg final of the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.

From 2009, Vietnam will start to use a Nike kit for 5 years. Nike will supply training materials and uniforms for the national football teams and futsal team. ^[1]

[edit] Vietnam all time record against all nations

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Albania	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5	0%
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0%
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	100%
Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	50%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0%
Cambodia	5	5	0	0	31	4	+27	100%
China PR	4	0	0	4	2	15	-13	0%
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100%
Hong Kong	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	0%
India	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Lebanon	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	66.6%
Malaysia	7	3	1	3	6	7	-1	43%
Maldives	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	50%
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100%
Myanmar	6	4	1	1	18	7	+11	66%
Nepal	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100%
Oman	2	0	0	2	0	8	-8	0%
Qatar	3	0	1	2	1	9	-8	0%
Singapore	12	4	4	4	9	10	-1	33%
Sri Lanka	4	1	3	0	7	6	+1	25%
Thailand	14	2	2	10	11	28	-17	14,3%
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	33%
Tajikistan	2	0	0	2	0	8	-8	0%
Turkmenistan	4	0	0	4	3	11	-8	0%
Korea Republic	4	1	0	3	2	9	-7	25%
Total	76	28	15	33	115	113	+2	36,84%