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 Vietnam
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Golden Dragons
(Vietnamese: Những Con Rồng Vàng)[1]
AssociationVietnam Football Federation (VFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachSouth Korea Park Hang-seo
CaptainĐinh Thanh Trung
Most capsLê Công Vinh (83)
Top scorerLê Công Vinh (51)
Home stadiumMỹ Đình National Stadium
FIFA codeVIE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current103 Increase 10 (12 April 2018)
Highest84 (December 1998)
Lowest172 (December 2006)
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)
Asian Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1956)
Best resultQuarter-finals, 2007

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 strongest teams in Asia and advanced 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 Communist Government of Vietnam continues to reject South Vietnam's historical legitimacy. Vietnam's home ground is Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi and their head coach is Park Hang-seo.

Currently, Vietnam is one of the most successful teams in Southeast Asia. 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. The team is currently ranked 103rd in the world, 16th in Asia and 1st in Southeast Asia by FIFA (as of 15 March 2018).

History

Early history

Main article: Football in Vietnam

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]

Two Vietnam era

Main articles: South Vietnam national football team and North Vietnam national football team
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, 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.[6]

Post civil war and redevelopment era

2008 AFF Championship champion second-leg finals starting line-up.[7]

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.[2] 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

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), the UAE and Qatar, Vietnam stunned all the predictions. They beat then-Gulf champions UAE 2–0 and drew 1–1 with another Gulf team, Qatar, in the group stage.[10] 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. In the quarterfinals, they were defeated by the latter champion Iraq by 0–2, but it remains as one of the best performance ever in Vietnamese football history.[11]

2008 AFF Championship triumph

File:AFFcup08vie.jpg
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.[12] 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.[12] 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.[12][13]

2009–15: Drought

File:Vietnam Senior Team.jpg
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: Hope and resurgence

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 first time in its history.

2019 AFC Asian Cup

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.

Team image

Kits

Kit provider Period Ref
Germany Adidas 1996–2007 [14]
China Li-Ning 2007–2008
United States Nike 2009–2014
Thailand Grand Sport 2014–2019
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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
1930 Did not participate Did not participate N/a
1934
1938
1950
1954 See South Vietnam national football team See South Vietnam national football team See South Vietnam national football team
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978 Did not enter Did not enter N/a
1982
1986
1990
1994 Did not qualify 8 1 0 7 4 18 Trần Bình Sự
1998 6 0 0 6 2 21 Trần Duy Long (5 matches)
Lê Đình Chính (last match)
2002 6 3 1 2 9 9 Dido
2006 6 1 1 4 5 9 Nguyễn Thành Vinh (first match)
Edson Tavares (5 matches)
2010 2 0 0 2 0 6 Alfred Riedl
2014 4 3 0 1 15 5 Falko Götz
2018 6 2 1 3 7 8 Toshiya Miura (4 matches)
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng (2 matches)
2022 To be determined To be determined To be determined
Total Best: None 0/21 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 10 3 24 42 75

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record Qualifications record
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1956 Fourth Place 4/4 3 0 1 2 6 9 2 0 1 1 7 3
1960 Fourth Place 4/4 3 0 0 3 2 12 2 2 0 0 5 1
1964 Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976 Did not enter Did not enter
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 13 5
2000 3 2 0 1 14 2
2004 6 3 0 3 8 13
2007 Quarter-finals 8/16 4 1 1 2 4 7 Host
2011 Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 6 11
2015 6 1 0 5 5 15
2019 Qualified 12 4 5 3 16 11
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.
See also: Vietnam national under-23 football team
Asian Games record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1951 Did not participate Did not participate
1954 See South Vietnam national football team See South Vietnam national football team
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978 Did not enter Did not enter
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 6 Alfred Riedl
2002 – present See 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
1996 Third place 3/10 6 3 2 1 14 10 Karl-Heinz Weigang
1998 Runner-up 2/8 5 3 1 1 8 2 Alfred Riedl
2000 Fourth place 4/9 6 3 1 2 14 6 Alfred Riedl
2002 Third place 3/9 6 4 1 1 21 12 Henrique Calisto
2004 Group stage 6/10 4 2 1 1 13 5 Edson Tavares (3 matches)
Trần Văn Khánh (last match)
2007 Semi-finals 3/8 5 1 3 1 10 3 Alfred Riedl
2008 Champions 1/8 7 4 2 1 11 6 Henrique Calisto
2010 Semi-finals 3/8 5 2 1 2 8 5 Henrique Calisto
2012 Group stage 6/8 3 0 1 2 2 5 Phan Thanh Hùng
2014 Semi-finals 3/8 5 3 1 1 12 8 Toshiya Miura
2016 Semi-finals 3/8 5 3 1 1 8 6 Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
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.
See also: Vietnam national under-23 football team
Southeast Asian Games record Coach(es)
Year Result Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1959 See South Vietnam national football team See South Vietnam national football team
1961
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1975 Did not enter Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991 Group stage 6/7 3 0 1 2 3 5 Nguyễn Sỹ Hiển
1993 Group stage 6/9 3 1 0 2 1 3 Trần Bình Sự
1995 Runner-up 2/10 6 4 0 2 10 8 Karl-Heinz Weigang
1997 Third place 3/10 6 3 1 2 9 6 Colin Murphy
1999 Runner-up 2/10 6 4 1 1 14 2 Alfred Riedl
2001 – present See 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 Cup Runner-up 2/4 3 2 0 1 4 3 Edson Tavares
2006 Runners-up 2/4 3 2 1 0 5 2 Alfred Riedl
2008 T&T Cup Runner-up 2/3 2 0 2 0 2 2 Henrique Calisto
2010 VFF Son Ha Cup Fourth place 4/4 3 0 1 2 1 5 Henrique Calisto
2012 VFF Cup Third place 3/4 3 1 1 1 5 2 Phan Thanh Hùng
Total Best: Runner-up 4/4 11 3 4 4 12 12

Results and fixtures

Main article: Vietnam national football team results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

Friendly
22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) Vietnam  1–1  Chinese Taipei Hanoi, Vietnam
18:00 UTC+7 Nguyễn Công Phượng 89' Report Lee Pin-hsien 84' Stadium: Hàng Đẫy Stadium
Attendance: 23,120
Referee: Nathan Chan (Singapore)
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round
28 March 2017 (2017-03-28) Afghanistan  1–1  Vietnam Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 UTC+5 Amin 69' Report Nguyễn Văn Toàn 64' Stadium: Pamir Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
13 June 2017 (2017-06-13) Vietnam  0–0  Jordan Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)
5 September 2017 (2017-09-05) Cambodia  1–2  Vietnam Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7 Chan Vathanaka 10' Report Nguyễn Văn Quyết 5'
Nguyễn Quang Hải 81'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 34,587
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
10 October 2017 (2017-10-10) Vietnam  5–0  Cambodia Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7 Đinh Thanh Trung 13'
Nguyễn Văn Quyết 56'
Nguyễn Anh Đức 60'
Nguyễn Công Phượng 76'
Mạc Hồng Quân 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) Vietnam  0–0  Afghanistan Hanoi, Vietnam
19:00 UTC+7 Report Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
Attendance: 28,580
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

2018

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Third Round
27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) Jordan  1–1  Vietnam Amman, Jordan
17:00 UTC+2 Abu Amarah 71' Report Nguyễn Anh Đức 24' Stadium: King Abdullah II Stadium
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
2018 AFF Championship
8 November 2018 (2018-11-08) Laos  v  Vietnam Vientiane, Laos
UTC+7 Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
16 November 2018 (2018-11-16) Vietnam  v  Malaysia Hanoi, Vietnam
UTC+7 Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium
20 November 2018 (2018-11-20) Myanmar  v  Vietnam Yangon, Myanmar
UTC+06:30 Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) Vietnam  v  Cambodia Hanoi, Vietnam
UTC+7 Stadium: Mỹ Đình National Stadium

2019

Friendly
31 December 2017 (2017-12-31)
or 2 January 2018 (2018-01-02) 		Qatar  v  Vietnam Doha, Qatar
TBD UTC+3 Stadium: TBD
2019 AFC Asian Cup Group D
8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Iraq  v  Vietnam Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
17:30 UTC+4 Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) Vietnam  v  Iran Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
15:00 UTC+4 Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
16 January 2019 (2019-01-16) Vietnam  v  Yemen Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4 Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium
  • 1 : Non FIFA 'A' international match
Matches in last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches

Players

Current squad

  • The following 23 players were called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Jordan on 27 March 2018.
  • Match date: 27 March 2018
  • Opposition:  Jordan
  • Caps and goals correct as of: 27 March 2018, after the match against  Jordan.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
23 1GK Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh (1990-07-31) 31 July 1990 (age 34) 11 0 Vietnam Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN
22 1GK Đặng Văn Lâm (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31) 3 0 Vietnam Hải Phòng
1 1GK Bùi Tiến Dũng (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa
15 2DF Quế Ngọc Hải (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 31) 27 1 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
17 2DF Vũ Văn Thanh (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) 16 2 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
4 2DF Bùi Tiến Dũng (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29) 10 0 Vietnam Viettel
2DF Lâm Anh Quang (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Vietnam SHB Đà Nẵng
21 2DF Trần Đình Trọng (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
2DF Hồ Tấn Tài (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
7 3MF Đinh Thanh Trung (Captain) (1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 36) 29 2 Vietnam Quảng Nam
14 3MF Lương Xuân Trường (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 (age 29) 18 1 Indonesia Persib Bandung
6 3MF Vũ Minh Tuấn (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34) 16 5 Vietnam FLC Thanh Hóa
18 3MF Đỗ Duy Mạnh (1996-09-29) 29 September 1996 (age 28) 7 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
19 3MF Nguyễn Quang Hải (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 (aged 20) 4 1 Vietnam Hà Nội
3MF Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy (1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27) 1 0 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
20 3MF Hồ Khắc Ngọc (1992-08-02) 2 August 1992 (age 32) 1 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
3MF Phạm Đức Huy (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Vietnam Hà Nội
2 3MF Phạm Xuân Mạnh (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
16 3MF Phan Văn Đức (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An
11 4FW Nguyễn Anh Đức (Vice-captain) (1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 (age 39) 26 7 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
9 4FW Nguyễn Văn Toàn (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28) 17 4 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
10 4FW Nguyễn Công Phượng (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 (age 29) 18 3 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
13 4FW Hà Đức Chinh (1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 27) 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 (age 34) 0 0 Vietnam Quảng Nam v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
GK Phí Minh Long (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Vietnam Hà Nội v  Cambodia (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Âu Văn Hoàn (1989-10-01) 1 October 1989 (age 35) 21 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Vũ Ngọc Thịnh (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32) 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 (age 32) 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 (age 32) 2 0 Vietnam Hà Nội v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Hoàng Văn Khánh (1995-04-05) 5 April 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF A Hoàng (1995-07-31) 31 July 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
DF Trần Đình Khương (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Vietnam Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN v  Jordan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Nguyễn Huy Hùng (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 (age 32) 15 1 Vietnam Quảng Nam v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Đỗ Văn Thuận (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Vietnam Sài Gòn v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Trần Minh Vương (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
MF Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 29) 8 1 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai v  Cambodia (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
FW Nguyễn Văn Quyết (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 (age 33) 50 13 Vietnam Hà Nội v  Afghanistan (2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier)
FW Hồ Tuấn Tài (1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 29) 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-seo VFF
Assistant coach Lee Young-Jin VFF
Assistant coach Bae Ji-won VFF
Assistant coach Lư Đình Tuấn TP Hồ Chí Minh
Fitness coach Nguyễn Đức Cảnh Hải Phòng
Interpreter Lê Huy Khoa VFF
Doctor Trần Nguyên Gíap VFF
Doctor Nguyễn Trọng Thủy VFF
Doctor Trần Huy Tho VFF

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[26] (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.

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 before 1975

As of 27 March 2018

Honours

Include the results of  South Vietnam before 1975

Continental

Regional

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

Other awards

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

See also

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References

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