North Vietnam national football team
| 1954–1976 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Association | Vietnam Football Association | ||
| Top scorer | Nguyễn Thế Anh Phan Văn Mỵ Nguyễn Viết Cầu (1) | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
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| First international | |||
 China 5–3 North Vietnam  (Beijing, China, 4 October 1956) | |||
| Last international | |||
North Vietnam 3–2 Cuba  (Hanoi, North Vietnam, 20 September 1970) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 North Yemen 0–9 North Vietnam (Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 15 November 1966) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
North Vietnam 0–5 Algeria  (Hanoi, North Vietnam, 22 November 1959)  North Korea 5–0 North Vietnam (Pyongyang, North Korea, 22 October 1959) | |||
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa) was the national team of the North Vietnam from 1954 to 1970 (1976). The team was not a member of either FIFA or the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
After the partition of Vietnam in 1954, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the North and the Republic of Vietnam in the South established separate national football teams. While the South Vietnamese team participated in FIFA World Cup qualification and the AFC Asian Cup finals, the North Vietnamese team did not join FIFA (in large part due to the political isolation and lack of diplomatic recognition of North Vietnam on the part of many other states) and mostly played against other Communist and Communist-sympathizing countries.[1]
History
North Vietnam's first international match was against China in 1956. North Vietnam's head coach, Truong Tan Buu, played a 3-2-5 (WM) formation but the game ended in a 3-5 defeat. The team recorded their first victory in 1960 with a 3-1 win against Mongolia.
The North Vietnam football team participated in both editions of the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO), finishing fourth in 1963, and third in 1966. It also earned third place in the football-only GANEFO event that took place in 1965.[2]
After North and South Vietnam merged into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1975, the new state apparently inherited South Vietnam's place in FIFA and the AFC. Vietnam, however, did not enter any more football tournaments until the 1991 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. Some football record agencies count the South Vietnam matches as part of the all-time record of the Vietnam national team, while considering North Vietnam to be a separate team for statistical purposes.[3]
Kit
The home kit of North Vietnam was similar to the kit of the Soviet Union consisting of a red shirt with "VIET NAM DCCH" across the front, white shorts and white-red socks.
The goalkeeper's kit was a black shirt with a white collar, black shorts and socks.
Head coaches
World Cup record
| FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 1950
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Did not enter | |||||||
 1954
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 1958
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 1962
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 1966
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 1970
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 1974
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| Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Asian Cup record
| AFC Asian Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 1956
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Did not enter | |||||||
 1960
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 1964
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 1968
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 1972
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| 1976
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| Total | 0/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Head-to-head records
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The list shown below shows the North Vietnam national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.[4] [5]
- Key
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
| China |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| Cuba |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
 Egypt |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
 Guinea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
 Cambodia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
 Indonesia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
 Laos |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
 Mongolia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
 North Korea |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -15 |
| North Yemen |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
 Palestine |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 55 | -11 |
Match results
This is a list of the North Vietnam national football team results.[6] [7]
- Key
Win Draw Loss
| Date | Opponent | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 October 1956 | China
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3–5 | China
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| 10 October 1956 | North Korea
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0–3 | China
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| 22 October 1959 | North Korea
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0–5 | North Korea
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| 28 October 1959 | China
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0–2 | North Korea
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| 22 November 1959 | Algeria
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0–5 | North Vietnam
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| 3 October 1960 |  People's Republic of Mongolia
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3–1 | North Vietnam
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| 8 October 1960 | North Korea
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1–3 | North Vietnam
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| 11 October 1960 | China
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3–4 | North Vietnam
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| April 1963 | China
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0–1 | Indonesia
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| April 1963 | Cambodia
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3–2 | Indonesia
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| April 1963 | Indonesia
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1–3 | Indonesia
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| November 1963 |  United Arab Republic
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1–4 | Indonesia
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| November 1963 |  Kingdom of Laos
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9–1 | Indonesia
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| November 1963 | North Korea
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0–2 | Indonesia
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| August 1965 | North Korea
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0–1 | North Korea
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| August 1965 | China
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3–3 | North Korea
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| August 1965 | Guinea
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2–1 | North Korea
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| August 1965 | Indonesia
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1–2 | North Korea
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| August 1965 | Cambodia
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1–1 | North Korea
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| 1966 | North Korea
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1–3 | Cambodia
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| 1966 | China
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0–2 | Cambodia
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| 1966 | Cambodia
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2–2 | Cambodia
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| 1966 | Palestine
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4–0 | Cambodia
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| 15 November 1966 | North Yemen
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9–0 | Cambodia
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| 20 September 1970 | Cuba
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3–2 | North Vietnam
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See also
References
- ^ S. W. Pope; John Nauright (17 December 2009). Routledge Companion to Sports History. Routledge. pp. 595–. ISBN 978-1-135-97813-6.
- ^ Erik Garin; Tom Lewis; Neil Morrison (12 November 2012). "Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) 1963-1966". ytyz.8u8.com, The Pyongyang Times, Realités Cambodgiennes, The Straits Times, La Stampa and Tanaka (Roon Ba). RSSSF. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "North Vietnam statistics". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31.
- ^ Barrie Courtney (12 December 2004). "North Vietnam - List of International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "North Vietnam statistics". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31.
- ^ Barrie Courtney (12 December 2004). "North Vietnam - List of International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.