| Organiser(s) | SEAGF AFF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 (men) 1985 (women) |
| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Teams | at most 11 (men) at most 11 (women) |
| Current champions |  Vietnam(men; 4th title) Philippines(women; 1st title) |
| Most championships |  Thailand(men; 16 titles) Vietnam(women; 8 titles) |
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Football has been part of theSEA Games sport since the 1959 edition. The women's football competition was held for the first time in 1985 in Thailand.
From the2001 SEA Games to the2015 SEA Games and again since2021 SEA Games, the men's teams was restricted to under-23 plus additional three over-23 players maximum for each squad.
Since the2017 SEA Games, the age limit for men's teams is under-22. At the2019 SEA Games, two over-aged players were allowed for each team while the2023 edition and2025 edition saw no overage players allowed.
Thailand and Vietnam are the only two nations to have won both the men's and women's gold medals in a Southeast Asian Games football tournament. Thailand achieved this feat five times (in 1985, 1995, 1997, 2007, and 2013), while Vietnam accomplished it twice in 2019 and 2021.
| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | ||||
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| Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | ||
| 1959 Details | Bangkok |  South Vietnam | 3–1 | Thailand |  Malaya | 1 |  Burma |
| 1961 Details | Rangoon | Malaya | 2–0 | Burma | South Vietnam Thailand | 1–12 | |
| 1965 Details |  Kuala Lumpur | Burma Thailand | 2–22 | South Vietnam | 2–0 | Malaysia | |
| 1967 Details | Bangkok | Burma | 2–1 | South Vietnam | Thailand | 5–2 |  Laos |
| 1969 Details | Rangoon | Burma | 3–0 | Thailand | Laos Malaysia | 3 | |
| 1971 Details | Kuala Lumpur | Burma | 2–1 | Malaysia | South Vietnam Thailand | 0–02 | |
| 1973 Details |  Singapore | Burma | 3–2 | South Vietnam | Malaysia | 3–0 | Singapore |
| 1975 Details | Bangkok | Thailand | 2–1 | Malaysia |  Burma Singapore | 2–2 (a.e.t.)2 | |
1 Decided by round-robin standings.
2 The title was shared.
3 There was no bronze medal game held.
4 Indonesia did not turn up at the appointed time. After waiting for 15 minutes the referee called off the game and reported to the technical committee which awarded the bronze to Burma.
5 Decided by round-robin standings.
6 The 1985 tournament featured only three teams, and as a result, no fourth place was awarded.
| Year | Host | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | |||||||
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| Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
| 1985 Details | Bangkok | Thailand | (RR)1 | Singapore |  Philippines | 6 | ||||
| 1995 Details | Chiang Mai | Thailand | 1–0 | Malaysia | Myanmar | (RR)1 |  Philippines | |||
| 1997 Details |  Jakarta | Thailand | 5–1 | Myanmar | Vietnam | 2–0 | Indonesia | |||
| 2001 Details | Kuala Lumpur | Vietnam | 4–0 | Thailand | Myanmar | 3–0 | Indonesia | |||
| 2003 Details | Hải Phòng Nam Định | Vietnam | 2–1 | Myanmar | Thailand | 6–1 | Malaysia | |||
| 2005 Details | Marikina | Vietnam | 1–0 | Myanmar | Thailand | (RR)1 | Philippines | |||
| 2007 Details | Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand | 2–0 | Vietnam | Myanmar | 5–0 |  Laos | |||
| 2009 Details | Vientiane | Vietnam | 0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–0 (p) | Thailand | Myanmar | (RR)1 | Laos | |||
| 2013 Details |  Mandalay | Thailand | 2–1 | Vietnam | Myanmar | 6–0 | Malaysia | |||
| 2017 Details | Kuala Lumpur | Vietnam | (RR)1 | Thailand | Myanmar | (RR)1 | Philippines | |||
| 2019 Details | Manila Biñan | Vietnam | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Thailand | Myanmar | 2–1 | Philippines | |||
| 2021 Details | Quảng Ninh | Vietnam | 1–0 | Thailand | Philippines | 2–1 | Myanmar | |||
| 2023 Details |  Phnom Penh | Vietnam | 2–0 | Myanmar | Thailand | 6–0 | Cambodia | |||
| 2025 Details | Chonburi | Philippines | 0–0 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (p) | Vietnam | Thailand | 2–0 | Indonesia | |||
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 16 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 2 | Malaysia [1] | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Myanmar [2] | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Vietnam [3] | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Singapore | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | Laos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 34 | 32 | 37 | 103 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Thailand | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Myanmar | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 21 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 12 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Myanmar | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Singapore | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | Laos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 48 | 46 | 51 | 145 | |
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