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| 1949–1975 | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Rồng vàng (Golden Dragon) | ||
| Association | Vietnam Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Nguyễn Thành Sự (last)[1] | ||
| Top scorer | Lê Hữu Đức (9) | ||
| Home stadium | Cộng Hòa Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | VSO[2] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Vietnam[a] 3–3South Korea  (Saigon,French Cochinchina; 16 January 1949)[3][4] | |||
| Last international | |||
 Malaysia 3–0South Vietnam (Bangkok,Thailand; 23 March 1975) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
South Vietnam 10–0Philippines  (Tokyo,Japan; 1 October 1967) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
South Vietnam 1–9Indonesia  (Seoul,South Korea; 4 May 1971) | |||
| AFC Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in1956) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place,1956,1960 | ||
TheRepublic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) or theState of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese:Đội tuyển bóng đá Quốc gia Việt Nam) was the nationalfootball team from 1949 to 1975 representing theState of Vietnam and later theRepublic of Vietnam, known as "South Vietnam".
The State of Vietnam joined theInternational Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and theAsian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954.[5][6][7] The South Vietnamese football association was treated by these bodies as the only legitimate Vietnamese association, as the State of Vietnam and later the Republic of Vietnam claimed sovereignty over all of Vietnam from 1949 to 1975. The team started to play under the State of Vietnam in January 1949. After the State of Vietnam gained complete independence fromFrance in June 1954 and Vietnam wasdivided in July, it existed side by side with a separateNorth Vietnam team, which represented the communist-controllednorthern portion of the country from 1956 to 1975. Unlike its southern counterpart, the North Vietnamese football association was never allowed to join FIFA or the AFC. South Vietnam took part in the first twoAsian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing last both times. Despite the fierce wars, it was one of strongest teams inSoutheast Asia.
The South Vietnam team played their last games at1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification in March 1975, and ceased to exist after theFall of Saigon in April, when theVietnam War ended. The North and South regions combined into the unifiedVietnam in 1975, with theVietnam national team replacing both the North and South teams. The unified republic was allowed to keep South Vietnam's membership of FIFA and the AFC, resulting in the South Vietnam team's historical record usually being counted as part of the overall record of the Vietnam national team, while results for the North Vietnam team are not commonly included as part of the record.[citation needed]
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 1950 | Not aFIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
 1954 | Entry not accepted by FIFA | Entry not accepted by FIFA | ||||||||||||||
| 1958 to1970 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1974 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total | — | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
The only World Cup qualification campaign which South Vietnam entered was thefor the 1974 World Cup. They were placed in Zone A of theAFC andOFC qualification inSeoul,South Korea. On 16 May 1973 they beatThailand 1–0 to qualify for Group 1. On 20 May, South Vietnam lost their opening game 0–4 toJapan and four days later they lost 1–0 toHong Kong and were eliminated. Hong Kong and Japan advanced but neither got any further, losing play-offs for the next round toSouth Korea andIsrael respectively.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 2 | — | — | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | South Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | — | — | — |
| AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1956 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | Squad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
 1960 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
 1964 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
 1968 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
 1972 | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
| Total | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | – | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 25 | |
| Asian Cup Finals Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Score | Result | |
| 1956 | South Vietnam2–2 Hong Kong | Draw | |
| South Vietnam1–2 Israel | Loss | ||
| South Vietnam3–5 South Korea | Loss | ||
| 1960 | South Vietnam1–5 South Korea | Loss | |
South Vietnam0–2 Republic of China | Loss | ||
| South Vietnam1–5 Israel | Loss | ||
| AFC Asian Cup record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First match | South Vietnam 2–2Hong Kong  (9 September 1956;Causeway Bay,Hong Kong) | ||||
| Last match | South Vietnam 1–5Israel (14 October 1960;Seoul,South Korea) | ||||
| Biggest win | None | ||||
| Biggest defeat | South Vietnam 1–5Israel (14 October 1960;Seoul,South Korea) South Korea 5–1South Vietnam (19 October 1960;Seoul,South Korea) | ||||
| Best result | Fourth place in1956 and1960 | ||||
| Worst result | None | ||||
| Olympic Games record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1952 | Did not enter | No qualification | ||||||||||||
 1956 | Qualified, but withdrew | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||||||
 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
 1968 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1972 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| Total | 0/16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 |
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| Southeast Asian Games record | |||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1959 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
 1961 | Third place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 1965 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
| 1967 | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 1969 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1971 | Third place | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
 1973 | Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Total | 1 title | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 25 |
The list shown below shows the South Vietnam national football teamall-time international record against opposing nations.
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2 |
 Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Myanmar | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 25 | –12 |
 Cambodia | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
 Hong Kong | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
 India | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | –9 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 36 | –11 |
| Israel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | –4 |
 Japan | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | –2 |
 Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
 Laos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 23 |
 Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Malaya | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 29 | –1 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 42 | –1 |
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
 Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Philippines | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 23 |
| Singapore | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 26 | 22 |
| South Korea | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 44 | –26 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| Thailand | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 |
Nguyễn Văn Bông (1956) Lý Đức (1956) Lê Hữu Đức (1960) Lê Hữu Đức (1963–1964)Karl-Heinz Weigang (1966–1968) Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh (1969–1970) Trần Văn Thông (1971) Từ Bá Nhẫn (1973–1974) Nguyễn Thành Sự (1974–1975)[1]
Champions (6): 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1974
Runners-up (2): 1971, 1972Champions (1): 1966
Third place (2):1969, 1971Champions (1): 1971Champions (1): 1974 |
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1 Results of Malaya and South Vietnam is counted as part of the results of present-day Malaysia and Vietnam. | |||
