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The Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) or the State of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá Quốc gia Việt Nam) was the national football team from 1949 to 1975 representing the State of Vietnam and later the Republic of Vietnam, known as "South Vietnam".

The State of Vietnam joined the International Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954.<ref>The A–Z of Asian Football 97–98; 1997 Asian Football Confederation</ref><ref>香港足球總會九十週年紀念特刊 (Hong Kong Football Association 90th Anniversary Booklet) 2004</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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, two months before France recognized Vietnamese nominal independence. After the State of Vietnam gained complete independence from France in June 1954 and Vietnam was divided in July, it existed side by side with a separate North Vietnam team, which represented the Communist-controlled northern portion of the country from 1956 to 1976. Unlike its southern counterpart, the latter was never allowed to join FIFA or the AFC. South Vietnam took part in the first two Asian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing last both times. Despite the fierce wars, it was one of strongest teams in Southeast Asia.

The South Vietnam team played their last games at 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification in March 1975, and ceased to exist after the Fall of Saigon in April, when the Vietnam War ended. The North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976, with the Vietnam 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.Template:Citation needed

Tournament recordEdit

FIFA World CupEdit

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 1950 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA Entry not accepted by FIFA
1958 to 1970 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 1 5
Total 3 1 0 2 1 5

1974 FIFA World Cup qualificationEdit

The only World Cup qualification campaign which South Vietnam entered was the for the 1974 World Cup. They were placed in Zone A of the AFC and OFC qualification in Seoul, South Korea. On 16 May 1973 they beat Thailand 1–0 to qualify for Group 1. On 20 May, South Vietnam lost their opening game 0–4 to Japan and four days later they lost 1–0 to Hong Kong and were eliminated. Hong Kong and Japan advanced but neither got any further, losing play-offs for the next round to South Korea and Israel respectively.

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)

Asian CupEdit

AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Squad Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 1956 Fourth place 4th 3 0 1 2 6 9 Squad 2 1 1 0 7 3
Template:Flagicon 1960 Fourth place 4th 3 0 0 3 2 12 Squad 2 2 0 0 5 1
Template:Flagicon 1964 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 9 7
Template:Flagicon 1968 4 2 0 2 4 4
Template:Flagicon 1972 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Fb 2–2 Template:Fb Draw
Template:Fb 1–2 Template:Fb Loss
Template:Fb 3–5 Template:Fb Loss
1960 Template:Fb 1–5 Template:Fb Loss
Template:Fb 0–2 Template:Fb Loss
Template:Fb 1–5 Template:Fb Loss
AFC Asian Cup record
First match Template:Fb 2–2 Template:Fb-rt
(9 September 1956; Causeway Bay, Hong Kong)
Last match Template:Fb 1–5 Template:Fb-rt
(14 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
Biggest win None
Biggest defeat Template:Fb 1–5 Template:Fb-rt
(14 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
Template:Fb 5–1 Template:Fb-rt
(19 October 1960; Seoul, South Korea)
Best result Fourth place in 1956 and 1960
Worst result None

Olympic GamesEdit

[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Olympic Games]] record Qualification record
Year Result Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 1952 Did not enter No qualification
Template:Flagicon 1956 Qualified, but withdrew 2 2 0 0 9 5
Template:Flagicon 1960 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1964 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 4 6
Template:Flagicon 1968 5 2 1 2 14 5
Template:Flagicon 1972 Did not enter Did not enter
Total 0/16 11 5 2 4 27 16

Asian GamesEdit

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Asian Games
Year Round GP W D L GF GA
Template:Flagicon 1951 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1954 Preliminary round 2 1 0 1 5 5
Template:Flagicon 1958 Quarter-finals 3 1 1 1 8 5
Template:Flagicon 1962 Fourth place 5 2 0 3 12 8
Template:Flagicon 1966 Preliminary round 3 1 1 1 2 6
Template:Flagicon 1970 2 0 0 2 0 3
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not enter
Total Fourth Place 15 5 2 8 27 27

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Asian Games History
Year Round Score Result
1954 Round 1 Template:Fb 2–3 Template:Fb Loss
Round 1 Template:Fb 3–2 Template:Fb Win
1958 Round 1 Template:Fb 1–1 Template:Fb Draw
Round 1 Template:Fb 6–1 Template:Fb Win
Quarter-finals Template:Fb 1–3 Template:Fb Loss
1962 Round 1 Template:Fb 0–1 Template:Fb Loss
Round 1 Template:Fb 6–0 Template:Fb Win
Round 1 Template:Fb 3–0 Template:Fb Win
Semi-finals Template:Fb 2–3 Template:Fb Loss
Bronze medal Template:Fb 1–4 Template:Fb Loss
1966 Round 1 Template:Fb 2–1 Template:Fb Win
Round 1 Template:Fb 0–0 Template:Fb Draw
Round 1 Template:Fb 0–5 Template:Fb Loss
1970 Round 1 Template:Fb 0–2 Template:Fb Loss
Round 1 Template:Fb 0–1 Template:Fb Loss

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Southeast Asian GamesEdit

Southeast Asian Games record
Year Result Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 1959 Champions 4 3 0 1 11 3
Template:Flagicon 1961 Third place 3 1 1 1 8 2
Template:Flagicon 1965 4 2 0 2 8 5
Template:Flagicon 1967 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 11 2
Template:Flagicon 1969 Group stage 2 0 1 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 1971 Third place 4 1 2 1 5 4
Template:Flagicon 1973 Runners-up 4 1 1 2 9 7
Total 1 title 24 10 5 9 53 25
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Match resultsEdit

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Head-to-head recordEdit

Key

Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend The list shown below shows the South Vietnam national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
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Template:Fb 14 2 2 10 12 25 –12
Template:Fb 13 7 3 3 14 14 0
Template:Fb 10 4 2 4 16 12 4
Template:Fb 11 2 2 7 8 17 –9
Template:Fb 15 5 1 9 25 36 –11
Template:Fb 4 1 0 3 4 8 –4
Template:Fb 9 4 0 5 13 15 –2
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1
Template:Fb 6 5 1 0 24 1 23
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Template:Fb 11 6 1 4 16 29 –1
Template:Fb 20 4 6 10 30 42 –1
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 5 1 4
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Template:Fb 4 4 0 0 25 2 23
Template:Fb 19 13 5 1 48 26 22
Template:Fb 18 1 6 11 18 44 –26
Template:Fb 10 3 3 4 18 15 3
Template:Fb 18 11 3 4 30 21 9

Managerial historyEdit

HonoursEdit

RegionalEdit

FriendlyEdit

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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