South Vietnam national football team

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Republic of Vietnam

1947–1976
Cộng Hòa Stadium
FIFA code	VSO[1]
First colours Second colours
First international
Vietnam  (Manila, Philippines; 1 May 1954)
Last international
Malaysia 3–0 South Vietnam  (Bangkok, Thailand; 23 March 1975)
Biggest win
South Vietnam 10–0 Philippines  (Tokyo, Japan; 1 October 1967)
Biggest defeat
South Vietnam 1–9 Indonesia  (Seoul, South Korea; 4 May 1971)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1956)
Best result	Fourth place, 1956, 1960

The Republic of Vietnam national football team (

finals (1956 and 1960), finishing last both times.

The South Vietnam team played their last game in 1975 and ceased to exist when the North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 after the end of the Vietnam War, 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 latter.^[2]

Tournament record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1950	Did not enter									Did not enter
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	1	5
Total	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	–		3	1	0	2	1	5

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

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.

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hong Kong	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
2	Japan	2	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3
3	South Vietnam	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5

Asian Cup

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 Vietnam 2–2  Hong Kong	Draw
	South Vietnam 1–2  Israel	Loss
	South Vietnam 3–5  South Korea	Loss
1960	South Vietnam 1–5  South Korea	Loss
	South Vietnam 0–2  Republic of China	Loss
	South Vietnam 1–5  Israel	Loss

Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games

1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Southeast Asian Games record
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

• 1971: Pesta Sukan Cup (join-winners with India)^[3]

Match results

South Vietnam – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com

See also

• Football in Vietnam

References