- Vietnam Football Federation
National football association
Logo = VFF2008.png
FIFA affiliation = 1964
AFC affiliation = 1964
Region = AFC
Region affiliation = 1964
President = Nguyễn Trọng Hỷ
General secratary = Trần Quốc Tuấn
Coach =Alfred Riedl The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF, Liên Đoàn Bóng Đá Việt Nam) is the governing body of football in
Vietnam . It is responsible for theVietnam national football team as well as national competitions.Football was played in Vietnam since the early 20th century, however, due to the war, it had not been developed into a movement. The federation was founded in 1962 as Vietnam Football Association. In 1964, it was officially admitted to be affiliated member of
FIFA and theAsian Football Confederation . Due to the division of Vietnam, football was played differently in the two parts of the country until 1975. In 1989, VFA was renamed to Vietnam Football Association.History
History of football in Vietnam
"main article" :
Football in Vietnam#History Football came into Vietnam with the French in 1896. It was first introduced in
Cochinchina (Nam Kỳ), and then spread to other parts of the colony - the central and northern parts.Vietnam Football Federation
In 1960, Vietnam Football Association was established in the North. Its first president Hà Đăng Ấn, head of Railway Department and a former football star. In the South under control of the Republic of Vietnam, a similar Association was also founded to administer football activities in the South.
In 1964, VFA was officially admitted to be affiliated member of FIFA and AFC.
In 1989, following the Đổi mới reforms, Vietnamese sports began to return to international events. After three months of preparation, in August 1989, the First Congress of the new football federation took place in
Hanoi , declaring Vietnam Football Federation. Trịnh Ngọc Chữ, deputy minister of General Department of Sports, was elected president of VFF and Lê Thế Thọ was appointed general secretary.Crest
Main board
President
The current president of VFF is Nguyễn Trọng Hỷ, who was elected in June 2005.
Presidents
* Trịnh Ngọc Chữ (1989-1991)
* Dương Nghiệp Chí ("acting", 1991-1993)
* Đoàn Văn Xê (1993-tháng 10)
* Mai Văn Muôn (1997-2001)
* Hồ Đức Việt (2001-2003)
* Mai Liêm Trực (2003-2005)
* Nguyễn Trọng Hỷ (2005- )Executive committee
ecretariat
* Trần Quốc Tuấn, General secretary
* Dương Nghiệp Khôi, Vice-General secretary responsible for competitions
* Nguyễn Hữu Bàng, Vice-General secretary responsible
* Đỗ Văn Ninh, Vice-General secretaryAffiliated committees
Regional federations
About 22 provincial federations are constituent members of VFF
North
*
Hanoi Football Federation
*Hai Phong Football Federation
*Thanh Hoa Football Federation
*Quang Ninh Football Federation
*Nam Dinh Football Federation
*Yen Bai Football FederationCentral VN
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Da Nang Football Federation
*Thua Thien - Hue Football Federation
*Quang Nam Football Federation
*Quang Ngai Football Federation
*Binh Dinh Football Federation
*Phu Yen Football Federation
*Gia Lai Football Federation
*Lam Dong Football Federation
*Daklak Football Federation
*Kontum Football Federationouth
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Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation
*Binh Duong Football Federation
*Tay Ninh Football Federation
*Long An Football Federation
*Vinh Long Football Federation
*An Giang Football Federation
*Tien Giang Football FederationCompetitions
V-League
First-ranking league
National Cup
Women's Championship
Others
National teams
Vietnam was once a leading force in the game and won the 1959 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. They also made the final rounds of the Asian Cup competition in 1956. A decline in form followed for some years but in recent times, they have emerged from the days of being considered an easy team to one that must be treated seriously.
* National women's football team
* Olympic team
* Young teams
* Futsal teamsTrivia
ee also
*
Agribank Cup
*VTV-T&T Cup
*Football in Vietnam External links
* [http://www.vff.org.vn/ Official Site] http://www.vff.org.vn/?page=english
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