Vietnam national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Vietnam
Badge =‎ VFF2008.png FIFA Trigramme = VIE
FIFA Rank = 166
1st ranking date = August 1993
FIFA max = 84
FIFA max date = September 1998
FIFA min = 172
FIFA min date = December 2006
Elo Rank = 132
Nickname = "Ngôi sao Vàng" (The golden star)
Association = Vietnam Football Federation
Confederation = AFC (Asia)
Coach =
Most caps = Le Huynh Đuc (63)
Top scorer = Le Huynh Đuc (30)
Home Stadium = My Dinh National Stadium
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First game = Flagicon|China China 5 - 3 North Vietnam Flagicon|Vietnam (China, October 4, 1956)
Flagicon|Philippines Philippines 2 - 2 Vietnam Flagicon|Vietnam (Philippines; November 26, 1991)
Largest win = Flagicon|Vietnam Vietnam 11 - 0 Guam Flagicon|Guam (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 23, 2000)
Latest match = Flagicon|Vietnam Vietnam 5 - 3 Bahrain national football team Bahrain Flagicon|Bahrain (Ha Noi, Vietnam; June 30, 2007)
Largest loss = Flagicon|Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 6 - 0 Vietnam Flagicon|Vietnam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 26, 1997)
Flagicon|Oman Oman 6 - 0 Vietnam Flagicon|Vietnam (Incheon, South Korea, September 29, 2003)
World cup apps =
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World cup best =
Regional name = AFC Asian Cup
Regional cup apps = 1
Regional cup first = 2007
Regional cup best = Quarterfinals, 2007

The Vietnam national football team is the national team of Vietnam and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.

When Vietnam was split into North Vietnam and South Vietnam, two national teams existed; the North Vietnamese team was not very active, playing almost exclusively against other Communist countries between 1956 and 1966 whilst the South Vietnamese team took part in the first two Asian Cups finals, finishing fourth both times. South Vietnam played their last match in 1975, but the unified Vietnam national team only started playing in 1991.

Vietnam has yet to win the regional Tiger Cup, coming closest to victory in 1998 when hosting the tournament. However, they suffered a 1-0 defeat in the final to Singapore.

The biggest achievements of the team was reaching the quarter final of the Asian Cup 2007.

World Cup record

*1930 to 1970 - "Did not enter"
*1974 - "Did not qualify" (as South Vietnam)
*1978 to 1990 - "Did not enter"
*1994 to 2010 - "Did not qualify"

Asian Cup record

* 1956 - Fourth Place (as South Vietnam)
* 1960 - Fourth Place (as South Vietnam)
* 1964 - "Did not enter"
* 1968 - "Did not qualify" (as South Vietnam)
* 1972 - "Did not enter"
* 1976 - "Did not qualify" (as South Vietnam)
* 1980 to 1992 - "Did not enter"
* 1996 to 2004 - "Did not qualify"
* 2007 - Quarterfinal
* 2011

=Tiger Cup (1996-2004) / ASEAN Football Federation Championship (2007-) record=
*1996 - Third Place
*1998 - Runner Up
*2000 - Fourth Place
*2002 - Third Place
*2004 - Round 1
*2007 - Semifinal

King's Cup record

*2006 - Runner Up

Results and Upcoming fixtures

Coaches

*Head coach :
*Assistant coach : none

Current squad

Recent Call Ups 2007

ee also

*Football in Vietnam
*Agribank Cup
*VTV-T&T Cup

External links

* [http://www.vff.org.vn/ Vietnam Football Federation] official site