Vietnam national football team
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| Association | Vietnam Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Alfred Riedl |
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| Most caps | Le Huynh Đuc (60+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Le Huynh Đuc (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | My Dinh National Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | VIE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 139 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 84 (September 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 172 (December 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international China 5 - 3 North Vietnam  (China, October 4, 1956)  Philippines 2 - 2 Vietnam (Philippines; November 26, 1991) |
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Biggest win Vietnam 11 - 0 Guam  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 23, 2000) |
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Biggest defeat Zimbabwe 6 - 0 Vietnam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 26, 1997)  Oman 6 - 0 Vietnam (Incheon, South Korea, September 29, 2003) |
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The Vietnam national football team is the national team of Vietnam and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation. It has yet to qualify for the World Cup.
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 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 in what still ranks as one of the biggest upsets of the competition.
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[edit] Scandals
After the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, four members of the Vietnam U-23 football team (Pham Van Quyen, Le Quoc Vuong, Huynh Quoc Anh, Le Bat Hieu) were charged and arrested with match-fixing and gambling on the Semifinal match against Myanmar. Betters payed Pham Van Quyen and Le Quoc Voung a total of 23 million Vietnamese dongs to play as slow as possible in the match, and Huynh Quoc An and Le Bat Hieu 20 millions each to make sure Vietnam do not win by more than 1 goal. The match ended with Vietnam winning 1-0.
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Asian Cup record
- 1956 to 1992 - Did not enter
- 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
- 2007 - Qualified as one of the four co-host countries
[edit] Tiger Cup record
- 1996 - Third Place
- 1998 - Runners Up
- 2000 - Semi Finals
- 2002 - Third Place
- 2004 - Round 1
- 2007 - Semi Finals
[edit] King's Cup record
- 2006 - Runners Up
[edit] Coaches
- Head coach : Alfred Riedl
- Assistant coach : Trần Công Minh
[edit] Players
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[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- Vietnam Football Federation official site
