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Republic of Vietnam
1947–1976
Nickname(s)	Rồng vàng; (Golden Dragon)
Association	Vietnam Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Top scorer	Duc; Cu Sinh Le (6)
Home stadium	Cộng Hòa Stadium
FIFA code	VSO
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Hong Kong 3–2 Vietnam ; (Mong Kok, Hong Kong; 20 April 1947); Post autonomy; Taiwan 3–2 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 (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) was the national association football team representing South Vietnam (State of Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam-mostly, Republic of South Vietnam) and its predecessor from 1947 to 1976. South Vietnam joined International Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954, South Vietnamese football association was treated by these bodies as the only legitimate Vietnamese one as South Vietnam claimed sovereignty over all of Vietnam from 1949 to 1975. The South Vietnam team appeared under French Indochina in 1947 before a Vietnamese government reprsenting it appeared in 1949 (future South Vietnam), it existed side by side with a separate North Vietnam team after Vietnam gained independence from France and got divided in 1954, which represented the Communist-controlled northern portion of the country from 1956 to 1976, and which unlike its southern counterpart 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.

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 edit

FIFA World Cup edit

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 edit

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

1

Hong Kong

4

2

0

2

0

+2

2

Japan

2

1

0

1

4

1

+3

3

South Vietnam 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 Asian Cup edit

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	Did not qualify									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 edit

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

Asian Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1954	Round 1	South Vietnam 2–3 Republic of China	Loss
1954	Round 1	South Vietnam 3–2 Philippines	Win
1958	Round 1	South Vietnam 1–1 Pakistan	Draw
	Round 1	South Vietnam 6–1 Malaya	Win
	Quarter-finals	South Vietnam 1–3 South Korea	Loss
1962	Round 1	South Vietnam 0–1 Indonesia	Loss
	Round 1	South Vietnam 6–0 Philippines	Win
	Round 1	South Vietnam 3–0 Malaya	Win
	Semi-finals	South Vietnam 2–3 India	Loss
	Bronze medal	South Vietnam 1–4 Malaya	Loss
1966	Round 1	South Vietnam 2–1 Republic of China	Win
	Round 1	South Vietnam 0–0 Indonesia	Draw
	Round 1	South Vietnam 0–5 Singapore	Loss
1970	Round 1	South Vietnam 0–2 India	Loss
1970	Round 1	South Vietnam 0–1 Thailand	Loss

Southeast Asian Games edit

The South Vietnam team winning gold at the 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	Third place	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 edit

South Vietnam – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com

References edit

^ Jeffree, Iain. "FIFA Country Codes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1971 Singapore Pesta Sukan Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

[1] Jeffree, Iain. "FIFA Country Codes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[eloratings-2] "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[3] Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1971 Singapore Pesta Sukan Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

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