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Vietnam
Association	Vietnam Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Alfred Riedl
Most caps	Le Huynh Đuc (63)
Top scorer	Le Huynh Đuc (30)
Home stadium	My Dinh National Stadium
FIFA code	VIE
FIFA ranking	140
Highest FIFA ranking	84 (September 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	172 (December 2006)
Elo ranking	130
Home colours 　 Away colours
First international
China 5 - 3 North Vietnam (China, October 4, 1956) Philippines 2 - 2 Vietnam (Philippines; November 26, 1991)
Biggest win
Vietnam 11 - 0 Guam (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 23, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Zimbabwe 6 - 0 Vietnam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 26, 1997) Oman 6 - 0 Vietnam (Incheon, South Korea, September 29, 2003)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2007)
Best result	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 were qualifying for the final round of the 2008 Summer Olympics football qualification rounds and the second round (quarter final) of the Asian Cup 2007.

Contents 1 Last and next games 2 Scandals 3 World Cup record 4 Asian Cup record 5 Tiger Cup record 6 King's Cup record 7 Coaches 8 Current squad 8.1 Recent Call Ups 2007 9 See also 10 External links

• Last game:  United Arab Emirates 5-0 Vietnam  - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 28 October 2007. (FIFA World Cup 2010)

• Next game: No fixtures announced yet.

After the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, four members of the Vietnam U-23 football team (Pham Van Quyen, Le Quoc Vuong, Huynh Quoc Anh, and Le Bat Hieu) were charged and arrested with match-fixing and gambling on the Semifinal match against Myanmar. Betters paid 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 Anh 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.

• 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

• 1956 to 1992 - Did not enter
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2007 - Quarterfinals

• 1996 - Third Place
• 1998 - Runners Up
• 2000 - Semi Finals
• 2002 - Third Place
• 2004 - Round 1
• 2007 - Semi-Finals

• 2006 - Runners Up

• Head coach : Alfred Riedl
• Assistant coach : Mai Đức Chung, Trần Công Minh

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Bui Quang Huy 24 July 1982 ĐPM Nam Ðinh 2 DF Phung Van Nhien 25 November 1982 ĐPM Nam Ðinh 3 DF Nguyen Huy Hoang 4 January 1981 Song Lam Nghe An 4 DF Doan Viet Cuong 1 January 1985 Dong Thap 5 DF Nguyen Tien Dung Hoa Phat 6 MF Tran Truong Giang 1 November 1976 Bình Duong 7 DF Vu Nhu Thanh 28 August 1981 Bình Duong 8 FW Phan Thanh Bình 1 November 1986 Dong Thap 9 FW Le Cong Vinh 10 December 1985 Song Lam Nghe An 10 MF Phan Van Tai Em 23 April 1982 Dong Tam Long An 11 FW Nguyen Anh Duc 24 October 1985 Bình Duong 12 MF Nguyen Minh Phuong 5 July 1980 Dong Tam Long An 13 DF Mai Tien Thanh 16 March 1986 Halida Thanh Hóa 14 MF Le Tan Tai 4 January 1984 Khatoco Khánh Hoà 15 DF Chau Phong Hoa 1 January 1985 Dong Thap 16 MF Vo Duy Nam Halida Thanh Hóa 17 MF Nguyen Vu Phong 6 February 1985 Bình Duong 18 GK Duong Hong Son 20 November 1982 Song Lam Nghe An 19 MF Luong Phuc Ky Thoai 16 April 1988 Song Lam Nghe An

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club GK Tran 20 May 1985 Da Nang

• Football in Vietnam

• Vietnam Football Federation official site

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