The Republic of Vietnam national football team (

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: ''Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa''; french: Équipe du Sud-Vietnam de Football) was the national

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team representing the

State of Vietnam The State of Vietnam ( vi, Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Nôm: 國家越南; french: État du Viêt-Nam) was a governmental entity in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country ...

and

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...

between 1949 or 1954 and 1976. The team took part in the first two

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s finals (1956 and 1960), finishing fourth both times out of 4 teams. The team ceased to exist when the

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and South regions combined into the

Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

. No matches were played between 1976 and 1990 and the first tournament the combined team played in was after 1991. Football record agencies count the South Vietnam matches as part of the all-time record of the Vietnam national team while considering North Vietnam team to be a separate team for statistical purposes.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

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

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. On 16 May 1973 they beat

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1–0 to qualify for Group 1. On 20 May, South Vietnam lost their opening game 0–4 to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and four days later they lost 1–0 to

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

and were eliminated. Hong Kong and Japan advanced but neither got any further, losing play-offs for the next round to

and

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

respectively.

Asian Cup

Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games

* 1971: Pesta Sukan Cup (join-winners with

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)

Head-to-head record

;Key The list shown below shows the South Vietnam national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

References

External links

South Vietnam - List of International Matches
at RSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:South Vietnam National Football Team Former national association football teams in Asia National sports teams established in 1949