The Vietnam national futsal team ( vi, Đội tuyển bóng đá trong nhà quốc gia Việt Nam) represents Vietnam in international

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and is governed by Vietnam Football Federation. They played twice World Cup in

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and

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and reached to the knockout-stage in both.

History

Beginning

In 1950, the

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 ...

futsal team was established, the predecessor of the current Vietnam national futsal team, but could not go abroad to play due to political problems. In 1997, the first national team's squad was set up. In that time, all Vietnamese futsal players came from

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such as: Nguyễn Hữu Thắng, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Lại Công Minh, Trần Minh Chiến. The team joined

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. In this tournament, they were drawn in the same group with

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and the host

. They finished third in their group after getting one win against the host team and two losses against Italy and Iran. After this tournament, the team was disbanded for many years.

2005–2008: Decline

After being inactive for eight years, the national team was reformed and joined

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and

2005 AFC Futsal Championship The 2005 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 22 May to 4 June 2005. Venues Draw Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ...

, of which Vietnam was host. The team finished 5/6 teams in AFF Futsal Championship 2005 and the bottom of 2005 AFC Championship. Vietnam failed to qualify for the AFC Championship in

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and

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. The team also failed to reach the far from group-stage of the AFF tournament.

2009–2013: Regeneration

After these results in international competitions, the team decided to hire foreign futsal head coach. In 2008,

Pattaya Piamkum Pattaya Piamkum ( th, พัทยา เปี่ยมคุ้ม) is a former Thai Port FC player and is assistant coach of the Thailand national futsal team. He played for Thailand national futsal team at the 2000 and 2004 FIFA Futsal World ...

was the first foreign futsal head coach. Vietnam reached to the final of

2009 AFF Futsal Championship The 2009 AFF Futsal Championship was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 8 to 14 June 2009. Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off ...

which Vietnam was host, the team's first ever in AFF Futsal Championship. In 2010, Pattaya resigned and was replaced by an Italian head coach, Sergio Gargelli. The team qualified for

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, their second continental tournament since 2005. In region AFF tournaments, the team earned two silver medals in

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and

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, finish second in

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2014–2016: Success in AFC tournaments and first FIFA Futsal World Cup

In 2014, Gargelli stepped down as coach. Bruno García Formoso became the new coach of the team. Vietnam qualified for

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, the third AFC competition, as host. In this tournament, Vietnam reached the quarter-final for the first time. Vietnam also qualified for

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. The team got a shocking win over

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in the quarter-final and reached the semi-final for the first time. This result also qualified Vietnam for

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, their first FIFA tournament. The team also reached the knock-out stage after beating

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4–2, losing to

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1–7 and

0–2. In the round of 16, they lost to

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0–7. The team also got FIFA Fair-play award from this tournament, first FIFA award of Vietnam Football.

2017–2020: the new stage

After 2016's success, García stepped down as coach. In 2017,

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became the new coach. Vietnam played exhibition games in

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against Spanish clubs during late February to early March 2019.

2021 World Cup: Second World Cup

The team qualified for the

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after holding a draw with

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in two-legged matches

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play-off with a total score of 1–1 (Vietnam qualified because of the away goal rule). In the World Cup, Vietnam was drawn in group D along with

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and

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. After being thrashed by Brazil 1–9 in the opening match, Vietnam secured a needed victory against Panama with the total score of 3–2 and drew the Czech Republic 1–1, putting them in the top 4 third-placed teams and qualifying them for the round of 16 for the second time in a row. There, they met

, the team that they had lost against 0-7 five years ago. Vietnam narrowly lost to Russia 2–3 and end their campaign in the round of 16 in high spirits.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Team

Current squad

The following 14 players are called up for the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Vietnam squad within the last 12 months. ^PRE ^PRE ^PRE ^RET ^PRE ^PRE Notes: *^SUS Player suspended. *^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. *^RET Retired from the national team. *^WD Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons. *^PRE Preliminary squad.

Previous squads

;FIFA Futsal World Cup *

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* 2021 FIFA Fustal World Cup squads ;AFC Futsal Championship * * 2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads ;AFF Futsal Championship * *

Competitive record

Summary

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFF Futsal Championship

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Southeast Asian Games

Grand Prix de Futsal

Friendly tournaments

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FIFA world rankings

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are calculated by

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Head-to-head record

The record of Vietnam against other countries since the first official international match against

on 4 December 1997. Only official games were regarded.

References

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