The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF, vi, Liên đoàn Bóng đá Việt Nam) is the governing body of

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in Vietnam. It is responsible for the all Vietnam teams of football, futsal and

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as well as national competitions. VFF is currently a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the

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(AFF). Its headquarters is located in Lê Quang Đạo Street, Mỹ Đình 1 ward, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi.

History

In 1960, Vietnam Football Association was established in the North. Its first president Hà Đăng Ấn, head of Railway Department and a former football star. In the South under control of the Republic of Vietnam, a similar Association was also founded to administer football activities in the South. Football has been played in Vietnam since the early 20th century, however, due to the war, it had not been developed into a movement. Due to the division of Vietnam, football was played differently in the two parts of the country until 1975. In 1989, following the Đổi Mới reforms, Vietnamese sports began to return to international events. After three months of preparation, in August 1989, the First Congress of the new football federation took place in Hanoi, declaring Vietnam Football Federation. Trịnh Ngọc Chữ, deputy minister of General Department of Sports, was elected president of VFF and Lê Thế Thọ was appointed general secretary.

Main board

President

The current president of VFF is Trần Quốc Tuấn.

Presidents

*Trịnh Ngọc Chữ (1989–1991) *Dương Nghiệp Chí (''acting'', 1991–1993) *Đoàn Văn Xê (1993–1997) *Mai Văn Muôn (1997–2001) *Hồ Đức Việt (2001–2003) *Trần Duy Ly (''acting'', January–August 2003) *Mai Liêm Trực (2003–2005) *Nguyễn Trọng Hỷ (2005–2013) *Lê Hùng Dũng (2013–2018) *Lê Khánh Hải (2018–2021) *Trần Quốc Tuấn (2021–)

Executive committee

*Trần Quốc Tuấn – Permanent deputy chairman *Cao Văn Chóng – 1st Deputy chairman *Lê Văn Thành – 2nd Deputy chairman

Secretariat

*Lê Thế Ngọ (1989–1993) *Trần Bẩy (1993–1997) *Phạm Ngọc Viễn (1997–2005) *Trần Quốc Tuấn (2005–2011) *Ngô Lê Bằng (2011–2014) *Lê Hoài Anh (2014–2022) *Dương Nghiệp Khôi (2022–)

Affiliated committees

* Council of Referees * Women's Committee * Sports Medical Committee * External affairs Committee * Communication Committee * Committee of movements and member organizations * Committee of Development Strategy * Committee of Professional Football * Committee of Complaints * Inspection Committee * National council of Coaches * Marketing and Sponsorship Committee

Regional federations

40 provincial federations are constituent members of VFF:

North

* Hà Nội Football Federation *

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Football Federation * Hà Nam Football Federation *

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Football Federation * Hải Phòng Football Federation * Hưng Yên Football Federation * Hòa Bình Football Federation * Lạng Sơn Football Federation * Nam Định Football Federation * Nghệ An Football Federation * Quảng Ninh Football Federation * Phú Thọ Football Federation * Thái Nguyên Football Federation * Thanh Hóa Football Federation

Central

* Bình Định Football Federation * Đà Nẵng Football Federation * Đắk Lắk Football Federation * Gia Lai Football Federation * Khánh Hòa Football Federation * Kon Tum Football Federation *

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Football Federation * Phú Yên Football Federation * Quảng Nam Football Federation * Quảng Ngãi Football Federation * Thừa Thiên–Huế Football Federation

South

* An Giang Football Federation * Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Football Federation *

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Football Federation * Bình Dương Football Federation * Bình Phước Football Federation * Cà Mau Football Federation * Cần Thơ Football Federation * Đồng Nai Football Federation * Đồng Tháp Football Federation * Hồ Chí Minh City Football Federation * Kiên Giang Football Federation * Long An Football Federation * Tây Ninh Football Federation *

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Competitions

Domestic leagues

For men

* V.League 1 *

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* V.League 3 * V.League 4 *Vietnamese National U-21 Football Championship * Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship *

Vietnamese National U-17 Football Championship The Vietnamese National U17 Football Championship ( vi, Giải bóng đá U17 Quốc gia), is the national championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Vietnam Football Federation(VFF). Results Top-per ...

*Vietnamese National U-15 Football Championship * Vietnamese National U-13 Football Championship *Vietnamese National U-11 Football Championship *

Vietnam National Futsal League The Vietnam Futsal League () is the top league for Futsal in Vietnam. The winning team obtains the participation right to the AFC Futsal Club Championship. History In 2007, Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation launched ''All Vietnam Futsal C ...

*Vietnamese National Beach Soccer League

For women

Vietnam Women's Football Championship The Vietnamese Women's National League, officially the Women's National League ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Nữ Vô Địch Quốc Gia, lit=Women's National Football League), also called the Thai Son Bac Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest lea ...

*Vietnamese National Women's U-19 Football Championship * Vietnamese National Women's U-16 Football Championship

Domestic cups

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* Vietnamese National Football Super Cup *

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* Women's Vietnamese Cup

National teams

Men

* Vietnam national football team *

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* Vietnam national under-22 football team *

Vietnam national under-20 football team The Vietnam national under-20 football team represents Vietnam at international youth association football competitions for age under-20 and under-19. It is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation. International records World stage FIFA ...

Vietnam national under-16 football team The Vietnam national under-17 football team, officially known as the National U-16–U-17 Selection Teams ( vi, 'Đội tuyển U-16–U-17 Quốc gia'), represents Vietnam in international association football competitions at under-16 and under- ...

* Vietnam national under-14 football team *

Vietnam national futsal team The Vietnam national futsal team ( vi, Đội tuyển bóng đá trong nhà quốc gia Việt Nam) represents Vietnam in international futsal and is governed by Vietnam Football Federation. They played twice World Cup in 2016 and 2021 and reached ...

* Vietnam national under-20 futsal team * Vietnam national beach soccer team

Women

* Vietnam women's national football team * Vietnam women's national Olympic football team * Vietnam women's national under-19 football team * Vietnam women's national under-16 football team * Vietnam women's national under-14 football team * Vietnam women's national futsal team

Logo

The current logo of the VFF portrays the picture of a football along with the Vietnamese flag. It is designed by Nguyễn Công Quang and has been used since 2008 until now. File:Vietnam Football Federation Logo (1994-2008).svg, 1990–2008 File:Logo of VFF.png, 2008–present

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: Grand Sport, Honda, Vinamilk, Yanmar, Sony, LS Group, Coca-Cola, Kao Vietnam, TNI Corporation,

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, Harbalife Vietnam, Acecook, Gia Đình Attack, Hưng Thịnh Land, Hưng Thịnh Corporation and King Coffee.