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

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

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and

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as well as national competitions. VFF is currently a member of the

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(FIFA), the

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(AFC), and the

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(AFF). Its headquarters is located in

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Street, Mỹ Đình 1 ward,

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district,

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

History

In 1960, Vietnam Football Association was established in the

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. 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

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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

, 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

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Football Federation * Hà Tĩnh Football Federation *

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Hải Dương Hải Dương () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương, an industrialized province in the Hanoi Capital Region and the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The city is at the midpoint between the capital Hanoi and major port H ...

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Hải Phòng Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong wa ...

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Hưng Yên Hưng Yên () is a city in Vietnam. It is the provincial capital of Hưng Yên Province and is a third-graded city according to Vietnam's city classification table. Geography *Hưng Yên is a delta city. It is located in the south of Hưng Yên ...

Football Federation * Hòa Bình Football Federation *

Lạng Sơn Lạng Sơn () is a city in far northern Vietnam, which is the capital of Lạng Sơn Province. It is accessible by road and rail from Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and it is the northernmost point on National Route 1. History Due to its ge ...

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Nam Định Nam Định () is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Nam Định Province. The city of Nam Định is 90 km south-east of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. From August 18–20 of each year, there is a festival hel ...

Football Federation * Nghệ An Football Federation * Quảng Ninh Football Federation *

Phú Thọ Phú Thọ () is a district-level town in Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam. As of 2003, the town had a population of 63,333. The town covers an area of 64 km². Geography Phú Thọ is bordered by Phù Ninh to the north, Thanh Ba to the south ...

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Thái Nguyên Thái Nguyên () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital and largest city of Thái Nguyên Province. The city is listed as a first class city and is the ninth largest city in Vietnam. It has long been famous throughout Vietnam for its Tân Cư� ...

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Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh City. Thanh ...

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Central

* Bình Định Football Federation *

Đà Nẵng Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is on ...

Football Federation * Đắk Lắk Football Federation * Gia Lai Football Federation * Khánh Hòa Football Federation *

Kon Tum Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia. History After the People's Army of Vietnam invaded South Vietnam on March 30, 1 ...

Football Federation * Lâm Đồng Football Federation * Phú Yên Football Federation * Quảng Nam Football Federation *

Quảng Ngãi Quảng Ngãi () is a city in central Vietnam. It serves as the capital city of Quảng Ngãi Province. Quảng Ngãi City borders Tư Nghĩa District to the south and west, Sơn Tịnh District to the northwest and Bình Sơn District to the ...

Football Federation * Thừa Thiên–Huế Football Federation

South

An Giang An Giang () is a province of Vietnam. It is located in the Mekong Delta, in the southwestern part of the country. Geography An Giang occupies a position in the upper reaches of the Mekong Delta. The Hậu Giang and Tiền Giang branches of t ...

Football Federation * Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Football Federation * Bến Tre Football Federation * Bình Dương Football Federation * Bình Phước Football Federation *

Cà Mau Cà Mau () is a city in southern Vietnam. It is the capital of Cà Mau Province, a province in the Mekong Delta region, in the southernmost part of Vietnam's inland territory. The city is characterised by its system of transport canals, and m ...

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Cần Thơ Cần Thơ, also written as Can Tho or Cantho (: , : ), is the fourth-largest city in Vietnam, and the largest city along the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam. It is noted for its floating markets, rice paper-making village, and picturesque rur ...

Football Federation * Đồng Nai Football Federation * Đồng Tháp Football Federation *

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Football Federation * Kiên Giang Football Federation * Long An Football Federation *

Tây Ninh Tây Ninh () is a provincial city in south-eastern Vietnam. It is the capital of Tây Ninh Province, which encompasses the town and much of the surrounding farmland. Tây Ninh is approximately to the northwest of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's lar ...

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Tiền Giang The term ''tiền'' ( Hán tự: 錢) is used to refer to various currency-related concepts used in Vietnamese history. The name is a cognate with the Chinese ''qián'' (錢), a unit of weight called " mace" in English. It can refer to a unit o ...

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Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long () is a city and the capital of Vĩnh Long Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Vĩnh Long covers and has a population of 147,039 (as of 2009). The name was spelled 永隆 ("eternal prosperity") in the former Hán Nôm writing sys ...

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Competitions

Domestic leagues

For men

V.League 1 The V.League 1 ( vi, Giải bóng đá vô địch quốc gia, lit=National Football League), also called Night Wolf V.League 1 due to sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, football league in Vietnam, controlled by ...

* V.League 2 * V.League 3 * V.League 4 *Vietnamese National U-21 Football Championship *

Vietnamese National U-19 Football Championship The Vietnamese National U19 Football Championship ( vi, Giải bóng đá U19 Quốc gia) is the national championship of association football for male players under the age of 19 organized by the Vietnam Football Federation The Vietnam Footbal ...

* Vietnamese National U-17 Football Championship *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 *Vietnamese National Women's U-19 Football Championship * Vietnamese National Women's U-16 Football Championship

Domestic cups

Vietnamese National Football Cup Vietnamese National Football Cup ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Cúp Quốc Gia Việt Nam), now officially recognized as the BaF Meat National Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a Vietnamese football competition. It is one of the most important club compe ...

Vietnamese National Football Super Cup Vietnamese National Football Super Cup ( vi, Siêu cúp bóng đá Việt Nam), also called the Thaco National Football Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is Vietnamese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous V.L ...

Vietnamese National Futsal Cup The Vietnamese National Futsal Cup ( Viet: Giải Futsal Cup Quốc Gia) is a futsal cup competition in Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast ...

* Women's Vietnamese Cup

National teams

Men

Vietnam national football team The Vietnam national football team ( vi, Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam) represents the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in international football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation, the governing body of footbal ...

Vietnam national under-23 football team The Vietnam national under-23 and Olympic football team ( vi, Đội tuyển Bóng đá U-23 và Olympic Quốc gia Việt Nam) represents Vietnam in international football tournaments at the under-22 and under-23 age level. History Early years ...

Vietnam national under-22 football team The Vietnam national under-22 and Olympic football team ( vi, Đội tuyển bóng đá dưới 22 tuổi và Olympic Quốc gia Việt Nam) is the under-22 football team representing Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games, AFC U-23 Championship ...

* Vietnam national under-20 football team *

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 t ...

* Vietnam national under-20 futsal team *

Vietnam national beach soccer team ) / The Selection ( vi, Tuyển) , Association = Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) , Sub-confederation = AFF (Southeast Asia) , Confederation = AFC (Asia) , Coach = Trương Công Tuân , Asst Manager = , Cap ...

Women

Vietnam women's national football team The Vietnam women's national football team ( vi, Đội tuyển bóng đá nữ quốc gia Việt Nam) is a women's football team representing Vietnam and controlled by Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The team is currently ranked 34th in th ...

* 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 The Vietnam women's national futsal team ( vi, Đội tuyển bóng đá trong nhà nữ quốc gia Việt Nam) represents Vietnam in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Vietnam Football Fed ...

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,

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, Kao Vietnam, TNI Corporation, Z.com, Harbalife Vietnam, Acecook, Gia Đình Attack, Hưng Thịnh Land, Hưng Thịnh Corporation and King Coffee.

References

Sports organizations established in 1960

History

Main board

President

Presidents

Executive committee

Secretariat

Affiliated committees

Regional federations

North

Central

South

Competitions

Domestic leagues

For men

For women

Domestic cups

National teams

Men

Women

Logo

Sponsorship

See also

References

External links