North Vietnam national football team

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa) was the national team of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as North Vietnam) from 1954 to 1976. It existed side by side with a separate South Vietnam team, which represented the French-controlled southern portion of Vietnam. Unlike South Vietnam (which was a member of both FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation), North Vietnam's lack of diplomatic recognition on the part of many other states prevented it from ever joining either FIFA or the AFC. Due to its lack of membership in major football bodies, North Vietnam never participated in qualification for the FIFA World Cup or the AFC Asian Cup (unlike its southern counterpart, which participated in both). Because of North Vietnam's international isolation, its national team mostly played against other Communist and Communist-sympathizing countries during its relatively brief existence.[1]

North Vietnam
1954–1976
AssociationVietnam Football Association
Top scorerNguyễn Thế Anh
Phan Văn Mỵ
Nguyễn Viết Cầu (1)
Home stadiumVarious
First colours
Second colours
First international
 China PR 5–3 North Vietnam 
(Beijing, China, 4 October 1956)
Last international
 North Vietnam 3–2 Cuba 
(Hanoi, North Vietnam, 20 September 1970)
Biggest win
 North Yemen 0–9 North Vietnam 
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 15 November 1966)
Biggest defeat
 North Vietnam 0–5 Algeria
(Hanoi, North Vietnam, 22 November 1959)
 North Korea 5–0 North Vietnam 
(Pyongyang, North Korea, 22 October 1959)

The North Vietnam football team ceased to exist with the unification of North and South Vietnam into the newly-created Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976, after the end of the Vietnam War. Even though the North emerged victorious in the war, the current Vietnam national football team is considered a successor to the South Vietnam team (not the North Vietnam team), since unified Vietnam inherited South Vietnam's membership of FIFA and the AFC.[2]

History
North Vietnam team in 1956
North Vietnam team at the 1966 GANEFO Asia Cup in Cambodia

North Vietnam's first international match was against China in 1956. North Vietnam's head coach, Truong Tan Buu, played a 3-2-5 (WM) formation but the game ended in a 3-5 defeat. The team recorded their first victory in 1960 with a 3-1 win against Mongolia.

Since the North Vietnam football team was not recognized by international federations such as FIFA, the AFC, or the International Olympic Committee, the only international competition it participated in was the football tournament of the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO), whose organizing body was friendlier toward the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. North Vietnam proved to be a relatively strong side in the GANEFO competition, finishing fourth in the 1963 edition and third in the 1966 edition. It also earned third place in the football-only GANEFO event that took place in 1965.[3]

Immediately after Vietnamese reunification in 1976, both the North and South Vietnam teams ceased to exist. The now unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam inherited former South Vietnam's place in FIFA and the AFC, but Vietnam would not field an international football team again until the 1990s.

Kit

The home kit of North Vietnam was similar to the kit of the Soviet Union consisting of a red shirt with "VIET NAM DCCH" across the front, white shorts and white-red socks.

The goalkeeper's kit was a black shirt with a white collar, black shorts and socks.

Head coaches
  • Truong Tan Buu

Competitive record

World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
1950 Not member of FIFA Not member of FIFA
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
Total — 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Asian Cup record
AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
1956 Not member of AFC Not member of AFC
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
Total — 0/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GANEFO
GANEFO record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
1963 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 22 12 3 1 0 2 4 6
1965 Third place 3rd 5 1 2 2 7 8 No qualification
1966 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 16 7
Total Third place 3/3 16 6 4 6 45 27 3 1 0 2 4 6

Head-to-head records

The list shown below shows the North Vietnam national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.[4] [5]

Key
  Positive balance
  Neutral balance
  Negative balance
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD
Algeria100105-5
 China PR6015917-8
 Cuba1100211
 Egypt100114-3
 Guinea1100211
 Cambodia3120651
 Indonesia200225-3
 Laos1100918
 Mongolia1100312
 North Korea6006217-15
 North Yemen1100909
 Palestine1100404
Total 25 7 3 15 44 55 -11

Match results

This is a list of the North Vietnam national football team results.[6] [7]

1970
1970 Results
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
20 September  Cuba 3–2 [8] Hanoi, North Vietnam (H) Friendly Nguyễn Thế Anh 70'
Phan Văn Mỵ 75' (pen.)
Nguyễn Viết Cầu 88'

1966
1966 Results
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
August  North Korea 3–1 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
August  China PR 2–0 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
August  Cambodia 2–2 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
August  Palestine 0–4 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
15 November  North Yemen 0–9 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO

1965
1965 Results
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
August  North Korea 1–0 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  China PR 3–3 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  Guinea 2–1 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  Indonesia 2–1 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  Cambodia 1–1 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO

1963
1963 Results
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
April  China PR 1–0 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO qualification[9]
April  Cambodia 2–3 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO qualification[10]
April  Indonesia 3–1 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO qualification
November  United Arab Republic 4–1 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO group stage
November  Laos 1–9 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO group stage
November Chile University 2–4 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO group stage
November Argentina University 1–6 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO quarter-finals
November  North Korea 2–0 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO semi-finals
November Uruguay University 2–2 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO Third place match

1960
1960 Results
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
3 October  Mongolia 3–1 North Vietnam (H)
8 October  North Korea 1–3 North Vietnam (H)
11 October  China PR 3–4 North Vietnam (H)

1959
1959 Results
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
22 October  North Korea 5–0 North Korea (A)
28 October  China PR 2–0 North Korea (A)
22 November  Algeria 0–5 North Vietnam (H)

1956
1956 Results
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
4 October  China PR 5–3 China (A)
10 October  North Korea 3–0 China (A)

See also

References
  1. S. W. Pope; John Nauright (17 December 2009). Routledge Companion to Sports History. Routledge. pp. 595–. ISBN 978-1-135-97813-6.
  2. "Vietnam matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Vietnam. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. Erik Garin; Tom Lewis; Neil Morrison (12 November 2012). "Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) 1963-1966". ytyz.8u8.com, The Pyongyang Times, Realités Cambodgiennes, The Straits Times, La Stampa and Tanaka (Roon Ba). RSSSF. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. "North Vietnam statistics". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31.
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  7. Barrie Courtney (12 December 2004). "North Vietnam - List of International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. "Ký ức về trận cầu lịch sử trong ngày Đại lễ".
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  10. "Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) 1963-1966".
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