Vietnam women's national football team

Vietnam
Nickname(s)Những Nữ Chiến Binh Sao Vàng
(Golden Star Women Warriors)
AssociationVietnam Football Federation (VFF)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachMai Đức Chung
CaptainHuỳnh Như
Most capsĐoàn Thị Kim Chi (109)
Top scorerLưu Ngọc Mai (57)
Home stadiumThống Nhất Stadium
Cẩm Phả Stadium
FIFA codeVIE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 32 (25 March 2022)[1]
Highest28 (June 2013)
Lowest43 (July 2003)
First international
 Thailand 3–2 Vietnam 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 7 October 1997)
Biggest win
 Vietnam 16–0 Maldives 
(Dushanbe, Tajikistan; 23 September 2021)
Biggest defeat
 North Korea 12–1 Vietnam 
(Iloilo City, Philippines; 9 November 1999)
 Australia 11–0 Vietnam 
(Sydney, Australia; 21 May 2015)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultTo be determined
Asian Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1999)
Best resultSixth place (2014)
Quarterfinals (2022)[lower-alpha 1]
This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Vietnam national football team.

The Vietnam women's national football team (Vietnamese: 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 32nd in the world by FIFA.

History

Vietnam women's football established in 1990, but it wasn't until 1997 that the women's team had the first match. The team has become one of the most powerful football women's team in Southeast Asia since 2001 with Thailand. They have won gold medals at the AFF Women's Championship in 2006, 2012 and 2019, and the SEA Games 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, and 2019. Their best result in Asia is the fourth place at the 2014 Asian Games. In the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, they had lost to China at the quarterfinals, then won the play-offs round, thus qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, their first World Cup in history.

Team image

Nicknames

The team doesn't have nickname officially. They has been known by several nicknames are self-named by fans and media such as Những Nữ Chiến Binh Sao Vàng (Golden Star Women Warriors),[2][3] similar to the nickname Những Chiến Binh Sao Vàng (Golden Star Warriors) from the men's team.

Home stadium

Vietnam plays their home matches on the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Thống Nhất Stadium or Cẩm Phả Stadium.

Kit suppliers
Kit supplier Period Notes
Adidas 1996-2005 [4]
Li-Ning 2006-2008
Nike 2009-2014
Grand Sport 2014–present

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: Honda,[5] Yanmar,[6] Grand Sport,[7] Sony,[8] Bia Saigon,[9] Acecook,[10] Coca-Cola,[11] Vinamilk,[12] Kao Vietnam,[13] Herbalife Nutrition[14] and TNI Corporation.[15]

FIFA World Ranking
As of 10 December 2021[16]
Vietnam's FIFA World Ranking History
Year's 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
FIFA World Ranking 4243363636303234313028342932323532353232
AFC Ranking 88778667776767767656

Results and fixtures
Main article: Vietnam women's national football team results (2020–present)
See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021
23 September 2021 (2021-09-23) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group B Maldives  0–16  Vietnam Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 UTC+5 Report (AFC)
Report (VFF)
Stadium: Pamir Stadium
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group B Vietnam  7–0  Tajikistan Dushanbe, Tajikistan
18:00 UTC+5
Report (AFC)
Report (Soccerway)		 Stadium: Pamir Stadium

2022
21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup South Korea  3–0  Vietnam Pune, India
19:30 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA) Stadium: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
24 January 2022 (2022-01-24) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Vietnam  0–3  Japan Pune, India
19:30 UTC+5:30 Report (FIFA) Narumiya 38', 58'
Kumagai 50'		 Stadium: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
27 January 2022 (2022-01-27) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Vietnam  2–2  Myanmar Navi Mumbai, India
13:30 UTC+5:30
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
30 January 2022 (2022-01-30) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup QF China PR  3–1  Vietnam Navi Mumbai, India
17:30 UTC+5:30
Report (AFC)
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
2 February 2022 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Repechage Thailand  0–2  Vietnam Navi Mumbai, India
13:30 UTC+5:30
Report (AFC)
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
6 February 2022 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Repechage Vietnam  2–1  Chinese Taipei Navi Mumbai, India
13:00 UTC+5:30
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
9 April 2022 Friendly South Korea  3–0  Vietnam Goyang, South Korea
16:30 UTC+9
Stadium: Goyang Stadium
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)
12 April 2022 Friendly South Korea  2–3  Vietnam Paju, South Korea
16:30 UTC+9
Stadium: Paju Public Stadium
11 May 2022 2021 Southeast Asian Games Vietnam  v  Philippines Cẩm Phả, Vietnam
: UTC+7 Stadium: Cẩm Phả Stadium
14 May 2022 2021 Southeast Asian Games Cambodia  v  Vietnam Cẩm Phả, Vietnam
: UTC+7 Stadium: Cẩm Phả Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of 6 February 2022
Position Name
Head Coach Mai Đức Chung
Technical Director Yusuke Adachi
Assistant Coach Đoàn Minh Hải
Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
Đoàn Thị Kim Chi
Goalkeeping Coach Nguyễn Thị Kim Hồng
Fitness Coach Cedric Roger
Doctor 1 Trần Thị Trinh
Doctor 2 Lương Thị Thúy
Team Manager Nguyễn Phương Nguyên

Manager history
Name Period Tournament
Trần Thanh Ngữ 1997 1997 Southeast Asian Games:  Bronze
Steve Darby 2001 2001 Southeast Asian Games:  Gold
Jia Guangta 2002–2006 2006 AFF Women's Championship: Champions
Trần Thái Ngọc Tuấn No information
Ngô Lê Bằng 2007
Vũ Bá Đông[17] 2010
Trần Vân Phát[18] 2007–2014 2007 AFF Women's Championship: Third Place
2007 Southeast Asian Games:  Silver
2008 AFF Women's Championship: Runner-up
2009 Southeast Asian Games:  Gold
2011 AFF Women's Championship: Third Place
2012 AFF Women's Championship: Champions
2013 AFF Women's Championship: Third Place
2013 Southeast Asian Games:  Silver
Norimatsu Takashi 2015 2015 AFF Women's Championship: Fourth Place
FIFA Olympic Qualifying 2016 – AFC 2nd Round: Qualified for the final qualifying
Mai Đức Chung 2003–2005
August 2014–December 2014
2016–2022		 2003 Southeast Asian Games: Gold
2005 Southeast Asian Games: Gold
2014 Asian Games: Semi-finalists
FIFA Olympic Qualifying 2016 – AFC Final Round: Sixth place / six teams
2016 AFF Women's Championship: Runner-up
2017 Southeast Asian Games: Gold
2018 AFF Women's Championship: Third Place
FIFA Olympic Qualifying 2020 – AFC 2nd Round: Qualified for the 3rd round qualifying
2019 AFF Women's Championship: Champions
2019 Southeast Asian Games: Gold
FIFA Olympic Qualifying 2020 – AFC 3rd Round: Qualified for the play-off qualifying
FIFA Olympic Qualifying 2020 – AFC Play-off: Lost 1–7 to Australia, thus did not qualify for Olympic
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup: Quarter-finalists and qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup matches against  Chinese Taipei 6 February 2022.
Caps and goals are updated as of 6 February 2022 after the match against Chinese Taipei.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Lại Thị Tuyết (1993-04-27) 27 April 1993 2 0 Phong Phú Hà Nam
14 1GK Trần Thị Kim Thanh (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 33 0 Hồ Chí Minh City
20 1GK Khổng Thị Hằng (1993-10-10) 10 October 1993 22 0 Than Khoáng Sản
2 2DF Lương Thị Thu Thương (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 8 0 Than Khoáng Sản
3 2DF Chương Thị Kiều (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 36 4 Hồ Chí Minh City
4 2DF Trần Thị Thu Thảo (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 32 3 Hồ Chí Minh City
5 2DF Trần Thị Duyên (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 1 0 Phong Phú Hà Nam
13 2DF Lê Thị Diễm My (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 2 0 Than Khoáng Sản
6 3MF Phạm Hoàng Quỳnh (1992-12-20) 20 December 1992 30 6 Phong Phú Hà Nam
7 3MF Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung (Vice-captain) (1993-12-13) 13 December 1993 57 44 Phong Phú Hà Nam
8 3MF Trần Thị Thùy Trang (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 37 3 Hồ Chí Minh City
11 3MF Thái Thị Thảo (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 36 12 Hà Nội
16 3MF Dương Thị Vân (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 54 13 Than Khoáng Sản
17 3MF Trần Thị Phương Thảo (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 40 11 Hồ Chí Minh City
18 3MF Nguyễn Thị Vạn (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 31 11 Than Khoáng Sản
21 3MF Ngân Thị Vạn Sự (2001-04-29) 29 April 2001 7 1 Hà Nội
22 3MF Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh (2002-03-04) 4 March 2002 2 0 Than Khoáng Sản
23 3MF Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 34 11 Hồ Chí Minh City
9 4FW Huỳnh Như (Captain) (1991-11-28) 28 November 1991 56 50 Hồ Chí Minh City
10 4FW Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Ngân (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 7 1 Hồ Chí Minh City
12 4FW Phạm Hải Yến (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 50 30 Hà Nội
19 4FW Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã (2001-09-25) 25 September 2001 10 2 Hà Nội

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Đào Thị Kiều Oanh (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 0 0 Hà Nội Transition Camp, 15–20 June 2021
DF Hoàng Thị Loan (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 25 2 Hà Nội v.  Tajikistan, 29 September 2021
DF Trần Thị Hồng Nhung (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 21 0 Phong Phú Hà Nam Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
DF Nguyễn Thanh Huyền (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 18 3 Hà Nội Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
DF Đặng Thị Mai (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 0 0 Hồ Chí Minh City Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
DF Hồ Thị Quỳnh (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 10 1 Hà Nội Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
DF Lê Hoài Lương (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 0 0 Hồ Chí Minh City Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
DF Nguyễn Thị Thảo Anh (2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 0 0 Hà Nội Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
MF Đinh Thị Thùy Dung (1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 5 0 Than Khoáng Sản Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
MF Hà Thị Nhài (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 7 0 Than Khoáng Sản Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
MF Biện Thị Hằng (1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 0 0 Hà Nội I Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
MF Trần Thị Thu Xuân (2002-12-21) 21 December 2002 0 0 Hà Nội Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
FW Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hằng (1997-11-19) 19 November 1997 14 5 Than Khoáng Sản Transition Camp, 15–20 September 2021
Notes:
  • 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

Records
As of 3 February 2021

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Honours

Regional
Appearances (11): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Winners (3): 2006, 2012, 2019
Runners-up (3): 2004, 2008, 2016
Third place (5): 2004, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2018
Fourth place (1): 2015
Appearances (9): 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019
Gold Medal (6): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019
Silver Medal (2): 2007, 2013
Bronze Medal (1): 1997

Centuriate goals
GoalsDateScorerVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 October 1997unknown Jakarta, Indonesia Thailand1–32–31997 Southeast Asian Games
100.30 November 2005unknown Marikina, Philippines Indonesia8–08–02005 Southeast Asian Games
200.16 October 2008Lê Thị Oanh Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Laos5–06–02008 AFF Women's Championship
300.15 September 2012Nguyễn Thị Muôn Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Philippines1–04–22012 AFF Women's Championship
400.26 July 2016Nguyễn Thị Liễu Yangon, Myanmar Singapore2–014–02016 AFF Women's Championship
500.9 April 2019Nguyễn Thị Vạn Tashkent, Uzbekistan Jordan1–02–02020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
Main article: Vietnam at the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
1991Did not enter
1995
1999
2003Did not qualify
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023Qualified
Appearances 1/9 – – – – – – –

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
1996Did not enter
2000
2004
2008Did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
2024To be determined
2028
Appearances 0/7 – – – – – – –

AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
1975Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999Group Stage9th4202916
20017th4202117
20035th320169
20066th310217
20086th310214
20107th3003012
2014Sixth Place6th410349
2018Group Stage8th3003016
2022Quarter-finals6th6213712
Total Quarter-finals 5th 33 11 1 21 39 92

Asian Games
Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
1990Did not enter
1994
1998Group Stage6th3012116
20026th5014216
20067th3003211
20105th310247
2014Fourth Place4th5203712
2018Quarter-finals5th311139
2022To be determined
2026
Total Fourth Place 4th 22 4 3 15 19 71

AFF Women's Championship
AFF Women's Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
2004Runners-up2nd5410162
2006Champions1st330052
2007Third Place3rd5401323
2008Runners-up2nd6501263
2011Third Place3rd5401343
2012Champions1st5410233
2013Third Place3rd632193
2015Fourth Place4th5302188
2016Runners-up2nd5320244
2018Third Place3rd6501307
2019Champions1st5500241
2022To Be Determined
Total Champions 1st 56 43 6 7 241 39

Southeast Asian Games
SEA Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GS GA
1985Did not enter
1995
1997Bronze Medal3rd420286
2001Gold Medal1st4310161
20031st5500173
20051st5401152
2007Silver Medal2nd4301164
2009Gold Medal1st5230143
2013Silver Medal2nd4301132
2017Gold Medal1st4310132
20191st4310101
2021To be determined
Total Gold Medal 1st 39 28 6 5 122 24

See also

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Notes
  1. At least sixth place. Due to 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup's host nation Australia didn't need to play in the qualifier for Quarterfinals' loser during the competition, can't decide Vietnam's place in 2022 Asian Cup was fifth place exactly.
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