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North Vietnam national football team

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Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1956–1976
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationVietnam Football Association
Top scorerNguyễn Thế Anh
Phan Văn Mỵ
Nguyễn Viết Cầu (1)
Home stadiumVarious
FIFA codeVNO
First colours
Second colours
Goalkeeper colours
First international
 China 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 Korea 5–0 North Vietnam 
(Pyongyang, North Korea, 22 October 1959)
 North Vietnam 0–5 Algeria
(Hanoi, North Vietnam, 22 November 1959)

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 Communist-controlled Democratic Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as North Vietnam) from 1956 to 1976. It existed side by side with a separate South Vietnam team, which represented the capitalist-oriented 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 short-lived existence.[1]

The North Vietnam football team played its last game in 1970 and 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

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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. Their 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 North Vietnam was not a member of international federations such as FIFA, the AFC, or the International Olympic Committee, its football team participated in very few international competitions. Their most notorious international participations were in the football tournament of the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO). 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. They also earned third place in the football-only GANEFO event that took place in 1965.[3]

After Vietnamese reunification, both the North- and South Vietnam teams were superseded by the Vietnam national football team, which represents the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. With unified Vietnam having taken over South Vietnam's membership of FIFA and the AFC, its historical football record is usually merged with that of South Vietnam, while North Vietnam is most often treated as a separate team.

Kit

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The home kit of North Vietnam was similar to the kit of the Soviet Union consisting of a red shirt, with the legend "VIET NAM DCCH" ("Democratic Republic of Vietnam") across the front in white, white shorts and white-red socks. The away kit was a white shirt with "VIET NAM DCCH" across the chest in red, red shorts and red-white socks.

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

Head coaches

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Competitive record

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World Cup record

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FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Brazil 1950 Not member of FIFA Not member of FIFA
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Asian Cup record

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AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 Not member of AFC Not member of AFC
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972
Iran 1976
Total 0/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GANEFO

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GANEFO record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Indonesia 1963 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 22 12 3 1 0 2 4 6
North Korea 1965 Third place 3rd 5 1 2 2 7 8 No qualification
Cambodia 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

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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
Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5
 China 6 0 1 5 9 17 -8
 Cuba 1 1 0 0 3 2 1
 Egypt 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3
 Guinea 1 1 0 0 2 1 1
 Cambodia 3 1 2 0 6 5 1
 Indonesia 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3
 Laos 1 1 0 0 9 1 8
 Mongolia 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
 North Korea 6 0 0 6 2 17 -15
 North Yemen 1 1 0 0 9 0 9
 Palestine 1 1 0 0 4 0 4
Total 25 7 3 15 44 55 -11

Match results

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

Results

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1956
Date Opponent Score* Venue Competition North Vietnam scores
4 October  China 3–5 Xiannongtan Stadium, Beijing (A) 1956 Communist Tournament
10 October  North Korea 0–3 Xiannongtan Stadium, Beijing (A) 1956 Communist Tournament
1959
22 October  North Korea 0–5 Pyongyang, North Korea (A) 1959 Communist Tournament
28 October  China 0–2 Pyongyang, North Korea (A) 1959 Communist Tournament
22 November  Algeria 0–5 North Vietnam (H) Friendly
1960
3 October  Mongolia 3–1 Hanoi, North Vietnam (H) 1960 Communist Tournament
8 October  North Korea 1–3 Hanoi, North Vietnam (H) 1960 Communist Tournament
11 October  China 3–4 Hanoi, North Vietnam (H) 1960 Communist Tournament
1963
April  China 0–1 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO qualification[8]
April  Cambodia 3–2 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO qualification[9]
April  Indonesia 1–3 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO qualification
November  United Arab Republic 1–4 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO
November  Laos 9–1 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO
November Chile Chile University 4–2 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO
November Argentina Argentina University 6–1 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO
November  North Korea 0–2 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO
November Uruguay Uruguay University 2–2 Indonesia (A) 1963 GANEFO
1965
August  North Korea 0–1 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  China 3–3 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  Guinea 2–1 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  Indonesia 1–2 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
August  Cambodia 1–1 North Korea (A) 1965 GANEFO
1966
August  North Korea 1–3 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
August  China 0–2 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
August  Cambodia 2–2 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
August  Palestine 4–0 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
15 November  North Yemen 9–0 Cambodia (A) 1966 GANEFO
1970
20 September  Cuba 3–2 [10] Hanoi, North Vietnam (H) Friendly Thế Anh 70', Văn Mỵ 75' (pen.), Viết Cầu 88'

See also

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ Barrie Courtney (12 December 2004). "North Vietnam - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ "North Vietnam statistics". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31.
  7. ^ Barrie Courtney (12 December 2004). "North Vietnam - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ "North Vietnam - List of International Matches".
  9. ^ "Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) 1963-1966".
  10. ^ "Ký ức về trận cầu lịch sử trong ngày Đại lễ".