The Republic of Vietnam national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Cộng hòa) was the national association football team from 1947 to 1975 representing the State of Vietnam and later the Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as South Vietnam. State of Vietnam joined the International Association Football Federation (FIFA) in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954. The South Vietnamese football association was treated by these bodies as the only legitimate Vietnamese association, as South Vietnam claimed sovereignty over all of Vietnam from 1949 to 1975. The South Vietnam team appeared under French Indochina in 1947, before a Vietnamese government representing it (future South Vietnam) appeared in 1949. After Vietnam gained independence from France and was divided in 1954, it existed side by side with a separate North Vietnam team, which represented the Communist-controlled northern portion of the country from 1956 to 1976. Unlike its southern counterpart, the latter was never allowed to join FIFA or the AFC. South Vietnam took part in the first two Asian Cups finals (1956 and 1960), finishing last both times. The South Vietnam team played their last games at 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification in 1975 March, and ceased to exist after the Fall of Saigon on April 30, when the Vietnam War ended. The North and South regions combined into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976, with the Vietnam national team replacing both the North and South teams. The unified republic was allowed to keep South Vietnam's membership of FIFA and the AFC, resulting in the South Vietnam team's historical record usually being counted as part of the overall record of the Vietnam national team, while results for the North Vietnam team are not commonly included as part of the record.

Tournament record

FIFA World Cup

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

The only World Cup qualification campaign which South Vietnam entered was the for the 1974 World Cup. They were placed in Zone A of the AFC and OFC qualification in Seoul, South Korea. On 16 May 1973 they beat Thailand 1–0 to qualify for Group 1. On 20 May, South Vietnam lost their opening game 0–4 to Japan and four days later they lost 1–0 to Hong Kong and were eliminated. Hong Kong and Japan advanced but neither got any further, losing play-offs for the next round to South Korea and Israel respectively.

Asian Cup

Olympic Games

Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games

Match results

South Vietnam – List of International Matches at RSSSF.com

Head-to-head record

{{legend|#CCFFCC|Positive balance|border=1px solid #AAA}} {{legend|#FFFFCC|Neutral balance|border=1px solid #AAA}} {{legend|#FFDACC|Negative balance|border=1px solid #AAA}} The list shown below shows the South Vietnam national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Honours

Regional

Friendly