# Football at the 1997 SEA Games

The football tournament at the 1997 SEA Games was held from 5 to 18 October in Jakarta, Indonesia. All 10 Southeast Asian nations competed in the tournament.

## Medal winners

| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Division | Thailand | Indonesia | Vietnam |
| Women's Division | Thailand | Myanmar | Vietnam |

## Men's tournament
### Participants

* Brunei
* Cambodia
* Indonesia
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vietnam

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Indonesia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| Laos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 10 |
| Singapore | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 4 |
| Brunei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 October | 16 October |
| Thailand | 2 |
| Thailand | 2 | 18 October | 18 October |
| Vietnam | 1 | 18 October | 18 October |
| Vietnam | 1 | Indonesia | 1 (2) |
| 16 October | 16 October | | Indonesia | 1 (2) |
| 16 October | 16 October | Thailand (pen.) | 1 (4) |
| Indonesia | 2 | Thailand (pen.) | 1 (4) |
| Singapore | 1 | | |
| Singapore | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 18 October | 18 October |
| | | Vietnam | 1 |
| | | Singapore | 0 |

#### Gold medal match
### Winners

* 1997 SEA Games Men's Tournament
* Thailand Eighth title

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Thailand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 14 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Indonesia (H) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 14 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Vietnam | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Singapore | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Cambodia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Laos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Myanmar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Philippines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Brunei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Women's tournament
### Participants

* Indonesia
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Thailand
* Vietnam

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| Philippines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |

### Knockout stages

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Thailand | 2 |
| Indonesia | 0 | | |
| Indonesia | 0 | Thailand | 5 |
| | | Myanmar | 1 |
| Myanmar | 3 | Myanmar | 1 |
| Vietnam | 2 | | |
| Vietnam | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Vietnam | 2 |
| | | Indonesia | 0 |

#### Gold medal match
### Winners

* 1997 SEA Games Women's Tournament
* Thailand Third title

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Thailand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 12 | Gold Medal |
| 2 | Myanmar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | Silver Medal |
| 3 | Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Indonesia (H) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Philippines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |