# Football at the 2019 SEA Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2019 SEA Games was held from November 25 to December 10, 2019 in the Philippines. All eleven Southeast Asian nations participated in the men's tournament. Matches were played in Manila, Biñan and Imus. Men's teams were restricted to under-22 players (born on or after January 1, 1997).
Thailand were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage. Vietnam won their first title as unified country, having won the gold medal in 1959 previously as South Vietnam.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the men's football competitions:
| G | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Mon 25 | Tue 26 | Wed 27 | Thu 28 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Tue 10 |
| G | G | G | G | G | | G | G | G | G | G | | ½ | | | B | F |

## Venues

The matches were played across three venues. The renovated Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila was the primary venue, while some matches in the group stage were held at the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, Laguna and the City of Imus Grandstand in Imus, Cavite.
| Manila | Biñan | Imus | ManilaBiñanImusFootball at the 2019 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Luzon) |
| Rizal Memorial Stadium | Biñan Football Stadium | City of Imus Grandstand | ManilaBiñanImusFootball at the 2019 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Luzon) |
| Capacity: 12,873 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 4,800 | ManilaBiñanImusFootball at the 2019 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Luzon) |

## Squads

The men's tournament was an under-22 international tournament (born on or after January 1, 1997), with a maximum of two overage players allowed. Each participating nation's squad were composed of maximum of 20 players.

## Summary

The men's tournament began with Malaysia meeting Myanmar. Soe Moe Kyaw's goal opened the scoring, later Hadi from Malaysia equalized. From there, the match would end as a draw, temporarily putting both teams on the top of the table. Also, Vietnam defeated Brunei 6–0 to start their campaign on a high, while Philippines held Cambodia to a shock draw, title holders Thailand suffered a shock defeat against Indonesia. Both Laos and Singapore were held by a goalless draw. Vietnam scored another six goals, but conceded one against Laos, with a dominant 6–1 victory. Myanmar edged past hosts Philippines thanks to a late goal by Win Naing Tun. Brunei also lost 7–0 to Thailand, conceding 13 in 2 games. Cambodia would ease past Timor-Leste, while Indonesia defeated Singapore 2–0. Goals from Aung Kaung Mann, Htet Phyo Wai and Hlaing Bo Bo, Myanmar earned a 3–1 win, with 7 points in three games. While Thailand and Laos earned wins over Singapore and Brunei respectively, Philippines defeated Malaysia 1–0, which was considered a shock, while Vietnam earned a late goal from Nguyễn Hoàng Đức put them on the top of the table. While Malaysia got their first win, the first team qualified to the knockout stage was Myanmar. A very late 86 minute goal by Aung Kaung Mann put him on 3 goals in 4 games. Thailand scored two late goals against Laos to potentially eliminate them, while Indonesia battered Brunei 8–0. Vietnam would get lucky with a late goal yet again, while Hà Đức Chinh scored a late winner against Singapore, putting them in the next round. The loss for Singapore meant that they were yet to score a goal. Cambodia earned a shock win against Malaysia, who earned only 4 points. Philippines defeated Timor-Leste, but nonetheless, they went out on goal difference. Singapore would get their first goals, all coming against Brunei. Indonesia would also beat Laos 4–0, while Vietnam were held by Thailand with two early goals by Supachai Chaided and Suphanat Mueanta. Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia earned spots in the semi-finals, while holders Thailand and runners-up of 2017 tournament Malaysia were eliminated early. Hosts Philippines showed signs of impressiveness, only failing to go past Cambodia by goal difference.
The first semi-final saw Indonesia win 4-2 after extra time against Myanmar, with Evan Dimas scoring a brace. Despite this, the bronze medal was still likely to be in Myanmar's hands. Hà Đức Chinh scored a hat-trick against Cambodia, while Nguyễn Tiến Linh scored one to earn Vietnam a final spot against Indonesia.
In the bronze medal match, Sieng Chanthea scored a shock early goal. But eight minutes later, Aung Kaung Mann scored his fifth goal of the tournament. Myat Kaung Khant scored in the 35th minute, but Keo Sokpheng scored in the 71st minute. The match went goalless for the final parts of regular time, and extra time. All of Myanmar's 5 penalty takers scored, while Keo Sokpheng's penalty hit the post, Myanmar won bronze, their first medal since 2015, when they failed to beat Thailand in the final. In the gold medal match, midfielder Đỗ Hùng Dũng scored a goal while 20-year old Đoàn Văn Hậu scored a brace, giving Vietnam their first gold medal as a unified country. They managed to retain their status as a gold medallist and won the 2021 tournament.

## Draw

The draw was held on October 15, 2019 at Sofitel Hotel in Manila, Philippines. The 11 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of five and six teams. Four pots will be used for the draw with teams seeded according to their previous performance in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. Defending champions Thailand and hosts Philippines are seeded in Pot 1.
The Vietnam Football Federation filed a complaint regarding the seeding of the Vietnam national team in Pot 4 for the men's football tournament questioning the fact that their national team, who collected ten points in the group stage of the 2017 edition of the games, was seeded lower than the two teams who collected less points and were seeded Pot 3 (Myanmar with nine points and Singapore with six points). Vietnam was later elevated to Pot 3 and Singapore was relegated to Pot 4.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Philippines (H) Thailand (C) | Malaysia Indonesia | Myanmar Vietnam | Singapore Laos Cambodia Brunei East Timor |

## Group stage

* All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Myanmar | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Cambodia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Philippines (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | East Timor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 13 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Indonesia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Thailand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | |
| 4 | Singapore | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Laos | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Brunei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | −31 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| December 7 – Manila | December 7 – Manila |
| Myanmar | 2 |
| Myanmar | 2 | December 10 – Manila | December 10 – Manila |
| Indonesia (a.e.t.) | 4 | December 10 – Manila | December 10 – Manila |
| Indonesia (a.e.t.) | 4 | Indonesia | 0 |
| December 7 – Manila | December 7 – Manila | | Indonesia | 0 |
| December 7 – Manila | December 7 – Manila | Vietnam | 3 |
| Vietnam | 4 | Vietnam | 3 |
| Cambodia | 0 | | |
| Cambodia | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | December 10 – Manila | December 10 – Manila |
| | | Myanmar (p) | 2 (5) |
| | | Cambodia | 2 (4) |

### Gold medal match
## Winners

* 2019 SEA Games Men's Tournament
* Vietnam Second title

## Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.
8 goals
* Osvaldo Haay
* Hà Đức Chinh
6 goals
* Nguyễn Tiến Linh
5 goals
* Aung Kaung Mann
* Suphanat Mueanta
4 goals
* Keo Sokpheng
* Egy Maulana
3 goals
* Sieng Chanthea
* Hadi Fayyadh
* Amani Aguinaldo
* Ikhsan Fandi
2 goals
* Reung Bunheing
* Evan Dimas
* Saddil Ramdani
* Bounphachan Bounkong
* Win Naing Tun
* Stephan Schröck
* Faris Ramli
* Anon Amornlerdsak
* Jaroensak Wonggorn
* Supachai Jaided
* Đoàn Văn Hậu
* Đỗ Hùng Dũng
1 goal
* In Sodavid
* Sin Kakada
* Sin Sophanat
* Andy Setyo
* Asnawi Bahar
* Bagas Adi Nugroho
* Sani Rizki
* Witan Sulaeman
* Kaharn Phetsivilay
* Soukaphone Vongchiengkham
* Akhyar Rashid
* Quentin Cheng
* Hlaing Bo Bo
* Htet Phyo Wai
* Lwin Moe Aung
* Myat Kaung Khant
* Soe Moe Kyaw
* Dennis Chung
* Dylan de Bruycker
* Justin Baas
* Mar Diano
* Irfan Fandi
* Saifullah Akbar
* Peerawat Akkatam
* Sarayut Sompim
* Supachok Sarachat
* Elias Mesquita
* Nataniel Reis
* Nguyễn Hoàng Đức
* Nguyễn Quang Hải
* Nguyễn Thành Chung
* Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
* Nguyễn Trọng Hùng
* Triệu Việt Hưng
1 own goal
* Filomeno Junior (against Malaysia)