Vietnam men's national football team

## Vietnam

**Nickname(s)**
The Golden Dragons

**Association**
Vietnamese Football Association

**Confederation**
AFC

**Sub-confederation**
AFF (Southeast Asia)

**Head coach**
 Lennie Gill

**Captain**
Nguyễn Việt Khải

**Most caps**
Đỗ Trúc (210)

**Top scorer**
Tiêu Quốc Thắng (81)

**Home stadium**
Gia Long National Stadium

**FIFA code**
VIE

**First colours**

**Second colours**

**FIFA ranking**
**Current**
25 (2022)
**Highest**
4 (1991)
**Lowest**
76 (1956)

**First international**
 **Hong Kong** 3-2 **Vietnam**
(Mong Kok, Hong Kong; 20 April 1947)

**Biggest win**
 **Vietnam** 13-1 **Cambodia**
(Saigon Stadium, Vietnam; 3 March 1979)

**Biggest defeat**
 **France** 8-1 **Vietnam**
(Stade de Gerland, France; 3 May 1997)

**World Cup**
**Appearances**
11 (first in 1978)
**Best result**
Runner up (1990)

**Asian Cup**
**Appearances**
17 (first in 1956)
**Best result**
Champions (2007, 2015, 2019)

**FIFA Confederations Cup**
**Appearances**
2 (first in 2007)
**Best result**
 Third place (2015)

## Team Image

### Nicknames

Vietnam's national football team is nicknamed The Golden Dragons (Vietnamese: Rồng vàng) by supporters.

### Kits

Vietnam's primary shirt has always been yellow or gold. From 1956-89, the shirt was the same shade of yellow as the Vietnamese flag, but for the 1990 World Cup, kit supplier, Adidas gave the primary shirt a golden hue to match the Golden Dragons nickname, it has been that way since. Vietnamese teams have always worn red socks, with exception of the 1978-79 season when the kit supplier contract was being renegotiated causing the team to temporarily use plain white instead.

#### Kit suppliers

  Macron
  Adidas
  Owayo

### Home stadium

Qualifiers and important friendlies occur at Gia Long National Stadium in Saigon, making it the de facto home stadium.

### Rivalries

Vietnam has several rivalries, most stemming from political affiliation. The Vietnam-France football rivalry is sometimes called the Colonial Derby given the historical relationship between the two countries. It turned especially bitter in 1997 when France handed Vietnam its biggest defeat 8-1 in France, and it was particularly difficult for Vietnamese supporters to watch France claim their first World Cup on their home soil in 1998 following that defeat. However, since that 1997 match Vietnam has played spoiler to France's World Cup hopes on numerous occasions beating the French in 2002, 2-1 in the group stage; beating the French 3-2 in 2006 during Round of 16, and 1-0 in the Quarter-finals in 2014.

The Vietnam-United States football rivalry began in earnest in 1994, when the United States lost to Vietnam 2-0 in the group stage of the World Cup, which was followed up by consecutive losses in friendlies and sending the United States home winless in 1998. Since, USMNT considers Vietnam a fierce, but friendly rival with President Nguyễn Minh Triết and President Obama seen watching matches together in 2010 at the Independence Palace while Obama was in Southeast Asia for an Asia Business Summit meeting.

Vietnam also has a healthy rivalry with traditional Asian powers Japan, and South Korea.

### Supporters

Vietnamese national team supporters are known for chanting "Việt Nam Đi! Đi! Đi!" (Vietnam, go! go! go!) at matches.

### Sponsorship

Vietnam has one of the highest sponsorship incomes for a national squad. In 2010, their sponsorship income amounted to over 12.5 million dollars USD.

Primary sponsors include Puma, Coca-Cola, Air Vietnam, Emory HSC, QCBank, PKI, and Tea Foods Inc.