The North Vietnam National Football Team ( Vietnamese Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa ) is the former national team of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam between 1949 and 1975. The team ceased to exist when the Northern and Southern regions were merged into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam . The Vietnam national football team began to hold their matches only after 1991 (no matches were held between 1976 and 1990). North Vietnam was not a member of FIFA ; most of the matches were played against other socialist countries [2] .
| North Vietnam | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC | ||
| Federation | Vietnam Football Association | ||
| FIFA Rating | BR (July 25, 2019) [1] | ||
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| The first game | |||
 China 5 - 3 North Vietnam  ( China ; October 4, 1956) Last game North Vietnam 2 - 1 Cuba  ( North Vietnam ; September 20, 1970) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
North Vietnam 9 - 0 Yemen  ( Khmer Republic ; November 15, 1966) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
North Vietnam 0 - 5 Algeria  ( North Vietnam ; November 22, 1959)  DPRK 5 - 0 North Vietnam ( DPRK ; October 22, 1959) | |||
Performances at international tournaments
World Championship
- 1930-1974 - did not participate
Asian Cup
- 1956-1958 - did not participate
Match Statistics
| Rivals | Matches | Victory | Draw | Defeat | GZ | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | one | one | 0 | five | ||
| China | 6 | one | five | 9 | 17 | |
| Cuba | one | one | 2 | one | ||
| Egypt | one | one | one | four | ||
| Guinea | one | one | 2 | one | ||
| Cambodia | 3 | one | 2 | 6 | five | |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 2 | five | ||
| Laos | one | one | 9 | one | ||
| Mongolia | one | one | 3 | one | ||
| DPRK | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Yemen | one | one | 9 | 0 | ||
| State of Palestine | one | one | four | 0 |
Notes
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking . FIFA (July 25, 2019). Date of treatment July 25, 2019.
- ↑ Routledge Companion to Sports History . - Routledge, December 17, 2009. - P. 595–. - ISBN 978-1-135-97813-6 .