Vietnam national futsal team

Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Nickname(s)	The Golden Star; (Ngôi Sao Vàng)
Association	Vietnam Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bruno Garcia
Captain	Nguyễn Bảo Quân
FIFA code	VIE
FIFA ranking	41 (24 April 2016)
Highest FIFA ranking	40 (10 November 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking	69
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Italy 11–2 Vietnam ; (Singapore; 4 December 1997)
Biggest win
	Vietnam 21–1 Timor-Leste ; (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 10 June 2009)
Biggest defeat
	Vietnam 2–14 Iran ; (Singapore; 5 December 1997); Vietnam 1–13 Iran ; (Tashkent. Uzbekistan; 19 February 2016)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2016)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2005)
Best result	4th place (2016)
AFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 2005)
Best result	Runners-up (2009, 2012)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	1 (First in 2014)
Best result	6th place (2014)

The Vietnam national futsal team represents Vietnam in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

At the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship, Vietnam achieved a historic win over Japan on a penalties shoot out to reach their first semi-final at the tournament, which also qualified them for the FIFA Futsal World Cup as one of the top 5 Asian teams, their first ever FIFA tournament.

Competition History

FIFA Futsal World Cup

World Cup Record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Qualified
Total	0 titles	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC Futsal Championship

Asian Record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1999	Did not enter
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005	Round 1	6	2	1	3	13	19
2006	Did not qualify
2007	Did not enter
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Round 1	3	1	0	2	11	12
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	17	22
2016	Fourth place	6	2	1	3	19	33
Total	0 titles	19	7	2	10	60	86

AFF Futsal Championship

ASEAN Record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2001	Did not enter
2003	Did not enter
2005	Group stage	5	0	0	5	12	35
2006	Group stage	3	0	0	3	13	23
2007	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	22	27
2008	Group stage	3	1	0	2	9	12
2009	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	28	8
2010	Third place	4	2	0	2	13	5
2012	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	29	16
2013	Third place	6	3	0	3	26	19
2014	Third place	6	4	1	1	42	8
2015	Fourth place	6	3	0	3	44	21
2016	To be determined
Total	0 titles	49	22	3	24	238	174

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2005	Did not enter
2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	10
2009	Group stage	3	0	1	2	9	18
2013	Group stage	2	1	1	0	4	1
2017	To be determined
Total	0 titles	8	2	2	4	19	29

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games Record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2007	Group stage	2	0	0	2	3	6
2011	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	15	13
2013	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	14	14
2017	To be determined
Total	0 titles	10	4	1	5	32	33

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2005	Did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2014	Sixth place	3	0	0	3	4	17
2015	Did not enter
2016	To be determined
Total	0 titles	3	0	0	3	4	17

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

Leader: Trần Anh Tú
Manager: Ngô Lê Bằng
Head coach: Bruno Garcia
Assistant coach: Nguyễn Đức Duy
Assistant coach: Nguyễn Quang Minh
Assistant coach: Héctor Souto
Doctor: Trần Anh Tuấn
Interpreters: Huỳnh Tấn Quốc
Team member: Nguyễn Thành Nguyên

The following 13 players were named to the friendlies squad from 22 April to 23 April 2016 in Kariya, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	1GK	Ngô Đình Thuận	(1987-07-05) July 5, 1987 (age 36)	Thái Sơn Nam
2	1GK	Nguyễn Văn Huy	(1989-08-13) August 13, 1989 (age 34)	Thái Sơn Bắc
4	3MF	Vũ Xuân Du	(1991-11-12) November 12, 1991 (age 32)	Thái Sơn Nam
5		Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng	(1997-06-09) June 9, 1997 (age 27)	Thái Sơn Nam
18		Trần Văn Thanh	(1989-04-08) April 8, 1989 (age 35)	Sanna Khánh Hòa
6	2DF	Trần Long Vũ	(1988-08-25) August 25, 1988 (age 35)	Thái Sơn Nam
13	4FW	Danh Phát	(1993-02-24) February 24, 1993 (age 31)	Thái Sơn Nam
7	4FW	Phùng Trọng Luân	(1985-10-20) October 20, 1985 (age 38)	Thái Sơn Nam
14		Cổ Trí Kiệt	(1995-09-04) September 4, 1995 (age 28)	Tân Hiệp Hưng
12	3MF	Đặng Phi Tiến	(1996-10-22) October 22, 1996 (age 27)	Cao Bằng
10	4FW	Nguyễn Bảo Quân (C)	(1983-08-09) August 9, 1983 (age 40)	Thái Sơn Nam
8	3MF	Nguyễn Minh Trí	(1996-04-08) April 8, 1996 (age 28)	Thái Sơn Nam
15	4FW	Ngô Ngọc Sơn	(1995-03-24) March 24, 1995 (age 29)	Thái Sơn Nam

2016 results and fixtures

Results list Vietnam's goal tally first.

Date	Location	Opponent	Result	Competition	Last scorer
Vietnam played their friendlies and competed at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying – AFC Second Round in Uzbekistan. All times are local time (UTC+5)
1 Feb	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	3–3	Friendly
6 Feb	Tashkent	China P.R.	4–1	Friendly	Trần Long Vũ
11 Feb	Tashkent	Taiwan	5–4	AFC Futsal Championship – Group C	Huang Po Chun
13 Feb	Tashkent	Tajikistan	8–1	AFC Futsal Championship – Group C	Trần Văn Vũ
15 Feb	Tashkent	Thailand	1–3	AFC Futsal Championship – Group C	Suphawut
17 Feb	Tashkent	Japan	4–4 (a.e.t) 2–1 (pen.)	AFC Futsal Championship – Quarter-finals Vietnam won 2–1 on penalties	Trần Thái Huy (a.e.t) Phùng Trọng Luân (pen.)
19 Feb	Tashkent	Iran	1–13	AFC Futsal Championship – Semi-finals	Keshavarz
21 Feb	Tashkent	Thailand	0–8	AFC Futsal Championship – Third place play-off	Suphawut
Vietnam played their friendlies in Japan. All times are local time (UTC+9)
22 Apr (19:00)	Nagoya City	Japan	0–7	Friendly	Nobuya (No. 6)
23 Apr (16:00)	Nagoya City	Uzbekistan	2–2	Friendly	Dilshod
Vietnam are scheduled to play their friendlies in Spain from 15 August to 29 August. All times are local time
19 Aug	Spain	Spain		Friendly
Aug	Spain			Friendly
Aug	Spain			Friendly
Aug	Spain			Friendly
Vietnam are scheduled to play their friendlies in Argentina from late August to early September. All times are local time ^[3]
Aug or Sep	Argentina	Argentina		Friendly
Sep	Argentina			Friendly
Sep	Argentina			Friendly
All times are local time (UTC−5)
11 Sep	Cali	Guatemala		World Cup – Group Stage
14 Sep	Cali	Paraguay		World Cup – Group Stage
17 Sep	Bucaramanga	Italy		World Cup – Group Stage
All times are local time (UTC+7)
31 Oct	Bangkok	Brunei		AFF Championship – Group Stage
1 Nov	Bangkok	Timor-Leste		AFF Championship – Group Stage
2 Nov	Bangkok	Thailand		AFF Championship – Group Stage

Ranking in the Asian Football Confederation

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Nation	Points
	1	5	Iran	1626
	2	12	Japan	1373
1	3	15	Thailand	1361
	4	21	Uzbekistan	1252
2	5	24	Australia	1236
	6	40	Kuwait	1075
3	7	41	Vietnam	1063
	7	41	Kyrgyzstan	1063
	9	44	China	1041
4	10	48	Indonesia	1019

Updated to 13 May 2016

All-time Record

Team	Pld	Win	Drawn*	Lose	GF	GA	Diff
Australia	7	0	1	6	16	30	−14
Bahrain	1	0	1	0	4	4	0
Bhutan	1	1	0	0	6	3	+6
Brazil	1	1	0	1	4	10	-6
Brunei	4	3	0	1	18	12	+6
Cambodia	5	3	1	1	33	16	+17
China	7	3	0	4	18	19	−1
Colombia	1	0	0	1	2	6	-4
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	1	11	12	-1
Guatemala	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4
Indonesia	9	3	3	5	30	31	−1
Iran	4	0	0	4	8	49	−41
Iraq	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
Italy	2	0	0	2	2	20	−18
Japan	4	0	1	3	7	13	−6
Jordan	1	0	0	1	3	6	−3
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5
Kyrgyzstan	2	0	0	2	3	8	-5
Laos	4	3	0	1	43	7	+36
Lebanon	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4
Malaysia	18	8	3	7	67	70	−3
Maldives	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7
Myanmar	6	6	0	0	28	6	+22
Paraguay	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Palestine	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Philippines	10	9	0	1	75	11	+64
Qatar	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3
Singapore	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
South Korea	2	2	0	0	14	8	+6
Spain	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3
Tajikistan	2	2	0	0	18	5	+13
Thailand	15	1	0	14	22	102	−80
Timor-Leste	1	1	0	0	21	1	+20
Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Uzbekistan	4	1	2	2	14	20	−6
Total	135	58	15	65	506	516	-10