Vietnam national football team
The Vietnam national football team represents Vietnam in men's international senior football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation, the governing body of football in Vietnam. It has been nicknamed the Golden Star Warriors.
Early Vietnamese football with Vietnamese players and French officials in the Championnat Cochinchine, c. 1922–23
The North Vietnam team in 1956.
The Vietnamese national team's squad before facing Iran at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Vietnamese supporters during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, in all red and yellow star attire similar to the colour of the flag of Vietnam.
North Vietnam national football team
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam national football team was the national team of the Communist-controlled Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1956 to 1976. It existed side by side with a separate South Vietnam team, which represented the Western-aligned southern portion of Vietnam. Unlike South Vietnam, North Vietnam's lack of diplomatic recognition on the part of many other states prevented it from ever joining either FIFA or the AFC. Due to its lack of membership in major football bodies, North Vietnam never participated in qualification for the FIFA World Cup or the AFC Asian Cup. Because of North Vietnam's international isolation, its national team mostly played against other Communist and Communist-sympathizing countries during its relatively short-lived existence.
North Vietnam team in 1956
North Vietnam team at the 1966 GANEFO Asia Cup in Cambodia