Vietnam women's national football team

 Vietnam

Nickname(s)	The Golden Girls (Vietnamese: Những cô gái vàng)
Association	Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)
Sub-confederation	AFF (South East Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mai Đức Chung
Captain	Đặng Kiều Trinh
Most caps	Đoàn Kim Chi
Top scorer	Lưu Ngọc Mai
Home stadium	Mỹ Đình National Stadium
FIFA code	VIE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	35 6 (25 March 2016)
Highest	28 (June 2013)
Lowest	43 (July – October 2003, August 2004 – March 2005, September 2005)
First international
Thailand 3–2 Vietnam (Jakarta, Indonesia; October 1997)
Biggest win
Vietnam 14–0 Maldives  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 4 October 2004) Vietnam 14–0 Indonesia  (Vientiane, Laos; 20 October 2011)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 12–1 Vietnam (Iloilo City, Philippines; 9 November 1999)
Women's Asian Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1999)
Best result	6th (2014)
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (First in 1998)
Best result	4th (2014)
Women's ASEAN championship
Appearances	7 (First in 2006)
Best result	Champions (2006, 2012)
Medal record AFF Women's Championship Winner 2006 Ho Chi Minh City Team Winner 2012 Ho Chi Minh City Team Runner-up 2008 Ho Chi Minh City Team 2007 Yangon Team 2011 Vientiane Team 2013 Yangon Team Southeast Asian Games 2001 Kuala Lumpur Team 2003 Hanoi Team 2005 Manila Team 2009 Vientiane Team 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Team 2013 Naypyidaw Team 1997 Jakarta Team

Vietnam women's national football team (Vietnamese: Đội tuyển bóng đá nữ quốc gia Việt Nam) is a female football team representing Vietnam and controlled by Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The team is currently ranked 35th in the world, 7th in Asia and 2nd in South East Asia by FIFA (March 2016).

The Vietnam women's national football team has become the most powerful team in Southeast Asia since 2000. They have finished seven times in the group stages of the AFC Women's Asian Cup 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014, have won the AFF Women's Championship 2006 and 2012. They have also won four gold medals in the SEA Games 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2009. Their best result is the fourth place at the 2014 Asian Games.

History

In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Asian Games in Marikina in December.^[1]

2001 Southeast Asian Games triumph

In the 2001 SEA Games, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vietnam women's team defeated the defending champion Thailand 4–0 in final match. Its first title in the regional tournament.

2003 Southeast Asian Games triumph

In the 2003 SEA Games, Hanoi, Vietnam (as hosted). Vietnam women's team defeated Myanmar 2–1 in final match. Its second title in the regional tournament.

2005 Southeast Asian Games triumph

In the 2005 SEA Games, Marikina City, Philippines. Vietnam women's team defeated Myanmar 1–0 in final match. Its third title in the regional tournament.

2006 AFF Women's Championship triumph

In the 2006 AFF Women's Championship, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (as hosted). Vietnam women's team became the first champion of this tournament (defeated Chinese Taipei 1–0, Thailand 3–2 and Myanmar 1–0). Its first title in this tournament and also the fourth title in the regional tournament.

2009 Southeast Asian Games triumph

In the 2009 SEA Games, Vientiane, Laos. Vietnam women's team drew Thailand 0–0 and won 3–0 on Penalty in final match. Its fifth title in the regional tournament.

2012 AFF Women's Championship triumph

Vietnam women's team champions ASEAN Women's Football Championship 2012

Vietnam women's football team clinched the 2012 Southeast Asian Women Football Championship (AFF), beating tough rival Myanmar 4–3 on penalties in a nerve-racking final at Ho Chi Minh City –based Thong Nhat Stadium Saturday afternoon.

After a 0–0 tie after 120 minutes, goal keeper Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh became hero in the penalty kick shootout after she saved the fifth deciding kick by Khin Marlar Tun to help Vietnam win the second AFF title. It is their second title win in this tournament and also the sixth title in the regional tournament.

Kits

Nike (2009–2014)
2009–10 Home	2009–10 Away	2010–12 Home	2010–12 Away	2012–14 Home	2012–14 Away

Grand Sport (2015–2019)
2015–16 Home	2015–16 Away

FIFA Rankings

July 2003 : 43 August 2003 : 43 (→) October 2003 : 43 (→) December 2003 : 42 (↑) March 2004 : 42 (→) June 2004 : 42 (→) August 2004 : 43 (↓) December 2004 : 43 (→) March 2005 : 43 (→) June 2005 : 42 (↑) September 2005 : 43 (↓) December 2005 : 36 (↑) March 2006 : 36 (→) May 2006 : 35 (↑) September 2006 : 31 (↑) December 2006 : 36 (↓) March 2007 : 37 (↓) June 2007 : 38 (↓) October 2007 : 39 (↓) December 2007 : 36 (↑)

March 2008 : 37 (↓) June 2008 : 32 (↑) September 2008 : 32 (→) December 2008 : 30 (↑) March 2009 : 30 (→) June 2009 : 30 (→) September 2009 : 31 (↓) December 2009 : 32 (↓) March 2010 : 32 (→) May 2010 : 32 (→) August 2010 : 31 (↑) November 2010 : 34 (↓) March 2011 : 32 (↑) July 2011 : 32 (→) September 2011 : 31 (↑) December 2011 : 31 (→)

March 2012 : 30 (↑) May 2012: 30 (→) August 2012 : 31 (↓) December 2012: 30 (↑) March 2013 : 30 (→) June 2013: 28 (↑) August 2013: 28 (→) December 2013: 28 (→) March 2014: 28 (→) June 2014: 33 (↓) September 2014: 34 (↓) December 2014: 34 (↔) March 2015: 34 (↔) July 2015: 35 (↓) September 2015: 33 (↑) December 2015: 29 (↑) March 2016: 35 (↓)

Competitive records

FIFA Women's World Cup

World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999
2003	Did not qualify
2007
2011
2015
2019	To be determined
Total	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	Did not enter
2000
2004
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2020	To be determined
Total	0/6	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1975	Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999	Group stage	4	2	0	2	9	16
2001	Group stage	4	2	0	2	11	7
2003	Group stage	3	2	0	1	6	9
2006	Group stage	3	1	0	2	1	7
2008	Group stage	3	1	0	2	1	4
2010	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	12
2014	Sixth place	4	1	0	3	4	9
Total	7/18	24	9	0	15	32	64

Asian Games

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1990	Did not enter
1994
1998	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	16
2002	Sixth place	5	0	1	4	2	16
2006	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	11
2010	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	7
2014	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	7	12
2018	To be determined
2022
Total	5/7	19	3	2	14	16	62

AFF Women's Championship

AFF Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2004	Runners-up	5	4	1	0	16	2
2006	Champions	3	3	0	0	5	2
2007	Third place	5	4	0	1	32	3
2008	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	26	3
2011	Third place	5	4	0	1	34	3
2012	Champions	5	4	1	0	23	3
2013	Third place	6	3	2	1	9	3
2015	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	18	8
2016	To be determined
Total	8/8	40	30	4	6	163	27

Southeast Asian Games

SEA Games Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not enter
1995
1997	Third place	4	2	0	2	8	6
2001	Champions	4	3	1	0	16	1
2003	Champions	5	5	0	0	17	3
2005	Champions	5	4	0	1	15	2
2007	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	16	4
2009	Champions	5	2	3	0	14	3
2013	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	13	2
2017	To be determined
Total	7/9	31	22	4	5	99	21

*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.

Schedules and results

All times listed are Indochina Time (UTC+7)

      Win       Draw       Lose

2015 AFF Women's Championship

Vietnam  v  Myanmar

2 May 2015 Group B	Vietnam	3–2	Myanmar	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:30	Huỳnh Như  6', 84' Minh Nguyệt  30'	Report	Wai  13' Phaw  23'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Attendance: 200 Referee: Rita Ghani (Malaysia)

Malaysia  v  Vietnam

4 May 2015 Group B	Malaysia	0–7	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:30		Report	Huỳnh Như  1', 62' Hồng Nhung  47' Nguyệt  59' Tuyết Dung  78', 82', 90+1'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Attendance: 1200 Referee: Patchaya Boonprasit (Thailand)

Philippines  v  Vietnam

6 May 2015 Group B	Philippines	0–4	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18:30		Report	Minh Nguyệt  3', 27', 38' (pen.) Thùy Trang  11'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Attendance: 2000 Referee: Rita Ghani (Malaysia)

Vietnam  v  Thailand

8 May 2015 Semi-finals	Vietnam	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
19:30	Liễu  30'	Report	Romyen  52', 92'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Attendance: 13000 Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Australia U20  v  Vietnam

10 May 2015 Third place match	Australia U20	4–3	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
16:00	Ferguson  4' Ibini  56', 90+1' Goad  73'	Report	Minh Nguyệt  11' (pen.), 31' Tuyết Dung  84'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Attendance: 800 Referee: Patchaya Boonprasit (Thailand)

2015–16 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Second Round

Chinese Taipei  v  Vietnam

14 September 2015 Second round	Chinese Taipei	1–0	Vietnam	Mandalay, Myanmar
15:30	Lin Chiung-ying  85'	Report		Stadium: Mandalarthiri Attendance: 475 Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

Vietnam  v  Myanmar

18 September 2015 Second round	Vietnam	4–2	Myanmar	Mandalay, Myanmar
18:30	Huỳnh Như  16', 74' Minh Nguyệt  22', 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Wai Wai Aung  85' Khin Moe Wai  88'	Stadium: Mandalarthiri Attendance: 7,485

Vietnam  v  Jordan

20 September 2015 Second round	Vietnam	2–1	Jordan	Mandalay, Myanmar
16:00	Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt  18' (pen.), 45+1'	Report	Jbarah  76'	Stadium: Mandalarthiri Attendance: 115 Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Thailand  v  Vietnam

22 September 2015 Second round	Thailand	0–2	Vietnam	Mandalay, Myanmar
16:00		Report	Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt  39', 83'	Stadium: Mandalarthiri Attendance: 276 Referee: Wang Jia (China)

CFA International Women's Football Tournament, Shenzhen 2016

Vietnam  v  South Korea

21 January 2016 Friendly	Vietnam	0–5	South Korea	Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China People's Republic
11:30		Report	Lee Mi-na  13' Lee Hyun-young  45' Yoo Young-a  45' Kim Soo-yun  52' Lee So-dam  87'	Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Li Juan (China)

China PR  v  Vietnam

23 January 2016 Friendly	China PR	8–0	Vietnam	Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China People's Republic
19:30		Report		Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium

Mexico  v  Vietnam

26 January 2016 Friendly	Mexico	1–0	Vietnam	Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China People's Republic
19:30		Report		Stadium: Shenzhen Stadium

2015–16 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Final Round

China PR  v  Vietnam

29 February 2016 Final Round	China PR	2–0	Vietnam	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
16:35	Gu Yasha  57' Zhang Rui  63' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 369 Referee: Lucila Montes (Mexico)

Australia  v  Vietnam

2 March 2016 Final Round	Australia	9–0	Vietnam	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
16:35	Emily Gielnik  10' Kyah Simon  17', 38', 43' Alana Kennedy  19' Ashleigh Sykes  64' Emily Van Egmond  68' Michelle Heyman  77' Clare Polkinghorne  85'	Report		Attendance: 129 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Vietnam  v  North Korea

4 March 2016 Final Round	Vietnam	0–1	North Korea	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
16:35		Report	Ju Hyo-sim  90'	Attendance: 996 Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

Vietnam  v  Japan

7 March 2016 Final Round	Vietnam	1–6	Japan	Kincho Stadium, Osaka
19:39	Huỳnh Như  42' (pen)	Report	Mana Iwabuchi  39' Shinobu Ohno  45' Nahomi Kawasumi  80' Emi Nakajima  83' Kumi Yokoyama  90' Yuki Ogimi  90+3'	Attendance: 3,418 Referee: Rita Binti Gani (Malaysia)

South Korea  v  Vietnam

9 March 2016 Final Round	South Korea	4–0	Vietnam	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
16:35	Lim Seon-joo  8', 18' Lee Geum-min  69' Jeon Ga-eul  85'	Report		Attendance: 99 Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

Vietnam women's national football team – match results by year

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2015–16 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

As of 14 September 2015

Head coach: Norimatsu Takashi

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Đặng Thị Kiều Trinh	19 December 1985	Sports center district 1 Ho Chi Minh city
14	GK	Trần Thị Kim Thanh	18 September 1993	Sports center district 1 Ho Chi Minh city
20	GK	Lại Thị Tuyết	27 April 1993	TC&SC Hà Nam
2	DF	Nguyễn Thị Xuyến	6 September 1987	TC&SC Hà Nội
3	DF	Chương Thị Kiều	19 August 1995	Sports center district 1 Ho Chi Minh city
4	DF	Vũ Thị Thúy	8 August 1994	TC&SC Hà Nam
6	DF	Bùi Thúy An	5 October 1990	TC&SC Hà Nội
13	DF	Hoàng Thị Loan	6 February 1995	TC&SC Hà Nội
17	DF	Nguyễn Hải Hòa	22 December 1989	Thái Nguyên
5	MF	Đỗ Thị Yến	28 November 1992	TC&SC Hà Nội
7	MF	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung	13 December 1993	TC&SC Hà Nam
8	MF	Nguyễn Thị Liễu	18 September 1992	TC&SC Hà Nam
9	MF	Trần Thị Thùy Trang	8 August 1988	Sports center district 1 Ho Chi Minh city
10	MF	Nguyễn Thị Hòa	27 July 1990	TC&SC Hà Nội
12	MF	Vũ Thị Nhung	9 July 1992	TC&SC Hà Nội
15	MF	Trần Nguyễn Bảo Châu	24 March 1991	Sports center district 1 Ho Chi Minh city
16	MF	Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy	1 May 1994	Sports center district 1 Ho Chi Minh city
11	FW	Nguyễn Thị Hồng Cúc	28 March 1994	TC&SC Hà Nam
18	FW	Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt	16 November 1986	TC&SC Hà Nội
19	FW	Huỳnh Như	28 November 1991	Sports center district 1 Ho Chi Minh city

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Vietnam squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Khổng Thị Hằng	10 October 1993			Than KSVN	2015 AFF Women's Championship
GK	Lê Thị Tuyết Mai	15 December 1985
DF	Trần Thị Hồng Nhung	28 October 1992			TC&SC Hà Nam	2015 AFF Women's Championship
DF	Nguyễn Thị Mai	14 June 1990			Than KSVN	2015 AFF Women's Championship
DF	Dương Thị Vân	20 September 1994			Than KSVN
DF	Trịnh Thị Hoàn	14 April 1991			TC&SC Hà Nội
DF	Nguyễn Thị Nga
DF	Bùi Thị Như	10 June 1990				2015 AFF Women's Championship
DF	Trần Thị Kim Hồng	26 January 1985
DF	Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Anh	23 February 1985
MF	Phạm Hoàng Quỳnh
MF	Nguyễn Thị Muôn	7 October 1988				2015 AFF Women's Championship
MF	Lê Thị Thương	23 December 1984
FW	Lê Thu Thanh Hương	21 September 1991
FW	Phạm Hải Yến	9 November 1994			TC&SC Hà Nội
FW	Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt					2015 AFF Women's Championship

Notes:

• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
• ^RET Retired from the national team
• ^WD Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Dương Vũ Lâm
Head coach	Mai Đức Chung
Assistant coach	Vũ Bá Đông
Assistant coach	Nguyễn Thị Kim Hồng
Assistant coach	Đoàn Thị Kim Chi
Fitness coach	N/a
Goalkeeping coach	Nguyễn Thị Kim Hồng
Doctor 1	Phạm Thị Thủy
Doctor 2	Trần Thị Lương Ngọc
Interpreters	Mai Anh Hoàng

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Tournament
Trần Thanh Ngữ		1997	1997 Southeast Asian Games:  Bronze
Steve Darby		2001	2001 Southeast Asian Games:  Gold
Giả Quảng Thác		2006	2006 AFF Women's Championship: Champions
Trần Thái Ngọc Tuấn		No information
Ngô Lê Bằng		2007
Vũ Bá Đông		2010
Chen Yun Fa[2]		2007–2014	2007 AFF Women's Championship: Third Place 2007 Southeast Asian Games:  Silver 2008 AFF Women's Championship: Runner-up 2009 Southeast Asian Games:  Gold 2011 AFF Women's Championship: Third Place 2012 AFF Women's Championship: Champions 2013 AFF Women's Championship: Third Place 2013 Southeast Asian Games:  Silver
Norimatsu Takashi		2015	2015 AFF Women's Championship: Fourth Place 2015–16 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: Final round
Mai Đức Chung		2003–2005 08/2014–12/2014 2016–	2003 Southeast Asian Games: Gold 2005 Southeast Asian Games: Gold 2014 Asian Games: Semi-finalists

Honours

Regional

• AFF Women's Championship

Winners (2): 2006, 2012

Runners-up (1): 2008

Third place (3): 2007, 2011, 2013

Appearances (7): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

• SEA Games

Gold Medal (4): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009

Silver Medal (2): 2007, 2013

Bronze Medal (1): 1997

Appearances (7): 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013

See also

• Women's association football around the world
• Football in Vietnam
• Vietnam Football Federation
• Vietnam women's national under-19 football team
• Vietnam women's national under-16 football team
• Vietnam women's national futsal team

References

1. Tandoc Jr., Edson C. (13 April 2005). "Tourism boost for Marikina". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
2. "Vietnam confident ahead of Myanmar game at SEA Women’s Football Champ". Tuoi Tre News. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links

• VFF official website (Vietnamese)
• FIFA profile (English)