Vietnam women's national football team

History

Early history and an established Southeast Asian powerhouse

Vietnam women's football was established in 1990, but it was not until 1997 that the women's team had their first match. The team has become one of the most powerful football women's team in Southeast Asia since 2001 along with Thailand. Vietnam cemented its position in the region by winning gold medals at the AFF Women's Championship in 2006, 2012 and 2019. Also, in the SEA Games women's level, Vietnam also cemented its position, winning gold in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 editions. Two of these occurred when they and the men's U23 team won gold medals of the SEA Games.

In spite of being a major powerhouse in Southeast Asian women's football, Vietnam has fallen short in continental tournaments like the AFC Women's Asian Cup and Asian Games. Vietnam first qualified for the Women's Asian Cup in 1999 and has since maintained the qualifying streak, and has hosted the competitions twice, first in 2008 and second in 2014, but Vietnam failed to progress from the group stage each time. To make matters worse, Vietnam even missed out on the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in a painful playoff defeat at home to arch-rival Thailand 1–2.

At the Asian Games, Vietnam first participated in the 1998 Asian Games in Thailand, and for the first four editions, Vietnam had little to impress, and Vietnam's first win only came in the 2010 Asian Games. Vietnam made a major breakthrough at the 2014 Asian Games, finishing fourth place for the first time. Vietnam again progressed from the group stage in the 2018 Asian Games, but failed to Chinese Taipei after a penalty shootout.

First Women's World Cup and Group Stage Exit

In the pre-2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup friendlies in Spain, preparations had been plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic as several players were found to be infected with the virus. However, the Vietnamese side was able to have enough players for the group stage, where they lost to two Asian powerhouses South Korea and Japan both by 0–3. The Vietnamese team finally reached the quarter-finals of a Women's Asian Cup for the first time after a struggling 2–2 draw with Myanmar, which also effectively knocked the Burmese out of the tournament. In Vietnam's first knockout phase experience, Vietnam lost to China in the quarterfinals, then entered the playoff phase against old foes Thailand and Chinese Taipei. This time, with Thailand and Chinese Taipei, plagued by a coronavirus, Vietnam was able to win the playoff round, thus qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, their first World Cup in history.

The successful participation of Vietnam women's team has been notable after a string of football reforms initiated since the late 2010s to promote women's football at a universal level such as schools, universities, and companies after the failure to qualify for the 2015 Women's World Cup, though challenges have persisted due to cultural issues and the lack of a professional domestic league in the country. To further improve Vietnam women's football standards, an attempt to create an independent development fund for women's football has been underlined, while calls to professionalize the domestic league have also been taken for the first time.

Their first match against defending champions United States in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup ended 3–0, followed by their second, 2–0 defeat against fellow debutants Portugal, ending their Round of 16 dreams. The team was again out-matched 7–0 by the Netherlands in their final game of the tournament. The Vietnamese women's team finished dead last in their debut appearance of the Women's World Cup, but brought some impressions of the spirit of not giving up in their first world stage tournament.

Team image

Nicknames

The team's nickname is the Golden Star Women Warriors (), similar to the nickname Những Chiến Binh Sao Vàng (Golden Star Warriors) from the men's team.

Home stadium

Vietnam plays their home matches on the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Thống Nhất Stadium or Cẩm Phả Stadium.

Kit suppliers

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: Honda, Yanmar, Grand Sport, Sony, Bia Saigon, Acecook, Coca-Cola, Vinamilk, Kao Vietnam, Herbalife Nutrition, TNI Corporation and FPT Play.

FIFA World Ranking

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

;Legend

2025

• Ngọc Minh Chuyên
• Walkling
• Mühlhaus
• Pápai
• Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Nguyễn Thị Vạn
• Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh
• Ngọc Minh Chuyên
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Chương Thị Kiều
• Thái Thị Thảo
• Nguyễn Thị Vạn
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
• Nguyễn Thị Vạn
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Dương Thị Vân
• Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Nguyễn Thị Vạn
• Nguyễn Thị Trúc Hương
• Thái Thị Thảo
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Hoàng Thị Loan
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
• Trần Thị Thu Thảo
• Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Keane
• McKenna
• Wiranya
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Huỳnh Như
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Nguyễn Thị Vạn
• Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Goodwill
• Ngô Thị Hồng Nhung
• Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã
• Huỳnh Như
• Lê Hoài Lương
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Thái Thị Thảo
• ?
• ?
• Nguyễn Thị Trúc Hương
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Trần Thị Hải Linh
• Thái Thị Thảo
• Ramirez
• Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Phạm Hải Yến
• Huỳnh Như
• Jael-Marie
• Pino
• Hali
• Angela
• Markey
• Sawicki
• Huỳnh Như
• Ngọc Minh Chuyên
• Nguyễn Thị Trúc Hương
• Hoàng Thị Loan
• Cù Thị Huỳnh Như
• Trần Thị Thu

2026

• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Vietnam Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following 28 players were named in the preliminary squad squad for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Caps and goals are updated as of 19 August 2025 after the match against Thailand.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to a squad in the last 12 months.

PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE INJ PRE PRE PRE INJ ;Notes:

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

Records

*Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Honours

Continental

• Asian Games :Fourth place (1): 2014

Regional

• ASEAN Women's Championship :[[File:Simple cup icon.svg]] Winners (3): 2006, 2012, 2019 : Runners-up (3): 2004, 2008, 2016 : Third place (6): 2004, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2025 :Fourth place (2): 2015, 2022

• SEA Games : Gold Medal (8)- record: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 : Silver Medal (3): 2007, 2013, 2025 : Bronze Medal (1): 1997

Centuriate goals

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Vietnam at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Games

ASEAN Women's Championship

Southeast Asian Games

Head-to-head record

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| |2023|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 1 || +8 |AFC |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | |2023||1||0||0||1||0||2||−2|| OFC |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |1997||20||16||1||3||73||10||+63 |AFC |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | |2023||1||0||0||1||0||2||–2 |UEFA |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |2001||8||8||0||0||70||1||+69 |AFC |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |2017||1||1||0||0||11||0||+11 |AFC |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |2021||1||1||0||0||7||0||+7 |AFC |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |1997||38||20||9||9||54||40||+14 |AFC |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |2022||1||1||0||0||6||0||+6 |AFC |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |2025||1||1||0||0||6||0||+6 |AFC |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | |2023||1||0||0||1||0||3||−3|||CONCACAF |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | |2003||7||5||0||2||14||6||+8

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Notes

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