Team · AFC
3 May 1956 – 23 Mar 1975 · Elo 1333 (157th now), peak 1597 in 1960
80 won · 37 drawn · 75 lost
World Football Elo at the end of each year. A rating counts every match, so only the years filter applies.
Tallest: 19 · Year
| Home | 39 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 61.5% |
| Away | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 60 | -3 | 32.4% |
| Neutral | 119 | 45 | 24 | 50 | 218 | 205 | +13 | 37.8% |
| Tournament finals | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 43 | -13 | 21.1% |
| Qualifiers | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 44.4% |
| Friendlies | 155 | 68 | 33 | 54 | 300 | 235 | +65 | 43.9% |
Longest run of each kind in these matches; “now” is the run still going at the last of them.
| Wins | 6 | 10 Aug 1961 | 26 Oct 1961 | 0 |
| Unbeaten | 8 | 10 Aug 1961 | 12 Dec 1961 | 0 |
| Scored in | 19 | 27 Jul 1973 | 15 Dec 1974 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 3 | 26 Oct 1961 | 12 Dec 1961 | 0 |
| Without a win | 8 | 11 Nov 1970 | 4 Aug 1971 | 7 |
| Defeats | 6 | 15 Nov 1970 | 4 Aug 1971 | 5 |
| Without scoring | 3 | 18 Dec 1971 | 28 Oct 1972 | 3 |
Appearances at finals tournaments, and the best finish at each competition.
| Asian Games | 4 | 0 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup | 2 | 0 | Final round (1960, 1956) |
| Asian Games 1970 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | — |
| Asian Games 1966 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | — |
| Asian Games 1962 | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 1960 | Final round | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -10 | — |
| Asian Games 1958 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | — |
| AFC Asian Cup 1956 | Final round | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | — |
| Malaysia | AFC | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 69 | 65 | +4 | 39.5% | 1956 | 1975 |
| Thailand | AFC | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 27 | +32 | 71.4% | 1956 | 1975 |
| Singapore | AFC | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 60.9% | 1957 | 1973 |
| Indonesia | AFC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 38 | -10 | 31.3% | 1957 | 1975 |
| India | AFC | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 33.3% | 1959 | 1973 |
| Myanmar | AFC | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 21.4% | 1959 | 1973 |
| South Korea | AFC | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 30 | -17 | 7.7% | 1956 | 1975 |
| Taiwan | AFC | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 30% | 1960 | 1974 |
| Hong Kong | AFC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 50% | 1956 | 1973 |
| Japan | AFC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 33.3% | 1961 | 1973 |
| Laos | AFC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 83.3% | 1961 | 1974 |
| Cambodia | AFC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 0% | 1970 | 1974 |
| Israel | UEFA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0% | 1956 | 1960 |
| Pakistan | AFC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1958 | 1960 |
| Philippines | AFC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 100% | 1962 | 1962 |
| Australia | AFC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0% | 1967 | 1972 |
| New Zealand | OFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100% | 1967 | 1967 |
| Bangladesh | AFC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1973 | 1973 |
| Kuwait | AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0% | 1973 | 1973 |
| Merdeka Tournament | 66 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 40.9% |
| Vietnam Independence Cup | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 63.3% |
| Southeast Asian Peninsular Games | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| Friendly | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 44.4% |
| AFC Asian Cup qualification | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 46.7% |
| King's Cup | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 28.6% |
| Asian Games | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 30.8% |
| AFC Asian Cup | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0% |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Korea Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Goals with a named scorer in these matches — older friendlies mostly have none.
| Lê Hữu Đức | 3 | 0 | 1956 |
| Trần Văn Tổng | 2 | 0 | 1956 |
| Nguyễn Văn Tu | 1 | 0 | 1960 |
| Trải Văn Đào | 1 | 0 | 1956 |
| Trần Văn Nhung | 1 | 1 | 1960 |