Football at the SEA Games

Football at the SEA Games

Organising body	SEAGF AFF
Founded	1959 (men) 1985 (women)
Region	Southeast Asia
Number of teams	at most 11 (men) at most 11 (women)
Current champions	Indonesia (men; 3rd title) Vietnam (women; 8th title)
Most successful team(s)	Thailand (men; 16 titles) Vietnam (women; 8 titles)
2023 Southeast Asian Games

Football has been part of the SEA Games sport since the 1959 edition. The women's football competition was held for the first time in 1985 in Thailand.

From the 2001 SEA Games to the 2015 SEA Games, the age limit for men's teams was under-23 plus up to three over-aged players for each squad.

Since the 2017 SEA Games, the age limit for men's teams is under-22. At the 2019 SEA Games, two over-aged players were allowed for each team.

Thailand and Vietnam are the only two nations have won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in a Southeast Asian Games.

Results

Men's tournament

SEAP Games

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1959 Details	Bangkok		South Vietnam	3–1	Thailand		Malaya	1	Burma
1961 Details	Rangoon		Malaya	2–0	Burma		South Vietnam Thailand	1–1 2
1965 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Burma Thailand	2–2 2	(shared gold)2		South Vietnam	2–0	Malaysia
1967 Details	Bangkok		Burma	2–1	South Vietnam		Thailand	5–2	Laos
1969 Details	Rangoon		Burma	3–0	Thailand		Laos Malaysia	3
1971 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Burma	2–1	Malaysia		South Vietnam Thailand	0–0 2
1973 Details	Singapore		Burma	3–2	South Vietnam		Malaysia	3–0	Singapore
1975 Details	Bangkok		Thailand	2–1	Malaysia		Burma Singapore	2–2 (a.e.t.)2

¹ Decided by round-robin standings.
² The title was shared.
³ There was no bronze medal game held.

SEA Games

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
National teams tournament (1977–1999)
1977 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	2–0	Thailand		Burma	2–0 Awarded4	Indonesia
1979 Details	Jakarta		Malaysia	1–0	Indonesia		Thailand	(RR)5	Singapore
1981 Details	Manila		Thailand	2–1	Malaysia		Indonesia	2–0	Singapore
1983 Details	Singapore		Thailand	2–1	Singapore		Malaysia	5–0	Brunei
1985 Details	Bangkok		Thailand	2–0	Singapore		Malaysia	1–0	Indonesia
1987 Details	Jakarta		Indonesia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia		Thailand	4–0	Burma
1989 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	3–1	Singapore		Indonesia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 9–8 (p)	Thailand
1991 Details	Manila		Indonesia	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p)	Thailand		Singapore	2–0	Philippines
1993 Details	Singapore		Thailand	4–3	Myanmar		Singapore	3–1	Indonesia
1995 Details	Chiang Mai		Thailand	4–0	Vietnam		Singapore	1–0	Myanmar
1997 Details	Jakarta		Thailand	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)	Indonesia		Vietnam	1–0	Singapore
1999 Details	Bandar Seri Begawan		Thailand	2–0	Vietnam		Indonesia	0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)	Singapore
Under-23 National teams tournament (2001–2015)
2001 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Thailand	1–0	Malaysia		Myanmar	1–0	Indonesia
2003 Details	Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City		Thailand	2–1 (g.g.)	Vietnam		Malaysia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–2 (p)	Myanmar
2005 Details	Bacolod		Thailand	3–0	Vietnam		Malaysia	1–0	Indonesia
2007 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	2–0	Myanmar		Singapore	5–0	Vietnam
2009 Details	Vientiane		Malaysia	1–0	Vietnam		Singapore	3–1	Laos
2011 Details	Jakarta		Malaysia	1–1 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p)	Indonesia		Myanmar	4–1	Vietnam
2013 Details	Naypyidaw / Yangon		Thailand	1–0	Indonesia		Singapore	2–1	Malaysia
2015 Details	Singapore		Thailand	3–0	Myanmar		Vietnam	5–0	Indonesia
Under-22 National teams tournament (2017–present)
2017 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Thailand	1–0	Malaysia		Indonesia	3–1	Myanmar
2019 Details	Manila / Biñan / Imus		Vietnam	3–0	Indonesia		Myanmar	2–2 5–4 (p)	Cambodia
2021 Details	Nam Định / Phú Thọ / Hanoi		Vietnam	1–0	Thailand		Indonesia	1–1 4–3 (p)	Malaysia
2023 Details	Phnom Penh		Indonesia	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand		Vietnam	3–1	Myanmar

⁴ Indonesia did not turn up at the appointed time. After waiting for 15 minutes the referee called off the game and reported to the technical committee which awarded the bronze to Burma.
⁵ Decided by round-robin standings.

Women's tournament

SEA Games

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1985 Details	Bangkok		Thailand	(RR)1	Singapore		Philippines
1995 Details	Chiang Mai		Thailand	1–0	Malaysia		Myanmar	No play-off	Philippines
1997 Details	Jakarta		Thailand	5–1	Myanmar		Vietnam	2–0	Indonesia
2001 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Vietnam	4–0	Thailand		Myanmar	3–0	Indonesia
2003 Details	Hải Phòng / Nam Định		Vietnam	2–1	Myanmar		Thailand	6–1	Malaysia
2005 Details	Marikina		Vietnam	1–0	Myanmar		Thailand	No play-off	Philippines
2007 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima		Thailand	2–0	Vietnam		Myanmar	5–0	Laos
2009 Details	Vientiane		Vietnam	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–0 (p)	Thailand		Myanmar	No play-off	Laos
2013 Details	Mandalay		Thailand	2–1	Vietnam		Myanmar	6–0	Malaysia
2017 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Vietnam	(RR)1	Thailand		Myanmar	(RR)1	Philippines
2019 Details	Manila / Biñan		Vietnam	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Thailand		Myanmar	2–1	Philippines
2021 Details	Quảng Ninh		Vietnam	1–0	Thailand		Philippines	2–1	Myanmar
2023 Details	Phnom Penh		Vietnam	2–0	Myanmar		Thailand	6–0	Cambodia
1 Played as round-robin.

Medal tally

Men's tournament

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	16	6	5	27
2	Malaysia [1]	6	6	7	19
3	Myanmar [2]	5	4	5	14
4	Vietnam [3]	3	7	6	16
5	Indonesia	3	5	5	13
6	Singapore	0	3	7	10
7	Laos	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		33	31	36	100

• ^[1] – Competed as Malaya in the inaugural games until 1961.
• ^[2] – Competed as Burma until 1987.
• ^[3] – Including South Vietnam.

Women's tournament

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vietnam	8	2	1	11
2	Thailand	5	5	3	13
3	Myanmar	0	4	7	11
4	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Singapore	0	1	0	1
6	Philippines	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		13	13	13	39

All tournaments

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)	21	11	8	40
2	Vietnam (VIE)	11	9	7	27
3	Malaysia (MAS)	6	7	7	20
4	Myanmar (MYA)	5	8	12	25
5	Indonesia (INA)	3	5	5	13
6	Singapore (SIN)	0	4	7	11
7	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	2	2
8	Laos (LAO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		46	44	49	139

Top goalscorer

Men

Year	Top scorer(s)	Goals
1971	Shaharuddin Abdullah	7
1973	Mya Kyaing Cu Sinh	5
1975	Mokhtar Dahari	3
1977	Mokhtar Dahari	9
1979	Wong Kwok Choy	3
1981	Piyapong Pue-on	8
1983	Salim Moin Piyapong Pue-on	5
1985	Pichai Kongsri Piyapong Pue-on	5
1987	Piyapong Pue-on	4
1989	Mustaqim Pasek Wijaya	4
1991	Ronnachai Sayomchai	5
1993	Myo Hlaing Win	8
1995	Eri Irianto Fandi Ahmad	5
1997	Hok Sochetra Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Kiatisuk Senamuang	5
1999	Kiatisuk Senamuang	6
2001	Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli Manit Noywech	5
2003	Sarayoot Chaikamdee	9
2005	Teeratep Winothai Phạm Văn Quyến	5
2007	Anon Sangsanoi	6
2009	Sompong Soleb	6
2011	Lamnao Singto	6
2013	Ahmad Hazwan Bakri Kyaw Ko Ko Hariss Harun Sahil Suhaimi Pravinwat Boonyong Mạc Hồng Quân	3
2015	Sithu Aung Chananan Pombuppha Võ Huy Toàn	5
2017	Thanabalan Nadarajah Aung Thu Nguyễn Công Phượng	4
2019	Osvaldo Haay Hà Đức Chinh	8
2021	Witan Sulaeman Egy Maulana Vikri Hadi Fayyadh Luqman Hakim Shamsudin Win Naing Tun Jovin Bedic Patrik Gustavsson	3
2023	Fajar Fathur Rahman Ramadhan Sananta Nguyễn Văn Tùng	5

Women

Year	Top scorer(s)	Goals
2001	Lưu Ngọc Mai	7
2003	Chownee Phanlet Lưu Ngọc Mai	5
2005	Văn Thị Thanh Lê Thị Oanh	4
2007	Junpen Seesraum Nisa Romyen Đỗ Thị Ngọc Châm Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt	4
2009	Souphavanh Phayvanh Pitsamai Sornsai Supaporn Gaewbaen Đoàn Thị Kim Chi	4
2013	Anootsara Maijarern	6
2017	Win Theingi Tun	6
2019	Yee Yee Oo	4
2021	Win Theingi Tun Taneekarn Dangda	4
2023	Jiraporn Mongkoldee	6

Winning managers

Men

1959	South Vietnam
1961	Malaya	Harun Idris
1965	Myanmar Thailand	German Zonin Pratiab Thesvisarn
1967	Myanmar	German Zonin
1969	Myanmar	Sein Hlaing
1971	Myanmar	Sein Hlaing
1973	Myanmar	Sein Hlaing
1975	Thailand	Naowarat Patanon
1977	Malaysia	M. Kuppan
1979	Malaysia	Karl-Heinz Weigang
1981	Thailand	Prawit Chaisam
1983	Thailand	Yanyong Na Nongkhai
1985	Thailand	Burkhard Ziese
1987	Indonesia	Bertje Matulapelwa
1989	Malaysia	Trevor Hartley
1991	Indonesia	Anatoli Polosin
1993	Thailand	Peter Stubbe
1995	Thailand	Wanasthana Sajakul
1997	Thailand	Witthaya Laohakul
1999	Thailand	Peter Withe
2001	Thailand	Doldjs Otkar
2003	Thailand	Carlos Roberto
2005	Thailand	Charnwit Polcheewin
2007	Thailand	Thongsuk Sampahungsith
2009	Malaysia	K. Rajagopal
2011	Malaysia	Ong Kim Swee
2013	Thailand	Kiatisuk Senamuang
2015	Thailand	Choketawee Promrut
2017	Thailand	Worrawoot Srimaka
2019	Vietnam	Park Hang-seo
2021	Vietnam	Park Hang-seo
2023	Indonesia	Indra Sjafri

Women

Year	Team	Coach
1985	Thailand
1995	Thailand
1997	Thailand
2001	Vietnam	Steve Darby
2003	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung
2005	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung
2007	Thailand	Supon Yapaya
2009	Vietnam	Chen Yunfa
2013	Thailand	Jatuporn Pramualban
2017	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung
2019	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung
2021	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung
2023	Vietnam	Mai Đức Chung

See also

• AFF Championship
• AFF Women's Championship
• AFF U-23 Championship
• Football at the East Asian Games
• Football at the West Asian Games
• Football at the Asian Games

External links

• ASEANfootball.org – SEA Games
• RSSSF – Football at the Southeast Asian Games (Men's Tournament)
• RSSSF – Football at the Southeast Asian Games (Women's Tournament)