2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship final

2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship final

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta hosted the final.
Event	2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship
Vietnam Indonesia 1 0
Date	29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Man of the Match	Nguyễn Đình Bắc (Vietnam)
Referee	Koji Takasaki (Japan)
Attendance	35,592 [1]
Weather	Partly cloudy 29 °C (84 °F) 78% humidity
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The 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship final was a football match that took place on 29 July 2025 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, to determine the winners of the 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship. The match was contested by defending champions Vietnam and Indonesia, which repeated the 2023 final in Rayong, Thailand.

Vietnam won the match 1–0 after for their third consecutive ASEAN U-23 Championship and their third title overall. ^[2] Nguyễn Công Phương scored to put Vietnam's lead in the final until full time.

Nguyễn Đình Bắc was named player of the match in the aftermath, with the game having attended by ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) president Khiev Sameth, Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) president Trần Quốc Tuấn and Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) president Eric Thohir.

Route to the final

Further information: 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship

Vietnam

Vietnam's route to the final

Match	Opponent	Result
1	Laos	0–3
2	Cambodia	2–1
SF	Philippines	2–1

In the final tournament as a defending champions, they were drawn in Group B. Their opening match was against Laos at Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium in Bekasi on 19 July. Vietnam won the game 0–3 with Khuất Văn Khang scoring the side's first goal of the tournament, then two goals later from half-time by Nguyễn Hiểu Minh. ^[3] Vietnam's second and final group game was against Cambodia at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, with the team having a 2–1 win with Phạm Lý Đức scored to give Vietnam's 1–0 half time lead. In the second half, Mon Rado equalised a 1–1 tie until Nguyễn Đình Bắc doubled for the final result. ^[4] Vietnam advanced through the knockout stage by finishing first in the group.

Vietnam faced Philippines in the semi-finals, in the first half, they firstly got a lead from Javier Mariona in the 36th minute until Nguyễn Đình Bắc equalised it in the 41st minute, Nguyễn Xuân Bắc also doubled in the second half, as Vietnam booked their place in the final for the third consecutive time since 2022. ^[5]

Indonesia

Indonesia's route to the final

Match	Opponent	Result
1	Brunei	8–0
2	Philippines	0–1
3	Malaysia	0–0
SF	Thailand	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)

The tournament hosts, Indonesia, was drawn in Group A. Indonesia first started their opening match with a large 8–0 win from Brunei with 6 goals from Jens Raven leading him first from goalscorers list. Under their first group stage win, Indonesia later won Philippines, despite Rosquillo's own goal on the 23rd minute. ^[6] Indonesia's final group stage match was against Malaysia on 21 July at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, and finished as a scoreless draw. ^[7] Despite finishing in the scoreless draw, Indonesia advanced through the knockout stage by finishing first in the group.

In a semi-final match against Thailand, it is the rematch from the final match in 2023 SEA Games. It saw Thailand's lead succumbed by one goal from Yotsakorn Burapha, but successfully equalised into one late goal by Jens Raven from the 84th minute as regulation time ended 1–1 after 90 minutes; neither could find the breakthrough in extra time and penalties were used to decide the winner. Muhammad Ardiansyah saved two Thai penalties from Pichitchai Sienkrthok and Yotsakorn Burapha missed the last kick of the game, while Robi Darwis only missed for Indonesia. Indonesia reached their second consecutive ASEAN U-23 Championship final. ^{[8] [9]}

Match details

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29)

20:00

Vietnam	1–0	Indonesia
Nguyễn Công Phương 37'	Report

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 35,592 ^[1]

Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan)

Vietnam

Indonesia

GK 1 Trần Trung Kiên  90+5' CB 3 Phạm Lý Đức  32' CB 4 Nguyễn Hiểu Minh CB 16 Nguyễn Nhật Minh RM 20 Võ Anh Quân  54' CM 12 Nguyễn Xuân Bắc  82' CM 8 Nguyễn Văn Trường LM 17 Nguyễn Phi Hoàng AM 18 Nguyễn Công Phương  68' AM 11 Khuất Văn Khang (c)  69' CF 7 Nguyễn Đình Bắc  90+2' Substitutions: DF 2 Lê Văn Hà  90+2' MF 6 Nguyễn Thái Sơn  86'  82' MF 14 Viktor Le  69' MF 22 Lê Văn Thuận  68' Manager: Kim Sang-sik  90+9'

GK 1 Muhammad Ardiansyah CB 3 Kakang Rudianto CB 2 Muhammad Ferarri CB 4 Kadek Arel (c)  14' RWB 20 Dominikus Dion  81' LWB 19 Frengky Missa  60' DM 6 Robi Darwis RM 11 Rahmat Arjuna  86' LM 5 Dony Tri Pamungkas AM 8 Rayhan Hannan  11' CF 21 Jens Raven Substitutions: DF 20 Achmad Maulana  60' MF 10 Arkhan Fikri  81' FW 12 Hokky Caraka  86' Manager: Gerald Vanenburg*

*Indonesia goalkeeping coach Damian van Rensburg received a red card.

Player of the Match: Nguyễn Đình Bắc (Vietnam) [1] [10] Assistant referees: Abdul Hannan (Singapore) Tomoyuki Umeda (Japan) Fourth official: Mohammed Sami (Saudi Arabia) Video assistant referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) Assistant video assistant referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. [note 1]

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Vietnam	Indonesia
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	6	6
Shots on target	2	2
Saves	2	1
Ball possession	32%	68%
Corner kicks	3	3
Fouls committed	9	11
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	4	2
Red cards	0	0

Post-match

Records

Vietnam became the first ASEAN team to won three consecutive titles in a row, also they've won a total record of three titles of the tournament history. ^[11] The final's official attendance of 35,592 was the highest of the 2025 competition, and the largest of ASEAN U-23 Championship attendance history. Vietnam made their unbeaten record with 4 wins, unlike the 2022 and the 2023 edition. ^[12]

Vietnamese head coach Kim Sang-sik, made a record for winning all 2 ASEAN trophies a year at once from 2024 ASEAN Championship and 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship. ^[13]

Viewed live by over 9 million people in Vietnam on FPT Bóng Đá Việt on YouTube, the final became the third most-watched single programme of 2025 on Vietnamese television. ^[14]

After the final, the AFF technical committee awarded the rising star of the tournament to Philippines Otu Banatao, best goalkeeper of the tournament to Indonesia's Muhammad Ardiansyah and the most valuable player awarded to Nguyễn Đình Bắc. The top goalscorer went to Indonesia's Jens Raven for his seven goals. ^[1]

Responses

The Vietnam U-23 team was congratulated in messages from the Prime Minister of Vietnam Phạm Minh Chính. ^{[15] [16]}

Street stroming

Just after the match ended, Vietnamese people began to street storming in midnight at 29th of July, a lot of people go outside in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Huế. ^{[17] [18]} The 91-year-old elderly girl named Đỗ Thị Sen (born 1932 in Haiphong) got outside to explore the street stroming, although her family went outside but missed watching the match. She felt like a enthusiastic atmosphere of the people here. ^[19]

U-23 Vietnam team victory arrival to Vietnam

The U-23 Vietnam team flew from Jakarta to Hanoi on the night of 30 July, the plane was expected to arrive at Nội Bài International Airport at 22:05 local time (UTC+7); after the flight plans were announced. Their plane flew with Vietnam Airlines, was expected to land on Ho Chi Minh City at 17:05 local time. ^[20] The winning team arrived to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport at 13:50 local time (UTC+7). ^[21] At 18:15, the teams arrived at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport on Ho Chi Minh City, having 1 hour 10 minutes late from expected arrival ^{[22] [23]} At 23:30, the teams arrived at Hanoi on Nội Bài International Airport, having 1 hour 25 minutes late than expected arrival, ending their journey of the tournament. ^{[23] [24]}

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

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External links

• Official website