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 and again in 2021 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 while the 2023 edition and 2025 edition saw no overage players allowed.

Thailand and Vietnam are the only two nations to have won both the men's and women's gold medals in a Southeast Asian Games football tournament. Thailand achieved this feat five times (in 1985, 1995, 1997, 2007, and 2013), while Vietnam accomplished it twice in 2019 and 2021. Furthermore, they are the only two nations to win every gold medal in the women's Southeast Asian Games football tournament that was played.

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	1–12
1965 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Burma Thailand	2–22	(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	0–02
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)