In the FIFA rankings for men’s team in March, Vietnam was placed 136 after Thailand (118) and Singapore (132) in Southeast Asia.

FIFA’s announcement on March 12 was based on the fact that Vietnam has not played any matches recently.

The top 5 Asian teams are Australia, Japan, Iran, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.

The Spanish team is still on top as they defeated Capello’s England team 2-0 in a friendly match on February 12 making them king of the men’s football rankings for the 3^rd consecutive month.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will have their first squad training in May in Hanoi. Chief coach Henrique Calisto will use about 22 players for 2 international friendly matches (one in Vietnam and the other against Bahrain on May 31).

The Vietnamese U-23 will be gathered on September 4. They will have a training session in the Republic of Korea on September 20-23. Then the U-23 will play in the VFF Cup in November before leaving for Laos to join the 25^th SEA Games at the beginning of December.

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