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2023 SEA Games
Men's Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Cambodia
Dates	29 April – 16 May
Teams	10 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Indonesia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Vietnam
Fourth place	Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	81 (3.38 per match)
Attendance	230,407 (9,600 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fajar Fathur Rahman Ramadhan Sananta Nguyễn Văn Tùng (5 goals each)
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The men's football tournament at the 2023 SEA Games was held in Cambodia. Ten Southeast Asian nations entered the men's tournament. The tournament was limited to players exclusively under-22 years of age (born on or after 1 January 2001).

Vietnam were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Indonesia. The Indonesian went on to win their first title after 32 years, and their third title in history by defeating Thailand 5–2 in the final.

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the football competitions:

Venues

Three venues were used during the tournament. Olympic Stadium hosted Group A, the Semi-finals, Bronze medal match and the Gold medal Match.

Phnom PenhFootball at the 2023 SEA Games – Men's tournament (Cambodia)
	Olympic Stadium	RSN Stadium	Visakha Stadium
	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 15,000

Participating nations

•  Cambodia (hosts)
•  Indonesia
•  Laos
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Thailand
•  Timor-Leste
•  Vietnam

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 5 April 2023 at the Morodok Techo National Stadium. 10 teams were seeded into five pots based on their performance in the 2021 edition. The hosts were allocated in Pot 1.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Cambodia (H)  Vietnam (C)	Thailand  Indonesia	Malaysia  Myanmar	Singapore  Philippines	Laos  Timor-Leste

Squads

The men's tournament was an under-22 international tournament, with no overage players allowed.

Group stage

• All times are Cambodia Standard Time (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	4	4	0	0	13	1	+12	12	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Myanmar	4	3	0	1	4	5	−1	9
3	Cambodia (H)	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
4	Timor-Leste	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	3
5	Philippines	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1

Indonesia	3–0	Philippines
Marselino 45' Irfan 89' Fajar 90+1'	Report

Cambodia	4–0	Timor-Leste
Sinti 38', 45+2' Rotana 73' Pisoth 82'	Report

Myanmar	1–0	Timor-Leste
Thet Hein Soe 72'	Report

Philippines	1–1	Cambodia
Cariño 90+3'	Report	Rina 26'

Indonesia	5–0	Myanmar
Marselino 19' Sananta 31' (pen.), 59' Fajar 73' Titan 87'	Report

Timor-Leste	3–0	Philippines
Mouzinho 14' Figo 55' Mesquita 90'	Report

Timor-Leste	0–3	Indonesia
	Report	Sananta 44' Fajar 62', 74'

Myanmar	2–0	Cambodia
Hein Htet Aung 12' Thet Hein Soe 38'	Report

Philippines	0–1	Myanmar
	Report	Thet Hein Soe 55'

Cambodia	1–2	Indonesia
Sovannmakara 45+1'	Report	Titan 9' Beckham 52'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Vietnam	4	3	1	0	8	3	+5	10
3	Malaysia	4	2	0	2	13	5	+8	6
4	Laos	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1
5	Singapore	4	0	1	3	2	13	−11	1

Thailand	3–1	Singapore
Teerasak 7' Achitpol 38' Purachet 49'	Report	Singh 41'

Vietnam	2–0	Laos
Nguyễn Văn Tùng 2' Nguyễn Quốc Việt 90+2'	Report

Singapore	1–3	Vietnam
Vũ Tiến Long 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Nguyễn Văn Tùng 35' Nguyễn Thái Sơn 43' Ilhan 79' (o.g.)

Malaysia	5–1	Laos
Ubaidullah 4' Anantaza 28' (o.g.) Syahir 75' Najmudin 90+2' Sonexay 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Ubaidullah 21' (o.g.)

Thailand	2–0	Malaysia
Anan 73' Yotsakorn 84'	Report

Laos	0–0	Singapore
	Report

Laos	1–4	Thailand
Angot 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Yotsakorn 2', 40' Teerasak 5', 52'

Malaysia	1–2	Vietnam
Aliff 43'	Report	Nguyễn Văn Tùng 6', 33'

Singapore	0–7	Malaysia
	Report	Saravanan 14', 47', 53', 62' Haqimi 45+2' Mukhairi 87' Aiman 90+3'

Vietnam	1–1	Thailand
Lê Quốc Nhật Nam 53'	Report	Achitpol 2'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	13 May – Phnom Penh
	Indonesia	3
					16 May – Phnom Penh
	Vietnam	2
					Indonesia (a.e.t.)	5
	13 May – Phnom Penh
					Thailand	2
	Thailand	3
	Myanmar	0
					Bronze medal match
					16 May – Phnom Penh
					Vietnam	3
					Myanmar	1

Semi-finals

Indonesia	3–2	Vietnam
Komang 9' Ferarri 53' Taufany 90+6'	Report	Nguyễn Văn Tùng 36' Bagas 79' (o.g.)

Thailand	3–0	Myanmar
Teerasak 37' James 85' Anan 90+7'	Report

Bronze medal match

Vietnam	3–1	Myanmar
Hồ Văn Cường 8', 34' Khuất Văn Khang 56'	Report	Aung Myo Khant 88'

Gold medal match

Indonesia	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand
Sananta 20', 45+5' Irfan 91' Fajar 107' Beckham 120'	Report	Anan 65' Yotsakorn 90+7'

Goalscorers

There were 81 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

5 goals

• Fajar Fathur Rahman
• Ramadhan Sananta
• Nguyễn Văn Tùng

4 goals

• T. Saravanan
• Teerasak Poeiphimai
• Yotsakorn Burapha

3 goals

• Thet Hein Soe
• Anan Yodsangwal

2 goals

• Chou Sinti
• Beckham Putra
• Irfan Jauhari
• Marselino Ferdinan
• Titan Agung
• Achitpol Keereerom
• Hồ Văn Cường

1 goal

• Ky Rina
• Lim Pisoth
• Sin Sovannmakara
• Sor Rotana
• Komang Teguh Trisnanda
• Muhammad Ferarri
• Taufany Muslihuddin
• Roman Angot
• Aiman Afif
• Aliff Izwan
• Haqimi Azim
• Mukhairi Ajmal
• Najmudin Akmal
• Syahir Bashah
• Ubaidullah Shamsul
• Aung Myo Khant
• Hein Htet Aung
• Dov Cariño
• Nicky Melvin Singh
• Leon James
• Purachet Thodsanit
• Elias Mesquita
• Mouzinho
• Luís Figo
• Khuất Văn Khang
• Lê Quốc Nhật Nam
• Nguyễn Quốc Việt
• Nguyễn Thái Sơn

1 own goal

• Bagas Kaffa (against Vietnam)
• Anantaza Siphongphan (against Malaysia)
• Sonexay Phanhthaxay (against Malaysia)
• Ubaidullah Shamsul (against Laos)
• Ilhan Noor (against Vietnam)
• Vũ Tiến Long (against Singapore)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Indonesia	6	6	0	0	21	5	+16	18	Gold Medal
2	Thailand	6	4	1	1	15	8	+7	13	Silver Medal
3	Vietnam	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13	Bronze Medal
4	Myanmar	6	3	0	3	5	11	−6	9	Fourth place
5	Malaysia	4	2	0	2	13	5	+8	6	Eliminated in group stage
6	Cambodia (H)	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4
7	Timor-Leste	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	3
8	Philippines	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1
9	Laos	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1
10	Singapore	4	0	1	3	2	13	−11	1

Controversy

Chaos ensued in the match between the Indonesia and Thailand in the final match.

The first incident occurred when referee Qasim Al Hatmi blew the whistle during the injury time of the second half. At that time, Indonesia had a 2–1 lead and were ready to celebrate their victory and championship title. When the whistle sounded, Indonesian head coach Indra Sjafri, started celebrating with the staff because they mistook the long blow for a full-time signal. However, Al Hatmi had actually intended to signal a free kick for Thailand. After the premature celebrations settled down, the free kick that followed led to Thailand striker Yotsakorn Burapha scoring an equalizer goal, thereby making the score 2–2. Indonesian coaches and players began criticizing the referee's decision, and Indonesian media claims that Al Hatmi gave an unfair advantage to the opponent with the seven-minute additional time.

After the extra time match started, Indonesian player Irfan Jauhari scored a goal in the 91st minute, making the score 3–2 and giving back Indonesia the lead. The goal was again followed by unrest in the benches. In the videos that were shown, Indonesia's team manager Sumardji was beaten and punched by several Thai coaching staff and players which resulted in Sumardji's face bleeding from the nose and mouth. As a result of the incident, the referee issued several red cards to the Thailand players and coaching staff. Indonesia went on to score two more goals and lose none during the remaining duration of extra time, and conquer the championship title after 32 years of drought.

See also

• Football at the 2023 SEA Games – Women's tournament

References

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