The 2025 SEA Games football gold medal match () was a football match to determine the gold medal winners of men's football tournament at the 2025 SEA Games. The match was the 33rd final of the men's football tournament at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), a biennial tournament contested by the men's under-22 national teams of the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) to decide the SEA Games men's football champions. The match was held at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on 18 December 2025.
The final was contested between hosts Thailand and rivals Vietnam. Both teams were seeking their seventeenth and fourth SEA Games title, respectively. Earlier in the year, at senior level, Vietnam defeated Thailand in the 2024 ASEAN Championship final held at Rajamangala Stadium.
Vietnam won the match 3–2 after extra time, winning their third (fourth overall) ever gold medal in the SEA Games men's football event.
Venue The final was held at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.
The stadium first opened in 1998, and had been refurbished thrice since 2019 and 2025. The stadium first hosted the 1998 Asian Games, and then a year later for the 1999 ASEAN University Games. The stadium also hosted some matches for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. In January 2020, the stadium hosted the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship as one of the four stadiums hosting this tournament. 3 years later, the stadium hosted group stage matches for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.
Route to the final Round Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result Match 1 Match 2 Group A winner Final standingsGroup B winners Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result Semi-finals
Match details
GK 1 Sorawat Phosaman CB 2 Chanon TammaCB 4 Chanapach Buaphan CB 21Phon-Ek Jensen DM 6 Sittha Boonlha RM 12Waris ChoolthongCM 7 Kakana Khamyok CM 5 Seksan Ratree (c) LM 15Chaiyaphon Otton SS 18Iklas Sanron CF 9 Yotsakorn BuraphaSubstitutes:DF 16Pichitchai Sienkrathok FW 19Chawanwit Saelao MF 17Yotsakorn Natthasit FW 11Siraphop Wandee MF 10Thanakrit Chotmuangpak FW 8 Thanawut Phochai Manager:Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul GK 1 Trần Trung KiênCB 3 Phạm Lý ĐứcCB 4 Nguyễn Hiểu MinhCB 16Nguyễn Nhật MinhRM 21Phạm Minh Phúc CM 8 Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường CM 12Nguyễn Xuân BắcLM 17Nguyễn Phi Hoàng AM 14Lê Viktor AM 11Khuất Văn Khang (c) CF 7 Nguyễn Đình Bắc Substitutes:MF 6 Nguyễn Thái Sơn FW 22Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn MF 10Lê Văn Thuận FW 9 Nguyễn Quốc Việt DF 20Võ Anh Quân FW 19Nguyễn Ngọc Mỹ Manager: Kim Sang-sik
Assistant referees: Alireza Ildorom (Iran) Bang Gi-yeol (South Korea) Fourth official: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)
See also Football at the 2025 SEA Games – Women's tournament final Thailand–Vietnam football rivalry
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