Football at the 1979 SEA Games

1979 Southeast Asian Games Football
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	22–30 September
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Malaysia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	22 (1.83 per match)
	← 1977 1981 →

The football tournament at the 1979 Southeast Asian Games was held from 22 to 30 September in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Teams

Brunei and the Philippines did not participate in the football tournament. Kampuchea (then name for Cambodia), Laos and Vietnam did not participate at the Southeast Asian Games all together.

Tournament

The competition was played in a group format with the five participating teams; first and second place would then play off for the gold medal.

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	4	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
Indonesia	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5
Thailand	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5
Singapore	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3
Burma	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 September 1979

Indonesia	3–0	Singapore
Iswadi Idris 52' Risdianto 64' Rully Nere 80'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

22 September 1979

Thailand	1–0	Burma
Ratanatisoi (pen.)

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

23 September 1979

Singapore	0–2	Malaysia
		James Wong 76' Hassan Sani 84'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

23 September 1979

Indonesia	1–3	Thailand
Dede Sulaiman 24'		Chuayboonchum 48', 72' Sittiporn 58'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

25 September 1979

Malaysia	0–0	Burma

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

25 September 1979

Singapore	2–2	Thailand
Arshad Khamis 21' Wong Kwok Choy 43'		Napatalung 5' Tingstati 89'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

26 September 1979

Burma	1–2	Singapore
Aye Maung 26'		Wong Kwok Choy 32', 88'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

26 September 1979

Indonesia	0–0	Malaysia

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

28 September 1979

Malaysia	1–0	Thailand

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

28 September 1979

Indonesia	2–1	Burma
Risdianto 29' Iswadi Idris 57'		Than Win 12'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

Second place play-off

As Indonesia and Thailand were level on points and goals, a play-off for second place (and the right to face Malaysia in the gold medal match) was required.

29 September 1979

Indonesia	0–0	Thailand

Penalties
Iswadi Idris Tutuarima Joko Malis	3–1	Napatalung Daoyod Dara Eowchareon

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

Gold medal match

30 September 1979

Indonesia	0–1	Malaysia
		Mokhtar Dahari 21'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 85,000

Winners

1979 SEA Games Men's Tournament
Malaysia Third title

Medal winners

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Malaysia	Indonesia	Thailand
G. R. Arumugam Hamid Ramli Soh Chin Aun Santokh Singh Jamal Nasir Abdullah Ali Yahya Jusoh G. Torayraju Shukor Salleh Wan Jamak Wan Hassan Abdah Alif Davendran Mohammed Bakar Mohd Azraai Khor Khalid Ali Bakri Ibni Mokhtar Dahari Hassan Sani James Wong Isa Bakar	Haryanto Taufik Lubis Simson Rumahpasal Berti Tutuarima Tinus Heipon Wayan Diana Ronny Pattinasarany Dede Sulaiman Rudy W. Keltjes Risdianto Rully Nere Iswadi Idris Poerwono Ishak Liza Rae Bawa Ghusnul Yakin Djoko Malis	Charchai Kanari Manus Ratanatisoi Visoot Vichaya Pakasit Suwananond Juta Tingpat Chamreon Kamnil Daoyod Dara Jesdaporn Napatalung Niwat Sriswadi Somchai Chuayboonchum Boonlert Eowachareaon Nawee Sookying Parapan Premsri Amnaj Chalermohavalit Vorawan Chitavanich Chersak Chaibutr Pitak Silpasit

References

Southeast Asian Games 1979 at RSSSF
SEA Games 1979 at AFF official website