Football at the 1979 SEA Games

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

1979 SEA Games Football

Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	22–30 September
Teams	5
Venue(s)	Gelora Senayan Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Malaysia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	22 (1.83 per match)
← 1977 1981 →

Teams

Brunei and the Philippines did not enter. Kampuchea (then name for Cambodia), Laos and Vietnam did not participate at the Southeast Asian Games.

•  Burma
•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia
•  Singapore
•  Thailand

Tournament

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

Round robin

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

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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 Sulaeman 24'		Chuayboonchum 48', 72' Sittiporn 58'

Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta

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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

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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

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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

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Malaysia	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	8	Gold Medal
2	Indonesia (H)	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6	Silver Medal
3	Thailand	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	6	Bronze Medal
4	Singapore	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3
5	Burma	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Medal winners

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Malaysia	Indonesia	Thailand
GK R. Arumugam GK Hamid Ramli DF Soh Chin Aun DF Santokh Singh DF Jamal Nasir DF Wan Jamak Wan Hassan DF G. Torayraju DF Davendran MF Abdullah Ali MF Yahya Jusoh MF Shukor Salleh MF Mohammed Bakar MF Khalid Ali MF Bakri Ibni MF Hassan Yahya FW Hassan Sani FW James Wong FW Abdah Alif FW Mokhtar Dahari FW Isa Bakar	GK Haryanto GK Poerwono DF Simson Rumahpasal DF Berti Tutuarima DF Wayan Diana DF Ronny Pattinasarany DF Ishak Liza DF Rae Bawa MF Tinus Heipon MF Wahyu Hidayat MF Rudy W. Keltjes MF Rully Nere MF Iswadi Idris MF Ghusnul Yakin FW Effendi Marico FW Risdianto FW Dede Sulaeman FW Djoko Malis	GK Charchai Kanari GK Nawee Sookying DF Pitak Silprasit DF Manus Ratanatisoi DF Prapan Premsri DF Wisoot Wichaya Pakasit Suwananond Juta Tingpat Chamreon Kamnil MF Jesdaporn Napathalung MF Amnart Chalermchavalit MF Niwat Srisawat Boonlert Eowachareaon MF Vorawan Chitavanich FW Somchai Chuayboonchum FW Daoyod Dara FW Cherdsak Chaiyabutr

References

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