Football at the 1981 SEA Games

The football tournament at the 1981 SEA Games was held from 6 December to 15 December 1981 in Manila, Philippines.

1981 SEA Games Football

Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	6–15 December
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Thailand (3rd title)
Runners-up	Malaysia
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	26 (2.6 per match)
← 1979 1983 →

Tournament

Group stage

Group A

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Malaysia	1–0	Burma
Abdul Muin

6 December 1981

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Malaysia	2–2	Thailand
Jamal Nasir 24' S. Suvindran 33'		Pue-on 50' Chitavanich 73'

8 December 1981

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Thailand	3–3	Burma
Madard Tongtaum 28' Pue-on 32' 57'		Aye Maung Win 26' 72' 88'

11 December 1981

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4
Singapore	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	2
Philippines	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Indonesia	1–0	Singapore
Taufik Saleh 62'

7 December 1981

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Singapore	4–0	Philippines
Fandi Ahmad 32', 61', 82' R. Suriamurthi 42'

9 December 1981

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Indonesia	2–0	Philippines
Taufik Saleh 33' Robby Binur 83'

11 December 1981

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 December
	Malaysia (pen.)	1 (5)
					15 December
	Singapore	1 (4)
					Thailand	2
	13 December
					Malaysia	1
	Thailand	2
	Indonesia	0
					Third place
					14 December
					Indonesia	2
					Singapore	0

Semi-finals

Malaysia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Singapore
Abdul Muin 85'		Au Yeong Pak Kuan 23' (pen.)
Penalties
R. Arumugam Mokhtar Dahari G. Torairaju Wong Hung Num Zainal Abidin Hassan S. Sijeindran	5–4	David Lee Hashim Hoshni Au Yeong Pak Kuan T. Pathmanathan Salim Moin Fandi Ahmad

13 December 1981

Thailand	2–1	Indonesia
Piyapong Pue-on 50' 79'		Ronny Pattinasarany 65'

13 December 1981

Bronze medal match

Indonesia	2–0	Singapore
Rully Nere 11' Stefanus Sirey 68'

14 December 1981

INDONESIA: GK   Poerwono RB   Simson Rumahpasal  30' CB   Nasir Salassa CB   Rusdin Lacanda LB   Didik Darmadi CM   Herry Kiswanto CM   Ronny Pattinasarany CM   Robby Binur CM   Rully Nere FW   Mettu Dwaramuri  72' FW   Stefanus Sirey Substitutes: DF   Berti Tutuarima  30' FW   Risdianto  72'

SINGAPURA: GK   David Lee DF   Phua Ching Loon DF   T. Pathmanathan DF   Norhalis Shafik DF   R. Suriamurthi MF   Malek Awab MF   K Kannan  58' MF   S. Selvakumar MF   Salim Moin  63' CF   Fandi Ahmad CF   Au Yeong Pak Kuan Substitutes: MF   Abdullah Noor  58' MF   Marzuki Elias  63'

Gold medal match

Thailand	2–1	Malaysia
Tongtaum 8' Pue-on 41'		Abdul Muin 86'

15 December 1981

Rizal Memorial Stadium

THAILAND: GK   Narasak Boonkleang RB   Sutin Chaikitti CB   T. Sitipultong CB   Aumnat Chareumchavalit LB   Prapen Pramsri CM   Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol CM   Madard Tongtaum CM   Vorawan Chitavanich FW   Piyapong Pue-on FW   Chirdsak Chaiyabutr FW   Chalor Hongkajohn

MALAYSIA: GK   R. Arumugam DF   Zainal Abidin Hassan DF   Subramaniam Puspanathan DF   Khamal Khalid DF   Wong Hung Nung MF   Abd Mohd Khalid Mohd Ali  51' MF   Jamal Nasir MF   S. Sujeindran MF   G. Torairaju CF   Mokhtar Dahari CF   Yunus Alif Substitutes: MF   Abdul Muin  51'

Winners

1981 SEA Games Men's Tournament
Thailand Third title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Thailand	4	2	2	0	9	7	+2	6	Gold Medal
2	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4	Silver Medal
3	Indonesia	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Bronze Medal
4	Singapore	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	3	Fourth place
5	Burma	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1	Eliminated in group stage
6	Philippines (H)	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

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

Medal winners

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thailand	Malaysia	Indonesia
GK Narasak Boonkleang GK Sompong Nantapraparsil GK Sirisak Yamsang DF Thaweerat Sittipultong DF Amnart Chalermchavalit DF Prapan Premsri DF Varin Tansuphasiri DF Watana Promsakha MF Apinan Punrasiri MF Sompit Suwanaplugh MF Songwuti Khanthatat MF Wisoon Wichaya MF Chalermwoot Sa-Ngapol MF Sompong Wattana MF Vorawan Chitavanich FW Suntara Klanarong FW Chredsak Chaiyabutr FW Chalor Hongkajohn FW Piyapong Pue-on FW Madard Tongtaum Coach: Prawit Chaisam	GK R. Arumugam DF Jamal Nasir DF Wong Hung Nung DF Kamal Khalid DF G. Torairaju DF Yassin Mohammad Noor DF S. Pushpanathan DF K. Gunasakarn MF Muhidin Hussin MF Rosli Hussein MF Abdul Muin bin Abdul Rahim MF Khalid Ali MF Sujeindran M. Suppiah FW Ibrahim Haji Din FW Mokhtar Dahari FW Yunus Alif FW Zainal Abidin Hassan FW Alis Syed Mohamad Coach: Karl-Heinz Weigang	GK Poerwono GK A.A Raka DF Simson Rumahpasal DF Didik Darmadi DF Nassir Salassa DF Rusdin Lacanda DF Ronny Pattinasarany MF Tommy Latuperissa MF Riono Asnan MF Berti Tutuarima MF Herry Kiswanto MF Rully Nere FW Mettu Duaramuri FW Spiks Pulanda FW Stefanus Sirey FW Taufik Saleh FW Robby Binur FW Risdianto Coach: Bernd Fischer

References

• Garin, Erik. "South East Asian Games 1981 (Manila)". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
• SEA Games 1981. AFF official website