The men's football tournament at the 2021 SEA Games was held from 6 – 22 May 2022 in Vietnam.

The group stage and semi-finals were played in Việt Trì and Nam Định, while Hanoi hosted the bronze and gold medal matches.

Indonesia won the bronze medal after defeating Malaysia on penalties.

10 teams were seeded into 5 pots based on their performance in the previous two editions.

The host, also the defending champion, Vietnam was automatically assigned into position A1.