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Asian football body advised to cancel AFC Cup: official, Photo source: the-afc.com The region's second-tier club competition has been frozen since March, and is due to resume next month in four host countries. However, three of the nine groups remain without a home. … [Read more...] about Asian football body advised to cancel AFC Cup: official

Hanoi (VNA) - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has conferred the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) with the AFC Elite Youth Scheme full membership status. The AFC has also given the three-star status to the PVF Football Academy. The AFC Elite Youth Scheme is an integral part of AFC’s Vision and Mission that is to improve playing standards and increase the possibility of success at the top level. The development of aspiring young talents is at the core of these objectives, and AFC recognises and supports the Member Associations (MAs) in their efforts to further develop their elite youth programmes, including the grading of academies, in line with the criteria set by AFC. Together, AFC and the MAs will set the benchmark for elite player development in training centres and support the clubs and their academies in nurturing the next generations of top-level professional players./. … [Read more...] about AFC endorses full membership of Elite Youth Scheme to VFF

The goal is sixth in the newspaper's list behind a free kick by former Brazilian defender Lucio for FC Bayern Munich (5th). The fourth goal is a volley by former German defender Jochen Kientz for FC St. Pauli, a club in 2. Bundesliga. At third is a chip by former Czech midfielder David Kobylík for Arminia Bielefeld, another club in 2. Bundesliga. Coming in second is former German midfielder Thomas Strunz with a beautiful trick shot for Bayern. … [Read more...] about Vietnam midfielder’s stunning free kick among top 10 goals scored in snow

Hanoi (VNA) - Tran Nguyen Manh of Viettel FC is the leading goalkeeper in terms of having the most clean sheets in domestic leagues throughout ASEAN during 2020, according to statistics compiled by ASEAN Football. Manh shares the leading position with Thai goalie Chatchai Budprom of BG Pathung United FC in the Thai League 1, with each keeping 10 clean sheets in their respective domestic leagues last year, reported Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV). The outstanding performances displayed by Manh in goal helped Viettel FC win their first V.League 1 championship title and earned them a direct spot to enter the group stage of the upcoming AFC Champions League. Ko Ko Naing of Myanmar’s Hanthawady United FC came third in the list after keeping nine clean sheets. Meanwhile, Vietnamese goalkeeper Pham Van Phong of Sai Gon FC came in fourth with eight clean sheets, sharing the spot with Bui Tan Truong of Hanoi FC and Japanese goalie Kei Okawa of Albirex Niigata FC. Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Vietnamese goalkeeper tops clean sheet list among ASEAN leagues

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Dang Van Lam looks set to be the first Vietnamese player to compete in Japan’s J1 League after reportedly signing a deal with Cerezo Osaka FC. Negotiations between Lam and Cerezo Osaka are done and a transfer deal between his current team Muangthong United of the Thai League 1 and Osaka has reportedly been agreed. Details have not been revealed yet but the Japanese powerhouse is believed to have paid Muangthong 1 million USD to sign Lam. Vietnam’s No 1 goalkeeper’s contract with Muangthong United was set to expire on May 31, 2022. Neither club has made an official announcement of the deal as yet. Before Lam, Vietnamese players Le Cong Vinh (Consodale Sapporo, 2013), Nguyen Cong Phuong (Mito Hollyhock, 2016) and Nguyen Tuan Anh (Yokohama FC, 2016) all played in Japan's second tier, the J2 League. Lam moved from Vietnam’s Hai Phong FC to Muangthong United in early 2019. He performed well in his first year but … [Read more...] about Goalkeeper Lam to leave Thailand for Japanese league