Vietnam football

A training session of the squad (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Head coach Park Hang-seo on July 27 sent the Vietnam Football Federation a list of footballers who will join an upcoming training session of the U22’s team to prepare for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualification . The squad is scheduled to gather on August 10 in Hanoi with 30 players chosen by the Korean coach. Of note, goalie Pham Manh Cuong, the best goalkeeper at the national U21 tournament last year, has earned his first call-up. The qualification round is scheduled to take place from October 23 to 31 this year. In each group, teams play each other in a round-robin format at a concentrated venue. The 11 group winners and the best four runners-up qualify for the final tournament, slated for next June in Uzbekistan. Vietnam were runners-up at the 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup hosted by China./. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s U22 football team to gather in August

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) seeded the teams based on performance at the most recent AFF Cup tournaments. Defending champion Vietnam will be the first seed, along with Thailand, the second seeds, Malaysia and Indonesia, and the third, the Philippines and Myanmar. The fourth seeds are Singapore and Cambodia, and the fifth, Timor Leste and Brunei. AFF Cup was originally scheduled to take place from Nov. 23 to Dec. 31, 2020. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 2021. The group stage draw is set to commence on Aug. 10 while the main event takes place in December. Covid-19 is also the reason AFF decided to change the tournament format. Ten teams will be divided into two groups while all games are played in two centralized venues of two countries. The semifinal and final will only have one game each instead of two. Vietnam won the title in 2018 after defeating Malaysia 3-2 after two legs of the final. Under Park Hang-seo’s lead, Vietnam became the number one … [Read more...] about Vietnam among first seeds of 2021 AFF Cup

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have recruited Spanish fitness coach Miguel Ledesma Carrasco to help the national team prepare for the upcoming 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. New fitness coach Miguel Ledesma Carrasco of Vietnam futsal team. The Spanish coach has previous experience working for Levante UD and CLB Villarreal in La Liga. In addition, he also worked as a fitness coach for Peniscola FS in the Spanish Primera División de Futsal. Currently, Carrasco is employed as a coach by Thai Son Nam futsal club. He will work with the Vietnamese national futsal team alongside his fellow Spaniard Antonio Garcia who is working as the side’s goalkeeping coach. Their task is to help the national futsal team to make the best preparations for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup which is set to take place this September in Lithuania. The national team are scheduled to gather on July 20 for a training camp where they will compete in a futsal tournament alongside Japan, … [Read more...] about Vietnam futsal team hires La Liga fitness coach ahead of World Cup

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Head coach Park Hang-seo has proposed a list of 31 players as part of the plan to prepare for the FIFA 2022 World Cup final qualifiers, said the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). New faces such as defender Truong Van Thiet, midfielder Le Tien Anh and striker Pham Tuan Hai are also given a chance to join the team. Vietnam will compete in group B of the final World Cup qualifying round with Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, China and Oman. The "Golden Dragons" will begin the campaign with an away match against Saudi Arabia on September 2, followed by a match against Australia at Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium five days later./. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s national team to gather in early August in preparation for World Cup qualifiers

This is the first time Phuong will be absent from the national team under Park Hang-seo’s lead. With Phuong’s wife to soon give birth, he plans to join the squad for their second training. He will be absent from Vietnam's first game of the third qualification round in Saudi Arabia on September 2, but is expected to join the team in the home game against Australia five days later. Lam will also be absent due to obligations at Japanese club Cerezo Osaka. The 28-year-old keeper can only join the national team when the international break hits. The call-up list this time includes many familiar faces, along with three new players. The team are set to gather for training in Hanoi on August 5 under the instruction of assistant coach Lee Young-jin. Park is still in South Korea and will return to Vietnam on July 28, when he will enter quarantine before returning to work. This is the first time in history Vietnam have made it to the final World Cup qualification round. The Golden Dragons … [Read more...] about Two key players down in Vietnam’s preparation for World Cup qualifiers

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese U23 football team has been ranked eighth in the Asian region, according to the latest rankings as announced by global football website Footy Rankings . The rankings are based on the achievements of each national team during the most recent Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup in 2016, 2018, and 2020. In line with this, Vietnam’s U23s are ranked eighth in Asia with 25,897 points, followed by Jordan on 24.228 points, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 23.535 points, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 22.964 points, Thailand on 20.441 points, and China with 20.360 points, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) cited the website. During the 2016 AFC U23 Championship, the Vietnamese team failed to make it past the qualifying round after losing eight matches and finishing with no points. Two years later the national U23 team led by head coach Park Hang-seo put in a number of outstanding performances in China to finish as … [Read more...] about Vietnamese U23 team named as eighth best in Asia by football website