3 Song Lam Nghe An players selected to participate in the U17 Asia qualifiers

This afternoon (October 23), the Vietnam U17 team will officially enter the competition in Group I - 2025 Asian U17 Qualifiers. Before the opening match, coach Cristiano Roland made a decision on personnel with 23 selected players, including 3 players from Song Lam Nghe An Club: midfielder Bach Trong Duong, defender Tran Dong Thuc and Le Tan Dung.

In addition, 3 players who cannot participate in the U17 Asian Qualifiers according to the tournament regulations are Thai Hieu, Duc Nhat and Van Phuc. Although they cannot compete in the U17 Asian Qualifiers 2025, these 3 players will continue to stay and practice with the team.

Coach Cristiano Roland said he wanted to motivate and maintain the training program for young players. “We aim for a common goal to show fighting spirit and solidarity. The group stage of U17 Vietnam is not easy, the challenges are very difficult but the team will compete with all their might. I also hope to receive the support of fans in the stands for the upcoming matches,” coach Cristiano Roland shared.

Center back Le Huy Viet Anh - Captain of the Vietnam U17 team also expressed: "To prepare for the tournament, we had a training trip in Japan and accumulated a lot of competition experience. Up to now, although the training intensity and the coach's requirements are quite high, the whole team has made efforts to complete the professional, technical and tactical requirements well. In the upcoming important matches, we hope to have a large number of fans come to cheer and accompany the whole team."

The 2025 AFC U17 Championship qualifiers initially featured 43 teams and were divided into 10 groups, including 7 groups of 4 teams and 3 groups of 5 teams. The 10 group winners and the 5 best runners-up will join hosts Saudi Arabia in the finals.

However, due to the U17 Lebanon team not participating for objective reasons, Group H has only 3 teams left: Laos, Malaysia and UAE. This causes changes in the calculation of points for the second-placed teams. Specifically, for groups of 4 teams (such as the group of U17 Vietnam), the second-placed team's performance against the bottom team will not be counted. As for groups of 5 teams, the second-placed team's performance against the 4th and 5th-placed teams in the group will not be considered.