Roll call of SLNA coaches and young stars who won the national championship in 2018
(Baonghean.vn) - Following the successes of the SLNA U11 and SLNA U13 teams, the SLNA U15 team became the third team from Nghe An to win the championship in a year of great victory. In this common success, the role of the head coaches and young stars is very important. Let's join Nghe An Newspaper to name these talented coaches.
1. Coach Le Van Hung (U11 SLNA)
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Not only winning the national championship in 2018, the U11 SLNA team also won all the individual awards. The title of player with the most goals belonged to player Vuong Van Tung; The title of best player of the tournament belonged to player Le Nhat Anh and the title of best goalkeeper was awarded to goalkeeper Bui Huu Nhan. Photo: Archive |
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These are the 3 faces who played very well to help U11 SLNA successfully defend the championship this year. Previously, champion Vuong Van Tung (far right) in the Yen Thanh Youth Football Team shirt won the title of top scorer of the 2018 Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament. Photo: Document |
2. Coach Hoang Dang Hong (U13 SLNA)
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The moment U13 SLNA lifted the Championship Cup for the 6th time in this youth tournament. Photo archive |
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Best goalkeeper: Nguyen Van Manh Tuan (SLNA), striker Truong Van Tuyen - Yen Thanh was the player who scored the winning goal 2-1 in the final match against PVF. Photo: Archive |
3. Coach Le Ky Phuong (U15 SLNA)
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The moment coach Le Ky Phuong and U15 SLNA won the championship. He was the one who discovered and guided Dinh Xuan Tien - Nguyen Van Bach to football. Photo archive |
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In the U15 SLNA team, there are two very prominent faces of Nghe An youth football: midfielder Nguyen Van Bach and captain Dinh Xuan Tien - the best player of the 2014 Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth Football Tournament. Photo: Contributor |
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Both of them lost in the U13 SLNA final on penalties in 2016 against Viettel and this time, after returning from the U17 National final, Xuan Tien and Van Bach are the pillars of the U15 SLNA team, aiming for the championship. Photo: Archive |
So far, the Nghe An team has set a new record for Vietnamese football, SLNA is the only team that has never been relegated in nearly 40 years. SLNA's first team is maintaining a streak of 9 consecutive wins in V.League 2018, securing a place in the final of the 2018 National Cup. SLNA is a club with teams participating in all youth tournaments from U11 to U21 nationwide. And the achievements in 2018 are 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal and the SLNA U21 team has reached the final round.
SLNA youth football also holds the record for the number of championships for the U13 age groups (6 times), U17 (7 times), U19 (5 times) and U21 (5 times). In total, SLNA owns 39 official championship titles at all levels, not counting friendly and amateur tournaments. These are unprecedented records that other football clubs in Vietnam have never reached.

The moment U13 SLNA lifted the Championship Cup after the "water battle" with PVF
(Baonghean.vn) - After defeating U13 Hai Duong 3-0 in the semi-final, the young boys from Nghe An continued to play well in the final against PVF. Striker Truong Van Tuyen's double helped U13 SLNA defeat host PVF 2-1. Thereby, they extended their record of winning the tournament for the 6th time.