Will a large corporation join hands with Bac A Bank to sponsor SLNA?

At this time, Song Lam Nghe An Club possesses a unique identity and a huge amount of achievements that any locality or rich football team would dream of.

That is 3 V.League championships, a record of 3 National Cup championships, a record of 4 National Super Cup championships. The children's team has 4 championships; the youth team has 6 championships; the U17 team has 7 championships; the U19 team has 5 championships and the U21 team has 5 championships. Along with that are many other big and small titles that make the SLNA tradition room "more crowded" than ever.

In total, in official tournaments, SLNA has owned 40 championships at all levels. In 2018 alone, SLNA won 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal in youth training. SLNA first team also won 1 bronze medal at the National Cup and is full of hope to be in the Top 3 at the end of the V.League season.

SLNA General Director Nguyen Hong Thanh proudly shared: “At the moment in V.League, there is no professional football team that participates in all youth tournaments like SLNA. That can be considered a record in addition to the championships that have been achieved.”

Putting aside the glory, at present, SLNA still faces many limitations and difficulties in terms of mechanism and finance in the context of Vietnamese football growing; other training centers have risen up and taken over SLNA's position.

Song Lam Nghe An is facing an opportunity to transform itself. Photo: Trung Kien

Up to this point, SLNA is receiving a 30 billion VND sponsorship package from Bac A Bank each year, but the end of 2018 is also the time the contract expires. In addition, in youth training, the 25 billion VND/year budget for SLNA is enough to ensure the maintenance of all activities.

However, in professional football, youth training is a decisive factor. And youth training requires long-term investment, so the immediate problem of SLNA is economics and funding. For Nghe An football to be worthy of its development potential and maintain the SLNA brand, it needs a leading economic unit in Vietnam instead of relying on the budget or support.

Over the years, when witnessing a series of talented people leaving SLNA to find new destinations and new futures, people have asked the question, why can't SLNA find a worthy and dedicated sponsor?

It should be remembered that in 2009, when SLNA had not yet been equitized, "boss" Do Quang Hien had sent people to Nghe An to "do football". However, in the midst of a volatile market mechanism, maintaining its identity and surviving and developing strongly is very difficult for the Nghe An football team today.

After the outstanding success in a pivotal year of the Nghe An football team, SLNA football staff are promoting the search for new sponsors.

According to information obtained by Nghe An Newspaper reporters, SLNA is currently implementing a negotiation project with a large corporation. If everything goes smoothly, it can be considered a new turning point for Nghe An football. And it would be even better if Bac A Bank and many other businesses would share and join hands to invest in Nghe An football.

Recently, Coach Nguyen Duc Thang also shared that there is no way that Bac A Bank will withdraw immediately, the issue is whether the sponsor increases or decreases the sponsorship amount and it depends a lot on the Provincial People's Committee.

The brand and potential of Nghe An - Ha Tinh football in general and SLNA in particular are undeniable. And perhaps this is the most appropriate time for businesses to come to SLNA to do football in a systematic and visionary way.

SLNA General Director Nguyen Hong Thanh: "The SLNA U11 championship has a lot of meaning"

(Baonghean.vn) - The championship of U11 SLNA at the 2018 National Children's Football Tournament is the 4th medal of SLNA this year. The General Director of SLNA Joint Stock Company shared about this valuable title as well as the youth training work of the Nghe An football team.