Many former Vietnamese players become coaches of Song Lam Nghe An
After saying goodbye to many veteran coaches who have reached retirement age, Song Lam Nghe An Club has begun recruiting and appointing young coaches to V.League and Song Lam Nghe An Youth Training Center.
Not only rejuvenating the young players in Team 1, to have many quality successors in V.League 2024/2025 and the following seasons, Song Lam Nghe An also rejuvenates in terms of coaches and trainers.

As part of that plan, after saying goodbye to veteran coaches such as Coach Dinh Van Dung, Hoang Dang Hong, Nguyen Xuan Vinh, recently, a series of former players who grew up from the Song Lam Nghe An team, possessing degrees from the Asian Football Confederation - AFC, have officially returned to the team, participating in the coaching staff.
The most recent cases include players like Pham Hai Nam, Au Van Hoang, and Tran Dinh Dong. The above players are all professional players and have been called up to the Vietnam National Teams at various times. They are currently under the management of the Song Lam Nghe An Youth Training Center.

In addition, the Club's leadership has just appointed coach Nguyen Quang Tho to the Team 1 Coaching Board right before the V.League 2024/2025. Coach Nguyen Quang Tho played professionally for Song Lam Nghe An from 1996-2006 and has many years of experience in youth training.
Thus, in addition to the Japanese Technical Director, head coach Pham Anh Tuan has assistants Phan Nhu Thuat, Pham Van Quyen, Nguyen Quang Tho, Pham Duc Anh, along with technical analysts and soon a fitness coach.
Mr. Ho Le Duc - General Director of Song Lam Nghe An said: "To have quality players, we focus on selecting and purifying to have coaches with the best expertise, ethics and character. They are not only teachers, but also fathers and uncles who support athletes to have the best luggage in their football career".
In recent times, Song Lam Nghe An has also actively sent many coaches to attend courses organized by the Asian Football Confederation, Japan and Vietnam. In particular, Song Lam Nghe An focuses on courses such as Pro – AFC certificate, A – AFC certificate, B – AFC certificate and certificates for goalkeeper coaches and advanced fitness coaches.
From the 2025/2026 season, the mandatory requirement set by the Asian Football Confederation – AFC for the position of head coach is the AFC Pro Coaching Certificate. Currently, the minimum requirement by the AFC for a Team 1 assistant coach is an AFC ‘A’ Diploma or any equivalent valid foreign coaching qualification recognised by the AFC, for a Team 1 goalkeeper coach, it is the AFC Goalkeeper Coaching Certificate Level 3, for a Team 1 fitness coach, it is the AFC Fitness Coaching Certificate Level 2.
Rejuvenating and facilitating coaches to attend courses organized by the Asian Football Confederation and the Vietnam Football Federation is one of Song Lam Nghe An's plans to standardize the coaching team according to the criteria of high-quality human resources that any professional football team in Asia must have./.