Domestic coaches make their mark in V.League 2024/25
Being a coach in V.League is a job that requires many special qualities and has to go through countless pressures. Not only foreign coaches, domestic coaches are also increasingly proving their abilities.
Coach Vu Hong Viet (Nam Dinh Green Steel)
With the achievement of helping Nam Dinh Blue Steel win the V.League 2023/24 championship, coach Vu Hong Viet received the title of Best Coach of V.League last season.
And now, this title in the 2024/25 season is difficult to escape from the hands of this 46-year-old strategist because the Thanh Nam team has one hand on the championship with 51 points, 5 points more than Hanoi when the tournament has only 2 rounds left. With an attacking style of play, Thep Xanh Nam Dinh is the team with the strongest attack in V.League 2024/25 with a solid defense.
Possessing a quality foreign squad, many high-class domestic players, but it must be admitted that ability is also a factor that has made coach Vu Hong Viet successful. Because in V.League, the teams Hanoi, Hanoi Police, Viettel also have very good forces and have the presence of many high-class foreign coaches, but all of them cannot do what this coach has done.
It is not yet possible to say that coach Vu Hong Viet is an excellent coach of Vietnamese football, but in V.League alone, he deserves the trust of the Nam Dinh team's leadership and the championship title of two consecutive years of Nam Dinh Green Steel is a dream start for this coach.
Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong (Hong Linh Ha Tinh)
Another coach who left a very strong impression in V.League this season is coach Nguyen Thanh Cong of Hong Linh Ha Tinh. And not only this season, last season, despite facing many incidents and lacking in personnel, the coach from Nghe An still helped the Hong mountain team successfully stay in V.League.
This season, with a domestic force that is not as good as the top teams, and foreign players as well, Hong Linh Ha Tinh is the most annoying team in the tournament with a total of 21 unbeaten matches in V.League 2024/25, losing the least (3 matches).
It is worth mentioning that after round 24, Hong Linh Ha Tinh is the team with the most solid defense with only 17 goals conceded. Hong Linh Ha Tinh's playing style is not too flashy, but the mark of tactics and efficiency is clearly revealed. If luckier, Hong Linh Ha Tinh could have firmly grasped the top 3 position.
After many years of working in V.League, his coaching experience, passion and dedication to his students and work have helped coach Nguyen Thanh Cong become a solid support for the players and is highly trusted by the leadership of Hong Linh Ha Tinh football team.
Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem (Hai Phong)
It can be affirmed that coach Chu Dinh Nghiem is a special coach of V.League. Not only does he own many V.League records during his time leading Hanoi Club, the coach from Thanh Hoa is also very good at turning danger into success.
Leading a Hai Phong team that does not have strong youth training, domestic players are not of good quality, foreign players cannot compare with other representatives of V.League, but from a team that had to compete to avoid relegation, Hai Phong is currently ranked 6th on the rankings with 42 points, 16 unbeaten matches.
In many matches, Hai Phong has turned the situation around in difficult moments thanks to the ability to read the game and the bravery of coach Chu Dinh Nghiem. Without needing star names, Hai Phong currently owns the foreign player who has scored the most goals in V.League 2024/25, Lucao.
Besides, the professional stigma of coach Chu Dinh Nghiem also comes from the fact that Hai Phong is the team that plays the most beautifully in V.League with only 27 yellow cards and 2 red cards at the present time.
In the bottom group in the relegation race, although the achievements of teams such as Quang Nam, Song Lam Nghe An, Hoang Anh Gia Lai are not good, we cannot deny the courage, passion and talent of domestic coaches such as Van Sy Son, Phan Nhu Thuat... in the V.League at this time./.