Provincial People's Committee awards U13 SLNA Champion

U13 SLNA returned with the 9th championship in the history of the National Youth Football Tournament. Photo: Duc Anh

Attending the ceremony were comrade Tran Thi My Hanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; comrade Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of SLNA Club leaders.

Song Lam Nghe An Club has long been the cradle of youth football training in the country. Nghe An Club has always dominated the U-age tournaments organized by VFF. That tradition was continued when U13 SLNA just won the championship at the 2022 National Youth Football Championship. With this championship, U13 Nghe An has increased its record with 9 times winning the National U13 Championship.

Leaders of Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports and SLNA Club presented flowers to the U13 SLNA team. Photo: Duc Anh

2020 was the most recent championship win for the SLNA U13 team. Entering the 2021 National U13 Tournament, the Nghe An team was also considered a top candidate for the highest position. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, many SLNA U13 players were infected with Covid-19. Therefore, the Nghe An team was unable to participate in that tournament.

The 2022 National Youth Football Championship Qualifiers continued to be held in Nghe An. U13 SLNA, under the leadership of coach Dang Van Tuong, achieved an undefeated record and soon won a ticket to the next round. In the final round of the 2022 National U13 Championship, SLNA was placed in Group B, along with the teams U13 Hanoi, U13 Long An, U13 HAGL. After the group stage, coach Dang Van Tuong's team got 7 points and ranked first.

In the quarter-finals, U13 SLNA faced U13 Viettel. This is a team from the country's leading youth football training center. However, coach Dang Van Tuong's team still won easily with a score of 3-1. In the semi-finals, U13 SLNA played even more explosively, the Nghe An team won a resounding 6-0 victory over U13 PVF.

Provincial People's Committee awards U13 SLNA. Photo: Duc Anh

The final match witnessed the competition between the two most impressive teams of the tournament, U13 Hanoi and U13 SLNA. However, with superiority in all aspects, the Nghe An youth football team won 2-0 in the first half. This result officially brought U13 SLNA to the 9th championship in the history of the National Youth Football Tournament.

This is also the second championship of the year that SLNA's youth teams have won. Previously, SLNA U9 also excellently won the National U9 Championship for the Toyota Cup in 2022.

At the ceremony, comrade Tran Thi My Hanh praised and congratulated the Board of Directors and the U13 SLNA team. She affirmed: “The U13 SLNA players are the young heroes of Nghe An sports, making the land along the Lam River famous. In addition to winning the championship, they also won many individual awards, such as Top Scorer, Outstanding Player, etc. It is a proud honor not only for them, but also for the province. I hope that in the future, the U13 SLNA team will not rest on their laurels, but continue to train to achieve even more success.”

The Director of the Department of Culture and Sports also affirmed that the Department of Culture and Sports will always accompany the SLNA Club to create all conditions for the students to grow up and achieve greater success in the fields they have chosen.

At the ceremony, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee awarded 30 million VND to the champion U13 SLNA team. SLNA Club President presented 50 million VND to U13 SLNA.