V.League 2017: Spring Day talks about numbers and records

(Baonghean.vn) - This year's professional football tournament has had 4 rounds. While the players are on Spring break, Nghe An Newspaper would like to review the numbers and records related to V-League 2017.

Let's ponder and analyze the statistics provided by BTC:

1. Player.The 14 teams participating in the tournament have registered 387 players, including 31 foreign players and 8 naturalized players. Only HAGL has registered all 30 players, while 3 teams Long An, FLC Thanh Hoa, and Saigon FC have only registered 26 players. The fact that the teams have not registered all 30 players as required shows the lack of quality players for the professional football tournament, even though this is the 17th season. SLNA itself has only registered 29/30 players, and the U21 team last year did not compete successfully, so there is no source to supplement the first team. What is quite special is that Pho Nui is the only team that plays an offensive line with domestic players trained by themselves, so after 4 rounds they have only had 1 point.

2. Age:The average age of the players participating in V-League 2017 is 25.8 years old, which is a relatively nine-year career age for players in Southeast Asia. Accordingly, HAGL, Hanoi FC, SLNA are the teams with the youngest average age in the tournament, respectively 22.6; 23.5 and 24.3 while Ho Chi Minh City Club; Long An and Quang Nam are considered the "oldest" in the tournament with average ages of 28.5; 27.5 and 27.3 respectively.

SLNA with an average age of 24.3 is in the TOP 3 teams with youthful squads.

Defender Dang Van Toi of Hanoi FC, born in 1999, is considered the youngest player to participate in V-League 2017. Two veterans Phan Van Tai Em and goalkeeper Huynh Quoc Cuong of Long An, born in 1982, are considered the "old hands" of the tournament. Players Dinh Luat, Duy An, goalkeeper Xuan Viet (HCMC FC), Minh Duc (SLNA) are also listed in the "rare" ranks of the Vietnamese football field (counting only domestic players).

Most impressively, HAGL has 15 players born after 1995, followed by HN FC with 8 players, SHB.Da Nang and B.Binh Duong with 5 players, and SLNA with 3 players. Obviously, Mr. Duc's determination to rejuvenate the Mountain City team and put national interests above club interests is something that many people respect.

It is quite strange that, although Cong Vinh's team is a rookie in the tournament, Ho Chi Minh City Club is the "oldest" team because they like to recruit players who are on the other side of their career. If HAGL and SLNA are teams with a tradition of using young players that they have trained themselves, now there is HN FC introducing the "early ripe fruit of the season" in which Hung Dung is the most notable name.

3. Domestic goods are on the throne.Leading the list of top scorers after 5 rounds is striker Anh Duc (B.Binh Duong) with 5 goals, players Henry Shackiel H.Eustace (SLNA), Sadio Diao (S.Khanh Hoa), Hoang Vu O.Samson (HN FC) with 4 goals. Leading in the number of assists is foreign player Gonzalo (HN FC) with 4 times, Trong Hoang of FLC Thanh Hoa with 3 times, Hung Dung (HN FC), Thanh Hai (SHB.DN) and Quoc Phuong (FLC Thanh Hoa) all have 2 assists. The statistics show the rise of domestic midfielders and the important role of former national player Anh Duc in the rejuvenation process of B.Binh Duong.

Veteran Van Vinh still proves his worth in SLNA shirt.

4. Foreign soldiers:Except for Oceania, which has no players coming to Vietnam, the 31 foreign players participating in V-League 2017 are from Asia, Europe, Africa and America, with the numbers being 2, 3, 11 and 15 respectively. Of which, Brazil is the country with the most players coming to Vietnam with 7 people, followed by Nigeria and Argentina with 4 and 3 players respectively. As the largest player exporting country in the world, it is quite understandable that 14 V-League clubs like Brazilian foreign players. This year, many clubs have "radar" to recruit players for the top teams in Southeast Asia to compete, this is the type of recruitment that avoids buying bad goods.

5. Story of SLNA home team:After winning the 2011 V-League championship, SLNA is ranked 4,,4,5,7,9 in the following years. On Spring Day, Nghe An fans are playing the "guessing" game of SLNA's position in the first year of coach Duc Thang's leadership. In your opinion, with the preparation and strength shown through the first 4 rounds, where will SLNA finish? Regardless of the position on the rankings, let's wish SLNA players to play with true character, full of passion on the field, that's enough!

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