Viet Nam announces Olympic and national football squads

The Viet Nam Football Federation has officially announced the lists of the national and Olympic football squads for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers and 2012 London Olympics.

The federation also appointed coaches Mai Duc Chung and Phan Thanh Hung to take interim charge of the national and Olympic men’s football teams, respectively.

The teams will attend a two-week training session at HCMCity’s Thanh Long Sports Centre from June 13 to July 4.

Young players dominated the national and Olympic teams during the first training session of the year.

The 25-member national team includes 10 under-23 players while the Olympic team has 10 players aged 20-21.

“We wanted a face-lift for both teams. We hope that young players will give an exciting performance in the World Cup qualifiers and Olympics qualifying round,” said federation vice chairman Pham Ngoc Vien.

As scheduled, the national team will play Macao in a two-leg knock-out match during the first stages of the World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers on June 29 and July 3.

Meanwhile, the Olympic team will meet Arab Saudi in the first leg away on June 19 and the second leg in Ha Noi on June 23.

National team:

GK: Duong Hong Son,

DF: Trần Đình Đồng, Đoàn Việt Cường, Võ Hoàng Quảng, Lê Phước Tứ, Nguyễn Minh Đức, Nguyễn Thành Long Giang, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Huỳnh Quang Thanh.

MF: Nguyễn Vũ Phong, Phan Văn Tài Em, Phan Thanh Hưng, Lê Tấn Tài, Nguyễn Minh Châu, Phạm Thành Lương, Võ Duy Nam.

FW: Lê Công Vinh, Nguyễn Việt Thắng, Nguyễn Quang Hải, Nguyễn Ngọc Anh, Hoàng Đình Tùng.

Olympic team:

GK: Trần Anh Đức, Trần Bửu Ngọc, Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh

DF: Lâm Anh Quang, Âu Văn Hoàn, Nguyễn Văn Hậu, Dương Thanh Hào, Nguyễn Tiến Duy, Trần Tấn Đạt, Nguyễn Doãn Bắc, Nguyễn Văn Việt.

MF: Phạm Nguyên Sa, Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng, Hoàng Văn Bình, Ngô Hoàng Thịnh, Nguyễn Văn Quân, Bùi Văn Hiếu, Nguyễn Hải Huy, Trần Mạnh Dũng, Lê Đức Tài, Lê Hoàng Thiên, Lê Văn Thắng, Nguyễn Văn Quyết, Phạm Văn Nam.

FW: Hà Minh Tuấn, Đinh Kiên Trung, Phạm Văn Thuận

— VNS