VFF held a signing ceremony and announced the head coach of the U23 Vietnam at the U23 Asian Cup 2024
As part of the action plan of the National Teams towards important goals in 2024, with the approval of the National Coach Council and the approval of the VFF’s Standing Committee, VFF has appointed Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan. Hold the position of U23 Vietnam’s head coach attending the U23 Asian Cup 2024, taking place in Qatar from April 15 to May 3, 2024.
04/04/2024 16:03:25
On behalf of the VFF’s Standing Committee, speaking at the ceremony, VFF’s Vice President Tran Anh Tu said that to create conditions for the U23 Vietnam team to have the best preparation for the U23 Asian Cup 2024, in addition to training and competition activities for the team, VFF has trusted Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan to take on the position of head coach. At the request of head coach Hoang Anh Tuan, VFF also appointed Assistant Coaches to the coaching staff of the U23 Vietnam, including fitness expert Brandi Regato Neto Jose; Technical analysts, medical and logistics teams serve the team. VFF hopes that, with extensive experience and particularly impressive achievements in training young players, coach Hoang Anh Tuan and the U23 Vietnam will complete their assigned tasks at the U23 Asian Cup 2024, meeting the expectations of fans.
Before being appointed head coach of U23 Vietnam to participate in the U23 Asian Cup 2024, Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan signed a contract with VFF to be in charge of selecting and training national youth teams from 2022 to 2024. now. After taking over the task, Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan led the U20 Vietnam team to pass the qualifying round and attend the 2023 U20 Asian Cup in Uzbekistan in May 2023. Most recently, Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan led U23 Vietnam to excellently win the U23 AFF championship for the second time, winning against U23 Indonesia in the final match in August 2023 in Thailand. Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan is also known as the coach who wrote down the history of Vietnamese football, when he led the U19 Vietnam team to reach the top 4 at the 2016 U19 Asian Championship, thereby joining Japan, Korea, and Saudi Arabia becoming four outstanding representatives of Asia to win tickets to attend the 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup.
For his part, coach Hoang Anh Tuan expressed that being entrusted with the task of leading the U23 Vietnam team to participate in the continental arena is both an honor and a challenge for him. However, he has complete confidence in the abilities of Vietnam’s U23 players, players who have accompanied him at the national youth team levels. “We still have many talented players and deserve better results than last time. However, let’s put the past aside to focus on the future ahead. Tomorrow of national team will start from today’s U23 team, like starting over from the beginning, but doing it again here is not about expertise but about trust from the fans. In football, it is impossible to confirm the results in advance, because that is the future that has not yet happened. But I believe in the players, believe in my colleagues. We will try our best, and fight to the end with the spirit of never giving up. I believe good results will come to the U23 Vietnam at the upcoming U23 Asian Cup,” said coach Hoang Anh Tuan.
According to the draw results at the 2024 U23 Asian Cup, U23 Vietnam is in Group D with U23 Uzbekistan, Kuwait, and Malaysia. According to the match schedule, the U23 Vietnam team will play the opening match against U23 Kuwait on April 17. In the next two matches, the U23 Vietnam will meet U23 Malaysia on April 20 and U23 Uzbekistan on April 23.
In addition to competing for rankings, the U23 Asian Cup is also a tournament to determine Asian representatives attending the 2024 Paris Olympics. Specifically, the top 3 U23 teams of the tournament will win the right to attend the 2024 Olympics Paris. The fourth-placed team (the team that lost in the third-place match) will participate in the play-off match with an opponent representing Africa to compete for a place in France to attend the Olympics.
According to the plan, the U23 Vietnam will gather at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center from April 5, 2024. On April 8, the team will leave for Qatar to train and compete in a match with the U23 Jordan team on April 10, thereby completing the final preparation step before officially competing in the tournament.
