Striker Đỗ Merlo. — Photo zing.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Striker Đỗ Merlo has bid farewell to the V.League 1’s SHB Đà Nẵng due to a recurring heart problem. In their 2-1 win against Cần Thơ on Sunday, Argentinean Merlo, who was granted Vietnamese citizenship last year, played only 10 minutes due to his illness. “We will struggle a bit because Merlo has decided to call it a day just before the end of the season. Over the past two years he’s struggled with injuries," said chairman of Đà Nẵng, Bùi Xuân Hòa. “Without Merlo, we will try to compete and our players will have to adapt to a new way of playing,” Hòa added. Merlo, 33, has played for Đà Nẵng for 10 years. He helped Đà Nẵng triumph in V.League 1 in 2009 and 2012, the National Cup in 2009 and the National Super Cup in 2012. He is one of the top goalscorers in … [Read more...] about Đỗ Merlo says goodbye to SHB Đà Nẵng
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SHB Đà Nẵng’s key striker, Đỗ Merlo injured
Sebastián Gastón Merlo (No 19). — Photo bongda.com.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — V.League 1’s side SHB Đà Nẵng won’t have the service of their key striker Sebastián Gastón Merlo for at least the next two matches due to injury. The Argentinean footballer scored one goal in the 2-1 win against Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) in the 14th round on Sunday. However, he broke his nose due to an error made by midfielder Kim Jin-seo of HAGL. As a result, the 33-year-old player will have to miss the upcoming matches against Hà Nội FC and Nam Định. Merlo is one of the best goal scorers in the national premier league. He won the league’s top scorer award three times in a row from 2009 to 2011. He also won the league’s best foreign player award in 2009 and 2011. Last year, he was granted Vietnamese citizenship and got a new name, Đỗ Merlo. Earlier, SHB Đà … [Read more...] about SHB Đà Nẵng’s key striker, Đỗ Merlo injured
SHB Đà Nẵng to test former Argentinian footballer
Nicolás Alejandro Dul del Río (left) is on a trial with SHB Đà Nẵng. — Photo bongda.com.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — SHB Đà Nẵng will test former footballer of Argentina Nicolás Alejandro Dul del Río to enhance their force for the second leg of the V.League 1. The 30-year-old player has played for Atlético River Plate Club, a professional Argentine sports club based in the Belgrano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. He used to play for the Argentina national team. After leaving Atlético River Plate, Río played for Pontevedra of Spain, Sarmiento de Junín of Argentina and Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia. SHB Đà Nẵng had earlier signed contracts with two foreign strikers, Pereira Diogo Junior and Ewode E.Louis Christian. However, after 13 rounds, the team’s training board was dissatisfied … [Read more...] about SHB Đà Nẵng to test former Argentinian footballer
Yokohama FC to play SHB Da Nang
As planned, the Japanese football club will begin training at the newly launched 20,000-seat Hoa Xuan Stadium from January 16, according to SHB Da Nang.Yokohama FC will train in the coastal city until January 23rd in preparation for the new football season in J-League 2.SHB Da Nang will play the match under temporary coach Nguyen Minh Phuong, who has been in negotiations with Da Nang for the team’s head coach seat since former coach Le Huynh Duc left.The Da Nang team won the V.League championship in 1992, 2009 and 2012, but ranked 9th in the championship of 2017.The friendly match will be free for local football fans.In 2015, Yokohama agreed a one-year loan contract with Vietnamese Nguyen Tuan Anh in playing in J-League 2. Two years ago, representatives of Barcelona football school in Asia and Oceania (FCBEscola) and Manchester City Football Services had working sessions with SHB on the possibility of constructing football academies in the central city.The central city has hosted … [Read more...] about Yokohama FC to play SHB Da Nang
Phương to take charge of SHB Đà Nẵng
HÀ NỘI — V.League side SHB Đà Nẵng have finally found a new head coach as former Long An FC coach Nguyễn Minh Phương was hired on December 28. Phương has been the head coach of the Mekong Delta club for the last nine months, leading the side to relegation to the First Division. The 37 year old replaces coach Lê Huỳnh Đức who resigned at the end of the 2017 season in November due to the team’s poor results. Phương played for Đà Nẵng from 2010-15. He captained the team to the V.League trophy in 2012. He retired three years later and worked as Đức’s assistant in Đà Nẵng for one year. Phương was a member of the national team from 2002-10, winning 73 caps and scoring 12 goals. Phương will start his job on January 3. Other contract details were not revealed. — VNS … [Read more...] about Phương to take charge of SHB Đà Nẵng
SHB Da Nang enters next round of AFC Cup 2010
With a 2-1 win against Hong Kong’s host team Taipo FC on April 6, Vietnamese football club SHB Da Nang has booked their place in the next round of the Asian Football Confederation Cup (AFC). This was the fourth successive win that enables SHB Da Nang to top the table. With such a tight fixture, the Vietnamese club’s head coach made some major changes to his team. Young defender Cao Cuong was replaced by Phuoc Vinh to play alongside with Hai Lam. In midfield, Nguyen Sa acted as defending midfielder partnering Thanh Hung instead of Nguyen Rogerio and the national teams U19 striker Ha Minh Tuan played with Nicolas Hernadez. The host team, however, played their full squad with a strong midfield and they played resolutely in front of goalie Li Hon Ho. SHB Da Nang still dominated the game by playing effective attacking football at a fast pace but failed to open the scoring in the first half of the match. With the … [Read more...] about SHB Da Nang enters next round of AFC Cup 2010
Vietnam loses chance to play in AFC Champions League
The disappointing results from Vietnamese football clubs in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League have cost them the chance to compete in the next tournament. The champion club of the V-League has not qualified to play in the 2011-2012 AFC Champions League final round. It also loses the chance to secure a place in the tournament via the play-offs. It has to settle for playing in the AFC Cup instead. The place that formerly belonged to the Vietnamese team will be handed to a football club from Qatar which means that T&T Hanoi will automatically compete in the AFC Cup. Last season, V-League defending champions, SHB Da Nang, lost their play-off match with Muang Thong from Thailand and will have to compete in the AFC-Cup. Source: VOV … [Read more...] about Vietnam loses chance to play in AFC Champions League
33 teams to compete at National U-17 Football Tournament
Thirty-three teams have registered to take part in the 2011 National U-17 Football Tournament, which will kick off on May 26. They will compete in six groups from May 26 to June 15 in a round robin basis and the two top teams will meet in the final round that is scheduled to take place in the central city of Nha Trang on July 30-31. Two other teams, namely Khattoco-Khanh Hoa and defending champion SHB-Da Nang, are given special privilege to enter the final round. The winner of the tournament will be awarded a cash prize worth VND100 million, while the first and second runners-up will receive VND60 million and VND40 million, respectively. Source: VOV … [Read more...] about 33 teams to compete at National U-17 Football Tournament
Football Federation’s Chair believes in domestic coaches
VFF Chair Nguyen Trong Hy said that the national football squad will recruit a domestic coach if German coach Falko Goetz is fired. The statement shows a big change in VFF’s policy. VFF has worked out a plan for the post-Goetz period though the German coach has not been dismissed yet. Hy confirmed that if Goetz is fired, the substitute will be one hundred percent a Vietnamese.Malaysia or Indonesia are very successful with domestic coaches. In Vietnam’s V-League, domestic coaches are more successful than foreign colleagues. We used to make foreign coaches as default for the national football squad but the situation has changed. It is suitable to choose domestic coaches for the national and U23 teams now,” Hy added.Vietnam’s football in the last two decades, the stamp of foreign coaches is outstanding. After many years of absence from the international arena, Vietnam returned to the Southeast Asian Games in 1989. Two years later, the national football team joined … [Read more...] about Football Federation’s Chair believes in domestic coaches
Vietnamese clubs competes in AFC Cup
(Cinet)- Vietnam’s top football clubs, SHB Da Nang and Saigon Xuan Thanh, will represent the country in the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup, which is set to kick off on March 5 next year. SHB Da Nang returns to the competition for the second time after their last appearance in 2010, having been drawn in Group G together with Malaysia’s Kelantan, Myanmar’s Ayeyawady United and Marziya from the Maldives. Things will be little easier for Vietnamese Cup Winners Saigon Xuan Thanh, who will face Tampines from Singapore, Selagor from Malaysia and East Bengal from India in Group H, neither of them have qualified from the tournament’s group stage nor attended the event before. The 2013 AFC Cup qualifiers consist of 32 clubs from across Asia, battling it out in eight groups of four teams on a home-and-away basis, to decide the winners and runners-up of each group to play in the knockout stage. The draw was made at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese clubs competes in AFC Cup