Binh Duong v Thanh Hoa: 5-2 Ha Noi T&T v Hoa Phat: 1-2 HAGL v Khanh Hoa: 1-0 Dong Thap v Nam Dinh: 2-0 DT Long An v Ninh Binh: 3-1 Navibank Sai Gon v SLNA: 0-0 XM Hai Phong v Da Nang: 3-1
The first round of second phase saw Binh Duong completely outplayed Thanh Hoa at Go Dau stadium. Huynh Kesley scored a hattrick while on-form striker Nguyen Anh Duc contributed 2 goals. Binh Duong new signing Lee Nguyen also had an outstanding debut as he created 3 goals. This victory helped Binh Duong climb to the top position of the table. 'Chelsea Vietnam' currently have the best attacking power in the league, with averagely 2.3 goals scored per game.
Another big name SHB Da Nang was defeated 1-3 by a brilliant Hai Phong. The host created series of chances and deservedly won the game. Hai Phong captain Leandro was unsurprisingly man of match yesterday.
A total of 97,000 fans have attended 7 games yesterday, averagely 13,857 per game, is the new record of this season.
Mid-season register window of V-league 2010 was closed much earlier than I had expected. There were only a few days for Vietnamese clubs to fill their squad with new names. A lot of transfers which mostly are for foreign imports were made during this short but busy time. However, some may feel disappointed because there was no 'Denilson affair' like last last summer.LOL
SHB DA NANG
Matias
Modou
V-league defending champions have added Argentine striker Matias Recio and Gambia international Modou Jagne, who is also a striker, to their squad. To make room for newcomers, Da Nang has terminated contract of two Argentine youngsters, Cesar Cocchi and Diego Mendez.
In: Matias Recio, Modou Jagne
Out: Cesar Cocchi, Diego Mendez
HA NOI T&T
Carlos Fangueiro
(carlosfangueiro.com)
Ha Noi T&T signed Portuguese striker Carlos Fangueiro from Beira-Mar and Brazilian striker Luciano Fonseca. Both are over 30 but they are highly rated by Ha Noi T&T coach. It shows the new trend of transfers in Vietnam, oldie but goodie.
The most surprised departure is Francois Endene's move to Hoa Phat. Defender Trong Binh and Lawrence Kizito also left the club.
In: Carlos Fangueiro, Luciano Fonseca
Out: Francois Endene, Kizito Lawrence, Tran Trong Binh.
BECAMEX BINH DUONG
Abbey
Except Vietnamese-American midfielder Lee Nguyen, Becamex Binh Duong didn't make any big addition. They moved Ghanaian defender Abbey Ebenezer from TDC Binh Duong to senior team and captured defender Luu Ngoc Hung from Ho Chi Minh City FC. Amaobi and Chau Phong Hoa left the club.
In: Lee Nguyen, Abbey, Luu Ngoc Hung
Out: Amaobi, Chau phong Hoa
TDCS DONG THAP No change was made by V-League surprise package Dong Thap.
THE VISSAI NINH BINH
Chau Phong Hoa
Ninh Binh bought Chau Phong Hoa from Binh Duong and signed Swedish player Olof Hviden-Watson. Jucelio Da Silva, who was not registered for the first phase, returned to Ninh Binh squad.
Pre-season big spender only added Argentine striker Victor Adrian Reva to their squad to replace injured Williams.
In: Victor Adrian Reva
Out: Williams
DONG TAM LONG AN
Maquemba
DT Long brought in Portuguese striker Eldon Maquemba and sold GK Phan Van Santos after his 9 years of loyal service.
In: Eldon Maquemba, Nguyen Tuan Phong, Pham Quoc Dung
Out: Van Khai, Phan Van Santos, Bogere Asman
NAVIBANK SAI GON
Phan Van Santos
Sai Gon-based club signed a lot of new players during this mid-season transfer window. Their V-League newcomers are Fofie Pascal from Cameroon, Marcelo de Sousa Porfirio from Brazil and Leandro Cruz de Oliveira, who was a member of Duque de Caxias winning BTV Cup 2009 in Binh Duong last year. They also added experienced GK Phan Van Santos and young midfielder Van Khai from DT Long An. A number of players including Suleiman, Flavio Cruz and Martins Trindade... had to leave the club.
In: Fofie Pascal, Marcelo de Sousa Porfirio, Leandro Cruz de Oliveira, Phan Van Santos, Van Khai
Out: Suleiman, Trindade, Flavio Cruz, Trieu Quang Trung, Dao Minh Son, Bui Tat Tai
HOANG ANH GIA LAI
Mijatovic and Tiago
Croatian striker Mario Mijatovic and Brazilian player Tiago de Paula are two latest signing of HAGL.
In: Mario Mijatovic, Tiago de Paula
Out: Toledo, Uwanaka, Ho Van Thuan
HOA PHAT
Francois Endene
Hoa Phat signed Cameroonian-Mexican journeyman Francois Endene from Ha Noi T&T ( Hoa Phat is his 13th club in his career and Vietnam is his 7th based nation besides Mexico, Morocco, Libya, China, Poland and Albania).
Two other new names are Ghanaian-German player William Anane and Cassiano Henrique from Brazil. The most surprising departures are the club's top scorer Eduardo Furrier as well as American defender John Krause.
In: Francois Endene, William Anane, Cassiano Paulo Henrique.
Out: John Krause, Eduardo Furrier, Kleber Santos, Huynh Nhat Thanh, Trinh Quoc Long
LAM SON THANH HOA
Kizito
Thanh Hoa signed Brazilian striker Mauro from SLNA, Ugandan defender Lawrence Kizito from Ha Noi T&T and Malian player Kalifa Dembele. Brazilian duo Gilson da Silva and Vanderlei da Silva were fired.
In: Mauro, Kizito, Kalifa Dembele, Wandwasi Rodgers, Le Quoc Phuong
Out: Gilson, Vanderlei, Ngo Tuan Tung, Nguyen Van Nam.
KHATOCO KHANH HOA
Except signing Uruguayan striker Diego Nogues, Khanh hoa didn't make any big change.
In: Adeolu Manuwa, Nguyen Tan Tai, Trieu Quang Trung, Le Cong Quoc, Diego Nogues, Bui Van Dong.
Out: Cucic Mladen.
Under-17 team of Scavi-Rocheteau academy, which is based in Ho Chi Minh City, is going to play U17 French Cup held in Bordeaux from June 3 to 6. Young Vietnamese boys will have a chance to test themselves against U17 teams from top French clubs like Bordeaux, Lyon, PSG... and another invited team from Norway. Scavi-Rocheteau U17 will arrive in Bordeaux on May 27 and play some friendly games before entering the tournament.
Vietnamese club Da Nang will meet Al-Riffa from Bahrain in the quarter final of AFC Cup 2010. The first and second leg will be played on September 14 and 21 respectively. The semi-finals will be also played in 2 legs while there will be only one match in the final. Info about Al-Riffa is quite little and I will try to update more.
Vietnamese clubs are now allowed to register new players for the second phase of V-League. As the second phase is going to start on May 30, new additions are eligible to play straight away.
T&T Group, VFF and Atletico Madrid have come to an agreement about a friendly tour of the new Europa League champions in Vietnam in August. As planned, Atletico Madrid will play two games, one against Vietnam national team and one against Ha Noi T&T or SHB Da Nang (both are under control of T&T Group). Besides Vietnam, Los Colchoneros will also visit China and some southeast asian countries.
UPDATES - Atletico's friendlies in Vietnam will probably be canceled as VFF and T&T Group couldn't agree on the shares of appearance fee.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai signed a 18-month contract with Croatian striker Mario Mijatovic from Austrian club LASK Linz.
(Image from lask.at)
Binh Duong defender Chau Phong Hoa joined V. Ninh Binh with a 3-year contract. The transfer fee for former Vietnam Olympic player is about 1.5 billion VND (US$ 78,000).
Portuguese striker Eldon Maquemba, who played pretty well in the Frankfurt friendly, joined Dong Tam Long An. He was brought to Vietnam by Long An new coach Ricardo.
According to this article on goal.com, 28-year-old Brazilian defender Davi Rancan, who is under contract with South Africa Premier League side Moroka Swallows, is currently having a trial with Binh Duong. He is likely to become Binh Duong's second signing after Lee Nguyen in this summer. V-League transfer window will be opened next month.
Navibank Sai Gon are looking to bring some new players to Thong Nhat Stadium with the aim of improving the performance of the new V-League club.
New coach Mai Duc Chung believes poor quality of Navibank Sai Gon squad is one of main reasons for its recent bad results so new signings will be necessary. The club have already successfully convinced Dong Tam Long An to sell young midfielder Dang Van Khai. This is their second signing after Vietnam international Long Giang moved to the Sai Gon-based club from Tien Giang. Navibank Sai Gon is also chasing goalkeeper Phan Van Santos and will try to borrow him from Dong Tam Long An.
It's no exaggeration to say foreign players play a very important part in the success of the V-league since its birth in 2000. They come from all over the world, from South East Asian countries such as Thailand, Cambodia to far lands like Europe, America and Africa. Some spent a short time playing in Vietnam but there are some spending their whole career here. I must admit I love the colors they bring to Vietnamese football.
So, I have built the All-time list of foreign players in Vietnam in order to give football fans more info about their favourite players. The list currently covers nearly 200 players, listed by nationality.
I believe it still lacks a lot so any addition, correction or suggestion would be much appreciated.
Da Nang v Binh Duong: 4-3 (Merlo (2), Duy Lam, Hung Son - Anh Duc, Philani, Kesley)
A thrilling encounter ended as a victory for home team Da Nang. The scoreline was 2-2 after 90 mins and Merlo put Da Nang in front with his second goal in the first half of extra-time. However, Kesley quickly scored the third goal to equalize for Binh Duong. When fans and both sides thought the winner would be determined by penalty-shooting, Da Nang's super substitute Doan Hung Son scored the winning goal at the last minute of extra-time to send the home fans into rapture. Da Nang advanced to the quarter-finals of AFC Cup 2010!
Vietnam U19 will play a friendly cup featuring U19 sides from Thailand, Australia and South Korea in Ho Chi Minh City in July before taking part in AFC U19 Championship held in China.
Soon after Vu Quang Bao resigned from his position in the Sai Gon-based club, former Binh Duong coach Mai Duc Chung took the challenging job to help Navibank Sai Gon avoid relegation this season. Navibank Sai Gon are currently sitting at the bottom of the table with 6 points after 11 games.
If you have a chance to ask HAGL boss Kiatisuk Senamuang which one of his players makes him pleased most at the moment, there would be no surprise if the answer is Evaldo Goncalves. And I'm sure HAGL fans also share the same opinion.
HAGL doesn't have many good strikers in this season and all the hope in front was put on Evaldo. From what we has seen, undoubtedly he is driving his club forward. With 9 goals in 11 games of V-League 2010, Evaldo is now leading in top goal-scorers chart along side Da Nang's Gaston Merlo. And the award of Best Player of April was a fair applause for him.
(Pic from haglfc.net)
Let's go back a few years to know more about him. According to some sources, Evaldo started his football career with a Chinese Super League club naming Xiamen Lanshi in 2000. However, from 2001 to 2005, there was not much info about him or maybe he didn't play football professionally during that period. In 2006, he played for Uniao Bandeirante in Brazil and then moved to a few more domestic clubs such as Caldense, America RJ and Joinville in the next 2 years. Joinville was later disbanded after relegated from Serie C in 2008 and Evaldo switched to V-League at that time.
When Evaldo joined HAGL in 2009, he was regarded as cover for another Brazilian striker Agostinho, who had been the club's main scorer since 2008. Nevertheless, Agostinho was suddenly fired due to a conflict with Lee Nguyen, a new signing (who was also fired early this year) at that point of time. The departure of Agostinho meant HAGL had no more choice but Evaldo in forward position. When the chances came, he made it to score 11 goals in V-League 2009 and some of them were extremely important ones.
(Pic from haglfc.net)
After a successful season, at least for himself, Evaldo decided to bring his whole family to Vietnam in order to focus more on his job. Regarding his contribution since the beginning of 2010 season, HAGL board are understandably happy, not only because of his goals but also his professional behaviour. He is becoming a new symbol of the club on Central Highland.
Vietnamese Golden Ball 2009 winner Pham Thanh Luong celebrated his award with 2 goals against Tien Giang yesterday as ACB Ha Noi finished the first phase of First Division at the top of the table.
Standings:
1
ACB Ha Noi
Points 25
MP 10
GD 14
2
Fisco Tay Ninh
18
11
-1
3
Than Quang Ninh
18
10
2
4
SQC Binh Dinh
17
10
9
5
An Giang
17
10
6
6
Can Tho City
15
10
3
7
Quang Nam
14
10
-2
8
Huda Hue
12
10
-5
9
Viettel
11
10
-8
10
TDC Binh Duong
10
11
-3
11
Dong Nai Berjaya
9
10
-1
12
Ho Chi Minh City
9
10
-9
13
Tien Giang
7
10
-5
Top goal-scorer:
1 Pham Thanh Luong (ACB Ha Noi) 6 goals 2 Nguyen Xuan Thanh (ACB Ha Noi) 6 goals 3 Do Thanh Sang (SQC Binh Dinh) 6 goals 4 Okechukwu Onyema (Huda Hue) 5 goals 5 Goran Gajic (ACB Ha Noi) 4 goals
Table 1 - Binh Duong 22pts 2 - Ha Noi T&T 22pts 3 - Da Nang 21pts ---------------------- 12 - GDT Long An 11pts 13 - Megastar Nam Dinh 8pts 14 - Navibak Sai Gon 6pts
Most goals team: 1 - Binh Duong (23 goals - 2.09 goals per match) 2 - Dong Thap (19 goals - 1.73 goals per match) 3 - Ha Noi T&T (17 goals - 1.55 goals per match)
Average number of goals: 2.73 goals per match Average number of yellow cards: 4.21 cards per match Average number of red cards: 0.28 cards per match Average attendance: 9,542 per match
Vietnamese Golden Ball Award 2009 race has come to an end. The final outcome was announced on May 7. ACB Ha Noi midfielder Pham Thanh Luong won the most illustrious award of Vietnamese football as he earned most votes from pundits.
Golden Ball: Pham Thanh Luong (301 votes) Silver Ball: Nguyen Vu Phong (245 votes) Bronze Ball: Bui Tan Truong ( 197 votes) Best young player: Nguyen Trong Hoang (SLNA) Best foreign player: Gaston Merlo (Da Nang)
Let's find out more about these players:
1. Golden Ball: Pham Thanh Luong:
DOB: 10/09/1988 Club: ACB Ha Noi. International level: Vietnam U23 captain.
Pham Thanh Luong is the first Golden Ball Award winner that doesn't play in top Vietnamese competition (currently the V-League). Luong is best known for his magical left leg that makes his famous nickname Luong "dị" ("dị" can be understood as "weird", referring to his left leg). Consistence and enthusiasm is what people always see in his performance. In Vietnam national team, Luong is a favoured player under Calisto's reign. He was appointed as Vietnam U23 captain last year and played very well to help his team reach the final of SEA Games 25. This season Luong's club ACB Ha Noi are dominating in the First Division and making firm steps to return to V-League. His loyalty and simple lifestyle is also highly rated by his fans and teammates.
2. Silver Ball: Nguyen Vu Phong
DOB: 06/02/1985 Club: Binh Duong
Nguyen Vu Phong is a famous name in Vietnam. He is an important member of Binh Duong. Last year, Vu Phong played outstandingly to help his club reach the semi-final of AFC Cup and contributed a lot of crucial goals in V-League as well.
3. Golden Ball: Bui Tan Truong
DOB: 1986 Club: Dong Thap
Despite young age, Bui Tan Truong is widely considered one of the best Vietnamese goalkeepers at this time. He played brilliantly last season and became number-one goalkeeper of Vietnam U23 during SEA Games 25.
4. Best young player: Nguyen Trong Hoang.
DOB: 1989 Club: Song Lam Nghe An.
SLNA is well-known for producing a lot of Vietnamese football talents such as Van Sy Hung, Pham Van Quyen and Le Cong Vinh and their fans hope Nguyen Trong Hoang will soon become a new symbol of SLNA. This 21-year-old attacking midfielder is now one of the most important players in Vinh-based club. He is also a member of Vietnam national team and Vietnam U23.
5. Best foreign player: Gaston Merlo.
DOB: 1985 Club: Da Nang
The Argentine striker is well-deserved with the Best Foreign Player Award as he played very well last season, contributing 14 goals to help Da Nang win the V-league 2009 title. Merlo is now a key player of the Han-river team and still keeps his brilliant scoring form with 9 goals in 9 games of this season.
Binh Duong deservedly earned an important 2-0 victory over V-League defending champions Da Nang this afternoon. South African player Philani shined as he contributed two perfect assists to his team. On-form striker Nguyen Anh Duc scored the opening goal with a header and the second goal came from Huynh Kesley at 94th minute.
V-league 2009 champions Da Nang have traveled to Binh Duong to prepare for a crucial V-league clash against the host on May 7. The winner of tomorrow game will surely have a big advantage in the title race. Da Nang are currently staying on the top of V-league table after a thrilling victory over Hoa Phat while Binh Duong are right behind.
Go Dau stadium is likely to be full tomorrow and nearly 20,000 fans would be a major boost for Binh Duong in this big game. History also stands on Binh Duong's side because Da Nang has never got a good result here. One more factor that makes Binh Duong fans believe in a victory is the excellent form of their attackers who scored 16 goals in last 4 games.
Yet, it's not everything both sides set their mind to. Just 4 days later, one more Da Nang - Binh Duong match will be played at Chi Lang stadium. The one-off AFC Cup game will determine who will represent Vietnam in the quarter-finals of this tournament. However, for many Vietnamese fans and both teams, this game is also considered the second leg of the final of 2010 season. In 2009, Da Nang won V-League title but their achievement was outshined by Binh Duong' success in AFC Cup. Da Nang was also known as a very poor and humiliated performer when playing continental competitions. So, this game will be the best chance for Da Nang to prove their domination in Vietnam as well as regaining some reputation.
Let's wait and see.
Recent results:
Da Nang v Binh Duong: 3-3 Binh Duong v Da Nang: 4-1 Da Nang v Binh Duong: 1-1 Binh Duong v Da Nang: 2-0 Da Nang v Binh Duong: 1-0
Binh Duong v Khanh Hoa: 4-0 HAGL v Ninh Binh: 0-1 Thanh Hoa v Ha Noi T&T: 2-1 GDT Long An v Dong Thap: 3-1 Hoa Phat Ha Noi v Da Nang: 3-4 SLNA v Nam Dinh: 2-0 Hai Phong v Navibank Sai Gon: 1-0
Football fans experienced all kinds of emotions when they watched this V-league round.
8 goals were scored in last 5 minutes in 7 V-league games this afternoon. Thanh Hoa overcame Ha Noi T&T with 2 goals scored during that short time. Meanwhile, Da Nang also have 2 goals in injury time to win against Hoa Phat after being led 1-3. HAGL was defeated by Ninh Binh's winning goal in 88th mins.
This round also saw a confident performance of Binh Duong and a strong return of GDT Long An.
AFF Cup 2010 draw will be held in Ha Noi in July, 2010. Vietnam and Indonesia will be co-hosts of this regional tournament in which Vietnam is defending champions.
Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Brunei and East Timor will take part in the qualifying round to determine two teams to join the tournament alongside Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and two co-hosts. Teams involved in the draw will be divided into 4 pots and 2 teams in the same pot will avoid each other in group stage.
Pot 1 (hosts): Vietnam, Indonesia. Pot 2: Thailand, Singapore. Pot 3: Malaysia, Myanmar. Pot 4: Two qualifying round winners.
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