Hoang Anh Gia Lai Academy

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Academy was the youth section of V.League 1 side Hoàng Anh Lai Lai. Based in Pleiku, Gia Lai Province. The academy was a built as co-operation between Arsenal Football Club, JMG Academy and the Vietnamese privately owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai Corporation.[2]

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Academy
Founded2007
Dissolved30 November 2021
GroundHam Rong Football Training Centre
ChairmanĐoàn Nguyên Đức[1]

Background

Despite football is the number one sport in Vietnam, the country has just won a few cups in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) football tournaments with the most recent one being the 2008 AFF Championship as Thailand is still the dominating team in the region. The causes of low success rate of Vietnam’s football team are always the lack of systematic training with the academy are being formed for the purposes to improve Vietnamese football talents. In August 2009, two players from the academy were sent to train with the Arsenal first team.[3]

Notable players

References
  1. "Vietnam debates letting Arsenal-supported academy footballers play at ASEAN University Game". Tuổi Trẻ. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. "Gunners announce deal with Vietnamese club". Arsenal F.C. 6 March 2007. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
     • Ian Timberlake (28 July 2009). "Young Vietnam footballers chasing a dream". Agence France-Presse. ThingsAsian. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
     • "Barefoot academy offers hope for football-mad Vietnam". Agence France-Presse. The Sun. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
     • "Football academy aims for game revival goal". Vietnam Net. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. "Two Hoang Anh Gia Lai's stars to practice at Arsenal". Look at Vietnam. 26 August 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2009.

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