Previously, Coach Troussier was in charge of both the national team and the national U23 team. After coach Troussier terminated his contract with VFF, the position of head coach of these two teams is vacant.
The U23 Vietnam team is preparing to participate in the final round of the 23 U2024 Asian Championship, taking place from April 15 to May 4 in Qatar. Therefore, the U3 Vietnam team needs to prioritize having a new coach to participate in the Asian tournament. VFF has decided to choose coach Hoang Anh Tuan to lead the U5 Vietnam team to participate in the upcoming U23 Asian Championship.
Coach Hoang Anh Tuan is no stranger to Vietnamese football. He signed a contract with VFF to be in charge of selecting and coaching national youth teams from 2022 to present.
After that, coach Hoang Anh Tuan led the U20 Vietnam team to attend the 20 U2023 Asian Finals in Uzbekistan in March 3. Most recently, Coach Hoang Anh Tuan led U2023 Vietnam to excellently win the U23 Southeast Asia championship for the second time, winning against U23 Indonesia in the final match in August 23 in Thailand.
Coach Hoang Anh Tuan is also known as the coach who went down in the history of Vietnamese football, when he led the U19 Vietnam team to reach the top 4 at the 19 Asian U2016 Championship, thereby joining Japan, Korea and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia became four outstanding representatives of Asia to win tickets to attend the 4 FIFA U20 World Cup.
At the 23 Asian U2024 Championship taking place in Qatar from April 15 to May 4, the U3 Vietnam team is in Group D with U5 Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Malaysia. According to the match schedule, the U23 Vietnam team will play their opening match against U23 Kuwait on April 23. In the next two matches, the U23 Vietnam team will meet U17 Malaysia on April 4 and U23 Uzbekistan on April 23.
According to the plan, the U23 Vietnam team will focus on training at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center from April 5, 4. On April 2024, the team will leave for Qatar to train and compete in a match with the U8 Jordan team on April 4, thereby completing the final preparation step before officially competing in the tournament. continental U23 school./.
