'Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club's bonus from AFC is guaranteed to be paid transparently and clearly'

Director of Thong Nhat Sports Center Nguyen Huu Thanh affirmed that he has worked out clearly the bonuses for the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club, ensuring that they will be paid transparently according to regulations.

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Team support money and bonuses for Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club are clearly separated.

Director of Thong Nhat Sports Center, Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh said that the regulations of the 2024 - 2025 AFC Champions League for Women have clearly stipulated the support funds for the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club to organize and participate in the tournament along with bonuses for the team.

Mr. Thanh said: "The AFC Champions League 2024 - 2025 Women's Tournament Regulations clearly state the bonuses and money spent to build the team. For example, when the AFC Champions League Organizing Committee sends 120,000 USD to the team, it will state 40,000 USD as bonus and 80,000 USD as money to build the team.

The team building fund will support the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club to pay salaries for foreign players, rent houses, or security, medical , ambulance, and travel costs for away team training sessions according to AFC standards, logistics costs for the AFC Organizing Committee, AFC referees and supervisors, and nutritional food for players when the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club goes to training and compete...

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It is known that recently, the AFC Champions League Organizing Committee has just sent the remaining support and bonus money to the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club of about 3 billion VND. The team is waiting for the final settlement of expenses when the team goes to China to play the final round (AFC Champions League 2024 - 2025 semi-finals in Wuhan City - PV).

"If the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club were a business, it would be easier to take the initiative in spending. However, because the Thong Nhat Sports Center is a public service unit under the management of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports (the coaching staff and athletes still receive salaries from the budget and receive additional monthly support from the Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation - HFF), the spending must be carried out according to the financial regulations of the public service unit," Mr. Thanh said.

Listening to the team's thoughts and suggestions for an unprecedented event

Mr. Nguyen Huu Thanh affirmed that Thong Nhat Sports Center always exchanges to promptly listen to the thoughts and suggestions from the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club: "Last week, we worked with the team, listening to the team's proposal to spend 70% on the players, and keep the remaining 30% to organize the team.

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We have worked closely with the team's leadership. It is expected that next week, Thong Nhat Sports Center will have a final meeting with HFF because in the coming time, HFF will have a direction to connect more with the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club.

Let's understand that this is unprecedented, as this is the first time the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club has participated in the AFC Champions League (also the first season of the Asian Women's Club Championship - PV). Everything is the first time, the Thong Nhat Sports Center itself has worked with all the teams."

According to Mr. Thanh, in addition to the nearly 3 billion VND just received from AFC, minus the bonuses and support for the players before, the current amount of money that the HCMC Women's Club is holding is nearly 5 billion VND. All revenues and expenditures are recorded and monitored transparently and clearly.

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"As for any amount of money marked as bonus, we will set it aside and transfer it all to the team in the spirit of working with the team, including bonuses from the HCM City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, HFF and VFF.

There is a separate account for the sports department and the representative of the HCM City Women's Club's coaching board to closely monitor. The team itself will propose expenses such as competition travel, accommodation, food, etc. Thong Nhat Sports Center only provides legal support to the students with the spirit of maximum support.

In the coming time, according to the direction of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and HFF, we will upgrade the team to a professional model according to the AFC's roadmap. Hopefully, this will create a driving force and mechanism for the team to develop better," Mr. Thanh emphasized.

At the 2024–2025 AFC Champions League for Women (Asian Women's Cup C1), Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club excelled in reaching the semi-finals. This achievement helped Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club bring in a total of up to 340,000 USD (about 8.9 billion VND) from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The above amount includes the amount of AFC support for the team in the participation costs by round, performance bonuses (match, round).

According to AFC regulations, the total amount of 340,000 USD that the HCMC Women's Club received includes: 100,000 USD for participating in the group stage; 40,000 USD for 2 wins in the group stage (20,000 USD/win in the group stage); 80,000 USD for a place in the quarterfinals; 120,000 USD for participating in the semi-finals.

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