PVF Football Academy

PVF Youth Football Training Center
Trung tâm đào tạo bóng đá trẻ PVF
Location

Information
Other namePVF Football Academy
TypeFootball academy
Established2009 (2009)
FounderVingroup
Color(s)Red and white
TeamsPVF-CAND
OwnerVietnam Ministry of Public Security
Websitewww.pvf.com.vn

The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent Football Academy (PVF), officially operating as the PVF Youth Football Training Center - Ministry of Public Security (Vietnamese: Trung tâm Đào tạo Bóng đá trẻ PVF - Bộ Công An), is a privately-established football academy based in Hưng Yên. The institution is now under the formal administration of the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

By 2020, PVF has been recognized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as a three-star academy under the AFC Elite Youth Scheme, becoming the first football academy in Southeast Asia to enjoy the status.[8][9]

History

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The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent (PVF, Vietnamese: Quỹ Đầu tư và Phát triển Tài năng Bóng đá Việt Nam) was founded and contributed capital by 03 members of Vingroup Group: Thien Tam Fund (80% contribution); PVF Investment and Trading, JSC (10%) and Vinpearl One Member Limited Company (10%). The foundation was founded on the idea of the late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet with the aim of forming a system of training young professional soccer players of international standards, contributing to building young generations of young players. the talent and ethics, culture for the country football.

On December 4, 2008, PVF officially launched and June 12, 2009 opened the first course with 50 students selected from all over the country at the age of birth in 1997–1998. Since its founding, PVF's teams have made great achievements in the national youth football tournaments. By the beginning of 2016, PVF has made seven enrollments nationwide and has 175 students from 11 to 18 years of age in eight gifted classes. In the V-League 2016, all 13 players of the first course were loaned to PVF for loan.

PVF Youth Training Center is located in Van Giang district, Hung Yen province, which is the youngest football training center in Southeast Asia.

Facilities

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PVF football training center is invested by Vingroup Group to build the most modern facilities on the area of nearly 22ha. PVF is equipped with the world's first soccer-themed decorations such as the dream: the 360s studio set was developed by Portugal's Benfica Lab 1; PlayerTek - Player performance monitor; sports science and sports facilities with 1600m2 gym equipped with 66 specialized equipment; 02 extreme polar extremes, 01 foam processing material under water.

With stadium 3,600 web pages equipped with system technology and standard tournament equipment of the national tournament, is a set of systems of Vietnam including 06 stadiums 11v11 with grass field staff created. FIFA Quality Pro certification. The special, first at a field, standard roof panel 11v11 was built with a 12m high covering covering the entire area of more than 8,800 m2. Design and build the airport design from the best materials and equipment: drainage systems in Australia's Megaflo, the Hunter system in the United States, and plants that produce Greenfields products in the Netherlands.

PVF continues to lead the 8-storey dormitory system with a cafeteria, conference hall, library, movie theater, gym and sports tournaments.

Honours

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National competitions

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Senior tournaments
Group third place : 2020
Group winners : 2019
Youth tournaments
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2019, 2024
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : 2021
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2015, 2020, 2021
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2017
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : 2016
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2013, 2016, 2019
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024
  • Vietnam National U15 Championship
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2012, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2023
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : 2018, 2020
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2010, 2012, 2021
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2011, 2018
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : 2019, 2022
  • Vietnam National U-11 Championship
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2011
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : 2019, 2020

Current squad

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The following players were named in PVF squad competing in the 2023 Vietnamese Second Division.

As of 1 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Vietnam VIE Phạm Huy Hoàng
2 DF Vietnam VIE Lê Thắng Long
3 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Quốc Khánh
4 DF Vietnam VIE Võ Quốc Dân
5 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Phương Nam
6 MF Vietnam VIE Quách Quang Huy
7 FW Vietnam VIE Trịnh Long Vũ
8 MF Vietnam VIE Đào Quang Anh
9 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
10 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Vũ Ngọc Tài
11 FW Vietnam VIE Phùng Quang Tú
12 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Sỹ Mạnh Dũng
13 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Quốc Toản
14 DF Vietnam VIE Đỗ Minh Quang
15 FW Vietnam VIE Bùi Hoàng Sơn
16 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Gia Bảo
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Vietnam VIE Thái Bá Đạt (captain)
18 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Anh
19 FW Vietnam VIE Phạm Văn Sơn
20 DF Vietnam VIE Hà Văn Việt
21 DF Vietnam VIE Trần Gia Hưng
22 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Gia Huy
23 MF Vietnam VIE Lê Ngọc Hưng
24 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Khánh Hoàng
25 GK Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Minh Kha
26 GK Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Quang Trường
27 DF Vietnam VIE Khúc Trung Hiếu
28 DF Vietnam VIE Lê Minh Nhật
29 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Duy Hưng
30 DF Vietnam VIE Lê Nguyễn Quốc Trung
31 DF Vietnam VIE Lê Nguyễn Quốc Kiên
32 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Lê Phát

Management

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Management Name
Academy Directress Phan Thu Hương
Technical Director Eric Abrams
Assistant Technical Director Đinh Thế Nam
Head coach Nguyễn Duy Đông

Sponsors

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Official Global Partners
Spain Kelme
Vietnam Van Lang University

Notable alumni

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Since its first generation graduated players in 2016, PVF Academy officially granted certificates of completion of formation courses to players and then handed some of them to Vietnamese professional football clubs. Therefore, since 2018, Phố Hiến FC was established and competes in the V.League 2, the second highest tier in the Vietnamese professional football system. The team is considered as the first team of the PVF Football Academy and is constituted mainly by its players. Below is a non-exhaustive list of notable players who trained in the youth or reserve teams of PVF.[10] Players in bold are those who capped for their National team.

Relations with clubs

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In March 2016, PVF and Gamba Osaka (Japan) signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in two years. Gamba Osaka team will take the coach to help PVF train players, as well as select a number of potential faces to bring to Japan for advanced training or competition for Gamba Osaka. In addition, each year, Gamba Osaka will invite PVF youth teams to Japan to compete in international competitions held by this club.

References

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  1. ^ "TDấu ấn của một lò đào tạo trẻ". bongdaplus.vn. 2014-07-25.
  2. ^ "PVF hợp tác toàn diện với CLB Gamba Osaka". thethao.tuoitre.vn. 2016-03-03.
  3. ^ "PVF khai trương cơ sở mới - tổ chức giao hữu quốc tế và bổ nhiệm giám đốc bóng đá". pvf.com.vn. 2017-01-13.
  4. ^ "Vingroup sắp khánh thành trung tâm đào tạo bóng đá trẻ tại Hưng Yên". thethao.vnexpress.net. 2017-11-09.
  5. ^ "Quỹ đầu tư và phát triển bóng đá Việt Nam ( PVF): Lò "siêu thầy"". vff.org.vn. 2013-01-08.
  6. ^ "PVF khai giảng lớp tài năng bóng đá Việt Nam khoá I". cand.com.vn. 2009-06-11.
  7. ^ "PVF tổ chức Lễ tốt nghiệp và bàn giao cầu thủ cho 9 CLB chuyên nghiệp". pvf.com.vn. 2018-01-03.
  8. ^ "VFF endorsed as full member of the AFC Elite Youth Scheme". AFC. 2020-09-25.
  9. ^ Dang Khoa (2020-09-24). "Vietnam fields first 3-star football academy in ASEAN". VnExpress.
  10. ^ "Giới thiệu học viên tiêu biểu" (in Vietnamese). PVF. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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