V-League: Contrasting situations of 5 foreign coaches

nhà cầm quân ngoại - Ảnh 1. — Coach Albadalejo Gerard of Ninh Binh Club - Photo: NINH BINH FC

After the first 3 matches, V-League 2025-2026 is on break for the Vietnam national team and U23 Vietnam to gather on the occasion of FIFA Days in September.

It is worth noting that of the 5 foreign coaches working in V-League 2025-2026, not everyone can enjoy the joy after the first 3 matches.

Two concerns of a foreign coach leading a team in Vietnam for the first time

The happiest is probably coach Albadalejo Castano Gerard, the Spanish coach who just came to Vietnam to work this season.

Leading the newly promoted team Ninh Binh, coach Albadalejo Gerard immediately brought his team to the top of the table with 3 wins, scoring 10 goals and only conceding 2 goals.

Not only is Ninh Binh the team with the most goals in the tournament, they are also the team with the most goals scored away from home with 6 goals. Those are two victories with the same score of 3-1 against Hong Linh Ha Tinh (round 1) andSHB Da Nang (round 3).

Also a "newbie" to coaching in V-League, but Coach Choi Won Kwon did not have such luck! In fact, it was the worst start in the coaching career of this Korean coach.

nhà cầm quân ngoại - Ảnh 2. — Coach Choi Won Kwon (second from right) faces many difficulties at Thanh Hoa Club - Photo: DATH FC

Under the guidance of coach Choi Won Kwon (former assistant of coach Kim Sang Sik in the Vietnam national team), Thanh Hoa Club is currently at the bottom of the table with only 1 point after 3 matches. Including 2 consecutive losses against Ninh Binh 0-4 and Hong Linh Ha Tinh 0-1.

Even more worrying for coach Choi Won Kwon and Thanh Hoa Club was when club president Cao Tien Doan was arrested on September 28.

Mr. Cao Tien Doan, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Dong A Real Estate Group Company Limited, was urgently arrested by the Investigation Police Department of Thanh Hoa Province Police for violating accounting regulations causing serious consequences, as stipulated in Article 221 of the Penal Code.

Foreign coaches are about to lose their jobs?

Two foreign coaches Alexandre Polking and Velizar Emilov Popov are also performing very impressively as Hanoi Police Club and The Cong - Viettel are both ranked 2nd and 3rd on the rankings with 7 points after 3 matches.

Coach Alexandre Polking is turning Hanoi Police Club into a strong candidate for the championship, while coach Velizar Popov is turning the young team The Cong - Viettel into "more fearsome" than ever.

nhà cầm quân ngoại - Ảnh 3. — Coach Teguramori Makoto is likely to lose his job if Hanoi FC continues to fail - Photo: NK

But no one thought that a top candidate with many stars like Hanoi FC is currently ranked 11th out of 14 teams with only 1 point won from the weak team Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

The two losses to Ho Chi Minh City Police 1-2 and Hanoi Police 2-4 made no one recognize the face of this team, which holds the record of 6 V-League championships. This is also the worst start for Hanoi FC since 2016.

Under the leadership of coach Teguramori Makoto, Hanoi FC is in the group of 3 teams with the most goals conceded (6 goals) after 3 matches alongside Thanh Hoa and rookie PVF-CAND. Meanwhile, the capital team owns the trio of central defenders of the Vietnam national team: Thanh Chung, Duy Manh, Xuan Manh.

The deadlock in Hanoi FC's attack is clearly shown in the second highest number of yellow cards received (7 cards), only after Hoang Anh Gia Lai (8 cards) after 3 matches.

After only gaining 1 point in the first 4 rounds of V-League 2016, Hanoi FC replaced coach Pham Minh Duc with coach Chu Dinh Nghiem - who later helped the capital team win the championship.

Now, coach Teguramori Makoto (Japan) may have to leave his position if Hanoi FC continues to perform poorly in the near future.

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NGUYEN KHOI

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/v-league-tinh-canh-trai-nguoc-cua-5-nha-cam-quan-ngoai-2025083114421978.htm