Coach Nguyen Thanh Cong

The 2023/2024 season has only completed the 5th round but the number of coaches leaving the hot seat has reached 4. The latest is the case of coach Vo Dinh Tan. This strategist submitted his resignation as head coach of Khanh Hoa Club after a series of poor results, 4 losses and 1 win since the beginning of the season.

Previously, V.League 2023/2024 also saw 3 coaches leave their seats. That is the case of Coach Tran Tien Dai (CAHN Club), Coach Vu Tien Thanh (HCMC Club), Coach Bandovic (Hanoi FC).

In the most recent season, a total of 9 captains had to leave the “hot seat”. And this season, when the competition between teams is even more fierce, the “mill” of V.League 2023/2024 coaches will hardly show signs of cooling down.

3 names are in danger

LPBank HAGL is going through a bad season, finishing at the bottom of the table. The Pleiku home team has not known a single win after 5 rounds. Although Coach Kiatisak made a mark in his first season returning to Nui Street, in the following season, the home team at Pleiku Stadium returned to the trajectory of “relegation racing”.

And this season, it seems like everything is repeating with boss Doan Nguyen Duc’s team. The contract of coach Kiatisak and LPBank HAGL is still quite long and for dismissal, the compensation amount is not small. However, if LPBank HAGL continues to play poorly as expected, it is possible that new sponsor LPBank will intervene to force “Thai Zico” to return home.

The penultimate ranked team Hong Linh Ha Tinh is not much better. They also had 3 losses and 2 draws like LPBank HAGL but ranked higher by goal difference.

This is clearly a worrying sign for the performance of the Red Mountain team and if they cannot help the team change in a positive direction, coach Nguyen Thanh Cong will be under a lot of pressure. Obviously, for a team that is going through a 14-match winless streak, it is not strange that confidence in the “captain” is low.

Meanwhile, Khanh Hoa Club, after parting ways with coach Vo Dinh Tan, appointed a new general, Mr. Tran Thien Hao. The new captain of the coastal city team will have to endure heavy pressure left by his predecessor, coach Vo Dinh Tan.

According to the revelation, Mr. Tran Thien Hao will only take temporary charge while Khanh Hoa Club is trying to negotiate with coach Le Tan Tai. The former Vietnam national team player once worked with coach Nguyen Anh Duc in the First Division, and currently, the former Vietnam national team captain is considered the number 1 name to take over the captain position at his home team.

Le Tan Tai was born in Ninh Hoa, Khanh Hoa and has played for Khanh Hoa Club since the age of 19 (2003). After nearly 10 years of dedication to the Coast City football team, he left and joined a series of “giants” such as Hai Phong, B.Binh Duong, Hong Linh Ha Tinh or Hanoi FC.

In March 2022, after leaving Hanoi FC, Le Tan Tai announced his retirement. However, when receiving a request to help Khanh Hoa Club get promoted from coach Vo Dinh Tan, this 39-year-old former famous player decided to re-export. He made important contributions to help the home team 19-8 finish the 2022 First Division in runner-up position, thereby promoting to the V.League. Khanh Hoa Club’s return to Vietnam’s most prestigious tournament is also the time when Le Tan Tai officially hangs up his shoes.

Retiring, Le Tan Tai turned to coaching. In addition to his time working with coach Nguyen Anh Duc in the First Division, the former 2012 Vietnam Silver Ball also worked as an assistant to coach Hoang Anh Tuan in U20 Vietnam and U17 Vietnam. It is known that Le Tan Tai has completed his A training degree so he is qualified to lead the V.League.