Song Lam Nghe An FC

History

During the French colonial period, the Vinh - Ben Thuy area once had a famous football team called the Yellow Shirt Team. This is considered the beginning of Nghe An football tradition. Some people believe that this is the origin of the traditional yellow shirt of the Song Lam Nghe An team today.

However, the Nghe Tinh region hardly had any outstanding breakthroughs throughout most of the war. It was not until 1973 that the Nghe Tinh Provincial Military Command established an amateur football team to compete in the B Division. This team is considered the predecessor of today's Song Lam Nghe An.

In 1979, after the National Football Championship system was established, with good performance, the team was ranked in the national A2 class. On February 28, 1979, the team was officially transferred by the Nghe Tinh Provincial Military Command to the Nghe Tinh Provincial People's Committee for management and renamed Song Lam Football Team.

In 1980, Coach Nguyen Thanh Vinh began taking charge of the first team of Song Lam Nghe Tinh Football Team. From here, despite being a "young" team in Vietnamese football compared to teams such as The Cong, Cang Saigon, Hanoi Police, Haiphong Police, with the efforts of the coach Coach Nguyen Thanh Vinh, Song Lam football team has begun to have a series of achievements, as well as a unique playing style of its own, on par with older teams.

In 1992, Nghe Tinh province was divided into two separate provinces: Nghe An and Ha Tinh. On March 21, 1994, the Nghe An Provincial People's Committee decided to rename the team to Song Lam Football Team and transform it into a professional unit under the Department of Physical Education and Sports. In 1996, the team won the bronze medal in the National Championship and the National Cup.

In 2000, Song Lam Nghe An won the National Championship for the first time. In 2010, the team won the National Cup for the second time. In the 2011 season, the club won its third championship with a 1–1 draw against Hanoi T&T at Vinh Stadium, finishing the V.League with 49 points after 26 rounds. In the 2017 season, despite finishing only 7th in the V.League, Song Lam Nghe An defeated Dak Lak, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Nam and Becamex Binh Duong to win the 2017 Vietnamese Cup.

The 2020 season was the most difficult period for Song Lam Nghe An in the V.League 1. In early 2022, the club officially announced a new brand identity. The team's old logo was replaced with a new one with a more modern design.

International cooperation

Mito HollyHock

Song Lam Nghe An signed a cooperation agreement with Japanese club Mito HollyHock on 1 January 2024, on a one-year deal. In this cooperation program, Mito HollyHock will advise and support the construction of a team management and administration system in the direction of improving the professional capacity of departments for Song Lam Nghe An Club and help perfecting the club's organizational structure following the Japanese football club model.

Name

• 1979–1992: Song Lam Nghe Tinh football team
• 1992–2004: Song Lam Nghe An football team
• 2004–2007: PJICO Song Lam Nghe An Football Club
• 2007–2009: Song Lam Nghe An Petroleum Finance Football Club
• 2009–present: Song Lam Nghe An Football Club

Logo history

File:Song Lam Nghe An FC logo.svg|January 2009 – 1 April 2022 File:SLNA FC logo.svg|5 January 2022 – present

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Stadium

Main article: Vinh Stadium

Vinh Stadium with a capacity of 20.000 seats, located on Dao Tan Street, Vinh City, Nghe An Province, has been chosen as the club's home stadium from the early days of its establishment until present.

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Out on loan

Youth team (U21)

List of participants for the 2024 National U21 tournament

Coaches

Current coaching staff

Managerial history

Honours

;League

• V.League 1: : Winners : 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2011 : Runners-up : 1997, 1998, 2001–02 : Third place: 1992, 1996, 2009 ;Cup
• Vietnamese Cup: : Winners : 2001-02, 2010, 2017 : Runners-up : 2011, 2024–25 : Third place: 1996, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018
• Vietnamese Super Cup: : Winners : 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011 : Runners-up : 2010, 2017

Youth teams

• U-21: : Winners : 5 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2014) : Runners-up : 5 (2003, 2007, 2010, 2020, 2023) : Third place: 4 (2004, 2011, 2013, 2017)
• U-19: : Winners : 5 (1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006) : Runners-up : 7 (2002, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2023, 2024-25) : Third place: 10 (1998, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
• U-17: : Winners : 8 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2020) : Runners-up : 2 (2010, 2018) : Third place: 3 (2015, 2022, 2023)
• U-15: : Winners : 5 (1998, 2002, 2018, 2019, 2022) : Runners-up : 3 (1999, 2008, 2023) : Third place: 4 (2003, 2005, 2017, 2020)
• U-13: : Winners : 11 (1997, 1998, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) : Runners-up : 2 (2015, 2016) : Third place: 2 (1999, 2017)
• U-11: : Winners : 7 (2001, 2002, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024) : Runners-up : 1 (1997) : Third place: 8 (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2023)
• U-9: : Winners : 2 (2021, 2022) : Runners-up : 1 (2024) : Third place: 1 (2023)

Other awards

• Third-class Labor Medal awarded by the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• Excellent emulation unit flag of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee for two consecutive years 1998, 1999–00
• The Government's emulation flag presented to the unit leading the emulation movement in 2000–01
• Unit flag for successfully completing the 2000–01 season mission of the People's Committee of Nghe An province

Record

Continental record

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances ::2000–01: First round ::2001–02: withdrew in First round

• AFC Cup: 3 appearances ::2011: Round of 16 ::2012: Group stage ::2018: Group stage

1 Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.

Domestic league record

National cup record

• 2011: Runner-up
• 2012: Semifinals
• 2013: Round of 16
• 2014: Round of 16
• 2015: Quarterfinals
• 2016: Round of 16
• 2017: Champion
• 2018: Semifinals
• 2019: Round of 16
• 2020: Round of 16
• 2021: Qualifying round
• 2022: Qualifying round
• 2023: Qualifying round
• 2024: Round of 16

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