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Full name | Song Lam Nghe An Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Đội bóng xứ Nghệ Đội bóng áo vàng (The Yellows) |
Short name | SLNA |
Founded | 1979 |
Ground | Vinh Stadium |
Capacity | 18,000 |
Owner | Song Lam Nghe An Sports JSC |
Chairman | Trương Sỹ Bá |
Coach | Phạm Anh Tuấn |
League | V.League 1 |
2023-24 | V.League 1, 12th of 14 |
Website | Club website |
Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sông Lam Nghệ An), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghe An province, Vietnam. This is a club that has won many titles from the V.League 1, Vietnamese Cup, Vietnamese Super Cup as well as youth tournaments and is one of the clubs that contributes the most players to the Vietnam national football team . Up to now, Song Lam Nghe An has had a tradition of only using internal soldiers who are players from the club's own training facility. Almost all of these players are from Nghe An, the rest are from Ha Tinh, so this can be considered the most unique club in the country. They are the first and only team to have reached 1000 points in the V.League.
With 10 major titles totally, SLNA is one of the most successful football club in Vietnam. In the international arena, the team performed well at the AFC Champions League in 2001. In the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, under the direction of the head coach, Nguyễn Hữu Thắng, Song Lam Nghe An achieved all three titles: the V.League 1 championship, Vietnamese Cup, and the Vietnamese Super Cup.
The club's current president is Trương Sỹ Bá.