Hoang Anh Gia Lai Academy () is the youth section of

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side Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. Based in

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. The academy was a built as co-operation between

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and the Vietnamese privately owned Hoang Anh Gia Lai Corporation before the partnership ended completely in 2021.

History

In 2007,

club Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) succeeded in signing an agreement with the English football club

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and the French

, founding the HAGL Academy – Arsenal JMG in

. Despite football being the number one sport in Vietnam, the country had few successes in regional football tournaments, by with only one

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title in

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, as

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was still the dominating team in the region. The causes of low success rate of Vietnam's football team were caused by the lack of systematic training, which lead HAGL owner Đoàn Nguyên Đức to open the academy in order to improve Vietnamese football talents. In August 2009, two players from the academy were sent to train with the

first team. Following JMG's curriculum, young players were trained from an early age to develop their ball controlling skills and to adopt a modern playing style. The academy placed the technical criteria as the priority while selecting players during youth trials. Coached by French manager

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, the first generation of the HAGL Academy quickly enjoyed early success in 2013, as their players attracted media attention with good performances at youth tournaments. The number of HAGL players in Vietnamese national teams outnumbers other teams. Players such as

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, Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, Lương Xuân Trường, Nguyễn Văn Toàn and

Vũ Văn Thanh Vũ Văn Thanh (born 14 April 1996) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team. Early career Vũ Văn Thanh was born in Thanh Miện district, Hải ...

rose to fame and were considered as prospects of Vietnamese football. However as HAGL players integrate the professional football environment, many of them often find it difficult to stay in the top level due to their limitations in physical level and strength. This is due to JMG's curriculum not focusing on improving body shape and physical strength, while that is still a weakness of Vietnamese players. From 30 June 2017, the entire cooperation between

and Hoang Anh Gia Lai ends. HAGL Academy – Arsenal JMG also changed its name to HAGL-JMG Academy. From mid-June 2021, HAGL decided to cease cooperating with JMG's standard training model, transferring all its 2001 to 2003 born players to the NutiFood JMG Academy, thus changing its name to the current HAGL Academy.

Honours

National competitions

* Vietnam National U-21 Championship : Winners : 2017, 2024 : Runners-up : 2006 : Third place : 2010, 2016, 2018, 2021 * Vietnam National U-19 Championship : Runners-up : 2009, 2019, 2020 : Third place : 2014, 2024 * Vietnam National U-17 Championship : Runners-up : 2011, 2024 : Third place : 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020 *Vietnam National U-15 Championship : Winners : 2016 : Third place : 2010, 2022, 2023

Notable players

The players in bold have capped for the Vietnam national team: * A Hoàng * Bùi Văn Long * Châu Ngọc Quang * Đinh Thanh Bình *

Dụng Quang Nho Dụng Quang Nho (born 1 January 2000) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. He is of Cham ethnicity. International goals U-19 U-23 Honours Vietnam U-23 * AFF U-23 Champio ...

* Hoàng Thanh Tùng * Hoàng Vĩnh Nguyên *

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* Lê Duy Thanh *

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* Lê Minh Bình * Lê Phạm Thành Long * Lê Văn Sơn * Lê Văn Trường * Lương Hoàng Nam * Lương Xuân Trường *

* Nguyễn Đức Việt *

Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy (, born 13 June 1996) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a left back for V.League 1 club Thép Xanh Nam Định and the Vietnam national team. International career International goals U-19 H ...

Nguyễn Quốc Việt Nguyễn Quốc Việt (born 4 May 2003) is a Vietnamese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Cambodian Premier League club Boeung Ket F.C., Boeung Ket and the Vietnam ...

Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường (born 6 March 2004) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 1 club Hồ Chí Minh City. Early career Born in Nghệ An, Quốc Cường moved to Đồng Nai at an early ...

* Nguyễn Thanh Nhân * Nguyễn Tuấn Anh *

Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh (born 31 July 1990) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Khánh Hòa and the Vietnam national football team. Early life Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh was born in Tinh Gia distri ...

* Nguyễn Văn Toàn * Nguyễn Văn Triệu * Phạm Văn Tiến *

Phan Thanh Hậu Phan Thanh Hậu (born 12 January 1997) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for V.League 1 club Quảng Nam. He is a product of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai – Arsenal JMG Academy, a joint football academy built by English ...

* Phan Văn Long * Trần Bảo Toàn *

Trần Gia Bảo Trần Gia Bảo (born 3 January 2008) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a forward for V.League 1 club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. He is currently the youngest player to appear and to score in the history of V.League 1. Early care ...

Trần Hữu Đông Triều Trần Hữu Đông Triều (born 20 August 1995) is a former Vietnamese footballer who plays as a centre-back. Trần Hữu Đông Triều is a graduate of Hoang Anh Gia Lai – Arsenal JMG Academy and made his senior debut for the club in Jan ...

Trần Minh Vương Trần Minh Vương (born 28 March 1995) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for V.League 1 club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. He was once one of the few young Vietnamese players highly appreciated for his tactic ...

* Trần Thanh Sơn *

Trần Trung Kiên Trần Trung Kiên (born 9 February 2003) is a Vietnamese professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for V.League 1 club Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. Club career Tru ...

Triệu Việt Hưng Triệu Việt Hưng (born 19 January 1997) is a Vietnamese professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football)#Wide midfielder, winger or a Midfielder (association football)#False winger, midfielder fo ...

References

External links

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Pleiku – Vietnam – JMG Football
Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC Pleiku Football academies in Vietnam JMG Academy {{Vietnam-footyclub-stub