Ho Chi Minh City Youth Team takes personnel from HAGL Academy, sets 'huge' goal: Promotion to V-League

In the 2025-2026 season, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Team continues to pursue great ambitions, based on demonstrating local identity and orienting towards professional and sustainable development in the domestic football system.

Notably, sponsor Thaigroup continues to accompany the team - after having made an important contribution to bringing the team from the second division to the first division in the 2024 season. Not only stopping at the promotion milestone, Thaigroup also reaffirmed its long-term commitment, aiming for sustainable development and building a team with the identity of Ho Chi Minh City.

The core force of Ho Chi Minh City Youth Club is talented young players from LPBank HAGL Academy, born from 2004 to 2009 - factors that are systematically trained according to modern football philosophy, technique and science.

The combination of professional background from the academy and professional competition environment will be an important foundation for the club to shape its playing style and develop its force.

Who leads the Ho Chi Minh City Youth team in the first division?

On the coaching bench, Coach Vo Hong Phuc – who has many years of experience in youth training – takes on the leading role. He and his coaching staff are building a team full of ambition, playing technical, fast and cohesive football, in line with modern football trends.

Looking forward to the 2026-2027 period, Ho Chi Minh City Youth Club aims to compete for promotion to the V-League, while developing a young player force with its own identity. The stable support of Thaigroup is the foundation for the team to implement a long-term development strategy in a methodical, practical and hopeful manner.