SHB Da Nang eyes football links with Japan's Shonan Bellmare club
Director of International Department of J.League 1 Shonan Bellmare club, Kiyoshi Sekiguchi, paid a working visit to SHB Da Nang to talk about future cooperations between the two clubs.
The Vietnamese national football premier championship, V.League 1 team said the visit marked the first concrete steps in exchanging management experience and training young footballers.
SHB Da Nang said the two teams expect to build up football links, partner in youth training development and take part in cultural exchanges between Da Nang and Japan.
Earlier, J.League 1 Shonan Bellmare, which based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, inked an agreement with PVF Football Academy on sharing youth football training.
Last year, the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and J.League Kawasaki Frontale football club also launched a sports facility centre in Binh Duong, aiming to improve training and education facilities for children.
In 2013, the Vietnam-Japan Soccer Star Sports Centre (VJSS) was founded to provide football and education courses for 5,000 children in Hanoi, HCM City, Vung Tau and Da Nang.
J.League Kawasaki Frontale often sends their team to meet local children in Da Nang during the annual Vietnam-Japanese Cultural Exchange Day.
Last month, SHB Da Nang also signed an agreement with VietGoal, the largest football training centre for kids in Vietnam, on the development of young future footballers for the central city team and promotions of all football-related activities.
Earlier this month, SHB Da Nang hosted a visit by Pablo Casaos, La Liga Vietnam representative, who toured the club’s facilities and watched a match between Da Nang team and Becamex Binh Duong in the V.League1.
The team has been seeking participation from football academies in Spain, Portugal and Brazil in building an international standard football academy in Da Nang City.
SHB won the Vietnamese premier football championship in 1992, 2009 and 2012 and two National Cup titles in 1993 and 2009.
The club plans to upgrade on its 20,000-seat Hoa Xuan Stadium, turning the venue into a FIFA-accredited turf pitch with new facilities.
The team continues training footballers in categories from U11s through U21s to compete in tournaments this season.