Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) have appointed Miodrag Radulovic as national team head coach.
Radulovic was the Lebanon head coach but parted ways with the West Asians after their AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 campaign ended.
The Montenegrin, who replaces German coach Antoine Hey, has signed a contract till December 2020 and will lead Myanmar's charge in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and 2019 SEA Games.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers - Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 took place at the AFC House in the Malaysian capital on Wednesday.
Seeded teams Malaysia, Cambodia, Macau, Laos, Bhutan and Mongolia were handed challenging fixtures for a place in the next qualifying round.
Mongolia, who edged Timor-Leste in the previous edition to earn their place in the second round, will face a Brunei Darussalam side who were defeated 3-1 on aggregate by Chinese Taipei in the 2018 Qualifiers.
The match-up between Macau and Sri Lanka will be a rematch of their 2016 AFC Solidarity tie, where both teams settled for a 1-1 draw with Macau going on to top the group and finish runners-up behind eventual winners Nepal.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hanoi: Park Hang-seo has had an exciting and successful journey since becoming the Vietnam head coach as the reigning Southeast Asian champions have scaled great heights.
Vietnam - be it their U23 squad or the national team - have captured the imagination of the Continent with swashbuckling performances that have brought great dividends.
Park - rightly so - has been credited for the great work he has accomplished with the 2018 AFF Cup champions and the Korea Republic native shares his thoughts and vision for Vietnam with the-AFC.com.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) has appointed Mixu Paatelainen from Finland as head coach of the national team.
In announcing the appointment, HKFA said former Finland head coach Paatelainen, 52, will lead Hong Kong's campaign in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and the 2019 EAFF Cup in Korea Republic this December.
Among the clubs Paatelainen, a striker, played for were Scottish sides Hibernian, Dundee United and Aberdeen as well as England's Bolton Wanderers and Wolverhampton Wanderers.