NAVIBANK TAKE OVER FOURTH MILITARY ZONE

HANOI (1 Nov 2009) – Fourth Military Zone have become the second team in the V-League to be taken over a private corporation following that of The Cong.

National army team The Cong was renamed after their long-time sponsor Viettel last month while this time round, Navibank have taken over the administration of Fourth Military Zone.

“Navibank have bought the club, so the club will be called Navibank. I and all the players will also be managed by the bank,” said head coach Vu Quang Baoen.

HCMC-based Navibank will make a public announcement of the new name in Ho Chi Minh City this week.

In the meantime, four top football clubs in Vietnam and teams from Brazil, Slovakia, Uganda and China will compete for the BTV Number One Cup in Binh Duong province from 20-29 November.

The four Vietnamese teams are V-League 2009 and BTV Number One Cup 2008 champion SHB Da Nang while the others are Dong Tam Long An, Hai Phong and Becamex Binh Duong.

The four invited teams are Lifan Chongqing from China, MFK Petrazalka from Solvakia, Kampala City from Uganda and Duque De Caxias from Brazil.

The BTV Number One Cup is an official event in FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) calendar.

The winner stands to win USD20,000, USD10,000 for the second-placed team USD5,000 for third.