OFFICIAL: Dinh Bac Makes History in Vietnamese Football

With a hat-trick against SLNA, Nguyen Dinh Bac not only helped Hanoi Police win decisively but also became the first domestic player to score 3 goals in a single match after 5 seasons.

The match between CAHN and SLNA in Round 20 of V.League 2025/2026 witnessed an explosive performance by Nguyen Dinh Bac. The young forward Nguyen Dinh Bac, who recently won the Top Scorer award at the AFC U23 Championship 2026, had a brilliant day to etch his name into Vietnamese football history.

Right from the opening minutes of the Round 20 match, Hanoi Police (CAHN) surged forward to dominate the visiting team Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA). In the 19th minute, receiving a cross from Stefan Mauk, Dinh Bac tapped the ball near the goal to open the scoring. This was the fourth consecutive match in which this striker scored, demonstrating a "devastating" level of form.

Not stopping there, in the 33rd minute, Dinh Bac again chose a smart position, finishing deftly to beat the SLNA goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation. Before the first half ended, he completed his personal hat-trick in the 37th minute following a fluid attacking combination.

Although Olaha reclaimed one goal for SLNA from a penalty at the end of the first half, the hopes of the Nghe An team were completely extinguished in the second half. In the 56th minute, Dinh Bac himself earned a penalty and executed it successfully, sealing the score at 4-1.

This hat-trick holds immense significance for Dinh Bac personally and for Vietnamese football. He officially becomes the first domestic player to achieve a hat-trick in a V.League match throughout the last 5 seasons —a feat rarely accomplished by any local striker amidst the presence of high-quality foreign players. This is also the first hat-trick in the professional career of the forward born in 2004 in the V.League.

The statistics from Dinh Bac's last 4 matches truly astonish experts: 2 goals against Da Nang, 1 goal against PVF-CAND, 1 goal against TP.HCM, and 3 goals against SLNA. A total of 7 goals scored in just 4 matches confirms the caliber of a top star today.

With 51 points after 20 rounds, the squad under Coach Alexandre Polking is firmly at the top of the table and very close to securing their second V.League championship. The excellent integration of Dinh Bac alongside experienced senior teammates is turning CAHN into an unstoppable "winning machine" in the 2025/2026 season.