MONGOLIAN FF | 10 FOOTBALL ASSOSIATIONS | EAFF : EAST ASIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION

Name of Coach : OTGONBAYAR Ishdorj
Otgonbayar was born on 9 April 1968 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He is 38 years old. He played until 1988 before gaining some coaching experience. In 1990 he was enrolled in Kiev University of Physical Culture, Ukraine where he studied for the period of 5 years majoring in Football Coaching, graduating in 1995 and was admitted to a Masters degree in Football Coaching. After academic studies Otgonbayar continued his coaching career in Erchim club and in 1997 was appointed as the head coach for the Men’s national team. Since Mongolia’s inclusion in FIFA 10 years ago he has been at the head of Mongolian football. He has led the team to many valuable international tournaments including the FIFA World Cup qualifying, AFC Asian Cup and the East Asian Football Championships etc.

As of July 2009

It has been 10 years since their inclusion in FIFA. The team that claimed their first ever win over Guam in 2003 at the East Asian Football Championships has continued to improve. Conditions are so harsh that they can not play outside for approximately two thirds of each year but plans are under way which include long term training camps in preparation for tournaments such as that. Adding to strong physical players such as 3 time consecutive participant at FIFA World Cup qualifying DF DONOROV Lumbengarav and DF BAYASGALAN Garidmagnai who was highly rated at the East Asian Football Championships 2008 Qualifying tournament in 2007, are young skillful players now coming into the team. At the equivalent 2010 Qualifying tournament in March 2009 they recorded victories over Macau-China and Northern Mariana Islands. An iron defense and attacks down the flanks put pressure on whichever opponents they faced. They lost to Guam and were able to progress to the semi-final tournament but they displayed plenty of potential for the next tournament.