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Name of Coach : OTGONBAYAR Ishdorj
Otgonbayar was born on 9 April 1968 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Now he is 38 years of old. Otgonbayar started his career in football as a player in Nairamdal club from 1980 to 1985. In 1985 he transferred to Aldar club where he played till 1988 and then gained 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. Otgonbayar graduated the University in 1995 and was admitted to Master degree in Football Coaching. After academic studies Otgonbayar continued his coaching career in Erchim club and in 1997 was appointed as a Coach for Men’s National A team. During the past period of nearly 10 years Otgonbayar trained and prepared the National team for numbers of important high level international competitions such as Asian XIII Games 1998, East Asian 3rd Games 2001, FIFA World Cup 2002, 2006 Preliminaries, Asian Cup 2000, 2004 Preliminaries, East Asian Championship 2003, 2005 Preliminaries and others. Otgonbayar is a holder of AFC C and B licences.

Mongolia joined FIFA in 1988, and the young team is at the developing stage. They demonstrated their steady growth in the 2003 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition. They lost their first match to Macau-China, even though they were on the offensive. In the second match against Guam, Mongolia's offensive positioning again invited chances for the opponent to take wide open shots on goal inside the penalty area. GK Jargalsaikhan Enkhbayar's fine saves endured Guam's attacks and the first half ended in a scoreless tie. Using the half-time break to reconfirm their offensive and defensive balance paid off in the second half. Mongolia consecutively scored in the 51st and 59th minutes and held out against Guam's fierce onset to gain a 2-0 win. This was not any victoryﾑit was Mongolia's first international match win. Head coach Lkhagvajav Dorjjav openly expressed his delight saying, "It was a difficult match, and I wish to praise my players for their performance and for bringing a historical moment for Mongolian football." The Mongolia national team continues to gain forceﾑduring the March, 2005, preliminary competition for the 2nd East Asian Football Championship, they managed a scoreless draw in the match between the hosts, Chinese Taipei, against whom they previously lost 0-4. Their dream to qualify for the final competition will soon become reality.