There is a new leader in Vietnam, a Thai heavyweight is easing relegation fears, the table is beginning to take shape in Indonesia and things remain tight at the top in Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore.

The-AFC.com highlights the ins and outs across the Continent.

Replacing two-time World Cup boss Nuengrutai Srathongvian, Naurephon will guide the Chaba Kaew in their AFF Women’s Championship title defence on home soil in Chonburi in August.

The 47-year-old coach takes the reins of the senior squad after leading the Thai U-15 women’s team to a Southeast Asian title in May, as well steering the national U-16 side to four wins from four qualifiers for the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship, which Thailand is also set to host in September.

Naurephon will be joined by new team manager Sirima Panichewa, a director of Thai League 1 outfit Samut Prakan City, who replaces long-term national team director Nualphan Lamsam.

Nuengrutai and Lamsam stepped down from their respective roles after their largely successful tenures ended with three successive defeats and group stage elimination at France 2019.

The 69-year-old Serbian, affectionately known as ‘Raddy’, was famously coach of the Singapore national team from 2003 to 2012; a golden period for Singaporean football.

In his nine-year stint at the helm, Avramovic won three AFF Cups (2004, 2007 and 2012) with the Singapore Lions and was named the AFF Coach of the Year in 2013.

The leagues in Mongolia and Chinese Taipei are into a summer break before the next round of fixtures on July 21, but there was plenty of action from four other Member Associations.

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: Alay’s cup run over, title chase on course

FC Alay Osh started and finished the week on top of the table, but a midweek 2-1 defeat to Neftchi Kochkor-Ata ended their Kyrgyzstan Cup campaign at the quarter-final stage in a week of highs and lows for the Kyrgyz Premier League’s form team.

Saturday’s return to league action brought swift revenge for Alay, who earned a 1-0 win over Neftchi on Saturday thanks to an Akramzhon Umarov goal, while national team stars Azamat Baimatov, Bekzhan Sagynbaev and Ernist Batyrkanov all got on the scoresheet as defending champions FC Dordoi beat Abdish-Ata 5-0 on Sunday.

The ASEAN Zonal Final will see Becamex Binh Duong hosting Hanoi FC in the first leg at the Binh Duong Stadium on July 31. The return leg of the all-Vietnam ASEAN Zonal Final will be played on August 7.

The ASEAN Zonal winners will face 2018 runners-up Altyn Asyr in the Inter-Zone Semi-final on August 20, with the return leg on August 27.