Ho Chi Minh City FC

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Ho Chi Minh City FC
Full nameHo Chi Minh City Football Club
Nickname(s)Chiến hạm đỏ (The Red Battleship)
Short nameHCMFC
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975) (as Cảng Sài Gòn)
GroundThống Nhất Stadium
Capacity15,000[1]
OwnerHo Chi Minh City Football JSC
ChairmanVacant
ManagerPhùng Thanh Phương (interim)
LeagueV.League 1
2023V.League 1, 13th of 14
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Ho Chi Minh City Football Club (HCMC FC, Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), simply known as TP Hồ Chí Minh, and commonly known as TPHCM, is a professional football club based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The club competes in the V.League 1, the highest level of Vietnamese football, since the 2017 season after winning the Vietnam's 2016 V.League 2 league in the 2016 season. The club was formerly known as Cảng Sài Gòn (Saigon Port) between 1975 and 2009.[2]The club's home ground is the Thống Nhất Stadium.

History[edit]

The Saigon Port Football Club and the Saigon Port Corporation are the two predecessors of the Ho Chi Minh City Football Club. The Saigon Port Company, formerly known as the Saigon Port Football Club, was formally created on November 1, 1975.[3][4]

The Saigon Port Corporation's officials claimed at the end of 2008 that they no longer had the means to support the football squad. Due to the fact that they only had one primary sponsor, the Vietnam Steel Company, the club's leadership decided to alter the team's name in order to operate on a professional model. The name Ho Chi Minh City Football Club was adopted with the permission of the club's management unit, the Ho Chi Minh City Football Company Ltd, and the Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation, with a 15 billion Vietnamese dong investment for the team.

Because of their devotion to the heritage connected with the name Saigon Port, the club's supporters have expressed disappointment and resistance to the decision to alter the name. Yet, the club's objective was to become a major football club in Ho Chi Minh City, as well as to promote the acquisition of government and commercial aid. The club officially changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City Football Club on January 22, 2009, with the Vietnam Steel Corporation serving as the team's primary sponsor.

The supporters were vehemently opposed to the name change. The whole Fans Association Executive Committee resigned, and the Saigon Port Football Supporters Association dissolved, generating problems for the team in its first season under the new name. They were relegated to Vietnamese Football League Second Division after finishing at the 13th place in the 2009 season. In 2012, the club finished last in the Vietnamese First League. After only one season at the Vietnamese Second League, Ho Chi Minh returned to the First League in 2015. With the ambition to return to top fight, Ho Chi Minh City received big investments and successfully gained a promotion to the V.League 1 after winning the 2016 V.League 2.[5]

Following returning to the V.League 1 in 2017, the team focused more on drawing spectators to the stadium by listening to supporters' criticism and renovating the stadium, stands, and so on. As a consequence, the club's reputation among supporters progressively improved. After that, the Ho Chi Minh City Football Club Fans Association was formed. The squad finished 12th in the league standings in 2017.

Before the 2021 season, the club's management made changes to the team's personnel with the goal of winning the V.League 2021 championship. Alexandré Pölking, the former coach of Bangkok United, was recruited by the management with a 1-year contract and a salary of 30,000 USD/month.[6][7][8] In December 2020, Ho Chi Minh City Club successfully recruited Vietnamese-American midfielder Lee Nguyen with a 1-year contract.[9][10][11] In round 5 of phase 1 of 2021 V.League 1, the club lost 0-3 to Hanoi in a match in which Ngo Hoang Thinh received a very heavy penalty from the VFF after a collision that broke Do Hung Dung's leg.[12][13][14]

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 18 March 2024[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Vietnam VIE Ngô Tùng Quốc
3 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Thanh Thảo
4 DF Vietnam VIE Lê Cao Hoài An
5 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Minh Tùng
6 MF Vietnam VIE Võ Huy Toàn
8 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Vũ Tín
9 FW Vietnam VIE Hồ Tuấn Tài
10 FW Ivory Coast CIV Cheick Timité
11 MF Vietnam VIE Lâm Thuận
14 MF United States USA Lê Trung Vinh
15 DF Vietnam VIE Uông Ngọc Tiến
16 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Thanh Khôi
17 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Minh Trung
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Ngọc Hậu
20 MF Vietnam VIE Chu Văn Kiên
21 MF Vietnam VIE Đào Quốc Gia
22 DF Vietnam VIE Võ Hữu Việt Hoàng
23 MF Vietnam VIE Hoàng Vĩnh Nguyên
25 GK Vietnam VIE Phạm Hữu Nghĩa
28 DF Vietnam VIE Trần Hoàng Phúc
29 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hạ Long
38 GK Vietnam VIE Đặng Ngọc Tuấn
43 DF Brazil BRA Brendon Lucas
77 DF Vietnam VIE Sầm Ngọc Đức (on loan from Hanoi Police)
89 GK Slovakia SVK Patrik Le Giang (on loan from Hanoi Police)
99 FW Brazil BRA Wander Luiz
90 FW Colombia COL Santiago Patiño

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Vietnam VIE Bùi Ngọc Long (at Vietnam Hanoi Police until 7 July 2024)

Reserves and academy[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Thế Dũng
3 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hữu Trường
4 Vietnam VIE Phạm Quốc Tuấn
6 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Thanh Tú
7 Vietnam VIE Thạch Tùng
8 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Văn Đạt
9 Vietnam VIE Tô Phương Thịnh
10 Vietnam VIE Dương Vĩnh Khang
11 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Văn Mạnh
12 Vietnam VIE Huỳnh Công Hậu
14 Vietnam VIE Phạm Minh Phát
15 Vietnam VIE Lê Hoàng Trường
16 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Ngọc Hậu
17 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Trung Kiên
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 Vietnam VIE Chu Minh Hoàng
19 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Huỳnh Thịnh
20 Vietnam VIE Lê Cảnh Gia Huy
21 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Trung Hiếu
22 Vietnam VIE Trần Minh Thảo
23 Vietnam VIE Trần Thành Nhân
24 Vietnam VIE Bùi Văn Bình
25 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Trung Nhân
26 Vietnam VIE Vũ Minh Tâm
27 Vietnam VIE Trần Minh Chiến
28 Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Huỳnh Minh Duy
29 Vietnam VIE Hứa Hoàng Xuân Khoa
30 Vietnam VIE Trần Đăng Khoa
33 Vietnam VIE Đặng Nguyễn Phương Đức

Affiliated clubs[edit]

Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore Premier League club, Geylang International has hinged a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that aims to further the growth of football through the open sharing of technical expertise and knowledge between both clubs. Under this MOU, cooperative efforts between both clubs will be boosted in four key sectors; training, attachments, player transfers, and fan club support. It will also allow the two clubs to send their youth and senior squad to train or participate in short-term tournaments within each other’s regions. The agreement will also ensure the priority of players’ transfer for both clubs as well as facilitate the exchange of players and technical staff for training attachments. Additionally, both parties will strive to increase each other’s club profile in their own regions and encourage cultural exchanges and interactions between their fan clubs. This includes providing support, privileges, and on-site concierge services for official club tours, visits, or match attendances requested by each other’s fan clubs through their respective clubs.

Honours[edit]

National competitions[edit]

League
Cup

Other competitions[edit]

  • BTV Cup:
    • Winners: 2000
    • Runners-up: 2001

Season-by-season records[edit]

Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Final position Notes
2000–01 V-League 18 7 6 5 29 21 +8 27 4th
2001–02 V-League 18 9 5 4 20 16 +4 32 Champions Qualified for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification Round 3
2003 V-League 22 4 7 11 26 41 −15 19 11th Relegated to V.League 2
2004 V.League 2 22 15 5 2 51 18 +33 50 Champions Promoted to V.League 1
2005 V-League 22 6 9 7 25 29 −4 27 8th
2006 V-League 24 7 8 9 35 38 −3 29 10th
2007 V-League 26 8 10 8 41 40 +1 34 8th
2008 V-League 26 11 6 9 34 34 0 39 5th
2009 V-League 26 8 5 13 34 44 −10 29 13th Relegated to V.League 2
2010 V-League 2 24 7 6 11 28 42 −14 27 10th
2011 V.League 2 26 6 10 10 29 36 −7 28 11th
2012 V-League 2 26 5 8 13 36 54 −18 23 14th Relegated to Vietnam National 2nd Division
2013 Vietnam National 2nd Division 10 5 1 4 13 10 +3 16 2nd (Group C) Promoted through play-offs
2014 V.League 2 14 3 4 7 11 19 −8 13 7th
2015 V.League 2 14 7 3 4 19 13 +6 24 3rd
2016 V.League 2 18 12 3 3 38 15 +23 39 Champions Promoted to V.League 1
2017 V.League 1 26 6 7 13 29 46 −17 25 12th
2018 V.League 1 26 7 6 13 36 44 −8 27 12th
2019 V.League 1 26 14 6 6 41 29 +12 48 2nd Qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[a]
2020 V.League 1 20 8 4 8 29 25 +4 28 5th
2021 V.League 1 12 4 2 6 14 17 –3 14 11th League was cancelled due to Covid-19
2022 V.League 1 24 6 7 11 23 34 -11 25 9th
2023 V.League 1 18 4 3 11 21 32 11 15 13th
  1. ^ As Hanoi FC failed to obtain an AFC license, Ho Chi Minh City FC qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.

Continental record[edit]

All results list Ho Chi Minh City's goal tally first.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1993–94 Asian Cup Winner' Cup First round Malaysia Sarawak FA w/o[a]
Second round Indonesia Semen Padang
0–1
1–1
1–2
1995–96 Asian Club Championship First round Malaysia Pahang FA w/o[b]
1998–99 Asian Club Championship First round South Korea Pohang Steelers
0–2
0–4
0–6
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Singapore Singapore Armed Forces
0–0
2–0
2–0
Second round Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
0–2
0–4
0–6
2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualification India Churchill Brothers
0–2
1–0
1–2
2020 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 Thailand Buriram United
1–2
AFC Cup Group stage Myanmar Yangon United
2–2[c]
Cancelled 1st
(Cancelled)
Singapore Hougang United 3–2[c] Cancelled
Laos Lao Toyota 2–0[c] Cancelled

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors[edit]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2017–2018 Japan Mizuno[17] Cityland
2019 South Korea Zaicro[18]
2020 Italy Kappa[19]
2021–2023 Spain Kelme[20] Cityland
Bamboo Airways
Viva Land
SCB
Phú Mỹ Hưng
Murata
2023 Japan Jogarbola Mansion Sports
Phu Hung Life Insurance
Phu Hung Securities

Performance in AFC competitions[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Sarawak FA withdrew.
  2. ^ Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.
  3. ^ a b c Away match.

References[edit]

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