Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC

Hong Linh Ha Tinh Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh), simply known as Hong Linh Ha Tinh (HLHT) is a Vietnamese professional football club which is based in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam. The club is named after the Hồng Lĩnh mountain, and for matching with the name of "neighbor" Song Lam Nghe An FC.^[1]

Hong Linh Ha Tinh

Full name	Hong Linh Ha Tinh Football Club
Nickname(s)	Sao la (The Pseudoryx) Đội Bóng Núi Hồng
Founded	2015; 8 years ago (2015) (as Hanoi T&T B Football Club)
Ground	Hà Tĩnh Stadium
Capacity	22,000
Owner	Hong Linh Ha Tinh Football JSC
Chairman	Nguyễn Tiến Dũng
Manager	Nguyễn Thành Công
League	V.League 1
2022	V.League 1, 11th of 13
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC was founded on 12 January 2019 after the relocation of Hanoi B Football Club to Hà Tĩnh, thus becoming the only professional football club in the province.^[2][3]

On 30 August 2019, the club won the 2019 V.League 2 before two rounds (20/22 rounds) and subsequently promotion to the V.League 1 for the 2020 season for the first time in the club's history. Hong Linh Ha Tinh managed to finish in eighth place in their debut season in the top tier.

Honours

National competitions

National League

• V.League 2

  Winners (1): 2019

National Youth System

• U-21 Championship

  Winners (1): 2016

• U-19 Championship

  Winners (1): 2000

Season-by-season record

Season	Pld	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Final position	Notes
2015 Third League	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11		Promoted to 2016 Second League
2016 Second League	12	4	5	3	15	14	+1	17	Group stage
2017 Second League	17	12	2	3	49	11	+38	38	2nd, Group stage	Promoted to 2018 V.League 2
2018 V.League 2	18	8	7	3	32	20	+12	31	2nd
2019 V.League 2	22	17	2	3	50	15	+35	53	1st	Promoted to 2020 V.League 1
2020 V.League 1	20	4	8	8	19	24	-5	20	8th
2021 V.League 1	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15	10th	Season suspended due to an outbreak of the coronavirus in Vietnam
2022 V.League 1	24	5	9	10	27	34	-7	24	11th

Current squad

As of 17 January 2023^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF   VIE Đặng Văn Trâm 6 MF   VIE Ngô Xuân Toàn 7 MF   VIE Đinh Thanh Trung 10 MF   VIE Trần Phi Sơn (captain) 11 MF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Hiệp 12 MF   VIE Nguyễn Vũ Linh 14 DF   BRA Jean Almeida 16 MF   VIE Phạm Văn Long 17 DF   VIE Đào Văn Nam 18 FW   VIE Vũ Quang Nam 19 MF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Đức 20 DF   VIE Nguyễn Xuân Hùng 21 MF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Huy

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK   VIE Dương Quang Tuấn 26 MF   VIE Bùi Văn Đức 27 DF   VIE Phan Thanh Tiệp 28 DF   VIE Nguyễn Trung Học 29 GK   VIE Dương Tùng Lâm 30 DF   VIE Vũ Viết Triều 33 FW   VIE Trần Đức Nam 36 GK   VIE Nguyễn Thanh Tùng 37 MF   VIE Trần Văn Công 38 DF   VIE Nguyễn Ngọc Thắng 86 DF   VIE Đào Tấn Lộc 88 FW   BRA Zé Paulo 91 FW   SEN Abdoulaye Diallo 97 DF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Hạnh

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2020-2022	Kelme	Caslaquartz
2022–present	Grand Sport^[5]	Bia Nghe Tinh

Managers

•   Phạm Minh Đức (2016–2021)
•   Nguyễn Thành Công (2021–now)

References

1. "Vietnam - Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
2. "Vài nét thú vị về đội bóng 'suýt' mang tên Hà Tĩnh". 7 April 2021.
3. "Ra mắt CLB bóng đá Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh". 13 January 2019.
4. "Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh".
5. "Grand Sport Việt Nam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.^{[user-generated source]}