Ho Chi Minh City FC

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.^[2][3][4] The club's home ground is the Thống Nhất Stadium.

Ho Chi Minh City FC

Full name	Ho Chi Minh City Football Club
Nickname(s)	Chiến hạm đỏ (The Red Battleship)
Short name	HCMFC
Founded	1975; 48 years ago (1975) (as Cảng Sài Gòn)
Ground	Thống Nhất Stadium
Capacity	15,000^[1]
Owner	Ho Chi Minh City Football JSC
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Vũ Tiến Thành
League	V.League 1
2023	V.League 1, 13th of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

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.

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 demoted again in the 2009 season.

The Ho Chi Minh City Football Club won the 2016 V.League 2 and was promoted to the V.League 1. The squad finished 12th in the league standings in 2017.

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 October 2023^[5]

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   VIE Ngô Tùng Quốc 3 DF   VIE Nguyễn Thanh Thảo 4 DF   VIE Lê Cao Hoài An 5 DF   VIE Nguyễn Minh Tùng 6 MF   VIE Võ Huy Toàn 7 FW   CMR Paul-Georges Ntep 8 FW   VIE Nguyễn Vũ Tín 9 FW   VIE Hồ Tuấn Tài 10 FW   CIV Cheick Timité 11 MF   VIE Lâm Thuận 14 MF   USA Lê Trung Vinh 15 DF   VIE Uông Ngọc Tiến 16 MF   VIE Nguyễn Thanh Khôi

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   VIE Nguyễn Minh Trung 18 FW   VIE Bùi Ngọc Long 20 MF   VIE Chu Văn Kiên 21 MF   VIE Đào Quốc Gia 22 DF   VIE Võ Hữu Việt Hoàng 25 GK   VIE Phạm Hữu Nghĩa 28 DF   VIE Trần Hoàng Phúc 29 MF   VIE Nguyễn Hạ Long 38 GK   VIE Đặng Ngọc Tuấn 43 DF   BRA Brendon Lucas 77 DF   VIE Sầm Ngọc Đức (on loan from Hanoi Police FC) 89 GK   SVK Patrik Le Giang (on loan from Hanoi Police FC)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   VIE Hoàng Vĩnh Nguyên (at   Cádiz Mirandilla until 1 January 2024)

Reserves and academy

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   VIE Nguyễn Thế Dũng 3   VIE Nguyễn Hữu Trường 4   VIE Phạm Quốc Tuấn 6   VIE Nguyễn Thanh Tú 7   VIE Thạch Tùng 8   VIE Nguyễn Văn Đạt 9   VIE Tô Phương Thịnh 10   VIE Dương Vĩnh Khang 11   VIE Nguyễn Văn Mạnh 12   VIE Huỳnh Công Hậu 14   VIE Phạm Minh Phát 15   VIE Lê Hoàng Trường 16   VIE Nguyễn Ngọc Hậu 17   VIE Nguyễn Trung Kiên

No. Pos. Nation Player 18   VIE Chu Minh Hoàng 19   VIE Nguyễn Huỳnh Thịnh 20   VIE Lê Cảnh Gia Huy 21   VIE Nguyễn Trung Hiếu 22   VIE Trần Minh Thảo 23   VIE Trần Thành Nhân 24   VIE Bùi Văn Bình 25   VIE Nguyễn Trung Nhân 26   VIE Vũ Minh Tâm 27   VIE Trần Minh Chiến 28   VIE Nguyễn Huỳnh Minh Duy 29   VIE Hứa Hoàng Xuân Khoa 30   VIE Trần Đăng Khoa 33   VIE Đặng Nguyễn Phương Đức

Affiliated clubs

•   Geylang International (2019–present)

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

National competitions

League

• V.League 1/South Vietnam Nation League:

 Winners(5): 1977,^[6] 1986, 1993–94, 1997, 2001–02

  Runners-up: 2019

 Third place: 1985, 1990, 1995

• V.League 2:

  Winners: 2004, 2016

  Third place: 2015

Cup

• Vietnamese Cup:

  Winners: 1992, 1999–2000

  Runners-up: 1994, 1996, 1997

  Third place: 2020, 2019

• Vietnamese Super Cup:

  Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2019

Other competitions

• BTV Cup:

  Winners: 2000

  Runners-up: 2001

Season-by-season records

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

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	Sarawak FA	w/o^[a]
		Second round	Semen Padang	0–1	1–1	1–2
1995–96	Asian Club Championship	First round	Pahang FA	w/o^[b]
1998–99	Asian Club Championship	First round	Pohang Steelers	0–2	0–4	0–6
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Singapore Armed Forces	0–0	2–0	2–0
		Second round	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2	0–4	0–6
2002–03	AFC Champions League	Qualification	Churchill Brothers	0–2	1–0	1–2
2020	AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 2	Buriram United	1–2
	AFC Cup	Group stage	Yangon United	2–2^[c]	Cancelled	1st (Cancelled)
			Hougang United	3–2^[c]	Cancelled
			Lao Toyota	2–0^[c]	Cancelled

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2017–2018	Mizuno^[7]	Cityland
2019	Zaicro^[8]
2020	Kappa^[9]
2021–present	Kelme^[10]	Cityland Bamboo Airways Viva Land SCB Phú Mỹ Hưng Murata

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

  2002–03: Qualification round 3

  2020: Preliminary round 2

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

  2020: Group stage

Notes

1. Sarawak FA withdrew.
2. Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.
3. Away match.

References

1. "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
2. "Cảng Sài Gòn, đâu dễ lấy lại một cái tên". laodong.vn. from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
3. "Bóng đá Sài Gòn - TP.HCM một thời oanh liệt". thanhnien.vn.
4. "Thế hệ vàng của Cảng Sài Gòn". sggp.org.vn.
5. "TP Hồ Chí Minh". from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
6. "Vietnam - List of Champions". from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
7. "CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh: CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh công bố áo đấu mới giai đoạn lượt về | VTV.VN". from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
8. "Hãng thời trang Hàn Quốc tài trợ cho CLB TP HCM". 8 January 2019. from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
9. https://www.goal.com/vn/tintuc/clb-tphcm-lam-le-cong-bo-cac-doi-tac-chien-luoc-tu-mua-giai/3wfpz376n89q1w19cffvhloje 2022-03-12 at the Wayback Machine^{[bare URL]}
10. "Kelme Vietnam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.^{[user-generated source]}

External links

• Official website (in Vietnamese)
• Soccerway profile
• V.League profile (in Vietnamese)