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 second tier league in the 2016 season. The club was formerly known as Cảng Sài Gòn. 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 (Red Warship)
Short name	HCMC FC
Founded	1960; 63 years ago (1960) (as Tổng Nha Thương Cảng) 1975; 48 years ago (1975) (as Cảng Sài Gòn),^[1] 2009; 14 years ago (2009) (as Ho Chi Minh City FC)
Ground	Thống Nhất Stadium
Capacity	15,000^[2]
Owner	Binh Minh Media JSC
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Vu Tien Thanh
League	V.League 1
2022	V.League 1, 9th of 13
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 National First Division in 2016 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 17 January 2023^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   VIE Nguyễn Thanh Thắng 2 DF   VIE Ngô Tùng Quốc 4 DF   VIE Nguyễn Tăng Tiến 5 DF   VIE Lê Cao Hoài An 6 MF   VIE Võ Huy Toàn 7 MF   VIE Nguyễn Vũ Tín 8 MF   VIE Trần Thanh Bình 9 FW   VIE Hồ Tuấn Tài 11 MF   VIE Lâm Thuận 14 MF   USA Lê Trung Vinh 15 DF   VIE Uông Ngọc Tiến 17 MF   VIE Nguyễn Minh Trung 18 MF   VIE Chu Văn Kiên 20 MF   VIE Nguyễn Thanh Khôi 21 MF   VIE Đào Quốc Gia

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   VIE Dương Văn Trung 23 MF   VIE Hoàng Vĩnh Nguyên 25 GK   VIE Phạm Hữu Nghĩa 26 DF   VIE Thân Thành Tín 27 DF   VIE Võ Hữu Việt Hoàng 28 DF   VIE Trần Hoàng Phúc 32 MF   VIE Lê Vương Minh Nhất 38 GK   VIE Đặng Ngọc Tuấn 39 FW   VIE Hoàng Vũ Samson 77 FW   VIE Bùi Ngọc Long 88 FW   USA Victor Mansaray 92 FW   JAM Daniel Green 97 MF   FRA Vincent Trọng Trí Guyenne 99 DF   USA Jonny Campbell

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

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

Honours

National competitions

League

• V.League 1/South Vietnam Nation League:

 Winners(5): 1977,^[4] 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

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^[5]	Cityland
2019	Zaicro^[6]
2020	Kappa^[7]
2021–present	Kelme^[8]	Cityland Bamboo Airways Viva Land SCB

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. "Vietnam - List of Champions".
2. "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
3. "TP Hồ Chí Minh".
4. "Vietnam - List of Champions".
5. "CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh: CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh công bố áo đấu mới giai đoạn lượt về | VTV.VN".
6. "Hãng thời trang Hàn Quốc tài trợ cho CLB TP HCM". 8 January 2019.
7. https://www.goal.com/vn/tintuc/clb-tphcm-lam-le-cong-bo-cac-doi-tac-chien-luoc-tu-mua-giai/3wfpz376n89q1w19cffvhloje^{[bare URL]}
8. "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)