Ho Chi Minh City FC

Hồ Chí Minh City
Full name	Ho Chi Minh City Football Club
Nickname(s)	Chiến hạm đỏ (The Red Battleship)
Short name	HCMFC
Founded	1975; 49 years ago as Cảng Sài Gòn (Saigon Port)
Ground	Thống Nhất Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Ho Chi Minh City Football JSC
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Phùng Thanh Phương
League	V.League 1
2023-24	V.League 1, 4th of 14
Website	https://vi-vn.facebook.com/clbbongdatphcm/
	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

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.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2017–2018	Mizuno^[6]	Cityland
2019	Zaicro^[7]
2020	Kappa^[8]
2021–2023	Kelme^[9]	Cityland Bamboo Airways Viva Land SCB Phú Mỹ Hưng Murata
2023	Jogarbola	Mansion Sports Phu Hung Life Insurance Phu Hung Securities

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2024^[10]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	VIE	Bùi Tiến Dũng
3	DF	VIE	Nguyễn Thanh Thảo
4	DF	VIE	Quan Huỳnh Thanh Quý
5	DF	USA	Zan Nguyen
6	MF	VIE	Võ Huy Toàn
7	MF	VIE	Đoàn Hải Quân
8	FW	VIE	Nguyễn Vũ Tín
9	FW	EST	Erik Sorga
10	MF	VIE	Hoàng Vĩnh Nguyên
11	MF	VIE	Lâm Thuận
12	FW	VIE	Nguyễn Ngọc Hậu
14	MF	MAS	Endrick (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)
15	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Thanh Khôi
17	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Minh Trung
18	FW	VIE	Bùi Ngọc Long
19	DF	VIE	Adriano Schmidt
20	DF	VIE	Võ Hữu Việt Hoàng
21	MF	VIE	Đào Quốc Gia
22	GK	VIE	Trần Văn Tiến
23	DF	BRA	Matheus Duarte
27	MF	VIE	Phan Nhật Thanh Long
28	DF	VIE	Trần Hoàng Phúc
29	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Hạ Long (vice-captain)
32	DF	VIE	Trần Mạnh Cường
89	GK	SVK	Patrik Le Giang (captain)

Unregistred players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
67	GK	VIE	Nguyễn Mạnh Cường


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	VIE	Trần Hải Anh

Reserves and academy

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


No.	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.	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

Current staff


Position	Name
Manager	Phùng Thanh Phương
Assistant Manager
Goalkeeper Coach
Fitness Coach
Match Analyst
Doctor
Physiotherapist
Kit Manager
Sporting Director
Technical Director

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.

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	-8	15	13th
2023-24 V.League 1	26	11	7	8	30	26	+4	40	4th

^ 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]
1993–94	Asian Cup Winner' Cup	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
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	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

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

Honours

National competitions

League

V.League 1/South Vietnam Nation League:
- Winners: 1977,^[11] 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

Notes

^ Sarawak FA withdrew.
^ Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.

References

^ "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ "Cảng Sài Gòn, đâu dễ lấy lại một cái tên". laodong.vn. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
^ "Thế hệ vàng của Cảng Sài Gòn". sggp.org.vn. 19 March 2011.
^ "Bóng đá Sài Gòn - TP.HCM một thời oanh liệt". thanhnien.vn. 30 April 2021.
^ Vn, Baotintuc (13 August 2016). "CLB TP Hồ Chí Minh xuất sắc nhận Cúp vô địch hạng Nhất Quốc gia 2016". Báo Tin Tức.
^ "CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh: CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh công bố áo đấu mới giai đoạn lượt về | VTV.VN". Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
^ "Hãng thời trang Hàn Quốc tài trợ cho CLB TP HCM". 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ https://www.goal.com/vn/tintuc/clb-tphcm-lam-le-cong-bo-cac-doi-tac-chien-luoc-tu-mua-giai/3wfpz376n89q1w19cffvhloje Archived 2022-03-12 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Kelme Vietnam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.^{[user-generated source]}
^ "TP Hồ Chí Minh". Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
^ "Vietnam — List of Champions". Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-02.

External links

Official website (in Vietnamese)
Team profile at Soccerway
Team profile at V.League (in Vietnamese)

[11] As Hanoi FC failed to obtain an AFC license, Ho Chi Minh City FC qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.

[12] Sarawak FA withdrew.

[13] Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.

[profile-1] "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[2] "Cảng Sài Gòn, đâu dễ lấy lại một cái tên". laodong.vn. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-06-07.

[3] "Thế hệ vàng của Cảng Sài Gòn". sggp.org.vn. 19 March 2011.

[4] "Bóng đá Sài Gòn - TP.HCM một thời oanh liệt". thanhnien.vn. 30 April 2021.

[5] Vn, Baotintuc (13 August 2016). "CLB TP Hồ Chí Minh xuất sắc nhận Cúp vô địch hạng Nhất Quốc gia 2016". Báo Tin Tức.

[6] "CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh: CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh công bố áo đấu mới giai đoạn lượt về | VTV.VN". Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2022-03-12.

[7] "Hãng thời trang Hàn Quốc tài trợ cho CLB TP HCM". 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[8] ttps://www.goal.com/vn/tintuc/clb-tphcm-lam-le-cong-bo-cac-doi-tac-chien-luoc-tu-mua-giai/3wfpz376n89q1w19cffvhloje Archived 2022-03-12 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL]}

[9] "Kelme Vietnam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.^{[user-generated source]}

[10] "TP Hồ Chí Minh". Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-21.

[14] "Vietnam — List of Champions". Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-02.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[a]

[a]

[b]

[11]

v t e V.League 1
2024–25 clubs	Becamex Binh Duong Dong A Thanh Hoa Haiphong Hanoi FC Hanoi Police Ho Chi Minh City Hoang Anh Gia Lai Hong Linh Ha Tinh Quang Nam Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Song Lam Nghe An Thep Xanh Nam Dinh SHB Da Nang The Cong-Viettel
Seasons	1980 1981–82 1982–83 1984 1985 1986 1987–88 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993–94 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023–24 2024–25
Related tournament	National Cup Super Cup AFC Champions League Elite AFC Champions League Two AFC Challenge League ASEAN Club Championship
Awards	Annual awards
Category