Ho Chi Minh City FC

Ho Chi Minh City FC
Full name	Ho Chi Minh City Football Club
Nickname(s)	Chiến hạm đỏ (Red Battleship)
Short name	HCMC FC
Founded	1960; 62 years ago; (as Tổng Nha Thương Cảng); 1975; 47 years ago (as Cảng Sài Gòn),; 2009; 13 years ago; (as Ho Chi Minh City FC);
Ground	Thống Nhất Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Binh Minh Media JSC
Chairman	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Manager	Trần Minh Chiến
League	V.League 1
2020	V.League 1, 5th

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.

History[]

The club was founded in 1960 as the name Tong Nha Thuong Cang. This club had a long-standing rivalry with Hải Quan F.C. (Saigon Customs FC). Throughout history, the club has undergone a number of name changes due to politics and various sponsorship agreements.

1960–1975: Tong Nha Thuong Cang FC (đội bóng đá Tống Nha Thương Cảng)

1975–2000: Saigon Port Workers FC (đội bóng đá công nhân Cảng Sài Gòn)

2001–2003: Saigon Port FC (Cảng Sài Gòn)

2004–2008: Southern Steel – Saigon Port FC (Thép Miền Nam – Cảng Sài Gòn)

2009–present: Hồ Chí Minh City FC (CLB bóng đá TP Hồ Chí Minh)

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 9 January 2021^[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
1	GK	VIE	Nguyễn Thanh Thắng
2	DF	VIE	Ngô Tùng Quốc
3	DF	VIE	Dương Văn Khoa
4	DF	VIE
5	DF	VIE
6	MF	VIE
7	DF	VIE	Sầm Ngọc Đức (Captain)
8	MF	VIE
9	MF	VIE	Ngô Hoàng Thịnh
10	MF	BRA	Bruno Cosendey
11	FW	BRA	João Paulo
15	DF	VIE
16	MF	VIE	Võ Huy Toàn
17	MF	VIE	Lâm Ti Phông
18	MF	VIE


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	VIE	Phạm Hoàng Lâm
22	MF	VIE	Phạm Trùm Tỉnh
23	DF	VIE	Trần Đình Khương
24	MF	VIE
25	GK	VIE	Phạm Văn Cường
26	DF	VIE	Thân Thành Tín
29	MF	VIE
35	GK	VIE	Bùi Tiến Dũng
39	FW	VIE	Hoàng Vũ Samson
43	DF	BRA	Brendon
—	MF	VIE
—	FW	VIE	Nguyễn Công Thành (on loan from Đồng Tháp)
—	FW	VIE	Hồ Tuấn Tài

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
1	GK	VIE	Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (at until September 2023)
—	DF	VIE	(at Hoàng Anh Gia Lai until September 2023)
—	MF	VIE	(at until September 2022)
—	MF	VIE	(at until September 2023)
—	MF	VIE	Phan Thanh Hậu (at until September 2023)

Reserves and academy[]

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


No.	Nation	Player
2	VIE
3	VIE
4	VIE
5	VIE
6	VIE
7	VIE
8	VIE
9	VIE
10	VIE
11	VIE	Nguyễn Văn Mạnh
12	VIE
14	VIE
15	VIE
16	VIE
17	VIE	Nguyễn Trung Kiên


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18		VIE
19		VIE
20		VIE
21		VIE
22		VIE
23		VIE
24		VIE
25		VIE
26		VIE
27		VIE
28		VIE
29		VIE
30		VIE
33		VIE

Honours[]

National competitions[]

League

V.League 1/South Vietnam Nation League:

Winners(5): 1977,^[5] 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

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

^ 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
	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	Cityland
2019	Zaicro
2020	Kappa
2021–present	Kelme	Cityland Bamboo Airways

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[]

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

References[]

^ "Vietnam - List of Champions".
^ "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ Trần Tuấn Anh (24 May 2018). "Tân chủ tịch CLB TP.HCM Nguyễn Hữu Thắng cho con học ở Sài Gòn". Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ https://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/?sid=48808
^ "Vietnam - List of Champions".

External links[]

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

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

[7] Sarawak FA withdrew.

[8] Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.

[away-9] Away match.

[1] "Vietnam - List of Champions".

[profile-2] "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[3] Trần Tuấn Anh (24 May 2018). "Tân chủ tịch CLB TP.HCM Nguyễn Hữu Thắng cho con học ở Sài Gòn". Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[4] ttps://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/?sid=48808

[5] "Vietnam - List of Champions".

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