Viettel FC

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Viettel FC
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Full nameCâu lạc bộ bóng đá Viễn thông Quân đội Viettel.
Nickname(s)Cơn Lốc Đỏ.[1] (Red Tornado)
Đội bóng Áo lính.[2] (The Soldier)
Hậu duệ Thể Công.[3] (Descendants of Thể Công)
Short nameHNV, VFC
Founded23 September 1954; 66 years ago (23 September 1954)[4][5]
GroundHàng Đẫy Stadium, Hà Nội
OwnerViettel Group
ChairmanVu Tam Hoa
Manager
Jurgen Gede (For AFC Champions League only)
LeagueV.League 1
2020V.League 1, 1st
Current season

Viettel Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Viettel), simply known as Viettel FC or Hanoi Viettel, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi. The club belongs to the Viettel Sports Center, a part of Viettel Group and competes in the V.League 1, the top tier of the Vietnamese football league system.

Viettel (as famous as the name Thể Công before) is one of the most widely supported clubs and also the most successful club in Vietnamese football history, having won a record 20 national titles, including nine consecutively from 1971 to 1979. The club has also contributed many great players to the Vietnam National Football Team.

Viettel's traditional colours is all-red home strip, giving the club have nickname Cơn Lốc Đỏ (Red Tornado). They held a long-standing rivalries with local neighbors in the past,[6][7][8][9] from mid-1950s to 2002 when they were dissolved, with whom they contest The Vietnamese Classic Derby. They also contest Hanoi Derby with Hanoi FC in the present.[10]

Professional football is run by the spin-off organization Viettel Sport Center, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Viettel Group.

History[]

The predecessor of Viettel is Thể Công.[11]

Thể Công period[]

1954-1968: Formation and rising[]

On September 23, 1954, according to the appointment of the Director of the General Department of Politics at that time, General Nguyen Chi Thanh, đoàn công tác Thể dục Thể thao Quân đội (Thể Công) was established. Thể Công is short for Thể dục Thể thao Công tác Đội and was managed by Ministry of Defence.[12]

The first Thể Công team include 23 people of the cadre from The Army Officer College No1 and was divided into three teams: 11 football, 5 basketball and 6 volleyball players. In addition, all three teams also have a special reserve player, Ly Duc Kim, who knows how to play football, both basketball and volleyball, and has the ability to be a nurse and good logistics. Kim also has the above support functions.[13]


The first main lineup of The Cong football team include: Lê Nhâm; Nguyễn Văn Hiếu; Phạm Ngọc Quế; Nguyễn Thiêm; ; Phạm Mạnh Soạn; Trương Vinh Thăng; ; Nguyễn Văn Bưởi (capital); Nguyễn Thông (player-coach); Vũ Tâm (as Phạm Vinh). Beside, Nguyen Van Thanh (as ) was joined later, was a famous player of the first Vietnamese footballers generation in the 1930s to 1950s period.

More than a month later, on October 25, in the first football match held since the liberation of Hanoi capital at Hang Day Stadium, The Cong had the first match in its history against Tran Hung Dao University team, including players from the capital's working class. The team won with a score of 1 - 0 with the only goal of the match being scored in the 30th second by the striker captain Nguyen Van Buoi.

In 1955, Vietnam's first football tournament was held in Hai Phong with the name (precursor of V.League 1), Thể Công was participated with two teams A and B. Both teams won championships of two A and B classes.

In 1956, for the first time, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam national football team was convened for international duty. At the age of 38, Ti Bo was still called to the national team along with nine other The Cong players to participate in his first tour in China. He became one of the first players of the Vietnamese team and the oldest Vietnamese national player ever.[14]

During the following years, Thể Công won the champions in 1956 and 1958. At that time, Công An Hải Phòng and has been their main and traditional rival in Northern Vietnam football. Three clubs played are also the founding members in the highest Vietnamese system league in the mid-1950s and became the Big 3 clubs in the early Vietnam football period. In 1950s and 1960s, Công An Hải Phòng was far more successful, winning ten championships, including four consecutively from 1965 to 1968, making the club became North Vietnam's record champion. Thể Công took over the title more than six years later in 1976, when they won their tenth championship in 1970 and also their last nation league trophy. The duel between Thể Công and Công An Hải Phòng was referred to as the Northern Derby, but the Hanoi Derby with was more attention because they are always counter the Red Tornado by good defense system, who reached the champions twice in 1962 and 1964.

1969-2000: Golden decade: Dominance in the league[]

Since the 1969s to 1979s, The Cong had always dominated in national league with 10 championships in Vietnam's A Class National League, including nine consecutively from 1971 to 1979. During that time, the typical generation of The Cong players were Nguyễn Thế Anh (Ba Den), Nguyễn Cao Cường, , Vương Tiến Dũng, , ,... with the majority being young players who went to long-term training in North Korea in 1967 [15] and when they returned home, they were the most outstanding and typical players in the country.[16] [17]

After the country was unified and had the National Championship (the predecessor of the V-League), The Cong has always been the strongest football club in Vietnam with 5 championships. The Cong players have always been the core of the national team and contributed many players in the golden generation of Vietnamese football such as goalkeeper Tran Tien Anh, Do Manh Dung, Nguyen Manh Cuong, and Nguyen Hong Son, , , , , Dang Phuong Nam, ... The Cong was the longest standing team in the V-League until the team was relegated in 2004. (In 1979, The Cong did not participate in the tournament).

At that times, was still a main rivals have been the clubs who put up the strongest fight against its national dominance. Matches with CAHN was more than a local derby with many classic wins, draws and losses. Due to Thể Công being traditionally hard to beat for CAHN though they had no any trophies for a long times.

2004-2008: Relegation and promoted back[]

In 2004, exactly 50 years after its foundation, Thể Công football club finished V-League at 11th place (out of 12) and was relegated to the lower division. The team performed poorly partly due to the policy of not recruiting foreign soldiers, in contrast to all other teams at that time. In the following season, the club changed its name to The Cong Viettel (Viettel is the Army Electronics and Telecommunication Corporation) and is partially managed by this unit. However, many comments suggested that the club should return to its old name.

On January 19, 2007, the club finally gained the right to be promoted back to V-League after winning over Tay Ninh 5–3. Immediately thereafter, the official team name was reversed back to Thể Công.

2009-2010: The end and transfer[]

On September 22, 2009 (before the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Thể Công) the Ministry of Defense decided to change Thể Công to Viettel. In November 2009, the Ministry of Defence decided to remove name "Thể Công" out of football in Vietnam, and transfer all management of football club to Viettel.

On September 23, 2011 on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the establishment of the club, hundreds of officials, players, and fans of all generations who were once members of The Cong decided to launch a "campaign" to collect 1 million signatures across the country to petition the Ministry of Defense to regain the title Thể Công. However, Viettel Telecom Corporation is not very interested in this reception.

Facing the risk of being dissolved, the acting director of the Center at that time, Nguyen Thanh Hai, asked the leaders of Viettel Telecom Corporation to allow the maintenance of the Viettel Football Center and pledged to bring results in a year. In the 2010 football season, the Center's teams reached the final round of the youth tournaments. In 2011, the Center won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal in youth tournaments, officially gaining the right to exist. In the 2012 football season, the official squad of Viettel Football Center won the championship with the same rank at the Vietnam Third Division Football Championship and won a place in the Second Division since the 2013 season.[18]

Modern era[]

Viettel period[]

2010-2018: Promotion[]

Next to 2010 season, the club again switched its name back to Viettel FC, and also voluntarily left the professional football set-up. Instead, the club decided to focus on youth development, and start competing again in the amateur 4th tier of Vietnamese football.

On October 26, 2014, the General Director of Military Telecommunications Group signed the decision No. 2294/QD-VTQ-TCNL to consolidate the functions and tasks and change the name of Viettel Football Training Center to Viettel Sports Center.[19]

In 2016 the club finally returned to professional football after winning promotion to the V.League 2.

In 2018, Viettel F.C. won the V.League 2 championship and went back to the national top tier V.League 1. The football club also wanted to switch back to the formerly name Thể Công when the tournament started from 2019, but was not agreed yet from the Ministry of Defence, who owned brands name "Thể Công" and were used by their volleyball team – "Câu lạc bộ bóng chuyền Thể Công" (Thể Công Volleyball Club). Therefore, the official name of the football club is Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Viettel (Viettel Football Club) and owned by Viettel Group.[20]

2019-present: Revival[]

In the 2020 season, Viettel had a race to the championship with Hanoi.

  • In the 2020 National Cup, the club won the runner-up title after losing 1-2 at Hang Day Stadium against Hanoi.
  • At LS 2020 V.League 1, the club won the championship after beating Saigon FC 1-0 with Bruno Cantanhede's only goal in the last round - round 7 of phase 2 of group A taking place on 8/08. 11/2020. They only took two seasons in V.League 1 to be crowned, when they were promoted from the 2019 season. If including the achievements of Thể Công, this is the 19th time they has won the championship.
  • In 2021, the club qualified to the 2021 AFC Champions League.

Galleries[]

Stadium[]

Hàng Đẫy Stadium in 1955

[]

  • 2020-nay (Viettel FC)

Continental record[]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1999–2000 Asian Club Championship First round Hong Kong Happy Valley AA Withdrew
Second round South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 0–6 1–7
2021 AFC Champions League Group F South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 0–1 3–0 3rd
Philippines Kaya-Iloilo 1–0 0–5
Thailand BG Pathum United 1–3 0–2

Season-by-season record (V-League)[]

Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Final position Notes
1981–82 V-League 19 14 2 3 33 15 +18 30 Champions
1982–83 V-League 23 17 3 3 49 22 +27 37 Champions
1984 V-League 16 7 5 4 30 18 +12 19 2nd
1985 V-League 15 9 3 3 28 20 +8 21 4th
1986 V-League 17 11 4 2 19 10 +9 26 2nd
1987–88 V-League 26 13 8 5 40 20 +20 47 Champions
1989 V-League 7 4 2 1 9 3 +6 16 2nd
1990 V-League Champions
1991 V-League 10 3 5 2 11 9 +2 9
1992 V-League 11 15 8 +7 3rd
1993–94 V-League 3rd
1995 V-League 9th
1996 V-League 13 3 4 6 9 20 −11 13 9th
1997 V-League 7 3 3 1 9 6 +3 12 4th
1998 V-League Champions
1999–2000 V-League 24 7 9 8 27 28 −1 30 10th
2000–01 V-League 18 8 5 5 19 16 +3 29 3rd
2001–02 V-League 18 6 5 7 16 16 0 23 7th
2003 V-League 22 9 5 8 28 27 +1 32 6th
2004 V-League 22 5 5 12 20 39 −19 20 11th Relegation to
22 7 4 10 21 31 −10 31 6th
26 10 8 8 31 30 +1 38 4th
26 15 7 4 47 20 +27 52 1st Promoted to 2008 V-League
2008 V-League 26 10 8 8 28 28 +0 38 8th
2009 V-League 26 10 5 11 40 46 −6 35 9th
2016 V.League 2 18 8 8 2 31 12 +19 32 2nd
2017 V.League 2 12 4 6 2 15 9 +6 18 4th
2018 V.League 2 18 13 2 3 37 15 +22 41 1st Promoted to 2019 V.League 1
2019 V.League 1 26 11 3 12 33 40 −7 36 6th
2020 V.League 1 20 12 5 3 29 16 +13 41 Champions Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League Group stage

Honours[]

National competitions[]

League
19 cups of Viettel
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : (19; record) 1955, 1956, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1987, 1990, 1998, 2020
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (4) 1984, 1989, 1986, 1992
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : (3) 1993–94, 1997, 2000–01
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : (2) 2007, 2018
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (1) 2016 (as Viettel F.C.)
  • Second League: (as Viettel F.C.)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2015
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2009
  • Third League (as Viettel F.C.)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2008
Cup
  • Vietnamese Cup:
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (4) 1992, 2004, 2009, 2020.
  • Vietnamese Super Cup:
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : (1) 1999.
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (1) 2020

Other competitions[]

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2002
  • (1)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2004
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 1999
  • U21 (2)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 1997, 1998
  • U19 (3)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 1998, 2002, 2009
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : (1) 1989

Current squad[]

As of 28 January 2021[21]

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 Vietnam VIE Ngô Xuân Sơn
3 DF Vietnam VIE Quế Ngọc Hải (vice-captain)
4 DF Vietnam VIE Bùi Tiến Dũng (captain)
5 DF Vietnam VIE
6 MF Vietnam VIE Vũ Minh Tuấn
7 FW Brazil BRA Caíque
8 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
9 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Ngọc Sơn
10 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Paulo
11 MF Uzbekistan UZB Jahongir Abdumominov
12 MF Vietnam VIE Hồ Khắc Ngọc
14 MF Vietnam VIE
18 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Matos
19 FW Vietnam VIE
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Vietnam VIE
21 FW Vietnam VIE
22 MF Vietnam VIE
23 DF Vietnam VIE
25 GK Vietnam VIE
26 GK Vietnam VIE Trần Nguyên Mạnh
28 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Đức
29 DF Vietnam VIE
33 FW Vietnam VIE
68 FW Vietnam VIE
77 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Trọng Đại
88 MF Vietnam VIE Bùi Duy Thường
92 MF Vietnam VIE
93 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Thanh Bình

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 DF Vietnam VIE (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— FW Vietnam VIE (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— DF Vietnam VIE (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— FW Vietnam VIE (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— FW Vietnam VIE (to Haiphong until October 2021)

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors[]

Kit manufacturers[]

Kit young manufacturers[]

  • 2017–present:
  • 2020–: FBT

Shirt sponsors[]

  • 2016: BankPlus
  • 2017–2018: BankPlus, 4G
  • 2018–present: Viettel Pay

Famous players[]

Coaches[]

References[]

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  24. ^ Gede served as head coach of Viettel FC during the 2021 AFC Champions League, where it is required that the head coach of a club to have a "Pro" license. Trương Việt Hoàng, the club's regular head coach has no such credentials by the time of the competition.

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