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.

Hồ Chí Minh City
Full nameHo Chi Minh City Football Club
Nickname(s)Chiến hạm đỏ (The Red Battleship)
Short nameHCMFC
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975) as Cảng Sài Gòn (Saigon Port)
GroundThống Nhất Stadium
Capacity15,000[1]
OwnerHo Chi Minh City Football JSC
ChairmanVacant
ManagerPhùng Thanh Phương
LeagueV.League 1
2023-24V.League 1, 4th of 14
Websitehttps://vi-vn.facebook.com/clbbongdatphcm/
Current season

History

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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

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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

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First-team squad

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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

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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

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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
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

Current staff

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

Affiliated clubs

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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

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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
  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

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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

Performance in AFC competitions

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Honours

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National competitions

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League
Cup

Other competitions

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  • BTV Cup:
    • Winners: 2000
    • Runners-up: 2001

Notes

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  1. ^ Sarawak FA withdrew.
  2. ^ Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.

References

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