Hanoi FC

Hanoi FC was established in 2006 by T&T Group, a partly private business company that was seeking its fortune to raise the status. T&T hoped that by establishing the club, it would improve the company's profits to become a major company while on the same time also sought to bring the first sense of professional football to replace the current semi-professional status of Vietnamese football.[2] Eventually, the club was officially established with support from local authorities as Hanoi T&T, and began in the lowest division of Vietnamese football, V.League 4.

Ever since the foundation, investment from the T&T company toward the club started to rise, and the club slowly managed to acquire its best players to play for the club, while on the same time Hanoi T&T began to improve. The club was quick to acquire straight promotion on its seasonal debut in V.League 4, before earning promotion to V.League 1 after just three years of existence, making the club the most promising name on Vietnamese football.[3]

Once the club established its foothold, Hanoi T&T began to emerge radically and started to feel success in its debut on the top league. The club missed out their chance to win the 2009 season, but soon got the joy when they won the 2010 season, the club's first ever title.[3] Since then, the club has always maintained as one of the best supported, cleaned of corruption and financially stable in Vietnam, a rare case in Vietnamese football where corruption and financial mismanagement is a norm – thus allowing the club to gain two another titles in 2013 and 2016.[3]

Thanked for good management and domestic trophy in 2010, Hanoi T&T was able to participate in their first international tournament, the 2011 AFC Cup. However, Hanoi T&T had performed poorly in their first AFC Cup tournament, finishing in third place. The team however returned in 2014 AFC Cup, where they had its best performance in the AFC Cup up to that date, reaching the last eight before losing to eventual finalist Erbil SC from Iraq.

In 2016, shortly after winning the 2016 season, T&T Group decided to dedicate the club to the people of Hanoi, thus retreating its stakeholder and the club was officially renamed as Hanoi FC. The City Council had also decided to grant Hàng Đẫy Stadium to the club as a tribute so the club could use and improve the facilities.[3]

Hanoi FC managed to continue maintaining its domination, while on the same time had participated in the 2017 AFC Cup and 2019 AFC Cup. The 2017 AFC Cup was not a successful tournament when Hanoi FC was eliminated in the group stage. In 2019 edition, Hanoi FC made its historic breakthrough, reaching the semi-finals of the AFC Cup for the first time, but lost to North Korean giant April 25 Sports Club by away goal rule.[4]

League

V.League 1:

• Winners (5): 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
• Runners-up (5): 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020

V.League 2:

• Runners-up (1): 2008

Second League

• Runners-up (1): 2007

Third League

• Winners (1): 2006

Cup

Vietnamese National Cup:

• Winners (2): 2019, 2020
• Runners-up (3): 2012, 2015, 2016

Vietnamese Super Cup:

• Winners (4): 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Runners-up (3): 2013, 2015, 2016

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  VIE Nguyễn Vũ Tín (to Pho Hien until October 2021)

Head coaches by years (2006–present)

Name	Period	Honours
Triệu Quang Hà	2006–2009
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	2009
Phan Thanh Hùng	2010–2016	2010 V-League 2010 Super Cup 2013 V.League 1
Phạm Minh Đức	2016
Chu Đình Nghiêm[9]	2016–present	2016 V.League 1 2018 V.League 1 2018 Super Cup 2019 V.League 1 2019 National Cup 2019 Super Cup 2020 National Cup 2020 Super Cup