Ho Chi Minh City FC

Ho Chi Minh City Footbal 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 play 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.

Ho Chi Minh City FC
Full nameHo Chi Minh City Football Club
Nickname(s)Chiến hạm đỏ (Red Battleship)
Short nameHCMC FC
Founded1975 (1975)
(as Cảng Sài Gòn)
GroundThống Nhất Stadium
Capacity16,000[1]
ChairmanNguyễn Hữu Thắng[2]
ManagerAlexandré Pölking
LeagueV.League 1
2020V.League 1, 5th
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in 1975 as the works team of Saigon Port. 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.

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)

Current squad

As of 9 January 2021[3]

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
4 DF  VIE Nguyễn Tăng Tiến
6 MF  VIE Phan Thanh Hậu (on loan from Hoang Anh Gia Lai)
7 DF  VIE Sầm Ngọc Đức (Captain)
8 MF  VIE Trần Thanh Bình
9 MF  VIE Ngô Hoàng Thịnh
10 MF  VIE Hồ Tuấn Tài
11 FW  BRA João Paulo
14 MF  VIE Đỗ Văn Thuận
15 MF  VIE Bùi Văn Đức
16 MF  VIE Võ Huy Toàn
17 MF  VIE Lâm Ti Phông
18 MF  VIE Vũ Quang Nam
19 DF  VIE Lê Sỹ Minh
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  VIE Phạm Hoàng Lâm
22 MF  VIE Phạm Trùm Tỉnh
23 DF  VIE Trần Đình Khương
24 MF  USA Lee Nguyen
25 GK  VIE Phạm Văn Cường
26 DF  VIE Thân Thành Tín
29 MF  VIE Nguyễn Trọng Long
35 GK  VIE Bùi Tiến Dũng
38 FW  VIE Nguyễn Xuân Nam
39 FW  VIE Nguyễn Công Thành (on loan from Dong Thap)
79 MF  VIE Lê Quyền Huy Tín
93 FW  BRA Junior Barros
98 DF  VIE Trương Ngọc Mười
99 FW  BRA Dário

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
— GK  VIE Nguyễn Thanh Phú (at Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu until September 2020)
— DF  VIE Quế Ngọc Mạnh (at Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu until September 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  VIE Đào Quốc Gia (at Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu until September 2023)
— DF  VIE Tieu Exal (at Hoàng Anh Gia Lai until September 2023)

Honours

National competitions
League
Winners: 1986, 1993–94, 1997, 2001–02
Runners-up: 2019
Third place: 1985, 1990, 1995
Winners: 2004, 2016
Third place: 2015
Cup
Winners: 1992, 1999–2000
Runners-up: 1994, 1996, 1997
Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2019

Other competitions
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[lower-alpha 1]
2020 V.League 1 20 8 4 8 29 25 +4 28 5th
  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

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[lower-alpha 1]
Second round Semen Padang
0–1
1–1
1–2
1995–96 Asian Club Championship First round Pahang FA w/o[lower-alpha 2]
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
AFC Cup Group stage Yangon United
2–2[lower-alpha 3]
 Cancelled 1st
Hougang United 3–2[lower-alpha 3] Cancelled
Lao Toyota 2–0[lower-alpha 3] Cancelled

Performance in AFC competitions

Notes
  1. Sarawak FA withdrew.
  2. Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.
  3. Away match.

References
  1. "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. https://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/?sid=48808
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