Ho Chi Minh City FC

Ho Chi Minh City FC
Ho Chi Minh City Football Club (HCMC FC), 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. The club's home ground is the Thống Nhất Stadium.
History
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.
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 demoted again in the 2009 season.
The Ho Chi Minh City Football Club won the 2016 V.League 2 and was promoted to the V.League 1. The squad finished 12th in the league standings in 2017.
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.
Players
First-team squad
As of 12 October 2023
Out on loan
Reserves and academy
Affiliated clubs
Geylang International (2019–present)
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.
Honours
National competitions
League
V.League 1/South Vietnam Nation League:
Winners(5): 1977, 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
Third place: 2020, 2019
Vietnamese Super Cup:
Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2019
Other competitions
BTV Cup:
Winners: 2000
Runners-up: 2001
Season-by-season records
Continental record
All results list Ho Chi Minh City's goal tally first.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
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
References
External links
Official website
Soccerway profile
V.League profile
Football clubs in Vietnam
Football clubs in Ho Chi Minh City
Association football clubs established in 1975
Works association football clubs in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City FC