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 31 August 2023

Reserves and academy

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