{{Short description|Vietnamese football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Thể Công–Viettel | fullname = Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Thể Công – Viettel (Thể Công–Viettel Football Club) | short name = TCVT | image = The Cong-Viettel FC logo.svg | upright = 0.95 | nickname = ''Cơn lốc đỏ'' (The Red Tornado) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thanhnien.vn/the-thao/content/ODUyNDQ=.html|title=Viette l bắt buộc phải vô địch V-League 2020|date=November 6, 2020|website=Báo Thanh Niên|access-date=September 12, 2021|archive-date=September 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912061429/https://thanhnien.vn/the-thao/content/ODUyNDQ=.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />''Đội bóng áo lính<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qdnd.vn/the-thao/trong-nuoc/uoc-muon-cua-doi-bong-ao-linh-663532|title=Ước muốn của đội bóng áo lính|website=www.qdnd.vn|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182745/https://www.qdnd.vn/the-thao/trong-nuoc/uoc-muon-cua-doi-bong-ao-linh-663532|url-status=live}}</ref>'' (The Soldiers)<br />''Hậu duệ Thể Công<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vtc.vn/clb-viettel-cho-hau-due-the-cong-tim-lai-hao-quang-v-league-ar458851.html|title=CLB Viettel: Chờ 'hậu duệ Thể Công' tìm lại hào quang V-League|publisher=VTC News|date=February 22, 2019|website=Báo điện tử VTC News|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183516/https://vtc.vn/clb-viettel-cho-hau-due-the-cong-tim-lai-hao-quang-v-league-ar458851.html|url-status=live}}</ref>'' (Descendants of Thể Công) | founded = {{Start date and age|23 September 1954}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tdtt.gov.vn/seagame/ky-niem-60-nam-ngay-thanh-lap-trung-tam-tdtt-quan-doi-2391954-2392014 | title=Kỷ niệm 60 năm ngày thành lập Trung tâm TDTT Quân đội (23/9/1954 – 23/9/2014) | access-date=2021-07-04 | archive-date=2021-07-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184456/https://tdtt.gov.vn/seagame/ky-niem-60-nam-ngay-thanh-lap-trung-tam-tdtt-quan-doi-2391954-2392014 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nhandan.vn/binh-luan1/%22Th%E1%BB%83-C%C3%B4ng-l%C3%A0-m%E1%BB%99t-binh-ch%E1%BB%A7ng-%C4%91%E1%BA%B7c-bi%E1%BB%87t%2C-n%C3%AAn-nh%E1%BA%A5t-thi%E1%BA%BFt-c%E1%BA%A7n-ti%E1%BA%BFp-t%E1%BB%A5c-t%E1%BB%93n-t%E1%BA%A1i%21%22-494555/|title="Thể Công là một binh chủng đặc biệt, nên nhất thiết cần tiếp tục tồn tại!"|website=Báo Nhân Dân|date=24 June 2004 |access-date=2021-09-12|archive-date=2021-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912061431/https://nhandan.vn/binh-luan1/%22Th%E1%BB%83-C%C3%B4ng-l%C3%A0-m%E1%BB%99t-binh-ch%E1%BB%A7ng-%C4%91%E1%BA%B7c-bi%E1%BB%87t,-n%C3%AAn-nh%E1%BA%A5t-thi%E1%BA%BFt-c%E1%BA%A7n-ti%E1%BA%BFp-t%E1%BB%A5c-t%E1%BB%93n-t%E1%BA%A1i!%22-494555/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ground = Mỹ Đình Stadium | capacity = 40,200 | owntitle = Owner | owner = Viettel Sports Co. Ltd | chairman = Đỗ Mạnh Dũng | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Velizar Popov | league = {{Vietnam football updater|TheCong}} | season = {{Vietnam football updater|TheCong2}} | position = {{Vietnam football updater|TheCong3}} | website = {{URL|https://viettelsports.vn}} | current = 2025–26 V.League 1 | pattern_la1 = _viettel22h | pattern_b1 = _viettel22h | pattern_ra1 = _viettel22h | pattern_sh1 = _viettel22h | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FF0000 | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_la2 = _viettel22a | pattern_b2 = _viettel22a | pattern_ra2 = _viettel22a | pattern_sh2 = _viettel22a | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = ffffff | body2 = ffffff | rightarm2 = ffffff | shorts2 = ffffff | socks2 = ffffff }}
'''Thể Công–Viettel Football Club''' ({{ipa|vi|tʰe˧˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧-}}, {{Langx|vi|Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Thể Công – Viettel}}), commonly known as '''Thể Công''', is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi. The club is formally operated by Viettel Sports Center – an affiliation of Viettel Group – and competes in the V.League 1, the top tier of the Vietnamese football league system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thể Công returns to Vietnamese Football |url=https://viettel.com.vn/en/news-events/news/the-cong-returns-to-vietnamese-football/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Viettel Group}}</ref>
Thể Công–Viettel is the modern incarnation of Thể Công,<ref name="vff">{{Cite web |date=September 27, 2009 |title=VFF - CLB bóng đá Thể Công đổi tên thành Viettel |url=https://www.vff.org.vn/clb-bong-da-the-cong-doi-ten-thanh-viettel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604171213/https://www.vff.org.vn/clb-bong-da-the-cong-doi-ten-thanh-viettel/ |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |access-date=June 4, 2021 |website=VFF}}</ref> which was one of the most widely supported clubs and also one of the most successful club in Vietnamese football history, having won 13 North Vietnam national titles and 6 V.League 1 titles after Vietnam's reunification. The club has also contributed many great players to the national team.
Thể Công–Viettel's traditional colour is red, leading to the nickname ''Cơn lốc đỏ (Red Tornado)''. As Thể Công, they held a long-standing rivalry with Cong An Hà Nội,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thethaovanhoa.vn/news-20201217161334013.htm|title=Tái hiện trận derby lớn nhất trong lịch sử bóng đá Việt Nam - Công an Hà Nội vs CLB Quân đội|date=December 17, 2020|website=thethaovanhoa.vn|access-date=September 12, 2021|archive-date=September 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912061431/https://thethaovanhoa.vn/news-20201217161334013.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://laodong.vn/photo/cong-an-ha-noi-thang-the-cong-o-tran-derby-thu-do-sau-25-nam-863866.ldo|title=Công An Hà Nội thắng Thể Công ở trận derby Thủ đô sau 25 năm|website=laodong.vn|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183458/https://laodong.vn/photo/cong-an-ha-noi-thang-the-cong-o-tran-derby-thu-do-sau-25-nam-863866.ldo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qdnd.vn/the-thao/trong-nuoc/tai-hien-tran-derby-giua-the-cong-va-cong-an-ha-noi-646714|title=Tái hiện trận "derby" giữa Thể Công và Công an Hà Nội|website=www.qdnd.vn|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190432/https://www.qdnd.vn/the-thao/trong-nuoc/tai-hien-tran-derby-giua-the-cong-va-cong-an-ha-noi-646714|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thethaovanhoa.vn/news-20161231010201547.htm|title=Công An Hà Nội và trận derby cùng ngành|date=December 31, 2016|website=thethaovanhoa.vn|access-date=September 12, 2021|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711022234/https://thethaovanhoa.vn/news-20161231010201547.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> known as the "Hanoi Derby" or the "Vietnamese Clasico", from the mid-1950s to their dissolution in 2002. Nowadays, the derby is contested between Thể Công–Viettel, Hà Nội and Cong An Hà Nội.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nld.com.vn/news-20210109215251252.htm|title=Hà Nội FC giành Siêu cúp Quốc gia|date=January 10, 2021|website=nld.com.vn|access-date=September 12, 2021|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711081431/https://nld.com.vn/news-20210109215251252.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
==History== ===Thể Công period=== ====1954–1968: Formation and rising==== On 23 September 1954, according to the appointment of the Director of the General Department of Politics at that time, General Nguyen Chi Thanh, ''đoàn công tác Thể dục Thể thao Quân đội'' (Thể Công) was established. Thể Công is short for ''Thể dục Thể thao Công tác Đội'' (Physical Education and Sports Team Work) and was managed by Ministry of Defence.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nhandan.vn/binh-luan1/%22Th%E1%BB%83-C%C3%B4ng-l%C3%A0-m%E1%BB%99t-binh-ch%E1%BB%A7ng-%C4%91%E1%BA%B7c-bi%E1%BB%87t,-n%C3%AAn-nh%E1%BA%A5t-thi%E1%BA%BFt-c%E1%BA%A7n-ti%E1%BA%BFp-t%E1%BB%A5c-t%E1%BB%93n-t%E1%BA%A1i!%22-494555#:~:text=L%E1%BB%8Bch%20s%E1%BB%AD%20Th%E1%BB%83%20C%C3%B4ng,hu%E1%BA%A5n%2C%20B%E1%BB%99%20T%E1%BB%95ng%20tham%20m%C6%B0u | title="Thể Công là một binh chủng đặc biệt, nên nhất thiết cần tiếp tục tồn tại!" | date=24 June 2004 | access-date=4 July 2021 | archive-date=9 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183236/https://nhandan.vn/binh-luan1/%22Th%E1%BB%83-C%C3%B4ng-l%C3%A0-m%E1%BB%99t-binh-ch%E1%BB%A7ng-%C4%91%E1%BA%B7c-bi%E1%BB%87t,-n%C3%AAn-nh%E1%BA%A5t-thi%E1%BA%BFt-c%E1%BA%A7n-ti%E1%BA%BFp-t%E1%BB%A5c-t%E1%BB%93n-t%E1%BA%A1i!%22-494555#:~:text=L%E1%BB%8Bch%20s%E1%BB%AD%20Th%E1%BB%83%20C%C3%B4ng,hu%E1%BA%A5n%2C%20B%E1%BB%99%20T%E1%BB%95ng%20tham%20m%C6%B0u | url-status=live }}</ref>
The first Thể Công team include 23 people of the cadre from ''The Army Officer College No1'' and was divided into three teams: 11 football, 5 basketball and 6 volleyball players. In addition, all three teams also have a special reserve player, ''Ly Duc Kim'', who knows how to play football, both basketball and volleyball, and has the ability to be a nurse and good logistics. Kim also has the above support functions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ct.qdnd.vn/the-thao/ngay-nha-giao-viet-nam-20-11-nhung-nguoi-di-truyen-lua-509576|title=Ngày Nhà giáo Việt Nam 20-11: Những người đi truyền lửa|website=ct.qdnd.vn|access-date=2021-09-12|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184211/https://ct.qdnd.vn/the-thao/ngay-nha-giao-viet-nam-20-11-nhung-nguoi-di-truyen-lua-509576|url-status=live}}</ref>
The first main lineup of the Thể Công football team include: ''Lê Nhâm; Nguyễn Văn Hiếu; Phạm Ngọc Quế; Nguyễn Thiêm; Ngô Xuân Quýnh; Phạm Mạnh Soạn; Trương Vinh Thăng; Nguyễn Bá Khánh; Nguyễn Văn Bưởi'' (captain)''; Nguyễn Thông'' (player-coach)''; Vũ Tâm'' (as ''Phạm Vinh''). Beside, ''Nguyen Van Thanh'' (as ''Tí Bồ'') was joined later, was a famous player of the first Vietnamese footballers generation in the 1930s to 1950s period.
More than a month later, on October 25, in the first football match held since the liberation of Hanoi capital at Hang Day Stadium, Thể Công had the first match in its history against Tran Hung Dao University team, including players from the capital's working class. The team won with a score of 1–0 with the only goal of the match being scored in the 30th minute by the striker captain ''Nguyen Van Buoi''.
In 1955, Vietnam's first football tournament was held in Hai Phong with the name ''Hoà Bình League'' (precursor of V.League 1), Thể Công was participated with two teams A and B. Both teams won championships of two A and B classes.
In 1956, for the first time, the ''Democratic Republic of Vietnam national football team'' was convened for international duty. At the age of 38, ''Ti Bo'' was still called to the national team along with nine other Thể Công players to participate in his first tour in China. He became one of the first players of the Vietnamese team and the oldest Vietnamese national player ever.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zingnews.vn/zingnews-post881016.html|title=Thể Công còn hơn cả tên một đội bóng|date=October 11, 2018|website=ZingNews.vn|access-date=September 12, 2021|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922065544/https://zingnews.vn/the-cong-con-hon-ca-ten-mot-doi-bong-post881016.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the following years, Thể Công won the champions in 1956 and 1958. At that time, Công An Hải Phòng and Công An Hà Nội has been their main and traditional rival in Northern Vietnam football. Three clubs played are also the founding members in the highest Vietnamese system league in the mid-1950s and became the '''Big 3''' clubs in the early Vietnam football period. In 1950s and 1960s, Công An Hải Phòng was far more successful, winning ten championships, including four consecutively from 1965 to 1968, making the club became North Vietnam's record champion. Thể Công took over the title more than six years later in 1976, when they won their tenth championship in 1970 and also their last nation league trophy. The duel between Thể Công and Công An Hải Phòng was referred to as the ''Northern Derby'', but the ''Hanoi Derby'' with Công An Hà Nội was more attention because they are always counter the ''Red Tornado'' by good defense system, who reached the champions twice in 1962 and 1964.
====1969–2000: Golden decade and dominance in the league==== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:caocuongtc1978.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nguyễn Cao Cường]] --> Since the 1969s to 1979s, Thể Công had always dominated in national league with 13 championships in the North Vietnam Football Championship, including eight consecutive titles from 1971 to 1978. During that time, the typical generation of Thể Công players were Nguyễn Thế Anh (Ba Đẻn), Nguyễn Cao Cường, Quản Trọng Hùng, Vương Tiến Dũng, Nguyễn Trọng Giáp, Vũ Mạnh Hải,... with the majority being young players who went to long-term training in North Korea in 1967<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soha.vn/cu-soc-den-tu-trieu-tien-ky-uc-ve-chien-tich-de-doi-cua-clb-viet-nam-tren-dat-trung-quoc-20210308033104615.htm|title=Cú sốc đến từ Triều Tiên & ký ức về chiến tích để đời của CLB Việt Nam trên đất Trung Quốc|website=soha.vn|access-date=2021-09-12|archive-date=2021-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912061431/https://soha.vn/cu-soc-den-tu-trieu-tien-ky-uc-ve-chien-tich-de-doi-cua-clb-viet-nam-tren-dat-trung-quoc-20210308033104615.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and when they returned home, they were the most outstanding and typical players in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecong.com.vn/diendan/lich-su-doi-bong/210-cong-di-tap-huan-tai-trieu-tien-nam-1967-a.html |title=Thể Công đi tập huấn tại Triều Tiên năm 1967 - TheCong's Forum l Hội Cổ Động Viên Thể Công |website=www.thecong.com.vn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615214725/http://thecong.com.vn/diendan/lich-su-doi-bong/210-cong-di-tap-huan-tai-trieu-tien-nam-1967-a.html |archive-date=2009-06-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thecong.com.vn/diendan/lich-su-doi-bong/210-cong-di-tap-huan-tai-trieu |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-06-04 |archive-date=2009-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615214725/http://thecong.com.vn/diendan/lich-su-doi-bong/210-cong-di-tap-huan-tai-trieu |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After the country was unified, the National Championship was launched. Thể Công remained one of the strongest football clubs in Vietnam, winning 5 national titles during the 1980s and 1990s. Thể Công players have often been the core of the national team and contributed many players in the golden age of Vietnamese football, including goalkeeper Trần Tiến Anh, Đỗ Mạnh Dũng, Nguyễn Mạnh Cường, Nguyễn Hồng Sơn, Trương Việt Hoàng, Nguyễn Đức Thắng, Phạm Như Thuần, Triệu Quang Hà, Đặng Phương Nam, and Vũ Công Tuyền. Thể Công was one of the longest standing teams in the V.League until the team was relegated in 2004.
At the time, Công An Hà Nội were still the main rivals of the club which put up the strongest fight against its national dominance.
====2004–2008: Relegation and promoted back==== In 2004, exactly 50 years after its foundation, Thể Công football club finished V-League at 11th place (out of 12) and was relegated to the lower division. The team performed poorly partly due to the policy of not recruiting foreign soldiers, in contrast to all other teams at that time. In the following season, the club changed its name to Thể Công Viettel (Viettel is the Army Electronics and Telecommunication Corporation) and is partially managed by this unit. However, many comments suggested that the club should return to its old name.
On January 19, 2007, the club finally gained the right to be promoted back to V-League after winning over Tay Ninh 5–3. Immediately thereafter, the official team name was reversed back to Thể Công.
====2009–2010: The end and transfer==== On 22 September 2009 (before the 55th anniversary of the establishment of Thể Công) the Ministry of Defence changed Thể Công's name to Viettel. In November 2009, the Ministry of Defence decided to expropriate the "Thể Công" brand and transfer all management of football club from the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army to Viettel Group. On 7 November 2009, under an agreement with the leadership of Thanh Hóa province, Viettel Group transferred the participation slot of Viettel FC to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hóa Province. After acquiring Viettel’s slot, the Thanh Hóa FC was renamed to "Viettel–Thanh Hóa FC". However, two months after, the club changed its name to "Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa FC" as Viettel sold its V.League playing slot to Thanh Hóa for 80 billion VND, retaining only its reserve team, which competed in the 2010 Vietnamese National Football First League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vnexpress.net/the-cong-bi-ban-dut-cho-thanh-hoa-1093027.html|title=Thể Công bị bán đứt cho Thanh Hóa|date=7 November 2009|publisher=Vnexpress}}</ref> At the end of the 2010 season, Viettel also sold their First League slot to the T&T Youth Football Training Centre, with the team renamed "Hà Nội FC" the predecessor of what later became Sài Gòn FC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vtcnews.vn/xuat-quan-hoanh-trang-hn-tt-quyet-bao-ve-ngoi-vuong-ar28036.html|title=T&T – Hà Nội trước mùa giải mới|date=24 January 2011|publisher=VTC News}}</ref>
On 23 September 2011, during the 57th anniversary of the establishment of the club, hundreds of officials, former players, and fans of all generations who were once members of Thể Công decided to launch a campaign to collect 1 million signatures across the country to petition the Ministry of Defense to regain the title ''Thể Công''. However, Viettel Telecom Corporation was not interested in this reception. Facing the risk of being dissolved, the acting director of the Viettel Training Center Nguyễn Thanh Hải had asked the leaders of Viettel Telecom Corporation to allow the maintenance of the football academy and pledged to bring results in a year. In the 2010 football season, the academy's youth teams reached the final round of the youth tournaments. In the following year, the team's youth categories won 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal in youth tournaments, officially gaining the right to exist. In 2012, Viettel re-entered the Vietnamese football system from the Third Division. The team placed first in their group and promoted to the Second Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bongdaplus.vn/Viet-Nam/Hau-due-cua-The-Cong-thang-hang-Nhi/72764.bbd |title=Bóng Đá + {{!}} "Hậu duệ" của Thể Công thăng hạng Nhì {{!}} Bong da |website=bongdaplus.vn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129032815/http://bongdaplus.vn/Viet-Nam/Hau-due-cua-The-Cong-thang-hang-Nhi/72764.bbd |archive-date=2012-11-29}}</ref>
===Viettel period and revival=== ====2010–2018: Promotion==== Following the promotion to the Second Division for the 2013 season, the club's strategy focused on youth development, aiming for long term success. The club played in the Second Division for 3 seasons, before topping their group in the 2015 season and gained the promotion to V.League 2 after defeating Cà Mau in the promotion play-offs. The club finally returned to professional football in the 2016 season four years after the rebuilding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bongdaplus.vn/bong-da-viet-nam/viettel-va-f-tay-ninh-gianh-ve-tro-lai-hang-nhat-1253391507.html|title=Viettel và F.Tây Ninh giành vé trở lại hạng Nhất|date=1 July 2015|publisher=Bongdaplus}}</ref>
In 2018, Viettel won the V.League 2 and made their comeback to the national top tier V.League 1. The football club also wanted to switch back to the formerly name Thể Công when the tournament started from 2019, but was not agreed yet from the Ministry of Defence, who owned brands name "Thể Công". Therefore, the official name of the team remained Viettel Football Club, owned by Viettel Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laodong.vn/bong-da/viettel-chua-lay-ten-the-cong-o-vleague-2021-852913.ldo#:~:text=Theo%20th%C3%B4ng%20tin%20t%E1%BB%AB%20c%C3%A2u,m%E1%BB%99t%20gi%E1%BB%8Dt%20n%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bc%20tr%C3%A0n%20ly|title=Viettel chưa lấy tên Thể Công ở V.League 2021|date=11 November 2020|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184858/https://laodong.vn/bong-da/viettel-chua-lay-ten-the-cong-o-vleague-2021-852913.ldo#:~:text=Theo%20th%C3%B4ng%20tin%20t%E1%BB%AB%20c%C3%A2u,m%E1%BB%99t%20gi%E1%BB%8Dt%20n%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bc%20tr%C3%A0n%20ly|url-status=live}}</ref>
====2019–present: Revival==== In the 2020 season, in their second season at the V.League 1 after their promotion, Viettel had a title race in the league with same city rival Hanoi FC. Despite being placed behind Hanoi FC during the first part of the season, Viettel came back in the second half of the season and climbed to the first place after the 15th matchday. They ended up securing their first place and won the championship after beating Saigon FC 1–0 with Bruno Cantanhede's only goal in the last matchday that took place in November 2020. However, in the 2020 Vietnamese Cup, the club finished as runner-up after losing 1–2 against Hanoi FC in the final. It took them only two seasons in V.League 1 to be crowned as champions after they were promoted from the 2019 season. If including the achievements of the former ''Thể Công'', this was the 9th time that they have won the national league after the reunification of Vietnam. It is also the 19th national title of the club.<ref>https://vnexpress.net/viettel-lan-dau-vo-dich-v-league-4188683-tong-thuat.html</ref> The title also qualified the club for the AFC Champions League.
==Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Period ! Kit manufacturer ! Shirt sponsor |- |2017 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mitre |BankPlus |- |2019 |{{flagicon|VIE}} VNA Sports |Viettel 4G <br /> Vietel Pay |- |2020–2022 |{{flagicon|THA}} FBT |Viettel |- |2022–present |{{flagicon|CHN}} Li-Ning<ref>{{cite web |title=LI-NING TIẾP LỬA BÓNG ĐÁ VIETTEL THĂNG HOA MÙA GIẢI MỚI |url=https://lining.com.vn/blogs/news/li-ning-tiep-lua-bong-da-viettel-thang-hoa-mua-giai-moi/ |website=Li-Ning Sport Vietnam |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=vi |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922065544/https://lining.com.vn/blogs/news/li-ning-tiep-lua-bong-da-viettel-thang-hoa-mua-giai-moi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |Viettel Money<br />Bamboo Airways<br/>MB Bank<hr>Viettel TV360 |}
==Records and statistics== ===Continental record=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- |rowspan=2|1999–2000 |rowspan=2|Asian Club Championship |First round |{{flagicon|HKG}} Happy Valley AA |colspan=3; bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''Walkover''' |- |{{nowrap|Second round}} |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings}} |bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–1 |bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–6 |bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''1–7''' |- |rowspan="3"|2021 |rowspan="3"|AFC Champions League |rowspan="3"|Group F |{{flagicon|KOR}} Ulsan Hyundai |bgcolor="ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–1 |bgcolor="ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–3 |rowspan="3" bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|'''3rd''' |- |{{flagicon|PHI}} Kaya–Iloilo |bgcolor="ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–0 |bgcolor="ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|5–0 |- |{{flagicon|THA}} BG Pathum United |bgcolor="ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|1–3 |bgcolor="ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"|0–2 |- |rowspan="4"|2022 |rowspan="4"|AFC Cup |rowspan="3"|Group I |{{flagicon|LAO}} Young Elephants |colspan=2 bgcolor="ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|5–1 |rowspan="3" bgcolor="ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''1st''' |- |{{flagicon|CAM}} Phnom Penh Crown |colspan=2 bgcolor="ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|1–0 |- |{{flagicon|SGP}} Hougang United |colspan=2 bgcolor="ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"|5–2 |- |Zonal semi-finals |{{flagicon|MAS}} Kuala Lumpur City |colspan=3; bgcolor="ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"|'''0–0 {{aet}}<br />(5–6 p)''' |}
===Season-by-season domestic record=== {| class="wikitable" style="background: ivory; font-size: 95%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid" !Season !Pld !Won !Draw !Lost !GF !GA !GD !PTS !Final position !Notes |- bgcolor=FFFF00| | 1981–82 V-League | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 30 | '''Champions''' | |- |- bgcolor=FFFF00| | 1982–83 V-League | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 37 | '''Champions''' | |- | 1984 V-League | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 19 | 2nd | |- | 1985 V-League | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 21 | 4th | |- | 1986 V-League | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 26 | 2nd | |- bgcolor=FFFF00| | 1987–88 V-League | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 47 | '''Champions''' | |- | 1989 V-League | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 16 | 2nd | |- bgcolor=FFFF00| | 1990 V-League | | | | | | | | | '''Champions''' | |- | 1991 V-League | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | | |-| | 1992 V-League | 11 | | | | 15 | 8 | +7 | | 3rd | |- | 1993–94 V-League | | | | | | | | | 3rd | |- | 1995 V-League | | | | | | | | | 9th | |- | 1996 V-League | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 13 | 9th | |- | 1997 V-League | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | 4th | |- bgcolor=FFFF00| | 1998 V-League | | | | | | | | | '''Champions''' | |- | 1999–2000 V-League | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 30 | 10th | |- | 2000–01 V-League | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 29 | 3rd | |- | 2001–02 V-League | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 7th | |- | 2003 V-League | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 32 | 6th | |- bgcolor=FFB6C1| | 2004 V-League | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 20 | 11th | Relegation to 2005 V.League 2 |- | 2005 V.League 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 31 | 6th | |- | 2006 V.League 2 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 38 | 4th | |- bgcolor=green| | 2007 V.League 2 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 52 | 1st | Promoted to 2008 V-League |- | 2008 V-League | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 28 | +0 | 38 | 8th | |- | 2009 V-League | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 35 | 9th | |- | 2016 V.League 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 32 | 2nd | |- | 2017 V.League 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 18 | 4th | |- bgcolor=green| | 2018 V.League 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 41 | 1st | Promoted to 2019 V.League 1 |- | 2019 V.League 1 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 36 | 6th | |- bgcolor=yellow |2020 V.League 1 |20 |12 |5 |3 |29 |16 | +13 |41 |'''Champions''' |Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League Group stage |- |2021 V.League 1 |12 |8 |2 |2 |16 |9 | +7 |18 |2nd |Qualification for 2022 AFC Cup Group stage |- |2022 V.League 1 |24 |11 |6 |7 |29 |14 | +15 |39 | 4th | |- | 2023 V.League 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 32 | 3rd | |- | 2023–24 V.League 1 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 38 | 5th | |- | 2024–25 V.League 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 44 | 4th | |}
==Honours== ===National competitions=== ;League *'''A1 National League'''/'''V.League 1''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners''' ('''6'''; '''record'''): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1987, 1990, 1998, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://toquoc.vn/clb-the-cong-viettel-ky-niem-70-nam-thanh-lap-chung-tay-ung-ho-100-trieu-dong-cho-nguoi-dan-cac-tinh-bi-bao-lu-20240912115639762.htm|title=CLB Thể Công – Viettel kỷ niệm 70 năm thành lập và xuất quân mùa giải 2024/2025|publisher=Tổ Quốc|date=23 January 2024}}</ref> :{{Silver2}} '''Runners-up :''' ('''3''') 1984, 1989, 1986 :{{Bronze3}} '''Third place :''' ('''4''') 1993–94, 1997, 2000–01, 2023 thumb|Viettel trophy cabinet *'''V.League 2:''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners :''' ('''2''') 2007, 2018 :{{Silver2}} '''Runners-up :''' ('''1''') 2016 *'''Second League:''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners :''' 2015 :{{Silver2}} '''Runners-up :''' 2009 *'''Third League''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners :''' 2012 *'''Vietnamese Cup:''' :{{Silver2}} '''Runners-up :''' ('''5''') 1992, 2004, 2009, 2020, 2023 :{{Bronze3}} '''Third place (2) :''' 2023–24, 2024–25
*'''Vietnamese Super Cup:''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners :''' ('''1''') 1999 :{{Silver2}} '''Runners-up :''' ('''1''') 2020
===Other competitions=== *'''North Vietnam Football Championship:''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners''' ('''10'''; '''record'''): 1955, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 * '''Hồng Hà League:''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners''' ('''3'''; '''record'''): 1976, 1977, 1978 *'''Festival Sport Vietnam''' :{{Gold1}} '''Winners :''' 2002 *'''Army ASEAN''' (1) :{{Gold1}} '''Winners :''' 2004 :{{Silver2}} '''Runners-up :''' 1999 *'''SKDA''' :{{Bronze3}} '''Third place :''' ('''1''') 1989
==Players== ===First-team squad=== {{updated|15 March 2026}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vpf.vn/team/viettel/?sid=90366 | title=Thể Công-Viettel | access-date=2024-09-11 }}</ref>
{{Fs start|color=FFFFFF|bg=FF0000|border=FF0000}} <!-- For help using the below template, please see Template talk:Football squad player --> {{Fs player|no=1|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Ngô Xuân Sơn}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Kyle Colonna}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Thanh Bình}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Bùi Tiến Dũng|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Minh Tùng}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Công Phương}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Trần Danh Trung}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Hữu Thắng}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Lucão do Break}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Pedro Henrique}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Khuất Văn Khang}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Phan Tuấn Tài}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Paulinho Curuá}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Đặng Tuấn Phong}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Lê Quốc Nhật Nam}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Đức Hoàng Minh}} {{Fs mid|color=FFFFFF|bg=FF0000|border=FF0000}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Đinh Viết Tú}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Đinh Xuân Tiến|other=<small>on loan from Sông Lam Nghệ An</small>}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Đào Văn Nam}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Vũ Văn Quyết}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=CZE|pos=MF|name=Duong Thanh Tung}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Nhâm Mạnh Dũng}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Wesley Natã}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Bùi Văn Đức}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Nguyễn Văn Việt|other=<small>on loan from Sông Lam Nghệ An</small>}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Đặng Văn Trâm}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Hoàng Khanh}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Phạm Văn Phong}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=Damian Vu Thanh}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Ngọc Tú}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Văn Tú}} {{Fs end}}
===Reserves and academy=== {{Fs start|color=FFFFFF|bg=FF0000|border=FF0000}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Phạm Mạnh Cường}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Phạm Hoàng An}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Trần Đức Duy}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Đoàn Thế Phong}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Trần Phạm Bảo Tuấn}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Vũ Tùng Dương}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Hữu Luân}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Hồ Văn An}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Hoàng Nam}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Hữu Trung}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Bùi Tiến Sinh}} {{Fs mid|color=FFFFFF|bg=FF0000|border=FF0000}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Đỗ Văn Chí}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Bá Dương}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Vũ Đình Chiến}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Đình Đức}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Thành An}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Thành Đạt}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Hoàng Công Hậu}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Huỳnh Kim Huy}} {{Fs player|no=79|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Nguyễn Đăng Dương}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Nguyễn Hữu Tiệp}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Nguyễn Sỹ Chiến}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start|color=FFFFFF|bg=FF0000|border=FF0000}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Hữu Thái Bảo|other=to Hải Phòng until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Đinh Tuấn Tài|other=to Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng|other=to Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=68|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Nguyễn Hồng Phúc|other=to SHB Đà Nẵng until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Nguyễn Hữu Nam|other=to Hải Phòng until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Đoàn Huy Hoàng|other=to Bắc Ninh until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Đặng Thanh Bình|other=to Quảng Ngãi until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs mid|color=FFFFFF|bg=FF0000|border=FF0000}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Tiêu Trung Hiếu|other=to Xuân Thiện Phú Thọ until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Vũ Quốc Anh|other=to Hải Phòng until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Lee Williams|other=to Công An HCMC until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Hoàng Công Hậu|other=to Huế until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn|other=to Huế until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=Vũ Bá Hải Dương|other=to Huế until 1 July 2026}}
{{Fs end}}
==Famous players== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Ba Đẻn * Bùi Tiến Dũng * Đặng Phương Nam * Đặng Tuấn Phong * Đinh Thế Nam * Đỗ Mạnh Dũng * Đỗ Văn Phúc * Khuất Văn Khang * Lê Phước Tứ * Ngô Xuân Quýnh * Nhâm Mạnh Dũng * Nguyễn Cao Cường * Nguyễn Công Phương * Nguyễn Đức Chiến * Nguyễn Đức Thắng * Nguyễn Hoàng Đức * Nguyễn Hồng Sơn * Nguyễn Huy Hùng * Nguyễn Mạnh Cường * Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng * Nguyễn Thanh Bình * Nguyễn Trọng Giáp * Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng * Nguyễn Văn Quyết * Nguyễn Văn Vinh * Phạm Như Thuần * Phan Tuấn Tài * Phan Văn Mỵ * Quế Ngọc Hải * Quản Trọng Hùng * Thạch Bảo Khanh * Tí Bồ * Trần Nguyên Mạnh * Trần Văn Khánh * Trần Văn Thành * Triệu Quang Hà * Trương Tiến Anh * Trương Việt Hoàng * Văn Sỹ Chi * Vũ Công Tuyền * Vũ Như Thành * Vương Tiến Dũng {{Div col end}}
==Coaching staff== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Position ! Name |- | Technical director | {{Flagicon|VIE}} Thạch Bảo Khanh |- | Head coach | {{Flagicon|BUL}} Velizar Popov |- | Assistant coach | {{Flagicon|VIE}} Ngô Tiến Dũng<br>{{Flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Văn Biển<br>{{Flagicon|VIE}} Phan Bá Hùng |- | Goalkeeper coach | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Guilherme Almeida |- | Fitness coach | {{Flagicon|BRA}} Wagner Ellwanger |- | Technical analyst | {{Flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Huy Toàn |- | Doctor | {{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Kwang-jae |- | Physiotherapist | {{Flagicon|BRA}} César Henrique <br> {{Flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Văn Tỉnh <br> {{Flagicon|VIE}} Phạm Văn Tĩnh |}
==Coaching history== * {{flagicon|VIE}} Quản Trọng Hùng (2001–?) * {{flagicon|SCG}} Branko Radović (?–7/11/2003) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Phan Văn Mỵ (7/11/2003<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/The-thao/2003/11/3B9CD07C/ |title=VnExpress - Ông Phan Văn Mỵ - tân HLV trưởng CLB Thể Công - Ong Phan van My - tan HLV truong CLB the Cong |access-date=2015-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328195623/http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/The-thao/2003/11/3B9CD07C/ |archive-date=2009-03-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>-?) * {{flagicon|HUN}} Tomas Viczko (10/2006<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/The-thao/2006/10/3B9EF75B/ |title=VnExpress - Tân HLV Thể Công chưa biết gì về bóng đá Việt Nam - Tan HLV the Cong chua biet gi ve bong da Viet Nam |access-date=2015-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327182526/http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/The-thao/2006/10/3B9EF75B/ |archive-date=2009-03-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>-?) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Mạnh Cường (3/2005–1/2006) * {{flagicon|HUN}} Gyorgy Galhidi (31/7/2007–1/9/2008) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Vương Tiến Dũng (16/9/2008–2009) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Lê Thụy Hải (1/2009–5/2009) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Đinh Thế Nam (2016) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Hải Biên (2017–1/2019) * {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Heung-sil (1/2019-6/2019) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Hải Biên (6/2019–1/2020) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Trương Việt Hoàng (1/2020–6/2022) * {{flagicon|GER}} Hans-Jürgen Gede (6/2021) (2021 AFC Champions League only)<ref>Gede served as head coach of Viettel FC during the 2021 AFC Champions League, where it is required that the head coach of a club to have a "Pro" license. Trương Việt Hoàng, the club's regular head coach has no such credentials by the time of the competition.</ref> * {{flagicon|KOR}} Bae Ji-won (6/2022–12/2022) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Thạch Bảo Khanh (12/2022–12/2023) * {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Dooley (12/2023–1/2024) (caretaker) * {{flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Đức Thắng (1/2024–4/2025) * {{flagicon|BUL}} Velizar Popov (4/2025–present)
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110209021617/http://thecong.com.vn/diendan/ Old forum about Thể Công] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327093119/http://thecong.com.vn/diendan/showthread.php?t=2369%2F Thể Công 2009 squad]
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