{{short description|Vietnamese association football club}} {{About||the former football club of the Public Security|Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC (1979)|the newly rebranded Ho Chi Minh City FC team|Ho Chi Minh City FC (2025)}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Cong An Ho Chi Minh City<br>Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | image = CAHCMC logo (2025).svg | upright = 0.8 | fullname = Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Football Club<br>Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh | short name = CAHCM<br>CAHCMC<br>CATPHCM | nickname = ''Chiến hạm đỏ'' (The Red Battleship) | founded = {{Start date and age|1958}} as ''Saigon Harbour''<br>{{Start date and age|11 January 1975}} as ''Saigon Port''<br>{{Start date and age|22 January 2009}} as ''Ho Chi Minh City''<br>{{Start date and age|14 July 2025}} as ''Cong An Ho Chi Minh City'' | chairman = Lương Đức Minh | manager = [[Lê Huỳnh Đức]] | mgrtitle = Head coach | league = {{Vietnam football updater|CAHoChiMin}} | ground = [[Thống Nhất Stadium]] | capacity = 15,000<ref name="profile">{{cite web |title=TP Hồ Chí Minh |url=https://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/ |website=vpf.vn |access-date=14 December 2019 |language=vi |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802010224/https://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | owner = Ho Chi Minh City Public Security Departement | season = {{Vietnam football updater|CAHoChiMin2}} | position = {{Vietnam football updater|CAHoChiMin3}} | pattern_la1 = _thinwhiteborder | pattern_b1 = _vneckwhite | pattern_ra1 = _thinwhiteborder | pattern_sh1 = _whitesides | pattern_so1 = _Vietnam_2024_HOME | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FF0000 | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = _vneckred | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = _redsides | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = FFFFFF | pattern_la3 = | pattern_b3 = _vneckblack | pattern_ra3 = | pattern_sh3 = _blacksides | pattern_so3 = | leftarm3 = FFFF00 | body3 = FFFF00 | rightarm3 = FFFF00 | shorts3 = FFFF00 | socks3 = FFFF00 | website = {{URL|http://www.cahcmfc.vn/}} | current = 2025–26 V.League 1 }}
'''Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Football Club''' ({{Langx|vi|Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh}}), also known simply as '''CAHCMC''' and also known as '''Ho Chi Minh City Police''', is a professional [[Association football|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 V.League 1|2017]] season after winning the Vietnam's [[2016 V.League 2]] league in the [[2016 V.League 2|2016]] season. The club was formerly known as '''Thương Cảng Sài Gòn''' ('''Saigon Harbour''') before 1975, and then '''Cảng Sài Gòn''' ('''Saigon Port''') between 1975 and 2009,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laodong.vn/bong-da/clb-cang-sai-gon-dau-de-lay-lai-mot-cai-ten-902983.ldo|title=Cảng Sài Gòn, đâu dễ lấy lại một cái tên|date=27 April 2021 |publisher=laodong.vn|access-date=2023-06-07|archive-date=2023-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129050941/https://laodong.vn/bong-da/clb-cang-sai-gon-dau-de-lay-lai-mot-cai-ten-902983.ldo|url-status=live}}</ref> and '''Ho Chi Minh City FC''' between 2009 and 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-14 |title=VFF đồng ý đổi tên 3 CLB bóng đá của TP.HCM |url=https://tuoitre.vn/vff-dong-y-doi-ten-3-clb-bong-da-cua-tp-hcm-20250714175312632.htm |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=TUOI TRE ONLINE |language=vi}}</ref> The club's home ground is the [[Thống Nhất Stadium]].
==History== ===Saigon Port era=== On 1 November 1975, the '''Saigon Port Workers Football Club''' was officially established, inherited many players and staffs from the previous '''Saigon Harbour Football Club''' that competed in the [[South Vietnam Football Championship]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=CLB Cảng Sài Gòn, đâu dễ lấy lại một cái tên |url=https://laodong.vn/bong-da/clb-cang-sai-gon-dau-de-lay-lai-mot-cai-ten-902983.ldo |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=laodong.vn}}</ref> The team quickly became well known in [[Southern Vietnam]], together with [[Customs F.C.|Hải Quan]] - their local rivals.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2011-03-19 |title=Thế hệ vàng của Cảng Sài Gòn |url=https://thethao.sggp.org.vn/the-he-vang-cua-cang-sai-gon-post67925.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Chuyên Trang Thể Thao |language=vi}}</ref>
In 1980, Saigon Port was one of 10 clubs based in Southern Vietnam to participate in the [[1980 V-League|1980 Vietnamese National A1 League]] '''-''' the first football championship in Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vietnam 1980 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/viet80.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=rsssf.org}}</ref> In 1983, former defender [[Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang]] returned from [[Germany]] and was appointed as a head coach for the club.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-02 |title=Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang và những nỗi buồn sau ánh hào quang |url=https://tienphong.vn/pham-huynh-tam-lang-va-nhung-noi-buon-sau-anh-hao-quang-post694708.tpo |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Báo điện tử Tiền Phong |language=vi}}</ref> In 1984, CSG began to focus on recruiting young players from their youth academy, including [[Đặng Trần Chỉnh]], [[Hà Vương Ngầu Nại]], Nguyễn Hoàng Châu, Phạm Văn Tám, ... This squad was later regarded as the club's "Golden Generation".<ref name=":1" /> Among them, midfielder [[Hà Vương Ngầu Nại]] received recognition by becoming the top scorer of the [[1989 V-League]], scoring a total of 10 goals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.21 TP.HCM sẽ chơi như Cảng Sài Gòn nhờ cựu vua phá lưới Hà Vương Ngầu Nại |url=https://www.sctv.com.vn/tin-tuc/the-thao/u-21-tp-hcm-se-choi-nhu-cang-sai-gon-nho-cuu-vua-pha-luoi-ha-vuong-ngau-nai |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Truyền hình cáp SCTV |language=en}}</ref> However, until the end of 1990, the team had not won any more titles besides the [[1986 V-League]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}
From 1990 to 2001, many players of the team were called up to the [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam national team]], including Nguyễn Hồng Phẩm, [[Hà Vương Ngầu Nại]], [[Lư Đình Tuấn]], [[Hồ Văn Lợi]], [[Huỳnh Hồng Sơn]]. In 2001, under the new name '''Saigon Port Football Club,''' they won another league title in the 2001–02 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-12-05 |title=VNN2 - Cau lac bo Bong da - VASC |url=http://www.vnn.vn/pls/news/Cate$.htnoidung(100,28051) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021205104941/http://www.vnn.vn/pls/news/Cate$.htnoidung(100,28051) |archive-date=5 December 2002 |access-date=2025-04-30}}</ref> However, they were relegated to the [[V.League 2|First Division]] the following season, returning to the V-League again in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-07-15 |title=CLB TP.HCM: Đổi tên và…xuống hạng? |url=https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/clb-tphcm-doi-ten-vaxuong-hang-1247860096.htm |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Báo điện tử Dân Trí |language=vi}}</ref>
===Ho Chi Minh City era=== The Saigon Port Corporation's officials claimed at the end of 2008 that they no longer had enough money to support the club. At that time, 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 đồng|Vietnam Dong]] investment for the team. [[File:Fan CLB Cảng Sài Gòn.png|thumb|268x268px|Saigon Port fans on [[Thống Nhất Stadium]]]] 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 22 January 2009, with the Vietnam Steel Corporation serving as the team's primary sponsor.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}
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 relegated to [[V.League 2|Vietnamese Football League Second Division]] after finishing at the 13th place in the [[2009 V-League|2009 season]]. In 2012, the club finished last in the [[2012 Vietnamese National Football First League|Vietnamese First League]]. After only one season at the [[Vietnamese National Football Second League|Vietnamese Second League]], Ho Chi Minh returned to the [[V.League 2|First League]] in 2015. With the ambition to return to top fight, Ho Chi Minh City received big investments and successfully gained a promotion to the [[V.League 1]] after winning the [[2016 V.League 2]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://baotintuc.vn/bong-da/clb-tp-ho-chi-minh-xuat-sac-nhan-cup-vo-dich-hang-nhat-quoc-gia-2016-20160813193507134.htm|title=CLB TP Hồ Chí Minh xuất sắc nhận Cúp vô địch hạng Nhất Quốc gia 2016|date=13 August 2016 |publisher=Báo Tin Tức |last1=Vn |first1=Baotintuc }}</ref>
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. The squad finished 12th in the league standings in [[2017 V.League 1|2017]].
In the [[2019 V.League 1|2019 season]], [[Jung Hae-seong]] was named as Hồ Chí Minh City's new head coach. He was the [[Vietnam national football team|VIetnam national team]]'s assistant coach. Under his management, Hồ Chí Minh City was in the title race, being the league's top 2 throughout the season. The club finished first after the first part of the season, but then [[Hanoi FC|Hà Nội]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baodongnai.com.vn/thethao/201906/tpho-chi-minh-vo-dich-luot-di-vleague-2019-2950992/|title=TP.Hồ Chí Minh vô địch lượt đi V.League 2019|publisher=Báo Đồng Nai|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref> Therefore, Hồ Chí Minh City finished as runners-up, their best result since their rebranding in 2012. The team also qualified to the [[2020 AFC Champions League|2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vnexpress.net/tp-hcm-mung-ngoi-a-quan-v-league-2019-3999574.html|title=TP HCM mừng ngôi á quân V-League 2019|publisher=Vnexpress|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
In the following the season, Hồ Chí Minh City had spent 20 billion ₫ on the transfer market, signing several reputated [[V.League 1]] players such as [[Nguyễn Công Phượng]] and [[Võ Huy Toàn]], as well as Costa Rican forwards [[Ariel Rodríguez (footballer, born 1989)|Ariel Rodríguez]] and [[José Guillermo Ortiz]]. The club began the season with a defeat against [[Hanoi FC|Hà Nội]] in the [[Vietnamese Super Cup]], follow by the defeat in the AFC Champions League preliminary round which resulted in their entry to the [[2020 AFC Cup group stage]]. There, the team topped their group with two wins and one defeat before the competition was cancelled due to logistic problems with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. in the [[2020 V.League 1]], the club's form was inconsistent and the foreign players performed poorly. The club finished 5th in the league.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tuoitre.vn/v-league-2020-that-bai-kho-nuot-cua-clb-tp-hcm-20201022094807929.htm|title=V-League 2020: Thất bại khó 'nuốt' của CLB TP.HCM|publisher=Tuổi Trẻ|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
Before the start of the 2021 season, the club's management made several changes to the team's personnel with the goal of winning the [[2021 V.League 1]]. [[Alexandré Pölking]], the former coach of [[Bangkok United F.C.|Bangkok United]], was appointed as the team's new head coach with a 1-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-01 |title=CLB TP.HCM trả lương cao nhất V.League cho tân HLV từ Thái Lan |url=https://sport5.vn/clb-tphcm-tra-luong-cao-nhat-vleague-cho-tan-hlv-den-tu-thai-lan-202012011747315.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Sport5 |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=CLB TP.HCM chia tay HLV Vũ Tiến Thành, tính phương án mời cựu danh thủ Thái Lan |url=https://tuoitre.vn/clb-tp-hcm-chia-tay-hlv-vu-tien-thanh-tinh-phuong-an-moi-cuu-danh-thu-thai-lan-20231121122401906.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=TUOI TRE ONLINE |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-22 |title=CLB TP.HCM nhắm HLV trưởng đội tuyển Thái Lan |url=https://tuoitre.vn/clb-tp-hcm-nham-hlv-truong-doi-tuyen-thai-lan-20231122150855539.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=TUOI TRE ONLINE |language=vi}}</ref> In December 2020, Ho Chi Minh City then announced the signing of [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese-American]] midfielder [[Lee Nguyen]], who played for [[United States men's national soccer team|USA national team]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=CHÍNH THỨC: CLB TP.HCM chiêu mộ thành công Lee Nguyễn |url=https://thethao247.vn/322-chinh-thuc-clb-tphcm-chieu-mo-thanh-cong-lee-nguyen-d220726.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Thể thao 247 |language=vietnamese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-18 |title=Lee Nguyễn về V-League khoác áo CLB TPHCM |url=https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/lee-nguyen-ve-v-league-khoac-ao-clb-tphcm-20201218111351227.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Báo điện tử Dân Trí |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-25 |title=Lee Nguyễn chính thức gia nhập CLB TP Hồ Chí Minh |url=https://nhandan.vn/post-629465.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Báo Nhân Dân điện tử |language=vi}}</ref> However, the team performed poorly, due to players' difficulties to adapt to the coach's tactics. The club eventually finished at 11th place when the season was cancelled after the 14th matchday, due to the impact of Covid -19 in Vietnam.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-08 |title=CLB TP.HCM 1-3 CLB Hà Nội, V-League 2023: Nỗ lực bất thành của HLV Vũ Tiến Thành |url=https://thanhnien.vn/clb-tphcm-vs-clb-ha-noi-v-league-2023-hlv-vu-tien-thanh-se-gay-bat-ngo-185230408181139706.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=thanhnien.vn |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-03 |title=Nam Định - CLB TP Hồ Chí Minh: Tiếp đà chiến thắng |url=https://baotintuc.vn/bong-da/nam-dinh-clb-tp-ho-chi-minh-tiep-da-chien-thang-20231103101135997.htm |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=baotintuc.vn |language=vi}}</ref>
===Cong An Ho Chi Minh City era=== On 14 July 2025, the club was officially rebranded to '''Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC''', following the club's ownership being transferred to the Ho Chi Minh City Public Security Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thethao247.vn/432-v-league-2025-26-chot-phuong-an-su-dung-ngoai-binh-d376402.html|title=V-League 2025/26 chốt phương án sử dụng ngoại binh|publisher=Thể Thao 247|date=14 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anninhthudo.vn/clb-cong-an-tphcm-tai-xuat-v-league-post617483.antd|title=CLB Công an TP.HCM tái xuất V-League|publisher=An Ninh Thủ Đô|date=14 July 2025}}</ref> This marked the return of the name Cong An Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnamese football system since 2002 when the [[Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC (1979)|1979 established team]] had dissolved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cahcmfc.vn/blog/clb-bong-da-cong-an-tp-hcm-bieu-tuong-tro-lai.html|title=CLB Bóng đá Công an TP.HCM - "Biểu tượng trở lại"|date=6 August 2025|publisher=CAHCMCFC}}</ref>
==Name history==
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em 2em 1em 1em; text-align:center" |- | colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #8F8F8F;" |'''Saigon Harbour'''<br /><small>(1958–1975)</small>|| | width="75px" | | width="75px" | | width="75px" | | width="20px" | | |- | width="75px" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0px 2px; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | |- | colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #8F8F8F;" |'''Saigon Port'''<br /><small>(1975–2009)</small>|| | width="75px" | | width="75px" | | width="20px" | | colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #8F8F8F;" |'''[[Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC (1979)|Cong An Ho Chi Minh City]]'''<br /><small>(1979–2002)</small>|| |- | width="75px" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 2px; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 2px 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | |- | colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #8F8F8F;" |'''Ho Chi Minh City'''<br /><small>(2009–2025)</small>|| | width="75px" | | width="75px" | | width="20px" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | |- | width="75px" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 2px 2px; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 0px 0 2px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 2px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 2px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 0px 0 2px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 2px 2px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | |- | width="75px" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0px; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 2px 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | |- | width="75px" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 2px 0 0px 2px; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 2px 0 0px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 2px 0 0px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="20px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | | width="75px" style="border-width: 0px 0 0 0; border-style:solid; border-color:black;" | |- | colspan="2" style="border:1px solid #8F8F8F;" |'''Cong An Ho Chi Minh City'''<br /><small>(2025–present)</small>|| | colspan="2" width="75px" | | width="20px" | | colspan="2" width="75px" | |}
== Crests == <gallery> File:Saigon Port FC logo.png|Saigon Port badge File:HCMCFC logo.svg|Ho Chi Minh City badge File:CAHCMC logo (2025).svg|Cong An Ho Chi Minh City badge </gallery>
==Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Period ! Kit manufacturer ! Shirt sponsor |- |2017–2018 |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mizuno]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh: CLB TP.Hồ Chí Minh công bố áo đấu mới giai đoạn lượt về | VTV.VN |url=https://vtv.vn/clb-tpho-chi-minh.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604234702/https://vtv.vn/clb-tpho-chi-minh.html |archive-date=2023-06-04 |access-date=2022-03-12}}</ref> | rowspan="3" | Cityland |- |2019 | {{flagicon|KOR}} Zaicro<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2019 |title=Hãng thời trang Hàn Quốc tài trợ cho CLB TP HCM |url=https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/hang-thoi-trang-han-quoc-tai-tro-cho-clb-tp-hcm-20190108121808037.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312142216/https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/hang-thoi-trang-han-quoc-tai-tro-cho-clb-tp-hcm-20190108121808037.htm |archive-date=12 March 2022 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> |- |2020 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Kappa (brand)|Kappa]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.goal.com/vn/tintuc/clb-tphcm-lam-le-cong-bo-cac-doi-tac-chien-luoc-tu-mua-giai/3wfpz376n89q1w19cffvhloje | title=CLB TP.HCM làm lễ công bố các đối tác chiến lược từ mùa giải 2019 | language=vi | trans-title=Ho Chi Minh City FC held a ceremony to announce its strategic partners for the 2019 season. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312142215/https://www.goal.com/vn/tintuc/clb-tphcm-lam-le-cong-bo-cac-doi-tac-chien-luoc-tu-mua-giai/3wfpz376n89q1w19cffvhloje| archive-date=2022-03-12}}</ref> |- |2021–2023 | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Kelme (company)|Kelme]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelme Vietnam on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/kelmevietnam79/photos/a.110973633790227/214655130088743/ |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/110912647129659/214655130088743 |archive-date=2022-04-27 |via=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> |Cityland <br /> [[Bamboo Airways]] <hr>Viva Land<br />SCB <hr>[[Phu My Hung Corporation|Phú Mỹ Hưng]]<br />[[Murata Manufacturing|Murata]] |- |2023–''present'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Jogarbola]] | Mansion Sports <br> Phu Hung Life Insurance <br> Phu Hung Securities <hr> [[People's Public Security of Vietnam|Công An TP. Hồ Chí Minh]] <br> [[Sacombank]] |}
==Players== ===First-team squad=== ''As of 4 January 2026''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/?sid=64431 | title=TP Hồ Chí Minh | access-date=2023-01-21 | archive-date=2023-02-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203232053/https://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/?sid=64431 | url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Fs start|color=FFFFFF|bg=E80C06|border=E80C06}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Nguyễn Tân}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=[[Matheus Felipe]]}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Lê Khả Đức}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Võ Huy Toàn]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=AUS|pos=MF|name=[[Peter Makrillos]]}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=[[Đinh Thanh Bình]]|other=<small>on loan from [[Ninh Binh FC|Ninh Bình]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=[[Raphael Utzig]]|other=<small>on loan from [[Zira FK|Zira]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Tẩy Văn Toàn|other=<small>on loan from [[PVF-CAND FC|PVF-CAND]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Phạm Văn Luân]]|other=<small>on loan from [[Cong An Hanoi FC|Cong An Hanoi]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=[[Khổng Minh Gia Bảo]]}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=MAS|pos=MF|name=[[Endrick (footballer, born 1995)|Endrick]]}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Phạm Đức Huy]]}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=[[Võ Minh Trọng]]}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Bùi Ngọc Long]]}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường]]}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Võ Hữu Việt Hoàng}} {{Fs mid|color=FFFFFF|bg=E80C06|border=E80C06}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Đào Quốc Gia}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=[[Nguyễn Tiến Linh]]}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Đặng Văn Lắm]]}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Trần Văn Tiến}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=[[Khoa Ngo|Ngô Đăng Khoa]]|other=<small>on loan from [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=VIE|pos=FW|name=[[Bùi Văn Bình]]}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=[[Trần Hoàng Phúc]]}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=[[Lê Quang Hùng]]}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Dương Văn Hào]]}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Nguyễn Đức Phú]]|other=<small>on loan from [[PVF-CAND FC|PVF-CAND]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Lee Williams (footballer, born 2007)|Lee Williams]]|other=<small>on loan from [[The Cong-Viettel FC|The Cong-Viettel]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=67|nat=VIE|pos=GK|name=Nguyễn Mạnh Cường}} {{Fs player|no=68|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=[[Mạch Ngọc Hà]]|other=<small>on loan from [[Ninh Binh FC|Ninh Bình]]</small>}} {{Fs player|no=89|nat=SVK|pos=GK|name=[[Patrik Le Giang|Le Giang Patrik]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=90|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=Trần Mạnh Cường}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start|color=FFFFFF|bg=E80C06|border=E80C06}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=VIE|pos=DF|name=[[Adriano Schmidt]]|other=to [[Becamex HCMC FC|Becamex HCMC]] until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Chu Văn Kiên|other=to [[Ho Chi Minh City FC (2017)|Hồ Chí Minh City]] until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=VIE|pos=MF|name=Phan Nhật Thanh Long|other=to [[Becamex HCMC FC|Becamex HCMC]] until 1 July 2026}} {{Fs end}}
== Current staff ==
{| class="wikitable" |+ !Position !Name |- |Head coach |{{Flagicon|VIE}} [[Lê Huỳnh Đức]] |- |Assistant coach |{{Flagicon|VIE}} Hoàng Hùng<br>{{Flagicon|VIE}} [[Phùng Thanh Phương]] |- |Goalkeeper coach |{{Flagicon|VIE}} Châu Trí Cường |- |Fitness coach |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Vieira Bispo |- |Technical analyst |{{Flagicon|VIE}} Ngô Xuân Nghĩa |- |Doctor |{{Flagicon|VIE}} An Văn Pháp<br>{{Flagicon|VIE}} Đặng Hiếu Hảo |- |Physiotherapist |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Luiz Felipe Santos |- |Interpreter |{{Flagicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Hưng Phát |- |Kit manager |{{Flagicon|VIE}} Huỳnh Tấn Trí Thông |}
== Affiliated clubs ==
* {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Geylang International FC|Geylang International]] (2019–''present'') * {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Grêmio FBPA|Grêmio]] (2025–''present'')
==Season-by-season records== {| class="wikitable" |- !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 | |- bgcolor="FFFF00" | | [[2001–02 V-League]] | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 32 | '''Champions''' | Qualified for the [[2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification|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|Vietnamese First League]] |- | [[:vi:Giải bóng đá hạng nhất quốc gia 2004|2004 Vietnamese First League]] | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 50 | '''Champions''' | Promoted to [[V.League 1|V-League]] |- | [[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|Vietnamese First League]] |- | [[2010 Vietnamese National Football First League|2010 Vietnamese First League]] | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 27 | 10th | |- | [[2011 Vietnamese National Football First League|2011 Vietnamese First League]] | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 28 | 11th | |- | [[2012 Vietnamese National Football First League|2012 Vietnamese First League]] | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 23 | 14th | Relegated to [[Vietnamese National Football Second League|Vietnamese Second League]] |- | 2013 Vietnamese Second League | 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 | |- style="background-color:Silver;" | [[2019 V.League 1]] | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 48 | 2nd | Qualified for the [[2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs]]{{efn|As [[Hanoi FC]] failed to obtain an AFC license, Ho Chi Minh City FC qualified for the [[2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs]].}} |- | [[2020 V.League 1]] | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 28 | 5th | |- | [[2021 V.League 1]] | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | –3 | 14 | 11th | League was cancelled due to [[COVID-19]] |- | [[2022 V.League 1]] | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | -11 | 25 | 9th | |- | [[2023 V.League 1]] | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 32 | -8 | 15 | 13th | |- | [[2023–24 V.League 1]] | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 40 | 4th | |- | [[2024–25 V.League 1]] | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 28 | 10th | |} {{notelist}}
==Continental record== All results list Ho Chi Minh City's goal tally first. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- | rowspan="2" |1993–94 | rowspan="2" |[[1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Asian Cup Winner' Cup]] |[[1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|First round]] |{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Sarawak FA]] | colspan="3" style="background:#dfd;" align="center" |[[walkover|w/o]]{{efn|[[Sarawak FA]] withdrew.}} |- |[[1993–94 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Second round]] |{{flagicon|IDN}} [[PS Semen Padang|Semen Padang]] | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–1}} | style="background:#ffd;" |{{center|1–1}} | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|1–2}} |- |1995–96 | rowspan="1" |[[1995–96 Asian Club Championship|Asian Club Championship]] |[[1995–96 Asian Club Championship|First round]] |{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Pahang FA]] | colspan="3" style="background:#fdd;" align="center" |[[walkover|w/o]]{{efn|Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.}} |- |1998–99 | rowspan="1" |[[1998–99 Asian Club Championship|Asian Club Championship]] |[[1998–99 Asian Club Championship|First round]] |{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Pohang Steelers]] | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–2}} | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–4}} | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–6}} |- | rowspan="2" |2000–01 | rowspan="2" |[[2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] |[[2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|First round]] |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Singapore Armed Forces Football Club|Singapore Armed Forces]] | style="background:#ffd;" |{{center|0–0}} | style="background:#dfd;" |{{center|2–0}} | style="background:#dfd;" |{{center|2–0}} |- |[[2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Second round]] |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shimizu S-Pulse]] | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–2}} | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–4}} | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–6}} |- | rowspan="1" |2002–03 | rowspan="1" |[[2002–03 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] |[[2002–03 AFC Champions League|Qualification]] |{{flagicon|India}} [[Churchill Brothers Sports Club|Churchill Brothers]] | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|0–2}} | style="background:#dfd;" |{{center|1–0}} | style="background:#fdd;" |{{center|1–2}} |- | rowspan="4" |2020 | rowspan="1" |[[2020 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] |[[2020 AFC Champions League|Preliminary round 2]] |{{flagicon|THA}} [[Buriram United F.C.|Buriram United]] | colspan="3" style="background:#fdd;" align="center" |{{center|1–2}} |- | rowspan="3"| [[2020 AFC Cup|AFC Cup]] | rowspan="3"| [[2020 AFC Cup group stage#Group F|Group F]] | {{flagicon|MMR}} [[Yangon United F.C.|Yangon United]] | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Cancelled | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|2–2 |- | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Cancelled | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"|3–2 |- | {{flagicon|LAO}} [[Lao Toyota F.C.|Lao Toyota]] | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Cancelled | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"|2–0 |}
==Performance in AFC competitions== *'''[[AFC Champions League]]: 2 appearances''' *: [[2002–03 AFC Champions League|2002–03]]: Qualification round 3 *: [[2020 AFC Champions League|2020]]: Preliminary round 2 *'''[[AFC Cup]]: 1 appearance''' *: [[2020 AFC Cup|2020]]: Group stage
==Honours== ===National competitions=== ;League *'''[[V.League 1]]:''' **'''Winners:''' [[1986 V-League|1986]], [[1993-94 V-League|1993–94]], [[1997 V-League|1997]], [[2001–02 V-League|2001–02]] **Runners-up: [[2019 V.League 1|2019]] **Third place: [[1985 V-League|1985]], [[1990 V-League|1990]], [[1995 V-League|1995]] *'''[[V.League 2]]:''' **'''Winners:''' 2004, [[2016 V.League 2|2016]] **Third place: [[2015 V.League 2|2015]] *'''[[South Vietnam Football Championship]]:''' **'''Winners:''' 1977, 1978, 1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vietnam — List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/vietchamp.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209090538/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/vietchamp.html |archive-date=2023-02-09 |access-date=2023-02-02}}</ref> ;Cup *'''[[Vietnamese Cup]]:''' **'''Winners:''' 1992, [[1999–2000 Vietnamese Cup|1999–2000]] **Runners-up: 1994, 1996, 1997 **Third place: [[2020 Vietnamese Cup|2020]], [[2019 Vietnamese Cup|2019]] *'''[[Vietnamese Super Cup]]:''' **Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2019
===Other competitions=== *'''[[BTV Cup]]:''' **'''Winners:''' 2000 **Runners-up: 2001
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.hcmcf.club/}} {{in lang|vi}} *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/vietnam/clb-tp-ho-chi-minh/13063/ Team profile] at Soccerway *[https://vpf.vn/team/tp-ho-chi-minh/ Team profile] at V.League {{in lang|vi}}
{{Ho Chi Minh City FC squad}} {{V-League}} {{Sports teams base in Ho Chi Minh City}}
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