Haiphong FC

In 1906, football was brought to North Vietnam by the French during the colonization. Hai Phong at that time was one of the first localities to have football clubs, including Olympique Haiphong, Arrow (La Flèche)., High School (Radium), Youth of Tonkin (La Jeunesse Tonkinoise) and The Sea Golden Elephant (Voi Vàng Đất Cảng).

It was reported that in 1909 two teams Haiphong included Le Duong Dap Cau (Legion Dap Cau) and Olympique Haiphong faced each other. In the first leg, Olympique Haiphong won 2-1 but the second match lost 1–8. In the 1930s, Haiphong football was known for the Nguyen Lan and Nguyen Thong duo, whose brought much success to the city's team. However, after the Vietnamese August Revolution of 1945, all precedent Haiphong teams were disbanded.^[5]

In 1952, a new Haiphong football team was established under the name Hai Phong Police Football Club, being under the management of the Haiphong Municipal Police. Before the Vietnamese reunification in 1975, Haiphong played in the North Vietnam A1 League and managed to win the league 10 times. After the reunification, they were a regular member of the Vietnamese top flight but failed to win a national league title. In 1995, the club won their first Vietnamese Cup.

After the 2001–02 season, when the team promoted to the Vietnamese First Division, the team's model was no longer suitable for the new professional football system that was newly formed in Vietnam, Hai Phong Municipal Police had decided to transfer the team to the Sports Department of Haiphong city. In the early years under the new management, the team's name has changed over the seasons due to sponsorship reasons, a result of frequent swifts in the team's main sponsor. This model was not a success as the team was financially unstable and consistently got relegated from the top tier after their promotions.

On 16 October 2007, the Sports Department of Haiphong transferred the team's ownership to the Haiphong Cement company, renaming the club Haiphong Cement. Under the new owner, the club had a larger budget and became a more competitive side in the Vietnamese top flight as they finished in the third place. In the following season, the team gained wide attention after successfully in sign Brazilian World Cup 2002 winning member Denílson to compete for the title. In the 2011 V-League season, Haiphong Cement was renamed Vicem Hai Phong following the club's sponsorship deal with the Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation.

At the end of the 2012 V-League season, the team finished at the bottom of the table, suffering a relegation to the 2013 V.League 2. However, the team purchased Khatoco Khanh Hoa's spot in the top division as the latter disbanded due to financial difficulties, thus maintain the top flight in the 2013 season.

In 2014, the team's owner Vicem company transferred the club to the Haiphong People's Committee, changing the team name to the current Hai Phong Football Club. Despite the lack of financial strength as the previous seasons, the team won the 2014 Vietnamese Cup, their second title since 1975 despite poor results in the league.

In the 2016 season, Haiphong led the league for most of the season but couldn't maintain their good form at the end of the season and lost their title race to rival Hanoi T&T, with both having the same number of points and Haiphong only lost on goal differences.

In 2022, Haiphong once again finished as league runner-up, gaining them a qualification to the 2023–24 AFC Champions League preliminary round. There where they defeated Hong Kong Rangers 4–1 in the preliminary round before but lost to Korean club Incheon United 1–3 in the play-off round. This defeat however transferred them to the 2023–24 AFC Cup, marking their first participation in a main phase of a continental competition.

• Haiphong Police (1952–2002)
• Haiphong Vietnam – Australia Steel (2002–2004)
• Mitsustar Haiphong (2005)
• Mitsustar Haier Haiphong (2006)
• Van Hoa Hai Phong (2007)
• Haiphong Cement (2008–2010)
• Vicem Haiphong (2011–2012)
• Vicem Cement Haiphong (2013)
• Haiphong Football Club (2014–present)

 

The Lạch Tray Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Hai Phong, Vietnam. The stadium holds approximately 17,400 spectators. The stadium was built in 1957 from a horse farm (a yard belong to the Lach Tray Horse Club). A year later, on 1 January 1958, the first international football match took place at Lạch Tray Stadium, between Hai Phong and a Chinese team.

As of 9 September 2024^[6]

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 Đình Triệu (vice-captain) 4 DF   VIE Đàm Tiến Dũng 5 DF   VIE Đặng Văn Tới 6 MF   VIE Nguyễn Thái Học (on loan from Hà Nội) 8 MF   VIE Lê Tiến Anh 9 FW   BRA Lucão do Break 10 MF   BRA Zé Paulo 11 MF   VIE Hồ Minh Dĩ 12 MF   VIE Trần Vũ Ngọc Tài 15 MF   VIE Nguyễn Ngọc Tú (on loan from Thể Công-Viettel) 16 DF   VIE Bùi Tiến Dụng 17 DF   VIE Phạm Trung Hiếu 19 MF   VIE Lê Mạnh Dũng 21 FW   VIE Ngô Văn Bắc (on loan from Sông Lam Nghệ An)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Ngọc 25 DF   HAI Bicou Bissainthe 26 GK   VIE Nguyễn Văn Toản 27 DF   VIE Nguyễn Nhật Minh 29 MF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Minh 30 MF   VIE Lương Hoàng Nam 36 GK   VIE Phạm Văn Luân 38 DF   VIE Nguyễn Trọng Hiếu 45 MF   VIE Nguyễn Thành Đồng 56 DF   VIE Nguyễn Duy Kiên 77 MF   VIE Nguyễn Hữu Sơn 79 MF   VIE Nguyễn Tuấn Anh 88 MF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Tú (on loan from Thể Công-Viettel) 97 MF   VIE Triệu Việt Hưng (captain)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Position	Name
Head Coach	Chu Đình Nghiêm
Assistant Coach	Lê Bật Hiếu   Ngô Anh Tuấn
Goalkeeper Coach	Bùi Vinh Quang
Technical analyst	Đặng Hồng Trường   Đặng Văn Thành
Doctor	Nguyễn Văn Quý
Physiotherapist	Đoàn Kim Đại
Interpreter	Nguyễn Hoàng Lê

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996–97	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Lam Pak	(w/o)1
		Second round	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	0–3	1–4
2023–24	AFC Champions League	Preliminary stage	HK Rangers	4–1 (a.e.t.)
		Play-off stage	Incheon United	1–3 (a.e.t.)
	AFC Cup	Group stage	PSM Makassar	3–0	1–1	2nd
			Hougang United	4–0	1–2
			Sabah	3–2	1–4

¹ Lam Pak withdrew before 1st leg

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2023–24: Play-off round

• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

2023–24: Group stage

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

1996–97: Second round

• 1952–1968:   Nguyễn Lan
• 1968–1974:   Nguyễn Trọng Lộ
• 1974–1992: --unknown--
• 1992–1998:   Trần Bình Sự
• 1998–2001:   Mai Trần Hải
• 2001–2004:   Trần Văn Phúc
• 2005:   Luis Alberto
• 2006:   Laszlo Kleber
• 2007:   Luis Alberto
• 2007–2008:   Vương Tiến Dũng
• 2008–2009:   Alfred Riedl
• 2009:   Đinh Thế Nam
• 2009–2011:   Vương Tiến Dũng
• 2011–2012:   Nguyễn Đình Hưng
• 2012:   Lê Thụy Hải
• 2013–2014:   Hoàng Anh Tuấn
• 2014:   Dylan Kerr^[7]
• 2014–2019:   Trương Việt Hoàng
• 2019–2022:   Phạm Anh Tuấn
• 2022–present:   Chu Đình Nghiêm

League

• V.League 1/A1 National League
  • Runners-up: 1992, 2010, 2016, 2022
• V.League 2
  • Winners (2): 1995, 2003
  • Runners-up: 2007

Cup

• Vietnamese National Cup
  • Winners (2): 1995, 2014
  • Runners-up: 2005
• Vietnamese Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2005
  • Runners-up: 2014, 2022

• North Vietnam A1 League
  • Winners (10): 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
• Festival Sport Vietnam
  • Winners (3): 1985, 1990, 1995
• Hoa Lư Cup
  • Winners: 2022

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