Ho Chi Minh City FC

Hồ Chí Minh City
Full nameHo Chi Minh City Football Club
Nickname(s)Chiến hạm đỏ (The Red Battleship)
Short nameHCMFC
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975) as Cảng Sài Gòn (Saigon Port)
GroundThống Nhất Stadium
Capacity15,000[1]
OwnerHo Chi Minh City Football JSC
ChairmanVacant
ManagerPhùng Thanh Phương
LeagueV.League 1
2023-24V.League 1, 4th of 14
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Ho Chi Minh City Football Club (HCMC FC, Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), 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 (Saigon Port) between 1975 and 2009.[2] The club's home ground is the Thống Nhất Stadium.

  1. ^ "TP Hồ Chí Minh". vpf.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Cảng Sài Gòn, đâu dễ lấy lại một cái tên". laodong.vn. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-06-07.