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For the former football club of the Public Security, see Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC (1979). For the newly rebranded Ho Chi Minh City FC team, see Ho Chi Minh City FC (2017).
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
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Full nameCong An Ho Chi Minh City Football Club
Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Công an Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
NicknameChiến hạm đỏ (The Red Battleship)
Short nameCAHCMC, CATPHCM
Founded1958; 68 years ago (1958) as Saigon Harbour
1975; 51 years ago (1975) as Saigon Port
2009; 17 years ago (2009) as Ho Chi Minh City
2025; 1 year ago (2025) as Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
GroundThống Nhất Stadium
Capacity15,000[1]
OwnerHo Chi Minh City Public Security Departement
ChairmanLương Đức Minh
Head coachLê Huỳnh Đức
LeagueV.League 1
2024–25V.League 1, 10th of 14
Websitewww.cahcmfc.vn
File:Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Football Club (Vietnamese: 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 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 Thương Cảng Sài Gòn (Saigon Harbour) before 1975, and then Cảng Sài Gòn (Saigon Port) between 1975 and 2009,[2] and Ho Chi Minh City FC between 2009 and 2025.[3] The club's home ground is the Thống Nhất Stadium.

History

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Saigon Port era

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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.[4] The team quickly became well known in Southern Vietnam, together with Hải Quan - their local rivals.[5]

In 1980, Saigon Port was one of 10 clubs based in Southern Vietnam to participate in the 1980 Vietnamese National A1 League - the first football championship in Vietnam.[6] In 1983, former defender Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang returned from Germany and was appointed as a head coach for the club.[7] 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".[5] 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.[8] However, until the end of 1990, the team had not won any more titles besides the 1986 V-League.[citation needed]

From 1990 to 2001, many players of the team were called up to the 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.[9] However, they were relegated to the First Division the following season, returning to the V-League again in 2005.[10]

Ho Chi Minh City era

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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 Vietnam Dong investment for the team.

File:Fan CLB Cảng Sài Gòn.png
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]

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 Vietnamese Football League Second Division after finishing at the 13th place in the 2009 season. In 2012, the club finished last in the Vietnamese First League. After only one season at the Vietnamese Second League, Ho Chi Minh returned to the 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.[11]

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.

In the 2019 season, Jung Hae-seong was named as Hồ Chí Minh City's new head coach. He was the 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 Hà Nội.[12] 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 preliminary round.[13]

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 and José Guillermo Ortiz. The club began the season with a defeat against 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.[14]

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, was appointed as the team's new head coach with a 1-year contract.[15][16][17] In December 2020, Ho Chi Minh City then announced the signing of Vietnamese-American midfielder Lee Nguyen, who played for USA national team.[18][19][20] 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.[21][22]

Cong An Ho Chi Minh City era

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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.[23][24] This marked the return of the name Cong An Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnamese football system since 2002 when the 1979 established team had dissolved.[25]

Name history

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Saigon Harbour
(1958–1975)		  
 
Saigon Port
(1975–2009)		   Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
(1979–2002)		  
     
Ho Chi Minh City
(2009–2025)		    
     
     
     
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
(2025–present)		  

Crests

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Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2017–2018 Japan Mizuno[26] Cityland
2019 South Korea Zaicro[27]
2020 Italy Kappa[28]
2021–2023 Spain Kelme[29] Cityland
Bamboo Airways
Viva Land
SCB
Phú Mỹ Hưng
Murata
2023–present Japan Jogarbola Mansion Sports
Phu Hung Life Insurance
Phu Hung Securities

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 10 September 2025[30]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Nguyễn Tân
4 DF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Matheus Felipe
5 DF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Lê Khả Đức
6 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Võ Huy Toàn
7 MF File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Peter Makrillos
8 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Nguyễn Vũ Tín
10 FW File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Raphael Utzig (on loan from Zira)
11 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Tẩy Văn Toàn (on loan from PVF-CAND)
12 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Phạm Văn Luân (on loan from Cong An Hanoi)
13 DF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Khổng Minh Gia Bảo
14 MF File:Flag of Malaysia.svg MAS Endrick
15 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Phạm Đức Huy
18 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Bùi Ngọc Long
19 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Nguyễn Thái Quốc Cường
20 DF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Võ Hữu Việt Hoàng
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Đào Quốc Gia
22 FW File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Nguyễn Tiến Linh
23 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Đặng Văn Lắm
25 GK File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Trần Văn Tiến
27 FW File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Bùi Văn Bình
28 DF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Trần Hoàng Phúc
34 DF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Lê Quang Hùng
36 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Dương Văn Hào
39 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Nguyễn Đức Phú (on loan from PVF-CAND)
62 MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Ngô Hoàng Anh
66 FW File:Flag of England.svg ENG Lee Williams (on loan from The Cong-Viettel)
67 GK File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Nguyễn Mạnh Cường
89 GK File:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK Patrik Le Giang (captain)
90 DF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Trần Mạnh Cường

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Adriano Schmidt (to Becamex HCMC until 1 July 2026)
— MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Chu Văn Kiên (to Hồ Chí Minh City until 1 July 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VIE Phan Nhật Thanh Long (to Becamex HCMC until 1 July 2026)

Current staff

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Position Name
Head coach Vietnam Lê Huỳnh Đức
Assistant coach Vietnam Hoàng Hùng
Vietnam Phùng Thanh Phương
Goalkeeper coach Vietnam Châu Trí Cường
Fitness coach Brazil Rafael Vieira Bispo
Technical analyst Vietnam Ngô Xuân Nghĩa
Doctor Vietnam An Văn Pháp
Vietnam Đặng Hiếu Hảo
Physiotherapist Brazil Luiz Felipe Santos
Interpreter Vietnam Nguyễn Hưng Phát
Kit manager Vietnam Huỳnh Tấn Trí Thông

Affiliated clubs

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Season-by-season records

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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
2001–02 V-League 18 9 5 4 20 16 +4 32 Champions Qualified for the 2002–03 AFC Champions League qualification Round 3
2003 V-League 22 4 7 11 26 41 −15 19 11th Relegated to Vietnamese First League
2004 Vietnamese First League 22 15 5 2 51 18 +33 50 Champions Promoted to 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 Vietnamese First League
2010 Vietnamese First League 24 7 6 11 28 42 −14 27 10th
2011 Vietnamese First League 26 6 10 10 29 36 −7 28 11th
2012 Vietnamese First League 26 5 8 13 36 54 −18 23 14th Relegated to 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
2019 V.League 1 26 14 6 6 41 29 +12 48 2nd Qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[a]
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
  1. ^ As Hanoi FC failed to obtain an AFC license, Ho Chi Minh City FC qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.

Continental record

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All results list Ho Chi Minh City's goal tally first.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1993–94 Asian Cup Winner' Cup First round Malaysia Sarawak FA w/o[a]
Second round Indonesia Semen Padang
0–1
1–1
1–2
1995–96 Asian Club Championship First round Malaysia Pahang FA w/o[b]
1998–99 Asian Club Championship First round South Korea Pohang Steelers
0–2
0–4
0–6
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Singapore Singapore Armed Forces
0–0
2–0
2–0
Second round Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
0–2
0–4
0–6
2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualification India Churchill Brothers
0–2
1–0
1–2
2020 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 Thailand Buriram United
1–2
AFC Cup Group F Myanmar Yangon United Cancelled 2–2
Hong Kong Hougang United Cancelled 3–2
Laos Lao Toyota Cancelled 2–0

Performance in AFC competitions

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Honours

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National competitions

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League
Cup

Other competitions

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  • BTV Cup:
    • Winners: 2000
    • Runners-up: 2001

Notes

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  1. ^ Sarawak FA withdrew.
  2. ^ Cảng Sài Gòn withdrew.

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