Long An FC
Long An Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Long An), simply known as Long An, is a professional football club, based in Long An, Vietnam, that competes in the V.League 2.
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| Full name | Long An Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Trâu chiến (The War Buffalo) | ||
| Short name | LFC | ||
| Founded | 2000 | ||
| Ground | Long An Stadium Tân An, Vietnam | ||
| Capacity | 19,975 | ||
| Chairman | Võ Thành Nhiệm | ||
| Manager | Ngô Quang Sang | ||
| League | V.League 2 | ||
| 2023 | V.League 2, 3rd of 10 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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The team is playing at Long An Stadium. New name CLB Long An was adopted on December 12, 2015 to replace CLB Đồng Tâm Long An.
History
Forerunner of the football club Đồng Tâm Long An is the merger of the two football teams: Team Long An and Đồng Tâm Tiles young team. From the mid-'90s, Đồng Tâm has focused on sports activities for staffs in the company, especially football. Since then young football team movement Gach Đồng Tâm was born in 1996 and developed in parallel with the general business activities of the Company. In 2000, in response to the state's glue called the socialization of sports in Vietnam, and the attention and support of the Long An Province People's Committee, the Company has been working and consulting with the Department of Provincial Sport Long An Province to take over the football team Long An are playing in the Championship. After receiving teams, Board staff sent abroad to visit and learn from professional football model in developing football nations like Argentina, Portugal, Italy .. selection, application and model building successful first professional football club in Vietnam. In 2001, the team switched to a professional model, is transferred to the Đồng Tâm Joint Stock Company management (from 2002, by the Đồng Tâm Co. Sports Management), merged into the team of the Company, the implementation new game called football club, Đồng Tâm Long An Tiles. Vo Quoc Thang, Chairman of Đồng Tâm Joint Stock Company, interested in construction investment, the team had many outstanding progress and become one of the "big four" in the V-League with Becamex Bình Dương, SHB Đà Nẵng and Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. The club also built a reserve squad named Tile Dong Tam Long An to play in the Second Division. In late 2005, the club received the team's football club Bank of East Asia to build a second team called Son Dong Tam Long An to play in the National Football League in Vietnam 2006 . However, the end of the 2006 season, the team Son Dong Tam Long An was transferred to the limited liability company Royal Sports Development for the core football club founded Cement Vinakansai Ninh Binh. From the 2007 season, the team changed its name to football club Đồng Tâm Long An (remove letter tiles).
Crest
The club's crest when Henrique Calisto was in charge resembles that of Portuguese side Boavista.
Stadium
Long An Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tân An, Vietnam. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Đồng Tâm. The stadium holds 20,000 people.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 2016-2019 | Kappa | Cảng Long An Dong Tam Group |
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Record as V.League 1 member
| Season | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | GF | GA | GD | PTS | Final position | Notes |
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| 1998 V-League | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 27 | 12th | |
| 1999-2000 V-League | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 39 | -12 | 25 | 12th | Relegation to 2000-2001 Vietnamese First Division |
| 2003 V-League | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 40 | 2nd | |
| 2004 V-League | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 38 | 3rd | |
| 2005 V-League | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 42 | Champions | Qualified for 2006 AFC Champions League |
| 2006 V-League | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 40 | Champions | Qualified for 2007 AFC Champions League |
| 2007 V-League | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 44 | 2nd | |
| 2008 V-League | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 45 | 2nd | |
| 2009 V-League | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 34 | 10th | |
| 2010 V-League | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 43 | 5th | |
| 2011 V-League | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 30 | 13th | Relegation to 2012 Vietnamese First Division |
| 2013 V.League 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 22 | 9th | |
| 2014 V.League 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 21 | 11th | |
| 2017 V.League 1 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 10 | 14th | Relegation to 2018 V.League 2 |
Honors
Domestic competitions
League
- V.League 1
- V.League 2
- Winners (2): 2001–02, 2012
Cup
- Vietnamese National Cup
- Winners (1): 2005
- Vietnamese Super Cup
- Winners (1): 2006
Other competitions
- BTV Cup
- Winners (2): 2004, 2010
- Runners-up (5): 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Champions League: 2 appearances
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2006 | AFC Champions League | Group G |  Shanghai Shenhua |
2–4 | 1–3 | 2nd |
| 2007 | AFC Champions League | Group G |  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
1–2 | 1–4 | 4th |
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0–2 | 0–3 | ||||
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |
2–3 | 0–4 |
Current squad
As of 16 October 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| General manager |  Võ Thành Nhiệm |
| Manager | Ngô Quang Sang |
| Assistant manager | Phan Văn Giàu |
| Goalkeeping coach |  Rafael Rivoli Costa |
| Translator | Trần Văn Bé |
Managerial history
Head coaches by years (2001–present)
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