Thep Xanh Nam Dinh F.C.

Nam Dinh Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Nam Định), known as Thép Xanh Nam Định for sponsorship reasons and commonly known as Nam Dinh, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Nam Định that competes in the V.League 1.[1]

Nam Dinh F.C.
Full nameThep Xanh Nam Dinh Football Club
Nickname(s)Dũng Sỹ Thành Nam[note 1]
(Lionhearts from the Southern City)
Short nameNDFC
Founded1965 (1965)
GroundThiên Trường Stadium
No.27, Đặng Xuân Thiều Street,
Vị Hoàng Ward, Nam Định City
Capacity30,000
OwnerXuan Thien Group
ChairmanNguyễn Tân Anh
ManagerVũ Hồng Việt
LeagueV.League 1
2023V.League 1, 5th of 14
WebsiteClub website

History

Nam Định has two sports facilities, Thiên Trường Stadium (formerly Cuối Stadium) and Trần Quốc Toản Indoor Stadium, which are host to football and volleyball matches. Both sports centers are located on Hùng Vương Street.

At the beginning, the club's home stadium was a dust and sandy training ground of the militia forces where were usually called as Sân Dệt or the "stadium" of the Namdinh Spinning Factory. It was old crisis of the Vietnamese National Army's military academy.

From the end of 1970s, their home stadium was Thiên Trường Stadium.[2] During the Vietnam War, this stadium had become a big, polluted pond with some vegetable fields. Formerly Sân Chùa-Cuối or the "Pagoda at end of the street" Stadium from one uninhibited temple which has got some daoist icons. So it was often named as "a factory weaves wishes" (nhà máy dệt giấc mơ).

Before 1997, the club's kit always used home colors black-white which were similar to Juventus FC.[note 2] It originates from name Namha Youths, so during the 1980-1990s they were called as "Vietnamese Juventus" by sport medias. However, after some changing times due to sponsor replacements, it was fixed as the yellow, then added lime-red.[3]

Hà Nam Ninh won the National Football Champions (V.League) in 1985 with star player Nguyễn Văn Dũng.

In 2001, Nam Định took second place in the National Championships, losing to Bình Định F.C. In 2007, the Nam Định football team changed its name to Đạm Phú Mỹ Nam Định and won its first National Cup under its new name. In 2009 the Nam Định Football team changed its name to Megastar Nam Định F.C and failed in standing on V.League to 1st level tournament 2010.

The name of club was also changed 10 times due to sponsor replacements :

  • Le Cotonkin CF (Đội túc cầu Cotonkin, 1930s – 1945)
  • Namha Youths FC (Đội bóng tròn Thanh niên Nam Hà, 1965 – 1978)
  • Hanamninh Industry FC (Đội bóng đá Công nghiệp Hà Nam Ninh, 1978 – 1991)
  • Namha FC (CLB BĐ Nam Hà, 1991 – 1996)
  • Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Nam Định, 1997 – 2003)
  • Songda-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Sông Đà-Nam Định, 2003 – 2006)
  • Mikado-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Mikado-Nam Định, 2006 – 2007)
  • Phumy Fertilizer-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Đạm Phú Mĩ-Nam Định, 2007 – 2008)
  • Mikado-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Mikado-Nam Định, 2006 – 2007)
  • Megastar-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Megastar-Nam Định, 2009 – 2011)
  • Mikado-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Mikado-Nam Định, 2011 – 2013)
  • Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Nam Định, 2013 – 2019)
  • Namha Pharma-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Dược Nam Hà-Nam Định, 2019 – 2020)
  • Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Nam Định, 2021 – 2022)
  • Thepxanh-Namdinh FC[note 3] (CLB BĐ Thép Xanh-Nam Định, 2023 to present)

From 2003 to present, the club currently competes in the V.League with a sponsor of former minister Đinh La Thăng as a businessman, the top flight of Vietnamese football.[4][5][6]

Current squad

As of 11 October 2023[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Vietnam VIE Đinh Xuân Khải
3 MF Vietnam VIE Dương Thanh Hào
5 DF Vietnam VIE Hoàng Văn Khánh
6 MF Vietnam VIE Phạm Đức Huy
7 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy
8 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Đình Sơn
9 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Văn Toàn
10 MF Brazil BRA Hêndrio
11 FW Brazil BRA Douglas Coutinho
12 MF Vietnam VIE Hồ Khắc Ngọc
13 DF Vietnam VIE Trần Văn Kiên
14 FW Brazil BRA Rafaelson
15 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn
17 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Văn Vĩ
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Vietnam VIE Đoàn Thanh Trường
19 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Văn Đạt
22 FW Vietnam VIE Hoàng Minh Tuấn
23 GK Vietnam VIE Lê Vũ Phong
26 GK Vietnam VIE Trần Nguyên Mạnh
27 FW Vietnam VIE Trần Ngọc Sơn
28 MF Vietnam VIE Tô Văn Vũ
29 GK Vietnam VIE Trần Đức Dũng
32 DF Vietnam VIE Ngô Đức Huy
37 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Văn Công
77 MF Vietnam VIE Mai Xuân Quyết
82 GK Vietnam VIE Trần Liêm Điều
88 MF Vietnam VIE Lý Công Hoàng Anh
91 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Văn Anh

Unregistred players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Vietnam VIE Đỗ Xuân Tiến
MF Vietnam VIE Tạ Xuân Trường
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Vietnam VIE Trần Văn Thành

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Vietnam VIE Hoàng Xuân Tân (at PVF-CAND until 7 July 2024)

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Managing Director Vietnam Phạm Cẩm Kỳ
Head Coach Vietnam Vũ Hồng Việt
Assistant Head Coach Vietnam Nguyễn Trung Kiên
Vietnam Nguyễn Quang Huy
Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
Fitness Coach Malaysia Mashiedee Sulaiman

Performance in AFC competitions

2008: Group stage
Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2008 AFC Champions League Group stage China Beijing Guoan 1–3 0–3
Japan Kashima Antlers 0–4 0–6
Thailand Krung Thai Bank 2–2 1–9

Season-by-season record

Nam Định played against Sông Lam Nghệ An in V.League 1, July 28, 2019.
Nam Định played against Quảng Nam in V.League 1, August 17, 2019.
Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Final position Notes
1982–83 V-League 14 3 6 5 12 13 −1 12 6th Group stage
1984 V-League 15 8 3 4 27 26 +1 19 3rd Qualify for 2nd stage
1985 V-League 16 11 5 0 24 9 +15 27 Champions
1986 V-League 17 6 4 7 29 28 +1 16 1st (Group stage) Qualify for 2nd stage
1987–88 V-League 16 3 5 8 22 27 −5 10 7th Group stage
1989–1997
1998 V-League 26 10 6 10 32 29 +3 35 8th
1999–2000 V-League 24 9 7 8 23 25 −2 34 6th
2000–01 V-League 18 11 1 6 22 17 +5 34 2nd
2003 V-League 22 10 6 6 22 19 +3 36 3rd
2004 V-League 22 13 5 4 30 23 +7 44 2nd
2005 V-League 22 7 7 8 27 31 +4 28 6th
2006 V-League 24 9 5 10 22 28 −6 32 9th
2007 V-League 26 10 8 8 35 31 +4 38 4th Qualified for 2008 AFC Champions League
2008 V-League 26 9 4 13 24 32 −8 31 11th
2009 V-League 26 8 7 11 31 36 −5 31 12th Promotion/relegation playoffs
2010 V-League 26 3 3 20 19 47 −28 12 14th Relegation to 2011 First League
2011 First League 26 5 12 9 29 41 −12 27 13th Relegation to 2012 Second Division
2012 Second Division
2013 Second Division
2014 Second Division 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 1st Promoted to 2015 V.League 2
2015 V.League 2 14 5 3 6 13 18 −5 18 4th
2016 V.League 2 18 8 8 2 25 14 +11 32 3rd Qualification to Play-off I
2017 V.League 2 12 7 2 3 17 14 +3 23 1st Promoted to 2018 V.League 1
2018 V.League 1 26 5 9 12 33 45 −12 24 13th
2019 V.League 1 26 8 7 11 32 41 −9 31 11th

Achievements

National competitions

League
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 1985
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2000–01, 2004
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2017
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2014
Cup
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2007

Other competitions

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2016
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2017

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2016–2018 Germany Adidas (fake) Mikado
2018–2020 Vietnam VNA Sport[8] VICOSTONE – Thổi hồn vào đá
Nam Ha Pharma
2020–2023 Spain Kelme[9] Nam Ha Pharma
Xuan Thien Group
2023–present England Mitre Nam Ha Pharma
Xuan Thien Group

See also

Footnotes

Notes

  1. By the names of 4 famous footballers born from Nam Định Province: Nguyễn Văn Dũng, Nguyễn Văn Sỹ, Vũ Văn Thành, Đoàn Văn Nam.
  2. 1982 Vietnamese movie 89th Minute performed at Namdinh City stadium.
  3. From SapphireSteel-Namdinh Football JSC.

References

Further reading

Documents

  • Nam Định, thế và lực mới trong thế kỷ XXI −2005 p141 "A glance at the inauguration ceremony of Thiên Trường stadium (August 30th 2003)".
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