Haiphong FC

In 1906, football was brought to North Vietnam by the French, 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).

At that time, it was mentioned that in 1909 two Haiphong teams include Le Duong Dap Cau (Legion Dap Cau) and Olympique Haiphong faced each other. In the first leg, Olympique Hai Phong won 2-1 but the second match lost 1-8. Decades in the 30s, Hai Phong football was famous for the pair Nguyen Lan and Nguyen Thong, whose brought much success to the team, but all 5 teams were disbanded after the Vietnamese August Revolution of 1945. Therefore, the forerunner of the club is considered to be the Hai Phong Police Football Team.[5]

The team was founded in 1952, won 10 times the North A division as well as 2 times the National Cup and the men's football championship of the Congress. National gymnastics and sports 3 times as well as 2 times SKDA champion and 2 times 1st Division champion. Referring to the club, it is impossible not to mention the names that make the team's history such as: Dang Van Dung, Dinh The Nam, Nguyen Trong Dan, Vu Trong Ha, Nguyen Trung Dung, Tran Binh Su, Chu Van Mui, Nguyen Trong Lo, Nguyen Trong Dan, Nguyen Thanh Kiem, Nguyen Van Giai, Tran Thai Bao, Vu Song Thao. However, this is the only team of the city "The Flamboyant" that survived after the subsidy was abolished while a series of other strong teams of the port city were dissolved such as Hai Phong Electricity (dissolved 1992), Hai Phong Port (dissolved in 1991), Cam River Chemical, Military Zone 3 or before that Hai Phong Cement (later renamed Hai Phong Construction Workers).

After the 2001–02 season, when again to play in the First Division, found no longer suitable for the new professional football was built in Vietnam, Hai Phong Police Department has decided to transfer the team. About the Sports Department of Hai Phong City. In the early years under the management of the Department of Sports and Recreation, the leadership selected the model combined with a business sponsor, the team in turn named pair with Vietnam Australia, Mitsustar Haier and Van Hoa. But this model is not very successful, the team continues to swing between professional and first-class.

On 16 October 2007, Hai Phong Department of Physical Training and Sports assigned Hai Phong Cement Company to manage and operate. The club was renamed Haiphong Cement, causing a slight confusion with a company of the same name that existed before the company during the subsidy period.

After being transferred to Hai Phong Cement Management, the club immediately competed in the first season back to the V-League and won third place in the National Football Championship five 2008 under the direction of coach Vuong Tien Dung. In the following season, the team marked two milestones for the development of Vietnamese football as it succeeded in signing Brazilian former World Cup 2002 winner Denílson to compete for the title. team in the second phase 2009 V-League. This is the most famous player in the competition in Vietnam up to that time. The second is Hai Phong football fan club officially became the first fan club of Vietnam was established by the decision of the People's Committee of the city, has the legal status, seal and account private.

Beginning in the 2011 V-League season, Haiphong Cement was renamed Vicem Hai Phong by the club with the new sponsor of the Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation.

At the end of the 2012 V-League season, the team was worse at the bottom of the table, having to play in the First Division of the 2013 season. However, the team bought back the Khatoco Khanh Hoa V-League so they continue to play in 2013 V.League.

Logo for 2014–2021 seasons.

In 2014, the host unit Vicem paid the club back to the city, the team changed its name to Hai Phong Football Club. Despite the lack of financial strength as the cement season, the team has a better result than before: the 2014 national cup champion, by 2015 had the time leading the V-League rankings.

In 2016, Haiphong club, although not highly regarded, has led the V League for most of the season. Notably, the series won seven consecutive games in the first seven rounds of the tournament. Unfortunately, due to shortness of breath in the last rounds. Hanoi T&T won the championship with the same points and lost only on goal difference. Still, the club has a successful season beyond expectations.

In 2017, the team was stable and finished in seventh place overall.

In 2018, the team sometimes participated in the race for the championship, but at the end of the season, the team could not maintain stability when it reached the 6th place. This is the last season for the Vietnamese team goalkeeper Dang Van Lam for the club and he helped the club receive the fewest goals conceded with 26 goals. He then moved to Thailand to play for Muangthong United.

In 2019, the team finished in 12th place overall. This is a successful debut season for young goalkeeper Nguyen Van Toan for the club when he was called up to the Vietnam team to attend the 2019 King's Cup in Thailand and was called up to the U23 Vietnam team to attend the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines and won the men's gold medal in men's soccer overall. This is also the last season of coach Truong Viet Hoang to lead the club after 5 years of coaching and many of the team's emperors departed, most notably the Jamaican foreign couple Andre Fagan and Jermie Lynch for Than Quang Ninh

In 2020, the team brought new coach Pham Anh Tuan from Song Lam Nghe An and Vietnamese player Martin Lo from Pho Hien FC.

In 2022 with many great changes in terms of people, the team started with a minimum victory of 1–0 on the field of Hong Linh Ha Tinh. Back at home, the team had a dramatic 2–1 victory over Nam Dinh with Joseph Mpande goal in the 90+4 minute. The unbeaten streak continued until the end of round 5, until they had to lose to the great Hanoi. In the next 4 rounds, the team's performance was not very impressive when there was only 1 win against Binh Dinh, lost to Viettel at home and lost 2 away matches against Song Lam Nghe An and Ho Chi Minh City. However, the team quickly regained their form with a minimum 1–0 victory over SHB Da Nang in the match without an audience.[6][7] The team then continued to overtake Hoang Anh Gia Lai at Pleiku Stadium with a score of 2–1. Hai Phong continued to sublimate in the first match of the second leg when reclaiming the debt against Ho Chi Minh City with a dramatic score of 4–3. The winning streak continued to 4 when Haiphong defeated SHB Da Nang at Hoa Xuan Stadium with a score of 2–0. Right after that was a series of 3 draws against Binh Dinh, HAGL and Viettel respectively. The victory against Dong A Thanh Hoa with a score of 1–0 and 2–1 against Becamex Binh Duong helped Haiphong to take 2nd place in the League Table V.League 1 and only 5 points behind Hanoi, and at the same time extended the unbeaten streak to 9. After a hard win against Becamex Binh Duong, Haiphong is ready for a great battle with great rival Hanoi. And the unbeaten streak did not stop, Haiphong had a 3–2 victory over their great rival Hanoi in a fiery match, narrowing the gap with the top team to 2 points. The victory against Saigon, the draw against Hong Linh Ha Tinh, the victory over Nam Dinh and SLNA helped Hai Phong officially to become the runner-up of the V.League 2022 with 48 points. With those results, Haiphong participated in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League preliminary round, where they have won against Hong Kong Rangers 4-1 but lost to Incheon United 3-1. This defeat however gives them a slot in the 2023-24 AFC Cup.

• 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)
• Cement Vicem Haiphong (2013)
• Haiphong Football Club (2014–present)

View of the Lạch Tray Stadium.

The Lạch Tray Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Hai Phong, Vietnam.The stadium can holds 30000 spectators.

Lach Tray Stadium was built in 1957 from a horse farm (a yard with land of Lach Tray Horse Club). One year later, on the evening of January 1, 1958, the first international football match took place at Lach Tray Stadium, a match between Hai Phong and the Chinese team. 2-0). That same year, the Hai Phong team competed in the second round with teams from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2-2), Phnom Penh (Cambodia).

In 1959, the stands were replaced by cement and covered roofs in the stands.

In 1963, there took place a one-table match in the Football League of the Socialist Republic of Poland, Czechoslovakia, North Korea and Vietnam 2 (in fact, the football team in Haiphong instead. the Mongolian team).

In 1972, when the United States sent bombers bombing the North in general and Hai Phong in particular, the rooms of two stands A and B were used by the Hai Phong hospital as a rescue.

In 1977, the yard was rebuilt with the reconstruction of the stands, with four 30-meter-high (98 ft) lights for football matches in the evening. Lach Tray Stadium was renamed to Central Stadium.

After this renovation, Lach Tray yard was repaired several times in 1995 (completed in 2001, repaired A and B stands, C and D stands, fixed yard and track; cost: 34,950 billion VND) and 2003 (for SEA Games 2003), electronic board, fund: 14,830 billion VND).

In addition to football and track and field, many other sports competitions as well as major cultural events are held on the stadium.

In addition to the Hai Phong football club, other teams of Hai Phong (dissolved, merged or renamed) also used to make their home such as Hai Phong Electricity, Cam River Chemicals, Hai Phong Port, Hai Phong Cement, Hai Phong Construction and Military Region 3.

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
			Hougang United		1–2
			Sabah	3–2

¹ Lam Pak withdrew before 1st leg

As of 17 October 2023[8]

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 2 DF  VIE Nguyễn Anh Hùng 3 DF  VIE Phạm Mạnh Hùng 4 DF  AUS Benjamin Van Meurs 5 DF  VIE Đặng Văn Tới 6 MF  VIE Martin Lo 7 FW  UGA Joseph Mpande 8 MF  VIE Lương Xuân Trường 9 FW  BRA Lucão do Break 10 FW  BRA Yuri Mamute 11 MF  VIE Hồ Minh Dĩ 14 DF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Đạt 17 DF  VIE Phạm Trung Hiếu 18 FW  VIE Trần Hữu Đăng (on loan from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai) 19 MF  VIE Lê Mạnh Dũng 20 DF  VIE Dương Văn Khoa

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  VIE Lê Tiến Anh 23 DF  VIE Đàm Tiến Dũng 26 GK  VIE Nguyễn Văn Toản 27 DF  VIE Nguyễn Nhật Minh 30 MF  VIE Lương Hoàng Nam 31 GK  VIE Nguyễn Đình Tùng (on loan from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai) 36 GK  VIE Phạm Văn Luân 42 DF  VIE A Sân 45 MF  VIE Nguyễn Thành Đồng 66 DF  HAI Bicou Bissainthe 68 MF  VIE Nguyễn Trọng Đại 77 MF  VIE Nguyễn Hữu Sơn 79 MF  VIE Nguyễn Tuấn Anh 91 DF  VIE Phạm Hoài Dương 97 MF  VIE Triệu Việt Hưng 99 MF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Minh

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 38 DF  VIE Nguyễn Trọng Hiếu (at Phù Đổng Ninh Bình until 7 July 2024)

• 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
• 2005–2005: Luis Alberto
• 2007–2007: Laszlo Kleber
• 2007–2007: Luis Alberto
• 2007–2008: Vương Tiến Dũng
• 2008–2009: Alfred Riedl
• 2009–2009: Đinh Thế Nam
• 2009–2011: Vương Tiến Dũng
• 2011–2012: Nguyễn Đình Hưng
• 2012–2012: Lê Thụy Hải
• 2013–2014: Hoàng Anh Tuấn
• 2014–2014: Dylan Kerr[9]
• 2014–2019: Trương Việt Hoàng
• 2019–2022: Phạm Anh Tuấn
• 2022–present: Chu Đình Nghiêm

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