Viettel Football Club

Viettel FC (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Viettel), simply known as Viettel, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi. The club belongs to the Viettel Sports Center, a part of Viettel Group.

Viettel FC
Nickname(s)Cơn Lốc Đỏ (Red Tornado)
Hậu duệ Thể Công (Descendants of Thể Công)
Founded
  • 23 September 1954 (23 September 1954), as Thể Công or CLB Quân Đội (Army Club)
  • 2007 (2007), as Viettel F.C.
  • 2019 (2019), as Thể Công
GroundHàng Đẫy Stadium
Hà Nội, Vietnam
Capacity22,500
OwnerViettel Group
ChairmanVu Tam Hoa
ManagerTrương Việt Hoàng
LeagueV.League 1
2020V.League 1, 1st

Name origin

Thể Công, formerly known as Câu lạc bộ Quân đội ("Army Club"), is the collective name for numerous sports clubs that were founded within the Vietnam People's Army. With strong tradition of sports in the Army, Thể Công possess a very long and rich history. Among the clubs, the football team is regarded as one of the best in the history of Vietnamese football. The football club also has one of the strongest and most loyal fan-bases in the country.

History

The club was founded in 1954 as an army sports club Câu lạc bộ Quân đội. In 1990, the club was renamed Thể Công.Parts of the club management also worked for the company Viettel, a telecommunications company from Vietnam. In 2007, however, they returned to the old club name, Thể Công. With 19 won championship titles, the club is the country's champion.

In 2004, exactly 50 years after its foundation, the club finished V-League at 11th place (out of 12) and was relegated to the lower division. After that, the club changed its name to Thể Công Viettel F.C. after its new sponsor Viettel - the Army Electronics and Telecommunication Corporation.

On January 19, 2007, the club finally gained the right to be promoted back to V-League after winning over Tay Ninh 5-3. Immediately thereafter, the official team name was reversed back to Thể Công. In 2010, the club again switched its name back to Viettel FC, and also voluntarily left the professional football set-up. Instead, the club decided to focus on youth development, and start competing again in the amateur 4th tier of Vietnamese football. In 2016 the club finally returned to professional football after winning promotion to the V.League 2.

In 2018, Viettel F.C. won the V.League 2 championship and go back to the national top tier V.League 1. They also switched again to the famous name Thể Công when the tournament started.

Thể Công is the most successful football club in Vietnam with 19V-League titles. The club has also contributed many great players to the Vietnam National Football Team.

Continental record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1999–2000 Asian Club Championship First round Happy Valley AA Withdrew
Second round Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 0–6 1–7
2021 AFC Champions League Group F BG Pathum United
Ulsan Hyundai
TBA

Season-by-season record (V-League)
Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Final position Notes
1981–82 V-League 19 14 2 3 33 15 +18 30 Champions
1982–83 V-League 23 17 3 3 49 22 +27 37 Champions
1984 V-League 16 7 5 4 30 18 +12 19 2nd
1985 V-League 15 9 3 3 28 20 +8 21 4th
1986 V-League 17 11 4 2 19 10 +9 26 2nd
1987–88 V-League 26 13 8 5 40 20 +20 47 Champions
1989 V-League 7 4 2 1 9 3 +6 16 2nd
1990 V-League Champions
1991 V-League 10 3 5 2 11 9 +2 9
1992 V-League 11 15 8 +7 3rd
1993–94 V-League 3rd
1995 V-League 9th
1996 V-League 13 3 4 6 9 20 -11 13 9th
1997 V-League 7 3 3 1 9 6 +3 12 4th
1998 V-League Champions
1999–2000 V-League 24 7 9 8 27 28 -1 30 10th
2000–01 V-League 18 8 5 5 19 16 +3 29 3rd
2001–02 V-League 18 6 5 7 16 16 0 23 7th
2003 V-League 22 9 5 8 28 27 +1 32 6th
2004 V-League 22 5 5 12 20 39 -19 20 11th Relegation to 2005 V.League 2
2005 V.League 2 22 7 4 10 21 31 -10 31 6th
2006 V.League 2 26 10 8 8 31 30 +1 38 4th
2007 V.League 2 26 15 7 4 47 20 +27 52 1st Promoted to 2008 V-League
2008 V-League 26 10 8 8 28 28 +0 38 8th
2009 V-League 26 10 5 11 40 46 -6 35 9th
2016 V.League 2 18 8 8 2 31 12 +19 32 2nd
2017 V.League 2 12 4 6 2 15 9 +6 18 4th
2018 V.League 2 18 13 2 3 37 15 +22 41 1st Promoted to 2019 V.League 1
2019 V.League 1 26 11 3 12 33 40 -7 36 6th
2020 V.League 1 20 12 5 3 29 16 +13 41 Champions Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League Group stage

Honours

The Cong is historically the most successful team in Vietnamese football, as they have won the most championships.

National competitions
League
19 cups of Viettel
Winners : (19) 1955, 1956, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1987–88, 1990-91, 1998-99, 2020
Runners-up : (4) 1984, 1989, 1986, 1992
Third place : (3) 1993–94, 1997, 2000–01
Winners : (2) 2007, 2018
Runners-up : (1) 2016 (as Viettel F.C.)
Winners : 2015
Runners-up : 2009
Winners : 2008
Cup
Runners-up : (4) 1992, 2004, 2009, 2020.
Winners : (1) 1999.
Runners-up : (1) 2020

Other competitions
  • Festival Sport Vietnam
Winners : 2002
  • Army ASEAN (1)
Winners : 2004
Runners-up : 1999
  • U21 (2)
Winners : 1997, 1998
  • U19 (3)
Winners : 1998, 2002, 2009

Current squad

As of 28 January 2021[1]

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 Ngô Xuân Sơn
3 DF  VIE Quế Ngọc Hải (vice-captain)
4 DF  VIE Bùi Tiến Dũng (Captain)
5 DF  VIE Trương Văn Thiết
6 MF  VIE Vũ Minh Tuấn
7 FW  BRA Caíque
8 MF  VIE Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
9 MF  VIE Trần Ngọc Sơn
10 FW  BRA Pedro Paulo
12 MF  VIE Hồ Khắc Ngọc
14 MF  VIE Bùi Quang Khải
18 MF  BRA Bruno Matos
19 FW  VIE Trần Danh Trung
20 FW  VIE Nhâm Mạnh Dũng
21 FW  VIE Nguyễn Đức Chiến
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  VIE Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
23 DF  VIE Cao Trần Hoàng Hùng
25 GK  VIE Quàng Thế Tài
26 GK  VIE Trần Nguyên Mạnh
28 MF  VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Đức
29 DF  VIE Trương Tiến Anh
33 FW  VIE Dương Văn Hào
68 FW  VIE Nguyễn Việt Phong
77 MF  VIE Nguyễn Trọng Đại
88 MF  VIE Bùi Duy Thường
92 MF  VIE Nguyễn Đức Hoàng Minh
93 DF  VIE Nguyễn Thanh Bình
99 MF  VIE Đặng Văn Trâm
— MF  UZB Jahongir Abdumominov

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
23 DF  VIE Đàm Tiến Dũng (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— FW  VIE Trần Văn Trung (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— DF  VIE Nguyễn Xuân Kiên (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— FW  VIE Trần Hoàng Sơn (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Kit manufacturers

Kit young manufacturers
  • 2017–present: Keepdri
  • 2020: FBT

Shirt sponsors
  • 2016: BankPlus
  • 2017–2018: BankPlus, 4G
  • 2018-present: Viettel Pay

Famous players

Coaches
  • Quản Trọng Hùng (2001-?)
  • Branko Radović ( ?-7/11/2003)
  • Phan Văn Mỵ (7/11/2003[2]-?)
  • Tomas Viczko (10/2006[3]-?)
  • Gyorgy Galhidi (31/7/2007 - 1/9/2008)
  • Vương Tiến Dũng (16/9/2008–2009)
  • Lê Thụy Hải (1/2009-5/2009)
  • Đinh Thế Nam (2016)
  • Nguyễn Hải Biên (2017-1/2019)
  • Lee Heung-sil (1/2019-6/2019)
  • Nguyễn Hải Biên (6/2019-)

References
  1. https://vpf.vn/team/viettel/?sid=48808
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2015-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2015-08-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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