Hanoi FC

Hanoi FC was established in 2006 by T&T Group, a partly private business company that was seeking its fortune to raise the status. T&T hoped that by establishing the club, it would improve the company's profits to become a major company while on the same time also sought to bring the first sense of professional football to replace the current semi-professional status of Vietnamese football.[4] Eventually, the club was officially established with support from local authorities as Hanoi T&T, and began in the lowest division of Vietnamese football, V.League 4.

Ever since the foundation, investment from the T&T company toward the club started to rise, and the club slowly managed to acquire its best players to play for the club, while on the same time Hanoi T&T began to improve. The first three years in its existence, from a team of mostly young players led by coach Trieu Quang Ha (former player of the Vietnamese football team and The Cong) led, the team has been promoted to three consecutive places, from V.League 4 in 2006, finished in 1st place to V.League 3 in 2007, finshed in 2nd place, and finally to V.League 2 in 2008, finshed in 2nd place and winning the right to compete in V-League 2009.[5]

Once the club established its foothold, Hanoi T&T began to emerge radically and started to feel success in its debut on the top league. The club missed out their chance to win the 2009 season, but soon got the joy when they won the 2010 season, the club's first ever title.[5] Since then, the club has always maintained as one of the best supported, cleaned of corruption and financially stable in Vietnam, a rare case in Vietnamese football where corruption and financial mismanagement is a norm – thus allowing the club to gain two another titles in 2013 and 2016.[5]

Thanked for good management and domestic trophy in 2010, Hanoi T&T was able to participate in their first international tournament, the 2011 AFC Cup. However, Hanoi T&T had performed poorly in their first AFC Cup tournament, finishing in third place in Group G.

In the 2012 season, Hanoi T&T won the second place.

The 2013 season was the season in which Hanoi T&T was crowned champion before a round after a 2-1 victory over Dong Tam Long An. This is also the season that the striker Gonzalo and Samson have played excellently with a total of 28 goals, thereby winning the title of top scorer together.

The season 2014 and 2015 marked the rise of Becamex Binh Duong, this is also the period marking the generation of the team when Duy Manh, Van Thanh, Minh Long were promoted to the first team together. With the departure of goalkeeper Le Van Nghia, midfielder Sy Cuong... In the 2014 AFC Cup, the team finished 1st place on Group F, defeated Nay Pyi Taw 5-0 in the Round of 16 but lost to Erbil of Iraq in the quarter-finals 3-0 on aggerate.

The 2016 season witnessed many fluctuations of Hanoi T&T when they changing coaches twice. The first time was just a week before the season when coach Phan Thanh Hung resigned and the coach of the Hanoi U21 T&T team at that time, Mr. Pham Minh Duc, was selected to replace him. However, after coach Pham Minh Duc started the season with extremely disappointing results when he only won 1 point after the first 4 matches and ranked at the bottom of the table. On March 17, 2016, the purple shirt team decided to bring assistant Chu Dinh Nghiem to take over Hanoi T&T replaced Pham Minh Duc. This change helped the team completely improve the gameplay and the results improved significantly and brought the team gradually to the top of the table when the tournament only had 2 rounds left. In the penultimate round and was forced to win to raise hopes of the championship, Hanoi T&T played bravely to win all 3 points against Than Quang Ninh with Nguyen Van Quyet's only goal to hold the right to self-determination before the match. last. A 2-0 victory over FLC Thanh Hoa thanks to Gonzalo's double in the final round helped Hanoi T&T lift the V-League championship for the third time when it was equal on points and just above Hai Phong in the sub-index. However, in the 2016 Vietnamese Cup, the purple shirt team only won the runner-up position after losing unfortunately to Than Quang Ninh at Hang Day Stadium with a score of 1-2.

In 2016, shortly after winning the 2016 season, T&T Group decided to dedicate the club to the people of Hanoi, thus retreating its stakeholder and the club was officially renamed as Hanoi FC. The City Council had also decided to grant Hàng Đẫy Stadium to the club as a tribute so the club could use and improve the facilities.[5]

The 2017 season ended disappointingly for the purple team when they only finished in 3rd place in the despite holding a huge advantage when they won at least 1-0 against QNK Quang Nam (the team that won the championship later) in the penultimate round but drew 4-4 against Than Quang Ninh in the final round. In the 2017 Vietnamese Cup , the purple shirt team was disappointed when they were eliminated from the round of 16 by Song Lam Nghe An and were eliminated from the group stage of 2017 AFC Cup after the previous 6-2 loss against Ceres-Negros of the Philippines.

In the 2018 season, thanks to the strong effect from the success of the U23 Vietnam team in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship with the core of purple shirt team players spanning all 3 lines, the capital's audience has gradually become interested in the team. The team started with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Haiphong at Hang Day's home ground and then won 5-0 over Hoang Anh Gia Lai in a match where Hang Day reached its audience limit of 25,000. The purple team then crossed the finish line and were crowned champions before 5 rounds with 64 points and 72 goals scored. However, the 2018 season ended incompletely when the purple team missed the appointment with the 2018 Vietnamese Cup when Becamex Binh Duong drew 0-0 at Go Dau (total score 3-3 and the purple team was eliminated). due to away goals rule).

The purple shirt team started the season with a 1-0 victory at the 2019 AFC Champions League play-off match. The purple shirt team's domestic season started with a 2-0 victory over Becamex Binh Duong in the Super Cup match. Nation . However, in the play-off round 2, when faced with a much different team from China,Shandong Luneng, the purple shirt team suffered a 4-1 defeat despite having a goal. took the lead and had a superior match against the opponent, this defeat forced the purple shirt team to play in the 2019 AFC Cup. The purple team started the 2019 with a crisp 5-0 victory over Than Quang Ninh in the first round . However, the purple shirt team had a much more difficult championship race than 2018 season when having to compete in parallel on 3 different fronts, namely V.League 1,Vietnamese Cup and AFC Cup, especially the rise of the new power in Ho Chi Minh City.The team continuously dropped scores in the last minutes against underdogs like Hoang Anh Gia Lai,Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN or even before the direct competitor for the championship, Ho Chi Minh City. But the spectacular acceleration in the following rounds helped the team to break through and win in round 24 against Song Lam Nghe An at Vinh Stadium to be crowned champions 2 rounds early. At the 2019 AFC Cup, the team passed the group stage with the first place in Group F and then surpassed Ceres Negros,Becamex Binh Duong,Altyn Asyr in turn and was bitterly eliminated before 4.25 SC[6] because of the away goal rule. With 5 championships in the V.League arena, the purple shirt team has become the team that won the most V.League since the national championship officially went into professionalization in the 2000-2001 season. At the 2019 Vietnamese Cup arena, the purple team beat Hong Linh Ha Tinh,Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh in turn and won 3-0 convincingly against the phenomenon of Ho Chi Minh City. In the final match, despite having to play away from home and in bad weather conditions due to the influence of Storm No. 5, with the bravery and class of the big team and the timely shine of the stars, they have won the 2019 Vietnamese Cup, thereby adding the only title missing after many missed appointments.

In 2022, under the management of Chun Jae-ho, Hanoi FC have won the 2022 V.League 1 and the 2022 Vietnamese Cup.

In 2023 season, under Montenegro head coach Bozidar Bandovic they have won the 2023 Vietnamese Super Cup after defeated Haiphong 2-0.

In terms of geographical factors, Hanoi and Hai Phong are the two largest cities in the North Vietnam, their people also have conflicts unrelated to football. Both clubs are also the two of the most successful clubs in the North, the confrontation with Hai Phong is therefore also known as the "Northern Derby".[11] The Portland is one of the opponents who always cause difficulties when encountering The Purple with an unpleasant play, the confrontation between the two teams is always fierce on the field, the rivalry of the fans. The culmination was the 2016 V-League season when Hanoi won the championship thanks to the difference in difference compared to the fiercely competitive team at that time, Hai Phong. In addition, the matches are "literally" hot, with flares being the specialty of the Port team every time they have to be guests at Hang Day Stadium.[12] In the 2017 season, Hai Phong club was disciplined to play at home without an audience when causing trouble in the match against Hanoi in the 6th round of the V.League. In the second leg of that season, a "rain" of flares and a series of water bottles were thrown at My Dinh Stadium (due to the renovation of Hang Day Stadium). The VFF Disciplinary Committee has banned Hai Phong fans from going to the away field at the end of the first leg. In the 2018 season, Hai Phong club was fined a record of more than 300 million VND by the VFF disciplinary committee because fans set off flares. However, by the 6th round of V.League 2019, a huge amount of flares continued to be burned. Mr. Tran Anh Tu - chairman of the board of directors and General Director of VPF said that the match between Hanoi and Hai Phong was the match with "the most firecrackers ever" that he witnessed. And Mr. Vu Xuan Thanh - Head of the VFF Disciplinary Committee said that there must be boxes of flares brought into the stadium by Hai Phong fans. In more than 10 years of confrontation in V.League, Hai Phong vs Hanoi FC are both have scored 63 goals each. Striker Hoang Vu Samson of Hanoi FC is the highest scorer with 12 goals. The tense nature of each confrontation has turned the "Northern Derby" match into an indispensable spice of the V-League, this is a rare true derby of the national championship.[11]

In the 21st century, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Hanoi are widely the most supported clubs in Vietnam, so the confrontation between the two clubs is dubbed the "Vietnamese Super Derby". From 2009 to 2020, They met totally 27 times in all competitions, Hanoi overwhelmed with 14 wins, 6 draws, 7 losses. But the great battle between the two teams only started to get attention from 2018, when U23 Vietnam won runner-up in 2018 AFC U-23 Championship with almost players who are playing for both of these teams. Since then, the matches with Hoang Anh Gia Lai have always been the focus of the media when the competition between the two teams is not only the happenings on the field but also the philosophy of football development and management,[13] even their owners are Đỗ Quang Hiển and Đoàn Nguyên Đức.[14] Flares and bottle-throwing scenes have appeared in the match between the two teams.[15] Hot heads not only appeared among players and fans, but once spread to the coaching staff. Due to the tense nature of the match, many times the referee's decisions were controversial, affecting the situation and the outcome of the match.[16]

Viettel and Hanoi are the same local football club based in Hanoi. With the relive and rising of Red Tornado, Hanoi Derby in 2020 was tension with 2 red cards for both team.[17][18] They have met each other 16 times in their history, Hanoi dominating Viettel with 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

Nam Dinh fans began to follow Hai Phong's footsteps and set off flares at Hang Day yard to take revenge on Hanoi.[19] The culmination was in round 22 of the V-League 2019, in the second half of the match between Hanoi and Nam Dinh, a flare from stand B of Nam Dinh fans rushed towards stand A, making the crowd unable to dodge. A female fan named Huyen Anh was unfortunately hit by a cannon in her thigh, she suffered a severe sulfur burn, it affected the bone, so she will definitely need surgery.[20] This incident has stirred up the Vietnamese online community, angry at the extreme action of a part of Nam Dinh fans. Dong Da district police have prosecuted the case and summoned 14 Nam Dinh fans. Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung directed the City Police to focus on investigating, clarifying and strictly handling the person who caused the incident.[21] On the BTC side, it has issued a heavy penalty to the parties involved after the above incident. Hanoi was fined 85 million dong for failing to ensure match security. Nam Dinh was also fined 85 million VND, of which 70 million VND for the error of letting fans light flares, 15 million VND for throwing strange objects on the field. In this match, Hanoi beat Nam Dinh 6–1.

Song Lam Nghe An is always a difficult opponent to play even with the former Hanoi T&T and the current Hanoi Club.[22] The fights are always tense, even violent. The results are often mixed. Similar to matches with Hai Phong Club, the match is always hot both on the field and in the stands. It was Song Lam Nghe An who ended the 32 match unbeaten streak at home on the very occasion of the Hanoi club's birthday.[23]

The rivalry with Becamex Binh Duong FC is always tense in the seasons. The matches are often very dramatic. The two teams have also won many times at each other's home ground. At its peak, Becamex Binh Duong was the only team capable of surpassing Hanoi to win the championship for 2 consecutive years despite "only one team".[24][25]

A multi-team boss is the most controversial issue related to the purple shirt team. On July 5, 2019, Mr. Đoan Nguyen Duc, Chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai commented on the status of a boss of many teams in the V.League. When Ho Chi Minh City FC was leading the league, talking about their championship opportunity this season, elected Duc said: "I always affirm that Ho Chi Minh City cannot win the V.League this year, because they are a team, how to confront 5 teams. If 5 sick guys beat a fat guy, how can the fat guy stand it?' Mr. Duc's statement reminded him of Mr. Do Quang Hien, who is currently the boss and special sponsor of 7 clubs in the V.League 1 and V.League 2. Earlier in 2018, Mr. Doan Nguyen Duc also said that the status of a boss of many teams will reduce the motivation to invest in Vietnamese football. Public opinion in 10 years from 2009 Until 2019, only two consecutive championships in 2018 and 2019 is the purple shirt team showing clear strength, thanks to the national team that sometimes reaches 10 people; the remaining championships all have "marks". of the score relationship between the purple shirt team - SHB Da Nang - Quang Nam FC- Saigon FC (which are the clubs of Mr. Hien). However, the story of a multi-team boss is also controversial in two years. 2018 and 2019 with the statements of coach Nguyen Van Sy of Nam Dinh FC, elected Duc of Hoang Anh Gia Lai, coach Chung Hae-song of Ho Chi Minh City Club or manager Trinh Van Quyet of FLC Thanh Hoa. Mr. Quyet stork n declared: "If only FLC Thanh Hoa is the only one, it certainly can't win the championship". Coach Le Thuy Hai, who has won the championship 3 times with B.Binh Duong, said: "A boss who owns two teams has made the teams work hard in the race to the championship or relegation, let alone relegation. Even if there are four teams, many teams also want to invest and are determined to win the V.League, but seeing the situation of a boss of four teams (although it is not clear) also hesitated…”.Season The 2022 tournament also encountered a scandal when the Organizing Committee had to issue a warning about some teams giving up points to each other. After the 0-3 loss against the purple shirt team in the second leg of the 2022 season, Hien went down to encourage and join the team. shouting determination to stay relegation with the teachers and students of SHB Da Nang. There is a stream of opinion that, the 2022 V.League 1 championship of the purple shirt team is also partly from the referee's rulings in favor of the purple shirt team.

• V.League 1

Winners (6; record) : 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022

Runners-up (5): 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020

• V.League 2

Runners-up (1): 2008

• Second League

Runners-up (1): 2007

• Third League

Winners (1) : 2006

• Vietnamese National Cup

Winners (3) : 2019, 2020, 2022

Runners-up (3): 2012, 2015, 2016

• Vietnamese Super Cup

Winners (5) : 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Runners-up (3) : 2013, 2015, 2016

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 Nguyễn Văn Minh 33 GK  VIE Phí Minh Long

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  VIE Phạm Văn Nam

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  VIE Nguyễn Bá Minh Hiếu — GK  VIE Nguyễn Duy Dũng — DF  VIE Lê Hải Đức — DF  VIE Lê Văn Hà — DF  VIE Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn — DF  VIE Nguyễn Thái Học — DF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Sơn — DF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Tài — DF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Thủy — DF  VIE Phùng Viết Trường — MF  VIE Bùi Long Nhật — MF  VIE Hồ Việt Hoàng

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  VIE Ngô Đức Hoàng — MF  VIE Ngô Sỹ Chiến — MF  VIE Ngô Thành Tài — MF  VIE Nguyễn Anh Tú — MF  VIE Nguyễn Nam Trường — MF  VIE Nguyễn Trung Thành — MF  VIE Phan Lạc Dương — MF  VIE Thái Khắc Huy Hoàng 67 MF  VIE Trần Văn Thắng — MF  VIE Vũ Đình Hai — FW  VIE Nguyễn Giản Tân — FW  VIE Nguyễn Hà Anh Tuấn

Head coaches by years (2006–present)

Name	Period	Honours
Triệu Quang Hà	2006–2009
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	2009
Phan Thanh Hùng	2010–2016	2010 V-League 2010 Super Cup 2013 V.League 1
Phạm Minh Đức	2016
Chu Đình Nghiêm[26]	2016–2021	2016 V.League 1 2018 V.League 1 2018 Super Cup 2019 V.League 1 2019 National Cup 2019 Super Cup 2020 National Cup 2020 Super Cup
Hoàng Văn Phúc (interim)	2021
Park Choong-kyun	2021–2022
Chun Jae-ho (interim)	2022	2022 V.League 1 2022 National Cup
Božidar Bandović	2023–	2022 Super Cup