Saigon FC

Saigon Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn) was a Vietnamese professional association football club administered by Saigon Football Development Joint Stock Company. Following the relegation from 2022 season and problems related to the club's ownership, the team will be dissolved and give the slot to another club in 2023 season.[1]

Saigon
Full nameSaigon Football Club
Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn
Founded2016 (2016)
Dissolved2023 (2023)
GroundThong Nhat Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerSaigon Football Development Company
PresidentTrần Hòa Bình
Head coachPhùng Thanh Phương
LeagueV.League 2
2022V.League 1 ,13th of 13 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

The club's name was set as a result of a club known as Hà Nội got renamed and relocated in 2016 to Ho Chi Minh City.[2]

Ho Chi Minh City Football Club was formerly known as Cảng Sài Gòn.

History

FC Tokyo partnership

In February 2020, Saigon announced a cooperation agreement with Japanese club FC Tokyo, which includes plans for a joint football academy being started in Vietnam.[3]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2018 Kami
2019 Fraser Sport[4]
2020 Zaicro Ben Thanh Holdings
Van Lang University
Him Lam Group
2021 Made by club SCB
Eneos
2022 Kelme[5] SCB (until round 11)
Novaland (round 12 onwards)
Japan Airlines

Affiliated clubs

Season
Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Position Notes
2016 V.League 1 26 9 9 8 34 32 +2 36 7th
2017 V.League 1 26 11 10 5 40 29 +11 43 5th
2018 V.League 1 26 9 4 13 36 40 −4 31 8th
2019 V.League 1 26 10 6 10 37 40 −3 36 5th
2020 V.League 1 20 9 7 4 30 19 +11 34 3rd
2021 V.League 1 12 4 1 7 6 14 –8 13 13th
2022 V.League 1 24 5 7 12 26 42 -16 22 13th Relegation to 2023 V.League 2

Continental record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2021 AFC Cup Group H Cancelled

Stadium

Saigon has played at Thong Nhat Stadium in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City since the club was founded in 2016.

In 2020, the club purchased the Thanh Long Sports Center in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. The proposed Saigon Football Academy that they will jointly operate with FC Tokyo will be based out of this location.[6]

Home stadium

Other stadiums

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 August 2022.[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
1 GK  VIE Trần Minh Toàn
2 DF  VIE Trần Gia Nam
6 MF  VIE Lê Vương Minh Nhất
11 FW  VIE Nguyễn Việt Phong
16 DF  VIE Đoàn Anh Việt
20 DF  VIE Nguyễn Thanh Thụ
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  VIE Phạm Quốc Tuấn
26 MF  VIE Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
27 MF  VIE Bùi Xuân Quý
35 GK  VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Minh Duy
38 DF  VIE Phạm Công Hiển
73 MF  VIE Nguyễn Hồng Sơn
86 DF  VIE Liễu Quang Vinh
— MF  VIE Vũ Hồng Quân

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
— FW  VIE Nguyễn Văn Sơn (to Azul Claro Numazu)
— MF  VIE Bùi Ngọc Long (to Azul Claro Numazu)
— FW  VIE Nguyễn Ngọc Hậu (to Azul Claro Numazu)

Management and staff

Current staff
Position Staff
Manager Phùng Thanh Phương
Assistant coaches Trần Trung Kiên
Trịnh Văn Hậu
Hoàng Hùng
Goalkeeping coach Nguyễn Hoàng Duy
Translator Nguyễn Đường Hiếu
Physiotherapist Shoichi Masuda
Kitman Lư Tấn Hậu
President Trần Hòa Bình[8]
Technical director Le Huynh Duc[9]

Managerial history
Dates Name Notes
2016–2018 Nguyễn Đức Thắng
2018 Phan Văn Tài Em
2018–2019 Nguyễn Thành Công
2019–2020 Hoàng Văn Phúc
2020–2021 Vũ Tiến Thành
2021 Masahiro Shimoda[10]
2021– Phung Thanh Phuong

References
  1. "Sài Gòn FC, Cần Thơ FC không dự giải hạng Nhất 2023" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. "VPF ban hành Thông báo chính thức về việc đổi tên của CLB Hà Nội" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. "Vietnamese, Japanese clubs to establish football academy in Vietnam". vnexpress,net. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. https://frasersport.vn/nhung-bi-mat-cua-bo-trang-phuc-da-banh-sai-gon-fc%ef%bb%bf/
  5. "Kelme Vietnam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.
  6. "Saigon FC, FC Tokyo to build academy in Vietnam". sportbusiness.com. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. "Sài Gòn".
  8. "Tân chủ tịch CLB Sài Gòn muốn CLB phải đúng chất Sài Gòn" (in Vietnamese). Tuoi Tre. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  9. "Lê Huỳnh Đức làm giám đốc kỹ thuật CLB Sài Gòn" (in Vietnamese). Tuoi Tre. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  10. "Saigon FC appoints Japanese head coach". vnexpress.net. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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