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Viettel FC
Nickname(s)Cơn Lốc Đỏ (Red Tornado)
Hậu duệ Thể Công (Descendants of Thể Công)
Founded
  • 23 September 1954; 70 years ago (23 September 1954), as Thể Công or CLB Quân Đội (Army Club)
  • 2007; 17 years ago (2007), as Viettel F.C.
  • 2019; 5 years ago (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
Current season

Viettel FC (Template:Lang-vi), 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.

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 Hong Kong Happy Valley AA Withdrew
Second round South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 0–6 1–7

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 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
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (4) 1984, 1989, 1986, 1992
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place : (3) 1993–94, 1997, 2000–01
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : (2) 2007, 2018
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (1) 2016 (as Viettel F.C.)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2015
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 2009
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2008
Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (4) 1992, 2004, 2009, 2020.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : (1) 1999.
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : (1) 2020

Other competitions

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2002
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2004
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up : 1999
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 1997, 1998
1st place, gold medalist(s) 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 Vietnam VIE Ngô Xuân Sơn
3 DF Vietnam VIE Quế Ngọc Hải (vice-captain)
4 DF Vietnam VIE Bùi Tiến Dũng (Captain)
5 DF Vietnam VIE Trương Văn Thiết
6 MF Vietnam VIE Vũ Minh Tuấn
7 FW Brazil BRA Caíque
8 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
9 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Ngọc Sơn
10 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Paulo
12 MF Vietnam VIE Hồ Khắc Ngọc
14 MF Vietnam VIE Bùi Quang Khải
18 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Matos
19 FW Vietnam VIE Trần Danh Trung
20 FW Vietnam VIE Nhâm Mạnh Dũng
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Đức Chiến
22 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
23 DF Vietnam VIE Cao Trần Hoàng Hùng
25 GK Vietnam VIE Quàng Thế Tài
26 GK Vietnam VIE Trần Nguyên Mạnh
28 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Đức
29 DF Vietnam VIE Trương Tiến Anh
33 FW Vietnam VIE Dương Văn Hào
68 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Việt Phong
77 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Trọng Đại
88 MF Vietnam VIE Bùi Duy Thường
92 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Đức Hoàng Minh
93 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Thanh Bình
99 MF Vietnam VIE Đặng Văn Trâm
— MF Uzbekistan 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 Vietnam VIE Đàm Tiến Dũng (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— FW Vietnam VIE Trần Văn Trung (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Xuân Kiên (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)
— FW Vietnam VIE Trần Hoàng Sơn (to Topenland Binh Dinh until October 2021)

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Kit manufacturers

Kit young manufacturers

Shirt sponsors

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

Famous players

Coaches

References

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