Hanoi FC
Hanoi FC (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Hà Nội) is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi, Vietnam that competes in the V.League 1.
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| Full name | Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Hà Nội | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Đội bóng Thủ đô (The Capital Team) | |||
| Founded | 2006[1] | |||
| Ground | Hàng Đẫy Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 22,500 | |||
| Chairman | Đỗ Vinh Quang | |||
| Manager | Chu Đình Nghiêm | |||
| League | V.League 1 | |||
| 2020 | V.League 1, 2nd | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The club currently plays in the V.League 1. Hanoi FC was founded in 2006 as T&T Hanoi Football Club, shortened as Hanoi T&T before renamed to Hanoi T&T Football Club in 2010 and finally to its current name in 2016. The club has participated in the V.League 1 since the 2009 season.[1] The club has been regarded as the first fully professionalized club in the country.
History
Foundation and rise
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.[2] 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 club was quick to acquire straight promotion on its seasonal debut in V.League 4, before earning promotion to V.League 1 after just three years of existence, making the club the most promising name on Vietnamese football.[3]
First V.League title and establishment of a new powerhouse
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.[3] 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.[3]
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. The team however returned in 2014 AFC Cup, where they had its best performance in the AFC Cup up to that date, reaching the last eight before losing to eventual finalist Erbil SC from Iraq.
Name change
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.[3]
Hanoi FC managed to continue maintaining its domination, while on the same time had participated in the 2017 AFC Cup and 2019 AFC Cup. The 2017 AFC Cup was not a successful tournament when Hanoi FC was eliminated in the group stage. In 2019 edition, Hanoi FC made its historic breakthrough, reaching the semi-finals of the AFC Cup for the first time, but lost to North Korean giant April 25 Sports Club by away goal rule.[4]
Stadium
The team plays at the Hàng Đẫy Stadium in Hanoi, which was handled to the club in 2016 as a gesture for the club's professionalism and success. During the visit of the Communist Party of Vietnam's general secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng in France in 2018, he and the French President Emmanuel Macron signed plenty of cooperation deals, including the rebuild and renovation of the stadium. The new stadium will cost €250 million and will be designed and built by the French company Bouygues.[5]
Supporters
The club has a quite moderate, if not to say, low number of supporters despite its prestigious achievements, a legacy of previous corruption in V.League as many people lost interests to attend the league watching their clubs.[6] In order to change the image, in 2015, a group of fans decided to found the first fan base for the club, known as Contras Hanoi. After early difficulties and conflict with old fans, Contras Hanoi has had over 2,000 members as for 2018 and has been expanding since, while also fought to gain official recognition with club's support.[7] Professionalism is also a notable factor on the improvement of fan base and spreading of professional values.
Academy
Hanoi FC, in addition to their rising football success, also has a network system of youth football academies to feed the club, which is a major difference from the other major football clubs as Hanoi FC doesn't have a centralized youth academy. The youth team is trained in Hanoi FC's academies either in Gia Lâm or Cửa Lò, the latter shares academy with Song Lam Nghe An FC.[8]
Honours
National competitions
- League
- Runners-up (1): 2008
- Runners-up (1): 2007
- Winners (1): 2006
- Cup
- Winners (4): 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Runners-up (3): 2013, 2015, 2016
Continental record
All results (home and away) list Hanoi's goal tally first.
Season-by-season record
| Season | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | GF | GA | GD | PTS | Final position | Notes |
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| 2006 Third League | 1st | Promoted to the 2007 Second League | ||||||||
| 2007 Second League | 2nd | Promoted to the 2008 V.League 2 | ||||||||
| 2008 V.League 2 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 51 | 2nd | Promoted to the 2009 V-League |
| 2009 V-League | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 39 | 4th | |
| 2010 V-League | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 46 | Champions | Qualified for the 2011 AFC Cup |
| 2011 V-League | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 46 | 2nd | |
| 2012 V-League | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 47 | 2nd | |
| 2013 V.League 1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 38 | Champions | Qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 2014 V.League 1 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 47 | 2nd | Qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 2015 V.League 1 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 46 | 2nd | Qualified for the 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 2016 V.League 1 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 50 | Champions | Qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 2017 V.League 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 46 | 3rd | |
| 2018 V.League 1 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 30 | +42 | 64 | Champions | Qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 2019 V.League 1 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 53 | Champions | Did not obtain a licence for the 2020 AFC Champions League |
| 2020 V.League 1 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 39 | 2nd | Qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup |
Current squad
As of 15 January 2021[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managerial history
Head coaches by years (2006–present)
| Name | Period | Honours |
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 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[9] |
2016–present | 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 |
References
- "Hà Nội" (in Vietnamese). V.League 1. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- https://www.ttgroup.com.vn/Pages/2507/hanoi-football-development-company.aspx
- https://bongdaplus.vn/bong-da-viet-nam/ha-noi-t-t-ky-niem-10-nam-thanh-lap-tu-hien-tuong-thanh-bieu-tuong-1745171612.html
- https://thethao247.vn/293-truc-tiep-april-25-vs-ha-noi-fc-chien-thang-la-dieu-bat-buoc-d189427.html
- Duy Linh (29 March 2018). "T&T Group and Bouygues inked $2-billion deals". TheLEADER. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/09/24/hanoi-fc-champions/
- https://laodong.vn/the-thao/hanh-trinh-di-tim-su-thua-nhan-cua-cdv-ha-noi-604569.ldo
- https://www.goal.com/vn/tintuc/lo-dao-tao-clb-ha-noi-khong-hoanh-trang-nhung-dac-biet-hieu/1nmrafllbmwci1dci64ys7gvf4
- "Nghiêm to replace Đức as coach for Hà Nội T&T premier team". VietnamNews.vn. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2019.