Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC

As Saigon Port (1958–2008)

On 1 November 1975, the Saigon Port Workers Football Club was officially established, inherited many players and staffs from the previous Saigon Harbour Football Club that competed in the South Vietnam Football Championship. The team quickly became well known in Southern Vietnam, together with Hải Quan - their local rivals.

In 1980, Saigon Port was one of 10 clubs based in Southern Vietnam to participate in the 1980 Vietnamese National A1 League - the first football championship in Vietnam. In 1983, former defender Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang returned from Germany and was appointed as a head coach for the club. In 1984, CSG began to focus on recruiting young players from their youth academy, including Đặng Trần Chỉnh, Hà Vương Ngầu Nại, Nguyễn Hoàng Châu, Phạm Văn Tám, this squad was later regarded as the club's "Golden Generation". Among them, midfielder Hà Vương Ngầu Nại received recognition by becoming the top scorer of the 1989 V-League, scoring a total of 10 goals. However, until the end of 1990, the team had not won any more titles besides the 1986 V-League.^{[citation needed]}

From 1990 to 2001, many players of the team were called up to the Vietnam national team, including Nguyễn Hồng Phẩm, Hà Vương Ngầu Nại, Lư Đình Tuấn, Hồ Văn Lợi, Huỳnh Hồng Sơn. In 2001, under the new name Saigon Port Football Club, they won another league title in the 2001–02 season. However, they were relegated to the First Division the following season, returning to the V-League again in 2005.

As Hồ Chí Minh City (2009–2025)

The Saigon Port Corporation's officials claimed at the end of 2008 that they no longer had money to support the club. At that time, they only had one primary sponsor, the Vietnam Steel Company. The club's leadership decided to alter the name in order to operate on a professional model. Hồ Chí Minh City Football Club was adopted with the permission of the club's management unit, the Hồ Chí Minh City Football Company Ltd, and the Hồ Chí Minh City Football Federation, with a 15 billion Vietnam Dong investment.

Because of their devotion to the heritage connected with the name Saigon Port, the club's supporters have expressed disappointment and resistance. The club officially changed its name to Hồ Chí Minh City Football Club on 22 January 2009, with the Vietnam Steel Corporation serving as the primary sponsor.^{[citation needed]}

The whole fans association executive committee resigned, and the Saigon Port Football Supporters Association dissolved. They were relegated to the Vietnamese Football League Second Division after finishing 13th place in the 2009 season. In 2012, the club finished last in the Vietnamese First League. After only one season at the second league, Ho Chi Minh returned to the V.League 2 in 2015. With the ambition to return to top fight, Ho Chi Minh City received big investments and successfully gained a promotion to the V.League 1 after winning the 2016 V.League 2.

The club's reputation among supporters progressively improved, Ho Chi Minh City Football Club Fans Association was formed. The squad finished 12th in the league standings in 2017. In the 2019 season, Jung Hae-seong was named as Hồ Chí Minh City's new coach. He was the VIetnam national team's assistant coach. Under his management, Hồ Chí Minh City was in the title race, being the league's top 2 throughout the season. The club finished first after the first part of the season, but Hà Nội won the title. The team also qualified to the 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round.

In the following season, Hồ Chí Minh City had spent 20 billion ₫ on the transfer market, signing several reputated players, such as Nguyễn Công Phượng and Võ Huy Toàn, as well as Costa Rican forwards Ariel Rodríguez and José Guillermo Ortiz. The club began the season with a defeat against Hà Nội in the Vietnamese Super Cup, followed by the defeat in the AFC Champions League preliminary round which resulted in their entry to the 2020 AFC Cup group stage. There, the team topped their group with two wins and one defeat, before the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. in the 2020 V.League 1, the club's form was inconsistent and the foreign players performed poorly. The club finished 5th in the league.

Before the start of the 2021 season, the club's management made several changes to the personnel. Alexandré Pölking, the former coach of Bangkok United, was appointed as the new coach with a 1-year contract. In December 2020, Ho Chi Minh City announced the signing of Vietnamese-American midfielder Lee Nguyen, who played for USA national team. However, the team performed poorly due to players' difficulties to adapt to the coach's tactics. They eventually finished at 11th place when the season was cancelled after the 14th matchday, due to the impact of pandemic in Vietnam.

As Công An Hồ Chí Minh City (2025–present)

On 14 July 2025, the club was officially changed their name to Công An Hồ Chí Minh City, following the ownership transfer to the Công An Hồ Chí Minh City Public Security Department. This marked the return of the name Công An Hồ Chí Minh City in Vietnamese football since 2002, when the 1979 established team had dissolved. In the first season after the name change, they finished sixth in the V.League 1, and won the 2025–26 Vietnamese Cup after a 2–1 win over Ninh Bình in the cup final. This was their first national cup title in 26 years.

Name history

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  VIE Adriano Schmidt (on loan to Becamex HCMC until 1 July 2027) 77 MF  VIE Phan Nhật Thanh Long (on loan to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai until 1 July 2027)

National competitions

League

• V.League 1:
  • Champions (4): 1986, 1993–94, 1997, 2001–02
  • Runners-up (1): 2019
• V.League 2:
  • Champions (2): 2004, 2016
• South Vietnam Football Championship:
  • Champions (3): 1977, 1978, 1979

Cup

• Vietnamese Cup:
  • Champions (3): 1992, 1999–2000, 2025–26
  • Runners-up (4): 1994, 1996, 1997
• Vietnamese Super Cup:
  • Runners-up (4): 2000, 2002, 2019, 2026

Other competitions

• BTV Cup:
  • Champions (1): 2000
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

Domestic

• Player of the Season
  • Elenildo de Jesus (2006)
• League Golden Boot
  • Hà Vương Ngầu Nại (1989, 1991) (V.League 1)
  • Hồ Văn Lợi (2001–02) (V.League 1)
  • Elenildo de Jesus (2006) (V.League 1)
  • Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (2016) (V.League 2)
• Manager of the Season
  • Jung Hae-seong (2019)
• Team of the Season
  • Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn (2019)
  • Trần Minh Vương (2019)
  • Sầm Ngọc Đức (2020)
  • Nguyễn Công Phượng (2020)
  • Patrik Le Giang (2023–24)
  • Ngô Tùng Quốc (2023–24)

International capped players

Continental

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	Asian Cup Winner' Cup	First round	Sarawak FA	w/o
		Second round	Semen Padang	0–1	1–1	1–2
1995–96	Asian Club Championship	First round	Pahang FA	w/o
1998–99	Asian Club Championship	First round	Pohang Steelers	0–2	0–4	0–6
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Singapore Armed Forces	0–0	2–0	2–0
		Second round	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2	0–4	0–6
2002–03	AFC Champions League	Qualification	Churchill Brothers	0–2	1–0	1–2
2020	AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 2	Buriram United	1–2
	AFC Cup	Group F	Yangon United	Cancelled	2–2
			Hougang United	Cancelled	3–2
			Lao Toyota	Cancelled	2–0

Regional

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2026–27	ASEAN Club Championship	Group A	Ratchaburi	—N/a	1–1
			Buriram United		—N/a
			BG Tampines Rovers	—N/a
			Kuching City		—N/a
			Borneo		—N/a
			Manila Digger	—N/a