Định Hướng Phú Nhuận Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Định Hướng Phú Nhuận), is a Vietnamese football club based in Hồ Chí Minh City. The club is playing its home matches at the 15,000-capacity Thống Nhất Stadium. They currently play in the V.League 2, after winning the promotion play-off game in the in the 2024 Vietnamese Second Division.

Định Hướng Phú Nhuận FC
Full nameCâu lạc bộ bóng đá Thành phố Thủ Đức
(Thủ Đức City Football Club)
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013) as Định Hướng Advertising Company FC
GroundThống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
Capacity15,000
ChairmanNguyễn Văn Trung
Head coachLưu Quốc Tân
LeagueV.League 2
2024Vietnamese Second Division, play-off winner (promoted)
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/dinhuongfc

History

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In 2013, Định Hướng Football Club was established in Phú Nhuận district, Hồ Chí Minh City under the name Định Hướng Advertising Company FC (Công ty Quảng Cáo Định Hướng) and operated as an amateur sports team. They regularly participated in friendly competitions in Hồ Chí Minh City and southern Vietnam under the name Kharkiv FC and had several achievements. In 2023, they registered to participate in the Vietnamese Third Division, the fourth tier in the Vietnamese football system and changed the club's name to Định Hướng Phú Nhuận.[1][2]

The club managed to sign several veterans who had many playing experiences in V.League 1 and international level such as Huỳnh Kesley Alves and twin brothers Hoàng Danh Ngọc, Hoàng Nhật Nam.[3] In their first season in the Vietnamese football system, the club topped their group in the Third Division and won a promotion to the Second Division for the 2024 season.[4][5] In the following season, the club continued its good form after finishing first in their group in the Second Division, thus qualified for the promotion play-off game. There, they defeated Kon Tum 2–0 and promoted to the 2024–25 V.League 2.[6] Following their promotion, it was given that the club would be transferred to the Thủ Đức People's Committee and placed under their management, thus changed the club's name to Thủ Đức City FC. However, the deal failed and the club remained under the ownership of Định Hướng Advertising company.[7][8]

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Chairman   Nguyễn Văn Trung
Head coach   Lưu Quốc Tân
Assistant coach   Nguyễn Ngọc Linh
  Phan Thanh Giang
Sporting director   Hoàng Nhật Nam

Current squad

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As of 30 March 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   VIE Nguyễn Anh Tài
3 DF   VIE Trịnh Nguyễn Mai Tài Lộc
5 DF   VIE Bùi Hoàng Mỹ
6 DF   VIE Trần Minh Lợi
7 FW   VIE Cao Tấn Hoài
9 FW   VIE Bùi Văn Hưng
10 MF   VIE Hoàng Danh Ngọc
11 MF   VIE Hà Vũ Em
14 DF   VIE Huỳnh Công Hậu
15 DF   VIE Ngô Minh Quang
17 MF   VIE Phạm Ngô Tấn Tài
18 FW   VIE Kha Tấn Tài
21 MF   VIE Dương Vĩnh Khang
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   VIE Nguyễn Tuấn Đạt
24 MF   VIE Phạm Hồng Sơn
25 GK   VIE Lê Văn Hưng
30 DF   VIE Bùi Xuân Quý
35 GK   VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Minh Duy
71 DF   VIE Nguyễn Công Thành
76 MF   VIE Nguyễn Mạnh Huy
77 MF   VIE Nguyễn Minh Phương
80 FW   VIE Cẩm Bá Tuấn
86 MF   VIE Nguyễn Xuân Hướng
88 DF   VIE Huỳnh Hiếu
96 GK   VIE Châu Hoài Thanh
99 MF   VIE Võ Hoàng Minh Tân

References

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  1. ^ "Chính thức tiến hành giải hạng 3 Quốc gia 2023/2024" (in Vietnamese). Bongda Info. Archived from the original on 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  2. ^ "Định Hướng Phú Nhuận sẵn sàng gây bất ngờ ở giải hạng Nhì 2024" (in Vietnamese). Báo Sài Gòn Giải Phóng. 21 March 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Nhiều cầu thủ chuyên nghiệp đưa đội bóng phong trào lên giải hạng nhì quốc gia" (in Vietnamese). Báo Thanh Niên. 13 November 2023. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Định Hướng Phú Nhuận giành vé thăng hạng Nhì quốc gia 2024" (in Vietnamese). Người Đưa Tin. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Sở hữu nhiều tên tuổi, CLB Định Hướng Phú Nhuận chỉ đặt mục tiêu khiêm tốn" (in Vietnamese). Báo Thanh Niên. 21 March 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Bóng đá TP.HCM có thêm 1 CLB lên chuyên nghiệp" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Đổi tên thành TP.Thủ Đức FC, đội bóng lên chơi giải hạng nhất khoác lên mình tấm áo mới" (in Vietnamese). Tiền Phong. 1 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Thủ Đức có đội bóng thi đấu ở sân chơi chuyên nghiệp, sân Thống Nhất làm sân nhà" (in Vietnamese). Báo Thanh Niên. 2 July 2024. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.