Ho Chi Minh City Police F.C. (Vietnamese: Công An Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh) were a Vietnamese football club based in Ho Chi Minh City. They were champions in the 1995 season of the V-League, Vietnam's top-level association football league. They placed as runners-up in the 1993–94, 1996, 1999–2000, and 2001–02 seasons.[1] Star striker Lê Huỳnh Đức, who later went on to lead Đà Nẵng F.C. to win the 2009 V-League championship as manager, played for the club from 1992 through 2000.[2][3] In 1998, the team played a nationally televised friendly match against the semi-professional San Francisco Bay Seals, winning 3–1. The match marked the first time an American professional soccer team had played in post-war Vietnam.[4]
| Full name | Hồ Chí Minh City Police F.C. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1978 |
| Dissolved | 2002 (become Dong A Bank in 2002 |
| Ground | Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
Achievements
editNational competitions
edit- League
Winners : 1998,2001
Runners-up : 2000
- Runners-up : 1999, 2001
Notes and references
edit- ^ Lịch sử Vleague (V-League History) Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. V-League. 2010.
- ^ "Huỳnh Đức Lê". National-Football-Teams.com.
- ^ Le Huynh Duc – the young talented manager Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. Vietnamese Ministry of Culture and Information. August 14, 2009.
- ^ U.S. Semipro Soccer Team Visits Vietnam . Associated Press. February 15, 1998.
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