Wikipedia - Saigon FC

Saigon Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn) was a Vietnamese professional association football club administered by Saigon Football Development Joint Stock Company. Following the relegation from 2022 season and problems related to the club's ownership, it was proposed that team would be dissolved. A last minute attempt was made to give the license over to Lam Dong FC in 2023 season., however, this deal fell though.

The club's formation was set as a result of the B team of Hanoi FC relocating to Ho Chi Minh City in the south of Vietnam and renaming in 2016 to Saigon FC.

History

Formerly, the team was the youth team of Thể Công, which was established in 2008. After Thể Công dissolved in 2009, the youth team was transferred to Viettel and renamed Viettel Football Club. In 2010, the team was transferred to Thanh Hóa province and renamed Thanh Hóa Football Club. However, the youth team was still kept and continued to compete under the name Viettel Football Center.

At the end of the 2012 season, T&T Sports Joint Stock Company acquired the team and renamed it Hanoi Football Club. On March 31, 2016, Hanoi Football Club changed its name to Saigon Football Club. On April 4, 2016, the VFF approved Saigon Football Club to use the new name and register Thong Nhat Stadium as its home ground for the 2016 V.League 1.

FC Tokyo partnership

In February 2020, Saigon announced a cooperation agreement with Japanese club FC Tokyo, which includes plans for a joint football academy being started in Vietnam.

Sai Gon FC (celým názvem Saigon Football Club) je vietnamský fotbalový klub, sídlící ve městě Ho Či Minovo Město. Byl založen v roce 2011 a v současnosti hraje v první vietnamské lize (V-League 1).

Klubové barvy jsou červená a bílá. Domácím stadionem je Thong Nhat Stadium s kapacitou 15 000 diváků.

Sai Gon FC dosáhl několika pozoruhodných úspěchů, včetně vítězství ve vietnamském poháru v roce 2022. Klub také pravidelně soutěží v asijských klubových soutěžích, včetně AFC Champions League.

Mezi nejznámější hráče, kteří hráli za Sai Gon FC, patří Nguyen Van Quyet, Nguyen Anh Duc a Nguyen Cong Phuong.

Klub je známý svou silnou hráčskou základnou a oddanými fanoušky, kteří vytvářejí na domácích zápasech elektrizující atmosféru.