LPBank Ho Chi Minh City FC explained

Clubname:Ho Chi Minh City Young FC
Fullname:Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Thanh Niên Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
(LPBank Ho Chi Minh City Young Football Club)
Short Name:LPBank HCMC
Founded: as Ho Chi Minh City FC Youth
Ground:Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Capacity:15,000
Owner:LPBank
Manager:Nguyễn Việt Thắng
League:V.League 2
Position:Vietnamese Second Division, play-off winner (promoted)
Website:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557808255907
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LPBank Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: LPBank Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), simply known as LPBank HCMC is a Vietnamese football club based in Ho Chi 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.

History

The team was established in 2019 as the reserves team of V.League 1 side Ho Chi Minh City FC to compete in the Vietnamese Third Division, the fourth tier of Vietnamese football system.[1] In the first season at the Third Division, club finished first in their group, thus gain a promotion to be 2020 Vietnamese Second Division.[2]

In 2024, Vietnamese retail bank LPBank became the main sponsor of the club and rebranded the club name into the current LPBank Ho Chi Minh City FC but failed to register the name changed before the deadline set by Vietnam Football Federation. Consequently, they competed under the old name Ho Chi Minh City FC B during the season.[3] [4] [5] The team managed to finish second in their group in the Second Division, gaining them a qualification to the promotion play-off game. There, they defeated Bắc Ninh in the penalty shootout (after a 2–2 draw) and promoted to the 2024–25 V.League 2.[6]

Coaching staff

!Position!Name
Head coach Nguyễn Việt Thắng
Assistant coach Lê Phước Tứ
Fitness coach Nikita Udovenko

Current squad

As of 13 August 2024[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 đội bóng tham dự Giải hạng ba quốc gia 2019. Báo Đồng Nai. 6 November 2019. vi.
  2. Web site: Xác định 04 đội giành quyền tham dự giải bóng đá hạng Nhì Quốc gia 2020. Vietnam Football Federation. 21 November 2019. vi.
  3. Web site: CLB trẻ TPHCM đổi tên thành LPBank – TPHCM FC: Nhiều tân binh chất lượng. Bóng Đá Phủi. 22 March 2024. vi.
  4. Web site: Nuôi mộng lên hạng, Trẻ TP.HCM bổ sung cùng lúc 8 cầu thủ chất lượng. 30 March 2024. Dân Việt. vi.
  5. Web site: Tìm lại thương hiệu bóng đá Sài Gòn - TP HCM. Người Lao Động. 7 April 2024. vi.
  6. Web site: Kết quả Trẻ TP.HCM 2-2 Bắc Ninh (pen 3-1): Trẻ TP.HCM giành vé thăng hạng. Bongdaplus. 17 June 2024. vi.
  7. Web site: Danh sách đăng ký thi đấu giải Bóng đá hạng Nhì quốc gia 2024 . . Vietnamese . 28 March 2024.