Phu Tho FC explained

Clubname:Phu Tho FC
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Fullname:Phu Tho Football Club
Ground:Việt Trì Stadium
Capacity:18,000
Season:2023-24
Current:2023-24 V.League 2
Owner:Tuan Tu Group
Manager:Hồ Hoàng Tiến
League:V.League 2
Position:11th out of 11
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Phu Tho Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Phú Thọ), is a professional association football club in Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province, Vietnam. The club play their home matches at Việt Trì Stadium and compete in the V.League 2, the second tier of Vietnamese football league system.

History

In October 2019, the Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee made a decision to establish Tuan Tu Phu Tho football team to participate in the competition from the Vietnamese National Football Third League. Tuan Tu Phu Tho operates under professional football regulations, register as a member of the Vietnam Football Federation. At the beginning, the team had 25 players aged 18–20 with the core being young players of Song Lam Nghe An. Leading the team is coach Ho Thanh Thuong.[1]

In 2019 V.League 4 season, Phu Tho FC finished in 2nd place in group A and get promoted to the 2020 V.League 3.

In 2020 V.League 3 season, with the main squad is from U-21 team of Hanoi FC, they finished the season in 1st place and won against Cong An Nhan Dan in the knockout and get promoted to the 2021 V.League 2.

In 2021 V.League 2, the league was cancelled because of Covid-19. Phu Tho at that time ranked 10th.

In 2022 V.League 2, Phu Tho have escaped relegation by finishing 9th with 21 points.

In 2023 V.League 2, they once again narrowly escaped relegation by finishing 8th out of 10 with 18 points, only two more than the worst ranked team.

In 2023-24 V.League 2 however, they are relegated to 3rd division.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsor

!Stage!T-shirt maker!Sponsor printed on the shirt
2020 Egannone
2021 Donex SportDonex Sport
2022 HP Sportnone

Players

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bước khởi đầu cho sự trở lại của bóng đá chuyên nghiệp Phú Thọ. 2023-03-26. 2022-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225005705/https://phutho.gov.vn/vi/buoc-khoi-dau-cho-su-tro-lai-cua-bong-da-chuyen-nghiep-phu-tho. dead.