Thể Công–Viettel FC

Thể Công period

1954–1968: Formation and rising

On 23 September 1954, according to the appointment of the Director of the General Department of Politics at that time, General Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Đoàn công tác Thể dục Thể thao Quân đội (Thể Công) was established. Thể Công is short for Thể dục Thể thao Công tác Đội (Physical Education and Sports Team Work) and was managed by Ministry of Defence. The first Thể Công team include 23 people of the cadre from The Army Officer College No1 and was divided into three teams: 11 football, 5 basketball and 6 volleyball players. In addition, all three teams also have a special reserve player, Lý Đức Kim, who knows how to play football, both basketball and volleyball, and has the ability to be a nurse and good logistics. Kim also has the above support functions. The first main lineup of the Thể Công football team include: Lê Nhâm; Nguyễn Văn Hiếu; Phạm Ngọc Quế; Nguyễn Thiêm; Ngô Xuân Quýnh; Phạm Mạnh Soạn; Trương Vĩnh Thắng; Nguyễn Bá Khánh; Nguyễn Văn Bưởi (captain); Nguyễn Thông (player-coach); Vũ Tâm (as Phạm Vinh). Beside, Nguyễn Văn Thành (as Tí Bồ) was joined later, was a famous player of the first Vietnamese footballers generation in the 1930s to 1950s period. More than a month later, on 25 October, in the first football match held since the liberation of Hanoi at Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Thể Công had the first match in its history against Trần Hưng Đạo University team, including players from the capital's working class.…

1954–1965: Thể Công 1965–1970: Trường Sĩ Quan Lục Quân 1970–1975: Thể Công 1976–1998: Quân Đội 1999–2005: Thể Công 2005–2007: Thể Công–Viettel 2007–2009: Thể Công 2010–2023: Viettel 2023–present: Thể Công–Viettel

Quản Trọng Hùng (2001–?) Branko Radović (?–7/11/2003) Phan Văn Mỵ (7/11/2003-?) Tomas Viczko (10/2006-?) Nguyễn Mạnh Cường (3/2005–1/2006) Gyorgy Galhidi (31/7/2007–1/9/2008) Vương Tiến Dũng (16/9/2008–2009) Lê Thụy Hải (1/2009–5/2009) Đinh Thế Nam (2016) Nguyễn Hải Biên (2017–1/2019) Lee Heung-sil (1/2019-6/2019) Nguyễn Hải Biên (6/2019–1/2020) Trương Việt Hoàng (1/2020–6/2022) Hans-Jürgen Gede (6/2021) (2021 AFC Champions League only) Bae Ji-won (6/2022–12/2022) Thạch Bảo Khanh (12/2022–12/2023) Thomas Dooley (12/2023–1/2024) (caretaker) Nguyễn Đức Thắng (1/2024–4/2025) Velizar Popov (4/2025–present)

National competitions

League A1 National League/V.League 1 Winners (6; record): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1987, 1990, 1998, 2020 Runners-up : (4) 1984, 1989, 1986, 2025–26 Third place : (4) 1993–94, 1997, 2000–01, 2023

V.League 2: Winners : (2) 2007, 2018 Runners-up : (1) 2016 Second League: Winners : 2015 Runners-up : 2009 Third League Winners : 2012 Vietnamese Cup: Runners-up : (5) 1992, 2004, 2009, 2020, 2023 Third place (3) : 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 Vietnamese Super Cup: Winners : (1) 1999 Runners-up : (1) 2020

Other competitions

North Vietnam Football Championship: Winners (9; record): 1955, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 A-Class National League: Winners (4; record): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Hồng Hà League: Winners (3; record): 1976, 1977, 1978 Festival Sport Vietnam Winners : 2002 Army ASEAN (1) Winners : 2004 Runners-up : 1999 SKDA Third place : (1) 1989