Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC

Saigon Port era

On 1 November 1975, the Saigon Port Workers Football Club was officially established, inherited many players and staffs from the previous Saigon Harbour Football Club that competed in the South Vietnam Football Championship. The team quickly became well known in Southern Vietnam, together with Hải Quan - their local rivals. In 1980, Saigon Port was one of 10 clubs based in Southern Vietnam to participate in the 1980 Vietnamese National A1 League - the first football championship in Vietnam. In 1983, former defender Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang returned from Germany and was appointed as a head coach for the club. In 1984, CSG began to focus on recruiting young players from their youth academy, including Đặng Trần Chỉnh, Hà Vương Ngầu Nại, Nguyễn Hoàng Châu, Phạm Văn Tám, ... This squad was later regarded as the club's "Golden Generation". Among them, midfielder Hà Vương Ngầu Nại received recognition by becoming the top scorer of the 1989 V-League, scoring a total of 10 goals. However, until the end of 1990, the team had not won any more titles besides the 1986 V-League. From 1990 to 2001, many players of the team were called up to the Vietnam national team, including Nguyễn Hồng Phẩm, Hà Vương Ngầu Nại, Lư Đình Tuấn, Hồ Văn Lợi, Huỳnh Hồng Sơn. In 2001, under the new name Saigon Port Football Club, they won another league title in the 2001–02 season. However, they were relegated to the First Division the following season, returning to the V-League again in…

National competitions

League V.League 1: Winners: 1986, 1993–94, 1997, 2001–02 Runners-up: 2019 Third place: 1985, 1990, 1995 V.League 2: Winners: 2004, 2016 Third place: 2015 South Vietnam Football Championship: Winners: 1977, 1978, 1979 Cup Vietnamese Cup: Winners: 1992, 1999–2000, 2025–26 Runners-up: 1994, 1996, 1997 Third place: 2020, 2019 Vietnamese Super Cup: Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2019, 2026

Other competitions

BTV Cup: Winners: 2000 Runners-up: 2001