Haiphong Football Club

In 1906, football was brought to North Vietnam by the French during the colonization. Hai Phong at that time was one of the first localities to have football clubs, including Olympique Haiphong, Arrow (La Flèche)., High School (Radium), Youth of Tonkin (La Jeunesse Tonkinoise) and The Sea Golden Elephant (Voi Vàng Đất Cảng). It was reported that in 1909 two teams Haiphong included Le Duong Dap Cau (Legion Dap Cau) and Olympique Haiphong faced each other. In the first leg, Olympique Haiphong won 2-1 but the second match lost 1–8. In the 1930s, Haiphong football was known for the Nguyen Lan and Nguyen Thong duo, whose brought much success to the city's team. However, after the Vietnamese August Revolution of 1945, all precedent Haiphong teams were disbanded. In 1952, a new Hải Phòng football team was established under the name Hải Phòng Police Football Club, being under the management of the Haiphong Municipal Police. Before the Vietnamese reunification in 1975, Haiphong played in the North Vietnam A1 League and managed to win the league 10 times. After the reunification, they were a regular member of the Vietnamese top flight but failed to win a national league title. In 1995, the club won their first Vietnamese Cup. After the 2001–02 season, when the team promoted to the Vietnamese First Division, the team's model was no longer suitable for the new professional football system that was newly formed in Vietnam, Hai Phong Municipal Police had decided to transfer the team to…

1952–1968: Nguyễn Lan 1968–1974: Nguyễn Trọng Lộ 1974–1992: --unknown-- 1992–1998: Trần Bình Sự 1998–2001: Mai Trần Hải 2001–2004: Trần Văn Phúc 2005: Luis Alberto 2006: Laszlo Kleber 2007: Luis Alberto 2007–2008: Vương Tiến Dũng 2008–2009: Alfred Riedl 2009: Đinh Thế Nam 2009–2011: Vương Tiến Dũng 2011–2012: Nguyễn Đình Hưng 2012: Lê Thụy Hải 2013–2014: Hoàng Anh Tuấn 2014: Dylan Kerr 2014–2019: Trương Việt Hoàng 2019–2022: Phạm Anh Tuấn 2022–2026: Chu Đình Nghiêm 2026–present: Đặng Văn Thành

National competitions

League

V.League 1/A1 National League Runners-up: 1992, 2010, 2016, 2022 V.League 2 Winners (2): 1995, 2003 Runners-up: 2007 Cup

Vietnamese National Cup Winners (2): 1995, 2014 Runners-up: 2005 Vietnamese Super Cup Winners (1): 2005 Runners-up: 2014, 2022

Other competitions

North Vietnam A1 League Winners (4): 1960, 1961, 1963, 1968 Runners-up: 1967, 1974 Festival Sport Vietnam Winners (3): 1985, 1990, 1995 Hoa Lư Cup Winners: 2022