CLB Viettel

Thể Công (formerly known as Câu lạc bộ Quân đội) is the collective name for numerous sports clubs that were founded within the Vietnam People's Army. With strong tradition of sports in the Army, Thể Công possess a very long and rich history. Among the clubs, the football team is regarded as one of the best in the history of Vietnamese football. The football club also has one of the strongest and most loyal fan-bases in the country.

The club was founded in 1954 as an army sports club Câu lạc bộ Quân đội (Army Club). In 1990, the club was renamed Thể Công.Parts of the club management also worked for the company Viettel, a telecommunications company from Vietnam. In 2007, however, they returned to the old club name, Thể Công. With five won championship titles, the club is the country's champion.

In 2004, exactly 50 years after its foundation, the club finished V-League at 11th place (out of 12) and was relegated to the lower division. After that, the club changed its name to Thể Công Viettel F.C. after its new sponsor Viettel - the Army Electronics and Telecommunication Corporation.

On January 19, 2007, the club finally gained the right to be promoted back to V-League after winning over Tay Ninh 5-3. Immediately thereafter, the official team name was reversed back to Thể Công. In 2010, the club again switched its name back to Viettel FC, and also voluntarily left the professional football set-up. Instead, the club decided to focus on youth development, and start competing again in the amateur 4th tier of Vietnamese football. In 2016 the club finally returned to professional football after winning promotion to the V.League 2.

In 2018, Viettel F.C. won the V.League 2 championship and go back to the national top tier V.League 1. They also switched again to the famous name Thể Công when the tournament started.

Thể Công is the most successful football club in Vietnam with five V-League titles and thirteen championship titles of the former League A of North Vietnam. The club has also contributed many great players to the Vietnam National Football Team.

The Cong is historically the most successful team in Vietnamese football, as they have won the most championships.

As of December 2019 [1]

[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ngô Xuân Sơn 2 DF Lê Đắc Hùng 3 DF Quế Ngọc Hải (vice-captain) 4 DF Bùi Tiến Dũng (Captain) 5 DF Trương Văn Thiết 6 MF Vũ Minh Tuấn 7 FW Caíque 8 MF Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 9 FW Trần Ngọc Sơn 10 MF Đặng Văn Trâm 11 FW Nguyễn Việt Phong 12 MF Hồ Khắc Ngọc 14 FW Bùi Quang Khải 15 DF Nguyễn Văn Toản 16 MF Nguyễn Vũ Linh 17 MF Nguyễn Đức Hoàng Minh

No. Position Player 18 DF Đàm Tiến Dũng 20 FW Lưu Công Sơn 21 DF Nguyễn Đức Chiến 22 MF Bùi Đình Sơn 24 MF Dương Văn Hào 25 GK Quàng Thế Tài 26 GK Trần Nguyên Mạnh 28 MF Nguyễn Hoàng Đức 29 FW Trương Tiến Anh 30 MF Hồ Ngọc Thắng 31 FW Trần Hoàng Sơn 37 FW Bruno 39 DF Lương Nguyên Bảo 88 MF Bùi Duy Thường 91 DF Luizão 96 MF Nguyễn Trọng Đại 99 FW Nhâm Mạnh Dũng

• Quản Trọng Hùng (2001-?)
• Branko Radović ( ?-7/11/2003)
• Phan Văn Mỵ (7/11/2003[3]-?)
• Tomas Viczko (10/2006[4]-?)
• 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-)

• The Cong Official Fan Club
• Squad The Cong 2009
• The Cong Club
• Official website