The Ho Chi Minh City FC is a football club in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam . The club currently plays in the highest league in the country, the V.League 1 . The club plays its home games at Thong Nhat Stadium. With 4 championships and 2 cup wins, the club is one of the most successful clubs in the country.
The association was founded in 1975 as Cảng Sài Gòn. To date there have been several name changes. The last one was in January 2009. When they finally changed their name to FC Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. The main shareholders of the association are Southern Steel with 72% and Saigon Port with 25% shares.
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1975
2000
Saigon Port Workers FC (đội bóng đá công nhân Cảng Sài Gòn)
2001
2003
Saigon Port FC (Cảng Sài Gòn)
2004
2008
Southern Steel - Saigon Port FC (Thép Miền Nam - Cảng Sài Gòn)