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Wikipedia - Hanoi FC

Hanoi Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Hà Nội), commonly referred to as Hanoi FC, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi, Vietnam. They play their home matches at the Hang Day Stadium and compete in V.League 1, the top division in the Vietnamese football league system. They were founded in 2006 as T&T Hanoi Football Club before being renamed to Hanoi T&T Football Club in 2010, and finally to its current name in 2016.

Domestically, Hanoi FC have won a record 6 V.League 1 titles, 3 Vietnamese Cups and a record 5 Vietnamese Super Cups. In international football, the club have played in seven Asian competitions to date, notably reaching the AFC Cup inter-zone play-off final in 2019.

History

Foundation and rise

Hanoi FC was formed in 2006 as T&T Hanoi Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá T&T Hà Nội) by T&T Group. The team initially played in the lowest division of Vietnamese football, V.League 4. The first three years in its existence, from a team of mostly young players led by coach Trieu Quang Ha (former player of the Vietnamese football team and The Cong) the team was promoted three consecutive places, from V.League 4 in 2006, finished in 1st place to V.League 3 in 2007, finished in 2nd place, and finally to V.League 2 in 2008, finished in 2nd place and winning the right to compete in V-League 2009.

First V.League title and establishment of a new powerhouse

Once the club established its foothold, Hanoi T&T began to emerge radically and started to feel success in its debut on the top league. The club missed out their chance to win the 2009 season, but soon got the joy when they won the 2010 season, the club's first ever title.

Thanked for good management and domestic trophy in 2010, Hanoi T&T was able to participate in their first international tournament, the 2011 AFC Cup. However, Hanoi T&T had performed poorly in their first AFC Cup tournament, finishing in third place in Group G.

In the 2012 season, Hanoi T&T won the second place. There have been many rumours said that Hanoi T&T have played defense throughout the entire last match against Xuan Thanh Saigon to help SHB Da Nang won the title, the club that also being owned by the same person who owned Hanoi T&T, despite they still have a chance to win the league. After this match, owner of Xuan Thanh Saigon have announced to dissolved the team.

The 2013 season was the season in which Hanoi T&T was crowned champion before a round after a 2-1 victory over Dong Tam Long An. This is also the season that the striker Gonzalo and Samson have played excellently with a total of 28 goals, thereby winning the title of top scorer together.

The season 2014 and 2015 marked the rise of Becamex Binh Duong, this is also the period marking the generation of the team when Duy Manh, Van Thanh, Minh Long were promoted to the first team together. With the departure of goalkeeper Le Van Nghia, midfielder Sy Cuong... In the 2014 AFC Cup, the team finished 1st place on Group F, defeated Nay Pyi Taw 5-0 in the Round of 16 but lost to Erbil of Iraq in the quarter-finals 3-0 on aggerate.

The 2016 season, which is also the 10th anniversary for the capital club, witnessed many fluctuations of Hanoi T&T when they changing coaches twice. The first time was just a week before the season when coach Phan Thanh Hung resigned and the coach of the Hanoi U21 T&T team at that time, Mr. Pham Minh Duc, was selected to replace him. However, after coach Pham Minh Duc started the season with extremely disappointing results when he only won 1 point after the first 4 matches and ranked at the bottom of the table. On March 17, 2016, the purple shirt team decided to bring assistant Chu Dinh Nghiem to take over Hanoi T&T replaced Pham Minh Duc. This change helped the team completely improve the gameplay and the results improved significantly and brought the team gradually to the top of the table when the tournament only had 2 rounds left. In the penultimate round and was forced to win to raise hopes of the championship, Hanoi T&T played bravely to win all 3 points against Than Quang Ninh with Nguyen Van Quyet's only goal to hold the right to self-determination before the match. last. A 2-0 victory over FLC Thanh Hoa thanks to Gonzalo's double in the final round helped Hanoi T&T lift the V-League championship for the third time when it was equal on points and just above Hai Phong in the sub-index. However, in the 2016 Vietnamese Cup, the purple shirt team only won the runner-up position after losing unfortunately to Than Quang Ninh at Hang Day Stadium with a score of 1-2.

Name change

In 2016, shortly after winning the 2016 season, T&T Group decided to dedicate the club to the people of Hanoi, thus retreating its stakeholder and the club was officially renamed as Hanoi FC. The City Council had also decided to grant Hàng Đẫy Stadium to the club as a tribute so the club could use and improve the facilities.

The 2017 season ended disappointingly for the purple team . They finished in 3rd place in the despite of holding a huge advantage in the last round after winning 1-0 against QNK Quang Nam (the team that won the championship later) in the penultimate round, but later drew 4-4 against Than Quang Ninh in the final round. In the 2017 Vietnamese Cup, Hanoi alos displayed disappointed performances when they were eliminated from the round of 16 by Song Lam Nghe An. They also failed to reach the knockout stage in 2017 AFC Cup, after a despondent 2-6 defeat against Ceres-Negros in the last group stage game.

In the 2018 season, thanks to the strong effect from the success of the Vietnam U23 team in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, in which Hanoi players played a crucial role, a large number of audiences had gradually become interested in the team. The team started with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Haiphong at Hang Day's home ground and then won 5-0 over Hoang Anh Gia Lai in a match where Hang Day reached its audience limit of 25,000. The purple team then crossed the finish line and were crowned champions before 5 rounds with 64 points and 72 goals scored. However, the 2018 season ended incompletely when the purple team missed the opportunity to reach the 2018 Vietnamese Cup final after a goalless draw against Becamex Binh Duong at Gò Đậu Stadium (the aggregate score was 3-3 and Hanoi was eliminated due to away goals rule).

In 2019, Hanoi started the season with a victory at the 2019 AFC Champions League round 1 play-off match. However, in the second play-off game in AFC Champions League, Hanoi suffered a 2-4 defeat against Chinese team Shandong Luneng despite taking the lead in the first half and displayed a superior demonstration against the opponent. The defeat ascended the team to the 2019 AFC Cup group stage. The purple shirt team's domestic season started with a 2-0 victory over Becamex Binh Duong in the Super Cup match. The team started the 2019 with a remarkable 5-0 victory over Than Quang Ninh. However, the team face a more difficult title race than the previous season when having to compete in three different competitions including V.League 1, Vietnamese Cup and AFC Cup, and was also challenged by new rising side Ho Chi Minh City. The team continuously dropped points in the stoppage time against underdogs such as Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN or even against a direct competitor for the championship, Ho Chi Minh City. Nevertheless, the team's spectacular improvements in the following rounds helped them to break through and crowned champions 2 rounds early after the victory against Song Lam Nghe An. At the 2019 AFC Cup, the team passed the group stage as Group F leaders. In the knockout stage, they respectively overcame Ceres Negros, Becamex Binh Duong, Altyn Asyr to reach the inter-zone final, before getting bitterly eliminated by North Korean team 4.25 SC due to the away goal rule. With 5 V.League 1 titles, the purple shirt team had become the team that have won the most V.League 1 titles since the league officially went into professionalization in the 2000-2001 season. At the 2019 Vietnamese Cup, Hanoi defeated Hong Linh Ha Tinh, Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh in turn and won 3-0 had a convincing victory against Ho Chi Minh City in the semi-final. In the final match, despite having to play away from home and in bad weather conditions due to a storm, Hanoi managed to win the 2019 Vietnamese Cup thanks to their players' being in-form. Thereby, Hanoi added the only missing major title in their trophy room after several nonsuccesses in the past.

In 2022, under the management of Chun Jae-ho, Hanoi FC have won the 2022 V.League 1, which is also their 6 titles and currently tied with The Cong-Viettel for the most V.League won since the league was started in 1980, and the 2022 Vietnamese Cup which qualified them to the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage.

In 2023 season, under Montenegro head coach Bozidar Bandovic, Hanoi started the season by winning the 2023 Vietnamese Super Cup after defeating Haiphong in the final. But this turned out to be their only tile during the season season as they finish as runner-up in the 2023 V.League 1, behind Hanoi Police, and they were also eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Vietnamese Cup after losing against Viettel.

AFC Champions League group stage debut

As a result of winning the 2022 V.League 1 title, Hanoi FC have made their AFC Champions League group stage debut, being drawn in Group J with Pohang Steelers, Wuhan Three Towns and Urawa Red Diamonds. In order to prepare for the first time participating in the 2023–24 AFC Champions League, Hanoi FC had reached an agreement with the National Sports Complex on the lease and would used the Mỹ Đình National Stadium as their home ground. On 20 September 2023, the club play its first game in a 2–4 home defeat against South Korean side, Pohang Steelers. The second match saw Hanoi losing 0–6 against the defending champions, Urawa Red Diamonds. As a consequence of series of poor performances, coach Božidar Bandović was sacked and was replaced by his assistant, Lê Đức Tuấn. In his debut away match against Chinese Club, Wuhan Three Towns, 9-men Hanoi FC lost 1–2. However, on the fourth group match, Hanoi FC made a comeback against the Chinese side and won 2–1 on home grounds with both goal coming from Phạm Tuấn Hải. On the fifth group match, Hanoi FC lost again against the Korean champions Pohang Steelers 0–2. However, on the last match, the club made a final success against title-holders Urawa Red Diamonds in a 2–1 victory, thus eliminating the champions from defending their title and making them suffer their first lost against an ASEAN side after 16 years.

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