Định Hướng Phú Nhuận FC

Full name	Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Định Hướng Phú Nhuận (Định Hướng Phú Nhuận Football Club)
Short name	Định Hướng
Founded	2013; 11 years ago (2013) as Định Hướng Advertising Company FC
Ground	Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Nguyễn Văn Trung
Manager	Lưu Quốc Tân
League	V.League 2
2024	Vietnamese Second Division, play-off winner (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Định Hướng Phú Nhuận Football Club ( Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Định Hướng Phú Nhuận), simply known as Định Hướng FC is a Vietnamese football club based in Hồ Chí Minh City. The club is playing its home matches at the 15,000-capacity Thống Nhất Stadium. They currently play in the V.League 2, after winning the promotion play-off game in the in the 2024 Vietnamese Second Division.

History

In 2013, Định Hướng Football Club was established in Phú Nhuận district, Hồ Chí Minh City under the name Định Hướng Advertising Company FC (Công ty Quảng Cáo Định Hướng) and operated as an amateur sports team. They regularly participated in friendly competitions in Hồ Chí Minh City and southern Vietnam under the name Kharkiv FC and had several achievements. In 2023, they registered to participate in the Vietnamese Third Division, the fourth tier in the Vietnamese football system and changed the club name to Định Hướng Phú Nhuận. ^{[1] [2]}

The club managed to sign several veterans who had many playing experiences in V.League 1 and international level such as Huỳnh Kesley Alves and twin brothers Hoàng Danh Ngọc, Hoàng Nhật Nam. ^[3] In their first season in the Vietnamese football system, the club topped their group in the Third Division and won a promotion to the Second Division for the 2024 season. ^{[4] [5]} In the following season, the club continued its good form after finishing first in their group in the Second Division, thus qualified for the promotion play-off game. There, they defeated Kon Tum 2–0 and promoted to the 2024–25 V.League 2. ^[6]

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Nguyễn Văn Trung
Head coach	Lưu Quốc Tân
Assistant coach	Nguyễn Ngọc Linh Phan Thanh Giang
Sporting director	Hoàng Nhật Nam

Current squad

As of 30 March 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   VIE Nguyễn Anh Tài 3 DF   VIE Trịnh Nguyễn Mai Tài Lộc 5 DF   VIE Bùi Hoàng Mỹ 6 DF   VIE Trần Minh Lợi 7 FW   VIE Cao Tấn Hoài 9 FW   VIE Bùi Văn Hưng 10 MF   VIE Hoàng Danh Ngọc 11 MF   VIE Hà Vũ Em 14 DF   VIE Huỳnh Công Hậu 15 DF   VIE Ngô Minh Quang 17 MF   VIE Phạm Ngô Tấn Tài 18 FW   VIE Kha Tấn Tài 21 MF   VIE Dương Vĩnh Khang

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   VIE Nguyễn Tuấn Đạt 24 MF   VIE Phạm Hồng Sơn 25 GK   VIE Lê Văn Hưng 30 DF   VIE Bùi Xuân Quý 35 GK   VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Minh Duy 71 DF   VIE Nguyễn Công Thành 76 MF   VIE Nguyễn Mạnh Huy 77 MF   VIE Nguyễn Minh Phương 80 FW   VIE Cẩm Bá Tuấn 86 MF   VIE Nguyễn Xuân Hướng 88 DF   VIE Huỳnh Hiếu 96 GK   VIE Châu Hoài Thanh 99 MF   VIE Võ Hoàng Minh Tân

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