Phu Tho Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Phú Thọ), is a professional association football club in Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province, Vietnam. The club play their home matches at Việt Trì Stadium and compete in the V.League 2, the second tier of Vietnamese football league system.

Phu Tho FC
Full namePhu Tho Football Club
Founded2019; 5 years ago (2019)
GroundViệt Trì Stadium
Capacity18,000
OwnerTuan Tu Group
ManagerHồ Hoàng Tiến
LeagueV.League 2
2023-2411th out of 11
Current season

History

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In October 2019, the Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee made a decision to establish Tuan Tu Phu Tho football team to participate in the competition from the Vietnamese National Football Third League. Tuan Tu Phu Tho operates under professional football regulations, register as a member of the Vietnam Football Federation. At the beginning, the team had 25 players aged 18–20 with the core being young players of Song Lam Nghe An. Leading the team is coach Ho Thanh Thuong.[1]

In 2019 V.League 4 season, Phu Tho FC finished in 2nd place in group A and get promoted to the 2020 V.League 3.

In 2020 V.League 3 season, with the main squad is from U-21 team of Hanoi FC, they finished the season in 1st place and won against Cong An Nhan Dan in the knockout and get promoted to the 2021 V.League 2.

In 2021 V.League 2, the league was cancelled because of Covid-19. Phu Tho at that time ranked 10th.

In 2022 V.League 2, Phu Tho have escaped relegation by finishing 9th with 21 points.

In 2023 V.League 2, they once again narrowly escaped relegation by finishing 8th out of 10 with 18 points, only two more than the worst ranked team.

In 2023-24 V.League 2 however, they are relegated to 3rd division.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsor

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Stage T-shirt maker Sponsor printed on the shirt
2020   Egan none
2021   Donex Sport Donex Sport
2022   HP Sport none

Players

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As of as of 1 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
1 GK   VIE Ksor Nay Đê Sô
2 MF   VIE Quách Quang Huy (on loan from PVF-CAND)
3 DF   VIE Đặng Trần Chung
4 DF   VIE Bùi Anh Quân (on loan from Dong A Thanh Hoa)
5 DF   VIE Lê Quốc Thái
7 FW   VIE Nguyễn Văn Tiếp (on loan from Dong A Thanh Hoa)
8 MF   VIE Hoàng Anh Tuấn
9 FW   VIE Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (on loan from PVF-CAND)
10 MF   VIE Nguyễn Trung Đạo
12 FW   VIE Nguyễn Ngọc Tĩnh (on loan from Dong A Thanh Hoa)
14 GK   VIE Lâm Lê Phước Tiến Dũng (on loan from SHB Danang)
15 DF   VIE Đinh Viết Lộc
16 MF   VIE Võ Quốc Dân (on loan from PVF-CAND)
17 DF   VIE Nguyễn Mạnh Đình
18 MF   VIE Lê Văn Long (on loan from SHB Danang)
19 MF   VIE Phan Việt Đức
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   VIE Phạm Văn Nam (on loan from Hanoi FC)
21 MF   VIE Phùng Viết Trường (on loan from Hanoi Police)
23 MF   VIE Ngô Sỹ Chinh (on loan from Hanoi FC)
24 FW   VIE Đinh Công Hiếu (on loan from Dong A Thanh Hoa)
25 GK   VIE Nguyễn Văn Mạnh
27 DF   VIE Võ Văn Huy
28 MF   VIE Trần Gia Huy
29 MF   VIE Bùi Huy Hoàng
31 MF   VIE Bùi Văn Lễ
36 MF   VIE Đỗ Văn Việt
66 DF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Dũng (on loan from Dong A Thanh Hoa)
68 MF   VIE Quách Công Đình (on loan from SHB Danang)
86 MF   VIE Trương Đức Mạnh (on loan from Dong A Thanh Hoa)
87 MF   VIE Nguyễn Đức Tùng

References

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  1. ^ "Bước khởi đầu cho sự trở lại của bóng đá chuyên nghiệp Phú Thọ". Archived from the original on 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2023-03-26.