Thep Xanh Nam Dinh F.C.

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Nam Dinh Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Nam Định), known as Thép Xanh Nam Định for sponsorship reasons and commonly known as Nam Dinh, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Nam Định that competes in the V.League 1.[1]

Namdinh F.C.
Full nameThep Xanh Namdinh Football Club
Nickname(s)Dũng Sỹ Thành Nam[note 1]
(Lionhearts of the Southern City)
Short nameNDFC
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)
GroundThiên Trường Stadium
No.27, Đặng Xuân Thiều Street,
Vị Hoàng Ward, Nam Định City
Capacity30,000
OwnerXuan Thien Group
ChairmanNguyễn Tân Anh
ManagerVũ Hồng Việt
LeagueV.League 1
2023V.League 1, 5th of 14
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Name edit

The name of club was also changed 10 times due to sponsor replacements :

  • Le Cotonkin CF (Hội túc cầu Hồng Bàng, 1920 – 1945)
  • Namha Youths FC (Đoàn bóng tròn Thanh niên Nam Hà, 1965 – 1978)
  • Hanamninh Industry FC (Đoàn bóng đá Công nghiệp Hà Nam Ninh, 1978 – 1991)
  • Namha FC (CLB BĐ Nam Hà, 1991 – 1996)
  • Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Nam Định, 1997 – 2003)
  • Songda-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Sông Đà-Nam Định, 2003 – 2006)
  • Mikado-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Mikado-Nam Định, 2006 – 2007)
  • Phumy Fertilizer-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Đạm Phú Mĩ-Nam Định, 2007 – 2008)
  • Mikado-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Mikado-Nam Định, 2006 – 2007)
  • Megastar-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Megastar-Nam Định, 2009 – 2011)
  • Mikado-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Mikado-Nam Định, 2011 – 2013)
  • Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Nam Định, 2013 – 2019)
  • Namha Pharma-Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Dược Nam Hà-Nam Định, 2019 – 2020)
  • Namdinh FC (CLB BĐ Nam Định, 2021 – 2022)
  • Thepxanh-Namdinh FC[note 2] (CLB BĐ Thép Xanh-Nam Định, 2023 to present)

History edit

Nam Định has two sports facilities, Thiên Trường Stadium (formerly Cuối Stadium) and Trần Quốc Toản Indoor Stadium, which are host to football and volleyball matches. Both sports centers are located on Hùng Vương Street.

At the beginning, the club's home stadium was a dust and sandy training ground of the militia forces where were usually called as Sân Dệt or the "stadium" of the Namdinh Spinning Factory. It was old crisis of the Vietnamese National Army's military academy.

From the end of 1970s, their home stadium was Thiên Trường Stadium.[2] During the Vietnam War, this stadium had become a big, polluted pond with some vegetable fields. Formerly Sân Chùa-Cuối or the "Pagoda at end of the street" Stadium from one uninhibited temple which has got some daoist icons. So it was often named as "a factory weaves wishes" (nhà máy dệt giấc mơ).

Before 1997, the club's kit always used home colors black-white which were similar to Juventus FC.[note 3] It originates from name Namha Youths, so during the 1980-1990s they were called as "Vietnamese Juventus" by sport medias. However, after some changing times due to sponsor replacements, it was fixed as the yellow, then added lime-red.[3]

Hà Nam Ninh won the National Football Champions (V.League) in 1985 with star player Nguyễn Văn Dũng.

In 2001, Nam Định took second place in the National Championships, losing to Bình Định F.C. In 2007, the Nam Định football team changed its name to Đạm Phú Mỹ Nam Định and won its first National Cup under its new name. In 2009 the Nam Định Football team changed its name to Megastar Nam Định F.C and failed in standing on V.League to 1st level tournament 2010.

From 2003 to present, the club currently competes in the V.League with a sponsor of former minister Đinh La Thăng as a businessman, the top flight of Vietnamese football.[4][5][6]

In 2011, the team changed its name back to Mikado Nam Định and was relegated to the second division after only one year[7][8]. In 2012, Mikado Nam Định failed to win promotion to the first division after losing on penalties to the Khánh Hòa youth team in the semi-finals.[9] In 2014, Nam Định Football Club won a place in the 2015 First Division after defeating Vĩnh Long 4-0 in the Second Division final at Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam[10][11]. In 2016, the team finished third overall and took part in the play-off of the 2016 National First Division but failed to win promotion to the V.League[12].

The following season, the team won the 2017 First Division championship and won the only place to play in the 2018 V.League.[13][14][15] In 2019, the team introduced a new sponsor, Nam Ha Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company, and changed its name to Nam Ha Nam Dinh Pharmaceutical Football Club to compete in the V.League 2019.[16] In this season, the team had a 2-2 draw against Hoang Anh Gia Lai.[17] In 2021, the team changed its name back to Nam Dinh Football Club after the end of the contract with Nam Ha Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company.[18]

After many poor seasons and even near relegation, since 2023 under the guidance of coach Vũ Hồng Việt, Namdinh has continuously been in the top 5 strongest teams in V-League.[19]

Current squad edit

As of 21 March 2024[20]

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 Đinh Xuân Khải
3 MF   VIE Dương Thanh Hào
4 DF   BRA Lucas Alves
6 MF   VIE Phạm Đức Huy
5 DF   VIE Hoàng Văn Khánh
7 DF   VIE Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy
8 MF   VIE Nguyễn Đình Sơn
9 FW   VIE Nguyễn Văn Toàn
10 MF   BRA Hêndrio
11 MF   VIE Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (on loan from LPBank HAGL)
12 MF   VIE Hồ Khắc Ngọc
13 DF   VIE Trần Văn Kiên
14 FW   BRA Rafaelson
15 DF   VIE Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn
17 DF   VIE Nguyễn Văn Vĩ
18 MF   VIE Đoàn Thanh Trường
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   VIE Trần Văn Đạt
22 FW   VIE Hoàng Minh Tuấn
23 GK   VIE Lê Vũ Phong
26 GK   VIE Trần Nguyên Mạnh
27 FW   VIE Trần Ngọc Sơn
28 MF   VIE Tô Văn Vũ
29 GK   VIE Trần Đức Dũng
32 DF   VIE Ngô Đức Huy
37 MF   VIE Trần Văn Công
77 MF   VIE Mai Xuân Quyết
82 GK   VIE Trần Liêm Điều
88 MF   VIE Lý Công Hoàng Anh
91 FW   VIE Nguyễn Văn Anh
DF   VIE Đỗ Thanh Thịnh
DF   VIE Lê Ngọc Bảo

Unregistred players edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   VIE Đỗ Xuân Tiến
MF   VIE Tạ Xuân Trường
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   VIE Trần Văn Thành

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   VIE Hoàng Xuân Tân (at PVF-CAND until 7 July 2024)

Current coaching staff edit

Position Name
Managing Director   Phạm Cẩm Kỳ
Head Coach   Vũ Hồng Việt
Assistant Coach   Nguyễn Trung Kiên
  Nguyễn Quang Huy
  Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
Fitness Coach   Mashiedee Sulaiman

Performance in AFC competitions edit

2008: Group stage
Season Competition Round Club Home Away
2008 AFC Champions League Group stage   Beijing Guoan 1–3 0–3
  Kashima Antlers 0–4 0–6
  Krung Thai Bank 2–2 1–9

Season-by-season record edit

 
Nam Định played against Sông Lam Nghệ An in V.League 1, July 28, 2019.
 
Nam Định played against Quảng Nam in V.League 1, August 17, 2019.
Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Final position Notes
1982–83 V-League 14 3 6 5 12 13 −1 12 6th Group stage
1984 V-League 15 8 3 4 27 26 +1 19 3rd Qualify for 2nd stage
1985 V-League 16 11 5 0 24 9 +15 27 Champions
1986 V-League 17 6 4 7 29 28 +1 16 1st (Group stage) Qualify for 2nd stage
1987–88 V-League 16 3 5 8 22 27 −5 10 7th Group stage
1989–1997
1998 V-League 26 10 6 10 32 29 +3 35 8th
1999–2000 V-League 24 9 7 8 23 25 −2 34 6th
2000–01 V-League 18 11 1 6 22 17 +5 34 2nd
2003 V-League 22 10 6 6 22 19 +3 36 3rd
2004 V-League 22 13 5 4 30 23 +7 44 2nd
2005 V-League 22 7 7 8 27 31 +4 28 6th
2006 V-League 24 9 5 10 22 28 −6 32 9th
2007 V-League 26 10 8 8 35 31 +4 38 4th Qualified for 2008 AFC Champions League
2008 V-League 26 9 4 13 24 32 −8 31 11th
2009 V-League 26 8 7 11 31 36 −5 31 12th Promotion/relegation playoffs
2010 V-League 26 3 3 20 19 47 −28 12 14th Relegation to 2011 First League
2011 First League 26 5 12 9 29 41 −12 27 13th Relegation to 2012 Second Division
2012 Second Division
2013 Second Division
2014 Second Division 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 13 1st Promoted to 2015 V.League 2
2015 V.League 2 14 5 3 6 13 18 −5 18 4th
2016 V.League 2 18 8 8 2 25 14 +11 32 3rd Qualification to Play-off I
2017 V.League 2 12 7 2 3 17 14 +3 23 1st Promoted to 2018 V.League 1
2018 V.League 1 26 5 9 12 33 45 −12 24 13th
2019 V.League 1 26 8 7 11 32 41 −9 31 11th

Achievements edit

National competitions edit

League
  Winners : 1985
  Runners-up : 2000–01, 2004
  Winners : 2017
  Winners : 2014
Cup
  Winners : 2007

Other competitions edit

  Winners : 2016
  Runners-up : 2017

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors edit

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2016–2018   Adidas Mikado
2018–2020   VNA Sport[21] VICOSTONE – Thổi hồn vào đá
Nam Ha Pharma
2020–2023   Kelme[22] Nam Ha Pharma
Xuan Thien Group
2023–present   Mitre Xuan Thien Group

See also edit

Footnotes edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ By the names of 4 famous footballers born from Nam Định Province: Nguyễn Văn Dũng, Nguyễn Văn Sỹ, Vũ Văn Thành, Đoàn Văn Nam.
  2. ^ From SapphireSteel-Namdinh Football JSC.
  3. ^ 1982 Vietnamese movie 89th Minute performed at Namdinh City stadium.

References edit

  1. ^ "CLB Nam Định từ đây sẽ lên hương?". Bongdaplus-Báo Bóng đá. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Sân vận động Thiên Trường Nam Định (Sân Chùa Cuối)". tintucnamdinh.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Nắng chiếu thành Nam". www.qdnd.vn. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. ^ "VCK giải hạng Nhì 2014: Nam Định giành vé lên hạng Nhất". vnleague.com. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Cuộc đua tam mã trụ hạng V.League 2022: CLB Nam Định và "nút thắt" Thiên Trường". danviet.vn. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Bộ đôi 'công thần' của Hải Phòng đến Bình Dương, Nam Định tậu cựu cầu thủ của Viettel". Bongdaplus-Báo Bóng đá. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  7. ^ "'Nam Định lên hạng, bóng đá phía Bắc đang trở lại thời hoàng kim'". thethaovanhoa.vn (in Vietnamese). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Nam Định trở lại V-League sau bảy năm vắng bóng". daidoanket.vn (in Vietnamese). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Tiểu sử câu lạc bộ Nam Định - CLB bóng đá Dược Nam Hà Nam Định". bongda24h.vn. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. ^ "VCK giải hạng Nhì 2014: Nam Định giành vé lên hạng Nhất". Bongdaplus-Báo Bóng đá (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Bóng đá Nam Định – than ôi thời oanh liệt nay còn đâu | Bóng Đá". bongda.com.vn (in Vietnamese). 12 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  12. ^ "CLB Nam Định xây chắc ngôi đầu bảng". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  13. ^ ""Hồi sinh" bóng đá Nam Định". beta.baonamdinh.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  14. ^ Ngoc Nu (26 February 2018). "sin88". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Nam Định thăng hạng V.League". Bongdaplus-Báo Bóng đá (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  16. ^ "CLB Nam Định có nhà tài trợ mới, nhắm tới top 10 V-League 2019". Báo điện tử An ninh Thủ đô (in Vietnamese). 23 February 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  17. ^ "HAGL mất chiến thắng trong phút bù giờ trước CLB Nam Định". Znews.vn (in Vietnamese). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Nam Định không còn gắn tên Dược Nam Hà và "mộng thoát nghèo"". laodong.vn (in Vietnamese). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  19. ^ Winning Hanoi breathlessly, coach Vũ Hồng Việt was as happy as a farmer with a good harvest
  20. ^ "Nam Định". vpf.vn.
  21. ^ "NamDinh Football Club – NDFC on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.[user-generated source]
  22. ^ "NamDinh Football Club – NDFC on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.[user-generated source]

Further reading edit

Bibliography edit

  • Nam Định, thế và lực mới trong thế kỷ XXI −2005 p141 "A glance at the inauguration ceremony of Thiên Trường stadium (August 30th 2003)".

External links edit