Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC (1979)

For the current Police football club in Vietnamese top-flight, see Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC.

Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC (Vietnamese: Công An Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh), also known Ho Chi Minh City Police, were a Vietnamese football club based in Ho Chi Minh City. They were champions in the 1995 season of the V-League, Vietnam's top-level association football league. They placed as runners-up in the 1993–94, 1996, 1999–2000, and 2001–02 seasons.^[1] Star striker Lê Huỳnh Đức, who later went on to lead Đà Nẵng F.C. to win the 2009 V-League championship as manager, played for the club from 1992 through 2000.^[2][3] In 1998, the team played a nationally televised friendly match against the semi-professional San Francisco Bay Seals, winning 3–1. The match marked the first time an American professional soccer team had played in post-war Vietnam.^[4] In 2025, Ho Chi Minh City Police FC was be re-established from the transfer of Ho Chi Minh City FC.

Công an Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh

Full name	Hồ Chí Minh City Police F.C.
Founded	1979
Dissolved	2002 (become Dong A Bank
Ground	Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam
Capacity	25,000

Achievements

National competitions

League

• V.League 1
  • Champions (1): 1995
  • Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 1996, 1999–2000, 2001–02

Cup

• Vietnamese Cup
  • Winners (2): 1998, 2001
  • Runners-up (1): 2000
• Vietnamese Super Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1999, 2001