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, was 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. 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. 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. In 2025, Ho Chi Minh City Police FC was 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

Continental record

All results list Cong An Ho Chi Minh City's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996–97	Asian Club Championship	First round	Johor	0–1	1–1	1–2
1999-2000	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	New Radiant	1–0	3–1	4–1
		Second round	South China	1–1	0–3	1–4
2001-02	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Chongqing Lifan	0–1	1–8	1–9

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

  1996–97: First round

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances

  1999–2000: Second round

  2001-02: Second round

Honours

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