Gia Định Football Club () is a Vietnamese football club based in Gia Định ward,
Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025.
The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...
. The club is playing its home matches at the 1,000-capacity Tân Hiệp Stadium. The club competes in the
V.League 2
The Vietnamese National Football First League (), known simply as the V.League 2 and for sponsorship purposes as Gold Star V.League 2, is the second-highest of the Vietnamese football league system after V.League 1, and is currently contested ...
, following promotion after finishing second in their group in the
2025 Vietnamese Second Division.
History
In 2019, Gia Định Football Club was established and used Củ Chi Stadium as their home stadium. As their first season, Gia Dinh participated in the
Vietnamese Second Division
The Vietnamese Football League Second Division () is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.
History
A national third tier of Vietnamese association football was first es ...
after purchasing the participation slot of Hoàng Sang. Gia Định was drawn on Group B with
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* Bình Thuận Province
* Bình Thuận, District 7, a ward of District 7, Ho Chi Minh City
* Bình Thuận, Đà Nẵng, a ward of Hải Châu District
* Bình Thuận, Đắk Lắ ...
,
Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu,
Long An,
Tiền Giang
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,
Bến Tre
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and
Vĩnh Long
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Vĩnh Long covers and has a population of 200,120 (as of 2018). The name was spelled 永 隆 ("eternal prosperity") in the form ...
; they finished second on their group, and lost 5–4 during their penalty shootout after a 0–0 draw during the promotion play-off semi-finals. In the following season, Gia Định finish first in their group in the Second Division, thus gaining promotion to the
2021 V.League 2. However, the club later withdrew to play in the V.League 2, due to not meeting the requirements to participate in the league as they lack a standardized stadium and a youth academy.
Gia Định remained in the Second Division for three more seasons, before selling their league slot to
Bắc Ninh
Bắc Ninh () is a city in the Northern Vietnam, northern part of Vietnam and is the capital of Bắc Ninh province. The city is the cultural, administrative and commercial center of the province. The city area is 82.60 square km, with a populat ...
in 2024. At the same year, the club started over in the
Vietnamese Third Division and finish as group winner in the league, thus return to the Second Division.
In the
2025 season, Gia Định got promoted to the
2025–26 V.League 2
The 2025–26 V.League 2 will be the 32nd season of the V.League 2. It will begin on 19 September 2025 and will conclude on 17 June 2026.
For the first time since the 2014 season, V.League 2 teams are allowed to register foreign player without ...
after finishing runner-up in Group B due to superior head-to-head points compared to
Lâm Đồng Lâm is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Lin (surname), Lin in Mandarin Chinese , Mandarin and Im (Korean name), Im in Korean language, Korean.
Lam is the anglicized variation of the surname Lâm.
Lin (surname), Lam is also a c ...
at the end of the season.
Coaching staff
Current squad
''As of 9 April 2025''
References
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