Ho Chi Minh City Youth FC (Vietnamese: Trẻ Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a Vietnamese football club based in

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 15,000-capacity

Thống Nhất Stadium Thống Nhất Stadium (''lit. Unification Stadium)'' (), formerly Cộng Hoà Stadium (Vietnamese: ''Sân vận động Cộng Hoà'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is located at 138 Đào Duy Từ Street, Ward 6, ...

. They currently play 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 ...

, after winning the promotion play-off game in the 2024

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History

The team was established in 2019 as the reserves team of

V.League 1 The V.League 1 (), also called LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). It is contested by 14 clubs who play each ...

side

Ho Chi Minh City FC Ho Chi Minh City Football Club (HCMC FC, ), simply known as TP Hồ Chí Minh, and commonly known as TPHCM, is a professional football club based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The club competes in the V.League 1, the highest level of Vietnamese ...

to compete in the Vietnamese Third Division, the fourth tier of Vietnamese football system. In the first season at the Third Division, club finished first in their group, thus gain a promotion to be 2020 Vietnamese Second Division. In 2024, Vietnamese retail bank

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became the main sponsor of the club and rebranded the club name into the current LPBank Ho Chi Minh City FC but failed to register the name changed before the deadline set by

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. Consequently, they competed under the old name Ho Chi Minh City FC Youth during the season. The team managed to finish second in their group in the

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, gaining them a qualification to the promotion play-off game. There, they defeated

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 the penalty shootout (after a 2–2 draw) and promoted to the

2024–25 V.League 2 The 2024–25 V.League 2, known as the Gold Star V.League 2 () for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season was scheduled to began on 26 October 2024 and concluded on 21 ...

. Before the beginning of the season, the owner of the team decided to swap the entire squad and staff members of LPBank HCMC with Phù Đổng Ninh Bình, another team belonging to LPBank.

Coaching staff

Current squad

''As of 13 April 2025''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:LPBank Ho Chi Minh City FC Football clubs in Vietnam Association football clubs established in 2019 2019 establishments in Vietnam Football clubs in Ho Chi Minh City