PVF-Cong An Nhan Dan Football Club (), simply known as PVF-CAND, is a professional football club based in

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, Vietnam. The club play their home matches at PVF Stadium and compete in the

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, the second tier of

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. Formed in 2018 as Phố Hiến FC, the club adopted their current name in 2023.

History

Prior to the creation of the team, the

PVF Football Academy The Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talent Football Academy (PVF), officially operating as the PVF Youth Football Training Center - Ministry of Public Security (), is a privately-established football academy based in Hưng Yên. The instituti ...

handed every year all its graduated players to other Vietnamese professional football clubs, which caused difficulties for several players to adapt to the new environment. For that reason,

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, the owner of the PVF Academy established Phố Hiến FC in April 2018 in order to receive the graduated players from the PVF Academy and introduce them to the professional football level. The team's home ground PVF Stadium is situated in the

training center located in

. During the first season of its existence, club competed in the

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and won the promotion to the

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after defeating Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu in the promotion play-offs. In the following season at the professional level, the club left big impressions to the media and fans as they finished runner-up in the

with the youngest squad among all the teams. Since 2023, the club is owned by the

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and adopted the name PVF-CAND, with CAND as an abbreviation for People's Public Security (Công An Nhân Dân). In the 2023 season, the club finished as

runner-up for the second time in their history and reached the

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semi-finals, being the first

team to achieve that since 2005.

Name history

*2018–2022: Pho Hien FC (Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Phố Hiến) *2023–present: PVF-CAND FC (Câu lạc bộ bóng đá PVF-CAND)

Players

Current squad

''As of 15 February 2025''

Out on loan

Notable players

The players in bold had capped for the Vietnam national team while playing for the club. *

Huỳnh Công Đến Huỳnh Công Đến (born 19 August 2001) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 2 side PVF-CAND. International goals Vietnam U19 Honours PVF-CAND *V.League 2 runner-up: 2023 *Vietnamese National Cup ...

Lê Bật Hiếu Lê Bật Hiếu (born 22 August 1984) is a Vietnamese retired association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back. He was called up to Vietnam national football team in 2012. References < ...

Lê Minh Bình Lê Minh Bình (born 25 December 1999) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club Phù Đổng Ninh Bình. Early career Born in Bình Phước, Minh Bình played for the youth team of his province bef ...

Lê Ngọc Bảo Lê Ngọc Bảo (born 27 March 1998) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a center back for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND. Club career Bảo joined V.League 1 side Than Quảng Ninh in 2016 after graduating from the PVF Football ...

* Lê Văn Đô *

Lục Xuân Hưng Lục Xuân Hưng (born 15 April 1995) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a center back for V.League 2 club Quy Nhơn Bình Định. Xuân Hưng was named by Park Hang-seo in Vietnam national team squad for the 2018 AFF Cham ...

* Martin Lo *

Nguyễn Bảo Long Nguyễn Bảo Long (born 23 August 2005) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a left back for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national under-20 team. Early career Born in Bắc Giang, Bao Long has joined the PVF Fo ...

Nguyễn Đức Phú Nguyễn Đức Phú (born 13 January 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national under-23 team. Early career Born in Hải Phòng, Đức Phú sta ...

Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn (born 28 July 2003) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national team. Early career Born in Tây Ninh, Thanh Nhàn started his youth ...

* Nguyễn Trọng Long *

Nguyễn Xuân Nam Nguyễn Xuân Nam (born 18 January 1994) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a forward for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND, on loan from Công An Hà Nội, He had previously played for Lao Premier League club SHB Vientiane F.C. and ...

Phí Minh Long Phí Minh Long (born 11 February 1995) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND. Formerly an international from under-19 to under-23 level, Minh Long has been involved in senior Vietnam squads since 2 ...

Thái Bá Đạt Thái Bá Đạt (born 23 March 2005) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V.League 2 club PVF-CAND and the Vietnam national under-23 team. Early career Born in Thanh Hóa, Bá Đạt started his youth career p ...

Trần Bửu Ngọc Trần Bửu Ngọc (born 26 February 1991) is a retired Vietnamese footballer who played as a goalkeeper. International career He made his international debut for Vietnam on 22 March 2013 in a match against Hong Kong. Honours Club Đông Á ...

Võ Nguyên Hoàng Võ Nguyên Hoàng (born 7 February 2002) is a Vietnamese professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for V.League 1 club Dong A Thanh Hoa, Thanh Hóa. Club career Before entering ...

Managers

Current staff

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Managerial history

*2018–2021: Hứa Hiền Vinh *2022–2025: Mauro Jeronimo *2025–present:

Thạch Bảo Khanh Thạch Bảo Khanh (born April 25, 1979) is the retired Vietnamese footballer. He is a member of Vietnam national football team since 2002. He last being a technical director of V.League 1 club The Cong-Viettel in 2023. He is best known for hi ...

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Honours

Senior

* Vietnamese League Two **Third place (1): 2018 *

**Runners-up (3):

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, 2023–24 *

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**Third place (1):

Youth

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**Winners (1): 2023 **Runners-up (1): 2019 **Third place (1): 2021

Reserves team

The reserves team of PVF-CAND currently competes at the

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''As of 10 April 2025''

References

External links

PVF-CAND
at VPF.vn {{Vietnamese First Division Football clubs in Vietnam 2018 establishments in Vietnam Association football clubs established in 2018