Phu Tho Football Club ( vi, Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Phú Thọ), is a professional
association football
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club in
Viet Tri
The Vietnamese people ( vi, người Việt, lit=Viet people) or Kinh people ( vi, người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China (Jing Islands, Dongxing, Guangxi). The native lan ...
city,
Phu Tho
Phu or ''variation'', may refer to:
Places
*Phủ, prefecture in 15th–19th century Vietnam
People Given name
*Phu Dorjee (died 1987), first Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen
*Phu Dorjee Sherpa (died 1969), first Nepali to climb Mount ...
province, Vietnam. The club play their home matches at
Việt Trì Stadium
Việt Trì Stadium is an association football stadium located in Việt Trì city, Phú Thọ province, Vietnam. This stadium with a capacity of nearly 18,000 seats is located in the premises of the Sports Complex of Phú Thọ province. Currentl ...
and compete in the
V.League 2
V.League 2 or Vietnamese National Football First League, ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Hạng Nhất Quốc Gia Việt Nam), also called LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier professional association football league in Vietnam c ...
, the second tier of
Vietnamese football league system The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.
System by period
Current system
Cup eligibility Domestic cups
All V.League 1 and V ...
.
History
In October 2019, the Chairman of Phu Tho Provincial People's Committee made a decision to establish Tuan Tu Phu Tho football team to participate in the competition from the
Vietnamese National Football Third League
The Vietnamese Football League Second Division ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Hạng nhì Quốc gia) is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.
History
A national third tier of ...
. Tuan Tu Phu Tho operates under professional football regulations, register as a member of the
Vietnam Football Federation. At the beginning, the team had 25 players aged 18–20 with the core being young players of
Song Lam Nghe An
Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghe An province, Vietnam. The club was named based on the Lam river.
...
. Leading the team is coach Ho Thanh Thuong.
In 2019
V.League 4 season, Phu Tho FC finished in 2nd place in group A and get promoted to the 2020
V.League 3.
In 2020
V.League 3 season, with the main squad is from U-21 team of
Hanoi FC, they finished the season in 1st place and won against
Cong An Nhan Dan in the knockout and get promoted to the
2021 V.League 2.
In
2021 V.League 2, the league was cancelled because of
Covid-19
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. Phu Tho at that time ranked 10th.
In
2022 V.League 2, Phu Tho have escaped relegation by finished 9th with 21 points.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsor
Players
.
References
{{V.League 2
Phu Tho FC
Football clubs in Vietnam
Association football clubs established in 2019