Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Vĩnh Long, simply known as Vĩnh Long, is a Vietnamese

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club based in

Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long ɨn˨˩˦:lawŋ˧˧is a city and the capital of Vĩnh Long Province in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Geography Vĩnh Long covers and has a population of 200,120 (as of 2018). The name was spelled 永隆 ("eternal prosperity") in the form ...

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. They are now playing in Second Division. The club's greatest success has been its two seasons in the first division, the

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, in

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and 1999-00. The team is currently playing at Vĩnh Long Stadium.

History

The 1999–2000 season marked the club's final appearance in V.League 1. On March 8, 2000, in the 94th minute of the match against Dong Thap, Vinh Long

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Ngô Hoàng Kiệt committed a foul against Nguyễn Tấn Thành inside the

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, resulting in a

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awarded for the opponent. Believing that the decision was not correct, the goalkeeper, along with some other Vinh Long players and staff, started chasing the referee without success. The team then refused to continue the match until it was finally abandoned with the score at 1-1. Hours later, VFF called an emergency meeting and decided to expel Vinh Long from all competitions and demote them to the

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Current squad

''As of 3 January 2023.''

Honours

National competitions

;League *Third Division: : Champions : 2012 (tie) : Runners-up : 2003

Recent managers

Recent managers of the club:

References

{{Vietnamese Second Division Football clubs in Vietnam