Nam Dinh F.C.

Full name	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Football Club
Nickname(s)	Dũng Sỹ Thành Nam[note 1] (Knights of the Southern City)
Short name	NDFC
Founded	1965 (1965)
Ground	Thiên Trường Stadium No.27, Đặng Xuân Thiều Street, Vị Hoàng Ward, Nam Định City
Capacity	30,000
Owner	Xuan Thien Group
Chairman	Nguyễn Tân Anh
Manager	Vũ Hồng Việt
League	V.League 1
2023	V.League 1, 5th of 14
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Nam Dinh Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá Nam Định), known as Thép Xanh Nam Định for sponsorship reasons and commonly known as Nam Dinh, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Nam Định that competes in the V.League 1.^[1]

History

Nam Định has two sports facilities, Thiên Trường Stadium (formerly Cuối Stadium) and Trần Quốc Toản Indoor Stadium, which are host to football and volleyball matches. Both sports centers are located on Hùng Vương Street.

At the beginning, the club's home stadium was a dust and sandy training ground of the militia forces where were usually called as Sân Dệt or the "stadium" of the Namdinh Spinning Factory. It was old crisis of the Vietnamese National Army's military academy.

From the end of 1970s, their home stadium was Thiên Trường Stadium.^[2] During the Vietnam War, this stadium had become a big, polluted pond with some vegetable fields. Formerly Sân Chùa-Cuối or the "Pagoda at end of the street" Stadium from one uninhibited temple which has got some daoist icons. So it was often named as "a factory weaves wishes" (nhà máy dệt giấc mơ).

Before 1997, the club's kit always used home colors black-white which were similar to Juventus FC.^{[note 2]} It originates from name Namha Youths, so during the 1980-1990s they were called as "Vietnamese Juventus" by sport medias. However, after some changing times due to sponsor replacements, it was fixed as the yellow, then added lime-red.^[3]

Hà Nam Ninh won the National Football Champions (V.League) in 1985 with star player Nguyễn Văn Dũng.

In 2001, Nam Định took second place in the National Championships, losing to Bình Định F.C. In 2007, the Nam Định football team changed its name to Đạm Phú Mỹ Nam Định and won its first National Cup under its new name. In 2009 the Nam Định Football team changed its name to Megastar Nam Định F.C and failed in standing on V.League to 1st level tournament 2010.

The name of club was also changed 10 times due to sponsor replacements :

From 2003 to present, the club currently competes in the V.League with a sponsor of former minister Đinh La Thăng as a businessman, the top flight of Vietnamese football.^[4][5][6]

Current squad

As of 11 October 2023^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  VIE Đinh Xuân Khải 3 MF  VIE Dương Thanh Hào 5 DF  VIE Hoàng Văn Khánh 6 MF  VIE Phạm Đức Huy 7 DF  VIE Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy 8 MF  VIE Nguyễn Đình Sơn 9 FW  VIE Nguyễn Văn Toàn 10 MF  BRA Hêndrio 11 FW  BRA Douglas Coutinho 12 MF  VIE Hồ Khắc Ngọc 13 DF  VIE Trần Văn Kiên 14 FW  BRA Rafaelson 15 DF  VIE Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn 17 DF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Vĩ

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  VIE Đoàn Thanh Trường 19 MF  VIE Trần Văn Đạt 22 FW  VIE Hoàng Minh Tuấn 23 GK  VIE Lê Vũ Phong 26 GK  VIE Trần Nguyên Mạnh 27 FW  VIE Trần Ngọc Sơn 28 MF  VIE Tô Văn Vũ 29 GK  VIE Trần Đức Dũng 32 DF  VIE Ngô Đức Huy 37 MF  VIE Trần Văn Công 77 MF  VIE Mai Xuân Quyết 82 GK  VIE Trần Liêm Điều 88 MF  VIE Lý Công Hoàng Anh 91 FW  VIE Nguyễn Văn Anh

Unregistred players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  VIE Đỗ Xuân Tiến — MF  VIE Tạ Xuân Trường

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  VIE Trần Văn Thành

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  VIE Hoàng Xuân Tân (at PVF-CAND until 7 July 2024)

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Managing Director	Phạm Cẩm Kỳ
Head Coach	Vũ Hồng Việt
Assistant Head Coach	Nguyễn Trung Kiên Nguyễn Quang Huy Nguyễn Anh Tuấn
Fitness Coach	Mashiedee Sulaiman

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2008: Group stage

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
2008	AFC Champions League	Group stage		Beijing Guoan	1–3	0–3
				Kashima Antlers	0–4	0–6
				Krung Thai Bank	2–2	1–9

Season-by-season record

Nam Định played against Sông Lam Nghệ An in V.League 1, July 28, 2019.

Nam Định played against Quảng Nam in V.League 1, August 17, 2019.

Achievements

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2016–2018	Adidas	Mikado
2018–2020	VNA Sport[8]	VICOSTONE – Thổi hồn vào đá Nam Ha Pharma
2020–2023	Kelme[9]	Nam Ha Pharma Xuan Thien Group
2023–present	Mitre	Xuan Thien Group

See also

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• Phong Phú Hà Nam W.F.C. (female)
• Bamboo Airways Thái Bình FC (amateur)
• Vissai Ninh Bình FC (dissolved)

Footnotes

Further reading