After many years of hardship from the 2024-2025 season, Ho Chi Minh City will have 3 teams playing in the Vietnam professional football league. That is the Ho Chi Minh City team that just finished fourth in the V-League and 2 teams that will play in the first division, including Ho Chi Minh City Youth and Phu Nhuan Orientation team. This is a great joy for the city's fans, because if there is good and sustainable investment, in the near future, Ho Chi Minh City football will be able to have a large number of players participating in the V-League. If that can be done, Ho Chi Minh City football will soon return to its golden age with famous names that have created glorious history such as Customs, Saigon Port, Department of Industry or Ho Chi Minh City Police.
Of the two teams that will play in the first division, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth team is being systematically invested in from the core group of talented players. As for the team that originated from the amateur football movement, Phu Nhuan, when playing in the professional arena, in addition to the honor and joy, the club's biggest concern is finances. Because unlike the lower-level tournaments, where 5-6 billion VND per year is enough to play, the first division investment must be exponential, about 3-4 times that. In other words, if you don't have 20 billion VND in hand, don't dream of surviving in the second largest tournament, which is only for domestic players of Vietnamese football.
The team won the first division title after beating Kon Tum FC in the second division cross-match.
Fortunately for Dinh Huong Phu Nhuan Club, the team's leaders recently reached an agreement with the leaders of Thu Duc City that the team will be accepted and renamed Thu Duc City Club to compete in the first division. Of course, Thu Duc City will pay attention, create good conditions, invest in facilities, equipment, stable accommodation, and logistics to help the team not only survive but also have the opportunity to develop in the long term. Another advantage is that Thu Duc City also found a "huge" source of investment from a sponsor who is very passionate about football for the team.
In the joy of this reception, the head of the delegation Nguyen Van Trung (currently the Chairman of Dinh Huong Phu Nhuan Club) said: "Thu Duc City Football Club will be guaranteed everything when receiving the full leadership and coaching staff of the old Dinh Huong Phu Nhuan team. Members such as Coach Luu Quoc Tan, Technical Director Hoang Nhat Nam and the coaching staff will remain the same. Some players will also be retained, others will be strengthened to give the team depth. Importantly, the team has been allowed by the leaders of Thu Duc City, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City and the Thong Nhat Sports Center to use Thong Nhat Stadium as their home field. Thus, the team will have the opportunity to serve the fans well as well as have long-term stability and progress."
The joy of promotion to the first division of Dinh Huong Phu Nhuan Club, now Thu Duc City Football Club
Thu Duc City's acceptance of the football team is in line with the overall development of Ho Chi Minh City, especially in the period when Thu Duc City is the first and only city in the type of administrative unit of a city under the central government. The dynamic development of Thu Duc City also needs a worthy football club, with quality and methodical investment. Therefore, this name change to create sustainability and longevity for the team has really brought excitement to Ho Chi Minh City football in particular and Ho Chi Minh City sports in general.
Hopefully, Thu Duc City Club will be invested properly, attracting many young talents and quality names, to create a unique style of play, a strong impression in competition. From there, it will bring a lot of joy and new hope to the national first-class football championship to know if there is a chance to participate in V-League.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thu-duc-co-doi-bong-thi-dau-o-san-choi-chuyen-nghiep-san-thong-nhat-lam-san-nha-18524070218342028.htm
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