Becamex Ho Chi Minh City Football Club (), simply known as Becamex HCMC, and formerly known as Sông Bé and Becamex Bình Dương, is a professional football club based in Thủ Dầu Một ward, Ho Chi Minh City. It currently plays in Vietnam's top division, the V.League 1. Their home ground is Gò Đậu Stadium.
History 1976–1996 In 1976, the club was established as Sông Bé Football Club, named after the Bé River, a well-known river in Bình Dương Province. The first club's head coach was Đỗ Thới Vinh. In 1978, two Sông Bé teams competed in the National Division A, with Sông Bé II winning the regional championship. Afterward, the two sides were merged into one club under head coach Nguyễn Kim Phụng.
In 1994, Sông Bé won its first ever national title, the Vietnamese National Cup. One year later, however, they were relegated from the Vietnamese National First Division (the highest competition in Vietnam at that time) as punishment by the VFF after Sông Bé and 3 other clubs refused to play the relegation play-off matches. In 1996, Sông Bé and Cao Su Binh Long merged into one club which achieved promotion to the top competition that same year.
1997–2001 In January 1997, the club was renamed Bình Dương after Sông Bé Province was divided into two parts, Bình Dương and Bình Phước. In 1998, Bình Dương was relegated from the First Division and suffered for some years from a lack of development.
2002–present In 2002, Bình Duong Football Joint-stock Company was founded when Bình Dương was taken over by Bình Dương Television Broadcaster (BTV) and Becamex IDC, the strongest multi-industry economy corporation in Bình Dương. The financial backing from Becamex IDC was a huge boost for the club.
In 2003, Becamex Bình Duong officially promoted to V-League after a convincing victory at the National First Division. With the emergence of talented young players, Becamex Binh Duong quickly became a new force in V-League. In 2007, Becamex Binh Duong officially won the V.League championship.
On the afternoon of 17 August 2008, Vietnamese football pitches were once again bustling with matches in round 25 of 2008 season. Becamex Binh Duong successfully defended their championship title one round early after winning 4–0 against Boss Binh Dinh. With 3 consecutive victories at the end of the season to finish as V-League 2009 runners-up, Becamex Binh Duong was voted the Best Team of the Month in August by sports reporters nationwide with 42 points. Becamex Binh Duong continued to win the V.League championship in 2014 and 2015.
On 14 July 2025, Becamex Binh Duong changed their name to Becamex Ho Chi Minh City.
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City secure relegation to V.League 2 from next season after twenty two season at top tier due to worst performance in 2025–26.
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Stadium
Gò Đậu Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Thủ Dầu Một. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home stadium of Becamex Bình Dương. The stadium holds 18,250 people.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsors 2015–2019 Kappa Becamex2019–present Kamito
Current squad As of 21 August 2026
Other players under contract
Out on loan
Coaching staff PositionNameHead coach Gerard AlbadalejoAssistant coach Nguyễn Tăng TuấnGoalkeeper coach Fran MateuFitness coach Christopher HernándezDoctor Đặng Hiếu Hảo Lê Anh NhậtLogistics officer Nguyễn Ngọc An Nguyễn Đắc Phương Interpreter Hoàng Nhật HoàngTeam manager Hồ Hồng Thạch
Managers by years NamePeriodAchievements Đỗ Thới Vinh1976–1978Nguyễn Kim Phụng 1978–1997Vũ Văn Tư1998 Trần Bình Sự 2002–2003Nam Dae-sik2003–2004Mai Ngọc Khoa2004Vương Tiến Dũng2005 Đoàn Minh Xương2005–2006 Lê Thụy Hải2006–2008 2007 V-League 2007 Vietnamese Super Cup 2008 V-League 2008 Vietnamese Super Cup Francisco Vital2008–2009Mai Đức Chung2009–2010Đặng Trần Chỉnh (interim)2010Dương Ngọc Hùng2010Luis Rodrigues2010 Dương Ngọc Hùng2010Ricardo Formosinho2011Đặng Trần Chỉnh (interim)2011Lê Thụy Hải2011Đặng Trần Chỉnh (interim)2011–2012Cho Yoon-hwan2012–2013Lê Thụy Hải2013Nguyễn Minh Dũng2013–2014Nguyễn Thanh Sơn2014–2016 2014 V.League 1 2014 Vietnamese Super Cup 2014 Mekong Club Championship 2015 V.League 1 2015 Vietnamese Cup 2015 Vietnamese Super Cup Trần Bình Sự2016–2018Trần Minh Chiến2018–2019 2018 Vietnamese CupNguyễn Thanh Sơn2019Carlos Carvalho de Oliveira 2019Nguyễn Thanh Sơn2020Phan Thanh Hùng2020–2021Nguyễn Thanh Sơn (interim)2021 Đặng Trần Chỉnh2021–2022Lư Đình Tuấn2022–2023Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn (interim)2023 Lê Huỳnh Đức2023–2024Nguyễn Đức Cảnh (interim)2024 Hoàng Anh Tuấn2024 Nguyễn Công Mạnh2024–2025Nguyễn Anh Đức2025 Đặng Trần Chỉnh (interim)2025–2026Nobuhiro Ueno2026Hứa Hiền Vinh 2026 Gerard Albadalejo2026–
Continental and regional record Continental All results (home and away) list Becamex's goal tally first.
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate2008AFC Champions LeagueGroup E Changchun Yatai0–51–24th out of 4 Pohang Steelers1–40–0 Adelaide United1–21–42009AFC CupGroup H Home United2–01–21st out of 4 Club Valencia3–05–0 PEA 1–13–1Round of 16 Kedah8–2Quarter-finals Chonburi2–02–24–2Semi-finals Al-Karamah2–10–32–42010AFC CupGroup F Selangor4–00–02nd out of 4 Victory Sports Club3–05–0 Sriwijaya2–10–1Round of 16 SHB Đà Nẵng3–4 (a.e.t.)2015AFC Champions LeagueGroup E Shandong Luneng2–31–34th out of 4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–10–3 Kashiwa Reysol1–01–52016AFC Champions LeagueGroup E Jiangsu Suning1–10–34th out of 4 FC Tokyo1–21–3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors3–20–22019AFC CupGroup G Persija Jakarta3–10–02nd out of 4 Ceres–Negros1–31–0 Shan United6–02–1Zonal semi-finals PSM Makassar1–01–22–2 (a)Zonal finals Hà Nội0–10–10–2
Regional SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate2014Mekong Club ChampionshipSemi-finals Phnom Penh Crown5–2Final Ayeyawady United4–12015Mekong Club ChampionshipSemi-finals Boeung Ket Angkor2–3
Season-by-season records SeasonPldWonDrawLostGFGAGDPTSFinal positionNotes 1995 V-League 12 4 0 8 11 15 −4 8 6th Relegated 1998 V-League 26 6 8 10 23 26 −3 24 13th Relegated 2001 V-League 2 22 5 8 9 27 33 −6 23 10th 2002 V-League 2 22 7 5 10 22 37 −15 26 9th 2003 V-League 2 22 16 2 4 56 18 +38 502nd Promoted to 2004 V-League 2004 V-League 22 7 7 8 24 24 0 28 6th 2005 V-League 22 11 5 6 40 32 +8 38 3rd 2006 V-League 24 11 6 7 33 25 +8 39 2nd 2007 V-League 26 16 7 3 42 22 +20 55 Champions Qualified for 2008 AFC Champions League 2008 V-League 26 14 5 7 32 18 +14 47 Champions Qualified for 2009 AFC Cup 2009 V-League 26 12 7 7 49 35 +14 43 2nd Qualified for 2010 AFC Cup 2010 V-League 26 11 4 11 48 40 +8 37 8th 2011 V-League 26 9 9 8 40 42 −2 36 6th 2012 V-League 26 10 6 10 32 31 +1 36 6th 2013 V.League 1 20 6 5 9 34 35 −1 23 8th 2014 V.League 1 22 15 4 3 53 23 +30 49 Champions Qualified for 2015 AFC Champions LeagueQualified for 2014 Mekong Club Championship 2015 V.League 1 26 16 4 6 57 33 +24 52 Champions Qualified for 2016 AFC Champions League Qualified for 2015 Mekong Club Championship 2016 V.League 1 26 9 7 10 39 37 +2 34 10th 2017 V.League 1 26 6 12 8 34 30 +4 30 11th 2018 V.League 1 26 7 12 7 39 36 +3 33 7th Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup (national cup winners) 2019 V.League 1 26 10 6 10 32 32 0 36 4th 2020 V.League 1 20 7 7 6 25 21 +4 28 6th 2021 V.League 1 12 5 2 5 14 17 –3 17 6th League was cancelled due to COVID-19 2022 V.League 1 24 7 7 10 32 41 -9 28 7th 2023 V.League 1 18 2 9 7 19 23 -4 15 12th 2023–24 V.League 1 26 10 5 11 33 34 -1 35 8th 2024–25 V.League 1 26 9 5 12 31 40 -9 32 7th 2025–26 V.League 1 26 6 6 14 31 43 -12 2414th Relegated to V.League 2 2026–27 V.League 2 26
Honours Continental competitions AFC Cup Third place (1): 2009
Regional competitions Mekong Club Championship Winners (1): 2014
National competitions League V.League 1 Winners (4): 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015 Runners-up (2): 2006, 2009 V.League 2 Runners-up (1): 2003
Cup Vietnamese National Cup Winners (3): 1994, 2015, 2018 Runners-up (3): 2008, 2014, 2017 Third place (1): 2024–25 Vietnamese Super Cup Winners (4): 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015 Runners-up (1): 2018
Other competitions BTV Cup Winners (8): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021 Runners-up (3): 2006, 2008, 2011
References
External links Official website V.League profile Soccerway profile