Cong An Hanoi Football Club (), also known as Hanoi Police or simply CAHN, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi and is controlled by the Department of Public Security of Hanoi. The team competed in V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football. Its predecessor was Cong An Nhan Dan (), which changed its name after being promoted to V.League 1 from the 2023 season. Throughout their history, The club has won 3 V.League 1 title, 1 V.League 2 title, 1 Vietnamese Cup and 1 Vietnamese Super Cup.
History Establishment In 1954, Minister of Public Security Trần Quốc Hoàn directed then-Hanoi City Public Security Director Nguyễn Văn Long to establish a football team. Founded on 10 October 1956, perhaps only after the military's Thể Công, and became known as the "capital's representative" by the People's Committee of Hanoi. When first established, the CAHN was under the leadership of Lê Viễn, an official in charge of sports within the Ministry of Public Security, and Hoàng Nghĩa Đường, a former boxing champion of Indochina and a member of the Coordination Department of Hanoi Public Security. They used their political influence to request special permission from the Ministry of Public Security to take over almost the entire Hoàng Diệu Football Club. This team, whose players had previously been at a military police team run by the French colonial administration, was the strongest in Hanoi at that time. Its lineup included goalkeepers Nghĩa and A Loóc, as well as players Bùi Nghẽn, Lưu Đình Tòng, Nguyễn Huy Luyến, Nguyễn Thưởng, Nguyễn Văn Thìn, Bùi Hợi, Vũ Hợi, Tuất, and Phú Tí. The team was supplemented with public security officers interested in football and talented young Hanoians. In the early stages, there were individuals such as Phan Đức Âu, Nguyễn Mạnh Cường, and in the following group, there were Đài "gôn", Tô Hiền, Tô Giới Pháp, Xuân "gôn", Du "cò", Sơn "min", Đức "khựa", Độ "trây", Thọ "gáo", Thái "si", Thịnh "cơm", Hạc "phệ", Thành A., Ngọc "tráp", and Dư "còng".
During the early days of restored peace, the matches of the CAHN versus Thể Công, as well as their matches with other teams at the Septo Field (which was renamed Hàng Đẫy Stadium in 1958), served as a real source of encouragement for the nation's rebuilding efforts after the extraordinary anti-French colonial period.
By the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Hà Nội city prioritized adding players to the club from various sources. There were internally trained players like Tô Quang Nhạ, who later became the captain. Players transferred from Thanh Niên Hà Nội, such as Quang B, Đặng "cóc", Hai "voi", Cường Học, Pháp "ngớ", Điệp "lùn", and Chi "tơ". Players coming from abroad, including Thành C. and Hiển "Coóc" (Từ Như Hiển). From the Thể Công team, there were Duy Lễ and Nghị “chớp”, and from the training school, there was Hiếu "trâu".
In 1957, just one year after its establishment, CAHN defeated Thể Công 2–0 in the finals of the Northern Region A League Championship, asserting its position in the football community of Northern Vietnam.
The second half of the 90s of the 20th century can be said to be an unfortunate period for the team when with a relatively equal lineup of players, but the team is more known for its betting scandals and borrowing points. than achievements on the field. In 1992, the team performed poorly and had to be relegated to A1. In the 1995 season, the team again won the right to be promoted to the Major League (currently V.League 1).
Over the years, the team has contributed many generations of players to the national team of the Public Security sector, competing against public security teams from other countries within socialist blocs, as well as representing Hanoi and Vietnam in various international tournaments.
Dissolution (2001–2007) In the period of changing the mechanism in how to make football, a football team of players on the staff of the Public Security could not exist. In 2002, the team was dissolved and sold their participation slot to Vietnam Airlines at 2003 V-League. After the 2003 tournament, the Vietnam Airlines was dissolved and sold their spot in the V-League to ACB Sports Joint Stock Company, the owner of Hanoi ACB. This club also accepted eight players from Vietnam Airlines The rest of the players were transferred to play Vietnamese National Football First Division with Hòa Phát Hà Nội.
Convert to Công An Nhân Dân (2008–2021) On 7 April 2008, Lieutenant General Nguyễn Khánh Toàn, the then-Deputy Minister of Public Security (Vietnam) signed the Decision No. 375 to establish the Công An Nhân Dân Football Club, a club belonging to the Vietnam People's Public Security. After several playing in lower divisions of Vietnamese football, Công An Nhân Dân won the 2022 V.League 2 and promoted to the V.League 1 for the first time since their formation.
Promotion to V.League 1 and rebranding (2022–present) In November 2022, implementing the "Project on development of the CAND Football Club in a professional direction", General Tô Lâm, Politburo member, Minister Ministry of Public Security directing the transfer of the newly promoted "Công An Nhân Dân" to the management of Hanoi City Public Security and changing its name to Công An Hà Nội (Hanoi Public security Football Club), 20 years after being dissolved. They rebuild a strong team consisting of 11 players from the former Công An Nhân Dân team and recruited more than 20 players from domestic and international clubs (as required by the V.League regulations that clubs accepting promoted spots must include a minimum of 10 players from the transferring club). Notable players signed by Công An Hà Nội were Đoàn Văn Hậu, Vũ Văn Thanh, Hồ Tấn Tài, Phan Văn Đức, Nguyẽn Quang Hải and Filip Nguyễn. In the 2023 V.League 1, the team clinched a dramatic championship title, finishing with 38 points and drawing 1–1 against Thanh Hóa at Hàng Đẫy Stadium in the final match. With this achievement, Công An Hà Nội replicated the success of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai in 2003 and Đồng Thắp in 1989, as they won the championship in their very first season after promotion.
First regional tournament Công An Hà Nội competed in the 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship as the 2023 V.League 1 champions. This was the first time that the club faces teams from outside Vietnam in an official match. Công An Hà Nội were then drawn in a group alongside Thailand club Buriram United, Singaporean club Lion City Sailors, Malaysian club Kuala Lumpur City, Filipino club Kaya–Iloilo and Indonesian club Borneo Samarinda. Công An Hà Nội went on to have a 100% winning record in the group stage and also notably beaten Southeast Asian giants, Buriram United 2–1 at home on 22 August 2024. The club then advance as group leaders and faced Group A runners-up from Indonesia, PSM Makassar in the semi-finals and won 1–2 on aggregate, thus making the club advanced to final. However, the club lost the final on 21 May 2025 against Buriram United under a 3–2 from penalties under 5–5 aggregate. In the final of the 2024–25 Vietnamese Cup on 29 June 2025, Công An Hà Nội thrash opponent Sông Lam Nghệ An 5–0 as Alan Grafite scored a hat-trick to guide the club to win their first ever Cup in the club history.
As the winner of the 2024–25 Vietnamese Cup, Công An Hà Nội qualified to the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two and the regional 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship. In the ASEAN Club Championship, Công An Hà Nội was then drawn in Group A alongside both Thailand club Buriram United and BG Pathum United, Vietnamese club Công An Hà Nội, Malaysian club, Selangor and Singaporean club Tampines Rovers. Công An Hà Nội ended up finishing in fourth position in the group stage thus didn't see themselves qualified to the next round. Công An Hà Nội then qualified to the round of 16 in the AFC Champions League Two after finishing as group stage runners-up thus facing Singaporean club Tampines Rovers in the knockout stage. However, the club was forfeited with a 3–0 defeat in the first leg for fielding two ineligible players, Stefan Mauk and Rogério Alves. Công An Hà Nội then bowed out from the tournament after suffering a 6–1 defeat on aggregate. The defeat didn't stop Công An Hà Nội as they went on to become the 2025–26 V.League 1 champions.
AFC Champions League Elite debut Công An Hà Nội started off the 2026–27 season playing in the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite preliminary round facing off against Australian club Adelaide United on 11 August 2026. Công An Hà Nội then went on to win 2–0 at the Hindmarsh Stadium thus seeing the club qualified to the league phase for the first time in the club history.
FIFA transfer sanction In 2025, despite having a preliminary agreement with the team, Cong An Hanoi FC decided against signing Andrey Ramos do Nascimento, opting to sign Leygley Adou instead. Andrey Ramos' representative claims that Cong An Hanoi still has a financial obligation with him. On 16 September 2026, FIFA banned Cong An Hanoi in the transfer market, prohibiting the team from signing new players until 2028 unless the case is settled.
Team image
Crests and colours The current crest colors of Cong An Hanoi is red, tangerine yellow, and white. It has the emblem of People's Public Security of Vietnam with the club establishment year in the center. The two stars at the middle of the white ring repersents the 2 ears of rice from the emblem of . Bộ Công An (Ministry of Public Security) and Công An Hà Nội FC are written in red on top and bottom, respectively.
Colours Previously, Công An Hà Nội's home kit was a dark blue color until 2002. However, currently, the club's home kit is red. The away colors are usually all yellow or all white.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor 2015–2017 Mitre2018 Jogarbola2019 Mitre2020 Grand Sport2021 MitreÔng Bầu Coffee The Vissai Group2022 JogarbolaThe Vissai GroupBolaven Bananas2023–2024 KamitoCông An Hà Nội2024–2025 CA Sport2025–2026 Jogarbola2026–present Mizuno
Rivalries Hà Nội
Following their return to the V.League 1 in 2023 and their rebranding to the current name Công An Hà Nội, the club relocated to Hanoi, thus shares the Hàng Đẫy Stadium with Hà Nội. Shortly after its promotion, the team also signed Đoàn Văn Hậu, a key player from Hà Nội, causing discontentment among the latter's supporters. CAHN's rapid rise also challenged Hà Nội's dominant status in the league, leading to a new rivalry between the two teams.
The two clubs first met for the first time in the 2nd matchday of Stage I in the 2023 V.League 1 when The Purple won 2–0 against their rival with goals from Trần Văn Kiên and Nguyễn Văn Quyết. However, in the rematch in the return leg at 5th matchday of Stage II of the 2023 season, after both clubs had made personnel changes between seasons, CAHN won 2–1 against the purple-clad team thanks to the brace from Gustavo Henrique . As a result, CAHN rose to the top of the table with 2 points more than the purple-clad team. In addition to moving to the top of the table, CAHN defeated their rival in their 350th national league game. CAHN later managed their first league since 1984.
Thể Công - Viettel
In the 20th century, the derby between the CAHN and Thể Công was one of the biggest derby games in Vietnam. The two teams were established in Hanoi and both represented the people's armed forces with CAHN representing the public security, while Thể Công represents the army. Both teams were prominent forces of the Northern Vietnamese football and was the confrontation between many football stars of the country. Despite Thể Công proudly holding the most North Vietnam league titles, CAHN had remained their challenging opponent throughout history. In fact, the CAHN has often defeated Thể Công when the opponent was on the verge of winning the league title.