Ninh Bình Football Club (), formerly known as Phù Đổng and Phù Đổng Ninh Bình, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Ninh Bình, Vietnam. The club currently competes at the V.League 1, the top tier of Vietnamese football after promotion from the 2024–25 V.League 2.
History Phù Đổng era Phù Đổng was established in Hanoi in 2015, competing at the Vietnamese Football League Second Division. Before the 2017 season, Phù Đổng had recruited former national team defender Vũ Như Thành as captain, and persuaded midfielder Cao Sỹ Cường to continue playing. At the same time, the team also announced information about the new major sponsor, Mitsubishi Motors Vietnam, with a large amount of funding.
In 2021, the club promoted to the V.League 2. Due to their home stadium Thanh Trì in Hanoi not meeting the league's capacity requirements, the club switched its home stadium to the Ninh Bình Stadium in Ninh Bình province from the 2023 season.
Relocation to Ninh Bình and first successes In the 2023–24 season, the club permanently moved its location to Ninh Bình, thus changing the team name to the current Phù Đổng Ninh Bình. In the following season, after LPBank became the main shareholder of the club, its entire players and staffs were switched with LPBank HCMC. Following LPBank's big investments to recruit quality players to the team such as Nguyễn Hoàng Đức, Đặng Văn Lâm or Đinh Thanh Bình, in 2024–25 season, Phù Đổng Ninh Bình secured promotion to the V.League 1 for the first time in their history after an undefeated season at the V.League 2. In June 2025, Phù Đổng Ninh Bình changed their name to Ninh Bình. On 3 July 2025, the club announced the arrival of their manager, Spanishman Gerard Albadalejo. The club also released their new logo, which was inspired from the logo of the former Vissai Ninh Bình.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor2015–2019 UgetherMitsubishi MotorsXuân Nam Việt Corp.2019–2022 Li-Ning2022–2023 Kamito2023–2024 MitrePhú An Thịnh Group2024–2025 VloopLPBank2025– Grand SportLPBank
Current squad
Unregistered players
Out on loan
Personnel Coaching staff As of 26 May 2026 +PositionName Head coach Chu Đình NghiêmAssistant coach Đặng Hồng Trường Lê Bật Hiếu Nguyễn Tiến Dũng Trần Duy QuangGoalkeeper coach Alejandro Salvador Velasco Đinh Xuân ViệtFitness coach Andrew Devine Team manager Nguyễn Quốc TrạngDoctor Jean Carvalho Đinh Văn Văn Trần Công ĐịnhPhysiotherapist Nguyễn Quốc Quân Nguyễn Văn KhánhKit manager Nguyễn Thế AnhInterpreter Hoàng Minh Đức
Managerial history 2015: Nguyễn Ngọc Dũng 2016–2019: Lê Đức Tuấn 2019–2022: Nguyễn Trung Kiên 2022: Nguyễn Quốc Bình 2023–2024: Nguyễn Văn Đàn 2024–2025: Nguyễn Việt Thắng 2025–2026: Gerard Albadalejo 2026 : Vũ Tiến Thành (interim) 2026 : Bae Ji-won 2026–present : Chu Đình Nghiêm
Domestic records SeasonLeaguePldWonDrawLostGFGAGDPts Final positionNotes2015Third Division 5 1 2 2 2 4 -2 5 5th (Group A)2016 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 1st (Group A) Promoted to Second Division2017Second Division 14 4 4 6 19 21 -2 16 6th (Group A)2018 12 8 3 1 26 6 +20 27 2nd (Group A) Promoted to V.League 2 as play-off winners 2019V.League 2 22 5 4 13 22 36 -14 19 12th Relegated to Second Division2020Second Division 12 6 3 3 16 14 +2 21 2nd (Group A) Promoted to V.League 2 as play-off winners 2021V.League 2 6 3 2 1 5 1 +4 11 4th Season abandoned 2022 22 5 3 14 21 44 -23 18 11th 2023 18 4 7 7 16 21 -5 19 7th2023–24 20 7 7 6 17 20 -3 28 5th2024–25 20 19 1 0 40 3 +37 581st Promoted to V.League 12025–26 V.League 1 26 15 6 5 53 31 +22 51 3rd2026–27 26
Honours National competitions League V.League 1 : Third place : 2025-26 V.League 2 : Winners : 2024–25 Second Division : Winners : 2018, 2020 Third Division : Winners : 2016
Cup Vietnamese Cup: Runners-up : 2025-26
References
External links Phù Đổng official site