Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club (), commonly known as Hoang Anh Gia Lai and simply known as HAGL, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Pleiku, Gia Lai. Owned by , a Vietnamese businessman and founder of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group, HAGL play in the top division of Vietnamese football, V.League 1. Their home stadium is Pleiku Stadium.
History Early years The forerunner of the club is Gia Lai - Kon Tum football team, founded in November 1975 and first compete in regional championship in the early of 1976. Despite being an amateur team, the team also once won the A2 championship (equivalent to the A2 championship) including South Central and Central Highlands. In 1991, the province Gia Lai - Kon Tum was separated into Gia Lai and Kon Tum. As the result, the team was split into the Gia Lai football team and Kon Tum football team. Some players of the former Gia Lai - Kon Tum team returned to be the core of the new Gia Lai team.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai era
For 10 years, the team was organized with the model of a career unit with an average performance in the First Division and not very well known on the football map of Vietnam. In 2001, the team was transformed into a semi-professional model under the sponsorship of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group. Before the football season V.League 2 2001–2002, the club's chairman Đoàn Nguyên Đức signed a contract with the captain of Thailand national football team at that time, Kiatisuk Senamuang. In the Thai press ran big "headline" "Who is Hoang Anh? Where is Gia Lai" full of ridicule, and the media in Vietnam also have many doubts about the ability to attract a high-class player like Kiatisuk to Gia Lai. However, all rumors ended on February 17, 2002, when Kiatisuk and teammate defender Chukiat Noosarung came to Vietnam to prepare to play for the team. This is considered one of the most successful contracts of Vietnamese football. Kiatisuk helped Hoang Anh Gia Lai's team to be promoted right in that season. At the end of the season, the team was officially transferred to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group for management, changed its name to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club, becoming one of the first professional football club in Vietnam. The club made a record of winning the 2003 V-League championship after having just been promoted and successfully defended its title the following season. At the same time, the team also won two Vietnamese Super Cup in those years.
In the years that followed, the club built a team that was nicknamed "Dream Team" by Vietnamese fans, after Thai players like Dusit Chalermsan arrived to the team.
But the most successful period of this period of the club was 2007, when Hoang Anh Gia Lai succeeded in signing an agreement with the English football club Arsenal to open a football academy in Pleiku. Hoang Anh Gia Lai is also Arsenal's main partner in business in Southeast Asia. After two years, the development of the academy's first generation of players is considered very promising.
In the 2010 season, Hoang Anh Gia Lai club had a change in its team development plan when using many young players trained by themselves, instead of massively shopping like in previous seasons. At the same time, the club's legend, the former Thai striker,Kiatisuk Senamuang was invited by the club's president Doan Nguyen Duc to lead the team. The club has had a good momentum ahead of the new season when winning the Ho Chi Minh City football championship. Ho Chi Minh Open - Navibank Cup 2010. However, the performance at the national championship has not improved much when at the end of the season 2010 V-League, Hoang Anh Gia Lai only ranked 7th and runner up in the Vietnamese National Cup.
The 2011 season was a season where the performance of the whole team was very erratic. Although coach Dusit left the coaching chair after the first leg and was replaced by coach Huynh Van Anh, the team's performance not only did not improve but also showed signs of going down. At the end of 2011 V-League, Hoang Anh Gia Lai ranked 9th, this is the worst performance since the club came to play in V-League.
In the 2012 season, Hoang Anh Gia Lai made a revolution in the coaching chair, when the club's board decided to invite Korean coach Choi Yoon Gyum to lead the team. The Korean coach has improved the player's fitness and professionalism. 5th place at the end of the season is still considered a good achievement for Mr. Choi Yoon-Gyum and the players.
From June 30, 2017, the entire cooperation between Arsenal and Hoang Anh Gia Lai ends. HAGL Academy – Arsenal JMG also changed its name to HAGL-JMG Academy.
In the 2021 V.League 1, Kiatisuk Senamuang were invited back to lead by the team's leadership. The club started V.League 1 not very well when they lost 1–0 to Saigon with a score of 1–0. This loss opened the team's 11-match unbeaten streak (won 9, drew 2) and helped the team reach the top 6 teams, before the 2021 season had to be stopped and then canceled because the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.
The team proactively prepared their squad by adding fitness assistant Witoon Mingkwan. Foreign players Washington Brandão and Kim Dong-su had their contracts extended. Brazilian midfielder Mauricio Barbosa was signed to replace Damir Memović. The team also added striker Jefferson Baiano to bolster their attacking power.
After a 17-year absence, Hoang Anh Gia Lai returned to the AFC Champions League - the highest club tournament in Asia (as the leading team of V.League 1 - 2021). The team finished the group stage with 5 points and third place, failing to advance to the round of 16. On 2 November 2023, due to sponsorship reasons, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club changed its name to LPBank-Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club. On 31 July 2024, the club changed their name back to Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC, removing the sponsor name from the team's name.
Stadium
Pleiku Stadium is a stadium located in Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province. It is the home of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club and is also one of the few stadiums in Vietnam owned by a club.
In 2008, Pleiku Stadium was started and built new according to the model of Emirates Stadium of Arsenal, with a total construction cost of 60 billion VND invested entirely by HAGL Group. The newly built Pleiku Stadium was put into operation since October 2010, has a capacity of 12,000 seats and is fully equipped with seats.
Youth academy
In the HAGL Academy, young players were trained from an early age to develop their ball controlling skills and to adopt a modern playing style. The academy placed the technical criteria as the priority while selecting players during youth trials. The Academy had produced several Vietnamese internationals such as Nguyễn Công Phượng, Nguyễn Tuấn Anh, Lương Xuân Trường, Nguyễn Văn Toàn and Vũ Văn Thanh, who managed who put up a successful career in Vietnam.
Rivalries
Hanoi Football Club In the 21st century, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Hanoi are widely considered among the most supported clubs in Vietnam, and matches between the two clubs are usually dubbed the "Vietnamese Super Derby". From 2009 to the end of 2025, the two teams met 39 times in all competitions, with Hanoi holding the advantage with 19 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses. However, the rivalry began to attract greater attention in 2018, when Vietnam U-23 finished as runners-up at the AFC U-23 Championship with many players representing these two clubs in the squad. Since then, matches between Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Hanoi have become a major focus of media coverage.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors PeriodKit ManufacturerSponsors2003-2018In house Samsung Hoang Anh Gia Lai Pleiku Hoang Anh Gia Lai Rosso Hatrick GREE HAGL-Land TOA Paint VPBank HAGL Group GrowPlus+ NutiFood2018 Mizunohttps://www.facebook.com/haglfc.clb/videos/213234559256540 IQLACPRO THACO Red BullBAPI 2023 MizunoCarabao Energy Drink2023–2025 KamitoCarabao Energy Drink LPBank2025– MotiveThaiGroup LPBank
Players Current squad
Other players under contract
Out on loan
Retired numbers
Notable players Domestic players
A Hoàng Châu Ngọc Quang Đinh Hồng Vinh Đinh Thanh Bình Đoàn Việt Cường Lê Văn Sơn Lương Xuân Trường Nguyễn Công Phượng Nguyễn Minh Nghĩa Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy Nguyễn Tuấn Anh Nguyễn Văn Đàn Nguyễn Văn Toàn Trần Minh Vương Triệu Việt Hưng Vũ Văn Thanh Nguyễn Hữu Đang Nguyễn Việt Thắng Phùng Văn Nhiên Văn Sỹ Hùng Võ Văn Hạnh
Foreign players
Washington Brandão Osmar Francisco Evaldo Goncalves Yaw Preko Chevaughn Walsh Rimario Gordon Allan Wanga Kim Dong-su Kim Bong-jin Wieger Sietsma Bassey Akpan Felix Ogbuke Olumuyiwa Aganun Paollo Madeira Papé Diakité Damir Memović Kiatisuk Senamuang Dusit Chalermsan Totchtawan Sripan Datsakorn Thonglao Nirut Surasiang Sakda Joemdee Chukiat Noosarung Mobi Fehr Lee Nguyen Michal Šilhavý
Coaching staff Position NameTechnical director Vũ Tiến ThànhHead coach Lê Quang TrãiAssistant coach Trần Quốc Việt Vũ Anh Tuấn Goalkeeper coach Higor Felliny Cruz Match analyst Bùi Văn Nam Doctor Đồng Xuân Lâm Trần Quốc BáchPhysiotherapist Đổng Hải Nguyên Võ Tấn Dũng Logistics officer Đinh Công Khánh
Records Continental record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate2004AFC Champions LeagueGroup F PSM Makassar5–10–32nd out of 4 Dalian Shide3–10–2 Krung Thai Bank0–12–22005AFC Champions LeagueGroup E1–50–64th out of 4 Júbilo Iwata0–10–6 Shenzhen Jianlibao0–20–52022AFC Champions LeagueGroup H Yokohama F. Marinos1–20–23rd out of 4 Sydney FC1–01–1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors1–10–1
Regional record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate2003ASEAN Club ChampionshipGroup C Persita Tangerang1–22nd out of 3 MCTPC2–1Quarter-finals BEC Tero Sasana1–22005ASEAN Club ChampionshipGroup A Pahang FA0–42nd out of 4 Nagacorp5–1 FC Zebra14–1Semi-finals Tampines Rovers0–0 (3–5 p)
League record
SeasonPldWonDrawLostGFGAGDPTSFinal positionNotes 2000–01 Vietnamese First Division 22 9 4 9 26 20 +6 31 5th 2001–02 Vietnamese First Division 22 13 2 7 38 32 +6 41 3rd Promoted to the 2003 V-League 2003 V-League 22 12 7 3 41 26 +15 43 Champions Qualified for 2004 AFC Champions League 2004 V-League 22 14 4 4 42 13 +29 46 Champions Qualified for 2005 AFC Champions League 2005 V-League 22 9 5 8 30 24 +6 32 4th 2006 V-League 24 10 6 8 24 21 +3 36 4th 2007 V-League 26 12 5 9 40 33 +7 41 3rd 2008 V-League 26 11 6 9 33 33 +2 39 7th 2009 V-League 26 11 4 11 44 45 −1 37 6th 2010 V-League 26 11 6 9 34 27 +7 39 7th 2011 V-League 26 8 8 10 49 46 +3 32 9th 2012 V-League 26 11 6 9 33 33 0 39 5th 2013 V.League 1 20 10 5 5 24 16 +8 35 3rd 2014 V.League 1 22 5 8 9 41 48 −7 23 9th 2015 V.League 1 26 6 6 14 33 50 −17 24 13th 2016 V.League 1 26 9 3 14 39 50 −11 30 12th 2017 V.League 1 26 9 3 14 34 43 −9 30 10th 2018 V.League 1 26 8 7 11 41 53 −12 31 10th 2019 V.League 1 26 10 5 11 45 46 −1 35 8th 2020 V.League 1 20 6 5 9 27 36 −9 23 7th 2021 V.League 1 12 9 2 1 23 9 +14 29 Champions Qualified for 2022 AFC Champions League 2022 V.League 1 24 7 11 6 26 24 +2 32 6th 2023 V.League 1 18 5 8 5 19 19 0 23 10th 2023–24 V.League 1 26 8 8 10 22 35 −13 32 11th 2024–25 V.League 1 26 7 8 11 34 41 –7 29 9th2025–26 V.League 12668122437–132610th
Managerial history Head coaches by years (2003–present)