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Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Full name	Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club
Nickname(s)	Đội bóng Phố Núi (The Highlanders)
Short name	HAGL
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976) as Gia Lai-Kon Tum FC
Ground	Pleiku Stadium
Capacity	12,000
Owner	Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group
Chairman	Đoàn Nguyên Đức
Head coach	Vũ Tiến Thành
League	V.League 1
2023	V.League 1, 10th of 14
Website	haglfc.vn
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Hoàng Anh Gia Lai), 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 Đoàn Nguyên Đức, a prominent 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 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 No. 1 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.

Club rivalries

Hanoi Football Club

In the 21st century, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Hanoi are widely the most supported clubs in Vietnam, so the confrontation between the two clubs is dubbed the "Vietnamese Super Derby". From 2009 to the end of 2023, They met 34 times in all the matches, Hanoi overwhelmed with 17 wins, 7 draws, 10 losses. But the great battle between the two teams only started to get attention from 2018, when U23 Vietnam won runner-up in 2018 AFC U-23 Championship with almost players who are playing for both of these teams. Since then, the matches with Hoang Anh Gia Lai have always been the focus of the media when the competition between the two teams.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsors
2003-2018		Samsung Hoang Anh Gia Lai Pleiku Hoang Anh Gia Lai Rosso Hatrick GREE HAGL-Land TOA Paint VPBank HAGL Group GrowPlus+ NutiFood
2018	Mizuno	IQLACPRO THACO Red Bull BAPI
2023	Mizuno	Carabao Energy Drink
2023–present	Kamito	Carabao Energy Drink LPBank

Players

Current squad

As of 15 October 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  VIE Dương Văn Lợi 2 DF  VIE Lê Văn Sơn 3 DF  VIE Phạm Lý Đức 4 DF  VIE A Hoàng 6 MF  VIE Trần Thanh Sơn 7 DF  VIE Nguyễn Thanh Nhân 8 MF  VIE Châu Ngọc Quang (vice-captain) 9 FW  BRA Jeferson Elías 10 MF  VIE Trần Minh Vương (captain) 15 FW  VIE Trần Bảo Toàn 16 FW  VIE Trần Gia Bảo 17 MF  VIE Hồ Minh Quyền 18 MF  VIE Lê Hữu Phước

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  VIE Cao Hoàng Minh 21 DF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Triệu 22 MF  BRA Marciel 24 GK  VIE Phan Đình Vũ Hải 25 GK  VIE Trần Trung Kiên 27 DF  VIE Nguyễn Cảnh Anh 28 DF  VIE Nguyễn Hữu Anh Tài 30 FW  VIE Vũ Minh Hiếu 33 DF  BRA Jairo 60 MF  VIE Võ Đình Lâm 66 DF  VIE Phan Du Học 81 DF  VIE Nguyễn Duy Thắng 86 MF  VIE Dụng Quang Nho

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  VIE Nguyễn Đình Tùng

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  VIE Nguyễn Khánh Duy

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  VIE Huỳnh Trần Bảo Duy (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — DF  VIE Âu Dương Quân (at Long An until 15 July 2025) 5 DF  VIE Đinh Thành Đạt (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — DF  VIE Nguyễn Đặng Thọ (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — MF  VIE Lê Huy Kiệt (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — MF  VIE Môi Sê (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — MF  VIE Phạm Ngô Minh Quang (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — MF  VIE Võ Hoàng Uy (at Long An until 15 July 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  VIE Võ Phước Bảo (at Long An until 15 July 2025) 47 FW  VIE Cao Hoàng Tú (at Long An until 15 July 2025) 9 FW  VIE Đinh Thanh Bình (at Phù Đổng Ninh Bình until 15 July 2025) — FW  VIE Đinh Quang Kiệt (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — FW  VIE Hoàng Minh Tiến (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — FW  VIE Nguyễn Minh Tâm (at Long An until 15 July 2025) — FW  VIE Trần Hữu Đăng (at Long An until 15 July 2025)

Retired numbers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW  THA Kiatisuk Senamuang 14 DF  VIE Võ Bá Khôi (posthumous honour)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Vũ Tiến Thành
Assistant Coach	Lê Quang Trãi Trịnh Duy Quang
Goalkeeper Coach	Trần Quốc Việt
Match Analyst	Bùi Văn Nam
Doctor	Đồng Xuân Lâm
Physiotherapist	Đổng Hải Nguyên Võ Tấn Dũng
Kit Manager	Đinh Công Khánh

Records

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2003	ASEAN Club Championship	Group C	Persita Tangerang	1–2	2nd out of 3
			MCTPC	2–1
		Quarter-finals	BEC Tero Sasana	1–2
2004	AFC Champions League	Group F	PSM Makassar	5–1	0–3	2nd out of 4
			Dalian Shide	3–1	0–2
			Krung Thai Bank	0–1	2–2
2005	AFC Champions League	Group E	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–5	0–6	4th out of 4
			Júbilo Iwata	0–1	0–6
			Shenzhen Jianlibao	0–2	0–5
	ASEAN Club Championship	Group A	Pahang FA	0–4	2nd out of 4
			Nagacorp	5–1
			FC Zebra	14–1
		Semi-finals	Tampines Rovers	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)
2022	AFC Champions League	Group H	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	0–2	3rd out of 4
			Sydney FC	1–0	1–1
			Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–1	0–1

League record

Managerial history

Head coaches by years (2003–present)

Name	Nat	Period	Honours
Arjhan Srong-ngamsub		2003–2004	2003 V-League – Champions 2004 V-League – Champions
Huỳnh Văn Ảnh		2005	2005 ASEAN Club Championship – Third place
Arjhan Srong-ngamsub		2006
Kiatisuk Senamuang		2006
Chatchai Paholpat		2006–2007	2007 V-League – Third place
Anant Amornkiat		2008
Dusit Chalermsan		2008–2009
Chatchai Paholpat		2009
Dusit Chalermsan		2009
Kiatisuk Senamuang		2010	2010 Vietnamese Cup – Runners-up
Dusit Chalermsan		2011
Huỳnh Văn Ảnh		2011
Choi Yun-kyum		2011–2014	2013 V.League 1 – Third place
Guillaume Graechen		2015
Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn		2015–2017
Dương Minh Ninh (†)		2017–2019
Lee Tae-hoon		2019–2020
Nguyễn Văn Đàn Dương Minh Ninh (†)		2020
Kiatisuk Senamuang		2020–2024
Vũ Tiến Thành		2024–

Notable players

Domestic players

• A Hoàng
• Châu Ngọc Quang
• Đinh Thanh Bình
• Đoàn Việt Cường
• Lê Văn Sơn
• Lương Xuân Trường
• Nguyễn Công Phượng
• Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy
• Nguyễn Tuấn Anh
• 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

Honours

National competitions

League

• V.League 1
  • Winners: 2003, 2004
  • Third place: 2007, 2013

Cup

• Vietnamese Super Cup:
  • Winners: 2003, 2004
• Vietnamese Cup
  • Runners-up: 2010
  • Third place: 2014, 2022

Other competitions

• ASEAN Club Championship
  • Third place: 2005
• BTV Cup
  • Winners : 2018
• Quang Trung Emperor's Cup:
  • Winners: 2022

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External links

• Official website

• Pleiku
• Football clubs in Vietnam
• Association football clubs established in 2001
• 2001 establishments in Vietnam
• Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC