Hue Football Club (), is a Vietnamese football club based in Huế. The club's home stadium is Tá»± Do Stadium. After finishing last in the 2024âÂÂ25 V.League 2, the club will participate in the Vietnamese Second Division starting in the 2026 season.
It is uncertain when football arrived at Huế. According to some remaining records, football matches were organized in Huế in the 1920s. The place where matches often took place between French soldiers' teams and Vietnamese teams in Huế was the "Sép" stadium, right on the north bank of the Hðáng River, next to ÃÂông Ba Market.
In the Indochina and Central Vietnam football leagues, the team, with a core of Huế players, finished as runners-up three times in 1941, 1943, and 1944. Longtime football fans in Huế still often mention the famous names of Huế football players before the Revolution, such as: Bá»Âu Phấn, Bá»Âu Bàng, Tð Ếch, Minh, Hðá»Âng, Tiá»Ân, Tá»Ât... and the two famous players Nguyá» n Hữu Tðá»Âng and Nguyá» n Hữu Há»Â, who played for the Indochina national team.
After 1975, the Bình Trá» Thiên team, the predecessor of the current Thừa Thiên Huế team, was established and participated in the Trðá»Âng Sán football league until 1979. After the establishment of National A1 League, the team played in the B division (equivalent to the current Second Division) due to economic difficulties and a lack of players. It was not until 1993, after many mergers and consolidations, that Thừa Thiên Huế players were promoted to the top tier.
The 1995 season was the most memorable in the history of the ancient capital's football. The Thừa Thiên Huế team, with players like Công Quá»Âc, ÃÂình Tuấn, Sỹ Hùng, and a series of other key players like Quý Tâm Anh, Quá»Âc Dân, Quang Sang, ÃÂức Dà ©ng... led by coach Ninh VÃÂn Bảo, unexpectedly made history with the runners-up title, after defeating famous teams such as Lâm ÃÂá»Âng, An Giang, Cảng Sài Gòn, before losing to Công An Há» ChàMinh City in the final. However, the very next season, the Thừa Thiên Huế players were relegated.
In the 1998 season, the Thừa Thiên Huế team, under coach Nguyá» n ÃÂình Thá»Â, regained the right to play in the First Division after winning the promotion play-off matches against Hải Quan. In the 2002 season, Huda Huế under coach ÃÂoàn Phùng was relegated from the V-League after losing a play-off match against HàNá»Âi ACB at Vinh Stadium. After 4 years playing in the First Division, in the 2007 season, Huda Huế returned to the V-League arena after a thrilling penalty shootout victory against Hải Phòng in the play-off match. It wa noteworthy that the promoted Huda Huế team that year mainly consisted of U20 players who had matured after the National Phù ÃÂá»Âng Health Festival in Huế in 2004. Just one year later, due to insufficient investment, Huda Huế returned to play in the First Division until the 2011 season, when the team was relegated again to the Second Division.
After being relegated to the Second Division, the club also faced many financial difficulties when the sponsor Huda Beer officially withdrew. In that situation, the team's leadership decided to completely renew the team with the determination to get promoted to the First Division. First, they adopted the name Huế Football Club, without a sponsor's name. Then, they renewed the squad by promoting players who had won the gold medal at the 2004 Phù ÃÂá»Âng Health Festival and the 2006 National U-13 Football Championship for Huế, such as: Minh Hoàng, Công NháºÂt, Ngá»Âc Mðá»Âi, ÃÂức Phát, Võ Lỹ,... plus key players including Tuấn Tú, Trá»Âng Trung, Khoa NháºÂt, Hữu Quang, Hữu Vân... And that change brought good results: in the 2013 season, Huế won the Second Division and returned to the First Division.
At the end of the 2014 V.League 2 season, the young squad of coach Nguyá» n ÃÂức Dà ©ng finished 5th out of 8 participating teams. In 2014, the team also represented Vietnamese football at the 2014 Mekong Region Games in Thailand and excellently won the championship. In December, the whole team won the silver medal in Men's Football at the 2014 Vietnamese National Games after a 0-4 loss to Sông Lam Nghá» An in the final.
In the 2019 season, with the participation of young players Trần Danh Trung, NguyỠn Hữu Thắng,... Huế finished 5th with 9 wins, 2 draws, and 11 losses.
The home ground of Huế is Tá»± Do Stadium. It is a stadium located in ThuáºÂn Hóa ward, Huế, Vietnam, with a capacity of about 25,000 seats. Tá»± Do Stadium was built by the French around the early 1930s and named Stade Olympique de Hué. Later, the Nguyá» n Dynasty renamed the stadium Bảo Long Stadium (Bảo Long was the crown prince of King Bảo ÃÂại and Queen Nam Phðáng).
Note: (K): Information about sponsorship unknown/Team purchased kits themselves; (T): Sponsored; (T-1): In the 2000âÂÂ2002 period, the entire domestic league system (including the Professional V-League and National Cup) was sponsored by Adidas.
As of 23 March 2026