Ho Chi Minh City Youth FC () is a Vietnamese football club based in Ho Chi Minh City. The club is playing its home matches at the 15,000-capacity Thá»Âng Nhất Stadium. They currently play in the V.League 2, after winning the promotion play-off game in the 2024 Vietnamese Second Division.
Ho Chi Minh City Youth was established in 2019 to compete in the Vietnamese Third Division, the fourth tier of Vietnamese football system. The team was owned by the Thá»Âng Nhất Sports Center. In the first season at the Third Division, club finished first in their group, thus gain a promotion to be 2020 Vietnamese Second Division.
In 2024, Vietnamese retail bank LPBank became the main sponsor of the club and rebranded the club name into the current LPBank Ho Chi Minh City FC but failed to register the name changed before the deadline set by Vietnam Football Federation. Consequently, they competed under the old name Ho Chi Minh City Youth FC during the season. The team managed to finish second in their group in the Second Division, gaining them a qualification to the promotion play-off game. There, they defeated Bắc Ninh in the penalty shootout (after a 2âÂÂ2 draw) and promoted to the 2024âÂÂ25 V.League 2. Before the beginning of the season, the owner of the team decided to swap the entire squad and staff members of LPBank HCMC with Phù ÃÂá»Âng Ninh Bình, another team belonging to LPBank.
On 9 September 2025, the club's request to change their name from Trẻ Thành phá» Há» ChàMinh to Thanh Niên Thành phá» Há» ChàMinh and crests was approved by VPF (both names mean Ho Chi Minh City Youth in English).
As of 18 March 2026