Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Full nameLPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club
Nickname(s)Đội bóng Phố Núi[1] (The Highlanders)
Short nameLPBank HAGL
Founded1976 (1976) as Gia Lai-Kon Tum
2001 (2001) as Hoang Anh Gia Lai
GroundPleiku Stadium
Pleiku, Vietnam
Capacity12,000
OwnerHoang Anh Gia Lai Group
ChairmanĐoàn Nguyên Đức
Head coachKiatisuk Senamuang
LeagueV.League 1
2023V.League 1, 10th of 14
WebsiteClub website

LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá LPBank-Hoàng Anh Gia Lai), commonly known as Hoang Anh Gia Lai and simply known as LPBank 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.[2]

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.[3] In 1991, the province Gia Lai - Kon Tum was separated into Gia Lai and Kon Tum; Some players of Gia Lai - Kon Tum team returned to be the core of the new team with the name Gia Lai football 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.[4] 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 the football 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.[5]

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.

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 totally 34 times in all competitions, 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.

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Head CoachThailand Kiatisuk Senamuang
Assistant Coachvacant
Assistant CoachVietnam Trịnh Duy Quang
Goalkeeper CoachThailand Pansa Meesatham
Fitness CoachThailand Bundit Thiabthong
Thailand Witoon Mingkwan

Current squad

As of 2 November 2023[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Vietnam VIE Dương Văn Lợi
2 DF Vietnam VIE Lê Văn Sơn
5 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Hữu Anh Tài
6 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Thanh Sơn
8 MF Vietnam VIE Châu Ngọc Quang
9 FW Vietnam VIE Đinh Thanh Bình
10 MF Vietnam VIE Trần Minh Vương
11 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Tuấn Anh
15 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Thanh Nhân
18 MF Vietnam VIE Lê Hữu Phước
19 FW Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Quốc Việt
20 FW Vietnam VIE Trần Bảo Toàn
21 DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Văn Triệu
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Đức Việt
25 GK Vietnam VIE Trần Trung Kiên
27 GK Vietnam VIE Phan Đình Vũ Hải
28 MF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Kiên Quyết
29 DF Vietnam VIE Âu Dương Quân
30 FW Ghana GHA Martin Dzilah
33 DF Brazil BRA Jairo Rodrigues
35 FW Brazil BRA Jhon Cley (on loan from Hanoi Police)
60 MF Vietnam VIE Võ Đình Lâm
62 DF Vietnam VIE Phan Du Học
71 DF Vietnam VIE A Hoàng
86 MF Vietnam VIE Dụng Quang Nho

Unregistred players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Vietnam VIE Huỳnh Trần Bảo Duy
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Vietnam VIE Lê Huy Kiệt

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Đình Tùng (at Vietnam Hải Phòng until 7 July 2024)
DF Vietnam VIE Nguyễn Cảnh Anh (at South Korea Cheonan City until 31 December 2024)
FW Vietnam VIE Lê Minh Bình (at Vietnam PVF-CAND until 7 July 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Vietnam VIE Trần Hữu Đăng (at Vietnam Hải Phòng until 7 July 2024)
FW Vietnam VIE Vũ Minh Hiếu (at South Korea Cheonan City until 31 December 2024)

Retired numbers

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

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

Records

Continental record

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

League record

Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Final position Notes
2000-2001 V.League 2 22 9 4 9 26 20 +6 31 5th
2001-2002 V.League 2 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 1st Qualified for 2022 AFC Champions League
2022 V.League 1 24 7 11 6 26 24 +2 32 6th

Honours

National competitions

League
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners: 2003, 2004
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place: 2007, 2013
Cup
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners: 2003, 2004
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up: 2010
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place: 2014, 2022

Other competitions

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place: 2005
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners : 2018
  • Quang Trung Emperor's Cup:
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners: 2022

Managerial history

Head coaches by years (2003–present)

Name Nat Period Honours
Arjhan Srong-ngamsub Thailand 2003–04 2003 V-League  Champions
2004 V-League  Champions
Huỳnh Văn Ảnh Vietnam 2005 2005 ASEAN Club Championship  Third place
Arjhan Srong-ngamsub Thailand 2006
Kiatisuk Senamuang Thailand 2006
Chatchai Paholpat Thailand 2006–07 2007 V-League  Third place
Anant Amornkiat Thailand 2008
Dusit Chalermsan Thailand 2008–09
Chatchai Paholpat Thailand 2009
Dusit Chalermsan Thailand 2009
Kiatisuk Senamuang Thailand 2010 2010 Vietnamese Cup  Runners-up
Dusit Chalermsan Thailand 2011
Huỳnh Văn Ảnh Vietnam 2011
Choi Yun-kyum South Korea 2011–14 2013 V.League 1  Third place
Guillaume Graechen France 2015
Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn Vietnam 2015–2017
Dương Minh Ninh (†) Vietnam 2017–2019
Lee Tae-hoon South Korea 2019–2020
Nguyễn Văn Đàn
Dương Minh Ninh (†)
Vietnam

Vietnam

2020
Kiatisuk Senamuang Thailand 2020–present 2022 Quang Trung Emperor's Cup  Champions

Notable players

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