Hà Nội FC (1956)

The football team of the General Department of Railways was established in 1956, is one of the first established football teams of the North in general and of Hanoi in particular. During the war, the team was famous, second only to The Cong team in terms of achievements and the level of fans' admiration. On November 7, 1976, the team as the top team representing the North of Vietnam, had a historic match against the top team representing South Vietnam at that time, Cang Sai Gon.[2] In 1980, the team became the first team to win the first National Football Championship championship. In this tournament, the strongest team in Vietnam at that time, The Cong, withdrew from playing. In the 1985 season, the team failed to compete, ranked last in the reverse final round, and had to be relegated to A2. In 1989, the General Department of Railways was dissolved, transformed into a State Enterprise with the name Vietnam Railway Union, operating on the principle of open market. The team was also renamed the Vietnam Railway Football Team, but the audience still used to call it the General Department of Railways team.

In the period of the market economy, the team faced many difficulties in maintaining. In early 2000, the title of Vietnam Railway Football Team was dissolved, the whole team was transferred to Asia Bank to manage under the new name Á Châu Bank Football Club or Hanoi ACB, which was managed by ACB Sports Joint Stock Company.

Although it was a team with high achievements, but after many years of decline, the transferred force of Vietnam Railways was quite weak. In order to regain the old strength, in addition to the reorganization, the team also cooperated with Song Lam Nghe An to build a force of young players.[3]

After 2 years of investment, the team officially won the right to compete in the Vietnam National Football Championship 2001-2002 and moved its headquarters to Hanoi. The team is also sponsored by LG Electronic, hence the name LG.ACB Football Club.

However, in the 2003 season, the team failed to play and fell back to the First Division. Also in the 2003 football season, the Vietnam Airlines Corporation (which had just taken over the traditional football team of Hanoi Police) also announced that it would stop sponsoring the Vietnam Airlines Football Club because of a lack of funding, even though the team was not able to support the team. still compete in the 2004 Vietnam National Football Championship. ACB Sports Joint Stock Company has taken over the entire force of Vietnam Airlines team. Most of the main players of the Vietnam Aviation team moved to become the core of the new team called LG. Hanoi ACB to compete in the professional tournament with the capacity of the Vietnam Airlines team. The remaining personnel were gathered by the Hanoi Football Federation to form a semi-professional football team and sponsored by Hoa Phat Group, competing in the First Division under the name Hòa Phát Hà Nội. .

In the middle of the 2006 season, LG withdrew its sponsorship, the team was renamed Hanoi - ACB. Also in this year, the Hòa Phát Hà Nội also officially switched to the professional model and competed in the professional tournament.

However, in the 2008 season, both teams were unsuccessful and had to move down to play in the First Division. In the 2009 football season, Hòa Phát Hà Nội competed to win promotion and the following year, the team once again competed in the V-League after winning the 2010 First Division championship.

However, the 2011 season was an unlucky season, when the team finished bottom of the table and fell back to the First Division. At the end of 2011, the team's management unit, ACB Sports Joint Stock Company, took over Hòa Phát Hà Nội. Once again, there was a big change in personnel when most of Hòa Phát Hà Nội's squad was kept in the official squad to play in the Premier League with the old Hòa Phát Hà Nội position with the new name Hanoi Football club or Hanoi 1956. Most of the old Hanoi ACB squad was transferred to the 2nd squad with the new name of Hanoi Youth Football Club and played in the First Division.

At the end of the 2012 season, the team ranked 9th in the ranking table. However, after the manager Nguyen Duc Kien was arrested, the team fell into a crisis. The club's leaders decided not to register for the 2013 V-League and also withdrew the name Hanoi Youth from the list of next year's First Division.[4] This means that the professional club will no longer participate in football life.[5]

League

• V.League 1 / A1 National League:

Winners (1) : 1980

• V.League 2:

Winners : 2010

Runners-up : 2004, 2009

Cup

• Vietnamese Cup:

Winners : 2008

• Vietnamese Super Cup:

Runners-up : 2008