Ba Ria-Vung Tau FC

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Ba Ria Vung Tau FC

Full name	Ba Ria-Vung Tau Football Club
Nickname(s)	Ó Biển (Seahawks)
Founded	1991; 33 years ago (1991) 2017; 7 years ago (2017) (re-established)
Ground	Bà Rịa Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Ba Ria-Vung Tau Football JSC
Chairman	Đinh Hồng Vinh
Manager	Nguyễn Minh Phương
League	V.League 2
2023–24	V.League 2, 7th of 11
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Ba Ria - Vung Tau Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu) is a professional football club based in Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam. The club is currently playing in V.League 2.

Ba Ria - Vung Tau football team was formed in 1991 and competed in the national A2 tournament, but then the provincial football movement went down and was interrupted in the period 1997–2006.

In 2006, the 2006–2009 football project was approved and implemented by the Provincial People's Committee with the goal of training the youth level, creating the expected force and team for the upper line. At that time, the provincial football team was established and played in the V.League 3. Through the organization of the entrance exam, the U-15 football team was established, participating in training and coaching under the 4-year program (2006–2009). The team is focused on professional training and cultural learning in Ba Ria town. Due to the lack of resources, the selection of athletes from spontaneous movements is not systematic, so in the process of training and rubbing, the Training Board continues to screen out Typical children's athletes online, enrolling for practice and competition.

In 2007, Ba Ria - Vung Tau football team ranked first in Group D, entered the V.League 3 in Da Nang but failed. In 2008, the team was sponsored by the Construction Development and Investment Corporation (DIC Group) and renamed the football team DIC Ba Ria - Vung Tau, however, this year the team did not reach the target. In 2009, DIC Ba Ria – Vung Tau performed excellently in the group stage, winning all 5 matches, topping Group C and participating in the knockout stage. With the result of winning against the youth team of Tap doan Cao su Dong Thap, the team has completed the goal of the Project to be promoted to the V.League 3.

In 2010, for the first time, DIC Ba Ria - Vung Tau participated in the V.League 3. Despite many difficulties, at times it seemed impossible to stay in the league, but in the end, DIC Ba Ria - Vung Tau was successfully stayed in the league.

On November 14, 2012, coach Nguyen Trung Hau of Ba Ria - Vung Tau announced that the team was disbanded and did not participate in the 2013 V.League 2.^[1]

On September 15, 2017, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Club was officially launched to start competing in the V.League 4 . On this occasion, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Football Joint Stock Company was also established by charter capital of 200 billion VND with the goal of long-term development, bringing football in the coastal city step by step to professional level. The club started from the 2017 V.League 4 and quickly gained promotion to the 2018 V.League 3 by winning Group B.^[2]

In the subsequent V.League 3, the club finished the group stage with first place in Group B, qualifying for the promotion play-off round. In the semi-finals, the team was suddenly eliminated by Phu Dong with a score of 2–3 on the penalty spot (0–0 draw after official time). In the match for third place (the winning team will be promoted to the 2019 V.League 2) against Pho Hien, at the end of the match there was a fight between Ba Ria - Vung Tau players and the referee team. A player of the team was fined VND 25 million and permanently banned from participating in football activities managed by the VFF, and assistant referee Huynh Quoc Long was also banned from participating in activities managed by the VFF. organized in 18 months, fined 17.5 million VND. Vung Tau continues to stay in the V.League 3.

On August 16, 2019, Ba Ria – Vung Tau entered the final of the V.League 3 football tournament as the winner of the semi-finals (3–1 against Lam Dong). In this match, the team defeated Hanoi Youth 1-0 and officially won a direct ticket to the 2020 V.League 2.^[3] For the first time in the team's history, Ba Ria - Vung Tau attended a domestic professional tournament.

In 2020 V.League 2 Phase 1, they have top the league with 24 points after 11 games, but in Phase 2, they only ranked 2nd after Binh Dinh and missed the chance to go to the 2021 V.League 1.

The 2021 V.League 2 have been cancelled.

In the 2022 V.League 2, they have been top of the table for the first half, but they dropped points in the second half so they only ranked 4th, give the promotion spot to People's Public Security and Khanh Hoa.^[4][5]

In 2024, five of the team's players got prosecuted for betting, and suspicions of match fixing during the 1–3 V.League 2 defeat against SHB Danang that took place on 23 December 2023.^[6]

On 14th May 2024, the club asked the provincial authority to not play in national competitions for the 2024-2025 season, citing financial concerns.^[7]

Stage	T-shirt maker	Sponsor printed on the shirt
2017–2018	none	SCG
2019	Zaicro
2020–2022	Masu
2023	VNS

As of 8 October 2024^[8]

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  VIE Nguyễn Tân 2 DF  VIE Nguyễn Thế Dũng 3 DF  VIE Nguyễn Toàn Thắng 4 DF  VIE Trương Trí Thiện 5 DF  VIE Kim Nhật Linh 6 DF  VIE Lê Khả Đức 7 FW  VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Chiến 8 MF  VIE Nguyễn Quang Thế 9 MF  VIE Nguyễn Thanh Xuân 10 FW  VIE Nguyễn Hà Anh Tuấn (on loan from Hà Nội) 11 MF  VIE Phan Văn Thành Đạt 12 DF  VIE Phạm Anh Quân

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  VIE Lê Cảnh Gia Huy 15 MF  VIE Tô Phương Thịnh 16 MF  VIE Trần Trung Dũng 17 FW  VIE Bùi Văn Bình 18 DF  VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Minh Nhật 19 MF  VIE Nguyễn Quốc Hoàng 20 MF  VIE Trần Đình Bảo 21 DF  VIE Vi Văn Dũng (on loan from Hà Nội) 23 MF  VIE Võ Tuấn Phong 24 DF  VIE Trương Nhạc Minh 26 GK  VIE Nguyễn Nhật Nguyên 28 GK  VIE Trần Lâm Hào

Position	Name
Chairman	Đinh Hồng Vinh
Chief Executive Officer
Director of Football
Sporting Director
Managing Director
Technical Director

Position	Name
Manager	Nguyễn Minh Phương
Assistant Manager
First Team Coach
First Team Set Pieace Coach
First Team Goalkeeper Coach	Hoàng Tuấn Danh
First Team Physical Performance Coach
Match Analysis
Data Analysis
Head of Sports Science
Team Doctor
Physiotherapist
Masseur
Head of Academy Coaching