I was a child of Ho Chi Minh City Police before, welcome back symbolically, Nguyen Tuan Phong, a former player of the Ho Chi Minh City Police team shared on social media.
Similarly, former striker of the Vietnam national team and the Ho Chi Minh City Police team Nguyen Viet Thang also sent a message of welcome to the return of his former team, at the professional playground of Vietnamese football.
For them in particular and many generations of football fans in the city, the Ho Chi Minh City Police team is not simply a name, but as a symbol associated with the golden age of Ho Chi Minh City football. Together with Hai Quan and Saigon Port, the 3 teams created a memorable period for the city's football.
For the Ho Chi Minh City Police team, during their golden period, they won the national championship in 1995. Second in the 1993-1994, 1996, 1999 2000 and 2001-2002 seasons. At the end of 2002, Ho Chi Minh City Police Club changed its model, before officially returning from the 2025-2026 season.
The name of the Ho Chi Minh City Police team is associated with many talented players in Vietnamese football such as Le Huynh Duc, Tran Minh Chien, Nguyen Liem Thanh, Phung Thanh Phuong, Bui Sy Thanh, Nguyen Viet Thang...
In recent times, the Central Party Committee of the Public Security and the Ministry of Public Security have paid much attention to directing sports in general and high-performance sports in particular, especially professional football, with the desire to turn the Ho Chi Minh City Police Club into a strong football club in the country, returning to the position that was the pride of the People's Public Security force in previous years.
In July 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee transferred the Ho Chi Minh City team competing in the V.League to the Ho Chi Minh City Police and changed its name to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Club.
In the past few years, the Ho Chi Minh City team has not played very impressively, mainly focusing on the goal of staying in the league. In the 2024-2025 season, they are only ranked 10/14. Therefore, with the transfer and return of the Ho Chi Minh City Police team, fans hope that the team will soon regain its heroic position as before, competing with the strongest teams in Vietnamese football, aiming for titles.
That hope will be placed on coach Le Huynh Duc, a famous player of the Ho Chi Minh City Police team in the golden age. He was successful in leading the Da Nang team to win two V.League championships in 2009 and 2012.
But for the teams later on, this strategist has not left much of an impression from Saigon club to Binh Duong team (formerly known as Becamex team HCMC).
This time, Mr. Le Huynh Duc's task will be very heavy, helping the Ho Chi Minh City Police team to soon improve their performance and gradually regain their position as before. But with the support of the team's leadership, being alongside his former familiar teammates on the coaching bench, as well as being trusted by fans, he has many conditions to succeed.
The Ho Chi Minh City Police team will start the new season with a match against Hanoi FC at 7:15 p.m. on August 16.
