LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football ClubNickname(s)Đội bóng Phố Núi (The Highlanders)Short nameLPBank HAGLFounded1976; 48 years ago as Gia Lai-Kon Tum 2001; 23 years ago as Hoang Anh Gia Lai 2023; 1 year ago as LPBank Hoang Anh Gia LaiGroundPleiku StadiumCapacity12,000OwnerHoang Anh Gia Lai GroupChairmanĐoàn Nguyên ĐứcHead coachVu Tien Thanh (interim)LeagueV.League 12023V.League 1, 10th of 14WebsiteClub website Show
 Home colours Away colours 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. History[edit]Early years[edit]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. 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[edit]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. 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. 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. The team proactively prepared their squad by adding fitness assistant Witoon Mingkwan. Foreign players Washington Brandão and Kim Dong-su had their contracts extended. Brazilian midfielder Mauricio Barbosa was signed to replace Damir Memović. The team also added striker Jefferson Baiano to bolster their attacking power. After a 17-year absence, Hoang Anh Gia Lai returned to the AFC Champions League - the No. 1 club tournament in Asia (as the leading team of V.League 1 - 2021). The team finished the group stage with 5 points and third place, failing to advance to the round of 16. On November 2, 2023, Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club changed its name to LPBank-Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club. Stadium[edit]Pleiku Stadium is a stadium located in Pleiku City, Gia Lai Province. It is the home of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Football Club and is also one of the few stadiums in Vietnam owned by a club. In 2008, Pleiku Stadium was started and built new according to the model of Emirates Stadium of Arsenal, with a total construction cost of 60 billion VND invested entirely by HAGL Group. The newly built Pleiku Stadium was put into operation since October 2010, has a capacity of 12,000 seats and is fully equipped with seats. Club rivalries[edit]Hanoi Football Club[edit]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[edit]Position Name Head Coach Current squad[edit]As of 26 February 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Unregistred players[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Out on loan[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Retired numbers[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Records[edit]Continental record[edit]Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2003 ASEAN Club Championship Group C League record[edit]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[edit]National competitions[edit]League
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Managerial history[edit]Head coaches by years (2003–present) Name Nat Period Honours Arjhan Srong-ngamsub 2020 Kiatisuk Senamuang Notable players[edit]Domestic players[edit]Foreign players[edit]AFC
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors[edit]Period Kit Manufacturer Sponsors 2003-2018 Samsung Hoang Anh Gia Lai Pleiku Hoang Anh Gia Lai Rosso Hatrick GREE HAGL-Land TOA Paint VPBank HAGL Group GrowPlus+ NutiFood 2018 THACO Red Bull BAPI 2023 LPBank References[edit]
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