Dong Nai FC
association football club
Đồng Nai Football Club is a professional association football club based in Đồng Nai municipality, Vietnam. The team currently plays in Vietnamese Third Division, the fourth tier of Vietnamese football, after a demotion from the 2024–25 V.League 2 due to financial reasons. The club's home ground is the 30,000-seater Đồng Nai Stadium.
History
Early football movement (pre-1975)
Between 1955 and 1975, Đồng Nai had four teams competed in the first and second tier of the South Vietnam football system: Sư Đoàn 3 Không Quân, Tiểu Khu Biên Hòa, Không Đoàn Kỹ Thuật - Tiếp Vận and Thanh Niên Hiệp Hòa.
Founding and amateur era (1976–2004)
After 1975, football was the first sport to be formally organized in the new province. In March 1976, the Department of Sports and Physical Education established the provincial football team of Đồng Nai/ They participated in the first post-unification tournament, the Cửu Long League, finishing 8th out of 9 teams.
The team spent many years in the A1 Division, the second-tier at the time. From 1990 to 1999, Đồng Nai reached the final promotion round for the top-tier league three times (1990, 1994, 1998) but was unsuccessful each time. During this period, Đồng Nai province was unique for having three teams in the A1 Division simultaneously: Đồng Nai FC, Xuân Lộc, and Cao Su Đồng Nai.
Professional era and promotion to the V.League 1 (2005–2016)
In 2005, the team (having merged with Cao Su Đồng Nai) turned professional.
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