Ho Chi Minh

The club was established on 1 November 1975 as the Saigon Port Workers Football Club, following the formation of the earlier Saigon Harbour team, and was known as Saigon Port until 2008. It was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City Football Club in 2009, and in 2025 it changed its name to Công An Hồ Chí Minh City after the ownership transfer to the Công An Hồ Chí Minh City Public Security Department.

The club's home ground is the Thống Nhất Stadium. Its supporters are known for their devotion to the Saigon Port heritage, and the club has been nicknamed "Chiến hạm đỏ" in connection with its earlier identity.

The Saigon Port side of the club developed a "Golden Generation" of players in the 1980s, led by coach Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang, and it won the national league title in 1986. In 2025 the club won the Vietnamese Cup for the first time in 26 years.