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Ha Noi

V-League

Vietnamese Cup

Founded:	2006
Stadium:	Sân vận động Hàng Đẫy
Coach:	Makoto Teguramori
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Ha Noi home ground venue is Sân vận động Hàng Đẫy.

Makoto Teguramori is the current coach for Ha Noi.

Ha Noi V-League Match Fixtures and Results

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Ha Noi have played a total of 19 matches in Vietnam V-League. Their current statistics is 9 win, 7 draw and 3 lose.

Ha Noi did not lose their last seven matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Ha Noi results for their home or away matches in V-League 2024/2025.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Ha Noi	19	9	7	3

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
27/04/2025	Ha Noi		Quang Nam		H2H	O
19/04/2025	Binh Duong	0 - 3	Ha Noi	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	30' Daniel Passira
Quế Ngọc Hải 33'
Trung Hieu Tran 33'
Viet Cuong Nguyen Tran 39'
			46' Van Thai Quy Truong
			46' Vu Dình Hai
		0 - 2	53' Tuan Hai Pham
		0 - 3	56' Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov
Viet Cuong Nguyen Tran 58'
Ngoc Chien Nguyen 58'
Thanh Nhan Nguyen 58'
Cheick Timité 58'
			61' Daniel Passira
			61' Van Truong Nguyen
Minh Trong Vo 71'
Hoang Bao Tran 71'
			73' Tuan Hai Pham
			73' Nguyễn Hai Long
			83' Daniel Passira
			83' Van Truong Nguyen
			83' Van Xuan Le
			83' Xuan Tu Le
Hoài Phong Nguyễn Hữu 90+4'
90+5'
13/04/2025	Hai Phong	0 - 0	Ha Noi	0-0	H2H	O	+
			30' Nguyễn Thành Chung
Tien Dung Bui 41'
Lucão 50'
			53' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			63' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			63' Luka Bobičanec
			63' Daniel Passira
			63' João Pedro Silva
Trung Hieu Pham 65'
			73' Van Thai Quy Truong
			73' Kyle Colonna
			73' Nguyễn Hai Long
			73' Van Xuan Le
Hoang Nam Luong 75'
Tien Dung Dam 75'
Van Tu Nguyen 75'
Manh Dung Le 75'
			83' Vu Dình Hai
			83' Xuan Tu Le
Trung Hieu Pham 83'
Nguyễn Ngọc Tú 83'
06/04/2025	Ha Noi	3 - 1	FLC Thanh Hoa	1-0	H2H	O	+
			24' Thanh Long Nguyen
Đỗ Duy Mạnh 28'		1 - 0
			46' Ngoc My Nguyen
			46' Lê Văn Thuận
Daniel Passira 48'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	55' Lê Văn Thuận
			59' Thanh Long Nguyen
			59' Thai Binh Hoang
Daniel Passira 61'		3 - 1
Luka Bobičanec 63'
Xuan Tu Le 63'
Van Toan Dau 70'
Nguyễn Hai Long 72'
Tuan Hai Pham 72'
Daniel Passira 72'
João Pedro Silva 72'
			73' Thai Son Nguyen
			73' Trum Tinh Pham
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 77'
Kyle Colonna 77'
Van Thai Quy Truong 77'
Van Xuan Le 77'
			80' Van Thang Le
			80' Nguyên Hoàng Võ
07/03/2025	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	1 - 1	Ha Noi	1-0	H2H	O	+
Helerson 43'		1 - 0
A. Gero 45'
Geovane Magno 53'
Đặng Văn Trâm 53'
L. Adou 54'
V. Le 61'
Trần Đình Tiến 61'
			66' Luka Bobičanec
			66' Nguyễn Hai Long
			66' Daniel Passira
			66' João Pedro Silva
			71' Tuan Hai Pham
			71' Vu Dình Hai
			71' Van Thai Quy Truong
			71' Pierre Lamothe
		1 - 1	72' João Pedro Silva
Đặng Văn Trâm 80'
Bùi Duy Thường 81'
Huỳnh Tiến Đạt 81'
Lương Xuân Trường 81'
Vũ Quang Nam 81'
			85' Hùng Dũng Đỗ
			85' Van Truong Nguyen
A. Gero 86'
Vũ Quang Nam 88'
			90+4' Nguyễn Hai Long
			90+5' Nguyễn Hai Long
02/03/2025	Ha Noi	3 - 2	Da Nang	1-0	H2H	O	+
			21' Anh Viet Doan
Daniel Passira 31'		1 - 0
			45+1' Anh Viet Doan
			45+1' Duy Cuon Luong
			45+1' Minh Tuan Ha
			45+1' Van Huu Pham
		1 - 1	49' Dinh Duy Pham
		1 - 2	51' Van Huu Pham
Đào Văn Nam 60'
Nguyễn Hai Long 60'
Luka Bobičanec 60'
Van Thai Quy Truong 60'
Nguyễn Hai Long 66'		2 - 2
Van Xuan Le 74'
Vu Dình Hai 74'
Daniel Passira 74'
João Pedro Silva 74'
			78' Dinh Duy Pham
			78' Vuong Tran
			81' Van Long Phan
			81' Hong Son Nguyen
Tuan Hai Pham 83'
Xuan Tu Le 83'
			86' Cong Nhat Nguyen
			86' Phi Hoang Nguyen
João Pedro Silva 88'		3 - 2
21/02/2025	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	0 - 3	Ha Noi	0-0	H2H	O	+
Lý Đức Phạm 19'
Anh Tai Nguyen Huu 68'
Thanh Nhan Nguyen 68'
			70' Daniel Passira
			70' João Pedro Silva
			70' Daniel Passira
			70' Van Truong Nguyen
		0 - 1	76' Luka Bobičanec
Jairo Rodrigues 78'
Minh Vuong Tran 84'
Hoàng Minh Cao 84'
			90+3' Luka Bobičanec
			90+3' Van Thai Quy Truong
Bao Toan Tran 90+4'
Huu Phuoc Le 90+4'
Trung Kien Tran 90+11'
		0 - 2	90+14' João Pedro Silva
			90+15' Van Xuan Le
			90+15' Nguyễn Văn Tùng
		0 - 3	90+16' Nguyễn Văn Tùng
09/02/2025	Ha Noi	3 - 0	Song Lam Nghe An	1-0	H2H	O	+
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 25'		1 - 0
			30' Van Khanh Hoang
Xuan Tu Le 36'
João Pedro Silva 36'
			46' Xuan Tien Dinh
			46' Van Toan Dau
Xuan Tien Dinh 46'
Long Vu Le Dinh 46'
			46' Phạm Xuân Mạnh
			46' Van Xuan Le
Pierre Lamothe 46'
Tran Manh Quynh 46'
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 65'		2 - 0
			66' Ba Quyen Phan
			66' Quang Vinh Nguyen
Daniel Passira 73'
Nguyễn Hai Long 73'
			76' Van Huy Vuong
			78' Van Huy Vuong
			78' Đức Bùi Thanh
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 84'
Van Truong Nguyen 84'
João Pedro Silva 86'		3 - 0
			90' Hồ Khắc Ngọc
			90' Quang Tu Dang
05/02/2025	Nam Dinh	2 - 1	Ha Noi	0-1	H2H	O	+
To Van Vu 23'
Van Trung Tran 23'
		0 - 1	42' Luka Bobičanec
			45+5' Tuan Hai Pham
Van Dat Tran 55'
Hoang Anh Ly Cong 55'
Van Trung Tran 55'
Van Vi Nguyen 55'
			58' Xuan Tu Le
			58' Kyle Colonna
			59' Luka Bobičanec
Caio César 59'		1 - 1
			68' Hùng Dũng Đỗ
			68' Van Truong Nguyen
Hong Duy Nguyen Phong 75'
Minh Tuan Hoang 75'
			76' João Pedro Silva
Hendrio 84'		2 - 1
			88' Đào Văn Nam
			88' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			88' Daniel Passira
			88' Nguyễn Văn Tùng
Nguyen Manh Tran 90+5'
24/01/2025	Ha Noi	0 - 1	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	0-1	H2H	O	+
Vu Dình Hai 9'
		0 - 1	36' Jairo Rodrigues
			45+6' Van Son Le
Nguyễn Thành Chung 45+7'
			59' Anh Tai Nguyen Huu
			59' Bao Toan Tran
Hùng Dũng Đỗ 65'
João Pedro Silva 65'
Luka Bobičanec 71'
Tuan Hai Pham 71'
			73' Ngoc Quang Chau
			75' Minh Vuong Tran
			75' Huu Phuoc Le
Pierre Lamothe 76'
Van Toan Dau 76'
			81' Quang Nho Dung
			88' Bao Toan Tran
			88' Quang Nho Dung
			88' A Hoang
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 88'
Xuan Tu Le 88'
			90+2' Jairo Rodrigues
Nguyễn Hai Long 90+2'
			90+5' Canh Anh Nguyen
			90+6' A Hoang
90+11'
19/01/2025	Da Nang	0 - 2	Ha Noi	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	15' Van Toan Dau
Yuri Mamute 28'
Dinh Duy Pham 28'
			55' Van Xuan Le
			55' Nguyễn Thành Chung
Quang Hung Le 56'
Minh Quang Nguyen 65'
Tran Quach Tan Giang 65'
Hong Son Nguyen 65'
Minh Tuan Ha 65'
			69' Phạm Xuân Mạnh
Van Huu Pham 82'
Quang Vinh Lieu 82'
			82' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			82' Augustine Chidi Kwem
Marlon Rangel 87'
Augustine Chidi Kwem 87'
			87' Van Toan Dau
			87' Van Truong Nguyen
			90+4' Xuan Tu Le
			90+4' Chu Văn Kiên
			90+4' João Pedro Silva
			90+4' Van Tung Nguyen
		0 - 2	90+5' Chu Văn Kiên
19/11/2024	Quang Nam	1 - 1	Ha Noi	0-0	H2H	O	+
Phù Trung Phong 23'
Van Dai Ngan 23'
Charles Atshimene 46'
Hyuri 46'
Thanh Hau Phan 47'
Van Hiep Nguyen 64'
Phu Nguyen Nguyen 64'
Hoang Vu Samson 67'		1 - 0
Hoang Vu Samson 68'
			73' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			73' Augustine Chidi Kwem
			73' Van Truong Nguyen
			73' Hùng Dũng Đỗ
			80' Van Xuan Le
			80' Vu Dình Hai
		1 - 1	81' Augustine Chidi Kwem
			83' Nguyễn Hai Long
			83' Xuan Tu Le
Hoang Vu Samson 83'
Cong Thanh Doan 83'
Ngoc Tien Uong 90+3'
Van Toan Vo 90+3'
			90+3' João Pedro Silva
			90+3' Van Tung Nguyen
14/11/2024	Ha Noi	1 - 0	Binh Duong	1-0	H2H	O	+
Nguyễn Hai Long 26'		1 - 0
			51' Xuan Tu Nghiem
			51' Vi Hao Bui
			51' Hai Huy Nguyen
			51' Tran Duy Khanh
Nguyễn Hai Long 59'
João Pedro Silva 61'
Jakhongir Abdumuminov 61'
Hùng Dũng Đỗ 62'
Van Toan Dau 62'
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 62'
Xuan Tu Le 62'
			66' Wellington Nem
			66' Hà Đức Chinh
			66' Quế Ngọc Hải
			66' Hồ Tấn Tài
Van Truong Nguyen 68'
Kyle Colonna 68'
			82' Minh Trong Vo
			82' Anh Ty Tong
			87' Tran Duy Khanh
Vu Dình Hai 87'
Van Thai Quy Truong 87'
09/11/2024	Ha Noi	2 - 2	Hai Phong	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	9' Lucão
Duc Hoang Ngo 46'
Đỗ Duy Mạnh 46'
Van Tung Nguyen 46'
João Pedro Silva 46'
Lê Văn Hà 46'
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 46'
João Pedro Silva 51'		1 - 1
			58' Tien Dung Bui
			67' Minh Di Ho
			67' Hoang Nam Luong
			68' Van Minh Nguyen
			68' Hoang Nam Luong
			68' Zé Paulo
			68' Vu Ngoc Tai Tran
			74' Manh Dung Le
			74' Tuan Anh Nguyen
Van Truong Nguyen 76'
Van Toan Dau 76'
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 81'		2 - 1
			83' Huu Son Nguyen
			83' Van Tu Nguyen
		2 - 2	85' Lucão
			87' Lucão
Nguyễn Hai Long 87'
Hồ Thanh Minh 87'
03/11/2024	FLC Thanh Hoa	1 - 1	Ha Noi	0-0	H2H	O	+
			35' Đào Văn Nam
			35' Lê Văn Hà
			46' Van Toan Dau
			46' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			46' Van Tung Nguyen
			46' Xuan Tu Le
			47' Van Truong Nguyen
Ribamar 65'		1 - 0
Ngoc Ha Doan 68'
Mit A 80'
			81' Hùng Dũng Đỗ
			81' Van Thang Le
			86' João Pedro Silva
			88' Nguyễn Hai Long
Ribamar 90+2'
Manh Hung Pham 90+2'
Xuan Hoang Trinh 90+2'
			90+3' Xuan Hoang Trinh
		1 - 1	90+6' Nguyễn Hai Long
Ngoc Ha Doan 90+6'
Chau Phi Ha 90+6'
			90+8' Van Truong Nguyen
			90+8' João Pedro Silva
27/10/2024	Ha Noi	1 - 1	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	1-1	H2H	O	+
			8' Huynh Tan Tai
Nguyễn Hai Long 14'		1 - 0
			16' Leygley Adou
		1 - 1	45+8' Noel Mbo
Van Tung Nguyen 46'
João Pedro Silva 46'
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 63'
Phạm Xuân Mạnh 63'
Hùng Dũng Đỗ 63'
Van Truong Nguyen 63'
			75' Dinh Tien Tran
			75' Tien Dat Huynh
Đào Văn Nam 79'
Nguyễn Thành Chung 79'
Jakhongir Abdumuminov 82'
Van Toan Dau 82'
			84' Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
			84' Lương Xuân Trường
			89' Duy Thuong Bui
			89' Viktor Le
			90+3' Van Tram Dang
19/10/2024	Ha Noi	1 - 1	Công An Nhân Dân	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	35' Léo Artur
Nguyễn Thành Chung 45'
			56' Jason Pendant
Jakhongir Abdumuminov 68'
João Pedro Silva 68'
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 68'
Van Toan Dau 68'
Hùng Dũng Đỗ 68'
Van Truong Nguyen 68'
			77' Vitão
Phạm Xuân Mạnh 80'
Van Tung Nguyen 80'
Van Toan Dau 80'
Augustine Chidi Kwem 80'
Xuan Tu Le 80'
			87' Jason Pendant
			87' Van Thiet Truong
			87' Van Toan Hoang
			87' Xuan Thinh Bui
			90+1' Dinh Bac Nguyen
			90+1' Lê Văn Đô
			90+2' Léo Artur
			90+6' Hugo Gomes
			90+6' Nguyễn Quang Hải
			90+6' Nguyễn Trọng Long
			90+6' Léo Artur
			90+6' Phan Văn Đức
Tuan Hai Pham 90+14'		1 - 1
29/09/2024	Ho Chi Minh City	0 - 2	Ha Noi	0-1	H2H	O	+
Thanh Khoi Nguyen 9'
Ha Long Nguyen 45+4'
		0 - 1	45+5' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			46' Đào Văn Nam
			46' Vu Dình Hai
			51' Van Xuan Le
			55' Van Xuan Le
Erik Sorga 55'
			59' Van Truong Nguyen
Viet Hoang Vo Huu 60'
Ngọc Long Bùi 60'
Thanh Long Phan Nhat 60'
Hoàng Vĩnh Nguyên 60'
Ha Long Nguyen 71'
Duarte 71'
Thanh Thao Nguyen 71'
Quoc Gia Dao 71'
			74' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			74' Nguyễn Hai Long
			74' Văn Quyết Nguyễn
			74' Nguyễn Hai Long
Thanh Thao Nguyen 81'
			84' Xuan Tu Le
			85' Van Tung Nguyen
			85' Xuan Tu Le
Huy Toan Vo 87'
Hai Quan Doan 87'
			88' Nguyễn Thành Chung
			88' Phạm Xuân Mạnh
			88' Van Thai Quy Truong
Hai Quan Doan 90'
Quoc Gia Dao 90+2'
		0 - 2	90+3' João Pedro Silva
22/09/2024	Viettel	2 - 1	Ha Noi	0-0	H2H	O	+
			2' Kyle Colonna
Duc Chien Nguyen 28'
			46' Xuan Tu Le
			46' Augustine Chidi Kwem
		0 - 1	57' João Pedro Silva
Amarildo 58'
Pedro Henrique 60'
Nguyễn Hoàng Đức 60'
Văn Khang Khuất 60'
Nguyễn Hoàng Đức 60'
Bùi Văn Đức 68'
Tien Anh Truong 68'
			72' Vu Dình Hai
			72' Xuan Kien Nguyen
			72' Van Toan Dau
			72' Keziah Veendorp
Tuan Tai Phan 75'		1 - 1
			80' João Pedro Silva
			80' Van Truong Nguyen
Amarildo 90'		2 - 1
			90+6' Van Xuan Le
			90+6' Chu Văn Kiên
Wesley Natã 90+6'
Huu Thang Nguyen 90+6'
14/09/2024	Ha Noi	1 - 0	Binh Dinh	0-0	H2H	O	+
			22' Sy Nam Nguyen
			22' Xuan Tan Hoang
Nguyễn Hai Long 46'
Van Truong Nguyen 46'
			61' Gabriel Morbeck
			61' Leonardo David
			61' Xuan Tan Hoang
			61' Minh Tuan Vu
Xuan Tu Le 64'
Xuan Kien Nguyen 64'
Phạm Xuân Mạnh 64'
Augustine Chidi Kwem 64'
Hùng Dũng Đỗ 75'
Van Thai Quy Truong 75'
João Pedro Silva 80'
Van Tung Nguyen 80'
Văn Quyết Nguyễn 83'		1 - 0
			88' Van Khoa Duong
			88' Tung Duong Thanh
			88' Hong Quan Mac
			88' Gia Viet Dao
Van Xuan Le 90+2'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Ha Noi in V-League.

Statistics & Analysis of Ha Noi

Văn Quyết Nguyễn is the leading top goal scorer for Ha Noi with 2 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	3
Longest losing streak	2
Longest run without loss	8
Longest run without win	4
Clean sheets	8
Matches over 2.25 goals	8
Matches under 2.25 goals	11
Matches First Half Over 0.5	13
Matches First Half Under 0.5	6
Matches odd	9
Matches even	10
Average goals scored	1.58
Average goals allowed	0.79
Failure to score	2
Biggest victory	3 - 0
Biggest defeat	2 - 1
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	3
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	0 (0%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (10%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	Văn Quyết Nguyễn
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V-League 2024/2025 - Regular Season Table

Ha Noi are in the 2nd position of V-League.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Nam Dinh	19	10	6	3	31	13	+18	36
2	Ha Noi	19	9	7	3	30	15	+15	34
3	FLC Thanh Hoa	19	7	9	3	27	20	+7	30
4	Viettel	19	8	6	5	27	22	+5	30
5	Công An Nhân Dân	19	7	8	4	28	18	+10	29
6	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	19	5	13	1	18	13	+5	28
7	Binh Duong	19	7	4	8	23	27	-4	25
8	Hai Phong	19	6	6	7	19	19	+0	24
9	Ho Chi Minh City	19	4	10	5	15	23	-8	22
10	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	19	5	6	8	22	24	-2	21
11	Quang Nam	19	4	9	6	21	25	-4	21
12	Song Lam Nghe An	19	3	10	6	14	26	-12	19
13	Binh Dinh	19	4	4	11	13	26	-13	16
14	Da Nang	19	1	8	10	13	30	-17	11

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Detailed statistics of each Ha Noi player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Ha Noi top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

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#	Name of Player
1	Duy Dũng Nguyễn
2	Duy Mạnh Đỗ
3	Keziah Veendorp	18	1	1
4	Kyle Colonna	360	4					1
5	Văn Hoàng Nguyễn	360	4
6	Đức Hoàng Ngô
7	Xuân Mạnh Phạm	347	4		3
8	Văn Toàn Đậu	94	2	1	1			1
9	Tuấn Hải Phạm	180	2			1	1
10	Văn Quyết Nguyễn	322	4		2	2	1
11	Thanh Minh Hồ
13	Văn Chuẩn Quan
14	Hai Long Nguyễn	196	3	1	1
15	Đức Anh Nguyễn
16	Thành Chung Nguyễn	360	4					2
17	Văn Nam Đào	46	1		1
19	Văn Trường Nguyễn	122	4	3				1
20	Văn Kiên Chu	0	1	1
21	Đình Hai Vũ	206	3	1	1
23	Văn Tùng Nguyễn	84	3	2	1
25	Xuân Tú Lê	162	4	2	2			1
28	Văn Hà Lê
29	Augustine Chidi Kwem	124	3	2	1
30	Long Nhật Bùi
35	Xuân Kiên Nguyễn	18	2	2
45	Văn Xuân Lê	231	3		1			2	1
67	Văn Thắng Trần
74	Thái Quý Trương Văn	3	2	2
77	Jahongir Abdumuminov	68	1		1
80	João Pedro Sousa Silva	282	4	1	2	2	1
88	Hùng Dũng Đỗ	338	4		2
	Bá Minh Hiếu Nguyễn
	Diederrick Joel Tagueu Tadjo
	Ewerton da Silva Pereira
	Ngọc Hà Mạch
	Ryan Ha
	Sỹ Đức Nguyễn
	Tiến Long Vũ
	Tim Hall
	Văn Dũng Nguyễn
	Văn Sơn Vũ

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H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Al Tadhamon vs Al Qadsia

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.