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Hoàng Anh Gia Lai is a Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

ese soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

club based in Pleiku

Pleiku

Pleiku is a town in central Vietnam, located in that nation's central highland region. It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province; it is inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or Degar....

. They play in the top division in Vietnamese soccer. Their home stadium is Pleiku Stadium

Pleiku Stadium

Pleiku Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Pleiku, Vietnam. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hoang Anh Gia Lai. The stadium holds 10,000 people....

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The team signed an agreement with Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

to open a youth academy in Pleiku, and will be the main distributor of Arsenal merchandise in Southeast Asian area.

Honours

V-League
V-League
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per team. A team could use three foreigners on the field each game.As 2009 statistics, about half of V-League foreign players are Brazilian and the rest come from Argentina, Nigeria, Ghana, Czech Republic, Thailand and others.-Attendance:V-League...

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Champions (2): 2003, 2004
Vietnamese National Cup
Vietnamese Cup
The Vietnamese Cup is an annual soccer competition in Vietnam. It is one of the three major Vietnamese clubs competitions held by the Vietnam Football Federation , and has existed since 1992- Past results :-See also:* Football in Vietnam...

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Runners-up (1): 2010
Vietnamese Super Cup
Vietnamese Super Cup
The Vietnamese Super Cup was an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's V-League and Vietnamese Cup competitions.-Past winners:*1999 - The Cong*2000 - Sông Lam Nghệ An*2001 - Sông Lam Nghệ An*2002 - Sông Lam Nghệ An...

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Champions (2): 2003, 2004
Vietnam First Division
Vietnam First Division
The Vietnamese First Division is the second tier league in Vietnamese football, after the V-League, with 14 teams competing.- Format :The league comprises 14 teams. Over the course of a season, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each...

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Runners-up (1): 2001-2002

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

: 2 appearances

2004

AFC Champions League 2004

The 2004 AFC Champions League was the 23rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 2nd edition under the current AFC Champions League title. The title was won by Al-Ittihad over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.-Format:Group Stage...

: Group stage

2005

AFC Champions League 2005

The 2005 AFC Champions League was the 24th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 3rd edition under the current AFC Champions League title....

: Group stage

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
2004 AFC Champions League 2004 The 2004 AFC Champions League was the 23rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 2nd edition under the current AFC Champions League title. The title was won by Al-Ittihad over Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.-Format:Group Stage...	AFC Champions League AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...	Group stage	PSM Makassar PSM Makassar PSM, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar, is a football club that plays in the Liga Primer Indonesia. It was once considered as one of Indonesia's strongest football clubs, having won a title in 2000 and finishing runner-up three out of the past four seasons after that...	5-1	0-3
		Group stage	Dalian Shide	3-1	0-2
		Group stage	Krung Thai Bank FC Krung Thai Bank FC Krung Thai Bank Football Club was a Thailand professional football club based in central Bangkok, active from 1997 to 2009. They played in the top division in Thai football, the Thai Premier League...	0-1	2-2
2005 AFC Champions League 2005 The 2005 AFC Champions League was the 24th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 3rd edition under the current AFC Champions League title....	AFC Champions League AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...	Group stage	Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Samsung Bluewings Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours...	1-5	0-6
		Group stage	Jubilo Iwata Júbilo Iwata is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...	0-1	0-6
		Group stage	Shenzhen Jianlibao	0-2	0-5

Head coach history

Head coaches by Years (2005–present)

Name	Nat Nationality Nationality is membership of a nation or sovereign state, usually determined by their citizenship, but sometimes by ethnicity or place of residence, or based on their sense of national identity....	Period
Arjhan Somgamsak	Thailand	2005-2006
Kiatisuk Senamuang Kiatisuk Senamuang Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang is a Thai football manager and former football striker who played between April 1993 and October 2007, currently managing Chula United in the Thai Division 1 League.-Club career:...	Thailand	2006-2006
Chatchai Paholpat Chatchai Paholpat Chatchai Paholpat is a former Thailand national football team player and head coach of Thailand national team in 2004. Currently, He has been the head coach in Thailand Premier League side Customs Department FC...	Thailand	2007-2007
Anant Amornkiat	Thailand	2008-2008
Dusit Chalermsan Dusit Chalermsan Dusit Chalermsan is a former Thai football player. He is a famous Defender who scored 14 goals for the national team. He played for the national team Between 1996-2004. Currently, He has been the head coach of Sriracha....	Thailand	2009-2009
Chatchai Paholpat Chatchai Paholpat Chatchai Paholpat is a former Thailand national football team player and head coach of Thailand national team in 2004. Currently, He has been the head coach in Thailand Premier League side Customs Department FC...	Thailand	2009-2009
Kiatisuk Senamuang Kiatisuk Senamuang Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang is a Thai football manager and former football striker who played between April 1993 and October 2007, currently managing Chula United in the Thai Division 1 League.-Club career:...	Thailand	2010-2010
Dusit Chalermsan Dusit Chalermsan Dusit Chalermsan is a former Thai football player. He is a famous Defender who scored 14 goals for the national team. He played for the national team Between 1996-2004. Currently, He has been the head coach of Sriracha....	Thailand	2011
Huỳnh Văn Ảnh	Vietnam	2011
Choi Yun-Kyum		2011-present

Current squad

As of 17 May 2011

Notable former players

Vietnam Huỳnh Kesley Alves

Huỳnh Kesley Alves

Huỳnh Kesley Alves or Kesley Alves is a Vietnamese - Brazilian football striker who plays for Vietnamese club Sài Gòn Xuân Thành F.C.. He joined Binh Duong from Matsubara in 2005 and became famous for his V-League 2005 top goal-scorer award with 21 goals...

Nguyễn Minh Hải Nguyễn Văn Đàn Nguyễn Việt Thắng Trịnh Duy Quang

Thailand Dusit Chalermsan

Dusit Chalermsan

Dusit Chalermsan is a former Thai football player. He is a famous Defender who scored 14 goals for the national team. He played for the national team Between 1996-2004. Currently, He has been the head coach of Sriracha....

Vimol Jankam

Vimol Jankam is a professional footballer from Thailand. He currently playes for Nakhon Pathom in the Thailand Premier League.-Honours:International* 2002 Asian Games: 4th Place with Thailand national under-23 football teamOsotsapa...

Chukiat Noosarung

Chukiat Noosarung is a former Thai football player. He is a famous Defender who scored 4 goals for the Thailand national team, and played in several FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. In present, he is currently player- manager of Chaiyaphum United in the Thai Second Division of the football...

Choketawee Promrut

Choketawee Promrut is a Thai football player and currently plays for Nonthaburi. Choketawee was a member of Thailand players from 1997 until 2005, he also served as captain for Thailand in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup....

Kiatisuk Senamuang

Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang is a Thai football manager and former football striker who played between April 1993 and October 2007, currently managing Chula United in the Thai Division 1 League.-Club career:...

Tawan Sripan

Totchtawan Sripan or formerly Tawan Sripan nickname "Ban", is a Thai football player.Totchtawan became one of the greatest midfielders in Thailand, with his creative passing and set-piece taking....

Datsakorn Thonglao

Africa Yaw Preko

Yaw Preko

Yaw Preko is a former football striker from Ghana.- Career :His career started in Powerlines, a small Ghanaian club, and his first European club was R.S.C. Anderlecht where he became Belgian champion three times. He played in Turkey from 1997-2004 before joining Halmstads BK in the Allsvenskan...

North America Lee Nguyen

Lee Nguyen

Lee Nguyen is an American soccer midfielder who currently is a free agent. He had previously played for V-League club Becamex Bình Dương.- Early career :...

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