Becamex Binh Duong Football Club (), simply known as Becamex Binh Duong, is a professional
football
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club based in
Thủ Dầu Một
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,
Bình Dương province, Vietnam. It currently plays in Vietnam's top division, the
V.League 1
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. Their home ground is
Gò Đậu Stadium
Go Dau Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương province, Bình Dương Province, Vietnam. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Becamex Binh Duong F.C. The st ...
.
History
1976–1996
In 1976, the club was established as Sông Bé Football Club, named after the
Bé River
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, a well-known river in
Bình Dương Province. The first club's head coach was Do Thoi Vinh. In 1978, two Sông Bé teams competed in the National Division A, with Sông Bé II winning the regional championship. Afterward, the two sides were merged into one club under head coach Nguyen Kim Phung.
In 1994, Sông Bé won its first ever national title, the
Vietnamese National Cup
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The Vietnamese Cup was first he ...
. One year later, however, they were relegated from the
Vietnamese National First Division (the highest competition in Vietnam at that time) as punishment by the
VFF after Sông Bé and 3 other clubs refused to play 2 relegation play-off matches. In 1996, Sông Bé and Cao Su Binh Long merged into one club which achieved promotion to the top competition that same year.
1997–2001
In January 1997, the club was renamed Bình Dương after
Sông Bé Province was divided into two parts,
Bình Dương and
Bình Phước. In 1998, Bình Dương was relegated from the
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and suffered for some years from a lack of development.
2002–present
In 2002, Bình Dương Football Joint-stock Company was founded when Bình Dương was taken over by Bình Dương Television Broadcaster (BTV) and Becamex IDC, the strongest multi-industry economy corporation in Bình Dương. The financial backing from Becamex IDC was a huge boost for the club.
In 2003, Becamex Binh Duong officially promoted to V-League after a convincing victory at the
National First Division
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. With the emergence of talented young players, Becamex Binh Duong quickly became a new force in V-League. In 2007, Becamex Binh Duong officially won the V.League championship.
On the afternoon of 17 August 2008, Vietnamese football pitches were once again bustling with matches in round 25 of
2008 season. Becamex Binh Duong successfully defended their championship title one round early after winning 4–0 against
Boss Binh Dinh. With 3 consecutive victories at the end of the season to finish as
V-League 2009 runners-up, Becamex Binh Duong was voted the Best Team of the Month in August by sports reporters nationwide with 42 points. Becamex Binh Duong continued to win the
V.League championship in 2014 and 2015.
Logo
File:Becamex Binh Duong.svg, 2016–2019
File:LOGO BFC.png, 2020
File:Logo of Becamex Bình Dương FC.svg, 2021–
Stadium
Gò Đậu Stadium
Go Dau Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Thủ Dầu Một, Bình Dương province, Bình Dương Province, Vietnam. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Becamex Binh Duong F.C. The st ...
is a multi-use stadium in Thủ Dầu Một. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home stadium of Becamex Bình Dương. The stadium holds 18,250 people.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Current squad
''As of 13 March 2025''
Other players under contract
Players on loan
Coaching staff
Managers by years (2002–present)
Continental record
All results (home and away) list Becamex's goal tally first.
Season-by-season records
Honours
National competitions
League
V.League 1
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: Winners (4):
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2014
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,
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
: Runners-up (2):
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
,
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
V.League 2
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: Runners-up (1):
2003
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In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
Cup
*
Vietnamese National Cup
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The Vietnamese Cup was first he ...
: Winners (3):
1994
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In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
(as Sông Bé),
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
: Runners-up (3):
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
*
Vietnamese Super Cup
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: Winners (4): 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015
: Runners-up (1): 2018
Other competitions
*
BTV Cup
: Winners (8): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021
: Runners-up (3): 2006, 2008, 2011
*
Mekong Club Championship
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: Winners (1):
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
References
External links
Official websiteV.League profileSoccerway profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Binh Duong F.C.
Association football clubs established in 1976
Football clubs in Vietnam
1976 establishments in Vietnam
Works association football clubs in Vietnam