Hong Linh Ha Tinh Football Club (), simply known as HLHT or Ha Tinh, is a

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ese professional

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club which is based in

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. The club currently competes in the

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, the top tier of Vietnamese football. The club is named after the Hồng Lĩnh mountain in the province, and also to match with the name of "rival"

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, who used Lam River as part of their name.

History

Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC was founded on 12 January 2019 after the relocation of Hanoi FC B to

, thus becoming the only professional football club in the province. On 30 August 2019, the club won the

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before two rounds (20/22 rounds) and subsequently promotion to the

for the 2020 season for the first time in the club's history. Hong Linh Ha Tinh managed to finish in eighth place in their debut season in the top tier.

Stadium

Since 2020 season, Hong Linh Ha Tinh plays at

Hà Tĩnh Stadium Sân vận động Hà Tĩnh is a football stadium located in Nam Hà Ward, Hà Tĩnh City, Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area o ...

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. The stadium provides 30,000 seats to its spectators.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for HLHT. ;Vietnam *

Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh (born 1 January 1999) is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team. Early career Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh was born in Dong Hung d ...

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* Lương Xuân Trường * Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng * Nguyễn Văn Vĩ *

Nguyễn Xuân Hùng Nguyễn Xuân Hùng (born 1 February 1991) is a former Vietnamese footballer who plays as a full-back who last played for Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh. He capped 8 times and scored 1 goal with the Vietnam national football team The Vietnam nat ...

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;Congo * Prince Ibara

Manager history

Honours

;Domestic *

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**Champions (1):

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References

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