Khatoco Khanh Hoa Football Club () simply known as Khánh Hòa, is a professional

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in

Nha Trang Nha Trang ( or ; ) is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hoà town, on the south by Cam Ranh city and on the west by Diên Khánh District. The city had ...

, Khánh Hòa Province,

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

. They currently compete in the

V.League 2 The Vietnamese National Football First League (), known simply as the V.League 2 and for sponsorship purposes as Gold Star V.League 2, is the second-highest of the Vietnamese football league system after V.League 1, and is currently contested ...

, the second highest division football league in Vietnam. The team plays its home games at the 19 August Stadium.

History

Former Khanh Hòa team

The predecessor of the team was Phu Khanh football team, established in 1976. Team participated in Vietnam Football Championship since the original 1980 season. In 1989, the province Phu Khanh split into two provinces

Phu Yen Phu may refer to: Places *PHU (Polish-Hungarian Union), personal union between Poland and Hungary in 14th century. People Given name * Phu Dorjee (died 1987), first Indian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen * Phu Dorjee Sherpa (died 1969), fi ...

and Khanh Hoa. As the result, the team was transferred to Khanh Hoa province to manage under the name. Khanh Hoa football team. After several years playing in professional level, at the end of the

2012 V-League The 2012 V-League season was the 29th season of Vietnam's national football league and the 12th as a professional league. The season started on 31 December 2011 and finished on 19 August 2012. On 15 December it was announced that the league woul ...

season, due to financial difficulties, the club sold their 2013 V.League spot to Vicem Haiphong, along with many players of the first team. However, due to lack of funding, the team also withdrew from the 2013 V.League 2 and officially dissolved.

Re-establishment

In 2012, after the dissolution of Khatoco Khanh Hoa, the youth team of this club was founded and named Sanna Khanh Hoa Bien Vietnam. In 2013, Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN competed in the National Second Division Football League and promoted to the

in 2014. In the 2014 season, Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN finished as

runners up and gained their promotion to

V.League 1 The V.League 1 (), also called LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). It is contested by 14 clubs who play each ...

, only two years after the club's establishment. In October 2024, Khatoco became the new sponsor of the club and change the club name to Khatoco Khánh Hòa, similar to the 2012 dissolved team.

Stadium

The team's home ground is the 19th August Stadium, also known as the Nha Trang Stadium, a football stadium located on Yersin Street, Van Thanh Ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, with a capacity of about 18,000 spectators.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Current squad

Regional record

Season by season domestic record

Head coach history

''Head coaches by Years (2013–present)''

Honours

National competitions

;League *

**Runners-up:

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 ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

**Third place:

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

* Second League **Winners: 2013

Other competitions

Mekong Club Championship The Toyota Mekong Club Championship was an ASEAN Football Federation, ASEAN club competition for men's association football clubs. Five teams entered as respective domestic league winners from ''Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam''. ...

**Runners-up:

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 ...

* Festival Hoa Da Lat Cup **Champions:

Futsal

References

External links

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