2025–26 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh F.C. season

Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
2025–26 season
President	Nguyễn Tân Anh
Head coach	Vũ Hồng Việt
Stadium	Thiên Trường Stadium
V.League 1	Pre-season
Vietnamese Cup	Round of 16
Vietnamese Super Cup	Runners-up
ASEAN Club Championship	Group stage
AFC Champions League Two	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: –; All: Kyle Hudlin (2)
Highest home attendance	15,000 ; (v. Cong An Hanoi, Vietnamese Super Cup, 9 August 2025)
Biggest defeat	2–3 v. Cong An Hanoi (H) ; Vietnamese Super Cup, 9 August 2025
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 season is the 61st season in the history of Nam Định, and the club's 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Vietnamese football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in this season's editions of the Vietnamese Cup, Vietnamese Super Cup, AFC Champions League Two and ASEAN Club Championship.

Players

As of 3 August 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	VIE	Đinh Xuân Khải
3	DF	VIE	Dương Thanh Hào
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Alves
5	DF	VIE	Đặng Văn Tới
6	MF	VIE	A Mít
7	DF	VIE	Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy
8	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Đình Sơn
9	FW	VIE	Nguyễn Văn Toàn
10	MF	BRA	Caio César
11	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh
12	FW	PLE	Mahmoud Eid
13	DF	VIE	Trần Văn Kiên
14	FW	VIE	Nguyễn Xuân Son
15	MF	RSA	Njabulo Blom
16	MF	VIE	Trần Văn Công


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	VIE	Nguyễn Văn Vĩ
19	MF	VIE	Trần Văn Đạt
23	GK	VIE	Lê Vũ Phong
26	GK	VIE	Trần Nguyên Mạnh (captain)
27	FW	VIE	Trần Ngọc Sơn
28	MF	VIE	Tô Văn Vũ (vice-captain)
29	GK	VIE	Trần Đức Dũng
32	DF	VIE	Ngô Đức Huy
35	FW	BRA	Brenner
37	FW	ENG	Kyle Hudlin
39	FW	VIE	Lâm Ti Phông
72	MF	BRA	Rômulo
82	GK	VIE	Trần Liêm Điều
88	MF	VIE	Lý Công Hoàng Anh
93	DF	FRA	Kevin Pham Ba

Unregistered players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	VIE	Đinh Xuân Khải
—	DF	VIE	Đỗ Xuân Tiến


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	VIE	Tạ Xuân Trường
—	FW	VIE	Trần Văn Thành

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025	FW	Trần Ngọc Sơn	PVF-CAND	Loan return
15 July 2025	MF	A Mít	Đông Á Thanh Hóa	Free	^[2]
15 July 2025	DF	Đặng Văn Tới	Hải Phòng	Free	^[2]
16 July 2025	DF	Kevin Pham Ba	Thép Xanh Nam Định	Undisclosed	^[3]
18 July 2025	FW	Kyle Hudlin	Huddersfield Town	Free	^[4] ^[5]^[6]
18 July 2025	MF	Njabulo Blom	St. Louis City		^[4] ^[5]^[6]
26 July 2025	FW	Mahmoud Eid	Bangkok United		^[7]^[8]

Total spending:

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2025	DF	Trần Quang Thịnh	Trường Tươi Bình Phước	Free	^[9]^[10]
5 July 2025	FW	Nguyễn Văn Anh	Becamex Ho Chi Minh City		^[9]
10 July 2025	MF	Trần Văn Trung	TBA		^[11]
13 July 2025	FW	China	Công An Hà Nội		^[12]
1 August 2025	FW	Hoàng Minh Tuấn	TBA

Total income:

Notes

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

26 June 2025 (2025-06-26) Friendly	Thép Xanh Nam Định	1–2	Libolo	Hanoi, Vietnam
--:-- UTC+7	China	Report	Quintas Aguinaldo	Stadium: Hàng Đẫy Stadium

24 July 2025 (2025-07-24) Friendly	Suwon FC	1–2	Thép Xanh Nam Định	Suwon, South Korea
--:-- UTC+9		Report	Hudlin Trần Văn Kiên

28 July 2025 (2025-07-28) Friendly	FC Seoul	1–3	Thép Xanh Nam Định	Seoul, South Korea
--:-- UTC+9		Report	Rômulo pen.' Hudlin Wálber

31 July 2025 (2025-07-31) Friendly	Suwon FC	1–2	Thép Xanh Nam Định	Suwon, South Korea
--:-- UTC+9		Report	Brenner Hudlin

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
V.League 1	15 August 2025	18 June 2026	Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Vietnamese Cup	October 2025		First round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Vietnamese Super Cup	9 August 2025		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
AFC Champions League Two	September 2025		Group stage		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
ASEAN Club Championship	21 August 2025		Group stage		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

V.League 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
7	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
8	Hong Linh Ha Tinh
9	Ninh Binh
10	PVF-CAND
11	SHB Da Nang
12	Song Lam Nghe An
13	The Cong-Viettel	Relegation to V.League 2
14	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Relegation to V.League 2

First match(es) will be played: 15 August 2025. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points. (Rules 3, 4 and 7 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)^[13]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: VPF

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result
Position

First match(es) will be played on 15 August 2025. Source: VPF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times are local (UTC+7)

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

16 August 2025 1	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	v	Haiphong	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

23 August 2025 2	Song Lam Nghe An	v	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Nghệ An
18:00		Report		Stadium: Vinh Stadium

27 August 2025 3	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	v	PVF-CAND	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

13 September 2025 6	Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	v	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Ho Chi Minh City
19:15		Report		Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

22 September 2025 4	Ninh Binh	v	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Ninh Bình Stadium

28 September 2025 5	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	v	Cong An Hanoi	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

October 2025 7	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	v	Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

October 2025 8	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	v	SHB Da Nang	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

October 2025 9	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	v	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Gia Lai
17:00		Report		Stadium: Pleiku Stadium

November 2025 11	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	v	Hanoi FC	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

February 2026 10	The Cong-Viettel	v	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Hanoi
19:15		Report		Stadium: Mỹ Đình Stadium

February 2026 13	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	v	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Ninh Bình
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

February 2026 12	Dong A Thanh Hoa	v	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Thanh Hóa
18:00		Report		Stadium: Thanh Hóa Stadium

Vietnamese Cup

The first round draw will be held soon.

October 2025 (2025-10) Round of 16	TBC	v	TBC	TBA
				Stadium: TBA

Vietnamese Super Cup

9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) Final	Thép Xanh Nam Đinh	2–3	Công An Hà Nội	Ninh Bình
18:00	Hudlin 54', 90+15' (pen.)		Alan 38' Artur 90+3' Nguyễn Đình Bắc 90+8'	Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Xuân Hùng Mai

AFC Champions League Two

Group stage

The group stage draw will be held on 15 August 2025.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground
Result
Position

First match(es) will be played on 17–18 September 2025. Source: AFC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

17–18 September 2025 1		v
TBD

1–2 October 2025 2		v
TBD

22–23 October 2025 3		v
TBD

5–6 November 2025 4		v
TBD

26–27 November 2025 5		v
TBD

10–11 December 2025 6		v
TBD

ASEAN Club Championship

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 4 July 2025.

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Bangkok United	Advance to knockout stage
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Advance to knockout stage
3	Nam Định
4	Lion City Sailors
5	Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
6	Play-off winner 2

First match(es) will be played: 21 August 2025. Source: ASEAN United FC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	A	H	H
Result
Position
Points

First match(es) will be played on 25 September 2025. Source: ASEAN United FC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

25 September 2025 1	Nam Định	v	PKR Svay Rieng	Ninh Bình, Vietnam
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

4 December 2025 2	Ezra /Shan United	v	Nam Định	Laos/Myanmar
--:--

17 December 2025 3	Bangkok United	v	Nam Định	Pathum Thani, Thailand
TBD				Stadium: BG Stadium

29 January 2025 4	Nam Định	v	Lion City Sailors	Ninh Bình, Vietnam
TBD				Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

5 February 2025 5	Nam Định	v	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ninh Bình, Vietnam
TBD				Stadium: Thiên Trường Stadium

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		V.League 1		Vietnamese Cup		Vietnamese Super Cup		AFC Champions League Two		ASEAN Club Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	VIE	Lê Vũ Phong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	VIE	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	VIE	Trần Đức Dũng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	GK	VIE	Trần Liêm Điều	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	VIE	Dương Thanh Hào	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	BRA	Lucas Alves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	VIE	Đặng Văn Tới	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	VIE	Nguyễn Phong Hồng Duy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	VIE	Trần Văn Kiên	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	VIE	Nguyễn Văn Vĩ	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	VIE	Ngô Đức Huy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
93	DF	FRA	Kevin Pham Ba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	VIE	A Mít	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Đình Sơn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	BRA	Caio César	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	RSA	Njabulo Blom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	VIE	Trần Văn Công	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	VIE	Trần Văn Đạt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	VIE	Tô Văn Vũ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	VIE	Lâm Ti Phông	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
72	MF	BRA	Rômulo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	VIE	Lý Công Hoàng Anh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	VIE	Nguyễn Văn Toàn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	PLE	Mahmoud Eid	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	VIE	Nguyễn Xuân Son	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	VIE	Trần Ngọc Sơn	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	BRA	Brenner Marlos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG	Kyle Hudlin	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Last updated: 10 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 9 August 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Vietnamese Super Cup	Total
1	37	FW	Kyle Hudlin	2	2
Own goals				0	0
Totals				0	0

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	V.League 1	Vietnamese Cup	Vietnamese Super Cup	AFC Champions League Two	ASEAN Club Championship	Total
1	17	DF		Nguyễn Văn Vĩ	0	0	1	0	0	1
Totals					0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Thép Xanh Nam Định". vpf.vn.
^ "Thép Xanh Nam Định công bố hai tân binh đầu tiên trước mùa giải mới". Nhân Dân. 27 June 2025.
^ "Kevin Phạm Ba chấm dứt tin đồn sang CLB Công An Hà Nội". Tuổi Trẻ. 16 July 2025.
^ "Thép xanh Nam Định đón 2 ngoại binh "hàng khủng": 1 người cao 2m10". danviet.vn. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
^ "🫶 Chào mừng Kyle Hudlin và Njabulo Blom gia nhập đại gia đình Thép Xanh Nam Định!". Facebook. Thep Xanh Nam Dinh. 18 July 2025.
^ "Chuyển nhượng V-League 2025/2026: CLB Nam Định chiêu mộ cầu thủ cao nhất thế giới". vov.vn. VOV. 18 July 2025.
^ "👏 Chào mừng Mahmoud Eid gia nhập đại gia đình Thép Xanh Nam Định". Facebook. Thép Xanh Nam Định. 26 July 2025.
^ Lê, Ngọc (26 July 2025). "CLB Nam Định chơi lớn, mua tiền đạo đẳng cấp của Thai League 1". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese).
^ ^a ^b "Thể thao Nam Định chia tay cựu cầu thủ HAGL và CAHN". ZNews. 5 July 2025.
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^ "Cảm ơn những đóng góp của Trần Văn Trung trong thời gian qua". 10 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
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External links

Official facebook fanpage

[1] "Thép Xanh Nam Định". vpf.vn.

[2] "Thép Xanh Nam Định công bố hai tân binh đầu tiên trước mùa giải mới". Nhân Dân. 27 June 2025.

[3] "Kevin Phạm Ba chấm dứt tin đồn sang CLB Công An Hà Nội". Tuổi Trẻ. 16 July 2025.

[4] "Thép xanh Nam Định đón 2 ngoại binh "hàng khủng": 1 người cao 2m10". danviet.vn. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[5] "🫶 Chào mừng Kyle Hudlin và Njabulo Blom gia nhập đại gia đình Thép Xanh Nam Định!". Facebook. Thep Xanh Nam Dinh. 18 July 2025.

[6] "Chuyển nhượng V-League 2025/2026: CLB Nam Định chiêu mộ cầu thủ cao nhất thế giới". vov.vn. VOV. 18 July 2025.

[7] "👏 Chào mừng Mahmoud Eid gia nhập đại gia đình Thép Xanh Nam Định". Facebook. Thép Xanh Nam Định. 26 July 2025.

[8] Lê, Ngọc (26 July 2025). "CLB Nam Định chơi lớn, mua tiền đạo đẳng cấp của Thai League 1". Tuổi Trẻ (in Vietnamese).

[5Jul-9] "Thể thao Nam Định chia tay cựu cầu thủ HAGL và CAHN". ZNews. 5 July 2025.

[10] "Chuyển nhượng V-League 2025/2026: Trung vệ của Nam Định gia nhập Bình Phước". VOV. 15 July 2025.

[11] "Cảm ơn những đóng góp của Trần Văn Trung trong thời gian qua". 10 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.

[12] "Chuyển nhượng V-League 2025/2026 mới nhất: CAHN đón thêm tân binh chất lượng". VOV. 13 July 2025.

[13] "Điều lệ giải bóng đá vô địch quốc gia LPBank 2025/26" [LPBank V.League 1 2025-26 Regulations] (PDF) (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Professional Football. 4 August 2025. p. 18, 19. Retrieved 5 August 2025.

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