Étoile de Giadinh

This article is about the dissolved football club from French Indochina. For the current Vietnamese football club founded in 2019, see Gia Dinh FC.
Étoile de Giadinh
Full nameÉtoile de Giadinh
Câu lạc bộ Ngôi Sao Gia Định
Founded1907 (1907)
Dissolved1954 (1954)
StadiumFourrières Stadium

Étoile de Giadinh, also known as Ngôi Sao Gia Định (English: Giadinh Star) was a football club based in Saigon, French Indochina. It played in Championat de Cochinchine, the first division of French Indochina. Founded in 1907, it was known for being one of the first ever football clubs formed by Vietnamese people.[1][2]

History

In 1907, Ba Vẽ founded Gia Định Sports Club, with Nguyễn Phú Khai being the chairman.[1][3] This was the first Vietnamese football team founded. At that time, there were players such as Paul Thi, Huyện Thơm, Louis Gồng, Lucien Hộ, Pierre Đại (as goalkeeper).

In 1917, at the first Championnat Cochinchine, Gia Định advanced to the final, meeting Cercle Sportif Saigonnais at Ông Thượng Stadium. Gia Định then won 1-0 and took their first championship.[4][5] In 1922, following a discussion with Nguyễn Đình Trị, the founder of Etoile Bleu, the two clubs merged to each other and formed Etoile de Giadinh (Ngôi sao Gia Định).[4] The club played its home matches on Fourrières Stadium, located right next to Lê Văn Duyệt's Tomb.[6]

In 1925, after the conflict in the rivalry match against Cercel Sportif Saigonnais, Giadinh then decided to withdraw from the French Sports General Department, established the Annam Football General Department and organized a football tournament with Vietnamese teams.[7]

From 1925 to 1945, Étoile de Giadinh has won 8 cups, include 4 Cochinchina Championships in 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936.[7][8]

In 1954, after France withdrew from Vietnam in 1954, the club disbanded.[9]

Rivalry

The club's rival is Cercle Sportif Saigonnais,[9] which is the first ever sport club in Vietnam that was formed by French.[10]

In the 1925 season, while the final match between Giadinh Star and their rival Sportif Saigonnais was taking place, a scuffle broke out between Saigonnas goalkeeper Garrence and Giadinh player Thi. The entire Saigonnas team then chased after Thi, and the Giadinh team rushed in to defend him. Giadinh fans also started booing and protesting against Saigonnais. The referee then sent both Thi and Garrence off the field. Thi was permanently suspended from football.[9]

Honours

Domestic

League

  • Championnat de Cochinchine:[4]
    • Champion: 1917, 1923, 1928–1929
  • Nam Kỳ Championship:[1][7]
    • Champion: 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936

Record

  • Highest attendance: 5.000 attendance (Étoile de GiaDinh ?-? British Ship S/S Oanfa club, on 22 May 1927)[9]

See also

References

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  3. ^ "VFF - Sơ lược về lịch sử phát triển bóng đá nước nhà" [Brief history of national football development]. VFF (in Vietnamese). 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  4. ^ a b c "Vietnam - List of Champions". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  5. ^ Online, Nhan Dan (2017-09-22). "Первая футбольная команда Вьетнама" [Vietnam's first football team]. Nhan Dan Online (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  6. ^ "Chuyện làng túc cầu thuở trước" [Football story in the past]. baocantho.com.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  7. ^ a b c Phạm Trường Giang (11 December 2016). "Đội bóng đầu tiên" [The first team]. Người Đô Thị. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Chuyện ít biết về Sài Gòn xưa: Đội banh đầu tiên của người Việt". History. Thanh Niên. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d "Đội bóng đầu tiên" [The first club]. Báo Pháp Luật. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Câu lạc bộ thể thao quý tộc đầu tiên" [The first aristocratic sports club]. Báo Pháp Luật TP. Hồ Chí Minh (in Vietnamese). 2016-11-13. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
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