Équipe Féminine de Cai-Vôn
Women football club in Vietnam
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Équipe Féminine de Cai-Vôn (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ bóng đá nữ Cái Vồn) was a women's football club based in Vĩnh Long, Vietnam.[2]
| Full name | Câu lạc bộ bóng đá nữ Cái Vồn |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1933 |
| Dissolved | 1938 |
Founded around 1932–1933, they were the first women football club ever in Vietnam and Asia.[3]
History
In 1932 or 1933, Phan Khắc Sửu, an agricultural engineer from France, returned to Vietnam and founded the Cái Vồn women's football team.[4][5][6] The club recruited almost 30 women footballers who are single to join the team, three managers were also appointed to coach the players.[3] On 2 July 1933, the first match between two women teams took place between Cai Von and Xom Chai - the second ever women team in Vietnam.[7][8][9] In the same month, at Mayer Stadium, Cai Von played a friendly match against men's team Paul Bert who previously won the Saigon Second Division, they ended up with a 2–2 draw.[4][10] In 1938, due to a lack of young players and as many members began to get married, the club was dissolved.[3]