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V.League 2

Founded	2000; 24 years ago (2000) 1996–2000 (as Second Division) 1990–1996 (as A1 League) 1980–1989 (as A2 League)
Country	Vietnam
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	V.League 1
Relegation to	Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Vietnamese Cup Vietnamese Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League Two (via Vietnamese Cup)
Current champions	SHB Da Nang (1st title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Binh Dinh, Dong Thap, Long An, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Nam (2 titles)
TV partners	FPT Play (all matches)
Website	vpf.vn
Current: 2024–25 V.League 2

The Vietnamese National Football First League (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá hạng Nhất quốc gia Việt Nam), 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 by 12 clubs. The current holders are SHB Da Nang, who won the 2023-24 edition.

League structure

Starting in the 2023–24 season, the league comprises 11 teams. Over the course of a season, which runs annually from October to the following July, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each team competing in 22 games in total. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the league table by points gained, then goal difference, then goals scored, and then their head-to-head record for that season (including away goals record). If two or more teams finish the season equal in all these respects, then teams are separated by alphabetical order, unless a promotion, relegation, or play-off place is at stake, when the teams are separated by a play-off game, though this improbable situation has never arisen in all the years the rule has existed.

At the end of the season, the top team is promoted to the V.League 1 and the bottom two teams are relegated to Second Division. The second placed team in V.League 2 plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third lowest team in V.League 1.

Competition format

Seasons 2000 to 2019: Teams played a double round-robin format to earn points. The champion team was promoted to V.League 1. The bottom teams (1 or 2 teams depending on the year) were relegated to the National Second Division. This format was used again in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, the last seasons to be held in a calendar year.

In the 2020 season, after the first round of the round-robin, the top 6 teams played a single round-robin to find the champion, and the remaining 6 teams played a single round-robin to find the team to be relegated. The 2021 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the 2023–24 season onwards, the teams will play a double round-robin format over two years, from the autumn of the previous year to the summer of the following year.

Television

On 1 November 2022, FPT Group-owned FPT Play will be the new domestic broadcaster for Vietnamese Professional Football Leagues competitions (V.League 1, V.League 2 and Vietnamese Cup) effectively from 2023 until 2027.

Prize money

The prize money for the 2023–24 V.League 2:

Current members

The following 12 clubs will compete in the V.League 2 during the 2023–24 season.

Results

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer(s)	Club(s)	Goals
2005	Felix Aboagye	Khatoco Khánh Hòa	14
2006	Đặng Phương Nam	Thể Công	14
2007	Trịnh Quang Vinh	Thể Công	13
2008	Flávio Cruz	Huda Huế	18
2009	Eduardo Henrique Furrier	Than Quảng Ninh	16
2010	Nguyễn Xuân Thành	Hanoi ACB	13
	Jorge Luiz Cruz	Boss Bình Định
	Christian Nsi Amougou	Than Quảng Ninh
	Nguyễn Thành Trung	An Giang
2011	Christian Nsi Amougou	Sài Gòn Xuân Thành	17
2012	Souleymane Diabate	XSKT Cần Thơ	21
2013	Uche Iheruome	Hùng Vương An Giang	10
	Đinh Thanh Trung	QNK Quảng Nam
2014	Huỳnh Văn Thanh	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	10
2015	Trịnh Duy Long	Hà Nội	9
2016	Hồ Sỹ Giáp	Bình Phước
	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	Hồ Chí Minh City	12
2017	Võ Văn Minh	Huế	5
	Phạm Văn Thuận	Nam Định
	Nguyễn Hồng Quân	Đắk Lắk
	Bùi Duy Thường	Viettel
2018	Y Thăng Êban	Đắk Lắk	15
2019	Nguyễn Xuân Nam	Phố Hiến	14
2020	Nguyễn Công Thành	Đồng Tháp	12
2022	Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn	Phố Hiến	10
2023	Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn	PVF-CAND	10
	Lê Văn Nam	Quảng Nam
2023–24	Bùi Văn Bình	Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu	11

References

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