2019 V.League 1

V.League 1
Season	2019
Dates	21 February - 23 October
Champions	Hà Nội (5th title)
Relegated	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN
AFC Cup	TP Hồ Chí Minh; Than Quảng Ninh
Matches played	182
Goals scored	534 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bruno Cantanhede ; Pape Omar Faye ; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Hà Nội 5–0 Than Quảng Ninh ; (23 February 2019) ; Hà Nội 5–0 Thanh Hóa ; (11 August 2019) ; Hà Nội 6–1 Dược Nam Hà Nam Định ; (11 September 2019)
Biggest away win	Becamex Bình Dương 1–5 Sông Lam Nghệ An ; (15 September 2019)
Highest scoring	Viettel 5–3 SHB Đà Nẵng ; (23 October 2019)
Longest winning run	6 matches ; Hà Nội
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches ; Hà Nội
Longest winless run	11 matches ; Thanh Hóa
Longest losing run	8 matches ; Thanh Hóa
Highest attendance	25,000 ; Dược Nam Hà Nam Định 2–2 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai ; (4 August 2019)
Lowest attendance	0 ; Hà Nội 5–2 Viettel ; (15 September 2019) ; Hà Nội 2–2 Quảng Nam ; (19 October 2019)
Total attendance	1,306,700
Average attendance	7,180
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 V.League 1 (known as the Wake Up 247 V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season is the 63th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2

Viettel^[1]

From V.League 1

Relegated to V.League 2

XSKT Cần Thơ^[2]

Rule changes

There will be 1.5 relegation places in the 2019 V.League 1 season - the team finishing 14th will be relegated automatically, while the team finishing 13th will play against the team that finishes second in the 2019 V.League 2.^[3]

The league will operate the "3+1" foreigner rule, where each team is allowed 3 non-Vietnamese players and 1 naturalized Vietnamese.

Teams

Locations of the 2019 V.League 1 teams

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Becamex Bình Dương	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Kamito	Becamex IDC
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	Nguyễn Văn Dũng	Nguyễn Hữu Định	VNA Sport	Nam Hà Pharma
Hà Nội	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Kappa	SCG Artexport
Hải Phòng	Trương Việt Hoàng	Andre Fagan	Jogarbola
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Lee Tae-hoon	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	Mizuno	Thaco
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Jung Hae-seong	Huỳnh Kesley Alves	Zaicro	CityLand Berjava
Quảng Nam	Vũ Hồng Việt	Đinh Thanh Trung	Jogarbola	LS
Sài Gòn	Nguyễn Thành Công	Nguyễn Ngọc Duy	Fraser Sport
SHB Đà Nẵng	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Hoàng Minh Tâm	Kamito	SHB
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Mitre	Bắc Á Bank TH True Water
Than Quảng Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Joma	Vinacomin Asanzo
Thanh Hóa	Mai Xuân Hợp	Hoàng Đình Tùng	Jogarbola
Viettel	Nguyễn Hải Biên	Bùi Tiến Dũng	VNA Sports	Viettel Pay (away) 4G (home)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Toshiya Miura	Sacked	10 October 2018	Pre-season	Jung Hae-seong	18 December 2018
SHB Đà Nẵng	Nguyễn Minh Phương	Sacked	31 October 2018		Lê Huỳnh Đức	13 November 2018
Viettel	Nguyễn Hải Biên	Mutual consent	30 January 2019		Lee Heung-sil	30 January 2019
Becamex Bình Dương	Trần Minh Chiến	Resigned	29 March 2019	6th	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	30 March 2019
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Dương Minh Ninh	Sacked	21 April 2019	11th	Lee Tae-hoon	21 April 2019
Quảng Nam	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Resigned	22 May 2019	13th	Vũ Hồng Việt	23 May 2019
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	Nguyễn Văn Sỹ	Mutual consent	23 May 2019	12th	Nguyễn Văn Dũng	24 May 2019
Viettel	Lee Heung-sil	Mutual consent	12 June 2019	11th	Nguyễn Hải Biên	12 June 2019
Thanh Hóa	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Mutual consent	2 July 2019	5th	Vũ Quang Bảo	2 July 2019
Thanh Hóa	Vũ Quang Bảo	Resigned	13 August 2019	10th	Mai Xuân Hợp (assistant)	13 August 2019

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4 (AFC Player)	Player 5 (Naturalized Vietnamese player)	Former player
Becamex Bình Dương	Pedro Augusto	Wander Luiz	Ali Rabo	Veniamin Shumeyko	Đinh Hoàng Max	Victor Mansaray
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	Diogo Pereira	Gustavo	Emmanuel Tony Agbaji		Lê Văn Phú	Patiyo Tambwe Sunday Emmanuel
Hà Nội	Pape Omar Faye	Moses Oloya	Papa Ibou Kébé	Sajjad Moshkelpour		Ganiyu Oseni^INJ Brandon McDonald
Hải Phòng	Andre Fagan	Jermie Lynch	Joseph Mpande		Hoàng Vissai
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Felipe Martins	Wieger Sietsma	Kim Bong-jin			Chevaughn Walsh^INJ
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Louis Ewonde	Ismahil Akinade	Victor Mansaray		Huỳnh Kesley Alves	Joel Vinicius Matias Jadue^INJ
Quảng Nam	Rodrigo da Silva Dias	Gabriel Davis	Lucas Rocha		Hoàng Vũ Samson	Thiago Papel Claudecir
Sài Gòn	Geovane	Gustavo	Pedro Paulo		Trần Trung Hiếu	Dominique Da Sylva Thiago Moura
Sanna Khánh Hoà BVN	Patiyo Tambwe	Youssouf Touré	Chaher Zarour		Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương	Warley Oliveira
SHB Đà Nẵng	Victor Nirennold	Bernardo Frizoni	Aimé Djicka Gassissou		Đỗ Merlo	Patrick Boni Dominik Schmitt
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Michael Olaha	Damir Memović	Joel Vinicius			Marcio
Than Quảng Ninh	Neven Laštro	Kouassi Yao Hermann	Rod Dyachenko
Thanh Hóa	Gramoz Kurtaj	Rimario Gordon	Errol Stevens			Monday Samuel
Viettel	Bruno Cantanhede	Janclesio	Jean Carlos			João Paulo Gustavo Kayo Dias

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first leg or be replaced because of injuries.
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

League table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification or relegation

1

Hà Nội (C)

26

15

8

3

60

30

+30

53

Qualification for ASEAN Club Championship group stage^[a]

2

TP Hồ Chí Minh (Q)

26

14

6

41

29

+12

48

Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2^[b]

Qualification for ASEAN Club Championship group stage

3

Than Quảng Ninh (Q)

26

10

9

7

41

33

+8

39

Qualification for AFC Cup group stage

4

Becamex Bình Dương

26

10

6

10

32

0

36

5

Sài Gòn

26

10

6

10

37

40

−3

36

6

Viettel

26

11

3

12

33

40

−7

36

7

Sông Lam Nghệ An

26

8

11

7

32

26

+6

35

8

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

26

10

5

11

45

46

−1

35

9

Quảng Nam

26

8

10

8

43

38

+5

34

10

SHB Đà Nẵng

26

9

6

11

38

0

33

11

Dược Nam Hà Nam Định

26

8

7

11

32

41

−9

31

12

Hải Phòng

26

8

6

12

33

44

−11

30

13

Thanh Hóa (O)

26

6

8

12

36

52

−16

26

Qualification for Relegation play-off

14

Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN (R)

26

6

7

13

31

45

−14

25

Relegation to V.League 2

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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 10) Drawing of lots (Criteria 2 to 5 only applies after the conclusion of round 13)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ha Noi, the league champions and Vietnamese Cup winners, failed to obtain an AFC license (due to their U15 team did not participates in Vietnam National U15 Youth League), and therefore are not eligible for continental qualification.^[4] As a result, all AFC Champions League and AFC Cup berths are distributed to the remaining teams by league position.
^ If TP Ho Chi Minh cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	HAN	HPG	HAG	HCM	NDI	QNA	SGN	SKH	SLN	DNG	TQN	THH	VTL
Becamex Binh Duong		2–2	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–5	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0
Ha Noi	2–1		3–1	1–1	1–0	6–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–2	5–0	5–0	5–2
Hai Phong	3–2	1–2		1–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	1–1	0–0	5–1		1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	4–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–3
TP Ho Chi Minh	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2		2–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–0
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Đinh	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		2–3	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0
Quang Nam	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	4–2	2–2	1–4	0–1	3–0	0–2
Sai Gon	0–1	1–4	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–1		2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	1–0	0–0	3–4	1–4	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–0		1–4	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1
Song Lam Nghe An	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1
SHB Da Nang	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	0–2		1–0	1–0	3–1
Than Quang Ninh	0–1	4–2	4–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1		3–0	1–0
Thanh Hoa	1–1	4–1	0–3	2–3	3–3	3–2	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–3		1–3
Viettel	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	5–3	3–3	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off match

The team finishing 13th faced the runner-up of 2019 V.League 2.

Thanh Hóa won the match and would remain in the 2020 V.League 1.

29 October 2019

16:00

Thanh Hóa	1 - 0	Phố Hiến
Lê Văn Thắng 54'

Vinh Stadium, Nghệ An

Referee: Razlan Joffri Bin Ali (Malaysia)

Positions by round

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Becamex Bình Dương	7	3	6	4	6	7	8	10	9	8	11	9	6	8	10	10	10	8	9	8	5	3	5	6	4	4
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	4	6	10	12	12	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	8	6	8	5	5	5	8	10	10	12	11	11
Hà Nội	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hải Phòng	9	8	4	3	3	5	5	6	5	5	7	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	13	13	11	7	9	10	12	12
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2	5	9	9	8	12	9	7	7	6	8	8	10	12	13	13	12	10	10	11	13	12	12	11	10	8
TP Hồ Chí Minh	6	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Quảng Nam	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	12	9	6	4	7	7	6	9
Sài Gòn	10	9	5	5	5	6	6	4	6	3	4	4	7	7	9	7	11	12	11	12	10	8	6	8	8	5
Sanna Khánh Hoà BVN	13	14	14	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
SHB Đà Nẵng	3	7	7	8	9	10	11	9	8	9	6	6	8	9	6	8	6	4	4	4	7	9	8	5	7	10
Sông Lam Nghệ An	5	4	3	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	6	4	6	4	4	5	7
Than Quảng Ninh	14	13	8	6	7	4	4	5	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3
Thanh Hóa	8	11	13	14	14	14	14	11	10	10	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	10	12	13	13	13	13	13
Viettel	11	10	11	12	10	8	7	8	11	11	10	11	9	6	7	9	7	7	8	7	9	11	11	9	9	6

	Winner; Champions League
	Relegation play-off
	Relegate to V.League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2019. Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Becamex Bình Dương	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L
Hà Nội	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
Hải Phòng	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W
TP Hồ Chí Minh	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W
Quảng Nam	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	D
Sài Gòn	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	L
SHB Đà Nẵng	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L
Sông Lam Nghệ An	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D
Than Quảng Ninh	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W
Thanh Hóa	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Viettel	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2019. Source: VPF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Attendances

By club

2019 V.League 1 Attendance
Club	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
DNH. Nam Dinh	195.000	13	15.000
Ha Noi	105.000	13*	8.077
HA. Gia Lai	109.000	13	8.385
SHB Da Nang	101.000	13	7.769
Thanh Hoa	95.500	13	7.346
Viettel	94.000	13	7.231
SL. Nghệ An	91.000	13	7.000
TP. Ho Chi Minh	88.000	13	6.769
S. Khanh Hoa BVN	82.500	13	6.346
Quang Nam	81.000	13	6.231
Hai Phong	81.000	13	6.231
B. Binh Duong	67.700	13	5.208
T. Quang Ninh	67.500	13	5.192
Sai Gon	48.500	13	3.731
Total	1.306.700	182	7.180

By round

2019 V.League 1 Attendance
Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	67.000	7	9.571
Round 2	53.000	7	7.571
Round 3	51.000	7	7.286
Round 4	55.000	7	7.857
Round 5	45.000	7	6.428
Round 6	53.000	7	7.571
Round 7	52.500	7	7.500
Round 8	55.500	7	7.929
Round 9	54.000	7	7.714
Round 10	42.000	7	6.000
Round 11	70.200	7	10.028
Round 12	45.000	7	6.428
Round 13	59.000	7	8.429
Round 14	40.500	7	5.786
Round 15	54.000	7	7.714
Round 16	58.000	7	8.286
Round 17	46.000	7	6.571
Round 18	62.500	7	8.929
Round 19	51.000	7	7.286
Round 20	46.000	7	6.571
Round 21	58.000	7	8.286
Round 22	43.000	7	6.143
Round 23	46.000	7*	6.571
Round 24	36.000	7	5.143
Round 25	42.500	7*	6.071
Round 26	21.000	7	3.000
Total	1.306.700	182	7.180

* Hanoi FC have to play 2 matches in the 23rd and 25th rounds at home without spectators because of a disciplinary decision.^[5]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 October 2019.^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bruno Cantanhede	Viettel	15
1	Pape Omar Faye	Hà Nội	15
3	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hà Nội / Quảng Nam	13
4	Pedro Paulo	Sài Gòn	12
4	Trần Minh Vương	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	12
6	Đỗ Merlo	SHB Đà Nẵng	11
	Diogo Pereira	Dược Nam Hà Nam Định
	Joel Vinicius	TP Hồ Chí Minh / Sông Lam Nghệ An
9	Rod Dyachenko	Than Quảng Ninh	10
9	Jermie Lynch	Hải Phòng	10
11	Đinh Thanh Trung	Quảng Nam	9
	Mạc Hồng Quân	Than Quảng Ninh
	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Hà Nội
	Nguyễn Văn Toàn	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

Top assists

As of 26 February 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Nguyễn Văn Toàn	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	11
2	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Hanoi FC	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jeremie Lynch	Hải Phòng	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	3–4 (A)	5 March 2019 (2019-03-05)
Rod Dyachenko	Than Quảng Ninh	Hải Phòng	4–2 (H)	16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)
Joel Vinicius	Sông Lam Nghệ An	Becamex Bình Dương	1–5 (A)	15 September 2019 (2019-09-15)
Trần Minh Vương	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Hải Phòng	5–1 (H)	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Lê Quốc Phương	Sài Gòn	Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	4–1 (H)	23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)
Bruno Cantanhede⁴	Viettel	SHB Đà Nẵng	5–3 (H)	23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)

Note:

⁴: scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Club of the Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		References
Month	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	References
April	Hà Nội	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Hà Nội	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Hà Nội	Nguyễn Văn Toàn	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
May	TP Hồ Chí Minh	Jung Hae-seong	TP Hồ Chí Minh	Nguyễn Văn Toàn	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Nguyễn Trọng Hùng	Thanh Hóa
June	Thanh Hóa	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Thanh Hóa	Nguyễn Hải Huy	Than Quảng Ninh	Vũ Thế Vương	Dược Nam Hà Nam Định
July	Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	Nguyễn Văn Dũng	Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Hà Nội	Lương Xuân Trường	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
August	Hà Nội	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Hà Nội	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Hà Nội	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Hà Nội

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Season	Jung Hae-seong	TP Hồ Chí Minh
Player of the Season	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Hà Nội
Top Goalscorer	Bruno Cantanhede	Viettel
Top Goalscorer	Pape Omar Faye	Hà Nội
Top Assist	Nguyễn Văn Toàn	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Young Player of the Year	Đoàn Văn Hậu	Hà Nội
Goal of the Season	Nghiêm Xuân Tú	Than Quảng Ninh
Referee of the Year	Hoàng Ngọc Hà
Assistant Referee of the Year	Phạm Mạnh Long

Team of the Year

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Trần Nguyên Mạnh (Sông Lam Nghệ An)
Defence	Hồ Tấn Tài (Becamex Bình Dương)	Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn (TP Hồ Chí Minh)	Bùi Tiến Dũng (Viettel)	Đoàn Văn Hậu (Hà Nội)
Midfield	Nguyễn Văn Quyết (Hà Nội)	Mạc Hồng Quân (Than Quảng Ninh)	Trần Minh Vương (Hoàng Anh Gia Lai)	Nguyễn Quang Hải (Hà Nội)
Attack	Nguyễn Văn Toàn (Hoàng Anh Gia Lai)		Pape Omar Faye (Hà Nội)

References

^ "Kết thúc giải hạng Nhất QG – An Cường 2018: Viettel đăng quang, CAND xuống hạng Nhì". www.vnleague.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
^ "Vòng 26 giải VĐQG Nuti Café 2018: Chia điểm Nam Định, chủ nhà XSKT Cần Thơ xuống hạng Nhất". www.vnleague.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
^ "Dieu le giai Bong da VDQG 2019" (PDF).
^ "SỐC: Hà Nội FC mất suất tham dự AFC Champions League 2020 và AFC Cup 2020". Fox Sports Vietnam. 8 October 2019.
^ "Thông báo số 27 Giải VĐQG Wake-up 247 - 2019". www.vpf.vn.
^ "V.League 1 2019 Results - Vietnam Soccer Live".

[5] Ha Noi, the league champions and Vietnamese Cup winners, failed to obtain an AFC license (due to their U15 team did not participates in Vietnam National U15 Youth League), and therefore are not eligible for continental qualification.^[4] As a result, all AFC Champions League and AFC Cup berths are distributed to the remaining teams by league position.

[6] If TP Ho Chi Minh cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

[1] "Kết thúc giải hạng Nhất QG – An Cường 2018: Viettel đăng quang, CAND xuống hạng Nhì". www.vnleague.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25.

[2] "Vòng 26 giải VĐQG Nuti Café 2018: Chia điểm Nam Định, chủ nhà XSKT Cần Thơ xuống hạng Nhất". www.vnleague.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25.

[3] "Dieu le giai Bong da VDQG 2019" (PDF).

[4] "SỐC: Hà Nội FC mất suất tham dự AFC Champions League 2020 và AFC Cup 2020". Fox Sports Vietnam. 8 October 2019.

[7] "Thông báo số 27 Giải VĐQG Wake-up 247 - 2019". www.vpf.vn.

[8] "V.League 1 2019 Results - Vietnam Soccer Live".

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