| Country | Vietnam |
|---|---|
| Sport | Association football |
| Promotion and relegation | Yes |
| National system | |
| Federation | Vietnam Football Federation |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Top division | V.League 1 |
| Second division | V.League 2 |
| Cup competition | |
| Association football in Vietnam | |
The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.
System by period
| Season | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | |||||
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| Before Vietnam unification | North Vietnam V-League | South Vietnam V-League | |||||||
| 1975-1979 | North Vietnam V-League (Hồng Hà) | Central Vietnam V-League (Trường Sơn) | South Vietnam V-League (Cửu Long) | ||||||
| 1980-1989 | A1 League | A2 League | |||||||
| 1990-1996 | Powerhouses' League | A1 League | A2 League | ||||||
| 1997-2000 | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||||
| 2000-2001 | V-League | ||||||||
| 2001-2012 | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||||
| 2012 | Super League | First Division | |||||||
| 2013- | V.League 1 | V.League 2 | |||||||
Current system
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Level |
League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||||||
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1 |
V.League 1 14 clubs | |||||||||||
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2 |
V.League 2 | |||||||||||
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3 |
Vietnamese Second Division | |||||||||||
| Group A 7 clubs |
Group B 7 clubs | |||||||||||
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4 |
Vietnamese Third Division | |||||||||||
| Group A 5 clubs |
Group B 5 clubs | |||||||||||
Cup eligibility
Domestic cups
All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the Vietnamese Cup tournament.
Super Cup
The Super Cup is the first game of the season, played between the previous years' winners of the V.League 1 and Vietnamese Cup. If the same team wins both tournaments, then the team finishing second in the previous years' V.League 1 take on the V.League 1 winners.
Continental competition
For the 2023–24 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League 2 Group stage. The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Champions League 2 qualifying play-offs.
See also
External links
- (in Vietnamese) Official V.League website
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