The 2016 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 60th season of the

V.League 1 The V.League 1 ( vi, Giải bóng đá vô địch quốc gia, lit=National Football League), also called Night Wolf V.League 1 due to sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professio ...

, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. It began on 20 February 2016 and ended 18 September 2016.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2015 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2 *

Saigon FC Saigon Football Club () is a Vietnamese professional association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ...

From V.League 1

Relegated to

2016 V.League 2 The 2016 V.League 2 (referred to as Kienlongbank V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league, which began on 9 April 2016 and ended on 20 August 2016. Changes from last ...

Dong Nai FC Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Đồng Nai, simply known as Đồng Nai, is a professional football club, based in Đồng Nai Province, Vietnam, that plays in Vietnamese National Football Third League The Vietnamese Football League Second Divis ...

Rule changes

In season 2016, the club finishing in the 14th position would be relegated to V-League 2. The club that had finished in the 13th position would face the winner of a play-off between the V-League 2's second, third and fourth place clubs for a place in the 2017 V.League 1 season.

Name changes

* Dong Tam Long An changed their name to Long An FC in December 2015. *In April 2016 with only four matches remaining, promoted side

Hanoi FC Hanoi Football Club () is a Vietnamese professional Association football, football club based in Hanoi, Vietnam that competes in the V.League 1. The club currently plays in the V.League 1. Hanoi FC was founded in 2006 as T&T Hanoi Football Clu ...

relocated to Ho Chi Minh City and renamed Saigon FC. This was with only four matchdays played

Teams

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

V.League teams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised player

League table

Results

Play-off match

The team finishing 13th faced the winner of

play-off II match. Long An FC won the match and would remain in the 2017 V.League 1.

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

Own goals

Hattrick

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Manager of the Season

Chu Đình Nghiêm ( Hanoi T&T)

Best player of the Season

Gastón Merlo Sebastián Gastón Merlo (born 26 January 1985 in Jovita, Córdoba, Argentina), also referred to as Đỗ Merlo (in Vietnamese), is an Argentine-Vietnamese former footballer who played as a striker, most notably for SHB Đà Nẵng. Club car ...

( SHB Danang)

Best young player of the Season

Vũ Văn Thanh ( Hoang Anh Gia Lai)

Dream Team

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 V.League 1

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