The Vietnamese National Football First League (V.League 2) is the second highest league in
Vietnamese football after the
V.League 1
The V.League 1 (), also called LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). It is contested by 14 clubs who play each ...
with 14 teams competing in it.
Previous winners
Viettel F.C.
The Cong – Viettel Football Club (), commonly known as Thể Công or Viettel FC, is a Vietnamese professional football club based in Hanoi. The club is formally operated by Viettel Sports Center - an affiliation of Viettel Group - and compete ...
sold their V. League slot to
Thanh Hóa
Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of capital Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh Cit ...
, to allow them to stay in the V. League after being relegated the previous season. Thanh Hóa therefore withdrew from the First Division, enforcing the league to have 13 entrants this campaign
See also
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Football in Vietnam
Association football in Vietnam is run by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The federation administers the Vietnamese Men's and Women's national football teams. It is responsible for the national football leagues, including the V. League ...
References
External links
Vietnam Football Federation
{{Vietnamese First Division
Second level Vietnamese football league seasons
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Viet
The Vietnamese people (, ) or the Kinh people (), also known as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroa ...
Viet
The Vietnamese people (, ) or the Kinh people (), also known as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and southern China who speak Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroa ...