The 2010 V-League season was the 54th season of

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's professional football league. The league and cup winners would enter the

2011 AFC Cup The 2011 AFC Cup was the eighth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. Allocation of entries per association *2 teams to qualify from each ...

. The bottom side at the end of the season get relegated. The side that finishes 2ND from bottom enters an end of season play-off match against the 2nd Division's 2nd placed side.

Teams

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and

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were relegated to the

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after finishing the 2009 season in the bottom two places. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2009 Vietnam First Division champions XM The Vissai Ninh Bình and runners-up Hòa Phát Hà Nội.

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defeated Thành phố Cần Thơ in the end of season promotion/relegation match to secure their place in the V. League. Thể Công and Quân Khu 4 were renamed to

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and Navibank Sài Gòn at the end of the 2009 campaign. Viettel then sold their V. League slot to

, to allow them to stay in the V. League after being relegated the previous season.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

League table

Top scorers

Awards

Monthly awards

Relegation play-off

References

External links

Vietnam Football Federation
{{2010 in Asian Football (AFC) Vietnamese Super League seasons