The 2013 V.League 1 (known as the ''Eximbank V.League 1'' for sponsorship reasons) season was the 30th season of
Vietnam's national football league and the 13th as a professional league. The season began on 3 March 2013 and finished on 31 August 2013.
Changes from last season
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2012 season.
To V.League 1
Promoted from
V.League 2
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Đồng Nai
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Đồng Tâm Long An
From V.League 1
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Hà Nội
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Khatoco Khánh Hòa F.C.
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Navibank Sài Gòn
Relegated
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TĐCS Đồng Tháp
Rule changes
After a 5-year absence, the
AFC announced that the V.League 1 champions would be allowed to compete in the
2014 AFC Champions League
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playoff stage.
Teams
Number of participating clubs in the 2013 campaign is 12.
Vicem Hải Phòng's relegation to the
2013 Vietnamese First Division season was confirmed on 29 July 2012. However, the club returned to the V.League for the 2013 season to replace
Khatoco Khánh Hòa, who were dissolved on 8 December 2012.
TĐCS Đồng Tháp were relegated after rivals
Khatoco Khánh Hòa defeated
Sông Lam Nghệ An
Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghe An province, Vietnam. The club was named based on the Lam river.
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1–0 on 19 August 2012.
Đồng Tâm Long An (as Champions) and
Hà Nội T&T Youth (as runners-up) secured direct promotion to the V.League from the
2012 Vietnamese First Division
The 2012 Vietnamese National Football First League season was the 18th season of Vietnam's professional football league. It began on 30 December 2011 and finished on 18 August 2012.
Đồng Tâm Long An is winner.
Teams
Stadia and location ...
. Đồng Tâm Long An returned to the V.League after a one-season absence. However,
Hà Nội T&T Youth remained in the second tier of Vietnamese football due to league rules about clubs with the same owners competing in the same division.
Hà Nội
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...
was dissolved on 27 November 2012 when club officials could not secure a new sponsor after the earlier arrest of Chairman
Nguyen Duc Kien caused all sponsorship from his assets to be blocked.
Navibank Sài Gòn was sold on 22 October 2012 after the title sponsor of the club announced the a move away from sports, but the new owners announced on 5 December 2012 that the club would be dissolved before the start of the 2013 campaign., finally this club was dissolved.
On 8 December 2012, the VPF had stated that the
Vietnam U22 team would be added to the V.League to gain experience ahead of the 2013
Southeast Asian Games
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and to bring the participating number of clubs to 12. However, the
Vietnam Football Federation
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VFF ...
announced on December 13, 2012 that
2012 Vietnamese First Division
The 2012 Vietnamese National Football First League season was the 18th season of Vietnam's professional football league. It began on 30 December 2011 and finished on 18 August 2012.
Đồng Tâm Long An is winner.
Teams
Stadia and location ...
second runners-up
Đồng Nai would be the twelfth club in the 2013 campaign.
Controversy
After
Xuân Thành Sài Gòn was docked points for what the VFF deemed the club unsportsmanlike conduct when the club fielded a noncompetitive squad for their Matchdat 20 meeting with
Sông Lam Nghệ An
Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (), simply known as Song Lam Nghe An or SLNA, is a professional V.League 1 football club playing at the Vinh Stadium in the city of Vinh, Nghe An province, Vietnam. The club was named based on the Lam river.
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, club officials announced that the club would withdraw from the league. On August 22, 2013, the VFF approved Xuân Thành Sài Gòn's withdrawal request. Matches where the club was involved were vacated. The VFF is still debating if the last place club will still be relegated to
V.League 2
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, though the league charter states that the club in 12th place would be the only club relegated in the 2013 campaign.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Foreign players
Note:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Vietnamese Residency;
2 Foreign residents who have chosen to represent Vietnam national team;
3Vietnamese residents who have chosen to represent another national team
League table
Results
Summary
Details
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Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
*: Scored four goals
Scoring
*First goal of the season:
Gonzalo
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See also
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for Hà Nội T&T against Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (
''2 March 2013'')
*Fastest goal of the season: 1 minute,
Abass Cheikh Dieng for Thanh Hóa against Kienlongbank Kiên Giang (
''27 April 2013'')
*Largest winning margin: 8 goals
**Sông Lam Nghệ An 8–0 Đồng Tâm Long An (
''30 June 2013'')
*Highest scoring game: 8 goals
**Sông Lam Nghệ An 8–0 Đồng Tâm Long An (
''30 June 2013'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
**Sông Lam Nghệ An 8–0 Đồng Tâm Long An (
''30 June 2013'')
*Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
**Becamex Bình Dương 3–4 Thanh Hóa (
''26 May 2013'')
**Vicem Hải Phòng 3–4 Đồng Tâm Long An (
''21 July 2013'')
**Vissai Ninh Bình 3-4 Đồng Tâm Long An (
''3 August 2013'')
Clean sheets
*Most
clean sheets
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
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**SHB Đà Nẵng
*Fewest clean sheets: 0
**Kienlongbank Kiên Giang
Discipline
*Most yellow cards (club): 62
** Sông Lam Nghệ An F.C.
*Most yellow cards (player): 10
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Nguyễn Quốc Long (Hà Nội T&T)
*Most red cards (club): 6
** Thanh Hóa F.C.
*Most red cards (player): 2
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Cao Sỹ Cường (Hà Nội T&T)
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Nguyễn Quốc Long (Hà Nội T&T)
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Trần Thanh Tuấn (XM Vicem Hải Phòng)
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Đoàn Việt Cường (XM Xuân Thành Sài Gòn)
Attendance
Awards
Annual awards
Top scorer
Gonzalo Damian Marronkle (
Hà Nội T&T)
Samson Kayode Olaleye (
Hà Nội T&T)
Manager of the Season
Phan Thanh Hùng (
Hà Nội T&T)
Best player of the Season
Gonzalo Damian Marronkle (
Hà Nội T&T)
Best Young player of the Season
Trần Minh Vương (
HAGL)
Best Referee
Nguyễn Trọng Thư
Monthly awards
Dream Team
References
External links
Official Page
{{2013 in Asian Football (AFC)
Vietnamese Super League seasons
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Vietnam
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