The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for
Vietnamese
football
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clubs.
System by period
Current system
Cup eligibility
Domestic cups
All
V.League 1 and
V.League 2
V.League 2 or Vietnamese National Football First League, ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Hạng Nhất Quốc Gia Việt Nam), also called LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier professional association football league in Vietnam c ...
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 2021 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of
V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the
AFC Champions League
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Group Stage. The team finishing second in the
V.League 1, and the winner of the
Vietnamese Cup qualify for the
AFC Cup
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Group Stage.
See also
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V.League 1
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V.League 2
V.League 2 or Vietnamese National Football First League, ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Hạng Nhất Quốc Gia Việt Nam), also called LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier professional association football league in Vietnam c ...
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Vietnamese National Football Second League
The Vietnamese Football League Second Division ( vi, Giải Bóng đá Hạng nhì Quốc gia) is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.
History
A national third tier of ...
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Vietnamese Cup
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Vietnamese Super Cup
Vietnamese National Football Super Cup ( vi, Siêu cúp bóng đá Việt Nam), also called the Thaco National Football Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is Vietnamese football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous V.L ...
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List of football clubs in Vietnam
This is a list of football clubs in Vietnam.
V.League 1
* Becamex Binh Duong
* Dong A Thanh Hoa
* Ha Noi
* Ha Noi Police
* Hai Phong
* Ho Chi Minh City
* Hong Linh Ha Tinh
* Khanh Hoa
* LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai
* MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh ...
External links
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Official V.League website
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Football league systems in Asia