Vietnamese Football League Second Division

Vietnamese Football League Second Division
Organising bodyVietnam Football Federation (VFF)
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
CountryVietnam
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubs14
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toV. League 2
Relegation toThird Division
Domestic cup(s)none
Current championsĐịnh Hướng Phú Nhuận
LPBank Hồ Chí Minh City (1st title)
Most championshipsBà Rịa Vũng Tàu
Công An Nhân Dân
Phù Đổng
Quảng Nam
Tây Ninh
(2 titles)
Websitevff.org.vn
Current: 2024 Vietnamese National Football Second League

The Vietnamese Football League Second Division (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá hạng Nhì quốc gia) is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam[1] controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.[citation needed]

History

A national third tier of Vietnamese association football was first established along with its professionalization in 1995. Among the 10 original clubs of the third tier included the forerunners to Thanh Hóa, Cần Thơ, Đồng Nai, Cà Mau and Lâm Đồng. But after a number of clubs were lost for various reasons – some were promoted to V.League and the others folded – the league contracted the second division in 1997 and continued with the single second-tier division.

The third-tier football was reintroduced in 2000 upon creation of fully professional V.League 2. But despite its officially amateur status the league quickly became de facto semi-professional, serving as the cradle of the future V. League members. Since the establishment of associate membership system in 2006 the number of professional clubs holding or actively seeking for this status has grown steadily and reached its peak in 2010 season when 6 full members and 2 former candidates made up to almost half of the league's 18 teams. Through the course of the season this number grew even bigger, to 15 full associate members that formed the core of V.League 3.

2024 season

14 teams compete in the 2024 season, split into two groups of 7.

Group A

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bắc Ninh Bắc Ninh Từ Sơn City Stadium 5,000
Đắk Lắk Đắk Lắk Buôn Ma Thuật Stadium 20,000
Hà Nội B Hà Nội Thanh Trì Stadium 4,000
Kon Tum Kon Tum Kon Tum Stadium 11,000
PVF Hưng Yên PVF Stadium 3,600
SHB Đà Nẵng B Đà Nẵng Hòa Xuân Stadium 20,500
Tây Nguyên Gia Lai Gia Lai Gia Lai Province Youth Activity Center 500

Group B

Team Location Stadium Capacity
An Giang An Giang An Giang Province Sports Center 500
Định Hướng Phú Nhuận Hồ Chí Minh City Thống Nhất Stadium 15,000
Lâm Đồng Lâm Đồng Đà Lạt Stadium 20,000
LPBank Hồ Chí Minh City Hồ Chí Minh City Thống Nhất Stadium 15,000
Tiền Giang Tiền Giang Tiền Giang Stadium 12,000
Văn Hiến University Hồ Chí Minh City District 8 Stadium 500
Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long Vĩnh Long Stadium 10,000

Winners

Season Winners Runner-up
2000 Hải Quan Bình Định
2001 Thanh Hóa Cần Thơ
2002 Bưu điện
Đắk Lắk
An Giang
5th Military Region
2003 Quảng Nam Khải Hoàn Hotel
2004 Khánh Hòa Strata Đồng Nai
2005 5th Military Region Tây Ninh
2006 Thành Nghĩa Dung Quất Quảng Ngãi Than Quảng Ninh
2007 7th Military Region T&T Hà Nội
2008 Quảng Nam Hải An Sài Gòn United
2009 TDC Bình Dương Viettel
2010 Nguyễn Hoàng Kiên Giang Hòa Phát V&V
2011 SHB Đà Nẵng B Lâm Đồng
2012 Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Khatoco Khánh Hòa B
2013 Huế
Sanna Khánh Hòa
Tây Ninh
Đắk Lắk
Hồ Chí Minh City
2014 Bình Phước
Công An Nhân Dân
Nam Định
Phú Yên
Kon Tum
Tiền Giang
Vĩnh Long
Long An B
2015 Fico Cement Tây Ninh
Viettel
Cà Mau
2016 PVF Bình Định
2017 Công An Nhân Dân
Bình Định
Hà Nội B
2018 An Giang
Phù Đổng
Phố Hiến
2019 Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Hà Nội B
2020 Phù Đổng
Phú Thọ
Gia Định
2021
Season cancelled
2022 Bình Thuận
Hoà Bình
Hải Nam Vĩnh Yên
Đồng Nai
2023 Đồng Nai
Đồng Tháp
Đắk Lắk
SHB Đà Nẵng B
2024 Định Hướng Phú Nhuận
Hồ Chí Minh City B
Kon Tum
Bắc Ninh

References

  1. ^ "Vietnam Second Division 2024 Table & Stats | FootyStats".