Vietnamese football league system

The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.

System by period

Season	Tier 1				Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Before Vietnam unification	North Vietnam V-League		South Vietnam V-League
1975-1979	North Vietnam V-League (Hồng Hà)	Central Vietnam V-League (Trường Sơn)		South Vietnam V-League (Cửu Long)
1980-1989	A1 League				A2 League
1990-1996	Powerhouses' League				A1 League	A2 League
1997-2000	First Division				Second Division	Third Division
2000-2001	V-League				Second Division	Third Division
2001-2012	V-League				First Division	Second Division	Third Division
2012	Super League				First Division
2013-	V.League 1				V.League 2

Current system

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	V.League 1 14 clubs
2	V.League 2 (First Division) 12 clubs
3	Vietnamese Second Division 14 clubs divided into 2 groups
3	Group A 7 clubs	Group B 7 clubs
4	Vietnamese Third Division 16 clubs divided into 2 groups
4	Group A 8 clubs	Group B 8 clubs

Cup eligibility

Domestic cups

All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the National 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 National Cup. If the same team wins both competition, then the team finishing second in the previous years' V.League 1 take on the V.League 1 winners.

Continental competition

For the 2023–24 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Two Group stage. The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs.

External links

(in Vietnamese) Official V.League website