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

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Season  | Tier 1  | Tier 2  | Tier 3  | Tier 4

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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
2001-2012  | First Division | Second Division | Third Division
2012  | Super League | First Division
2013-  | V.League 1 | V.League 2

## Current system

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Level

League(s)/Division(s)

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| V.League 1
14 clubs
↓ 2 relegation spots

V.League 2
14 clubs
↑ 2 promotion spots
↓ 2 relegation spots

Vietnamese Second Division
16 clubs divided into 2 groups
↑ 2 promotion spots
↓ 1 relegation spot

Group A
8 clubs | Group B
8 clubs

Vietnamese Third Division
16 clubs divided into 2 groups
↑ 5 promotion spots

Group A
8 clubs | Group B
8 clubs

## Cup eligibility

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### Domestic cups

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All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the National Cup tournament.

### Super Cup

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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

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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.

## See also

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* V.League 1
* V.League 2
* Vietnamese National Football Second League
* Vietnamese Cup
* Vietnamese Super Cup
* List of football clubs in Vietnam

## External links

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* (in Vietnamese) Official V.League website

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Football in Vietnam

* Vietnam Football Federation
* Vietnam Professional Football Jointstock Company

National teams|

| Men's|

* National
* Results
* 1947–1975
* 1991–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020-present
* U-23
* results
* U-20
* U-17
* Futsal (U-20)
* Beach

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Women's|

* National
* U-20
* U-17
* Futsal

Domestic leagues|

| Men's|

* V.League 1
* V.League 2
* League Two
* League Three
* U-21
* U-19
* U-17
* U-15
* Youth
* Schoolboys
* Beach

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Women's|

* National League
* U-19
* U-16

Men's Futsal|

* Futsal League

Women's Futsal|

* Women's Futsal Championship

Domestic cups|

| Men's|

* Cup
* Super Cup

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Women's|

* Cup

Men's Futsal|

* Futsal Cup
* LS Cup

Continental club competitions|

* AFC Champions League
* record
* AFC Cup
* record
* AFC Futsal Club Championship

Regional club competitions|

* Mekong Club Championship
* ASEAN Club Championship
* AFF Futsal Club Championship

Friendly tournaments|

* Ho Chi Minh City Cup
* VTV-T&T Cup
* VFF Cup
* International Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup
* BTV Cup

Awards|

* Golden Ball
* V.League Awards

History|

* General
* North Vietnam
* South Vietnam
* U-20

Lists|

* Clubs
* Born outside Vietnam

* v
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League systems in sport

* League system
* Sports league
* Professional sports league organization
* Division (sport)
* Promotion and relegation
* Closed league
* Semi-closed league

American football|

* Germany

Association
football|

| AFC|

* Afghanistan
* Australia
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* China
* East Timor
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Pakistan
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Vietnam

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CAF|

* Algeria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ghana
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Nigeria
* Réunion
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Tunisia

CONCACAF|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Martinique
* Mexico
* Montserrat
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Martin
* Sint Maarten
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States
* United States Virgin Islands

CONMEBOL|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

OFC|

* French Polynesia
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tuvalu

UEFA|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England (women's)
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany (women's)
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey (women's)
* Ukraine
* Wales

Basketball|

| Continental|

* Europe
* South America

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National|

* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Japan
* Poland
* Russia
* Serbia
* Spain
* Turkey

Handball|

* Denmark
* Hungary

Ice hockey|

* United States

Rugby league|

* Great Britain
* France

Rugby union|

* England
* France
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Scotland
* Wales

Shinty|

* Scotland

Sumo|

* Japan

Tennis|

* Davis Cup
* Billie Jean King Cup

Water polo|

* Hungary

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