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 | |||||
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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
| Level | League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||||||
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| 1 | V.League 1 14 clubs | |||||||||||
| 2 | V.League 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Vietnamese Second Division | |||||||||||
| Group A 7 clubs | Group B 7 clubs | |||||||||||
| 4 | Vietnamese Third Division | |||||||||||
| Group A 5 clubs | Group B 5 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.
See also
- V.League 1
- V.League 2
- Vietnamese National Football Second League
- Vietnamese Cup
- Vietnamese Super Cup
- List of football clubs in Vietnam
External links
- (in Vietnamese) Official V.League website
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- Ho Chi Minh City Cup
- VTV-T&T Cup
- VFF Cup
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