2013 V.League 2

The 2013 V.League 2 (known as the Eximbank V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 19th season of Vietnam's second tier professional football league that started on 9 March 2013.

V.League 2

Season	2013
Dates	9 March – 6 July
Champions	QNK Quảng Nam (1st division title)
Promoted	QNK Quảng Nam Than Quảng Ninh Hùng Vương An Giang
Relegated	TDC Bình Dương
Matches played	112
Goals scored	174 (1.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Uche Iheruome & Đinh Thanh Trung ~10 goals
Biggest home win	Bình Định 5–1 TDC Bình Dương (27 April 2013)
Biggest away win	Hà Nội 0-5 XSKT Cần Thơ (15 June 2013)
Highest attendance	7,000
Lowest attendance	300
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QNK Quảng Nam won its first ever V.League 2 title on 29 June 2013 after defeating Than Quảng Ninh 4–2, taking the season series and securing the league title.^[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the 2012 season.

Relegation for Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh and XM Fico Tây Ninh to the 2013 Vietnamese Second Division was confirmed on the final matchday on 19 August 2012.^[2]

Hà Nội were to be promoted to the 2013 V-League season but returned to the league because they could not find a separate title sponsor than their parent club. TĐCS Đồng Tháp were relegated from the 2012 V-League season. Vicem Hải Phòng, who were relegated from the 2012 V-League season, will return to compete in the 2013 V-League season after purchasing the place of dissolved Khatoco Khánh Hòa.^[3]

Hà Nội B was dissolved on 27 November 2012 when club officials could not secure a new sponsor after the earlier arrest of Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien caused all sponsorship from his assets to be blocked.^[4]

SHB Đà Nẵng B and 2012 Vietnamese Second Division champions and runners-up, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu and Khatoco Khánh Hòa B, were officially dissolved at a league meeting on 8 December 2012.

The VPF decided to keep the number of participating clubs at 10, not promoting other clubs from the Vietnamese Second Division due to new league regulations on club management.^[5]

On 8 December 2012, the VPF had stated that the Vietnam U22 team would be added to the V-League to gain experience ahead of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and to bring the participating number of clubs to 12.^[6] However, the Vietnam Football Federation announced on December 13, 2012, that 2012 Vietnamese First Division second runners-up Đồng Nai would be the twelfth club in the 2013 campaign.^[7]

XSKT Lâm Đồng officially withdraw.^[8]

Stadia and locations

An Giang

Bình Duong

Bình Định

Cần Thơ

Đồng Tháp

Hà Nội

Quảng Nam

Quảng Ninh

Locations of the First Division 2013 teams

Club	Home stadium	Capacity
Hùng Vương An Giang	Long Xuyên Stadium	15,000
SQC Bình Định	Quy Nhơn Stadium	25,000
TDC Bình Dương	Gò Đậu Stadium	18,250
XSKT Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ Stadium	50,000
TDCS Đồng Tháp	Cao Lãnh Stadium	23,000
Hà Nội	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,000
QNK Quảng Nam	Tam Kỳ Stadium	15,624
Than Quảng Ninh	Cửa Ông Stadium	10,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain
Hùng Vương An Giang	Nhan Thiện Nhân	Agostinho
Bình Định	Nguyễn Đình Lợi	Phan Như Thuật
TDC Bình Dương	Đặng Trần Chỉnh	Nguyễn Chí Huynh
XSKT Cần Thơ	Vuong Tien Dung	Trần Minh Son
TDCS Đồng Tháp	Phạm Công Lộc	Nguyễn Duy Khanh
Hà Nội	Trương Việt Hoàng	Trần Đăng Bình
QNK Quảng Nam	Vũ Quang Bảo	Nguyễn Văn Việt
Than Quảng Ninh	Đinh Cao Nghĩa	Nguyễn Xuân Quyết

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
TĐCS Đồng Tháp	Trần Công Minh	16 April 2013	Sacked	Phạm Công Lộc	16 April 2013
Hà Nội	Hoang Van Phuc	21 April 2013	Resigned	Triệu Quang Hà	22 April 2013
Cần Thơ	Huỳnh Ngọc San	27 April 2013	Sacked	Vuong Tien Dung	27 April 2013
QNK Quảng Nam	Nguyen Van Thinh	29 April 2013	Sacked	Vu Quang Bao
Hà Nội	Triệu Quang Hà	28 May 2013	Sacked	Trương Việt Hoàng	29 May 2013
Bình Định	Nguyễn Văn Hùng	8 June 2013	Sacked	Nguyễn Đình Lợi	8 June 2013

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Non-Visa Foreign
Hùng Vương An Giang	Agostinho	Uche Iheruome	Tostao Kwashi1
Bình Định	Kalifa Dembela	Andrew Uzoma	None
TDC Bình Dương	Vincent Bossou	Kpenosen Samson	None
XSKT Cần Thơ	Mustapha Essuman	Souleymane Diabate	None
TDCS Đồng Tháp	Emeka Oguwike	Andre Diego Fagan	None
Hà Nội	Lucas Cantoro	Leonel Ezeguiel Felice	None
QNK Quảng Nam	David Annas	Nicolás Hernández	None
Than Quảng Ninh	Daniel Obo	Didier Belibi	None

Note:
¹Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Vietnamese Residency;
²Foreign residents who have chosen to represent Vietnam national team;
³Vietnamese residents who have chosen to represent another national team

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	QNK Quảng Nam (C, P)	14	7	4	3	30	22	+8	25	2014 V.League 1
2	Than Quảng Ninh (P)	14	7	4	3	24	17	+7	25
3	Hùng Vương An Giang (P)	14	7	3	4	26	22	+4	24
4	TĐCS Đồng Tháp	14	7	3	4	20	18	+2	24
5	XSKT Cần Thơ	14	6	3	5	31	25	+6	21
6	Bình Định	14	3	3	8	20	23	−3	12
7	Hà Nội	14	3	3	8	10	23	−13	12
8	TDC Bình Dương (R)	14	3	3	8	13	24	−11	12	2014 Vietnamese Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2013. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	HAG	BĐ	TBD	XCT	TDT	HAN	QNA	TQN
Hùng Vương An Giang		1–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	6–4	2–1
Bình Định	2–4		5–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–2
TDC Bình Dương	1–0	1–0		3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
XSKT Cần Thơ	4–1	4–1	2–2		2–1	3–2	0–0	1–1
TĐCS Đồng Tháp	0–2	1–0	1–0	4–2		2–1	2–2	3–1
Hà Nội	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–5	0–0		0–1	1–2
QNK Quảng Nam	2–2	0–3	5–1	2–1	3–1	3–0		4–2
Than Quảng Ninh	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2013. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 July 2013.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[9]
1	Uche Iheruome	Hùng Vương An Giang	10
	Đinh Thanh Trung	QNK Quảng Nam
3	David Annas	QNK Quảng Nam	9
4	Agostinho	Hùng Vương An Giang	8
	Souleymane Diabate	XSKT Cần Thơ
6	Kalifa Dembela	Bình Định	7
	Mustapha Essuman	XSKT Cần Thơ
8	Belibi Celestin Didier	Than Quảng Ninh	6
9	Vũ Minh Tuấn	Than Quảng Ninh	5
	Lucas Cantoro	CLB Hà Nội

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Uche Iheruome for Hùng Vương An Giang against Than Quảng Ninh (9 March 2013)
• Fastest goal of the season: 1 minute, Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn for Than Quảng Ninh against Hà Nội (30 March 2013)
• Largest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Hà Nội 0–5 XSKT Cần Thơ (15 June 2013)
• Highest scoring game(s): 10 goals
  • Hùng Vương An Giang 6-4 QNK Quảng Nam (6 July 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
  • Hùng Vương An Giang 6-4 QNK Quảng Nam (6 July 2013)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team(s): 4 goals
  • Hùng Vương An Giang 6-4 QNK Quảng Nam (6 July 2013)

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets: 4
  • TĐCS Đồng Tháp
• Fewest clean sheets: 0
  • TDC Bình Dương

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 26
  • Than Quảng Ninh
• Most yellow cards (player): 5
  • Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (Than Quảng Ninh)
• Most red cards (club): 3
  • Hà Nội
• Most red cards (players): 1
  • Vũ Trọng Thông (Hùng Vương An Giang)
  • Nguyễn Hữu Tài (Bình Định)
  • Đỗ Trọng Hòa (XSKT Cần Thơ)
  • Trần Minh Sen (XSKT Cần Thơ)
  • Nguyễn Huy Hùng (Hà Nội)
  • Nguyễn Huỳnh Điệp (Hà Nội)
  • Triệu Văn Mạnh (Hà Nội)
  • Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (Than Quảng Ninh)