2016 V.League 2

The 2016 V.League 2 (referred to as Kienlongbank V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league, which began on 9 April 2016 and ended on 20 August 2016.^[1]

V.League 2

Season	2016
Dates	9 April – 20 August
Champions	TP Hồ Chí Minh
Relegated	Cà Mau
Matches played	90
Goals scored	263 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hồ Sỹ Giáp (Bình Phước) Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (TP Hồ Chí Minh) (12 goals)
Biggest home win	TP Hồ Chí Minh 7-0 Cà Mau
Biggest away win	Cà Mau 0-8 Viettel
Highest scoring	Cà Mau 0-8 Viettel (8 goals)
Longest winning run	TP Hồ Chí Minh (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	TP Hồ Chí Minh (12 games)
Longest winless run	Cà Mau (13 games)
Longest losing run	Bình Phước (4 games)
Highest attendance	8,000
Lowest attendance	200
Total attendance	198,700
Average attendance	2,207
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 23 August 2016.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2015 season.

To V.League 2 Promoted from Vietnamese Second League Cà Mau Fico Tây Ninh Viettel Relegated from V.League 1 Đồng Nai

From V.League 2 Relegated to Vietnamese Second League Công An Nhân Dân Promoted to V.League 1 Hà Nội (Sài Gòn)

Rule changes

In season 2016, clubs finishing second, third and fourth will play play-off matches for a place in the 2016 V.League 1 play-off match with the 13th-placed of 2016 V.League 1.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Bình Phước

Cà Mau

Đồng Nai

Fico Tây Ninh

Phú Yên

Nam Định

TP Hồ Chí Minh

Viettel

Huế

Đắk Lắk

Locations of the 2016 V.League 2 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bình Phước	Đồng Xoài	Bình Phước Stadium	10,000
Đắk Lắk	Buôn Ma Thuột	Buôn Ma Thuột Stadium	25,000
Cà Mau	Cà Mau	Cà Mau Stadium	9,000
Đồng Nai	Biên Hòa	Đồng Nai Stadium	25,000
Huế	Huế	Tự Do Stadium	25,000
Fico Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh Stadium	15,500
Nam Định	Nam Định	Thiên Trường Stadium	20,000
Phú Yên	Tuy Hòa	Phú Yên Stadium	5,000
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	25,000
Viettel	Hà Nội	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bình Phước	Lê Thanh Xuân	Đặng Trần Hoàng Nhựt
Cà Mau	Trần Công Minh	Dương Ngọc Tiền
Đắk Lắk	Trần Phi Ái	Huỳnh Văn Ly
Đồng Nai	Trần Bình Sự	Nguyễn Đức Nhân	Mitre
Fico Tây Ninh	Mang Văn Xích	Nguyễn Quốc Thanh		Xi măng Fico
Huế	Nguyễn Đức Dũng	Nguyễn Công Nhật
Nam Định	Nguyễn Thế Cường	Nguyễn Hữu Định	Adidas (fake)	Mikado
Phú Yên	Đinh Hồng Vinh	Nguyễn Trương Minh Hoàng
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Lư Đình Tuấn	Nguyễn Minh Trung		LS Group
Viettel	Đinh Thế Nam	Bùi Tiến Dũng	Mitre	BankPlus

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hồ Chí Minh City (C, P)	18	12	3	3	38	15	+23	39	Promotion to 2017 V.League 1
2	Viettel	18	8	8	2	31	12	+19	32	Qualification to Play-off II
3	Nam Định	18	8	8	2	25	14	+11	32	Qualification to Play-off I
4	Đồng Nai	18	8	6	4	24	17	+7	30
5	Fico Tây Ninh	18	6	7	5	23	25	−2	25
6	Đắk Lắk	18	6	5	7	31	30	+1	23
7	Huế	18	6	4	8	29	26	+3	22
8	Bình Phước	18	4	4	10	29	36	−7	16
9	Phú Yên	18	4	4	10	20	41	−21	16
10	Cà Mau (R)	18	1	5	12	13	47	−34	8	Relegation to 2017 Vietnamese Second League

Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goal scored; 5) Head-to-head away goal scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goal scored; 9) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BPC	CMA	DLK	DNA	FTN	HUE	NDI	PYE	HCM	VIE
Bình Phước		4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	4–2	2–3	5–1	1–3	1–2
Cà Mau	0–1		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	0–3	0–8
Đắk Lắk	0–0	4–2		4–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–4	2–2
Đồng Nai	3–2	2–0	1–1		3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1
Fico Tây Ninh	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1		4–3	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1
Huế F.C.	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0		2–2	3–0	0–1	1–1
Nam Định	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0		1–0	0–1	1–1
Phú Yên	4–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–3	1–3		0–4	0–4
TP Hồ Chí Minh	2–1	7–0	3–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–0		0–2
Viettel	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off match

Play-off I match

The team which finish 3rd faced the team which finish 4th. The winner earned entry into the play-off II match.

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27)

17:00

Nam Định	3 – 2	Đồng Nai
Vũ Thế Vương 60' Vũ Thành Công 61' Phạm Ngọc Tuấn 76'	Report	Nguyễn Đức Nhân 81' Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn 90'

Thiên Trường Stadium, Nam Định

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Nguyễn Trung Kiên

Nam Định advanced to Play-off II match.

Play-off II match

The team which finish 2nd faced the winner of play-off I match. The winner earned entry into the play-off match with the 13th-placed team of 2016 V.League 1

31 August 2016 (2016-08-31)

17:00

Viettel	3 – 2	Nam Định
Đàm Tiến Dũng 9' Bùi Duy Thường 52' Nguyễn Trọng Đại 68'	Report	Đinh Văn Ta 48' (pen.) Nguyễn Hữu Định 78' (pen.)

Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hà Nội

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Nguyễn Văn Kiên

Viettel advanced to Play-off match with V.League 1 team.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Bình Phước	1	4	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Cà Mau	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Đắk Lắk	3	10	8	6	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6
Đồng Nai	6	9	9	9	6	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4
Fico Tây Ninh	4	6	6	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Huế F.C.	10	5	7	4	2	4	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Nam Định	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	3
Phú Yên	9	3	3	7	7	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9
TP Hồ Chí Minh	5	2	4	2	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Viettel	7	7	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	2

Source: Vietnam Professional Football
  = Winner; Promoted to V.League 1;   = Play-off;   = Relegate to Second League

Season statistics

As of 23 August 2016

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hồ Sỹ Giáp	Bình Phước	12
	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	TP Hồ Chí Minh
3	Võ Lý	Huế	10
	Hoàng Ngọc Hùng	Fico Tây Ninh
5	Bùi Duy Thường	Viettel	9

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Bùi Ngọc Tín	Đắk Lắk	Huế	5
Phạm Hoàng Đức	Phú Yên	Đắk Lắk	7
Bùi Xuân Bình	Phú Yên	Huế	16

Hattrick

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Hồ Sỹ Giáp	Bình Phước	Huế	4–2	9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)
Ngô Xuân Toàn	Phú Yên	Bình Phước	4–1	16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)
Võ Lý	Huế	Phú Yên	3–0	30 April 2016 (2016-04-30)
Lê Đức Tài	Đồng Nai	Viettel	3–1	17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)
Nguyễn Hữu Sơn	Nam Định	Bình Phước	3–2	2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	TP Hồ Chí Minh	Cà Mau	7–0	13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)

See also

• 2016 V.League 1
• 2016 Vietnamese National Football Second League
• 2016 Vietnamese National Football Third League