2016 Vietnamese National Football Second League

The 2016 Vietnamese National Football Second League was the 18th season of the Vietnamese National Football Second League. The season began on 12 April 2016 and finished on 22 July 2016.

Vietnamese National Football Second League

Season	2016
Champions	PVF
Promoted	PVF
Relegated	Vĩnh Long
Matches played	85
Goals scored	209 (2.46 per match)
← 2015 2017 →

Rule changes

In this season, 7 teams each group will play home & away. At the end of the qualifying round, the worst team in both two groups will be relegated to 2017 Vietnamese National Football Third League. And the top team of each group will be qualified to final round. In final round, the winner will be promoted to 2017 V.League 2.^[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.

To Vietnamese Second League Promoted from Vietnamese Third League Hà Nội T&T B Viettel B An Giang PVF (replace Trẻ Đồng Nai) Relegated from V.League 2 Công An Nhân Dân

From Vietnamese Second League Relegated to Vietnamese Third League Kon Tum Promoted to V.League 2 Viettel Fico Tây Ninh Cà Mau

An Giang

Bình Thuận

Bình Định

Bến Tre

CAND

Long An B

Lâm Đồng

PVF

Sanatech
Khánh Hòa

Hà Nội T&T B

Tiền Giang

Vĩnh Long

Viettel B

Mancons Sài Gòn

Team location in Vietnam map

Qualifying round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bình Định	12	8	3	1	23	9	+14	27	Advance to final
2	Công An Nhân Dân	12	5	4	3	19	17	+2	19
3	Hà Nội T&T B	12	4	5	3	15	14	+1	17
4	Sanatech Khánh Hòa	12	4	2	6	14	17	−3	14
5	Bình Thuận	12	2	6	4	8	11	−3	12
6	Viettel B	12	3	3	6	13	21	−8	12
7	Lâm Đồng	12	2	5	5	16	19	−3	11

Source: VFF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PVF (C, O, P)	12	7	3	2	17	8	+9	24	Advance to final
2	An Giang	12	6	4	2	11	6	+5	22
3	Mancons Sài Gòn	12	4	4	4	18	16	+2	16
4	Long An B	12	3	5	4	15	14	+1	14
5	Tiền Giang	12	3	5	4	9	13	−4	14
6	Bến Tre	12	4	2	6	14	18	−4	14
7	Vĩnh Long (R)	12	3	1	8	17	26	−9	10	Relegated to 2017 Vietnamese Third League

Source: VFF
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Final round

22 July 2016

16:00

Bình Định	0–0	PVF
	Report
Penalties
	4–5

Quảng Nam Stadium, Tam Kỳ

Attendance: 250

Referee: Nguyễn Văn Chôm

PVF promoted to 2017 V.League 2.

See also

• 2016 V.League 1
• 2016 V.League 2
• 2016 Vietnamese National Football Third League