2017 V.League 2

The 2017 V.League 2 (referred to as Sứ Thiên Thanh V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 23rd season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 11 February 2017 and finished on 26 July 2017.^[1] The season started with 7 clubs after the withdrawals of 3 clubs without any replacements.

V.League 2

V.League 2
Season	2017
Dates	11 February – 26 July
Champions	Nam Định (1st title)
Matches played	42
Goals scored	106 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Võ Văn Minh (Huế) Phạm Văn Thuận (Nam Định) Nguyễn Hồng Quân (Đắk Lắk) Bùi Duy Thường (Viettel) (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Viettel 4-0 Fico Tây Ninh
Biggest away win	Nam Định 0-4 Đồng Tháp
Highest scoring	Fico Tây Ninh 4-2 Nam Định (6 goals)
Longest winning run	Viettel Nam Định (3 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Huế (7 matches)
Longest winless run	Đồng Tháp (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Đồng Tháp (4 matches)
Highest attendance	20,000 (Nam Định 1-0 Viettel)
Lowest attendance	200 (Viettel 1-1 Đắk Lắk)
Total attendance	103,900
Average attendance	2,474
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 26 July 2017.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2016 season.

To V.League 2 Promoted from Vietnamese Second League PVF Relegated from V.League 1 Đồng Tháp

From V.League 2 Relegated to Vietnamese Second League Cà Mau Relegated to Vietnamese Third League Đồng Nai (due to financial problems) Promoted to V.League 1 TP Hồ Chí Minh Folded Phú Yên PVF

Rule changes

There is only one promotion spot for the champion. Club finishing last will play a play-off match against the 4th-placed club of 2017 Second League.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Bình Phước

Đồng Tháp

Fico Tây Ninh

Nam Định

Viettel

Huế

Đắk Lắk

Locations of the 2017 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
Đồng Tháp	Cao Lãnh	Cao Lãnh Stadium	23,000
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
Viettel	Hà Nội	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Binh Phuoc FC	Lê Thanh Xuân	Đặng Trần Hoàng Nhựt
Dak Lak FC	Trần Phi Ái	Huỳnh Văn Li
Fico Tay Ninh	Mang Văn Xích	Lâm Văn Ngoan		Xi măng Fico
Hue FC	Nguyễn Đức Dũng	Trần Đình Minh Hoàng
Nam Dinh FC	Phạm Hồng Phú	Nguyễn Hữu Định	Adidas (fake)	Mikado
Viettel FC	Nguyễn Hải Biên	Bùi Tiến Dũng	Mitre	BankPlus, 4G
Đồng Tháp FC	Trần Công Minh	Trần Minh Lợi	Codad	XSKT Đồng Tháp, Văn Hiến, Happy Food, Ranee

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nam Định (C, P)	12	7	2	3	17	14	+3	23	Promotion to 2018 V.League 1
2	Huế	12	5	5	2	21	10	+11	20
3	Bình Phước	12	6	1	5	11	12	−1	19
4	Viettel	12	4	6	2	15	9	+6	18
5	Đắk Lắk	12	4	3	5	14	18	−4	15
6	Fico Tây Ninh	12	2	5	5	13	20	−7	11
7	Đồng Tháp (O)	12	1	4	7	15	23	−8	7	V.League 2 play-off

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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	BPC	DLK	DTP	FTN	HUE	NDI	VTL
Bình Phước		1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1
Đắk Lắk	2–0		3–2	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–2
Đồng Tháp	0–1	2–2		1–1	0–3	0–2	0–1
Fico Tây Ninh	2–1	2–2	1–1		0–3	4–2	1–1
Huế	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–1		1–1	1–1
Nam Định	1–0	2–0	0–4	2–1	3–1		1–0
Viettel	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–1

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

Play-off match

5 August 2017

16:00

Đồng Tháp	2–1	Bình Thuận
Bạch Đăng Khoa 48' Nguyễn Ngọc Anh 90+2'	VFF	Nguyễn Vũ Trường Giang 57'

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Referee: Đặng Quốc Dũng

Đồng Tháp won the match and remained in 2018 V.League 2.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Bình Phước	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3
Đắk Lắk	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Đồng Tháp	7	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Fico Tây Ninh	5	7	5	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Huế F.C.	4	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	2
Nam Định	3	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	1	3	1	1	1	1
Viettel	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	4	4

Source: Vietnam Professional Football
  = Winner; Promoted to V.League 1;   = Relegation play-off

Season progress

	Win
	Draw
	Lose

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Bình Phước	W	L	W	L	D	W	-	W	L	-	L	W	L	W
Đắk Lắk	L	-	L	L	W	L	W	-	W	D	D	L	D	W
Đồng Tháp	L	W	D	L	-	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	-	L
Fico Tây Ninh	-	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	-	W	D	L	D	L
Huế F.C.	D	W	-	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	-	W	W	L
Nam Định	D	L	L	W	D	-	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	-
Viettel	W	W	W	-	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	-	L	W

Source: Vietnam Professional Football

Season statistics

As of 27 July 2017

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Võ Văn Minh	Huế	5
	Phạm Văn Thuận	Nam Định
	Nguyễn Hồng Quân	Đắk Lắk
	Bùi Duy Thường	Viettel
5	Nguyễn Thiện Chí	Đồng Tháp	4
	Lê Đức Tài	Fico Tây Ninh

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Y Thăng Êban	Đắk Lắk	Nam Định	4
Hồ Trường Khang	Đồng Tháp	Huế
Nguyễn Quốc Thanh	Đắk Lắk	Đồng Tháp	7

Hattrick

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Speaking numbers

• Victory at home with the biggest score: Viettel won 4-0 against Fico Tay Ninh on Thien Truong Stadium in round 14 on July 26, 2017.
• The biggest away win: Nam Dinh lost 0-4 against Dong Thap on Thien Truong Stadium in the second round on 18 February 2017.
• Most goals scored: 6 goals in XM Fico Tay Ninh's 4-2 win over Nam Dinh on Tay Ninh in round 10 on July 1, 2017.
• The team has the longest winning sequence of three matches that is: Viettel from February 11 (round 1) to February 25, 2017 (round 3); Nam Dinh from July 5 (round 11) to July 15, 2017 (round 13).
• The team has the longest unbeaten 7 games, which is Hue from February 11 (round 1) to April 1, 2017 (round 8).
• The team has the longest winning streak of 10 games, which is Dong Thap from February 25 (Round 3) to July 26, 2017 (Round 14).
• The team has the longest losing streak of four matches, which is Dong Thap from March 4 (Round 4) to April 1, 2017 (Round 8).
• Audience attended the most 20,000 spectators in the match between Nam Dinh beat Viettel 1-0 at Thien Truong Stadium in round 13 on July 26, 2017.
• The audience attended at least 200 spectators in the match between Viettel 1-1 draw against Dak Lak on My Dinh National Stadium in round 11 on July 5, 2017.

Attendances

As of 26 July 2017

By round

2017 V.League 2 Attendance

Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	7,000	3	2,333
Round 2	9,900	3	3,300
Round 3	5,200	3	1,733
Round 4	7,500	3	2,500
Round 5	3,000	3	1,000
Round 6	7,000	3	2,333
Round 7	5,500	3	1,833
Round 8	5,500	3	1,833
Round 9	8,400	3	2,800
Round 10	7,000	3	2,333
Round 11	6,700	3	2,233
Round 12	2,700	3	900
Round 13	26,000	3	8,667
Round 14	2,500	3	833
Total	103,900	42	2,474

By club

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nam Định	43,000	20,000	3,000	7,167	n/a†
2	Huế F.C.	19,000	4,000	2,000	3,167	n/a†
3	Fico Tây Ninh	13,500	3,000	1,500	2,250	n/a†
4	Đắk Lắk	8,500	2,000	1,000	1,417	n/a†
5	Bình Phước	8,200	3,500	500	1,367	n/a†
6	Đồng Tháp	7,200	2,000	500	1,200	n/a†
7	Viettel	4,500	1,500	200	750	n/a†
	League total	103,900	20,000	200	2,474	+12.1%†

Updated to games played on 26 July 2017
Source: Vietnam Professional Football