2019 V.League 1

The 2019 V.League 1 (known as the Wake Up 247 V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 36th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 19th as a professional league.

Wake Up 247 V.League 1 – 2019

Season	2019
Dates	21 February – 23 October
Champions	Hanoi FC 5th VL1 title 5th Vietnamese title
Relegated	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN
AFC Cup	Ho Chi Minh City FC Than Quang Ninh
Matches played	182
Goals scored	534 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bruno Cantanhede Pape Omar Faye (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Hanoi FC 5–0 Than Quang Ninh (23 February) Hanoi FC 5–0 Thanh Hoa FC (11 August) Hanoi FC 6–1 Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh (11 September)
Biggest away win	Becamex Binh Duong 1–5 Song Lam Nghe An (15 September)
Highest scoring	Viettel 5–3 SHB Danang (23 October)
Longest winning run	6 matches Hanoi FC
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Hanoi FC
Longest winless run	11 matches Thanh Hoa FC
Longest losing run	8 matches Thanh Hoa FC
Highest attendance	25,000 Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh 2–2 Hoang Anh Gia Lai (4 August)
Lowest attendance	0 Hanoi FC 5–2 Viettel (15 September) Hanoi FC 2–2 Quang Nam FC (19 October)
Total attendance	1,306,700
Average attendance	7,180
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of complete.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.

To V.League 1 Promoted from V.League 2 Viettel[1]

From V.League 1 Relegated to V.League 2 XSKT Cantho[2]

Rule changes

There will be 1.5 relegation places in the 2019 V.League 1 season - the team finishing 14th will be relegated automatically, while the team finishing 13th will play against the team that finishes second in the 2019 V.League 2.^[3]

The league will operate the "3+1" foreigner rule, where each team is allowed 3 non-Vietnamese players and 1 naturalized Vietnamese.

Teams

Becamex Binh Duong

Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh

Hanoi

Viettel

Haiphong

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Quang Nam

Sanna Khanh Hoa

SHB Danang

Song Lam Nghe An

Than Quang Ninh

Thanh Hoa

Saigon

Ho Chi Minh City

Locations of the 2019 V.League 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Becamex Binh Duong	Binh Duong	Go Dau	13,035	VL1 (7th)
SHB Danang	Danang	Hoa Xuan	20,000	VL1 (9th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Pleiku	12,000	VL1 (10th)
Haiphong FC	Haiphong	Lach Tray	25,000	VL1 (6th)
Hanoi FC	Hanoi	Hang Day	22,500	VL1 (1st)
Viettel				VL2 (1st)
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL1 (12th)
Saigon FC				VL1 (8th)
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Khanh Hoa	19 August	25,000	VL1 (3rd)
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Nam Dinh	Thien Truong	30,000	VL1 (13th)
Song Lam Nghe An	Nghe An	Vinh	18,000	VL1 (4th)
Quang Nam	Quang Nam	Tam Ky	15,000	VL1 (11th)
Than Quang Ninh	Quang Ninh	Cam Pha	20,000	VL1 (5th)
Thanh Hoa FC	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	12,000	VL1 (2nd)

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Becamex Binh Duong	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Kamito
SHB Da Nang	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Hoàng Minh Tâm	Kamito
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Lee Tae-hoon	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	Mizuno
Haiphong FC	Trương Việt Hoàng	Andre Fagan	Jogarbola
Hanoi FC	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Kappa
Viettel	Nguyễn Hải Biên	Bùi Tiển Dũng	VNA Sports
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Jung Hae-seong	Huỳnh Kesley Alves	Zaicro
Saigon FC	Nguyễn Thành Công	Nguyễn Ngọc Duy	Fraser Sport
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Võ Đình Tân	Chaher Zarour	Made by club
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Nguyễn Văn Dũng	Nguyễn Hữu Đỉnh	VNA Sport
Song Lam Nghe An	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Mitre
Quang Nam FC	Vũ Hồng Việt	Đinh Thanh Trung	Jogarbola
Than Quang Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Joma
Thanh Hoa FC	Mai Xuân Hợp	Hoàng Đình Tùng	Jogarbola

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Toshiya Miura	Sacked	10 October 2018	Pre-season	Jung Hae-seong	18 December 2018
SHB Danang	Nguyen Minh Phuog		31 October 2018		Le Huynh Duc	13 November 2018
Viettel	Nguyen Hai Bien	Mutual consent	30 January 2019		Lee Heung-sil	30 January 2019
Becamex Binh Duong	Tran Minh Chien	Resigned	29 March 2019	6th	Nguyen Thanh Son	30 March 2019
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Duong Minh Ninh	Sacked	21 April 2019	11th	Lee Tae-hoon	21 April 2019
Quang Nam FC	Hoang Van Phuc	Resigned	22 May 2019	13th	Vu Hong Viet	23 May 2019
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Nguyen Van Sy	Mutual consent	23 May 2019	12th	Nguyen Van Dung	24 May 2019
Viettel	Lee Heung-sil	Mutual consent	12 June 2019	11th	Nguyen Hai Bien	12 June 2019
Thanh Hoa	Nguyen Duc Thang	Mutual consent	2 July 2019	5th	Vu Quang Bao	2 July 2019
Thanh Hoa	Vu Quang Bao	Resigned	13 August 2019	10th	Mai Xuan Hop (assistant)	13 August 2019

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4 (AFC Player)	Player 5 (Naturalized Vietnamese player)	Former player
Becamex Bình Dương	Pedro Augusto	Wander Luiz	Ali Rabo	Veniamin Shumeyko	→ Eyerakpo Maxwell	Victor Mansaray
SHB Danang	Victor Nirennold	Bernardo Frizoni	Aimé Djicka Gassissou		→ Gastón Merlo	Patrick Boni Dominik Schmitt
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Felipe Martins	Wieger Sietsma	Kim Bong-jin			Chevaughn WalshINJ
Haiphong FC	Andre Fagan	Jermie Lynch	Joseph Mpande		→ Dio Preye
Hanoi FC	Pape Omar Faye	Moses Oloya	Papa Ibou Kébé	Sajjad Moshkelpour		Ganiyu OseniINJ Brandon McDonald
Viettel	Bruno Cantanhede	Janclesio	Jean Carlos			João Paulo Gustavo Kayo Dias
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Louis Ewonde	Ismahil Akinade	Victor Mansaray		→ Kesley Alves	Joel Vinicius Matias JadueINJ
Saigon FC	Geovane	Gustavo	Pedro Paulo		→ Geoffrey Kizito	Dominique Da Sylva Thiago Moura
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Patiyo Tambwe	Youssouf Touré	Chaher Zarour		→ Suleiman Oladoja Abdullahi	Warley Oliveira
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Diogo Pereira	Gustavo	Emmanuel Tony Agbaji		→ Issifu Ansah	Patiyo Tambwe Sunday Emmanuel
Song Lam Nghe An	Michael Olaha	Damir Memović	Joel Vinicius			Marcio
Quang Nam FC	Rodrigo da Silva Dias	Gabriel Davis	Lucas Rocha		→ Samson Kayode	Thiago Papel Claudecir
Than Quang Ninh	Neven Laštro	Kouassi Yao Hermann	Rod Dyachenko
Thanh Hoa FC	Gramoz Kurtaj	Rimario Gordon	Errol Stevens			Monday Samuel

• ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first leg or be replaced because of injuries.
• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hanoi FC (C)	26	15	8	3	60	30	+30	53	Qualification for ASEAN Club Championship group stage[a][b]
2	Ho Chi Minh City FC (Q)	26	14	6	6	41	29	+12	48	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and qualification for ASEAN Club Championship group stage[a][c]
3	Than Quang Ninh (Q)	26	10	9	7	41	33	+8	39	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Becamex Binh Duong	26	10	6	10	32	32	0	36
5	Saigon FC	26	10	6	10	37	40	−3	36
6	Viettel	26	11	3	12	33	40	−7	36
7	Song Lam Nghe An	26	8	11	7	32	26	+6	35
8	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	26	10	5	11	45	46	−1	35
9	Quang Nam FC	26	8	10	8	43	38	+5	34
10	SHB Danang	26	9	6	11	38	38	0	33
11	Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	26	8	7	11	32	41	−9	31
12	Haiphong FC	26	8	6	12	33	44	−11	30
13	Thanh Hoa FC (O)	26	6	8	12	36	52	−16	26	Qualification for Relegation play-off
14	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN (R)	26	6	7	13	31	45	−14	25	Relegation to V.League 2

Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 10) Drawing of lots (Criteria 2 to 5 only applies after the conclusion of round 13)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 2020 ASEAN Club Championship was cancelled due to the pandemic is ongoing and unable to compete in the annual schedule.
2. Ha Noi, the league champions and Vietnamese Cup winners, failed to obtain an AFC license (due to their U15 team did not participates in Vietnam National U15 Youth League), and therefore are not eligible for continental qualification.^[4] As a result, all AFC Champions League and AFC Cup berths are distributed to the remaining teams by league position.
3. If TP Ho Chi Minh cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

Positions by round

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Becamex Binh Duong	7	3	6	4	6	7	8	10	9	8	11	9	6	8	10	10	10	8	9	8	5	3	5	6	4	4
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	4	6	10	12	12	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	8	6	8	5	5	5	8	10	10	12	11	11
Hanoi FC	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Haiphong FC	9	8	4	3	3	5	5	6	5	5	7	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	13	13	11	7	9	10	12	12
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	2	5	9	9	8	12	9	7	7	6	8	8	10	12	13	13	12	10	10	11	13	12	12	11	10	8
Ho Chi Minh City FC	6	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Quang Nam FC	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	12	9	6	4	7	7	6	9
Saigon FC	10	9	5	5	5	6	6	4	6	3	4	4	7	7	9	7	11	12	11	12	10	8	6	8	8	5
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	13	14	14	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
SHB Danang	3	7	7	8	9	10	11	9	8	9	6	6	8	9	6	8	6	4	4	4	7	9	8	5	7	10
Song Lam Nghe An	5	4	3	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	9	6	6	4	6	4	4	5	7
Than Quang Ninh	14	13	8	6	7	4	4	5	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3
Thanh Hoa FC	8	11	13	14	14	14	14	11	10	10	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	10	12	13	13	13	13	13
Viettel	11	10	11	12	10	8	7	8	11	11	10	11	9	6	7	9	7	7	8	7	9	11	11	9	9	6

	Winner; Champions League
	Relegation play-off
	Relegate to V.League 2

Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	HAN	HPG	HAG	HCM	NDI	QNA	SGN	SKH	SLN	DNG	TQN	THH	VTL
Becamex Binh Duong		2–2	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–5	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0
Hanoi FC	2–1		3–1	1–1	1–0	6–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–2	5–0	5–0	5–2
Haiphong FC	3–2	1–2		1–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	1–1	0–0	5–1		1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	4–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–3
Ho Chi Minh City FC	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2		2–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–0
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		2–3	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0
Quang Nam FC	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1		3–1	4–2	2–2	1–4	0–1	3–0	0–2
Saigon FC	0–1	1–4	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–1	1–1		2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	1–0	0–0	3–4	1–4	1–2	3–0	3–2	0–0		1–4	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1
Song Lam Nghe An	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1
SHB Danang	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	0–2		1–0	1–0	3–1
Than Quang Ninh	0–1	4–2	4–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1		3–0	1–0
Thanh Hoa FC	1–1	4–1	0–3	2–3	3–3	3–2	3–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–3		1–3
Viettel	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	5–3	3–3	2–1

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

Play-off match

The team finishing 13th faced the runner-up of 2019 V.League 2.

Thanh Hoa won the match and would remain in the 2020 V.League 1.

Thanh Hoa FC	1–0	Pho Hien FC
Le Van Thang 54'

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)

16:00

Vinh Stadium, Nghe An

Referee: Razlan Joffri Bin Ali (Malaysia)

Attendances

By club

2019 V.League 1 Attendance

Club	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
DNH. Nam Dinh	195,000	13	15,000
Hanoi FC	105,000	13*	8,077
HA. Gia Lai	109,000	13	8,385
SHB Danang	101,000	13	7,769
Thanh Hoa FC	95,500	13	7,346
Viettel	94,000	13	7,231
SL. Nghe An	91,000	13	7,000
Ho Chi Minh City FC	88,000	13	6,769
S. Khanh Hoa BVN	82,500	13	6,346
Quang Nam FC	81,000	13	6,231
Haiphong FC	81,000	13	6,231
B. Binh Duong	67,700	13	5,208
T. Quang Ninh	67,500	13	5,192
Saigon FC	48,500	13	3,731
Total	1,306,700	182	7,180

By round

2019 V.League 1 Attendance

Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	67,000	7	9,571
Round 2	53,000	7	7,571
Round 3	51,000	7	7,286
Round 4	55,000	7	7,857
Round 5	45,000	7	6,428
Round 6	53,000	7	7,571
Round 7	52,500	7	7,500
Round 8	55,500	7	7,929
Round 9	54,000	7	7,714
Round 10	42,000	7	6,000
Round 11	70,200	7	10,028
Round 12	45,000	7	6,428
Round 13	59,000	7	8,429
Round 14	40,500	7	5,786
Round 15	54,000	7	7,714
Round 16	58,000	7	8,286
Round 17	46,000	7	6,571
Round 18	62,500	7	8,929
Round 19	51,000	7	7,286
Round 20	46,000	7	6,571
Round 21	58,000	7	8,286
Round 22	43,000	7	6,143
Round 23	46,000	7*	6,571
Round 24	36,000	7	5,143
Round 25	42,500	7*	6,071
Round 26	21,000	7	3,000
Total	1.306.700	182	7.180

* Hanoi FC have to play 2 matches in the 23rd and 25th rounds at home without spectators because of a disciplinary decision.^[5]

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 23 October 2019.[6] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Bruno Cantanhede Viettel 15 Pape Omar Faye Hanoi FC 3 Hoang Vu Samson Hanoi FC / Quang Nam FC 13 4 Pedro Paulo Saigon FC 12 Tran Minh Vuong Hoang Anh Gia Lai 6 Đỗ Merlo SHB Danang 11 Diogo Pereira Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh Joel Vinicius Ho Chi Minh City FC / Song Lam Nghe An 9 Rod Dyachenko Than Quang Ninh 10 Jermie Lynch Haiphong FC 11 Dinh Thanh Trung Quang Nam FC 9 Mc Hong Quan Than Quang Ninh Nguyen Van Quyet Hanoi FC Nguyen Van Toan Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Top assists As of 26 February 2019 Rank Player Club Assists 1 Nguyen Van Toan Hoang Anh Gia Lai 11 2 Nguyen Van Quyet Hanoi FC 7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jeremie Lynch	Haiphong FC	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	3–4 (A)	5 March 2019 (2019-03-05)
Rod Dyachenko	Than Quang Ninh	Haiphong FC	4–2 (H)	16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)
Joel Vinicius	Song Lam Nghe An	Becamex Binh Duong	1–5 (A)	15 September 2019 (2019-09-15)
Tran Minh Vuong	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Haiphong FC	5–1 (H)	20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
Le Quoc Phuong	Saigon FC	Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	4–1 (H)	23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)
Bruno Cantanhede4	Viettel	SHB Danang	5–3 (H)	23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)

• Note:

⁴: scored 4 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Club of the Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		References
	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
April	Hanoi	Chi Dinh Nghiem	Hanoi FC	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC	Nguyen Van Toan	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
May	Ho Chi Minh City	Jung Hae-seong	Ho Chi Minh City FC	Nguyen Van Toan	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Nguyen Trong Hung	Thanh Hoa FC
June	Thanh Hoa	Nguyen Duc Thang	Thanh Hoa FC	Nguyen Hai Huy	Than Quang Ninh	Vu The Vuong	Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh
July	Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Nguyen Van Dung	Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Nguyen Van Quyet	Hanoi FC	Luong Xuan Truong	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
August	Hanoi	Chu Dinh Nghiem	Hanoi FC	Nguyen Van Quyet	Hanoi FC	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Season	Jung Hae-seong	Ho Chi Minh City FC
Player of the Season	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC
Top Goalscorer	Bruno Cantanhede	Viettel
	Pape Omar Faye	Hanoi FC
Top Assist	Nguyen Van Toan	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Young Player of the Year	Doan Van Hau	Hanoi FC
Goal of the Season	Nghiem Xuan Tu	Than Quang Ninh
Referee of the Year	Hoang Ngoc Ha
Assistant Referee of the Year	Pham Manh Long

Team of the Year

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Tran Nguyen Manh (Song Lam Nghe An)
Defence	Ho Tan Tai (Becamex Binh Duong)			Nguyen Huu Tuan (Ho Chi Minh City FC)			Bui Tien Dung (Viettel)			Doan Van Hau (Hanoi FC)
Midfield	Nguyen Van Quyet (Hanoi FC)			Mac Hong Quan (Than Quang Ninh)			Tran Minh Vuong (Hoang Anh Gia Lai)			Nguyen Quang Hai (Hanoi FC)
Attack	Nguyen Van Toan (Hoang Anh Gia Lai)						Pape Omar Faye (Hanoi FC)

See also

• 2019 V.League 2
• 2019 Vietnamese National Football Second League
• 2019 Vietnamese National Football Third League