2020 V.League 2

The 2020 V.League 2 (referred to as LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 5 June 2020 and finished on 31 October 2020.

V.League 2

Season	2020
Dates	5 June – 31 October
Champions	Bình Định (2nd title)
Promoted	Bình Định
Relegated	Đồng Tháp
Matches played	96
Goals scored	221 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nguyễn Công Thành (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Bình Định 4–0 Đắk Lắk (6 June 2020) Sanna Khánh Hòa 4–0 XM Fico Tây Ninh (5 July 2020) Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 4–0 XM Fico Tây Ninh (25 September 2020)
Biggest away win	Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 0–4 Bình Định (18 October 2020)
Highest scoring	Đồng Tháp 5–4 XSKT Cần Thơ (5 June 2020)
Longest winning run	6 matches Bình Định
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Bình Định Phố Hiến
Longest winless run	9 matches Long An
Longest losing run	5 matches An Giang
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 31 October 2020.

For this season, there is only 1 promotion and 1 relegation spots due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the league will be expand to 14 clubs since the 2021 season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2018 season.

To V.League 2 Promoted from 2019 Vietnamese National Football Second League Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Relegated from 2019 V.League 1 Sanna Khánh Hòa

From V.League 2 Relegated to 2020 Vietnamese National Football Second League Phù Đổng Promoted to 2020 V.League 1 Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh

Teams

Stadia and locations

An Giang

Bình Định

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu

Bình Phước

Huế

XSKT Cần Thơ

Đắk Lắk

Đồng Tháp

Long An

Phố Hiến

Sanna Khánh Hòa

XM Fico Tây Ninh

Locations of the 2020 V.League 2 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
An Giang	An Giang province	An Giang Stadium	15,200
Bình Định	Qui Nhơn	Quy Nhơn Stadium	25,000
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu	Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province	Sân vận động Bà Rịa	8,000
Bình Phước	Đồng Xoài	Bình Phước Stadium	10,000
Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ Stadium	44,000
Đắk Lắk	Buôn Ma Thuột	Buôn Ma Thuột Stadium	25,000
Đồng Tháp	Cao Lãnh	Cao Lãnh Stadium	23,000
Huế	Huế	Sân vận động Tự Do	25,000
Long An	Long An	Long An Stadium	19,975
Phố Hiến	Văn Giang	PVF Stadium	4,600
Sanna Khánh Hòa	Khánh Hòa	Nha Trang Stadium	25,000
Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh Stadium	15,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
An Giang	Trịnh Văn Hậu	Trần Trọng Hiếu	CP SPORT - EGAN
Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu	Trần Minh Chiến	Nguyễn Hải Anh	Masu	SCG
Bình Định	Nguyễn Đức Thắng		Kamito
Bình Phước	Nguyễn Minh Phương	Nguyễn Vũ Phong
Đắk Lắk	Trương Minh Tiến	Y Thăng Êban
Đồng Tháp	Bùi Văn Đông		Grand Sport	XSKT Đồng Tháp, Happy Food, Đại Học Văn Hiến
Huế	Nguyễn Đức Dũng		Adidas (fake)
Long An	Ngô Quang Sang			Cảng Long An, Dong Tam Group
Phố Hiến	Hứa Hiền Vinh		Grand Sport	Tân Á Đại Thành, Yanmar
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	Võ Đình Tân	Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh	VNA Sport	Sanest
XM Fico Tây Ninh	Nguyễn Đình Hưng	Trương Đình Luật		Xi măng Fico
XSKT Cần Thơ	Nguyễn Hữu Đăng	Lương Văn Nhàn	KeepDri	XSKT Cần Thơ

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bình Phước	Nguyễn Minh Phương	Sacked	29 June 2020	11th	Nguyễn Minh Dung	29 June 2020

Phase 1 League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu	11	7	3	1	17	7	+10	24	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	11	6	2	3	17	8	+9	20
3	Bình Định	11	6	2	3	16	10	+6	20
4	Phố Hiến	11	5	5	1	14	9	+5	20
5	Bình Phước	11	5	2	4	10	9	+1	17
6	An Giang	11	4	3	4	15	12	+3	15
7	Bóng đá Huế	11	4	3	4	13	14	−1	15	Qualification to Relegation Group
8	Tây Ninh	11	4	2	5	9	14	−5	14
9	Đắk Lắk	11	2	4	5	8	13	−5	10
10	XSKT Cần Thơ	11	2	3	6	16	22	−6	9
11	Long An	11	2	3	6	7	15	−8	9
12	Đồng Tháp	11	2	2	7	17	26	−9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 30 September 2020. 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) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.

Phase 2 League table

Promotion group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bình Định (C, P)	16	11	2	3	28	12	+16	35	Promotion to 2021 V.League 1
2	Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu	16	9	5	2	20	12	+8	32
3	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	16	9	3	4	23	11	+12	30
4	Phố Hiến	16	7	5	4	19	11	+8	26
5	Bình Phước	16	5	3	8	12	18	−6	18
6	An Giang	16	4	5	7	16	20	−4	17

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2020. 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) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Tây Ninh	16	5	5	6	12	18	−6	20
8	XSKT Cần Thơ	16	5	4	7	19	24	−5	19
9	Bóng đá Huế	16	4	6	6	14	19	−5	18
10	Đắk Lắk	16	3	7	6	14	18	−4	16
11	Long An	16	4	4	8	12	20	−8	16
12	Đồng Tháp (R)	16	4	3	9	23	29	−6	15	Relegation to 2021 Second League

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2020. 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) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BDN	BRV	BNP	CTH	DKK	DNT	HUẾ	LON	PHH	SKH	TNI
An Giang		1–1	2–2	0–1				1–2			2–0	1–0
Bình Định	2–0			4–1		4–0	2–1	2–1	1–2		1–1	1–0
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu		1–0		2–1	1–1		3–2			0–0		4–0
Bình Phước		0–1	1–0		3–2	0–0		1–0	1–0		0–1
Cần Thơ	2–1	3–2				1–1			0–0		0–1	0–0
Đắk Lắk	1–3		0–1				1–1	0–0		0–1		1–0
Đồng Tháp	1–3			2–2	5–4	2–2		2–3		0–1		0–1
Bóng đá Huế			1–3		2–1						1–0	0–0
Long An	0–0		0–1			0–3	1–2	2–1		0–0
Phố Hiến	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–2			2–2			0–1
Sanna Khánh Hòa			0–1			2–1	3–0		4–1	1–1		4–0
Tây Ninh				1–0	2–0		3–1			1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 25 July 2020. Source: vpf.vn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 An Giang 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 Bình Định 1 1 3 6 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 Bình Phước 8 12 10 11 9 7 6 8 7 7 5 Đắk Lắk 12 10 11 12 11 10 11 11 11 9 9 Đồng Tháp 4 7 7 8 10 11 9 9 10 11 12 Huế 10 8 9 10 8 6 7 6 6 6 7 Long An 11 9 8 5 6 8 10 10 9 10 11 Phố Hiến 5 4 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 Sanna Khánh Hòa 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 Tây Ninh 9 6 6 7 7 9 8 7 8 8 8 XSKT Cần Thơ 7 11 12 9 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 Qualification to Promotion Group Qualificaiton to Relegation Group Source: [citation needed]

Promotion group Team ╲ Round 12 13 14 15 16 An Giang 6 6 6 6 6 Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu 1 1 1 2 2 Bình Định 3 3 2 1 1 Bình Phước 5 5 5 5 5 Phố Hiến 4 4 4 4 4 Sanna Khánh Hòa 2 2 3 3 3 Winner; Promoted to V.League 1 Source: [citation needed] Relegation group Team ╲ Round 12 13 14 15 16 Đắk Lắk 9 9 9 9 10 Đồng Tháp 12 12 12 11 12 Bóng đá Huế 7 8 8 8 9 Long An 11 11 11 12 11 Tây Ninh 8 7 7 7 7 XSKT Cần Thơ 10 10 10 10 8 Relegation to Second League Source: [citation needed]

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
An Giang	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D
Bình Định	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D
Bình Phước	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D
Cần Thơ	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W
Đắk Lắk	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L
Đồng Tháp	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L
Huế	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	D
Long An	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W
Phố Hiến	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L
Sanna Khánh Hòa	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D
Tây Ninh	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 12 October 2020. Source: VPF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Schedule

• Details (in Vietnamese): https://vpf.vn/tai-lieu-vleague/vleague-thong-bao/lich-thi-dau-giai-vdqg-ls-2020/

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 October 2020.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nguyễn Công Thành	Đồng Tháp	12
2	Lê Thanh Bình	Bình Định	6
	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	Bình Định
4	Lê Minh Bình	Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu	5
	Nguyễn Văn Sang	Huế
	Trần Đình Kha	Sanna Khánh Hòa
	Trần Văn Tùng	Sanna Khánh Hòa
8	Võ Văn Công	An Giang	4
	Trần Hoàng Sơn	Bình Định
	Ngô Hoàng Anh	Long An
	Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm	Phố Hiến

See also

• 2020 V.League 1
• 2020 Vietnamese National Football Second League
• 2020 Vietnamese National Football Third League