2021 V.League 2

The 2021 V.League 2 (known as the LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league.^[1]

V.League 2

Logo used in 2021 and 2022 season
Season	2021
Dates	19 March 2021 – 6 May 2021 (Remaining matches cancelled)
Champions	Not awarded
Promoted	Not promoted
Relegated	Not relegated
Matches	41
Goals	71 (1.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nguyen Anh Duc Tran Van Tung (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Quang Nam 5–2 Can Tho Capital (17 April 2021)
Biggest away win	Can Tho Capital 0–3 Ba Ria Vung Tau (30 April 2021)
Highest scoring	Quang Nam 5–2 Can Tho Capital (17 April 2021)
Longest winning run	4 matches (Khanh Hoa)
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches (Khanh Hoa)
Longest winless run	7 matches (An Giang)
Longest losing run	3 matches (An Giang, Pho Hien)
Total attendance	44,600 (excluding matches played behind closed doors)
Average attendance	1,352
← 2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of 6 May 2021.

The season was suspended on 6 May 2021 due to an outbreak of a new highly contagious variant of the coronavirus in the country.^[2] It was announced in August that the season would resume on 20 November 2021.^[3] However, all V.League clubs voted on 21 August to cancel the season. There will not be promotion/relegation since the season was abandoned.^[4]

Teams

Team changes

from League Two	to V.League 1	from V.League 1	to League Two
Cong An Nhan Dan Phu Dong Phu Tho	Binh Dinh[5]	Quang Nam[6]	Dong Thap

Withdrawn

• XM Fico Tay Ninh^[7]
• Gia Dinh (Replaced by Cong An Nhan Dan)^[8]

Stadia and locations

An Giang

Ba Ria Vung Tau

Binh Phuoc

Can Tho Capital

Cong An Nhan Dan

Dak Lak

Hue

Khanh Hoa

Long An

Pho Hien

Phu Dong

Phu Tho

Quang Nam

Locations of the 2021 V.League 2 teams

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2020 Position
An Giang	Rach Gia	Kien Giang	10,000	6th
Ba Ria Vung Tau	Ba Ria	Ba Ria	8,000	2nd
Binh Phuoc	Dong Xoai	Binh Phuoc	10,000	5th
Can Tho Capital	Can Tho (Ninh Kieu)	Can Tho	30,000	8th
Cong An Nhan Dan	Pleiku	Pleiku	12,000	3rd (VL3)
Dak Lak	Buon Ma Thuot	Buon Ma Thuot	25,000	10th
Hue	Hue	Tu Do	16,000	9th
Khanh Hoa	Nha Trang	18/9	18,000	3rd
Long An	Tan An	Long An	20,000	11th
Pho Hien	Van Giang	PVF	4,500	4th
Phu Dong	Hanoi (Thanh Tri)	Thanh Tri	4,000	1st (VL3)
Phu Tho	Viet Tri	Viet Tri	18,000	1st (VL3)
Quang Nam	Tam Ky	Tam Ky	15,000	14th (VL1)

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
3	Mekong Delta	An Giang, Can Tho Capital and Long An
2	Central Highlands	Cong An Nhan Dan and Dak Lak
	Red River Delta	Pho Hien and Phu Dong
	South Central	Khanh Hoa and Quang Nam
	Southeast	Ba Ria Vung Tau and Binh Phuoc
1	North Central	Hue
	Northeast	Phu Tho

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
An Giang	Trinh Van Hau	Nguyen Van Trong	Egan
Ba Ria Vung Tau	Tran Minh Chien	Vo Hoang Quang	Masu	SCG
Binh Phuoc	Van Sy Son	Huynh Van Ly	Made by club
Can Tho	Nguyen Huu Dang	Dao Van Phong	Masu
Cong An Nhan Dan	Vu Quang Bao	Tran Thanh Son	Mitre	Ca phe Ong Bau
Dak Lak	Truong Minh Tien	Danh Luong Thuc	Demenino Sport
Hue	Nguyen Duc Dung	Nguyen Tien Tao	Adidas (fake)
Khanh Hoa	Vo Dinh Tan	Nguyen Tan Dien	Kamito
Long An	Phan Van Giau	Nguyen Anh Duc	Made by club	Cang Long An, Dong Tam Group
Pho Hien	Hua Hien Vinh	Le Ngoc Bao	Grand Sport	Văn Lang University
Phu Dong	Nguyen Trung Kien	Le Quang Dai	Li-Ning	Mitsubishi Motors
Phu Tho	Vu Nhu Thanh	Nguyen The Duong	Donex Sport	Donex Sport
Quang Nam	Duong Hong Son	Dinh Thanh Trung	Grand Sport

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Phu Tho	Duong Hong Son	Mutual consent	January 2021	Pre-season	Vu Nhu Thanh	28 January 2021
Cong An Nhan Dan	Pham Cong Loc	Promoted to Technical Director	30 March 2021	4th	Vu Quang Bao	30 March 2021
Quang Nam	Nguyen Thanh Cong	Sacked	11 April 2021	12th	Duong Hong Son	11 April 2021

First phase

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Khanh Hoa	7	4	3	0	8	2	+6	15
2	Ba Ria Vung Tau	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13
3	Long An	7	3	3	1	5	2	+3	12
4	Phu Dong	6	3	2	1	5	1	+4	11
5	Dak Lak	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
6	Cong An Nhan Dan	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
7	Hue	6	1	5	0	6	4	+2	8
8	Can Tho Capital	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
9	Quang Nam	7	1	3	3	7	8	−1	6
10	Phu Tho	6	1	3	2	3	4	−1	6
11	Binh Phuoc	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6
12	Pho Hien	6	0	3	3	2	6	−4	3
13	An Giang	7	0	1	6	2	11	−9	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2021. 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.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
An Giang	12	13	13	13	13	13
Ba Ria Vung Tau	1	2	3	3	2	2
Binh Phuoc	9	11	10	9	10	11
Can Tho Capital	6	9	11	6	9	10
Cong An Nhan Dan	3	4	5	8	6	6
Dak Lak	8	5	4	4	3	4
Hue	4	7	6	7	8	7
Khanh Hoa	2	1	1	1	1	1
Long An	5	3	2	2	4	5
Pho Hien	7	6	7	10	11	12
Phu Dong	11	10	8	5	5	3
Phu Tho	13	12	12	11	12	9
Quang Nam	10	8	9	12	7	8

	Qualification to Promotion Group
	Qualification to Relegation Group

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2021. Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Results

Home \ Away	ANG	BRV	BIN	CTC	CND	DAK	HUE	KHA	LAN	PHO	PHD	PHT	QNA
An Giang		0–1	1–1			1–2[a]			0–1	–		–
Ba Ria Vung Tau			1–3			–	1–1			–		1–0	–
Binh Phuoc				–	2–2	0–2		–				–	0–0
Can Tho Capital	–	0–3			1–1		–			1–0	1–0
Cong An Nhan Dan	1–0	–				1–1	–[b]		–		–		–
Dak Lak				–			1–1	–	0–0	–		1–2
Hue	–		–					1–1	–		0–0		3–1
Khanh Hoa	2–0	–		–	2–0					1–1	–
Long An		0–1	2–0	1–0				0–0			–		–
Pho Hien			–	–	0–2[a]		–		1–1		0–1	–
Phu Dong	3–0[a]	–	–			–						0–0	1–0
Phu Tho				–	–		0–0	0–1	–				1–1
Quang Nam	–			5–2	–	–		0–1		0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2021. Source: vpf.vn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City.
2. Cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak.

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
An Giang	L	L	L	D	L	L	L
Ba Ria Vung Tau	W	W	D	X	W	W	L
Binh Phuoc	D	L	D	D	L	X	W
Can Tho Capital	D	X	L	W	L	L	W
Cong An Nhan Dan	D	D	D	L	W	W	X
Dak Lak	D	D	W	D	W	L	X
Hue	D	D	D	D	D	W	X
Khanh Hoa	W	W	W	W	D	D	D
Long An	D	W	W	D	L	D	W
Pho Hien	D	D	X	L	L	L	D
Phu Dong	X	D	D	W	W	W	L
Phu Tho	L	L	D	D	X	W	D
Quang Nam	D	D	L	L	W	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2021. Source: VPF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; X = Did not play

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 May 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nguyen Anh Duc	Long An	5
	Tran Van Tung	Khanh Hoa
3	Phu Trung Phong	Ba Ria Vung Tau	4
4	Duong Van An	Can Tho Capital	3
	Le Minh Binh	Cong An Nhan Dan
6	Danh Luong Thuc	Dak Lak	2
	Ho Thanh Minh	Hue
	Nguyen Huu Son	Quang Nam
	Tran Le Duy	Khanh Hoa
10	40 players		1

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Le Quang Dai	Phu Dong	5
	Nguyen Tien Anh	Long An
3	Tran The Kiet	Khanh Hoa	3
4	Ngo Van Nhut	Dak Lak	2
	Nguyen Thanh Tuan	Ba Ria Vung Tau
	Nguyen Tien Tao	Hue
	Pham Van Tien	Ba Ria Vung Tau
	Quan Van Chuan	Pho Tho
	Tran Van Chien	Quang Nam
	Vo Ngoc Cuong	Khanh Hoa