2023–24 V.League 2

The 2023–24 V.League 2, known as the Gold Star V.League 2 (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Hạng Nhất Quốc gia Bia Sao Vàng 2023–24) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of V. League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 21 October 2023 and ended on 29 June 2024.^[1]

2023–24 V.League 2

Season	2023–24
Dates	20 October 2023 – 29 June 2024
Champions	SHB Da Nang
Promoted	SHB Da Nang
Relegated	Phu Tho
Matches played	110
Goals scored	237 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bùi Văn Bình (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Ba Ria-Vung Tau 4–0 Dong Nai (5 November 2023) Long An 6–2 Phu Tho (29 June 2024) PVF-CAND FC 4–0 Dong Nai (29 June 2024)
Biggest away win	Phu Tho 0–4 SHB Da Nang (3 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Ba Ria-Vung Tau 5–3 Long An (25 February 2024) Long An 6–2 Phu Tho (29 June 2024)
Longest winning run	SHB Da Nang (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	SHB Da Nang PVF-CAND (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Phu Tho (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Phu Tho (7 matches)
Highest attendance	6,000 Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc 0–0 PVF-CAND (10 May 2024) Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc 3–0 Dong Nai (19 May 2024)
Lowest attendance	100 Phu Tho 0–3 Long An (31 October 2023)
Total attendance	181,350
Average attendance	1,649
← 2023 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 29 June 2024.

This season will be the first since the 2001-02 season to have an inter-year schedule (autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (spring-to-autumn). There will also be a break from 25 December 2023 to 10 February 2024 for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and from 7 April 2024 to 3 May 2024 for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.^[1]

Like the previous season, teams won't be allowed to register any foreign players, but will be allotted a non-naturalized Vietnamese player slot.^[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season:

Promoted from 2023 Second Division	Relegated from 2023 V.League 1	Promoted to 2023–24 V.League 1	Relegated to 2024 Second Division	Not engaged
Dong Nai Dong Thap	SHB Da Nang	Quang Nam	None	Binh Thuan

Withdrawn clubs

On 10 October 2023, Binh Thuan announced they would not participate in the 2023–24 V.League 2 due to financial difficulties, leaving the league with one team less.^[2]

Name changes

• On 3 October 2023, Phu Dong FC changed their name to Phu Dong Ninh Binh FC.
• On 3 October 2023, Binh Phuoc FC changed their name to Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc FC.

Participating clubs by province

Ba Ria Vung Tau

Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc

Dong Nai

Dong Thap

Hoa Binh

Hue

Long An

PVF-CAND

Phu Dong Ninh Binh

Phu Tho

SHB Da Nang

Locations of the 2023 V.League 2 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Ba Ria-Vung Tau	Ba Ria–Vung Tau	Ba Ria	10,000	VL2 (9th)
Dong Nai	Dong Nai	Dong Nai	30,000	SD (playoffs)
Dong Thap	Dong Thap	Cao Lanh	23,000	SD (playoffs)
Hoa Binh	Hoa Binh	Hoa Binh	3,600	VL2 (4th)
Hue	Thua Thien Hue	Tu Do	25,000	VL2 (6th)
Long An	Long An	Long An	20,000	VL2 (3rd)
Phu Dong Ninh Binh	Ninh Binh	Ninh Binh	22,000	VL2 (7th)
Phu Tho	Phu Tho	Viet Tri	18,000	VL2 (8th)
PVF-CAND	Hung Yen	PVF	4,500	VL2 (2nd)
SHB Da Nang	Da Nang	Hoa Xuan	20,000	VL1 (14th)
Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc	Bình Phước	Binh Phuoc	11,000	VL2 (10th & playoffs winner)

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
3	Southeast	Ba Ria Vung Tau FC, Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai FC
2	Red River Delta	PVF-CAND, Phu Dong Ninh Binh
	Mekong River Delta	Dong Thap FC, Long An FC
1	Northeast	Phu Tho FC
	Northwest	Hoa Binh FC
	North Central	Hue FC
	South Central	SHB Da Nang

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ba Ria-Vung Tau	Nguyễn Minh Phương	Tô Phương Thịnh	Mira
Dong Nai	Bùi Hữu Thái Sơn	Cao Quốc Khánh	Demenino Sport	AP Education Group
Dong Thap	Bùi Văn Đông	Trần Hữu Thắng	Mon Amie Veston	Van Hien University Happy Foods
Hoa Binh	Hồ Thanh Thưởng	Trần Hữu Hoàng	Kamito	K-Elec
Hue	Nguyễn Đức Dũng	Nguyễn Tiến Tạo	CR Sports
Long An	Ngô Quang Sang	Nguyễn Tài Lộc	Demenino Sport	Long An Port
Phu Dong Ninh Binh	Nguyễn Văn Đàn	Lê Vũ Quốc Nhật	Mitre	Phu An Thinh Group
Phu Tho	Nghiêm Xuân Mạnh	Hoàng Anh Tuấn	Vevoca
PVF-CAND	Mauro Jerónimo	Huỳnh Công Đến	Mitre
SHB Da Nang	Trương Việt Hoàng	Đặng Anh Tuấn	Kamito	SHB Murata
Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Hoàng Minh Tâm	Fraser	Truong Tuoi Group

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
SHB Da Nang	Phạm Minh Đức[3]	Resigned	16 August 2023	Pre-season	Trương Việt Hoàng	29 August 2023
Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc	Lê Thanh Xuân[4]		26 August 2023		Nguyễn Anh Đức	27 September 2023
Hoa Binh	Lê Quốc Vượng[5]		29 August 2023		Phạm Thành Lương	6 September 2023
Long An	Nguyễn Anh Đức[6]		8 September 2023		Ngô Quang Sang	13 October 2023
Dong Thap	Phan Thanh Bình[7]	Appointed as youth team manager	2 October 2023		Bùi Văn Đông	2 October 2023
Dong Nai	Bùi Hữu Thái Sơn[8]	Mutual consent	20 October 2023		Nguyễn Văn Dũng	20 October 2023
	Nguyễn Văn Dũng[9]	Sacked	3 December 2023	7th	Bùi Hữu Thái Sơn	6 December 2023
Phu Tho	Hồ Hoàng Tiến[10]	Mutual consent	9 January 2024	11th	Vũ Như Thành	9 January 2024
	Vũ Như Thành[11]	Resigned	21 February 2024		Nghiêm Xuân Mạnh	21 February 2024
Hoa Binh	Phạm Thành Lương[12]		12 March 2024	10th	Hồ Thanh Thưởng	19 March 2024

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SHB Da Nang (C, P)	20	13	5	2	37	10	+27	44	Promotion to 2024–25 V.League 1
2	PVF-CAND	20	9	10	1	26	7	+19	37	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc	20	10	5	5	28	15	+13	35
4	Hue	20	8	6	6	26	22	+4	30
5	Phu Dong Ninh Binh	20	7	7	6	17	20	−3	28
6	Long An	20	7	6	7	35	34	+1	27
7	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	20	8	2	10	28	27	+1	26
8	Hoa Binh	20	5	8	7	11	19	−8	23
9	Dong Nai	20	6	5	9	12	21	−9	23
10	Dong Thap	20	5	5	10	11	19	−8	20
11	Phu Tho (R)	20	1	3	16	6	43	−37	6	Relegation to Vietnamese League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2024. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRV	BIN	DNA	DTH	HBH	HUE	LAN	PHD	PHT	PVF	SDN
Ba Ria-Vung Tau		0–2	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	5–3	4–2	3–0	1–0	1–3
Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc	2–1		3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0
Dong Nai	1–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–1
Dong Thap	2–0	1–0	0–0		2–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2
Hoa Binh	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
Hue	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0		1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–2
Long An	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1		1–1	6–2	2–2	2–5
Phu Dong Ninh Binh	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–1		2–1	0–0	1–0
Phu Tho	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0		0–1	0–4
PVF-CAND	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–0		0–0
SHB Da Nang	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2024. Source: VPF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ba Ria-Vung Tau	1	4	7	5	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc	5	2	5	6	7	4	5	6	5	6	7	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Dong Nai	4	7	6	7	6	9	8	5	7	9	8	8	9	9	8	10	9	10	9	8	8	9
Dong Thap	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	7	8	9	9	10	8	10	9	10	10
Hoa Binh	6	8	9	10	8	6	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	10	9	8
Hue	10	5	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	5	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	4
Long An	8	3	2	4	3	7	9	9	6	7	5	6	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6
Phu Dong Ninh Binh	3	6	4	3	5	5	6	7	8	5	6	7	8	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Phu Tho	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
PVF-CAND	7	9	8	8	9	8	4	3	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
SHB Da Nang	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Promotion to 2024–25 V.League 1
	Qualification for promotion play-offs
	Relegation

Source: VPF

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 29 June 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bùi Văn Bình	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	11
2	Hồ Thanh Minh	Hue	10
	Lê Thanh Phong	Long An
4	Phan Văn Long	SHB Da Nang	8
	Cù Nguyễn Khánh	Long An
6	Nguyễn Minh Quang	SHB Da Nang	7
7	Cao Hoàng Tú	Dong Nai	5
	Lương Thanh Ngọc Lâm	Ba Ria-Vung Tau
	Phạm Văn Hữu	SHB Da Nang
10	Thái Bá Đạt	PVF-CAND	4
	Nguyễn Xuân Nam
	Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn
	Nguyễn Văn Vinh	Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc
	Điểu Quy

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Nguyễn Minh Quang	SHB Da Nang	Long An	3–0 (H)	11 May 2024
Bùi Văn Bình4	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	Phu Dong Ninh Binh	4–2 (H)	29 June 2024

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Đặng Anh Tuấn[13]	SHB Da Nang
Best Young Player	Nguyễn Thành Đạt[13]	Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc

Best XI[13]
Goalkeeper	Phí Minh Long (PVF-CAND)
Defenders	Hà Châu Phi (Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc)			Nguyễn Hữu Thái Bảo (Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc)			Lương Duy Cương (SHB Da Nang)			Nguyễn Công Nhật (SHB Da Nang)
Midfielders	Phan Văn Long (SHB Da Nang)			Lưu Tự Nhân (Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc)			Đặng Anh Tuấn (SHB Da Nang)			Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn (PVF-CAND)
Forwards	Bùi Văn Bình (Ba Ria-Vung Tau)						Hồ Thanh Minh (Hue)

Controversy

In 2024, five players of Ba Ria-Vung Tau FC, including Nguyễn Sơn Hải, Trần Kỳ Anh, Nguyễn Quang Huy, Lê Bằng Gia Huy and Phạm Văn Phong were arrested for betting and suspicions of match fixing during the team's 1–3 defeat against SHB Danang that took place on 23 December 2023.^[14]