2023 V.League 1

The 2023 V.League 1, known as the Night Wolf V.League 1 (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Vô địch Quốc gia Night Wolf 2023) for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 23rd as a professional league.^[1] The season started on 3 February 2023.^[2]

Night Wolf V.League 1 – 2023

Season	2023
Dates	3 February – 27 August
Champions	Cong An Hanoi 1st VL 1 title 2nd Vietnamese title
Relegated	SHB Da Nang
ASEAN Club Championship	Cong An Hanoi Dong A Thanh Hoa
Matches played	134
Goals scored	317 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rafaelson (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Hanoi Police 5–0 Topenland Binh Dinh (3 February)
Biggest away win	4 matches
Highest scoring	Dong A Thanh Hoa 5–3 Ho Chi Minh City (17 April) Ho Chi Minh City 3–5 Cong An Hanoi (21 May)
Longest winning run	Cong An Hanoi (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Dong A Thanh Hoa (10 matches)
Longest winless run	Becamex Binh Duong (15 matches)
Longest losing run	3 matches 4 teams
Highest attendance	18,000 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 2–2 Hoang Anh Gia Lai (14 February)
Lowest attendance	2,000 5 matches
Total attendance	918,200
Average attendance	6,852
← 2022 2023–24 →

Hanoi FC unsuccessfully defended its 2022 title.^[3] losing to Cong An Hanoi, its 2nd VL 1 title.

This season was the last to have an intra-year schedule (spring-to-autumn). There was a break from 20 February to 6 April for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup and from 18 April to 19 May for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.

Changes from previous season

Team changes

Promoted clubs

Promoted from 2022 V.League 2

• Cong An Nhan Dan
• Khanh Hoa

Relegated clubs

Relegated from 2022 V.League 1

• Saigon (withdrew)

Name changes

• Promoted side Cong An Nhan Dan FC changed their name to Cong An Hanoi in November 2022.^[4][5]
• Nam Dinh FC changed their name to Thep Xanh Nam Dinh on 4 January 2023 due to sponsorship reasons.

Rule changes

The league will return to the split season format as played in the 2020 season where in the latter half the top eight teams will play each other in the championship group, while the remaining six teams will face each other in the relegation group. In addition, no teams will be qualified for the AFC Champions League or AFC Cup competitions this season (all 2023–24 AFC club competition slots were already distributed in the 2022 season). Teams will also be allotted a non-naturalized Vietnamese player slot that will not be counted towards their foreign player allotment.^[2]

Prize money

1st place – 3 billion VND ($127,931) → 5 billion VND ($213,219)
2nd place – 1.5 billion VND ($63,965) → 2.5 billion VND ($106,609)
3rd place – 750 million VND ($31,982) → 1.25 billion VND ($53,304)

Participating clubs by province

Becamex Binh Duong

Thep Xanh Nam Dinh

Hanoi

Haiphong FC

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Ho Chi Minh City FC

Hong Linh Ha Tinh

Khanh Hoa FC

Topenland
Binh Dinh

SHB Da Nang

Song Lam Nghe An

Dong A Thanh Hoa

Hanoi teams
Hanoi FC
Cong An Hanoi
Viettel

Locations of the 2023 V.League 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Topenland Binh Dinh	Quy Nhon	Quy Nhon	15,000	VL1 (3rd)
Becamex Binh Duong	Thu Dau Mot	Go Dau	13,035	VL1 (7th)
SHB Da Nang	Da Nang	Hoa Xuan	20,000	VL1 (10th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Pleiku	Pleiku	12,000	VL1 (6th)
Haiphong FC	Haiphong	Lach Tray	30,000	VL1 (2nd)
Hanoi FC	Hanoi	Hang Day	22,500	VL1 (1st)
Cong An Hanoi				VL2 (1st)
Viettel				VL1 (4th)
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Ha Tinh	Ha Tinh	20,000	VL1 (11th)
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL1 (9th)
Khanh Hoa FC	Nha Trang	19 August	18,000	VL2 (2nd)
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Nam Dinh	Thien Truong	30,000	VL1 (12th)
Song Lam Nghe An	Vinh	Vinh	18,000	VL1 (5th)
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	12,000	VL1 (8th)

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	Shirt sponsor
Becamex Binh Duong	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Nguyễn Tiến Linh	Kamito	Becamex1
Cong An Hanoi	Trần Tiến Đại	Huỳnh Tấn Sinh	Kamito	Công An Hà Nội1
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Velizar Popov	Nguyễn Minh Tùng	Jogarbola	Dong A Group1
Haiphong FC	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Nguyễn Hải Huy	Jogarbola
Hanoi FC	Božidar Bandović	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Jogarbola	T&T Group1 BaF Meat1 Vinawind2 Quang Ninh Port2
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	Mizuno	Carabao12 Bapi Food2
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Vũ Tiến Thành	Ngô Tùng Quốc	Kelme	Phú Mỹ Hưng12 Murata2
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Nguyễn Thành Công	Đinh Thanh Trung	Grand Sport	Bia Sao Vàng1
Khanh Hoa FC	Võ Đình Tân	Lê Duy Thanh Nguyễn Văn Việt	Kamito	KN Cam Ranh1
SHB Da Nang	Phạm Minh Đức	Hoàng Minh Tâm	Kamito	SHB1 Murata2
Song Lam Nghe An	Phan Như Thuật	Quế Ngọc Hải	Grand Sport	Gạo A AN1 EuroSun2
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Vũ Hồng Việt	Nguyễn Hạ Long	Kelme	Thép Xanh Xuân Thiện1
Topenland Binh Dinh	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Đặng Văn Lâm	Kamito	TopenLand1
Viettel	Thạch Bảo Khanh	Bùi Tiến Dũng	Li-Ning	Viettel TV3601

Notes:

1. ^ On the front of shirt.
2. ^ On the back of shirt.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Cong An Hanoi	Thạch Bảo Khanh[6]	Mutual consent	15 November 2022	Pre-season	Paulo Foiani[7]	2 December 2022
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Svetislav Tanasijević (caretaker)	Caretaker period over	21 November 2022		Velizar Popov[8]	2 December 2022
Hanoi FC	Chun Jae-ho (caretaker)[9]		21 November 2022		Božidar Bandović	3 January 2023
Viettel	Bae Ji-won		December 2022		Thạch Bảo Khanh[10]	15 December 2022
Becamex Binh Duong	Lư Đình Tuấn[11]	Resigned	23 February 2023	13th	Nguyen Quốc Tuấn (caretaker)	23 February 2023
Cong An Hanoi	Paulo Foiani[12]	Mutual consent	27 April 2023	5th	Flavio Cruz[13]	9 May 2023
Becamex Binh Duong	Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn	Caretaker period over	11 May 2023	14th	Lê Huỳnh Đức[14]	11 May 2023
SHB Da Nang	Phan Thanh Hùng	Promoted to technical director	3 June 2023	14th	Phạm Minh Đức	3 June 2023
Song Lam Nghe An	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng	Resigned	3 June 2023	11th	Phan Như Thuật	3 June 2023
Cong An Hanoi	Flavio Cruz[15]	Mutual consent	22 August 2023	1st	Trần Tiến Đại	22 August 2023

Foreign players

Teams are allowed to register 3 foreign players. Starting this season, teams will be allotted an extra slot for 1 unnaturalized overseas Vietnamese player that will not be counted against their foreign player allotment. Hanoi and Haiphong will be allowed to register 1 additional AFC player as they will compete in the AFC competitions.

• Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4 (AFC player, only Hanoi FC and Haiphong FC)	Player 5 (Unnaturalized Vietnamese player)	Former Players
Topenland Binh Dinh	Rafaelson	Marlon Rangel	Jermie Lynch		Viktor Le	Ganiyu Oseni
Becamex Binh Duong	Rimario Gordon	Cassius	Nicholas Olsen			João Guilherme Guy N’Diaye Moses Oloya
SHB Da Nang	Mauricio Pinto	Lucão	Brandon Wilson			Aylton Alemão Rodrigo Dias Nicholas Olsen
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Washington Brandão	Papé Diakité	Paollo
Haiphong	Bicou Bissainthe	Joseph Mpande	Yuri Mamute	Benjamin Van Meurs	Nguyen Nhu Duc Anh	Carlos Fernandez
Hanoi FC	Milan Jevtović	Caion	Marcão	Mirlan Murzayev		William Henrique Lucão
Cong An Hanoi	Gustavo Henrique	Jhon Cley	Raphael Success		Filip Nguyen	Juvhel Tsoumou Elton Monteiro Patrik Le Giang
Viettel	Mohamed Essam	Jeferson Elias	Jahongir Abdumominov			Geovane
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Janclesio	Zé Paulo	Abdoulaye Diallo		Pham Thanh Tiep
Ho Chi Minh City	Daniel Green	Brendon Lucas	Victor Mansaray		Patrik Le Giang	Alex Bruce Jonny Campbell Lê Trung Vinh Vincent Trọng Trí Guyenne
Khanh Hoa	Douglas Tardin	Jairo	Yago Ramos		Ryan Ha	Douglas Mineiro Muacir
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Hêndrio	Douglas Coutinho	André Luiz			Wilker Dominic Vinicius Samuel Nnamani
Song Lam Nghe An	Michael Olaha	Vytas Gašpuitis	Jordy Soladio
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Conrado	Gustavo	Bruno Cantanhede

Dual nationality players

• Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.
• Player's name in italics indicates Overseas Vietnamese players whom have obtained a Vietnamese passport and citizenship, therefore being considered as local players.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Topenland Binh Dinh	Mạc Hồng Quân2	Adriano Schmidt2	Đặng Văn Lâm2
Becamex Binh Duong	Trần Trung Hiếu	Đặng Thanh Hoàng
SHB Da Nang
Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Haiphong	Martin Lo
Hanoi FC
Cong An Hanoi
Viettel
Hong Linh Ha Tinh
Ho Chi Minh CIty	Hoàng Vũ Samson
Khanh Hoa
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
Song Lam Nghe An
Dong A Thanh Hoa

Notes:

^2 Capped for Vietnam national team.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cong An Hanoi	13	7	3	3	29	15	+14	24	Qualification to Championship round
2	Dong A Thanh Hoa	13	6	5	2	20	15	+5	23
3	Hanoi FC	13	6	4	3	18	12	+6	22
4	Viettel	13	5	6	2	14	11	+3	21
5	Haiphong FC	13	4	7	2	14	13	+1	19
6	Topenland Binh Dinh	13	5	4	4	17	17	0	19
7	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	13	4	7	2	12	13	−1	19
8	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	13	4	6	3	20	20	0	18
9	Song Lam Nghe An	13	3	7	3	14	15	−1	16	Qualification to Relegation round
10	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	13	2	8	3	15	16	−1	14
11	Khanh Hoa FC	13	2	7	4	11	14	−3	13
12	SHB Da Nang	13	1	7	5	8	15	−7	10
13	Ho Chi Minh City FC	13	2	2	9	19	27	−8	8
14	Becamex Binh Duong	13	0	7	6	13	21	−8	7

Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2023. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 6) Drawing of lots

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Dong A Thanh Hoa	2	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Cong An Hanoi	1	5	7	8	9	5	5	3	2	2	2	1	1
Hanoi FC	8	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	11	11	12	7	7	10	6	7	6	6	4	5	8
Viettel	9	10	6	5	8	7	10	6	8	7	5	4	4
Haiphong FC	5	3	5	6	6	9	11	11	7	9	6	6	5
Topenland Binh Dinh	14	6	4	1	4	4	3	4	4	4	7	7	6
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	3	1	2	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	8	8	7
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	10	8	8	9	5	6	8	9	9	8	9	9	10
Khanh Hoa FC	12	14	10	11	11	8	7	8	10	10	10	11	11
Song Lam Nghe An	7	9	9	10	10	11	9	10	11	11	11	10	9
Becamex Binh Duong	4	7	11	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	14
Ho Chi Minh City FC	13	13	14	12	13	12	12	14	14	12	13	12	13
SHB Da Nang	6	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	14	14	14	12

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round

Source: VPF

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	DTH	HPG	HAN	HNP	HGL	HCM	HHT	KHA	SDN	SNA	TND	TBD	VTL
Becamex Binh Duong	—	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	2–3	—	—
Dong A Thanh Hoa	—	—	0–1	—	1–4	—	5–3	4–1	—	1–0	0–0	—	—	3–2
Haiphong	2–2	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	2–3	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	0–0
Hanoi FC	—	0–0	3–0	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	—
Cong An Hanoi	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	4–2	0–0	—	2–1	4–0	5–0	1–2
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	—	2–2	—	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	—
Ho Chi Minh City	—	—	0–1	1–3	3–5	—	—	—	0–2	5–1	—	—	1–1	0–1
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	3–0	—	—	2–3	—	—	4–3	—	0–0	0–0	—	—	2–1	0–0
Khanh Hoa	1–1	1–2	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	2–2	—	—	0–0
SHB Da Nang	1–1	—	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	0–1	2–3	0–0
Song Lam Nghe An	1–1	—	1–1	—	—	3–1	2–1	2–2	—	1–1	—	—	0–0	—
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	—	0–0	1–1	—	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	—	—	—
Topenland Binh Dinh	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	—	—	3–0	—	—	1–1	—	—
Viettel	2–1	—	—	1–1	—	1–4	—	—	—	—	3–0	0–0	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 2023. Source: VPF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HNP	HAN	VTL	DTH	TND	HPG	TBD	HHT
1	Cong An Hanoi (C)	20	11	5	4	39	21	+18	38	Qualification for the 2024–25 Shopee Cup		—	2–1		1–1		0–2		1–1
2	Hanoi FC	20	11	5	4	35	22	+13	38				—	2–1		1–0	3–1	4–2
3	Viettel	20	8	8	4	23	17	+6	32			0–3		—			2–0	0–0	4–0
4	Dong A Thanh Hoa	20	8	7	5	27	22	+5	31	Qualification to the 2024–25 Shopee Cup[a]			1–3	0–1	—	0–2		2–0
5	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	20	7	8	5	19	19	0	29			1–2		0–0		—			2–0
6	Haiphong FC	20	6	8	6	20	23	−3	26						0–3	2–0	—	1–2
7	Topenland Binh Dinh	20	6	6	8	23	28	−5	24			0–1				1–2		—	1–1
8	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	20	4	11	5	24	30	−6	23				2–2		0–0		0–0		—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2023. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Dong A Thanh Hoa qualified for the ASEAN Club Championship group stage as the 2023 Vietnamese Cup winners.

Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team ╲ Round	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Cong An Hanoi	1	1	3	2	1	1	1
Hanoi FC	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Viettel	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Dong A Thanh Hoa	4	3	2	3	4	4	4
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	5	5	5	5	6	6	5
Haiphong	7	8	6	6	5	5	6
Topenland Binh Dinh	8	7	8	8	8	8	7
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	6	6	7	7	7	7	8

	Champion and qualification to the 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship

Source: VPF

Relegation round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation		SNA	HGL	KHA	BBD	HCM	SDN
9	Song Lam Nghe An	18	6	7	5	19	20	−1	25			—	1–0		0–2	2–0
10	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	18	5	8	5	19	19	0	23				—	1–0		0–1	1–0
11	Khanh Hoa	18	4	7	7	18	22	−4	19			3–1		—		3–0	1–3
12	Becamex Binh Duong	18	2	9	7	19	23	−4	15				0–1	3–0	—
13	Ho Chi Minh City	18	4	3	11	21	32	−11	15						0–0	—	1–0
14	SHB Da Nang (R)	18	2	8	8	11	19	−8	14	Relegation to V.League 2		0–1			0–0		—

Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Disciplinary points; 6) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 7) Drawing of lots
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team ╲ Round	14	15	16	17	18
Song Lam Nghe An	9	10	11	10	9
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	10	9	9	9	10
Khanh Hoa	11	11	10	11	11
Becamex Binh Duong	13	14	12	12	12
Ho Chi Minh City	14	13	14	13	13
SHB Da Nang	12	12	13	14	14

Source: VPF

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rafaelson	Topenland Binh Dinh	14
2	Jhon Cley	Cong An Hanoi	11
	Bruno Cantanhede	Dong A Thanh Hoa
4	Victor Mansaray	Ho Chi Minh City	9
	Hoàng Vũ Samson
6	Abdoulaye Diallo	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	8
	Caion	Hanoi FC
	Nguyễn Văn Quyết
9	Rimario Gordon	Becamex Binh Duong	6
	Nguyễn Đức Chiến	Viettel
	Paollo	Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Source: Soccerway

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Juvhel Tsoumou	Hanoi Police	Topenland Binh Dinh	5–0 (H)	3 February 2023
Rafaelson	Topenland Binh Dinh	Hanoi FC	3–1 (H)	17 April 2023
Jhon Cley	Cong An Hanoi	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	4–2 (H)	24 June 2023
Caion	Hanoi FC	Topenland Binh Dinh	4–2 (H)	17 July 2023
Lucão do Break	SHB Da Nang	Khanh Hoa	3–1 (A)	11 August 2023
Caion	Hanoi FC	Dong A Thanh Hoa	3–1 (A)	12 August 2023

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Matches
1	Nguyễn Thanh Diệp	Dong A Thanh Hoa	4
	Dương Quang Tuấn	Hong Linh Ha Tinh
	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
	Phạm Văn Phong	Viettel
5	Bùi Tấn Trường	Hanoi FC	3
6	Lê Văn Trường	Khanh Hoa	2
	Phạm Văn Cường	SHB Da Nang
	Đặng Văn Lâm	Topenland Binh Dinh
9	Bùi Tiến Dũng	Cong An Hanoi	1
	Patrik Le Giang
	Nguyễn Văn Toản	Haiphong
	Nguyễn Đình Triệu
	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
	Nguyễn Thanh Tùng	Hong Linh Ha Tinh
	Võ Ngọc Cường	Khanh Hoa
	Trần Văn Tiến	Song Lam Nghe An

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 6
  • 3 players

• Most red cards: 1
  • 12 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 28
  • Dong A Thanh Hoa

• Fewest yellow cards: 12
  • Song Lam Nghe An

• Most red cards: 2
  • Topenland Binh Dinh
  • Hoang Anh Gia Lai

• Fewest red cards: 0
  • 4 clubs

Attendances

By round

2023 V.League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	58,000	7	8,286
Round 2	43,000	7	6,142
Round 3	51,000	7	7,286
Round 4	48,000	7	6,857
Round 5	38,000	7	5,429
Round 6	47,500	7	6,786
Round 7	44,000	7	6,286
Round 8	46,500	7	6,643
Round 9	45,500	7	6,500
Round 10	43,700	7	6,243
Round 11	56,000	7	8,000
Total	521,200	77	6,769

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	135,000	18,000	10,000	13,500	+22.7%†
2	Cong An Hanoi	112,000	14,000	5,000	10,182	+583.4%†
3	SHB Da Nang	66,500	16,000	4,500	8,313	+72.6%†
4	Hanoi FC	74,500	14,000	4,500	7,450	−11.9%†
5	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	65,500	11,000	5,000	7,278	+4.0%†
6	Dong A Thanh Hoa	78,000	10,000	5,000	7,091	+39.5%†
7	Haiphong	60,500	13,000	5,000	6,722	−30.6%†
8	Khanh Hoa	54,500	8,000	5,000	6,055	+100.6%†
9	Becamex Binh Duong	42,000	8,000	3,500	5,250	+0.5%†
10	Viettel	51,700	14,000	2,000	5,170	+14.9%†
11	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	49,000	7,000	3,000	4,900	−5.9%†
12	Topenland Binh Dinh	46,500	7,500	2,000	4,650	−44.2%†
13	Song Lam Nghe An	44,900	6,500	2,000	4,490	−30.0%†
14	Ho Chi Minh City	37,000	5,000	3,000	4,111	+5.0%†
	League total	900,500	18,000	2,000	6,532	+2.0%†

Source: League attendance
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in V.League 2

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
February	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Topenland Binh Dinh	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Hanoi FC	Trần Phi Sơn	Hong Linh Ha Tinh
April	Velizar Popov	Dong A Thanh Hoa	Paulo Conrado	Dong A Thanh Hoa	Nguyễn Trọng Long	Cong An Hanoi
June	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Haiphong	Jhon Cley	Cong An Hanoi	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Ho Chi Minh City
August	Thạch Bảo Khanh	Viettel	Nguyễn Hoàng Đức	Viettel	Trần Phi Sơn	Hong Linh Ha Tinh

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Year	Božidar Bandović[16]	Hanoi FC
Player of the Year	Nguyễn Hoàng Đức[16]	Viettel
Best Young Player	Nguyễn Thái Sơn[16]	Dong A Thanh Hoa
Goal of the Year	Trần Phi Sơn[16]	Hong Linh Ha Tinh

Best XI[16]
Goalkeeper	Trần Nguyên Mạnh (Thep Xanh Nam Dinh)
Defenders	Vũ Văn Thanh (Cong An Hanoi)			Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh (Hanoi FC)			Nguyễn Thanh Bình (Viettel)			Đoàn Văn Hậu (Cong An Hanoi)
Midfielders	Lâm Ti Phông (Dong A Thanh Hoa)			Nguyễn Hoàng Đức (Viettel)			Nguyễn Hải Huy (Haiphong)			Bùi Văn Đức (Hong Linh Ha Tinh)
Forwards	Rafaelson (Topenland Binh Dinh)						Phạm Tuấn Hải (Hanoi FC)