2008 V-League

The 2008 V-League was the 25th season of Vietnam's national football league and the 8th as a professional league. The league was held from January 6, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Petro Vietnam was the league sponsor for the second season (Since 2007).

V-League

Season	2008
Dates	6 January – 24 August
Champions	Bình Dương F.C.
Relegated	Hòa Phát Hà Nội ACB Boss Bình Định F.C.
2009 AFC Champions League	Bình Dương F.C.
Top goalscorer	Almeida (Da Nang F.C.)
← 2007 2009 →

Bình Dương F.C. won their second titles in this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Becamex Bình Dương (C)	26	14	5	7	31	18	+13	47	Qualification for 2009 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2	Đồng Tâm Long An	26	13	6	7	51	36	+15	45
3	Xi Măng Hải Phòng	26	12	8	6	46	25	+21	44
4	SHB Đà Nẵng	26	12	6	8	43	33	+10	42
5	Cảng Sài Gòn	26	11	6	9	34	34	0	39
6	Khatoco Khánh Hòa	26	10	9	7	34	29	+5	39
7	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	26	11	6	9	35	33	+2	39
8	Thể Công	26	10	8	8	28	28	0	38
9	Sông Lam Nghệ An	26	10	7	9	45	35	+10	36[a]
10	Thanh Hóa	26	8	9	9	35	32	+3	33
11	Đạm Phú Mỹ Nam Định	26	9	4	13	24	32	−8	31
12	Bình Định (R)	26	6	10	10	31	48	−17	28	Promotion/relegation playoffs
13	Hà Nội ACB (R)	26	4	7	15	26	48	−22	19	Qualification for AFC Cup 2009 Group stage[b]
14	Hòa Phát Hà Nội (R)	26	2	9	15	26	48	−22	15	Relegation to Vietnam First Division

Updated to match(es) played on August 24, 2008. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Sông Lam Nghệ An were deducted 1 point due to the chaos in Vinh Stadium at matchday 18 vs Hải Phòng.
2. As the Vietnamese Cup 2008 winner

Top scorer

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Almeida	Đà Nẵng F.C.	23
2	Antonio Carlos	Đồng Tâm Long An F.C.	21
3	Flemingdo De Jesus	Xi Măng Hải Phòng FC	17
4	Jesuel M. Trindade	Thép Miền Nam - Cảng Sài Gòn	16
5	Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh	Xi Măng Hải Phòng FC	12
5	Tran Duc Duong	Nam Định F.C.	12

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Club of the Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month
		Coach	Club	Player	Club
January	Xi Măng Hải Phòng	Vương Tiến Dũng	Xi Măng Hải Phòng	Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh	Xi Măng Hải Phòng
February	TCDK Sông Lam Nghệ An	Nguyễn Văn Thịnh	TCDK Sông Lam Nghệ An	Jesuel M. Trindade	Cảng Sài Gòn
March	TCDK Sông Lam Nghệ An	Nguyễn Văn Thịnh	TCDK Sông Lam Nghệ An	Almeida	SHB Đà Nẵng
April	Becamex Bình Dương	Lê Thụy Hải	Becamex Bình Dương	Jesuel M. Trindade	Cảng Sài Gòn
May	Đồng Tâm Long An	Gyorrgy Galhidi	Thể Công	Gustavo D. Dourado	Đồng Tâm Long An
July	SHB Đà Nẵng	Lê Huỳnh Đức	SHB Đà Nẵng	Almeida	SHB Đà Nẵng
August	Becamex Bình Dương	Lê Thụy Hải	Becamex Bình Dương	Elelnildo De Jesus	Xi Măng Hải Phòng

Dream Team

• Manager Vương Tiến Dũng (Xi Măng Hải Phòng)

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Sihavy Michal (Thể Công)	Đào Văn Phong (Khatoco Khánh Hòa) Vũ Như Thành (Becamex Bình Dương) Luiz Fabiano (Xi Măng Hải Phòng) Huỳnh Quang Thanh (Becamex Bình Dương)	Phạm Thành Lương (Hà Nội ACB) Leandro (Xi Măng Hải Phòng) Rafael Marquez (Thể Công) Phan Thanh Phúc (SHB Đà Nẵng)	Antonio Carlos (Đồng Tâm Long An) Almeida (SHB Đà Nẵng)

Play-off

28 August 2008

15:30

Đồng Tháp F.C.	1–0	Boss Bình Định F.C.
Quý Sửu 63'	Report

Thống Nhất Stadium

Attendance: 5000

Referee: Dương Văn Hiền

External links

• Vietnam Football Federation