Vietnamese football league system

The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.

System by period

Season	Tier 1						Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Before Vietnam unification	North Vietnam V-League			South Vietnam V-League
1975-1979	North Vietnam V-League (Hồng Hà)		Central Vietnam V-League (Trường Sơn)		South Vietnam V-League (Cửu Long)
1980-1989	A1 League						A2 League
1990-1996	Powerhouses' League						A1 League	A2 League
1997-2000	First Division						Second Division	Third Division
2000-2001	V-League
2001-2012							First Division	Second Division	Third Division
2012	Super League						First Division
2013-	V.League 1						V.League 2

Current system

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	V.League 1 14 clubs ↓ 2 relegation spots
2	V.League 2 14 clubs ↑ 2 promotion spots ↓ 2 relegation spots
3	Vietnamese Second Division 16 clubs divided into 2 groups ↑ 2 promotion spots ↓ 1 relegation spot
	Group A 8 clubs		Group B 8 clubs
4	Vietnamese Third Division 16 clubs divided into 2 groups ↑ 5 promotion spots
	Group A 8 clubs		Group B 8 clubs

Cup eligibility

Domestic cups

All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the National Cup tournament.

Super Cup

The Super Cup is the first game of the season, played between the previous years' winners of the V.League 1 and National Cup. If the same team wins both competition, then the team finishing second in the previous years' V.League 1 take on the V.League 1 winners.

Continental competition

For the 2023–24 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Two Group stage. The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs.

See also

• V.League 1
• V.League 2
• Vietnamese National Football Second League
• Vietnamese Cup
• Vietnamese Super Cup
• List of football clubs in Vietnam

External links

• (in Vietnamese) Official V.League website