2017 V.League 1

V.League 1
Season	2017
Dates	7 January – 25 November
Champions	Quảng Nam (1st title)
Relegated	Long An
Matches played	182
Goals scored	529 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nguyễn Anh Đức (Becamex Bình Dương) (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Sài Gòn 4–0 Long An ; Hà Nội 4-0 Long An ; Hà Nội 4-0 XSKT Cần Thơ ; Hà Nội 4-0 TP Hồ Chí Minh ; Becamex Bình Dương 4-0 Long An
Biggest away win	XSKT Cần Thơ 1–5 Becamex Bình Dương ; Long An 1–5 Hà Nội
Highest scoring	FLC Thanh Hóa 5–3 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai ; Than Quảng Ninh 4-4 Hà Nội (8 goals)
Longest winning run	FLC Thanh Hóa ; Hoàng Anh Gia Lai ; Than Quảng Ninh ; Hồ Chí Minh City ; Sanna Khánh Hòa ; Quảng Nam (3 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Hà Nội (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Long An (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Long An (10 matches)
Highest attendance	19,000 (SHB Đà Nẵng 1–0 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai)
Lowest attendance	0 (Hải Phòng 2–0 Quảng Nam)
Total attendance	1,017,700
Average attendance	5,592
	← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 25 November 2017.

The 2017 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 61st season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. The season began on 7 January 2017 and ended on 25 November 2017.^[1] The season was twice interrupted due to the Vietnam Football Federation's decision to stop the league for 4 weeks due to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and then again for 7 weeks for the 29th SEA Games.

Changes from the previous season[]

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.

To V.League 1[]

Promoted from V.League 2

Hồ Chí Minh City

From V.League 1[]

Relegated to V.League 2

Đồng Tháp

Rule changes[]

There is no longer a play-off match this season, so there is only one direct relegation spot.

Names changes[]

In January 2017, Hà Nội T&T were renamed Hà Nội and QNK Quảng Nam were renamed Quảng Nam.

Stadium changes[]

SHB Đà Nẵng are going to use Hòa Xuân Stadium instead of Chi Lăng Stadium.

Teams[]

Locations of the 2017 V.League 1 teams

Stadia[]

Team	Based	Home stadium	Capacity
Becamex Bình Dương	Thủ Dầu Một	Gò Đậu Stadium	18,250
FLC Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa Stadium	14,000
Hà Nội F.C.	Hà Nội	Hàng Đẫy Stadium Mỹ Đình National Stadium	22,500 40,192
Hải Phòng	Hải Phòng	Lạch Tray Stadium	28,000
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Pleiku	Pleiku Stadium	12,000
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	22,000
Long An	Tân An	Long An Stadium	19,975
Quảng Nam	Tam Kỳ	Tam Kỳ Stadium	15 624
Sài Gòn	Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	22,000
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	Nha Trang	19/8 Nha Trang Stadium	25,000
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Vinh	Vinh Stadium	12,000
SHB Đà Nẵng	Đà Nẵng	Hòa Xuân Stadium	20,000
Than Quảng Ninh	Cẩm Phả	Cẩm Phả Stadium	15,000
XSKT Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ Stadium	60,000

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	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Becamex Bình Dương		Nguyễn Anh Đức	Kappa	Becamex IDC
FLC Thanh Hóa	Ljupko Petrović	Pape Omar Faye	Mitre	FLC Group
Hà Nội	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Gonzalo Marronkle	Kappa	Siam Cement Group (SCG)
Hải Phòng		Lê Văn Phú	Mitre
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai		Nguyễn Công Phượng		VPMilk
Long An	Nguyễn Minh Phương	Nguyễn Tài Lộc	Kappa	Cảng Long An
Quảng Nam	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Đinh Thanh Trung		QNK
Sài Gòn		Nguyễn Ngọc Duy		LienVietPostBank
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN		Trần Văn Vũ		Sanest
SHB Đà Nẵng	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Nguyễn Vũ Phong		SHB
Sông Lam Nghệ An		Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Mitre	Bac A Bank
Than Quảng Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Vũ Minh Tuấn	Joma	Vinacomin
TP Hồ Chí Minh		Trương Đình Luật	Mizuno
XSKT Cần Thơ		Trần Chí Công		Xổ số kiến thiết Cần Thơ

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Becamex Bình Dương		Sacked	28 October 2016	Pre-season		28 October 2016
FLC Thanh Hóa	Hoàng Thanh Tùng		4 December 2016		Ljupko Petrović	4 December 2016
Sông Lam Nghệ An			28 December 2016			28 December 2016
Long An			21 February 2017	14th	Nguyễn Minh Phương	24 February 2017
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai		Resigned	14 October 2017^[2]	12th		14 October 2017
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Alain Fiard	Sacked	8 November 2017^[3]	11th		8 November 2017

Foreign players[]

V.League teams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised player. Hà Nội and Than Quảng Ninh are allowed to have four foreign players (at least one AFC player) to play AFC Cup.^[4]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	Naturalised Vietnamese Player	Former Players ¹
Becamex Bình Dương	Dugary Ndabashinze	Diogo Pereira			→ Đinh Hoàng Max	Sunday Emmanuel
FLC Thanh Hóa	Pape Omar Faye	Uche Iheruome			→ Nguyễn van Bakel
Hà Nội	Moses Oloya	Oseni Ganiyu	Loris Arnaud	Álvaro Silva	→ Hoàng Vũ Samson	Gonzalo Marronkle
Hải Phòng	Diego Fagan	Errol Stevens			→ Lê Văn Phú
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Víctor Ormazábal	Dominique Da Sylva			→ Nguyễn Quốc Thiện Esele	Rod Dyachenko
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Mobi Fehr					Masaaki Ideguchi
Long An	Wander Luiz	Eydison				Ashkanov Apollon Oseni Ganiyu Sim Woon-sub
Quảng Nam	Claudecir	Thiago Papel			→ Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương
Sài Gòn	Marcelo Fernandes	Patrick Cruz
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	Chaher Zarour	Youssouf Touré				Diao Sadio
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Michael Olaha	Danko Kovačević				Henry Shackiel
SHB Đà Nẵng	Ezequiel Brítez	Gramoz Kurtaj			→ Đỗ Merlo	Eydison
Than Quảng Ninh	Patiyo Tambwe	Marcus Vinícius	Rod Dyachenko		→ Trần Trung Hiếu	Ramon Jardel
XSKT Cần Thơ	Nsi Amougou	Sunday Emmanuel			→ Hoàng Vissai	Kisekka Henry

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first leg or be replaced because of injuries.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Quảng Nam (C)	26	13	9	4	46	32	+14	48^[a]
2	FLC Thanh Hóa (Q)	26	13	9	4	44	29	+15	48^[a]	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 or AFC Cup Group stage
3	Hà Nội	26	12	10	4	54	31	+23	46
4	Than Quảng Ninh	26	12	7	7	42	34	+8	43^[b]
5	Sài Gòn	26	11	10	5	40	29	+11	43^[b]
6	Sanna Khánh Hòa (Q)	26	11	8	7	38	36	+2	41	Qualification to Mekong Club Championship
7	Hải Phòng	26	11	5	10	35	33	+2	38
8	Sông Lam Nghệ An^[c] (Q)	26	8	10	8	36	36	0	34	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage
9	SHB Đà Nẵng	26	8	9	9	36	35	+1	33
10	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	26	9	3	14	34	43	−9	30^[d]
11	Becamex Bình Dương	26	6	12	8	34	30	+4	30^[d]
12	TP Hồ Chí Minh	26	6	7	13	29	46	−17	25
13	XSKT Cần Thơ	26	5	7	14	32	50	−18	22
14	Long An (R)	26	2	4	20	30	66	−36	10	Relegation to V.League 2

Source: vnleague.com
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; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Quảng Nam ahead of FLC Thanh Hóa by head-to-head record: TH 2-3 QN; QN 1-1 TH; Quảng Nam failed to obtain an AFC license, and therefore are not eligible for continental qualification.
^ ^a ^b Than Quảng Ninh ahead of Sài Gòn by head-to-head record: TQN 3-0 SG; SG 0-0 TQN
^ Sông Lam Nghệ An qualified to 2018 AFC Cup by winning 2017 Vietnamese Cup.
^ ^a ^b Hoàng Anh Gia Lai ahead of Becamex Bình Dương by head-to-head record: HAGL 2-1 BD; BD 0-1 HAGL

Results[]

Home \ Away	BBD	FTH	HNO	HPG	HAGL	HCM	LFC	QNA	SGN	SKH	SLNA	DNG	TQN	CTH
Becamex Bình Dương		2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–1
FLC Thanh Hóa	1–1		3–3	1–1	5–3	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0
Hà Nội	0–0	2–1		2–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0
Hải Phòng	0–2	0–0	1–1		1–2	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–2		0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–2	3–0
TP Hồ Chí Minh	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–0		5–2	1–1	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–1	2–4	1–0
Long An	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–2	0–3	2–3		2–3	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3
Quảng Nam	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1		1–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–1
Sài Gòn	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–1		0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	2–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0		1–1	3–2	0–3	2–2
Sông Lam Nghệ An	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–1
SHB Đà Nẵng	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–1		2–0	3–0
Than Quảng Ninh	2–0	4–3	4–4	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		0–0
XSKT Cần Thơ	1–5	1–4	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	4–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1

Source: Vietnam Professional Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[]

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Becamex Bình Dương	11	11	6	7	7	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11
FLC Thanh Hóa	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	2
Hà Nội	2	6	2	2	3	3	3	2	6	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	1	3	2	1	3
Hải Phòng	12	7	3	6	4	4	7	4	4	4	5	2	4	6	4	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	7
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	13	14	14	14	12	9	5	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10
TP Hồ Chí Minh	8	12	10	11	13	8	6	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12
Long An	3	3	7	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Quảng Nam	7	4	5	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	6	6	3	5	6	5	3	2	3	1	2	1	1	2	1
Sài Gòn	4	2	4	5	6	7	11	11	9	9	8	7	7	4	3	4	3	4	3	5	6	7	6	7	6	5
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	5	9	9	9	10	11	9	8	3	7	4	4	3	5	7	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	6
Sông Lam Nghệ An	14	13	12	8	9	12	10	10	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
SHB Đà Nẵng	6	8	8	4	5	5	8	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Than Quảng Ninh	9	5	11	12	8	6	4	7	8	5	6	5	5	7	6	3	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	4	4
XSKT Cần Thơ	10	10	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Winner; Champions League
	Relegate to V.League 2

Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Season progress[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Becamex Bình Dương	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W
FLC Thanh Hóa	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W
Hà Nội	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D
Hải Phòng	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L
TP Hồ Chí Minh	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L
Long An	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Quảng Nam	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W
Sài Gòn	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Sông Lam Nghệ An	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L
SHB Đà Nẵng	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W
Than Quảng Ninh	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D
XSKT Cần Thơ	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W

Source: Vietnam Professional Football
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics[]

As of 25 November 2017

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Bình Dương	17
2	Nsi Amougou	XSKT Cần Thơ	16
2	Rod Dyachenko	Hồ Chí Minh City/Than Quảng Ninh	16
4	Errol Stevens	Hải Phòng	14
5	Oseni Ganiyu	Long An F.C./Hà Nội F.C.	12
	Uche Iheruome	FLC Thanh Hóa
	Claudecir	Quảng Nam
8	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hóa	11
9	Đinh Thanh Trung	Quảng Nam	10
	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hà Nội F.C.
	Patiyo Tambwe	Than Quảng Ninh

Own goals[]

Player	Club	Against	Round
Phạm Mạnh Hùng	Sông Lam Nghệ An	Hà Nội F.C.	1
Quế Ngọc Hải	Sông Lam Nghệ An	XSKT Cần Thơ F.C.	2
	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN F.C.	Than Quảng Ninh	5
Đặng Quang Huy	Hải Phòng	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN F.C.	7
Đinh Tiến Thành	FLC Thanh Hóa F.C.	Hà Nội F.C.	10
	Long An F.C.	Sài Gòn	11
	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN F.C.	Than Quảng Ninh	15
Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Bình Dương	SHB Đà Nẵng	16
Trần Đức Cường	Becamex Bình Dương	SHB Đà Nẵng
Lâm Anh Quang	SHB Đà Nẵng	Becamex Bình Dương
Nguyễn Anh Hùng	Hải Phòng	Becamex Bình Dương	17
	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN F.C.	Hải Phòng	18
	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Long An F.C.	18
	FLC Thanh Hóa F.C.	Becamex Bình Dương	24

Hattrick[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Đinh Thanh Trung	Quảng Nam	Than Quảng Ninh	3–1	22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)
Víctor Ormazábal	Hồ Chí Minh City	Long An	5–2	19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)
Lâm Ti Phông	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN F.C.	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	4–2	1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)
Rod Dyachenko	Than Quảng Ninh	Hồ Chí Minh City	4–2	19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)
Rod Dyachenko	Than Quảng Ninh	Hà Nội	4–4⁴	25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)
Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Bình Dương	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN F.C.	3–2
Marcelo Fernandes	Sài Gòn	Hải Phòng	3–0

Note:

⁴: scored 4 goals

Awards[]

Monthly awards[]

Month	Club of the Month	Fair-play Club of the Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Club of the Month	Fair-play Club of the Month	Coach	Club	Player	Club
January	FLC Thanh Hóa	None	Ljupko Petrovic	FLC Thanh Hóa	Đinh Thanh Trung	Quảng Nam
February	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai		Ljupko Petrovic	FLC Thanh Hóa	Vũ Minh Tuấn	Than Quảng Ninh
March April	Hà Nội			Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	Nguyễn Hoàng Quốc Chí	Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN
June July	FLC Thanh Hóa		Ljupko Petrovic	FLC Thanh Hóa	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hóa
September	Quảng Nam	Than Quảng Ninh	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Quảng Nam	Đinh Thanh Trung	Quảng Nam
October	Hà Nội	Sông Lam Nghệ An	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Quảng Nam	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Hà Nội
November		Hoàng Anh Gia Lai

No awards in May and August

Annual awards[]

Best Assistant Referee[]

Dream Team[]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Nguyễn Tuấn Mạnh (Sanna Khánh Hòa)	Vũ Văn Thanh (Hoàng Anh Gia Lai) Hoàng Văn Khánh (Sông Lam Nghệ An) Trần Đình Trọng (Sài Gòn F.C.) Đỗ Văn Thuận (Sài Gòn F.C.)	Nguyễn Quang Hải (Hà Nội F.C) Nguyễn Huy Hùng (Quảng Nam) Nguyễn Hoàng Quốc Chí (Sanna Khánh Hòa) Đinh Thanh Trung (Quảng Nam)	Errol Stevens (Hải Phòng F.C.) Nguyễn Anh Đức (Becamex Bình Dương)

Goal of the month[]

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Date
January	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Hà Nội	Than Quảng Ninh	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	7 January 2017
February	Vũ Minh Tuấn	Than Quảng Ninh	Sài Gòn	Cẩm Phả Stadium	26 February 2017
March April	Nguyễn Tiến Duy	Sài Gòn	Long An	Thống Nhất Stadium	1 April 2017
June July	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hóa	SHB Đà Nẵng	Thanh Hóa Stadium	24 June 2017
September	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Hà Nội	Long An	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	1 October 2017
October	Đỗ Văn Thuận	Sài Gòn	Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	29 October 2017

Attendances[]