2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League

Vietnamese National Football Second League
Season	2017
Promoted	Công An Nhân Dân ; Bình Định ; Hà Nội B
Relegated
Matches played	119
Goals scored	345 (2.9 per match)
Biggest home win	Hà Nội B 8-0 Long An B
Biggest away win	Phù Đổng 0-4 Công An Nhân Dân
Highest scoring	Viettel B 7-2 (9 goals)
Longest winning run	Hà Nội B (9)
Longest unbeaten run	Hà Nội B ; PVF (9)
Longest winless run	; Cà Mau ; Tiền Giang (8)
Longest losing run	(8)
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League was the 19th season of the Vietnamese National Football Second League. The season began on 5 May 2017 and finished on 1 August 2017.

Rule changes[]

In this season, there are 16 teams divided in two groups in qualifying stage according to geographic region. The top 4 team of each group will be qualified to final round. In final round, 8 teams will play 7 matches:^[1]

Match 1: 1A vs 4B
Match 2: 1B vs 4A
Match 3: 2A vs 3B
Match 4: 2B vs 3A

Match 5: Match 1 winner vs Match 4 winner
Match 6: Match 2 winner vs Match 3 winner
Match 7: Match 5 loser vs Match 6 loser

The winners of Match 5, 6 and 7 will promote to 2018 V.League 2. The loser of Match 7 will play a play-off match with the club finished last in 2017 V.League 2. The play-off winner will earn the last spot to participate in 2018 V.League 2. The team with worst result in both groups will relegate to 2018 Vietnamese Third League.

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.

To Vietnamese Second League[]

Promoted from Vietnamese Third League

Relegated from V.League 2

Cà Mau

From Vietnamese Second League[]

Relegated to Vietnamese Third League

Promoted to V.League 2

None

Teams[]

An Giang

Bình Định

Cà Mau

CAND

Hà Nội B

Lâm Đồng

Long An B

PVF

Tiền Giang

Viettel B

Team location in Vietnam map

Qualifying round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Công An Nhân Dân (Q)	14	11	0	3	34	10	+24	33	Advance to final round
2	Hà Nội B (Q)	14	10	2	2	38	10	+28	32
3	Lâm Đồng (Q)	14	8	2	4	27	21	+6	26
4	Bình Định (Q)	14	7	2	5	18	14	+4	23
5		14	4	4	6	19	21	−2	16^[a]
6	Viettel B	14	4	4	6	27	24	+3	16^[a]
7		14	2	3	9	15	39	−24	9
8	(R)	14	1	1	12	10	49	−39	4	Relegated to 2018 Vietnamese Third League

Source: VFF
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Phù Đổng ahead of Viettel B by head-to-head record: PD 0-1 VT; VT 1-2 PD

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PVF (Q)	14	9	4	1	26	8	+18	31	Advance to final round
2	(Q)	14	8	3	3	17	11	+6	27
3	Long An B (Q)	14	7	3	4	16	10	+6	24
4	(Q)	14	7	2	5	17	15	+2	23
5	An Giang	14	5	4	5	19	12	+7	19
6	Tiền Giang	14	4	2	8	13	19	−6	14
7	Cà Mau	14	2	4	8	15	27	−12	10
8		14	3	0	11	13	35	−22	9

Source: VFF
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results[]

Group A[]

Home \ Away	BDI	CAND	HNB		LDO	PDO		VTB
Bình Định		2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Công An Nhân Dân	2–0		0–3	7–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	1–0
Hà Nội B	1–0	1–2		7–1	6–0	1–0	5–0	3–0
	0–2	0–1	0–3		3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1
Lâm Đồng	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		2–1	4–0	4–2
Phù Đổng	2–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–1		6–1	1–0
	0–3	1–5	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–2		0–2
Viettel B	1–1	0–2	3–3	6–2	2–2	1–2	7–2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2017. Source: VFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Bình Định	1	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Công An Nhân Dân	3	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Hà Nội B	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
	7	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Lâm Đồng	4	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Phù Đổng	6	7	6	7	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6
	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Viettel B	5	6	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2017. Source: VFF
= Winner; = Advanced to final round

Group B[]

Home \ Away	AGI			CMA	LAB		PVF	TGI
An Giang		3–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0
	2–1		0–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	3–2
	1–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Cà Mau	2–1	6–1	0–1		0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2
Long An B	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1		2–0	0–2	1–3
	0–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		1–0	3–0
PVF	1–0	5–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1		1–0
Tiền Giang	1–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	5	3	6	6	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
	2	4	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8
	6	7	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	2
Cà Mau	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7
Long An B	1	1	3	4	3	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3
	3	5	4	2	1	1	1	5	3	4	3	4	4	4
PVF	4	2	1	3	5	5	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Tiền Giang	7	6	2	1	2	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2017. Source: VFF
= Winner; = Advanced to final round

Season progress[]

Group A[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Bình Định	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D
Công An Nhân Dân	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L
Hà Nội B	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D
	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D
Lâm Đồng	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W
Phù Đổng	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D
	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D
Viettel B	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D

Source: VFF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Group B[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W
	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W
Cà Mau	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L
Long An B	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L
	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W
PVF	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Tiền Giang	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L