2018 Vietnamese National Football Second League

Vietnamese National Football Second League
Season	2018
Champions	An Giang ; Phù Đổng
Promoted	An Giang ; Phù Đổng ; Phố Hiến
Relegated	none
Matches played	75
Goals scored	279 (3.72 per match)
Biggest home win	Lâm Đồng 8-0 ; Lâm Đồng 9-1 Nam Định B
Biggest away win	1-7
Highest scoring	Lâm Đồng 9-1 Nam Định B ; Nam Định B 5-5 (10 goals)
Longest winning run	(7)
Longest unbeaten run	Phố Hiến (11)
Longest winless run	Nam Định B (12)
Longest losing run	Nam Định B (8)
	← 2017 →

The 2018 Vietnamese National Football Second League was the 20th season of the Vietnamese National Football Second League. The season began on 25 April 2018 and finished on 15 July 2018.

Rule changes[]

In this season, there are 13 teams divided in two groups in qualifying stage according to geographic region. The top 2 teams of each group will be qualified to final round. In final round, 4 teams will play 3 matches:^[1]

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

The winners of each match will promote to 2019 V.League 2. There are no teams relegated to .^[2]

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 season.

To Vietnamese Second League[]

Promoted from Vietnamese Third League

Relegated from V.League 2

None

Team transfer

(transferred from Cà Mau) ^[3]
Phố Hiến (transferred from PVF) ^[4]

From Vietnamese Second League[]

Relegated to Vietnamese Third League

Promoted to V.League 2

Team transfer

Cà Mau (transferred from ) ^[3]
PVF (transferred from Phố Hiến) ^[4]

Withdrew

Viettel B
Quảng Ngãi

Teams map →[]

An Giang

Lâm Đồng

Long An B

Nam Định B

Phố Hiến

Phù Đổng

Tiền
Giang

Team location in Vietnam map

Qualifying round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Phố Hiến (Q, P)	12	8	3	1	30	6	+24	27	Advance to final round
2	Phù Đổng (Q, P)	12	8	3	1	26	6	+20	27	Advance to final round
3	Lâm Đồng	12	7	4	1	32	6	+26	25
4		12	6	1	5	22	15	+7	19
5		12	4	2	6	23	29	−6	14
6		12	1	1	10	17	54	−37	4
7	Nam Định B	12	0	2	10	17	51	−34	2

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2018. Source: ^[5]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	(Q)	10	9	0	1	37	8	+29	27	Advance to final round
2	An Giang (Q, P)	10	7	1	2	21	11	+10	22	Advance to final round
3	Tiền Giang	10	3	4	3	21	15	+6	13
4		10	3	2	5	14	26	−12	11
5		10	2	2	6	13	24	−11	8
6	Long An B	10	0	3	7	11	33	−22	3

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2018. Source: ^[5]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Results[]

Group A[]

Home \ Away				LDO	NDI	PHI	PDO
		3–0	4–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1
	1–7		3–4	2–4	5–4	0–3	0–3
	2–1	4–0		0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
Lâm Đồng	0–1	8–0	4–1		9–1	1–0	0–0
Nam Định B	3–4	5–5	2–5	0–3		1–3	0–3
Phố Hiến	1–0	7–0	5–1	1–1	5–0		0–0
Phù Đổng	4–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	6–0	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2018. Source: ^[5]
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
	3	1	2	2	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4
	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Lâm Đồng	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	1	3	3	3	3
Nam Định B	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Phố Hiến	1	4	4	4	3	2	3	1	4	2	1	1	1	1
Phù Đổng	5	3	3	3	2	3	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2018. Source: ^[5]
= Winner; = Advanced to final round

Group B[]

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

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
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Long An B	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Tiền Giang	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2018. Source: ^[5]
= 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
	D	W	W	L	L	-	W	W	W	L	L	L	-	W
	L	L	L	W	-	L	L	L	L	L	D	-	L	L
	W	L	L	D	L	W	-	W	L	W	L	L	D	-
Lâm Đồng	D	W	W	-	W	D	D	L	W	W	-	W	D	W
Nam Định B	L	L	-	L	L	L	L	L	L	-	D	L	D	L
Phố Hiến	W	-	D	D	W	W	D	W	-	W	W	W	W	L
Phù Đổng	-	W	D	W	W	D	W	-	W	L	W	W	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2018. Source: ^[5]

Group B[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W
Long An B	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L
Tiền Giang	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L
	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2018. Source: ^[5]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Final round[]

Match 1[]

14 July 2018

15:30

Phố Hiến	0–1	An Giang
	VFF	33'

, Phú Yên

Attendance: Lê Lưu Quang

An Giang promoted to 2019 V.League 2.

Match 2[]

15 July 2018

15:30

	0–0	Phù Đổng
	VFF
Penalties
	2–3

, Phú Yên

Referee: Mai Xuân Hùng

Phù Đổng promoted to 2019 V.League 2.

Match 3[]

18 July 2018

15:30

Phố Hiến	4-1
6' 45+2', 78' 73'	VFF	65'

, Phú Yên

Phố Hiến promoted to 2019 V.League 2.

References[]

[1] "VFF - Bốc thăm xếp lịch thi đấu Giải bóng đá hạng Nhì QG 2018".

[2] "VFF - Thông báo sửa đổi điều lệ lần 1 giải bóng đá hạng Nhì Quốc gia 2018".

[TB3-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Thông báo số 3 giải Bóng đá hạng Nhì Quốc gia 2018

[TB2-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Thông báo số 2 giải Bóng đá hạng Nhì Quốc gia 2018

[VFF-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "VFF".

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