2020 V.League 1

V.League 1
Season	2020
Dates	7 March – 8 November 2020
Champions	Viettel (19th title)
Relegated	Quảng Nam
Matches played	126
Goals scored	319 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro Paulo; Rimario Gordon; (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Becamex Bình Dương 5–0 Hải Phòng; (11 June 2020); SHB Đà Nẵng 6–1 Quảng Nam; (11 June 2020)
Biggest away win	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 0–4 Hà Nội; (15 October 2020)
Highest scoring	SHB Đà Nẵng 6–1 Quảng Nam; (11 June 2020); Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 5–2 Hồ Chí Minh City; (1 October 2020)
Longest winning run	4 matches; Hà Nội; Sài Gòn; Viettel
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Hà Nội; Sài Gòn
Longest winless run	7 matches; Quảng Nam
Longest losing run	6 matches; Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Highest attendance	20,000 ; Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh 1–1 Hà Nội ; (12 June 2020)
Lowest attendance	0
Total attendance	689,400
Average attendance	6,693
	← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 6 November 2020.

The 2020 V.League 1 season (or LS V.League 1 2020 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 64th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule had been changed to begin on 7 March instead of 21 February as originally planned.^[2] All matches in matchdays 1 and 2 were played behind closed doors due to the same reason. Following the stabilizing situation, the league resumed in June, and also became the first league to allow fans into the stadium post-COVID-19 outbreak.^[3] On 26 July 2020, the league was suspended again due to surge in COVID-19 cases.^[4]

Changes from last season[]

Team changes[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2

Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh^[5]

From V.League 1[]

Relegated to V.League 2

Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN^[6]

Rules changes[]

In 2020 season, each team could register 3+1 foreign players (3 foreign + 1 naturalized Vietnamese). The teams that participated in ASEAN Club Championship and AFC Cup (TP Hồ Chí Minh, Hà Nội FC, Than Quảng Ninh) could register 3+1+1 foreign players (3 foreign + 1 naturalized Vietnamese + 1 AFC player)

On 13 May 2020, the format had been slightly changed, including:

The 1st leg will remain unchanged.
After the 1st leg, teams will be split into 2 groups:
- Championship group (Group A) will include the top 8 teams in the 1st leg.
- Relegation group (Group B) will include the bottom 6 teams in the 1st leg.
Each group will play another single round-robin format. After the end of season:
- The champions will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League group stage.
- The runners-up and the cup winners, Hà Nội FC (or the league 3rd-placers if Hà Nội FC qualified for AFC Club Competitions through league performance) will qualify for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage.
- The 14th-ranked team will be relegated to 2021 V.League 2. There's no relegation playoff for this season. and the 13th-ranked team will stay in V.League 1 2021.

Teams[]

Becamex Bình Dương

Dược Nam Hà Nam Định

Hà Nội

Viettel

Hải Phòng

Locations of the 2020 V.League 1 teams

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	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Becamex Bình Dương		Tô Văn Vũ		Becamex IDC
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định		Đinh Xuân Việt	Kelme
Hà Nội	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Kappa	Bamboo Airways
Hải Phòng		Doãn Ngọc Tân		VTC3
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Dương Minh Ninh Nguyễn Văn Đàn	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	Mizuno	Thaco
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	Phạm Minh Đức	Lê Tấn Tài	Kelme	Vinmart
Quảng Nam		Đinh Thanh Trung	Jogarbola	LS Group
Sài Gòn		Nguyễn Ngọc Duy	Zaicro	Văn Lang University
SHB Đà Nẵng	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Hà Đức Chinh	Kamito
Sông Lam Nghệ An		Hoàng Văn Khánh	Mitre
Than Quảng Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Joma	Vinacomin
Thanh Hóa	Mai Xuân Hợp	Lê Văn Thắng	Jogarbola
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Jung Hae-Seong	Trần Phi Sơn	Kappa
Viettel		Bùi Tiến Dũng	FBT	Viettel

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Becamex Bình Dương		Interim over	24 October 2019	Pre-season	Carlos Oliveira	27 November 2019
Hải Phòng		Resigned	24 October 2019			16 November 2019
Sài Gòn		Resigned	24 October 2019		Hoàng Văn Phúc	22 November 2019
Thanh Hóa	Mai Xuân Hợp	Interim over	24 October 2019		Fabio Lopez	22 November 2019
Viettel		Interim over	24 October 2019			12 November 2019
Sông Lam Nghệ An		Promoted to Technical Director	16 December 2019			16 December 2019
Becamex Bình Dương	Carlos Oliveira	Sacked	16 February 2020			16 February 2020
Sài Gòn	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Resigned	13 March 2020	8th		13 March 2020
Thanh Hóa	Fabio Lopez	Sacked	8 June 2020	13th		9 June 2020
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định		Promoted to Technical Director	24 June 2020	14th		24 June 2020
Quảng Nam		Resigned	29 June 2020	13th		29 June 2020
TP.HCM	Jung Hae-Seong	Resigned	25 July 2020	5th	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	25 July 2020
TP.HCM	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	Redeployed	25 July 2020	5th	Jung Hae-Seong	13 August 2020
Thanh Hóa		Resigned	11 September 2020	8th	Mai Xuân Hợp	12 September 2020
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Lee Tae-hoon	Promoted to Technical Director	28 September 2020	7th	Dương Minh Ninh Nguyễn Văn Đàn	28 September 2020
Quảng Nam		Sacked	12 October 2020	14th		12 October 2020

Foreign players[]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 5 (Naturalized Vietnamese player)	Former Player
Becamex Bình Dương	Hedipo Gustavo	Ali Rabo	Youssouf Touré	Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	Rafaelson	Thiago Papel	Emmanuel Agbaji	Đỗ Merlo	Valentin Zoungrana
Hà Nội	Rimario Gordon	Pape Omar Faye	Moses Oloya		Papa Ibou Kébé
Hải Phòng	Diego	Andre Fagan	Joseph Mpande		Claudecir Junior
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Chevaughn Walsh		Damir Memović
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	Bruno Henrique		Victor Mansaray		Pina
Quảng Nam	Rodrigo Dias	Zé Paulo	Papa Ibou Kébé	Hoàng Vissai	Lucas Rocha
Sài Gòn		Pedro Paulo	Ahn Byung-keon
SHB Đà Nẵng	Igor Jelić	Grace Tanda	Ismahil Akinade		Philippe Nsiah
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Gustavo	Felipe Martins			Alagie Sosseh
Than Quảng Ninh	Claudecir Junior	Jermie Lynch	Neven Laštro	Trần Trung Hiếu	Andre Fagan
Thanh Hóa	Louis Ewonde		Josip Balić	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Grace Tanda Philippe Nsiah
TP Hồ Chí Minh	Papé Diakité	José Guillermo Ortiz	Ariel Francisco Rodríguez		Viktor Prodell Alex Lima Amido Baldé Seo Yong Duk
Viettel	Bruno Cantanhede	Caíque	Luizão

Phase 1 League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sài Gòn	13	6	6	1	19	7	+12	24	Qualified to Championship group
2	Viettel	13	6	4	3	20	15	+5	22
3	Than Quảng Ninh	13	6	3	4	17	16	+1	21
4	Hà Nội	13	5	5	3	20	13	+7	20
5	Hồ Chí Minh City	13	6	2	5	23	17	+6	20
6	Becamex Bình Dương	13	5	5	3	17	11	+6	20
7	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	13	5	5	3	17	16	+1	20
8	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	13	4	6	3	14	12	+2	18

9	SHB Đà Nẵng	13	4	4	5	19	15	+4	16	Qualified to Relegation group
10	Thanh Hóa	13	4	3	6	9	14	−5	15
11	Sông Lam Nghệ An	13	4	3	6	10	16	−6	15
12	Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	13	4	1	8	14	23	−9	13
13	Hải Phòng	13	3	4	6	8	17	−9	13
14	Quảng Nam	13	2	3	8	17	32	−15	9

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2020. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 6) Drawing of lots (Criteria 2 to 5 only applies after the conclusion of round 13)

Phase 2 League Table[]

Championship Group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viettel (C)	20	12	5	3	29	16	+13	41	Qualification for AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Hà Nội^[a] (Q)	20	11	6	3	37	16	+21	39	Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage
3	Sài Gòn (Q)	20	9	7	4	30	19	+11	34	Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage
4	Than Quảng Ninh	20	9	4	7	27	26	+1	31
5	Hồ Chí Minh City	20	8	4	8	29	25	+4	28
6	Becamex Bình Dương	20	7	7	6	25	21	+4	28
7	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	20	6	5	9	27	36	−9	23
8	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	20	4	8	8	19	24	−5	20

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2020. Source: VPF
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Hanoi FC is qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup Group stage as 2020 Vietnamese Cup winners.

Relegation Group[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	SHB Đà Nẵng	18	5	8	5	26	22	+4	23
10	Sông Lam Nghệ An	18	6	5	7	17	21	−4	23
11	Thanh Hóa	18	5	6	7	16	22	−6	21
12	Hải Phòng	18	5	4	9	15	25	−10	19
13	Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	18	5	3	10	19	30	−11	18
14	Quảng Nam (R)	18	5	3	10	28	41	−13	18	Relegation to V.League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: VPF
(R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	BBD	NDI	HAN	HPG	HAG	HHT	QNA	SGN	DNG	SLN	TQN	THH	HCM	VTL
Becamex Bình Dương			0–2	5–0	1–1			3–1	1–0			0–1		2–0
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	1–1			0–2		2–1	1–0		1–0	3–0				1–2
Hà Nội		4–2		1–0	3–0			0–1		0–1		1–1	2–0
Hải Phòng					0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–1	0–1		0–0
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai		1–0				1–0	3–1	1–1			1–0		5–2
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	1–1		1–1				3–2		0–0				1–0	0–1
Quảng Nam	1–2		2–2					3–3		2–1		2–1	1–3	0–3
Sài Gòn	0–0	3–0				1–1				0–0	0–0	3–0
SHB Đà Nẵng			1–1	1–0	3–1		6–1	1–4			1–2
Sông Lam Nghệ An	1–0				2–0	1–1			1–0				1–3	1–2
Than Quảng Ninh	2–2	3–2	3–1			0–2	3–1			2–0			0–3
Thanh Hóa		1–0		0–1	0–0	1–2			0–3	0–0	2–0
TP Hồ Chí Minh	1–2	5–1	0–3					0–1	2–2			1–0		3–0
Viettel			1–1	4–0	3–3			1–0	1–1		1–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2020. 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
Team ╲ Round
Sài Gòn	7	2	5	1	4	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Viettel	4	4	2	2	5	7	4	5	3	2	2	2	2
Than Quảng Ninh	11	7	11	10	8	6	8	4	5	5	3	4	3
Hà Nội	1	8	4	5	7	3	6	8	8	6	4	5	4
TP Hồ Chí Minh	2	1	1	6	3	1	1	2	2	3	5	3	5
Becamex Bình Dương	5	9	7	4	2	4	3	3	4	7	7	6	6
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	6	3	9	7	6	8	9	6	6	4	6	7	7
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	9	12	10	9	9	12	12	12	13	11	10	9	8
SHB Đà Nẵng	10	14	14	12	11	10	11	7	7	9	9	8	9
Thanh Hóa	12	13	13	14	12	11	7	10	10	8	8	11	10
Sông Lam Nghệ An	8	6	3	3	1	2	5	9	9	10	11	10	11
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	13	10	12	13	14	14	13	14	11	12	12	12	12
Hải Phòng	3	5	6	8	10	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	13
Quảng Nam	14	11	8	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2020. Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Championship round[]

Team ╲ Round	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Viettel	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sài Gòn	1	2	3	3	2	3	3
Hà Nội	4	3	2	2	3	2	2
Than Quảng Ninh	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Becamex Bình Dương	6	5	5	5	6	6	6
TP Hồ Chí Minh	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	8	8	8	8	7	7	8

	Champion and Qualification for AFC Champions League Group Stage
	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
	Assured a place of the AFC Cup group stage

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Relegation round[]

Team ╲ Round	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Thanh Hóa	11	11	11	11	11
Sông Lam Nghệ An	10	9	10	10	10
SHB Đà Nẵng	9	10	9	9	9
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	12	12	12	13	13
Hải Phòng	13	13	13	12	12
Quảng Nam	14	14	14	14	14

	Relegation to 2021 V.League 2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Season progress[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Becamex Bình Dương	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D
Dược Nam Hà Nam Định	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	X	X
Hà Nội	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Hải Phòng	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	X	X
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L
Quảng Nam	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	X	X
Sài Gòn	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L
SHB Đà Nẵng	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	X	X
Sông Lam Nghệ An	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	X	X
Than Quảng Ninh	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L
Thanh Hóa	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	X	X
TP Hồ Chí Minh	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D
Viettel	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2020. Source: VPF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; X = Not played (for bottom 6 teams)

Schedule[]

Details (in Vietnamese): https://vpf.vn/tai-lieu-vleague/vleague-thong-bao/lich-thi-dau-giai-vdqg-ls-2020/

Attendances[]

By club[]

2020 V.League 1 Attendance
Club	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Becamex Bình Dương	35,200	7	5,028
DNH. Nam Định	111,000	9	12,333
Hà Nội	45,000	9	5,000
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	54,500	8	6,812
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	51,000	8	6,375
SHB Đà Nẵng	44,700	8	5,587
Sông Lam Nghệ An	49,000	8	6,125
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	59,000	8	7,375
Quảng Nam	35,000	9	3,888
Sài Gòn	28,500	8	3,562
Hải Phòng	40,000	8	5,000
Thanh Hóa	48,000	10	4,800
Than Quảng Ninh	46,000	10	4,600
Viettel	42,500	9	4,722
Total	689,400	119	5,793

By round[]

2020 V.League 1 Attendance
Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	0	7	0
Round 2	0	7	0
Round 3	50,500	7	7,214
Round 4	56,700	7	8,100
Round 5	50,000	7	7,142
Round 6	66,000	7	9,429
Round 7	48,000	7	6,857
Round 8	58,000	7	8,285
Round 9	73,000	7	10,429
Round 10	52.500	7	7,500
Round 11	63,000	7	9,000
Round 12	22,200	7	3,171
Round 13	35,000	7	5,000
Group A Round 14	15,000	4	3,750
Group B Round 14	11,000	3	3,667
Group A Round 15	16,500	4	4,125
Group B Round 15	11,000	3	3,667
Group A Round 16	14,000	4	3,500
Group B Round 16	9,500	3	3,167
Group A Round 17	16,500	4	4,125
Group B Round 17	21,000	3	7,000
Group A Round 18	?	4	?
Group B Round 18	?	3	?
Group A Round 19	?	4	?
Group A Round 20	?	4	?
Total	689,400	119	0

Due to concerns about the COVID-19 epidemic, all 14 matches in the first 2 rounds were played without spectators.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of 6 November 2020.^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rimario Gordon	Hà Nội	12
1	Pedro Paulo	Sài Gòn	12
3	Chevaughn Walsh	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	10
3	Bruno Henrique	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	10
5	Jermie Lynch	Than Quảng Ninh	8
	Geovane Magno	Sài Gòn
	Bruno Cantanhede	Viettel
8	Joseph Mpande	Hải Phòng	7
8	Ismahil Akinade	SHB Đà Nẵng	7

References[]

^ "LS Holdings to sponsor V.League 1 and V.League 2 in 2020". Vietnamnet Global. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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^ "Coronavirus Outbreak: Vietnam's top-flight football league resumes with fans in attendance". firstpost.com. 6 June 2020.
^ "Vietnam suspends domestic football after new COVID cases". besoccer.com. 26 July 2020.
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^ "Thanh Hóa secure play-off match, Khánh Hòa dropped". vietnamnews.vn.
^ "V.League 1 2020 Results - Vietnam Soccer Live".

[table_note_HAN0.090487634339597-7] Hanoi FC is qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup Group stage as 2020 Vietnamese Cup winners.

[2020_Sponsorship=nb-1] "LS Holdings to sponsor V.League 1 and V.League 2 in 2020". Vietnamnet Global. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

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[5] "Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh win promotion to V.League 1, Phù Đồng relegated". vietnamnews.vn.

[6] "Thanh Hóa secure play-off match, Khánh Hòa dropped". vietnamnews.vn.

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