2025–26 V.League 1

V.League 1
Season2025–26
Dates15 August 2025 – 7 June 2026
Matches112
Goals295 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerAlan Grafite
(13 goals)
Biggest home winNinh Binh 4–0 Dong A Thanh Hoa
(23 August 2025)
Hanoi FC 4–0 PVF-CAND
(4 November 2025)
Biggest away winThe Cong-Viettel 1–4 Song Lam Nghe An
(8 February 2026)
Highest scoringCong An HCMC 3–4 Ninh Binh
(9 November 2025)
Longest winning runNinh Binh
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runCong An Hanoi
(12 matches)
Longest winless runDong A Thanh Hoa
(7 matches)
Longest losing runBecamex HCMC
(4 matches)
Highest attendance14,000
Ninh Binh 4–0 Dong A Thanh Hoa
(23 August 2025)
Ninh Binh 1–2 Cong An Hanoi FC
(14 March 2026)
Lowest attendance800
PVF-CAND 1–0 Dong A Thanh Hoa
(19 October 2025)
Attendance628,950 (5,616 per match)
All statistics correct as of 22 March 2026.

The 2025–26 V.League 1 (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Vô địch quốc gia 2025/26) (referred to as the 2025–26 LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship purposes, Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Vô địch Quốc gia LPBank 2025/26) is the 43rd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 26th as a professional league. The season was scheduled to begin on 15 August 2025 and will conclude on 7 June 2026.[1][2]

The fixtures were drawn and released on 14 July 2025 at 16:15 ICT.[3] The fixtures was later continued the draw on 5 August 2025.[4]

Thep Xanh Nam Dinh are the two-time defending champions.[5]

There was a 60-days break from 24 November 2025 to 23 January 2026 for Vietnam U-23 to compete in the 2025 SEA Games and the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[1]

Teams

A total of 14 teams participated in the 2025–26 edition of the V.League 1.

Format changes

Starting from this season, there will be 2 relegation spots and the relegation play-off game has been removed.[6]

However, on 16 September 2025, following the withdrawal of two teams in the V.League 2, the Vietnam Football Federation restored the 1,5 relegation spots like the previous season.[7]

Changes from previous season

Hanoi V.League 1 football clubs
Promoted from
2024–25 V.League 2
Relegated to
2025–26 V.League 2
Not engaged
Phu Dong Ninh Binh
PVF-CAND
Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Quang Nam

Quy Nhon Binh Dinh relegated after finishing as runners-up in the 2023–24 season, ending their 4 consecutive years in Vietnamese top-flight.[8]

Phu Dong Ninh Binh made their first appearance in the V.League 1. This marked the return of a team from what is the pre-merger Ninh Binh to the league after 11 years following the dissolution of Vissai Ninh Binh in 2014.[9]

On 1 August 2025, Quang Nam missed the league's registration deadline, thereby confirming their withdrawal from the league.[10] On 4 August, VPF confirmed that 2024–25 V.League 2's third placed team PVF-CAND will replace Quang Nam's slot, following Truong Tuoi Dong Nai's refusal to participate. This is PVF-CAND's first ever appearance in the V.League 1.[11]

Name changes

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous
season rank
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City Go Dau 13,035 VL1 (7th)
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Thong Nhat
Go Dau[a]
16,000
13,035
VL1 (10th)
Dong A Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa 12,000 VL1 (8th)
Haiphong FC Haiphong Lach Tray 30,000 VL1 (6th)
Cong An Hanoi Hanoi Hang Day 22,500 VL1 (3rd)
Hanoi FC VL1 (2nd)
The Cong-Viettel My Dinh
Hang Day[b]
40,200
22,500
VL1 (4th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Gia Lai Pleiku 12,000 VL1 (9th)
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Ha Tinh Ha Tinh 20,000 VL1 (5th)
Ninh Binh FC Ninh Binh Ninh Binh 25,000 VL2 (1st)
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Thien Truong 30,000 VL1 (1st)
PVF-CAND Hưng Yên PVF 4,500 VL2 (3rd)
SHB Da Nang Da Nang Chi Lang[c] 20,500 VL1 (13th)
Song Lam Nghe An Nghe An Vinh 18,000 VL1 (12th)
  1. ^ From February 2026, Cong An Ho Chi Minh City's home stadium Thong Nhat closed for renovation works for 2026 Vietnam National Games. As the result, the club would share the Go Dau with Becamex Ho Chi Minh City.
  2. ^ The Cong-Viettel's home stadium My Dinh was under maintenance. As the result, the club would share the Hang Day Stadium with other Hanoi-based teams from January 2026.
  3. ^ On 24 December 2025, Hoà Xuân Stadium officially changed its name to Chi Lăng[14]

Number of teams by region

Number Region Team(s)
7 Red River Delta Cong An Hanoi, Haiphong, Hanoi FC, Ninh Binh, PVF-CAND, The Cong-Viettel and Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
3 North Central Dong A Thanh Hoa, Hong Linh Ha Tinh and Song Lam Nghe An
2 Southeast Becamex Ho Chi Minh City and Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
1 Central Highlands Hoang Anh Gia Lai
South Central SHB Da Nang

Personnel and kits

All teams were obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor LPBank on their left sleeve.

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 Kit sponsor(s)
Main Other(s)
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City Nobuhiro Ueno Ngô Tùng Quốc Kamito Becamex
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Cong An Hanoi Alexandré Pölking Nguyễn Quang Hải Jogarbola Công An Hà Nội
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Lê Huỳnh Đức Nguyễn Tiến Linh Jogarbola Công An TP. Hồ Chí Minh
List
    • Front: Sacombank
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Dong A Thanh Hoa Mai Xuân Hợp Doãn Ngọc Tân Wika Đông Á Group
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: V-Odyssey
    • Shorts: None
Haiphong Chu Đình Nghiêm Triệu Việt Hưng Kappa Macland2
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Hanoi FC Harry Kewell Nguyễn Văn Quyết Jogarbola T&T Homes
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: SHS, Quảng Ninh Port, Vinawind, Hanaka Group
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Lê Quang Trãi Jairo Rodrigues Motive ThaiGroup
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: LPBank
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Nguyễn Công Mạnh Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng Grand Sport Bia Sao Vàng
List
    • Front: Savabeco
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Ninh Binh Vũ Tiến Thành (caretaker) Nguyễn Hoàng Đức Grand Sport LPBank
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: ThaiGroup
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
PVF-CAND Trần Tiến Đại (caretaker) Nguyễn Huy Hùng Jogarbola MobiFone
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: KinhBac City Development Holding
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
SHB Da Nang Lê Đức Tuấn Đặng Anh Tuấn Wika SHB
List
    • Front: Pomina Flat Steel
    • Back: 389 Corporation, Murata
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Song Lam Nghe An Văn Sỹ Sơn Michael Olaha Kamito Gạo A An
List
    • Front: Bia Sao Vàng
    • Back: Eurosun
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
The Cong-Viettel Velizar Popov Bùi Tiến Dũng Li-Ning Thể Công-Viettel
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: TV360
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Vũ Hồng Việt Trần Nguyên Mạnh Jogarbola Thép Xanh Xuân Thiện
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Xi Măng Xuân Thành
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Notes
  1. ^ Apparel made by club
  2. ^ Haiphong were sponsored by ThaiGroup (front) and LPBank (back) in the first half of the season

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ninh Binh Nguyễn Việt Thắng Mutual consent 21 June 2025[15] Pre-season Gerard Albadalejo 2 July 2025
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Phùng Thanh Phương End of contract 1 July 2025[16] Lê Huỳnh Đức 15 July 2025
Dong A Thanh Hoa Tomislav Steinbrückner Choi Won-kwon 14 July 2025[17]
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Nguyễn Thành Công Resigned 2 July 2025[18] Nguyễn Công Mạnh 5 July 2025
Hanoi FC Makoto Teguramori Sacked 16 September 2025[19] 11th Yusuke Adachi (caretaker) 16 September 2025
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City Nguyễn Anh Đức Resigned 30 September 2025 12th Đặng Trần Chỉnh (caretaker) 30 September 2025
Hanoi FC Yusuke Adachi End of caretaker period 4 October 2025[20] 6th Harry Kewell 4 October 2025
Song Lam Nghe An Phan Như Thuật Resigned 10th Văn Sỹ Sơn 7 October 2025
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Vũ Hồng Việt Appointed as technical director 24 October 2025[21] 10th Nguyễn Trung Kiên 24 October 2025
Nguyễn Trung Kiên Demoted to assistant coach 14 November 2025 Mauro Jerónimo 14 November 2025
Dong A Thanh Hoa Choi Won-kwon Mutual consent 15 November 2025 11th Mai Xuân Hợp 15 November 2025
PVF-CAND Thạch Bảo Khanh Sacked 24 November 2025[22][23] 13th Nguyễn Thành Công 25 November 2025[24]
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City Đặng Trần Chỉnh (caretaker) End of caretaker period 30 January 2026 8th Nobuhiro Ueno 30 January 2026
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Mauro Jerónimo Mutual consent 26 February 2026[25] 10th Vũ Hồng Việt 26 February 2026[25]
Ninh Binh Gerard Albadalejo Sacked 2 March 2026 2nd Vũ Tiến Thành (caretaker) 3 March 2026
PVF-CAND Nguyễn Thành Công Resigned 10 March 2026[26] 14th Trần Tiến Đại (caretaker) 15 March 2026[27]

Notes

  1. ^
    AFC Pro License: These managers were not allowed to be registered as team manager as they did not have the AFC Professional Coaching Diploma

Foreign players

Beginning of this season, teams are allowed to register 4 foreign players, with maximum 3 players allowed to play on the field at the same moment. Teams that participate in any intercontentinal or sub-contentinal competition are allowed to register 7 foreign players, but only 4 players are allowed to be registered each game. Furthermore, teams can register up to 2 foreign players with Vietnamese heritage.[28]

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
(Unnaturalized Vietnamese player)
Player 6
(Unnaturalized Vietnamese player)
Player 7
(Only teams in AFC and AFF competitions)
Player 8
(Only teams in AFC and AFF competitions)
Player 9
(Only teams in AFC and AFF competitions)
Unregistred / Former players
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City Elisha Sam Ugochukwu Oduenyi Hugo Alves Miloš Zlatković Tony Pham
Origbaajo Ismaila
Cong An Hanoi Stefan Mauk Léo Artur China Hugo Gomes Leygley Adou Brandon Ly Alan Grafite Vitão
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Peter Makrillos Matheus Felipe Raphael Utzig Endrick Khoa Ngo Lee Williams Noel Mbo
Dong A Thanh Hoa Amar Ćatić Rimario Gordon Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov Matías Belli Damoth Thongkhamsavath Ribamar
Mamadou Mbodj
Haiphong Luiz Antônio Joel Tagueu Jourdaine Fletcher Jucie Lupeta Camilo Vasconcelos Bicou Bissainthe
Fred Friday
Moses Oloya
Hanoi FC Adriel Luiz Fernando Daniel Passira David Fisher Willian Maranhão
Pierre Lamothe
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Júnior Batista Gabriel Conceição Marciel Jairo Rodrigues Ryan Ha Khevin Fraga
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Helerson Welder Charles Atshimene Joseph Onoja Balotelli
Yevhen Serdyuk
Ninh Binh Gustavo Henrique Geovane Magno Patrick Marcelino Fred Friday Daniel dos Anjos
Evan Abran
PVF-CAND Lucas Turci Mahmoud Eid Alastair Reynolds Joseph Mpande Nguyen Nhu Duc Anh Amarildo
Marco Antônio
Alain Eyenga
Shaqkeem Joseph
SHB Da Nang Joel López Pissano Ribamar Milan Makarić David Henen Pierre Lamothe Emerson Souza
Kim Dong-su
Song Lam Nghe An Carlos Fortes Michael Olaha Justin Garcia Reon Moore Phi-Long Tran Carlos Rentería
The Cong-Viettel Lucão do Break Paulinho Curuá Pedro Henrique Wesley Natã Damian Vu Thanh Kyle Colonna
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Lucas Alves Caio César Brenner Marlos Rômulo Kevin Pham Ba Chadrac Akolo Arnaud Lusamba Percy Tau Caíque
Wálber
Kyle Hudlin
Mitchell Dijks
Kristoffer Normann Hansen
Mahmoud Eid
Njabulo Blom

Dual nationality Vietnamese players

  • Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.
  • Player's name in italics indicates Overseas Vietnamese players whom have obtained a Vietnamese passport and citizenship, therefore being considered as local players.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City Mạc Hồng Quân1 Bùi Đức Duy1 Trần Trung Hiếu
Cong An Hanoi Nguyễn Filip1 Cao Pendant Quang Vinh1
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City Lê Giang Patrik
Dong A Thanh Hoa
Haiphong
Hanoi FC Đỗ Hoàng Hên
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Chaloongphum Phong
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Lê Viktor
Ninh Binh Janclesio2 Trần Thành Trung Đặng Văn Lâm1
PVF-CAND Hoàng Vũ Samson
SHB Da Nang Đỗ Phi Long Nguyễn Vadim
Song Lam Nghe An
The Cong-Viettel Dương Thanh Tùng
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Nguyễn Xuân Son1

Notes:

^1 Capped for Vietnam national team.
^2 Player is under the process of Vietnamese naturalization, thus is not counted as a foreign player slot.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cong An Hanoi 16 13 2 1 35 13 +22 41 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
and ASEAN Club Championship group stage
[a]
2 The Cong-Viettel 16 10 4 2 25 14 +11 34 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs
3 Ninh Binh 16 8 4 4 33 22 +11 28
4 Hanoi FC 16 8 3 5 28 18 +10 27
5 Cong An Ho Chi Minh City 16 8 2 6 19 18 +1 26
6 Haiphong 16 6 3 7 26 23 +3 21
7 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 16 5 6 5 18 20 −2 21
8 Hong Linh Ha Tinh 16 5 5 6 11 17 −6 20
9 Song Lam Nghe An 16 5 4 7 18 22 −4 19
10 Becamex Ho Chi Minh City 16 5 3 8 19 24 −5 18
11 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 16 3 6 7 14 24 −10 15
12 Dong A Thanh Hoa 16 2 7 7 17 26 −9 13
13 SHB Da Nang 16 2 6 8 17 24 −7 12 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 PVF-CAND 16 2 5 9 15 30 −15 11 Relegation to V.League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: VPF
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) Away goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points.[29]
Notes:
  1. ^ The winners of the 2025–26 Vietnamese Cup also qualify for the ASEAN Club Championship group stage. If the Vietnamese Cup winners is also the V.League 1 winners, the ASEAN Club Championship group stage spot will be passed to second-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away BHC CAH CHC DTH HPG HAN HGL HHT NBI PVF SDN SNA TCV TND
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City 0–3 1–3 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–3
Cong An Hanoi 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–4 1–0 0–0
Dong A Thanh Hoa 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–2
Haiphong 3–3 3–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–2
Hanoi FC 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai 0–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2
Hong Linh Ha Tinh 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1
Ninh Binh 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
PVF-CAND 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1
SHB Da Nang 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–3 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–1
Song Lam Nghe An 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1
The Cong-Viettel 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–4 1–0
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: VPF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Position by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh36577810889109101097
Hanoi FC11121112967677664444
Cong An Hanoi922222322221111111
The Cong-Viettel7334442333433222
Haiphong10445555444345566
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City159101212910988812111010
Hong Linh Ha Tinh13966676766777778
Dong A Thanh Hoa8141413141413111312111211121212
Hoang Anh Gia Lai141313141313141414131210881111
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City410733345555566105
Song Lam Nghe An1271091110111210109119989
SHB Da Nang611121181112131111141414141313
Ninh Binh2111111111122333
PVF-CAND5888109891214131313131414
Champion and qualification to the AFC Champions League Two and ASEAN Club Championship
Qualification to the AFC Champions League Two
Qualification for relegation play-offs
Relegation to V.League 2
Source: VPF

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 2025–26 season will end with a promotion/relegation play-off game between the 13th-placed V.League 1 team and the V.League 2 runner-up, which will take place in June 2026.

13th place of 2025–26 V.League 1v2nd place of 2025–26 V.League 2

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 March 2026
Rank Player Club Goals[30]
1 Alan Grafite Cong An Hanoi 13
2 Joel Tagueu Haiphong 8
Lucão do Break The Cong–Viettel
Léo Artur Cong An Hanoi
5 Fred Friday Haiphong / Ninh Binh 7
6 Michael Olaha Song Lam Nghe An 6
Nguyễn Hoàng Đức Ninh Binh
Đỗ Hoàng Hên Hanoi FC
9 Gustavo Henrique Ninh Binh 5
Daniel Passira Hanoi FC
Reon Moore Song Lam Nghe An

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Alan Grafite Cong An Hanoi Hanoi FC 4–2 (H)[31] 28 August 2025
Ninh Binh 3–2 (H)[32] 1 February 2026

Clean sheets

As of 22 March 2026
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Nguyễn Văn Việt The Cong-Viettel 8
2 Nguyễn Thanh Tùng Hong Linh Ha Tinh 6
Lê Giang Patrik Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
4 Đặng Văn Lâm Ninh Binh 4
Quan Văn Chuẩn Hanoi FC
Trần Minh Toàn Becamex Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyễn Filip Cong An Hanoi
8 Trần Trung Kiên Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3
Trần Nguyên Mạnh Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
10 Nguyễn Đình Triệu Haiphong 2
Vũ Thành Vinh Cong An Hanoi
Cao Văn Bình Song Lam Nghe An
13 Phí Minh Long PVF-CAND 1
Nguyễn Văn Hoàng Hanoi FC
Trịnh Xuân Hoàng Dong A Thanh Hoa
Phan Văn Biểu SHB Da Nang

Awards

Monthly awards

Monthly awards began after round 5 of V.League 1 this season.[33]

Month Club of the Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month References
Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
September Ninh Binh Gerard Albadalejo Ninh Binh Alan Grafite Cong An Hanoi Ngô Văn Lương Song Lam Nghe An [34][35]
November Cong An Hanoi Alexandré Pölking Cong An Hanoi Nguyễn Hoàng Đức Ninh Binh Nguyễn Quốc Việt Ninh Binh [36]

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