Vietnamese football league system
The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues and two semi-professional leagues for Vietnamese football clubs.
System by period
| Season | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before Vietnam unification | North Vietnam National A League | South Vietnam Division of Honour | |||||||
| 1975–1979 | Hồng Hà League | Trường Sơn League | Cửu Long League | ||||||
| 1980–1989 | National A1 League | A2 League | |||||||
| 1990–1996 | National Elite Football Championship | A1 League | A2 League | ||||||
| 1997–2000 | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||||
| 2000–2001 | V-League | ||||||||
| 2001–2012 | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||||
| 2012 | National Super League | ||||||||
| 2013–present | V.League 1 | V.League 2 | |||||||
Current system
|
Level |
League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
V.League 1 (professional) 14 clubs ↓ 1,5 relegation spots | |||||||||||
|
2 |
V.League 2 (professional) | |||||||||||
|
3 |
Vietnamese Second Division (semi-pro) | |||||||||||
| Group A 7 clubs |
Group B 7 clubs | |||||||||||
|
4 |
Vietnamese Third Division (semi-pro) | |||||||||||
| Group A Up to 8 clubs |
Group B Up to 8 clubs | |||||||||||
Cup eligibility
Domestic cups
All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the National Cup tournament.
Super Cup
The Super Cup is the first game of the season, played between the previous years' winners of the V.League 1 and National Cup. If the same team wins both competition, then the team finishing second in the previous years' V.League 1 take on the V.League 1 winners.
Continental competition
For the 2025–26 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Two and ASEAN Club Championship group stage, the runners-up qualify for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs. The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the ASEAN Club Championship.[1][2]
See also
- V.League 1
- V.League 2
- Vietnamese National Football Second League
- Vietnamese Cup
- Vietnamese Super Cup
- List of football clubs in Vietnam
External links
- Official V.League website (in Vietnamese)
References
- ^ "Điều lệ giải bóng đá vô địch quốc gia LPBank 2025/26" [LPBank V.League 1 2025-26 Regulations] (PDF) (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Professional Football. 4 August 2025. p. 20. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "V.League 1 standings". soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.