Vietnamese Football League Second Division
Introduction The '''Vietnamese Football League Second Division''' () is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.
History A national third tier of Vietnamese association football was first established along with its professionalization in 1995.Among the 10 original clubs of the third tier included the forerunners to Thanh Hóa, Cần Thơ, Đồng Nai, Cà Mau and Lâm Đồng. But after a number of clubs were lost for various reasons – some were promoted to V.League and the others folded – the league contracted the second division in 1997 and continued with the single second-tier division.The third-tier football was reintroduced in 2000 upon creation of fully professional V.League 2.But despite its officially amateur status the league quickly became de facto semi-professional, serving as the cradle of the future V. League members. Since the establishment of associate membership system in 2006 the number of professional clubs holding or actively seeking for this status has grown steadily and reached its peak in 2010 season when 6 full members and 2 former candidates made up to almost half of the league's 18 teams. Through the course of the season this number grew even bigger, to 15 full associate members that formed the core of V.League 3.
2020 season 15 sides compete in the 2020 season, split into two groups, A and B, of 7 and 8 respectively. '''''Group A''''' Team Location Stadium Capacity SHB Đà Nẵng B  Đà Nẵng  Hòa Xuân Stadium   Kon Tum  Kon Tum  Kon Tum Stadium   Lâm Đồng  Đà Lạt  Lâm Viên Stadium   Nam Định B  Nam Định  Thiên Trường Stadium   Phù Đổng  Hanoi  Hoàng Mai Stadium   Phú Thọ  Phú Thọ  Phú Thọ Stadium   PVF  Hưng Yên  PVF Stadium  '''''Group B''''' Team Location Stadium Capacity Bình Thuận  Bình Thuận  Phan Thiết Stadium   Công An Nhân Dân  Hanoi  Thanh Trì Stadium   Đồng Nai  Biên Hòa  Đồng Nai Stadium   Gia Định  Ho Chi Minh City  Tân Hiệp Stadium   Hồ Chí Minh City B  Ho Chi Minh City  Thành Long Stadium   Tiền Giang  Mỹ Tho  Tiền Giang Stadium   Triệu Minh  Bến Tre  Bến Tre Stadium   Vĩnh Long FC  Vĩnh Long  Vĩnh Long Stadium
Winners SeasonWinnersRunner-up2001  Thanh Hóa  Cần Thơ 2002 Đắk LắkBưu điện 2003Quảng Nam  Khải Hoàn Hotel2004Khánh Hòa Strata Đồng Nai20055th Military Region Tây Ninh2006Thành Nghĩa Dung Quất Quảng Ngãi Than Quảng Ninh20077th Military Region T&T Hà Nội2008Quảng Nam Sài Gòn United2009TDC Bình Dương Viettel2010Nguyễn Hoàng Kiên GiangHòa Phát V&V 2011SHB Đà Nẵng B Lâm Đồng2012Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Khatoco Khánh Hòa B2013Huế  Sanna Khánh HòaTây Ninh 2014Nam Định Vĩnh Long2015ViettelFico Tây Ninh Cà Mau 2016PVFBình Định2017Công An Nhân DânBình Định 2018An GiangPhù Đổng Phố Hiến2019Bà Rịa-Vũng TàuHà Nội B 2020 Phú ThọPhù ĐổngGia Định 2021Season cancelled2022 Bình ThuậnHoà Bình
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