V. League 2
Introduction The '''Vietnamese National Football First League''' (), known simply as the '''V.League 2''' and for sponsorship purposes as '''Gold Star V.League 2''', is the second-highest of the Vietnamese football league system after V.League 1, and is currently contested by 10 clubs. The current holders are Quang Nam, who won the 2023 edition.
League structure Starting in the 2023–24 season, the league comprises 12 teams. Over the course of a season, which runs annually from October to the following July, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each team competing in 22 games in total. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the league table by points gained, then goal difference, then goals scored, and then their head-to-head record for that season (including away goals record). If two or more teams finish the season equal in all these respects, then teams are separated by alphabetical order, unless a promotion, relegation, or play-off place is at stake, when the teams are separated by a play-off game, though this improbable situation has never arisen in all the years the rule has existed.At the end of the season, the top team is promoted to the V.League 1 and the bottom two teams are relegated to Second Division. The second placed team in V.League 2 plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the third lowest team in V.League 1.
Television On 1 November 2022, FPT Group-owned FPT Play will be the new domestic broadcaster for Vietnamese Professional Football Leagues competitions (V.League 1, V.League 2 and Vietnamese Cup) effectively from 2023 until 2027.
Prize money The prize money for the 2023–24 V.League 2: Position Purse (VND) Champion 2,000,000,000 Runner-up 1,000,000,000 Third-place500,000,000
Current members The following 12 clubs will compete in the V.League 2 during the 2023–24 season.ClubFinishing position last seasonLocationStadiumCapacityBà Rịa Vũng Tàu 9thBà Rịa–Vũng TàuBà Rịa Stadium10,000Bình Phước10thBình PhướcBình Phước Stadium10,000Binh Thuan5thBình ThuậnNinh Thuận StadiumĐồng Nai1st in Second Division (promoted)Đồng NaiĐồng Nai Stadium30,000Đồng Tháp FC1st in Second Division (promoted)Đồng ThápĐồng Tháp Stadium18,000Hoa Binh FC4thHòa BìnhHoa Binh StadiumHue FC6thThừa Thiên HuếTu Do Stadium16,000Long An FC3rdLong AnLong An Stadium20,000Phu Dong FC7thNinh BìnhNinh Binh StadiumPhu Tho FC8thPhú ThọViệt Trì Stadium18,000PVF-CAND FC2ndHưng YênPVF StadiumSHB Da Nang14th in V.League 1 (relegated)Da NangHoa Xuan Stadium20,000
Results  Season Champions Runner-up Third place 2000–01 Bình Định Đà Nẵng Hải Quan 2001–02 Gạch Đồng Tâm Long An Đồng Tháp Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 2003 Hải Phòng Bình Dương Thanh Hóa 2004 Cảng Sài Gòn Hòa Phát Hà Nội Thừa Thiên Huế 2005 Khatoco Khánh Hòa Tiền Giang Đông Á 2006 Đồng Tháp Thanh Hóa Huda Huế 2007 Thể Công Vạn Hoa Hải Phòng An Giang 2008 Quân khu 4 Hà Nội T&T Cao su Đồng Tháp 2009 Vissai Ninh Bình Hòa Phát Hà Nội XSKT Cần Thơ 2010 Hà Nội ACB Than Quảng Ninh SQC Bình Định 2011 Sài Gòn Xuân Thành Kienlongbank Kiên Giang SQC Bình Định 2012 Đồng Tâm Long An Hà Nội Đồng Nai 2013 QNK Quảng Nam Than Quảng Ninh Hùng Vương An Giang 2014 TĐCS Đồng Tháp Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN XSKT Cần Thơ 2015 Hà Nội Huế TP Hồ Chí Minh 2016 TP Hồ Chí Minh Viettel Nam Định 2017 Nam Định Huế Bình Phước 2018 Viettel Hà Nội B Đồng Tháp 2019 Hong Linh Ha Tinh Pho Hien Binh Phuoc 2020 Binh Dinh Ba Ria Vung Tau Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN 2021''Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam'' 2022 Cong An Nhan Dan Khanh Hoa Quang Nam 2023 Quang Nam FC PVF-CAND Long An FC
Top scorers SeasonTop scorer(s)Club(s)Goals2005 Felix AboagyeKhatoco Khánh Hòa142006 Đặng Phương NamThể Công142007 Trịnh Quang VinhThể Công132008 Flávio CruzHuda Huế182009 Eduardo Henrique FurrierThan Quảng Ninh162010 Nguyễn Xuân ThànhHanoi ACB13 Jorge Luiz CruzBoss Bình Định Christian Nsi AmougouThan Quảng Ninh Nguyễn Thành Trung An Giang2011 Christian Nsi AmougouSài Gòn Xuân Thành172012 Souleymane DiabateXSKT Cần Thơ212013 Uche IheruomeHùng Vương An Giang10 Đinh Thanh TrungQNK Quảng Nam2014 Huỳnh Văn ThanhSanna Khánh Hòa BVN102015 Trịnh Duy LongHà Nội92016 Hồ Sỹ GiápBình Phước  Nguyễn Tuấn Anh Hồ Chí Minh City122017 Võ Văn MinhHuế5 Phạm Văn ThuậnNam Định Nguyễn Hồng QuânĐắk Lắk Bùi Duy ThườngViettel2018 Y Thăng ÊbanĐắk Lắk152019 Nguyễn Xuân NamPhố Hiến142020 Nguyễn Công ThànhĐồng Tháp122022 Nguyễn Thanh NhànPhố Hiến102023 Nguyễn Thanh NhànPVF-CAND10 Lê Văn NamQuảng Nam
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