2019 V.League 1

Summary

The 2019 V.League 1 (known as the Wake Up 247 V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 63rd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam.

Wake Up 247 V.League 1 - 2019
Season2019
Dates21 February - 23 October
ChampionsHanoi FC
5th VL1 title
5th Vietnamese title
RelegatedSanna Khanh Hoa BVN
AFC CupHo Chi Minh City FC
Than Quang Ninh
Matches played182
Goals scored534 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerBruno Cantanhede
Pape Omar Faye
(15 goals)
Biggest home winHanoi FC 5–0 Than Quang Ninh
(23 February)
Hanoi FC 5–0 Thanh Hoa FC
(11 August)
Hanoi FC 6–1 Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh
(11 September)
Biggest away winBecamex Binh Duong 1–5 Song Lam Nghe An
(15 September)
Highest scoringViettel 5–3 SHB Danang
(23 October)
Longest winning run6 matches
Hanoi FC
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Hanoi FC
Longest winless run11 matches
Thanh Hoa FC
Longest losing run8 matches
Thanh Hoa FC
Highest attendance25,000
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh 2–2 Hoang Anh Gia Lai
(4 August)
Lowest attendance0
Hanoi FC 5–2 Viettel
(15 September)
Hanoi FC 2–2 Quang Nam FC
(19 October)
Total attendance1,306,700
Average attendance7,180
2018
2020
All statistics correct as of complete.

Changes from last season edit

Team changes edit

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.

Rule changes edit

There will be 1.5 relegation places in the 2019 V.League 1 season - the team finishing 14th will be relegated automatically, while the team finishing 13th will play against the team that finishes second in the 2019 V.League 2.[3]

The league will operate the "3+1" foreigner rule, where each team is allowed 3 non-Vietnamese players and 1 naturalized Vietnamese.

Teams edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous
season rank
Becamex Binh Duong Binh Duong Go Dau 13,035 VL1 (7th)
SHB Danang Danang Hoa Xuan 20,000 VL1 (9th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Gia Lai Pleiku 12,000 VL1 (10th)
Haiphong FC Haiphong Lach Tray 25,000 VL1 (6th)
Hanoi FC Hanoi Hang Day 22,500 VL1 (1st)
Viettel   VL2 (1st)
Ho Chi Minh City FC Ho Chi Minh City Thong Nhat 16,000 VL1 (12th)
Saigon FC VL1 (8th)
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN Khanh Hoa 19 August 25,000 VL1 (3rd)
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh Nam Dinh Thien Truong 30,000 VL1 (13th)
Song Lam Nghe An Nghe An Vinh 18,000 VL1 (4th)
Quang Nam Quang Nam Tam Ky 15,000 VL1 (11th)
Than Quang Ninh Quang Ninh Cam Pha 20,000 VL1 (5th)
Thanh Hoa FC Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa 12,000 VL1 (2nd)

Personnel and kits edit

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
Becamex Binh Duong   Nguyen Thanh Son   Nguyễn Anh Đức   Kamito
SHB Danang   Lê Huỳnh Đức   Hoàng Minh Tâm   Kamito
Hoang Anh Gia Lai   Lee Tae-hoon   Nguyễn Tuấn Anh   Mizuno
Haiphong FC   Truong Viet Hoang   Andre Fagan   Jogarbola
Hanoi FC   Chu Đình Nghiêm   Nguyễn Văn Quyết   Kappa
Viettel   Nguyen Hai Bien   Bùi Tiển Dũng   VNA Sports
Ho Chi Minh City FC   Jung Hae-seong   Huỳnh Kesley Alves   Zaicro
Saigon FC   Nguyen Thanh Cong   Nguyễn Ngọc Duy   Fraser Sport
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN   Vo Dinh Tan   Chaher Zarour Made by club
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh   Nguyen Van Dung   Nguyen Huu Dinh   VNA Sport
Song Lam Nghe An   Nguyen Duc Thang   Trần Nguyên Mạnh   Mitre
Quang Nam FC   Vu Hong Viet   Đinh Thanh Trung   Jogarbola
Than Quang Ninh   Phan Thanh Hùng   Huỳnh Tuấn Linh   Joma
Thanh Hoa FC   Mai Xuân Hợp   Hoàng Đình Tùng   Jogarbola

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ho Chi Minh City FC   Toshiya Miura Sacked 10 October 2018 Pre-season   Jung Hae-seong 18 December 2018
SHB Danang   Nguyen Minh Phuog 31 October 2018   Le Huynh Duc 13 November 2018
Viettel   Nguyen Hai Bien Mutual consent 30 January 2019   Lee Heung-sil 30 January 2019
Becamex Binh Duong   Tran Minh Chien Resigned 29 March 2019 6th   Nguyen Thanh Son 30 March 2019
Hoang Anh Gia Lai   Duong Minh Ninh Sacked 21 April 2019 11th   Lee Tae-hoon 21 April 2019
Quang Nam FC   Hoang Van Phuc Resigned 22 May 2019 13th   Vu Hong Viet 23 May 2019
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh   Nguyen Van Sy Mutual consent 23 May 2019 12th   Nguyen Van Dung 24 May 2019
Viettel   Lee Heung-sil Mutual consent 12 June 2019 11th   Nguyen Hai Bien 12 June 2019
Thanh Hoa   Nguyen Duc Thang Mutual consent 2 July 2019 5th   Vu Quang Bao 2 July 2019
Thanh Hoa FC   Vu Quang Bao Resigned 13 August 2019 10th   Mai Xuan Hop (assistant) 13 August 2019

Foreign players edit

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (AFC Player) Player 5 (Naturalized Vietnamese player) Former player
Becamex Bình Dương   Pedro Augusto   Wander Luiz   Ali Rabo   Veniamin Shumeyko    Eyerakpo Maxwell   Victor Mansaray
SHB Danang   Victor Nirennold   Bernardo Frizoni   Aimé Djicka Gassissou    Gastón Merlo   Patrick Boni
  Dominik Schmitt
Hoang Anh Gia Lai   Felipe Martins   Wieger Sietsma   Kim Bong-jin   Chevaughn WalshINJ
Haiphong FC   Andre Fagan   Jermie Lynch   Joseph Mpande    Dio Preye
Hanoi FC   Pape Omar Faye   Moses Oloya   Papa Ibou Kébé   Sajjad Moshkelpour   Ganiyu OseniINJ
  Brandon McDonald
Viettel   Bruno Cantanhede   Janclesio   Jean Carlos   João Paulo
  Gustavo
  Kayo Dias
Ho Chi Minh City FC   Louis Ewonde   Ismahil Akinade   Victor Mansaray    Kesley Alves   Joel Vinicius
  Matias JadueINJ
Saigon FC   Geovane   Gustavo   Pedro Paulo    Geoffrey Kizito   Dominique Da Sylva
  Thiago Moura
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN   Patiyo Tambwe   Youssouf Touré   Chaher Zarour    Suleiman Oladoja Abdullahi   Warley Oliveira
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh   Diogo Pereira   Gustavo   Emmanuel Tony Agbaji    Issifu Ansah   Patiyo Tambwe
  Sunday Emmanuel
Song Lam Nghe An   Michael Olaha   Damir Memović   Joel Vinicius   Marcio
Quang Nam FC   Rodrigo da Silva Dias   Gabriel Davis   Lucas Rocha    Samson Kayode   Thiago Papel
  Claudecir
Than Quang Ninh   Neven Laštro   Kouassi Yao Hermann   Rod Dyachenko
Thanh Hoa FC    Gramoz Kurtaj   Rimario Gordon   Errol Stevens   Monday Samuel
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first leg or be replaced because of injuries.
  • ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Standings edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hanoi FC (C) 26 15 8 3 60 30 +30 53 Qualification for ASEAN Club Championship group stage[a][b]
2 Ho Chi Minh City FC (Q) 26 14 6 6 41 29 +12 48 Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and qualification for ASEAN Club Championship group stage[a][c]
3 Than Quang Ninh (Q) 26 10 9 7 41 33 +8 39 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4 Becamex Binh Duong 26 10 6 10 32 32 0 36
5 Saigon FC 26 10 6 10 37 40 −3 36
6 Viettel 26 11 3 12 33 40 −7 36
7 Song Lam Nghe An 26 8 11 7 32 26 +6 35
8 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 26 10 5 11 45 46 −1 35
9 Quang Nam FC 26 8 10 8 43 38 +5 34
10 SHB Danang 26 9 6 11 38 38 0 33
11 Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh 26 8 7 11 32 41 −9 31
12 Haiphong FC 26 8 6 12 33 44 −11 30
13 Thanh Hoa FC (O) 26 6 8 12 36 52 −16 26 Qualification for Relegation play-off
14 Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN (R) 26 6 7 13 31 45 −14 25 Relegation to V.League 2
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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 10) Drawing of lots (Criteria 2 to 5 only applies after the conclusion of round 13)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 2020 ASEAN Club Championship was cancelled due to the pandemic is ongoing and unable to compete in the annual schedule.
  2. ^ Ha Noi, the league champions and Vietnamese Cup winners, failed to obtain an AFC license (due to their U15 team did not participates in Vietnam National U15 Youth League), and therefore are not eligible for continental qualification.[4] As a result, all AFC Champions League and AFC Cup berths are distributed to the remaining teams by league position.
  3. ^ If TP Ho Chi Minh cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

Positions by round edit

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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Becamex Binh Duong7364678109811968101010898535644
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh461012129101212121212111086855581010121111
Hanoi FC12212212222221222211111111
Haiphong FC98433556557101212121191113131179101212
Hoang Anh Gia Lai2599812977688101213131210101113121211108
Ho Chi Minh City FC61121121111112111122222222
Quang Nam FC121212131311121313131413131311121313129647769
Saigon FC10955566463447797111211121086885
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN1314141212131314141413141414141414141414141414141414
SHB Danang37789101198966896864447985710
Song Lam Nghe An54364333345544555966464457
Than Quang Ninh1413867445463333333333353333
Thanh Hoa FC811131414141411101097554446710121313131313
Viettel1110111210878111110119679778791111996
Winner; Champions League
Relegation play-off
Relegate to V.League 2
Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Results edit

Home \ Away BBD HAN HPG HAG HCM NDI QNA SGN SKH SLN DNG TQN THH VTL
Becamex Binh Duong 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–5 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Hanoi FC 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 6–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 4–0 3–2 5–0 5–0 5–2
Haiphong FC 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 3–3 2–3
Ho Chi Minh City FC 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 2–0
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0
Quang Nam FC 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–4 0–1 3–0 0–2
Saigon FC 0–1 1–4 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 3–0
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN 1–0 0–0 3–4 1–4 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1
Song Lam Nghe An 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1
SHB Danang 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–1
Than Quang Ninh 0–1 4–2 4–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Thanh Hoa FC 1–1 4–1 0–3 2–3 3–3 3–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–3 1–3
Viettel 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 5–3 3–3 2–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off match edit

The team finishing 13th faced the runner-up of 2019 V.League 2.

Thanh Hoa won the match and would remain in the 2020 V.League 1.

Thanh Hoa FC1 - 0Pho Hien FC

Attendances edit

By club edit

2019 V.League 1 Attendance
Club Total Games Avg. Per Game
DNH. Nam Dinh 195.000 13 15.000
Hanoi FC 105.000 13* 8.077
HA. Gia Lai 109.000 13 8.385
SHB Danang 101.000 13 7.769
Thanh Hoa FC 95.500 13 7.346
Viettel 94.000 13 7.231
SL. Nghe An 91.000 13 7.000
Ho Chi Minh City FC 88.000 13 6.769
S. Khanh Hoa BVN 82.500 13 6.346
Quang Nam FC 81.000 13 6.231
Haiphong FC 81.000 13 6.231
B. Binh Duong 67.700 13 5.208
T. Quang Ninh 67.500 13 5.192
Saigon FC 48.500 13 3.731
Total 1.306.700 182 7.180

By round edit

2019 V.League 1 Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 67.000 7 9.571
Round 2 53.000 7 7.571
Round 3 51.000 7 7.286
Round 4 55.000 7 7.857
Round 5 45.000 7 6.428
Round 6 53.000 7 7.571
Round 7 52.500 7 7.500
Round 8 55.500 7 7.929
Round 9 54.000 7 7.714
Round 10 42.000 7 6.000
Round 11 70.200 7 10.028
Round 12 45.000 7 6.428
Round 13 59.000 7 8.429
Round 14 40.500 7 5.786
Round 15 54.000 7 7.714
Round 16 58.000 7 8.286
Round 17 46.000 7 6.571
Round 18 62.500 7 8.929
Round 19 51.000 7 7.286
Round 20 46.000 7 6.571
Round 21 58.000 7 8.286
Round 22 43.000 7 6.143
Round 23 46.000 7* 6.571
Round 24 36.000 7 5.143
Round 25 42.500 7* 6.071
Round 26 21.000 7 3.000
Total 1.306.700 182 7.180

* Hanoi FC have to play 2 matches in the 23rd and 25th rounds at home without spectators because of a disciplinary decision.[5]

Season statistics edit

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Jeremie Lynch Haiphong FC Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN 3–4 (A) 5 March 2019 (2019-03-05)
  Rod Dyachenko Than Quang Ninh Haiphong FC 4–2 (H) 16 June 2019 (2019-06-16)
  Joel Vinicius Song Lam Nghe An Becamex Binh Duong 1–5 (A) 15 September 2019 (2019-09-15)
  Tran Minh Vuong Hoang Anh Gia Lai Haiphong FC 5–1 (H) 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20)
  Le Quoc Phuong Saigon FC Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh 4–1 (H) 23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)
  Bruno Cantanhede4 Viettel SHB Danang 5–3 (H) 23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)
  • Note:

4: scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Club of the Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month References
Club Manager Club Player Club Player Club
April Hanoi   Chi Dinh Nghiem Hanoi FC   Nguyen Quang Hai Hanoi FC   Nguyen Van Toan Hoang Anh Gia Lai
May Ho Chi Minh City   Jung Hae-seong Ho Chi Minh City FC   Nguyen Van Toan Hoang Anh Gia Lai   Nguyen Trong Hung Thanh Hoa FC
June Thanh Hoa   Nguyen Duc Thang Thanh Hoa FC   Nguyen Hai Huy Than Quang Ninh   Vu The Vuong Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh
July Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh   Nguyen Van Dung Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh   Nguyen Van Quyet Hanoi FC   Luong Xuan Truong Hoang Anh Gia Lai
August Hanoi   Chu Dinh Nghiem Hanoi FC   Nguyen Van Quyet Hanoi FC   Nguyen Quang Hai Hanoi FC

Annual awards edit

Award Winner Club
Manager of the Season   Jung Hae-seong Ho Chi Minh City FC
Player of the Season   Nguyen Quang Hai Hanoi FC
Top Goalscorer   Bruno Cantanhede Viettel
  Pape Omar Faye Hanoi FC
Top Assist   Nguyen Van Toan Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Young Player of the Year   Doan Van Hau Hanoi FC
Goal of the Season   Nghiem Xuan Tu Than Quang Ninh
Referee of the Year   Hoang Ngoc Ha
Assistant Referee of the Year   Pham Manh Long

Team of the Year edit

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper   Tran Nguyen Manh

(Song Lam Nghe An)

Defence   Ho Tan Tai

(Becamex Binh Duong)

  Nguyen Huu Tuan

(Ho Chi Minh City FC)

  Bui Tien Dung

(Viettel)

  Doan Van Hau

(Hanoi FC)

Midfield   Nguyen Van Quyet

(Hanoi FC)

  Mac Hong Quan

(Than Quang Ninh)

  Tran Minh Vuong

(Hoang Anh Gia Lai)

  Nguyen Quang Hai

(Hanoi FC)

Attack   Nguyen Van Toan

(Hoang Anh Gia Lai)

  Pape Omar Faye

(Hanoi FC)

See also edit

  • 2019 V.League 2
  • 2019 Vietnamese National Football Second League
  • 2019 Vietnamese National Football Third League

References edit

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  2. ^ "Vòng 26 giải VĐQG Nuti Café 2018: Chia điểm Nam Định, chủ nhà XSKT Cần Thơ xuống hạng Nhất". www.vnleague.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  3. ^ "Dieu le giai Bong da VDQG 2019" (PDF).
  4. ^ "SỐC: Hà Nội FC mất suất tham dự AFC Champions League 2020 và AFC Cup 2020". Fox Sports Vietnam. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Thông báo số 27 Giải VĐQG Wake-up 247 - 2019". www.vpf.vn.
  6. ^ "V.League 1 2019 Results - Vietnam Soccer Live".