2019 V.League 2

V.League 2
Season	2019
Dates	5 April – 5 October
Champions	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh (1st title)
Promoted	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh
Relegated	Phù Đổng
Matches played	66
Goals scored	187 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nguyễn Xuân Nam (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Huế 5–0 An Giang; (2 June 2019)
Biggest away win	XSKT Cần Thơ 0–4 An Giang; (6 May 2019) ; Bình Định 0–4 Phố Hiến; (25 May 2019) ; Huế 0–4 Phố Hiến; (12 June 2019)
Highest scoring	Bình Phước 4–3 Phù Đổng; (13 April 2019)
Longest winning run	5 matches ; Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches ; Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh
Longest winless run	7 matches ; Phù Đổng
Longest losing run	6 matches ; Phù Đổng
Highest attendance	5,000; XM Fico Tây Ninh 1–2 Bình Định; (1 June 2019)
Lowest attendance	300; Long An 2–1 Bình Định; (11 May 2019) ; Phù Đổng 0–1 Bình Định; (12 June 2019)
Total attendance	114,100
Average attendance	1,729
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 V.League 2 (referred to as LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 5 April 2019 and finished on 5 October 2019.^[1] The season started with 12 clubs.

Changes from last season[edit]

Team changes[edit]

The following teams had changed division since the 2018 season.

To V.League 2[edit]

Promoted from 2018 Vietnamese National Football Second League

Relegated from 2018 V.League 1

XSKT Cần Thơ

From V.League 2[edit]

Relegated to 2019 Vietnamese National Football Second League

Công An Nhân Dân

Promoted to 2019 V.League 1

Viettel

Rule changes[edit]

There is one direct promotion spot for the champion. The team finishing second will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed club of 2019 V.League 1. The club finishing last will be relegated to the 2020 Vietnamese National Football Second League

Name changes[edit]

In November 2018 Hà Nội B F.C. renamed as Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Locations of the 2019 V.League 2 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
An Giang	An Giang	An Giang Stadium	15,200
Bình Định	Quy Nhơn	Quy Nhơn Stadium	25,000
Bình Phước	Bình Phước	Bình Phước Stadium	10,000
Đắk Lắk	Buôn Ma Thuột	Buôn Ma Thuột Stadium	25,000
Đồng Tháp	Cao Lãnh	Cao Lãnh Stadium	23,000
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	Hà Tĩnh	Hà Tĩnh Stadium	20,000
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	Nghệ An	Vinh Stadium	18,000
Huế	Huế	Tự Do Stadium	25,000
Long An	Long An	Long An Stadium	19,975
Phố Hiến	Hưng Yên	PVF Stadium	4,600
Phù Đổng	Hà Nội	Mỹ Đình National Stadium	40,192
XM Fico Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh Stadium	15,500
XSKT Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ Stadium	44,400

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
An Giang	Trịnh Văn Hậu
Bình Định	Phan Tôn Quyền
Bình Phước	Lê Thanh Xuân
Đắk Lắk	Trương Minh Tiến
Đồng Tháp	Trần Công Minh	Grand Sport	XSKT Đồng Tháp, Happy Food, Đại Học Văn Hiến
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	Phạm Minh Đức
Huế	Phan Văn Trí	Adidas (fake)
Long An	Ngô Quang Sang		Cảng Long An, Dong Tam Group
Phố Hiến	Hứa Hiền Vinh	Grand Sport	Tân Á Đại Thành
Phù Đổng	Lê Đức Tuấn	UGETHER	Mitsubishi Motors
XM Fico Tây Ninh	Nguyễn Hoàng Huân Chương		Xi măng Fico
XSKT Cần Thơ	Nguyễn Thanh Danh	KeepDri	XSKT Cần Thơ

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh (C, P)	22	17	2	3	50	15	+35	53	Promotion to 2020 V.League 1
2	Phố Hiến (Q)	22	11	7	4	37	22	+15	40	Play-off
3	Bình Phước	22	11	4	7	33	25	+8	37
4	An Giang	22	9	6	7	32	27	+5	33
5	Long An	22	9	5	8	30	31	−1	32
6	Huế	22	9	2	11	33	36	−3	29
7	XM Fico Tây Ninh	22	8	4	10	32	33	−1	28^[a]
8	Đắk Lắk	22	8	4	10	28	31	−3	28^[a]
9	Đồng Tháp	22	5	8	9	26	32	−6	23
10	XSKT Cần Thơ	22	4	10	8	17	33	−16	22
11	Bình Định	22	5	6	11	18	37	−19	21
12	Phù Đổng (R)	22	5	4	13	22	36	−14	19	Relegation to 2020 Second League

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2019. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goal scored; 5) Head-to-head away goal scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goal scored; 9) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b XM Fico Tây Ninh ahead of Đắk Lắk by goal difference: FTN 3-1 DL; DL 4-2 FTN

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	AGI	BDI	BPC	DLK	DTP	HHT	HUE	LAN	PHI	PDO	FTN	CTH
An Giang								3–0			0–0
Bình Định	0–1			2–1	2–2
Bình Phước		3–0			2–1					4–3
Đắk Lắk							2–0		1–2
Đồng Tháp								2–0
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh							2–1		3–3
Huế			0–1					4–0				0–0
Long An				3–2		2–1
Phố Hiến			1–0								0–1	1–1
Phù Đổng	1–1				0–1	0–2
XM Fico Tây Ninh				3–1		0–1
XSKT Cần Thơ	0–4	0–0								3–1

Source: vpf.vn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	6	3	1	3	2	2	3	4	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4			4
Bình Định	5	7	9	10	9	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11			11
Bình Phước	11	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3			3
Đắk Lắk	10	11	12	9	11	9	10	10	8	9	8	7	6	7	6	7	8			8
Đồng Tháp	4	4	2	1	4	5	7	5	6	4	4	5	5	5	7	8	9			9
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	2	2	5	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Huế	8	10	11	12	10	8	5	6	4	6	7	6	7	6	5	6	6			6
Long An	1	6	6	7	8	7	9	9	7	5	6	8	8	8	8	5	5			5
Phố Hiến	3	1	3	4	5	6	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2			2
Phù Đổng	7	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12			12
XM Fico Tây Ninh	12	12	7	8	6	4	6	7	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	7			7
XSKT Cần Thơ	9	8	8	6	7	10	8	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10			10

	Winner; Promoted to V.League 1
	Play-off
	Relegation to Second League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season progress[edit]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W
Bình Định	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L
Bình Phước	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W
Đắk Lắk	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W
Đồng Tháp	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	D
Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Huế	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Long An	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
Phố Hiến	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D
Phù Đổng	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D
XM Fico Tây Ninh	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L
XSKT Cần Thơ	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D

	Win
	Draw
	Lose

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Attendances[edit]

By round[edit]

2019 V.League 2 Attendance
Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	12,500	6	2,083
Round 2	12,000	6	2,000
Round 3	12,000	6	2,000
Round 4	9,200	6	1,533
Round 5	10,600	6	1,767
Round 6		6
Round 7		6
Round 8		6
Round 9		6
Round 10		6
Round 11		6
Round 12		6
Round 13	9,100	6	1,516
Round 14	13,700	6	2,283
Round 15		6
Round 16		6
Round 17		6
Round 18		6
Round 19		6
Round 20		6
Round 21		6
Round 22		6
Total		132

By club[edit]

Season statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

As of 16 June 2019.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nguyễn Xuân Nam	Phố Hiến	9
2	Tạ Thái Học	Bình Phước	6
	Ngô Hồng Phước	An Giang
	Lâm Thuận	Bình Phước
	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	Huế
6	Huỳnh Tấn Tài	Long An	5
	Lâm Hải Đăng	XSKT Cần Thơ
	Y Thăng Êban	Đắk Lắk
	Nguyễn Công Thành	Đồng Tháp
	Nguyễn Thiện Chí	Đồng Tháp
	Lê Đức Tài	XM Fico Tây Ninh

Hattrick[edit]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

References[edit]

^ Lich HNQG

External links[edit]

Official Page

[table_hth_FTN0.92302594609699-2] XM Fico Tây Ninh ahead of Đắk Lắk by goal difference: FTN 3-1 DL; DL 4-2 FTN

[1] Lich HNQG

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