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Vietnamese football league system

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The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.

System by period

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Season Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
Before Vietnam unification North Vietnam V-League South Vietnam V-League
1975-1979 North Vietnam V-League (Hồng Hà) Central Vietnam V-League (Trường Sơn) South Vietnam V-League (Cửu Long)
1980-1989 A1 League A2 League
1990-1996 Powerhouses' League 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 Super League First Division
2013- V.League 1 V.League 2

Current system

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Level

League(s)/Division(s)

1

V.League 1
14 clubs

2

V.League 2 (First Division)
12 clubs

3

Vietnamese Second Division
14 clubs divided into 2 groups

Group A
7 clubs
Group B
7 clubs

4

Vietnamese Third Division
16 clubs divided into 2 groups

Group A
8 clubs
Group B
8 clubs

Cup eligibility

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Domestic cups

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All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the National Cup tournament.

Super Cup

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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

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For the 2023–24 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Two Group stage. The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs.

See also

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