2017 V.League 1

Toyota V.League 1 – 2017
Season	2017
Dates	7 January – 25 November
Champions	Quang Nam FC; 1st VL1 title; 1st Vietnamese title
Relegated	Long An FC
Matches played	182
Goals scored	529 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nguyen Anh Duc (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Saigon FC 4–0 Long An FC ; Hanoi FC 4–0 Long An FC ; Hanoi FC 4–0 XSKT Cantho ; Hanoi FC 4–0 Ho Chi Minh City FC ; Becamex Binh Duong 4–0 Long An FC
Biggest away win	XSKT Cantho 1–5 Becamex Binh Duong ; Long An FC 1–5 Hanoi FC
Highest scoring	FLC Thanh Hoa 5–3 Hoang Anh Gia Lai ; Than Quang Ninh 4–4 Hanoi FC (8 goals)
Longest winning run	FLC Thanh Hoa ; Hoang Anh Gia Lai ; Than Quang Ninh ; Ho Chi Minh City FC ; Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN ; Quang Nam FC (3 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Hanoi FC; (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Long An FC; (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Long An FC; (10 matches)
Highest attendance	19,000 ; SHB Danang 1–0 Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Lowest attendance	0 ; Haiphong 2–0 Quang Nam FC
Total attendance	1,017,700
Average attendance	5,592
	← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2017 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 34th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 17th as a professional league. The season began on 7 January 2017 and ended on 25 November 2017.^[1] The season was twice interrupted due to the Vietnam Football Federation's decision to stop the league for 4 weeks due to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and then again for 7 weeks for the 29th SEA Games.

Changes from the previous season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2

Ho Chi Minh City FC

From V.League 1

Relegated to V.League 2

Dong Thap FC

Rule changes

There is no longer a play-off match this season, so there is only one direct relegation spot.

Names changes

In January 2017, Hanoi T&T were renamed Hanoi FC and QNK Quang Nam were renamed Quang Nam FC.

Stadium changes

SHB Danang moved into Hoa Xuan Stadium from Chi Lang Stadium.

Teams

Locations of the 2017 V.League 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Becamex Binh Duong	Binh Duong	Go Dau	13,035	VL1 (10th)
XSKT Cantho	Cantho	Cantho	60,000	VL1 (11th)
SHB Danang	Danang	Hoa Xuan	20,000	VL1 (3rd)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Pleiku	12,000	VL1 (12th)
Haiphong FC	Haiphong	Lach Tray	25,000	VL1 (2nd)
Hanoi FC	Hanoi	Hang Day	22,500	VL1 (1st)
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL2 (1st)
Saigon FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL1 (7th)
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Khanh Hoa	19 August	25,000	VL1 (8th)
Long An FC	Long An	Long An	19,975	VL1 (13th)
Song Lam Nghe An	Nghe An	Vinh	18,000	VL1 (9th)
Quang Nam FC	Quang Nam	Tam Ky	15,000	VL1 (5th)
Than Quang Ninh	Quang Ninh	Cam Pha	20,000	VL1 (4th)
FLC Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	12,000	VL1 (6th)

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Becamex Binh Duong	Tran Binh Su	Nguyen Anh Duc	Kappa
XSKT Cantho	Vu Quang Bao	Tran Chi Cong	KeepDri
SHB Danang	Le Huynh Duc	Nguyen Vu Phong	Made by club
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Duong Minh Ninh	Nguyen Cong Phuong	Made by club
Haiphong FC	Truong Viet Hoang	Le Van Phu	Mitre
Hanoi FC	Chu Dinh Nghien	Gonzalo Marronkle	Kappa
Ho Chi Minh City	Lu Dinh Tuan	Truong Dinh Luat	Mizuno
Saigon FC	Nguyen Duc Thang	Nguyen Ngoc Duy	Made by club
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Vo Dinh Tan	Tran Van Vu	Made by club
Long An FC	Nguyen Minh Phuong	Nguyen Tai Loc	Kappa
Song Lam Nghe An	Nguyen Duc Thang	Tran Nguyen Manh	Mitre
Quang Nam FC	Hoang Van Phuc	Dinh Thanh Trung	Made by club
Than Quang Ninh	Phan Thanh Hung	Vu Minh Tuan	Joma
FLC Thanh Hoa	Ljupko Petrović	Pape Omar Faye	Mitre

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Becamex Binh Duong	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	Sacked	28 October 2016	Pre-season	Trần Bình Sự	28 October 2016
FLC Thanh Hoa	Hoàng Thanh Tùng		4 December 2016		Ljupko Petrović	4 December 2016
Song Lam Nghe An	Ngô Quang Trường		28 December 2016		Nguyễn Đức Thắng	28 December 2016
Long An FC	Ngô Quang Sang		21 February 2017	14th	Nguyễn Minh Phương	24 February 2017
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn	Resigned	14 October 2017^[2]	12th	Dương Minh Ninh	14 October 2017
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Alain Fiard	Sacked	8 November 2017^[3]	11th	Lư Đình Tuấn	8 November 2017

Foreign players

Teams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised player. Hanoi FC and Than Quang Ninh are allowed to have four foreign players (at least one AFC player) to play AFC Cup.^[4]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	Naturalised Vietnamese Player	Former Players ¹
Becamex Binh Duong	Dugary Ndabashinze	Diogo Pereira			→ Maxwell Eyerakpo	Sunday Emmanuel
XSKT Cantho	Nsi Amougou	Sunday Emmanuel			→ Dio Preye	Kisekka Henry
SHB Danang	Ezequiel Brítez	Gramoz Kurtaj			→ Gastón Merlo	Eydison
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Mobi Fehr	Henrique Motta				Masaaki Ideguchi
Haiphong FC	Diego Fagan	Errol Stevens			→ Issifu Ansah
Hanoi FC	Moses Oloya	Oseni Ganiyu	Loris Arnaud	Álvaro Silva	→ Samson Kayode	Gonzalo Marronkle
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Víctor Ormazábal	Dominique Da Sylva			→ Theophilus Esele	Rod Dyachenko
Saigon FC	Marcelo Fernandes	Patrick Cruz
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Chaher Zarour	Youssouf Touré				Diao Sadio
Long An FC	Wander Luiz	Eydison				Ashkanov Apollon Oseni Ganiyu Sim Woon-sub
Song Lam Nghe An	Michael Olaha	Danko Kovačević				Henry Shackiel
Quang Nam FC	Claudecir	Thiago Papel			→ Suleiman Oladoja Abdullahi
Than Quang Ninh	Patiyo Tambwe	Marcus Vinícius	Rod Dyachenko		→ Geoffrey Kizito	Ramon Jardel
FLC Thanh Hoa	Pape Omar Faye	Uche Iheruome			→ Danny van Bakel

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first leg or be replaced because of injuries.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Quang Nam FC (C)	26	13	9	4	46	32	+14	48^[a]
2	FLC Thanh Hoa (Q)	26	13	9	4	44	29	+15	48^[a]	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 or AFC Cup Group stage
3	Hanoi FC	26	12	10	4	54	31	+23	46
4	Than Quang Ninh	26	12	7	7	42	34	+8	43^[b]
5	Saigon FC	26	11	10	5	40	29	+11	43^[b]
6	Sanna Khanh Hoa (Q)	26	11	8	7	38	36	+2	41	Qualification to Mekong Club Championship
7	Haiphong FC	26	11	5	10	35	33	+2	38
8	Song Lam Nghe An^[c] (Q)	26	8	10	8	36	36	0	34	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage
9	SHB Danang	26	8	9	9	36	35	+1	33
10	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	26	9	3	14	34	43	−9	30^[d]
11	Becamex Binh Duong	26	6	12	8	34	30	+4	30^[d]
12	Ho Chi Minh City FC	26	6	7	13	29	46	−17	25
13	XSKT Cantho	26	5	7	14	32	50	−18	22
14	Long An FC (R)	26	2	4	20	30	66	−36	10	Relegation to V.League 2

Source: vnleague.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Quang Nam ahead of FLC Thanh Hoa by head-to-head record: TH 2-3 QN; QN 1-1 TH; Quang Nam failed to obtain an AFC license, and therefore are not eligible for continental qualification.
^ ^a ^b Than Quang Ninh ahead of Saigon FC by head-to-head record: TQN 3-0 SG; SG 0-0 TQN
^ Song Lam Nghe An qualified to 2018 AFC Cup by winning 2017 Vietnamese Cup.
^ ^a ^b Hoang Anh Gia Lai ahead of Becamex Binh Duong by head-to-head record: HAGL 2-1 BD; BD 0-1 HAGL

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	FTH	HNO	HPG	HAGL	HCM	LFC	QNA	SGN	SKH	SLNA	DNG	TQN	CTH
Becamex Binh Duong		2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–1
FLC Thanh Hoa	1–1		3–3	1–1	5–3	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0
Hanoi FC	0–0	2–1		2–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–0
Haiphong FC	0–2	0–0	1–1		1–2	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–2		0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–2	3–0
Ho Chi Minh City FC	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–0		5–2	1–1	1–3	1–4	2–2	1–1	2–4	1–0
Long An FC	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–2	0–3	2–3		2–3	3–3	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3
Quang Nam FC	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1		1–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	2–1
Saigon FC	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	2–1		0–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	2–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0		1–1	3–2	0–3	2–2
Song Lam Nghe An	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–4	2–0	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–1
SHB Danang	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–1		2–0	3–0
Than Quang Ninh	2–0	4–3	4–4	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		0–0
XSKT Cantho	1–5	1–4	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	4–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1

Source: Vietnam Professional Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Becamex Binh Duong	11	11	6	7	7	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11
FLC Thanh Hoa	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	2
Hanoi FC	2	6	2	2	3	3	3	2	6	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	1	3	2	1	3
Haiphong FC	12	7	3	6	4	4	7	4	4	4	5	2	4	6	4	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	7
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	13	14	14	14	12	9	5	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10
Ho Chi Minh City FC	8	12	10	11	13	8	6	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12
Long An FC	3	3	7	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Quang Nam FC	7	4	5	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	6	6	3	5	6	5	3	2	3	1	2	1	1	2	1
Saigon FC	4	2	4	5	6	7	11	11	9	9	8	7	7	4	3	4	3	4	3	5	6	7	6	7	6	5
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	5	9	9	9	10	11	9	8	3	7	4	4	3	5	7	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	6
Song Lam Nghe An	14	13	12	8	9	12	10	10	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
SHB Danang	6	8	8	4	5	5	8	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Than Quang Ninh	9	5	11	12	8	6	4	7	8	5	6	5	5	7	6	3	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	4	4
XSKT Cantho	10	10	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Winner; Champions League
	Relegate to V.League 2

Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Becamex Binh Duong	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W
FLC Thanh Hoa	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W
Hanoi FC	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D
Haiphong FC	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L
Ho Chi Minh City FC	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L
Long An FC	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Quang Nam FC	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W
Saigon FC	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Song Lam Nghe An	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L
SHB Danang	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W
Than Quang Ninh	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D
XSKT Cantho	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W

Source: Vietnam Professional Football
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

As of 25 November 2017

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Binh Duong	17
2	Nsi Amougou	XSKT Cantho	16
2	Rod Dyachenko	Ho Chi Minh City FC/Than Quang Ninh	16
4	Errol Stevens	Haiphong FC	14
5	Oseni Ganiyu	Long An FC/Hanoi FC	12
	Uche Iheruome	FLC Thanh Hoa
	Claudecir	Quang Nam FC
8	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hoa	11
9	Đinh Thanh Trung	Quang Nam FC	10
	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hanoi FC
	Patiyo Tambwe	Than Quang Ninh

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Pham Manh Hung	Song Lam Nghe An	Hanoi FC	1
Que Ngoc Hai	Song Lam Nghe An	XSKT Cantho	2
Nguyen Dinh Nhon	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Than Quang Ninh	5
Dang Quang Huy	Haiphong FC	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	7
Dinh Tien Thanh	FLC Thanh Hoa	Hanoi FC	10
Nguyen Thanh Trung	Long An FC	Saigon FC	11
Nguyen Dinh Nhon	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Than Quang Ninh	15
Nguyen Anh Duc	Becamex Binh Duong	SHB Danang	16
Tran Duc Cuong	Becamex Binh Duong	SHB Danang
Lam Anh Quang	SHB Danang	Becamex Binh Duong
Nguyen Anh Hung	Haiphong FC	Becamex Binh Duong	17
Nguyen Cuu Huy Hoang	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Haiphong FC	18
Henrique Motta	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Long An FC	18
Le Van Dai	FLC Thanh Hoa	Becamex Binh Duong	24

Hattrick

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dinh Thanh Trung	Quang Nam FC	Than Quang Ninh	3–1	22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)
Víctor Ormazábal	Ho Chi Minh City FC	Long An FC	5–2	19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)
Lam Ti Phong	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	4–2	1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)
Rod Dyachenko	Than Quang Ninh	Ho Chi Minh City FC	4–2	19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)
Rod Dyachenko	Than Quang Ninh	Hanoi FC	4–4⁴	25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)
Nguyen Anh Duc	Becamex Binh Duong	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	3–2
Marcelo Fernandes	Saigon FC	Haiphong FC	3–0

Note:

⁴: scored 4 goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Club of the Month	Fair-play Club of the Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Club of the Month	Fair-play Club of the Month	Coach	Club	Player	Club
January	FLC Thanh Hoa	None	Ljupko Petrovic	FLC Thanh Hoa	Dinh Thanh Trung	Quang Nam FC
February	Hoang Anh Gia Lai		Ljupko Petrovic	FLC Thanh Hoa	Vu Minh Tuan	Than Quang Ninh
March April	Hanoi FC		Vo Dinh Tan	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Nguyen Hoang Quoc Chi	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN
June July	FLC Thanh Hoa		Ljupko Petrovic	FLC Thanh Hoa	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hoa
September	Quang Nam FC	Than Quang Ninh	Hoang Van Phuc	Quang Nam FC	Dinh Thanh Trung	Quang Nam FC
October	Hanoi FC	Song Lam Nghe An	Hoang Van Phuc	Quang Nam FC	Nguyen Van Quyet	Hanoi FC
November		Hoang Anh Gia Lai

No awards in May and August

Annual awards

Best Assistant Referee

Nguyen Trung Hau

Dream Team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Nguyen Tuan Manh (Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN)	Vu Van Thanh (Hoang Anh Gia Lai) Hoang Van Khanh (Song Lam Nghe An) Tran Dinh Trong (Saigon FC) Do Van Thuan (Saigon FC)	Nguyen Quang Hai (Hanoi FC) Nguyen Huy Hung (Quang Nam FC) Nguyen Hoang Quoc Chi (Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN) Dinh Thanh Trung (Quang Nam FC)	Errol Stevens (Haiphong FC) Nguyen Anh Duc (Becamex Binh Duong)

Goal of the month

Month	Scorer	For	Against	Stadium	Date
January	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC	Than Quang Ninh	Hang Day Stadium	7 January 2017
February	Vu Minh Tuan	Than Quang Ninh	Saigon FC	Cam Pha Stadium	26 February 2017
March April	Nguyen Tien Duy	Saigon FC	Long An FC	Thong Nhat Stadium	1 April 2017
June July	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hoa	SHB Danang	Thanh Hoa Stadium	24 June 2017
September	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC	Long An FC	Hang Day Stadium	1 October 2017
October	Do Van Thuan	Saigon FC	Ho Chi Minh City FC	Thong Nhat Stadium	29 October 2017

Attendances