V.League 2
association football league
The Vietnamese Football League First Division (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá hạng Nhất Quốc gia, lit. 'National First Division Football League'), officially stylized as V.League 2, is the second-highest league of the Vietnamese football league system after the V.League 1, and is currently contested by 14 clubs. The current holders are Truong Tuoi Dong Nai, who won the 2025–26 season.
League structure
Starting in the 2025–26 season, the league comprises 14 teams. Over the course of a season, which runs annually from September/October to the following June/July, each team plays twice against the others in the league, once at 'home' and once 'away', resulting in each team competing in 26 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).
At the end of the season, the top two team is promoted to the V.League 1 and the bottom two teams are relegated to Second Division.
Competition format
Seasons 2000 to 2019: teams played a double round-robin format to earn points. The champion team was promoted to V.League 1. The bottom 1 or 2 teams were relegated to the National Second Division.
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