1989 V-League

Vietnam National A1 League

Season	1989
Dates	5 March – 28 May
Champions	Đồng Tháp (1st title)
Matches played	210
Goals scored	460 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hà Vương Ngầu Nại (16 goals)
← 1987 1990 (National Elite Football Championship) →

The 1989 Vietnam National A1 League was the 8th season of the National Football Championship in Vietnam, played from 5 March until 28 May 1989.

This season marked a record number of participating teams with 32 teams. This was also the last season of the National A1 League as the highest level football league in Vietnam. The 1989 season would select 18 teams with the highest level to form a new division, the National Elite Football Championship from the 1990 season.. The other 11 teams would continue to compete in the National A1 League and the bottom 3 teams would be relegated to the A2 League. Therefore, this season is also called "split division". ^[1]

First phase

32 teams are divided over three groups playing a single round robin. The top 7 teams of each group advance to the second phase, and the bottom team of each group would relegate to the 1990 National A2 League. From this season, the draw limit system was removed.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hải Quan	10	4	5	1	11	6	+5	13	Qualify for Second phase
2	Điện Hải Phòng	10	4	5	1	8	5	+3	13
3	An Giang	10	3	6	1	14	10	+4	12
4	Tiền Giang	10	4	4	2	10	8	+2	12
5	Công An Hà Nội	10	3	5	2	13	7	+6	11
6	Phú Khánh	10	3	5	2	13	9	+4	11
7	Tổng Cục Đường Sắt	10	3	5	2	12	9	+3	11
8	Quân Khu 3	10	2	6	2	7	6	+1	10
9	Công An Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng	10	2	5	3	7	7	0	9
10	Gò Dầu	10	2	1	7	6	15	−9	5
11	GTVT Hải Hưng	10	0	3	7	1	20	−19	3	Relegation the National A2 League

Source: VFF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng	9	3	6	0	12	7	+5	12	Qualify for Second phase
2	Sông Lam Nghệ Tĩnh	9	4	3	2	15	12	+3	11
3	Long An	9	4	3	2	12	11	+1	11
4	Công Nhân Nghĩa Bình	9	3	4	2	8	5	+3	10
5	Than Quảng Ninh	9	3	4	2	7	6	+1	10
6	Công An Hải Phòng	9	3	3	3	12	9	+3	9
7	Công An TP.HCM	9	3	3	3	10	7	+3	9
8	Đồng Tháp	9	3	3	3	11	9	+2	9
9	Quân Khu Thủ Đô	9	2	3	4	6	9	−3	7
10	Sở Công Nghiệp TP.HCM	9	0	2	7	2	20	−18	2	Relegation the National A2 League

Source: VFF

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cảng Sài Gòn	10	6	4	0	20	7	+13	16	Qualify for Second phase
2	Dệt Nam Định	10	5	3	2	15	12	+3	13
3	CNXD Hà Nội	10	5	3	2	11	12	−1	13
4	Quân Đội	10	4	4	2	7	3	+4	12
5	Lâm Đồng	10	3	5	2	13	10	+3	11
6	Đồng Nai	10	4	2	4	12	8	+4	10
7	Công An Thanh Hóa	10	4	2	4	12	13	−1	10
8	Cảng Hải Phòng	10	3	3	4	10	14	−4	9
9	Công An Hà Bắc	10	2	3	5	11	11	0	7
10	Quân Khu 7	10	2	3	5	10	14	−4	7
11	CN Việt Trì Vĩnh Phú	10	0	2	8	7	24	−17	2	Relegation the National A2 League

Source: VFF

Second phase

24 teams are divided over three groups. The three group winners and the best group runners-up advance to the final round. The bottom team of each group would remain at the 1990 National A1 League, while the remaining teams would qualify for the 1990 All-Vietnam National League.

Matches that ended in draw after 90 minutes would move to the penalty shoot-outs, with the winning team receiving 2 points, while the losing team gets 1 point.

Sông Lam Nghệ Tĩnh withdrew before the Second phase to compete in an international tournament in Laos, and was replaced by Đồng Tháp in Group 2. While Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng declared forfeit after one matchday after the team went through a road accident. ^[2]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Công An Hà Nội	6	5	0	1	0	7	3	+4	16	Qualify for Final round & Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
2	Long An	6	1	2	3	0	7	7	0	10	Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
3	Công An Thanh Hóa	6	2	1	1	2	8	8	0	9
4	Hải Quan	6	2	1	1	2	7	7	0	9
5	Tổng Cục Đường Sắt	6	2	1	1	2	6	6	0	9
6	CNXD Hà Nội	6	1	2	0	3	10	10	0	7
7	Công An TP.HCM	6	0	1	1	4	7	11	−4	3

Source: VFF

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Đồng Tháp (Q)	5	2	2	0	1	6	3	+3	10	Qualify for Final round & Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
2	Dệt Nam Định	5	2	2	0	1	7	5	+2	10	Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
3	An Giang	5	1	2	1	1	9	8	+1	8
4	Tiền Giang	5	1	0	4	0	5	7	−2	7
5	Công An Hải Phòng	5	0	2	2	1	7	8	−1	6
6	Đồng Nai (R)	5	0	1	2	2	4	7	−3	4

Source: VFF
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quân Đội	5	3	2	0	0	8	2	+6	13	Qualify for Final round & Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
2	Điện Hải Phòng	5	2	2	1	0	9	6	+3	11
3	Cảng Sài Gòn	5	2	1	2	0	9	5	+4	10	Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
4	Công Nhân Nghĩa Bình	5	1	1	1	2	9	13	−4	6
5	Lâm Đồng	5	0	0	3	2	3	8	−5	3
6	Phú Khánh	5	0	1	0	4	3	7	−4	2
7	Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: VFF

Final round

Semi-finals

Công An Hà Nội	0–1	Quân Đội

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Đồng Tháp	0–0	Điện Hải Phòng
Penalties
	4–3

Third place match

Công An Hà Nội	2–1	Điện Hải Phòng

Final

28 May 1989

Quân Đội	0–1	Đồng Tháp
		Phạm Anh Tuấn 68'

Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi

Vietnam National A1 League champions
Đồng Tháp 1st title

References

1. Giải VĐQG 1989 - VFF
2. "Vụ lật kèo lịch sử: Đồng Tháp và câu chuyện 'tiền đạo không bằng tiền mặt'". Thanh Niên.