1998 V-League

Vietnamese National First Division'

Season	1998
Dates	1 March – 14 June
Champions	Quân Đội (5th title)
Relegated	Bình Định Bình Dương Hải Quan
Asian Club Championship	Quân Đội
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Công An TP.HCM
Matches	180
Goals	458 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nguyễn Văn Dũng (17 goals)
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The 1998 Vietnamese National First Division was the 16th season of the National Football Championship in Vietnam, played from 1 March until 14 June 1998. ^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Quân Đội (C)	26	13	8	5	40	20	+20	47	Qualification to Asian Club Championship & Dunhill Cup
2	Sông Lam Nghệ An	26	13	5	8	46	34	+12	44 [a]	Qualification to Dunhill Cup
3	Công An TP.HCM	26	12	8	6	41	30	+11	44 [a]	Qualification to Asian Cup Winners' Cup & Dunhill Cup
4	Công an Hà Nội [b]	25	13	6	6	34	24	+10	42	Qualification to Dunhill Cup
5	Cảng Sài Gòn	26	10	8	8	45	34	+11	38 [c]
6	Lâm Đồng	26	11	5	10	35	40	−5	38 [c]
7	Đồng Tháp	26	8	12	6	35	36	−1	36
8	Nam Định [d]	25	10	4	11	33	30	+3	34
9	Khánh Hòa [e]	25	8	8	9	27	30	−3	32
10	Công An Hải Phòng [f]	25	7	9	9	30	30	0	30
11	Hải Quan (R)	26	6	12	8	21	26	−5	30 [g]	Qualification to relegation play offs.
12	Long An (O)	26	5	12	9	20	29	−9	27
13	Bình Dương [h] (R)	24	6	8	10	23	36	−13	24	Relegation to Second Division
14	Bình Định (R)	26	3	3	20	19	50	−31	12

Source: VFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Number of away goals scored; 6) Draw of lots. ^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Sông Lam Nghệ An: 4, Công An TP.HCM: 1.
2. Công An Hà Nội's result against Công An Hải Phòng in Matchday 15 (0–1 loss) was cancelled and the team was deducted 3 points. ^[2]
3. Head-to-head points: Cảng Sài Gòn 4, Lâm Đồng: 1.
4. Nam Định's result against Bình Dương in Matchday 13 (0–0 draw) was cancelled.
5. Khánh Hòa's result against Bình Dương in Matchday 17 (4–4 draw) was cancelled.
6. Công An Hải Phòng's result against Công An Hà Nội in Matchday 15 (1–0 win) was cancelled.
7. HP
8. Bình Dương's results against Nam Định in Matchday 13 (0–0 draw) and against Khánh Hòa in Matchday 17 (4–4 draw) were cancelled, and the team was deducted 2 points.

Relegation play-offs

6 December 1998

Hải Quan	2–2	Thừa Thiên Huế
Anh Trung	Report	o.g.' Trần Quang Phú

Thống Nhất Stadium , Ho Chi Minh City

13 December 1998

15:00

Thừa Thiên Huế	0–0	Hải Quan
	Report

Tự Do Stadium , Thừa Thiên Huế

2–2 on aggregate; Thừa Thiên Huế won on away goals and promote to the National First Division.

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6 December 1998

Kiên Giang	0–2	Long An

Rạch Giá Stadium , Kiên Giang

13 December 1998

Long An	3–0	Kiên Giang

Long An Stadium , Long An

Long won 5–0 on aggregate and remain in the National First Division.

References

1. Giải VĐQG 1998 - VFF
2. "Những đội bóng bị kỷ luật, bỏ cuộc và 'bỗng nhiên' trụ hạng". Thể thao & Văn hóa. 5 September 2013.
3. "Điều lệ Giải bóng đá vô địch quốc gia 1998 (2/3)". Archived from the original on 2002-12-29. Retrieved 2024-01-09.

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