2016 V.League 1

V.League 1
Season	2016
Dates	20 February – 18 September
Champions	Hanoi T&T ; 3rd VL1 title; 3rd Vietnamese title
Relegated	Dong Thap FC
Matches played	182
Goals scored	548 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gastón Merlo ; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Haiphong FC 5 – 0 Long An FC ; Becamex Binh Duong 5 - 0 Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Biggest away win	Dong Thap FC 0 – 4 SHB Danang
Highest scoring	Becamex Binh Duong 4 – 5 Hanoi T&T ; (9 goals)
Longest winning run	Haiphong FC ; (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Haiphong FC ; Than Quang Ninh (8 games)
Longest winless run	Dong Thap FC ; (23 games)
Longest losing run	Dong Thap FC ; (9 games)
Highest attendance	19,000
Lowest attendance	1,000
Total attendance	1,147,900
Average attendance	6,307
	← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 23 September 2016.

Last updated November 18, 2023

The 2016 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 60th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. It began on 20 February 2016 and ended 18 September 2016.^[1]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2015 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2

Saigon FC

From V.League 1

Relegated to 2016 V.League 2

Dong Nai FC

Rule changes

In season 2016, the club finishing in the 14th position would be relegated to V-League 2. The club that had finished in the 13th position would face the winner of a play-off between the V-League 2's second, third and fourth place clubs for a place in the 2017 V.League 1 season.

Name changes

Dong Tam Long An changed their name to Long An FC in December 2015.^[2]

In April 2016 with only four matches remaining, promoted side Hanoi FC relocated to Ho Chi Minh City and renamed Saigon FC. This was with only four matchdays played^[3]

Teams

Locations of the 2016 V.League 1 teams

Team	Based	Home stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Becamex Binh Duong	Binh Duong	Go Dau	18,250	VL1 (1st)
XSKT Cantho	Cantho	Cantho	60,000	VL1 (11th)
SHB Danang	Danang	Chi Lang	28,000	VL1 (9th)
Dong Thap FC	Dong Thap	Cao Lanh	23,000	VL1 (12th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Pleiku	12,000	VL1 (13th)
Haiphong FC	Haiphong	Lach Tray	28,000	VL1 (6th)
Hanoi T&T	Hanoi	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,000	VL1 (2nd)
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Khanh Hoa	19 August	25,000	VL1 (5th)
Long An FC	Long An	Long An	19,975	VL1 (10th)
Song Lam Nghe An	Nghe An	Vinh	12,000	VL1 (7th)
QNK Quang Nam	Quang Nam	Tam Ky	15,624	VL1 (8th)
Than Quang Ninh	Quang Ninh	Cam Pha	15,000	VL1 (4th)
Saigon FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	22,000	VL2 (1st)
FLC Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	14,000	VL1 (3rd)

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	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Kappa
XSKT Cantho	Vũ Quang Bảo	Trần Chí Công	KeepDri
SHB Danang	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Nguyễn Vũ Phong	Made by club
Dong Thap FC	Phạm Công Lộc	Trần Minh Lợi	Codad
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn	Bùi Văn Long	Made by club
Haiphong FC	Trương Việt Hoàng	Lê Văn Phú	Mitre
Hanoi T&T	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Gonzalo Marronkle	Kappa
Saigon FC	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Nguyễn Ngọc Duy	Made by club
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Vo Dinh Tan	Trần Vǎn Vǔ	Made by club
Long An FC	Ngô Quang Sang	Huỳnh Quang Thanh	Kappa
Song Lam Nghe An	Ngô Quang Trường	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Made by club
QNK Quang Nam	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Đinh Thanh Trung	Made by club
Than Quang Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Joma
FLC Thanh Hoa	Hoàng Thanh Tùng	Pape Omar Faye	Mitre

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FLC Thanh Hoa	Hoàng Thanh Tùng	Demoted^[4]	20 January 2016	Pre-Season	Lê Thụy Hải	20 January 2016
Hanoi T&T	Phan Thanh Hùng	Resigned^[5]	13 February 2016	Pre-Season	Phạm Minh Đức	13 February 2016
Than Quang Ninh	Phạm Như Thuần	Resigned^[6]	16 March 2016	9th	Phan Thanh Hùng	16 March 2016
Hanoi T&T	Phạm Minh Đức	Demoted^[7]	17 March 2016	14th	Chu Đình Nghiêm	17 March 2016

Foreign players

V.League teams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised player^[8]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Naturalised Vietnamese Player
Becamex Binh Duong	Nsi Amougou	Ivan Firer		→ Nguyễn Rodgers
FLC Thanh Hoa	Pape Omar Faye	Sunday Emmanuel		→ Nguyễn van Bakel
Hanoi T&T	Víctor Ormazábal	Gonzalo Marronkle	Loris Arnaud	→ Hoàng Vũ Samson
Haiphong FC	Diego Fagan	Errol Stevens		→ Lê Văn Phú
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Masaaki Ideguchi	Júnior Paraíba
Long An FC	Marko Šimić	Henry Kisekka		→ Lê Văn Tân
QNK Quang Nam	Claudecir	Sadio Diao		→ Hoàng Vissai
Saigon FC	Andrew Mwesigwa	Dudu Lima
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Chaher Zarour	Uche Iheruome
Song Lam Nghe An	Odah Onoriode Marshal	Baba Salia
SHB Danang	Gastón Merlo	Eydison
Than Quang Ninh	Rod Dyachenko	Geoffrey Kizito
XSKT Cantho	Tambwe Patiyo	Oseni Ganiyu		→ Đinh Hoàng Max
Dong Thap FC	Samson Kpenosen	Diego		→ Nguyễn Trung Sơn

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hanoi T&T (C, Q)	26	16	2	8	45	28	+17	50	Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
2	Haiphong FC	26	15	5	6	47	32	+15	50
3	SHB Danang (Q)	26	15	4	7	49	33	+16	49
4	Than Quang Ninh (Q)	26	13	5	8	39	32	+7	44	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	QNK Quang Nam	26	11	9	6	44	32	+12	42
6	FLC Thanh Hoa	26	12	6	8	51	42	+9	42
7	Saigon FC	26	9	9	8	34	32	+2	36^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	26	10	6	10	34	30	+4	36^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Song Lam Nghe An	26	9	7	10	34	36	−2	34^{[lower-alpha 3]}
10	Becamex Binh Duong	26	9	7	10	39	37	+2	34^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11	XSKT Cantho	26	10	4	12	37	36	+1	34^{[lower-alpha 3]}
12	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	26	9	3	14	39	50	−11	30
13	Long An FC (O)	26	5	4	17	34	62	−28	19	Relegation Play-off
14	Dong Thap FC (R)	26	1	5	20	22	67	−45	8	Relegation to V.League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2016. 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) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Than Quang Ninh qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup by winning the 2016 Vietnamese Cup.
1 2 Saigon ahead of Sanna Khanh Hoa by head-to-head record: KH 0-2 SG; SG 1-1 KH
1 2 3 Song Lam Nghe An ahead of Becamex Binh Duong and XSKT Cantho by head-to-head record: SLNA 9pts; BD 4pts 4/3; CT 4pts 4/6

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	FTH	HNT	HPG	HAGL	LFC	QNK	SGN	SKH	SLNA	SDN	TQN	XCT	DTP
Becamex Binh Duong		0–3	4–5	1–3	5–0	3–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0
FLC Thanh Hoa	2–2		3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–4	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–2	4–0
Hanoi T&T	1–2	2–0		2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0
Haiphong FC	0–0	1–1	2–1		4–2	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	3–2
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–1		3–2	1–4	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	5–2
Long An FC	1–1	0–1	2–5	2–5	1–3		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–3	2–1
QNK Quang Nam	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	6–2		3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0
Saigon FC	0–2	3–1	0–3	3–3	0–5	3–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	4–0
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–2		2–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1
Song Lam Nghe An	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–2		0–2	4–0	4–2	3–0
SHB Danang	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–4	3–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–2	2–1
Than Quang Ninh	2–1	2–4	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	3–2		2–1	4–0
XSKT Cantho	0–0	5–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–2		4–1
Dong Thap FC	1–2	2–4	2–5	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off match

The team finishing 13th faced the winner of 2016 V.League 2 play-off II match.

Long An FC won the match and would remain in the 2017 V.League 1.

23 September 2016

17:00

Long An FC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Viettel
Huỳnh Tấn Tài 95'	Report

Chi Lăng Stadium, Danang

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Positions by round

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	3	5	5	8	6	4	5	6	3	3	2	5	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	11	10	7	7	7	8	10
FLC Thanh Hoa	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	6
Hanoi T&T	13	13	13	14	14	13	11	9	7	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	2	1	1	1
Haiphong FC	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	1	4	4	7	10	9	9	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Long An FC	7	10	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
QNK Quang Nam	10	6	6	9	7	7	8	7	8	8	11	8	6	7	8	9	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5
Saigon FC	14	10	9	4	9	8	6	3	4	4	4	7	8	9	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	10	11	11	7
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	6	9	11	6	5	6	7	10	9	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	8	8	9	8	8	9	8
Song Lam Nghe An	11	14	12	11	8	11	10	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	11	11	10	7	9
SHB Danang	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	5	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3
Than Quang Ninh	9	7	7	10	11	10	12	8	6	7	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	1	2	4	4
XSKT Cantho	12	8	10	5	4	5	4	5	10	5	9	10	9	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	9	10	9	9	10	11
Dong Thap FC	8	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Winner; Champions League
	Relegated to V.League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2016. Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Season statistics

As of 20 September 2016

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gastón Merlo	SHB Danang	24
2	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hanoi T&T	15
3	Uche Iheruome	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	14
4	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hoa	13
5	Rod Dyachenko	Than Quang Ninh	12
6	Claudecir	QNK Quang Nam	11
	Lê Văn Thắng	Haiphong FC
	Gonzalo Marronkle	Hanoi T&T
	Vũ Minh Tuấn	Than Quang Ninh
10	Oseni Ganiyu Bolaji	XSKT Cantho	10
	Odah Marshal	Song Lam Nghe An
	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Binh Duong
	Nguyễn Đình Bảo	Haiphong FC
	Errol Stevens	Haiphong FC
	Patiyo Tambwe	XSKT Cantho

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Nguyễn Trung Sơn	Dong Thap FC	Hanoi T&T	2
Hồ Trường Khang	Dong Thap FC	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	4
Nguyễn Tiến Duy	Than Quang Ninh	SHB Danang	5
Diệp Hoài Xuân	Dong Thap FC	XSKT Cantho	5
Franklin Clovis Anzité	Long An	SHB Danang	11

Hattrick

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Errol Stevens	Haiphong FC	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	4–2	10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)
Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hanoi T&T	Dong Thap FC	5–2	24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)
Claudecir	QNK Quang Nam	FLC Thanh Hoa	4–4	10 July 2016 (2016-07-10)
Trần Minh Vương	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Becamex Binh Duong	3–1	13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Binh Duong	Dong Thap FC	3–0	17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
Nguyễn Đình Bảo	Haiphong FC	Long An	5–2	11 September 2016 (2016-09-11)
Gastón Merlo	SHB Danang	Dong Thap FC	4–0	18 September 2016 (2016-09-18)
Claudecir	QNK Quang Nam	Long An	6–2	18 September 2016 (2016-09-18)

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Club of the Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Club of the Month	Coach	Club	Player	Club
February March	Haiphong FC	Trương Việt Hoàng	Haiphong FC	Gastón Merlo	SHB Danang
April	Haiphong FC	Trương Việt Hoàng	Haiphong FC	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hanoi T&T
May June	Than Quang Ninh	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Hanoi T&T	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hanoi T&T
July	SHB Danang	Lê Huỳnh Đức	SHB Danang	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hanoi T&T
August	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Gastón Merlo	SHB Danang
September	Hanoi T&T	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Hanoi T&T	Gastón Merlo	SHB Danang

Annual awards

Dream Team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Huỳnh Tuấn Linh (Than Quang Ninh)	Sầm Ngọc Đức (Hanoi T&T) Quế Ngọc Hải (Song Lam Nghe An) Lê Văn Phú (Haiphong FC) Trần Văn Vũ (Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN)	Lê Văn Thắng (Haiphong FC) Pape Omar Faye (FLC Thanh Hoa) Nghiêm Xuân Tú (Than Quang Ninh) Đinh Thanh Trung (QNK Quang Nam)	Gastón Merlo (SHB Danang) Uche Iheruome (Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN)

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[table_note_res_ACGS0.64489306399827-9] Than Quang Ninh qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup by winning the 2016 Vietnamese Cup.

[table_hth_SKH0.64489306399827-10] 1 2 Saigon ahead of Sanna Khanh Hoa by head-to-head record: KH 0-2 SG; SG 1-1 KH

[table_hth_SNA0.64489306399827-11] 1 2 3 Song Lam Nghe An ahead of Becamex Binh Duong and XSKT Cantho by head-to-head record: SLNA 9pts; BD 4pts 4/3; CT 4pts 4/6

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