2020 V.League 1

LS V.League 1 – 2020
Season	2020
Dates	7 March – 8 November
Champions	Viettel ; 1st VL1 title; 6th Vietnamese title
Relegated	Quang Nam
Matches played	126
Goals scored	319 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro Paulo ; Rimario Gordon ; (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Becamex Binh Duong 5–0 Haiphong ; (11 June 2020); SHB Da Nang 6–1 Quang Nam ; (11 June 2020)
Biggest away win	Hoang Anh Gia Lai 0–4 Hanoi ; (15 October 2020)
Highest scoring	SHB Da Nang 6–1 Quang Nam ; (11 June 2020); Hoang Anh Gia Lai 5–2 Ho Chi Minh City ; (1 October 2020)
Longest winning run	Hanoi ; Saigon ; Viettel ; (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Hanoi ; Saigon ; (11 matches)
Longest winless run	Quang Nam ; (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Hoang Anh Gia Lai ; (6 matches)
Highest attendance	20,000 ; Hong Linh Ha Tinh 1–1 Hanoi ; (12 June 2020)
Lowest attendance	0
Total attendance	689,400
Average attendance	6,693
	← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of complete.

Last updated November 11, 2024

The 2020 V.League 1 season (or LS V.League 1 2020 for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 37th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 20th as a professional league.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule had been changed to begin on 7 March instead of 21 February as originally planned.^[2] All matches in matchdays 1 and 2 were played behind closed doors due to the same reason. Following the stabilizing situation, the league resumed in June, and also became the first league to allow fans into the stadium post-COVID-19 outbreak.^[3] On 26 July 2020, the league was suspended again due to another surge in COVID-19 cases.^[4]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2

Hong Linh Ha Tinh ^[5]

From V.League 1

Relegated to V.League 2

Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN ^[6]

Rules changes

In the 2020 season, each team could register 3+1 foreign players (3 foreign + 1 naturalized Vietnamese). The teams that participated in ASEAN Club Championship and AFC Cup (Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Than Quang Ninh) could register 3+1+1 foreign players (3 foreign + 1 naturalized Vietnamese + 1 AFC player)

On 13 May 2020, the format had been slightly changed, including:

The 1st leg will remain unchanged.
After the 1st leg, teams will be split into 2 groups:
- Championship group (Group A) will include the top 8 teams in the 1st leg.
- Relegation group (Group B) will include the bottom 6 teams in the 1st leg.
Each group will play another single round-robin format. After the end of season:
- The champions will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League group stage.
- The runners-up and the cup winners, Hanoi (or the league 3rd-placers if Hanoi qualified for AFC Club Competitions through league performance) will qualify for the 2021 AFC Cup group stage.
- The 14th-ranked team will be relegated to 2021 V.League 2. There's no relegation playoff for this season. and the 13th-ranked team will stay in V.League 1 2021.

Teams

Becamex Binh Duong

Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh

Hanoi

Viettel

Saigon

Locations of the 2020 V.League 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Becamex Binh Duong	Binh Duong	Go Dau	13,035	VL1 (4th)
SHB Danang	Danang	Hoa Xuan	20,000	VL1 (10th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Pleiku	12,000	VL1 (8th)
Haiphong FC	Haiphong	Lach Tray	25,000	VL1 (12th)
Hanoi FC	Hanoi	Hang Day	22,500	VL1 (1st)
Viettel	Hanoi	Hang Day	22,500	VL1 (6th)
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Ha Tinh	Ha Tinh	20,000	VL2 (1st)
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL1 (2nd)
Saigon FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL1 (5th)
Nam Dinh FC	Nam Dinh	Thien Truong	30,000	VL1 (11th)
Song Lam Nghe An	Nghe An	Vinh	18,000	VL1 (7th)
Quang Nam	Quang Nam	Tam Ky	15,000	VL1 (9th)
Than Quang Ninh	Quang Ninh	Cam Pha	20,000	VL1 (3rd)
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	12,000	VL1 (13th)

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	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Becamex Binh Duong	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	Tô Văn Vũ	Kamito
SHB Da Nang	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Hà Đức Chinh	Kamito
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Dương Minh Ninh Nguyễn Văn Đàn	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh	Mizuno
Haiphong	Phạm Anh Tuấn	Doãn Ngọc Tân	Jogarbola
Hanoi	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Kappa
Viettel	Trương Việt Hoàng	Bùi Tiến Dũng	FBT
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Phạm Minh Đức	Lê Tấn Tài	Kelme
Ho Chi Minh City	Jung Hae-seong	Trần Phi Sơn	Kappa
Saigon	Vũ Tiến Thành	Nguyễn Ngọc Duy	Zaicro
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Phạm Hồng Phú	Đinh Xuân Việt	Kelme
Song Lam Nghe An	Ngô Quang Trường	Hoàng Văn Khánh	Mitre
Quang Nam	Đào Quang Hùng	Đinh Thanh Trung	Jogarbola
Than Quang Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Joma
Thanh Hoa	Mai Xuân Hợp	Lê Văn Thắng	Jogarbola

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Becamex Binh Duong	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	Interim over	24 October 2019	Pre-season	Carlos Oliveira	27 November 2019
Haiphong	Trương Việt Hoàng	Resigned	24 October 2019		Phạm Anh Tuấn	16 November 2019
Saigon	Nguyễn Thành Công	Resigned	24 October 2019		Hoàng Văn Phúc	22 November 2019
Thanh Hoa	Mai Xuân Hợp	Interim over	24 October 2019		Fabio Lopez	22 November 2019
Viettel	Nguyễn Hải Biên	Interim over	24 October 2019		Trương Việt Hoàng	12 November 2019
Song Lam Nghe An	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Promoted to Technical Director	16 December 2019		Ngô Quang Trường	16 December 2019
Becamex Binh Duong	Carlos Oliveira	Sacked	16 February 2020		Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	16 February 2020
Saigon	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Resigned	13 March 2020	8th	Vũ Tiến Thành	13 March 2020
Thanh Hoa FC	Fabio Lopez	Sacked	8 June 2020	13th	Nguyễn Thành Công	9 June 2020
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Nguyễn Văn Sỹ	Promoted to Technical Director	24 June 2020	14th	Phạm Hồng Phú	24 June 2020
Quang Nam	Vũ Hồng Việt	Resigned	29 June 2020	13th	Đào Quang Hùng	29 June 2020
Ho Chi Minh City	Jung Hae-seong	Resigned	25 July 2020	5th	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	25 July 2020
Ho Chi Minh City	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	Redeployed	25 July 2020	5th	Jung Hae-seong	13 August 2020
Thanh Hoa FC	Nguyễn Thành Công	Resigned	11 September 2020	8th	Mai Xuân Hợp	12 September 2020
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Lee Tae-hoon	Promoted to Technical Director	28 September 2020	7th	Duong Minh Ninh Nguyễn Văn Đàn	28 September 2020
Quang Nam FC	Đào Quang Hùng	Sacked	12 October 2020	14th	Nguyễn Thành Công	12 October 2020

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 5 (Naturalized Vietnamese player)	Former Player
Becamex Binh Duong	Hedipo	Ali Rabo	Youssouf Touré	→ Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương
SHB Da Nang	Igor Jelić	Grace Tanda	Ismahil Akinade		Philippe Nsiah
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Chevaughn Walsh	Kester Oahimijie	Damir Memović
Haiphong	Diego	Andre Fagan	Joseph Mpande	→ Adriano Schmidt ¹ → Andrey Nguyen ¹ → Martin Lo ¹	Claudecir Junior
Hanoi	Rimario Gordon	Pape Omar Faye	Moses Oloya		Papa Ibou Kébé
Viettel	Bruno Cantanhede	Caíque	Luizão
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Bruno Henrique	Janclesio	Victor Mansaray		Pina
Ho Chi Minh City	Papé Diakité	José Guillermo Ortiz	Ariel Rodríguez		Viktor Prodell Alex Lima Amido Baldé Seo Yong Duk
Saigon	Geovane	Pedro Paulo	Ahn Byung-keon
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	Rafaelson	Thiago Papel	Emmanuel Agbaji	→ Đỗ Merlo	Valentin Zoungrana
Song Lam Nghe An	Gustavo	Felipe Martins	Peter Onyekachi		Alagie Sosseh
Quang Nam	Rodrigo Dias	Zé Paulo	Papa Ibou Kébé	→ Hoàng Vissai	Lucas Rocha
Than Quang Ninh	Claudecir Junior	Jermie Lynch	Neven Laštro	→ Nguyễn Trung Hiếu	Andre Fagan
Thanh Hoa	Louis Ewonde	Aimé Gassissou	Josip Balić	→ Hoàng Vũ Samson	Grace Tanda Philippe Nsiah

^1 Naturalized players whose parents or grandparents were born in Vietnam, thus are regarded as local players.

Phase 1 League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saigon	13	6	6	1	19	7	+12	24	Qualified to Championship group
2	Viettel	13	6	4	3	20	15	+5	22
3	Than Quang Ninh	13	6	3	4	17	16	+1	21
4	Hanoi	13	5	5	3	20	13	+7	20
5	Ho Chi Minh City	13	6	2	5	23	17	+6	20
6	Becamex Binh Duong	13	5	5	3	17	11	+6	20
7	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	13	5	5	3	17	16	+1	20
8	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	13	4	6	3	14	12	+2	18

9	SHB Da Nang	13	4	4	5	19	15	+4	16	Qualified to Relegation group
10	Thanh Hoa	13	4	3	6	9	14	−5	15
11	Song Lam Nghe An	13	4	3	6	10	16	−6	15
12	Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	13	4	1	8	14	23	−9	13
13	Haiphong	13	3	4	6	8	17	−9	13
14	Quang Nam	13	2	3	8	17	32	−15	9

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2020. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 6) Drawing of lots (Criteria 2 to 5 only applies after the conclusion of round 13)

Phase 2 League Table

Championship Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viettel (C)	20	12	5	3	29	16	+13	41	Qualification for AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Hanoi ^[a](Q)	20	11	6	3	37	16	+21	39	Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage
3	Saigon (Q)	20	9	7	4	30	19	+11	34	Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage
4	Than Quang Ninh	20	9	4	7	27	26	+1	31
5	Ho Chi Minh City	20	8	4	8	29	25	+4	28
6	Becamex Binh Duong	20	7	7	6	25	21	+4	28
7	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	20	6	5	9	27	36	−9	23
8	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	20	4	8	8	19	24	−5	20

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2020. Source: VPF
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Notes:

↑ Hanoi FC is qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup Group stage as 2020 Vietnamese Cup winners.

Relegation Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	SHB Da Nang	18	5	8	5	26	22	+4	23
10	Song Lam Nghe An	18	6	5	7	17	21	−4	23
11	Thanh Hoa	18	5	6	7	16	22	−6	21
12	Haiphong	18	5	4	9	15	25	−10	19
13	Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	18	5	3	10	19	30	−11	18
14	Quang Nam (R)	18	5	3	10	28	41	−13	18	Relegation to V.League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: VPF
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	NDI	HAN	HPG	HAG	HHT	QNA	SGN	DNG	SLN	TQN	THH	HCM	VTL
Becamex Binh Duong			0–2	5–0	1–1			3–1	1–0			0–1		2–0
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	1–1			0–2		2–1	1–0		1–0	3–0				1–2
Hanoi		4–2		1–0	3–0			0–1		0–1		1–1	2–0
Haiphong					0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–1	0–1		0–0
Hoang Anh Gia Lai		1–0				1–0	3–1	1–1			1–0		5–2
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	1–1		1–1				3–2		0–0				1–0	0–1
Quang Nam	1–2		2–2					3–3		2–1		2–1	1–3	0–3
Saigon	0–0	3–0				1–1				0–0	0–0	3–0
SHB Da Nang			1–1	1–0	3–1		6–1	1–4			1–2
Song Lam Nghe An	1–0				2–0	1–1			1–0				1–3	1–2
Than Quang Ninh	2–2	3–2	3–1			0–2	3–1			2–0			0–3
Thanh Hoa		1–0		0–1	0–0	1–2			0–3	0–0	2–0
Ho Chi Minh City	1–2	5–1	0–3					0–1	2–2			1–0		3–0
Viettel			1–1	4–0	3–3			1–0	1–1		1–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2020. 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
Team ╲ Round
Saigon	7	2	5	1	4	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Viettel	4	4	2	2	5	7	4	5	3	2	2	2	2
Than Quang Ninh	11	7	11	10	8	6	8	4	5	5	3	4	3
Hanoi	1	8	4	5	7	3	6	8	8	6	4	5	4
Ho Chi Minh City	2	1	1	6	3	1	1	2	2	3	5	3	5
Becamex BInh DUOng	5	9	7	4	2	4	3	3	4	7	7	6	6
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	6	3	9	7	6	8	9	6	6	4	6	7	7
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	9	12	10	9	9	12	12	12	13	11	10	9	8
SHB Da Nang	10	14	14	12	11	10	11	7	7	9	9	8	9
Thanh Hoa	12	13	13	14	12	11	7	10	10	8	8	11	10
Song Lam Nghe An	8	6	3	3	1	2	5	9	9	10	11	10	11
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	13	10	12	13	14	14	13	14	11	12	12	12	12
Haiphong	3	5	6	8	10	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	13
Quang Nam	14	11	8	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14

	Championship Round
	Relegation Round

Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2020. Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Championship round

Team ╲ Round	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Team ╲ Round
Viettel	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hanoi	4	3	2	2	3	2	2
Saigon	1	2	3	3	2	3	3
Than Quang Ninh	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Ho Chi Minh City	5	6	6	6	5	5	5
Becamex Binh Duong	6	5	5	5	6	6	6
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	8	8	8	8	7	7	8

	Champion and Qualification for AFC Champions League Group Stage
	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
	Assured a place of the AFC Cup group stage

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Relegation round

Team ╲ Round	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Thanh Hoa	11	11	11	11	11
Song Lam Nghe An	10	9	10	10	10
SHB Da Nang	9	10	9	9	9
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	12	12	12	13	13
Haiphong	13	13	13	12	12
Quang Nam	14	14	14	14	14

	Relegation to 2021 V.League 2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Becamex Binh Duong	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	X	X
Hanoi	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Haiphong	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	X	X
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L
Quang Nam	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	X	X
Saigon	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L
SHB Da Nang	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	X	X
Song Lam Nghe An	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	X	X
Than Quang Ninh	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L
Thanh Hoa	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	X	X
Ho Chi Minh City	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D
Viettel	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2020. Source: VPF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; X = Not played (for bottom 6 teams)

Schedule

Details (in Vietnamese): https://vpf.vn/tai-lieu-vleague/vleague-thong-bao/lich-thi-dau-giai-vdqg-ls-2020/

Attendances

By club

2020 V.League 1 Attendance
Club	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Becamex Binh Duong	35,200	7	5,028
Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh	112,000	9	12,444
Hanoi	45,000	9	5,000
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	54,500	8	6,812
Ho Chi Minh City	51,000	8	6,375
SHB Da Nang	44,700	8	5,587
Song Lam Nghe An	49,000	8	6,125
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	59,000	8	7,375
Quang Nam	35,000	9	3,888
Saigon	28,500	8	3,562
Haiphong	40,000	8	5,000
Thanh Hoa	48,000	10	4,800
Than Quang Ninh	46,000	10	4,600
Viettel	42,500	9	4,722
Total	689,400	119	5,793

By round

2020 V.League 1 Attendance
Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	0	7	0
Round 2	0	7	0
Round 3	50,500	7	7,214
Round 4	56,700	7	8,100
Round 5	50,000	7	7,142
Round 6	66,000	7	9,429
Round 7	48,000	7	6,857
Round 8	58,000	7	8,285
Round 9	73,000	7	10,429
Round 10	52.500	7	7,500
Round 11	63,000	7	9,000
Round 12	22,200	7	3,171
Round 13	35,000	7	5,000
Group A Round 14	15,000	4	3,750
Group B Round 14	11,000	3	3,667
Group A Round 15	16,500	4	4,125
Group B Round 15	11,000	3	3,667
Group A Round 16	14,000	4	3,500
Group B Round 16	9,500	3	3,167
Group A Round 17	16,500	4	4,125
Group B Round 17	21,000	3	7,000
Group A Round 18	?	4	?
Group B Round 18	?	3	?
Group A Round 19	?	4	?
Group A Round 20	?	4	?
Total	689,400	119	0

Due to concerns about the COVID-19 epidemic, all 14 matches in the first 2 rounds were played without spectators.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 November 2020.^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rimario Gordon	Hanoi	12
1	Pedro Paulo	Saigon	12
3	Chevaughn Walsh	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	10
3	Bruno Henrique	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	10
5	Jermie Lynch	Than Quang Ninh	8
	Geovane Magno	Saigon
	Bruno Cantanhede	Viettel
8	Joseph Mpande	Haiphong	7
8	Ismahil Akinade	SHB Da Nang	7

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The 2022 V.League 1, known as the Night Wolf V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 39th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 22nd as a professional league. The season started on 25 February 2022, and ended on 20 November.

The 2022 V.League 2, known as the LS V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season started on 5 March 2022.

The 2022 Vietnamese Cup was the 30th edition of the Vietnamese National Cup, the football knockout tournament of Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Football Federation.

The 2023 V.League 2, known as the Gold Star V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons, will be the 29th season of V. League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season is scheduled to commence on 6 April 2023.

The 2023 V.League 1, known as the Night Wolf V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 23rd as a professional league. The season started on 3 February 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023–24 V.League 1</span> 68th season of the highest division of association football in Vietnam

The 2023–24 V.League 1, known as the 2023–24 Night Wolf V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the 41st season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 24th as a professional league. The season was scheduled to commence on 20 October 2023 and ends on 30 June 2024.

The 2024–25 V.League 1, known as the 2024–25 LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the 42nd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 25th as a professional league. The season is scheduled to commence on 14 September 2024 and ends on 25 May 2025.

References

↑ "LS Holdings to sponsor V.League 1 and V.League 2 in 2020". Vietnamnet Global. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
↑ "Virus corona khiến các giải bóng đá Việt Nam tạm hoãn". 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
↑ "Coronavirus Outbreak: Vietnam's top-flight football league resumes with fans in attendance". firstpost.com. 6 June 2020.
↑ "Vietnam suspends domestic football after new COVID cases". besoccer.com. 26 July 2020.
↑ "Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh win promotion to V.League 1, Phù Đồng relegated". vietnamnews.vn.
↑ "Thanh Hóa secure play-off match, Khánh Hòa dropped". vietnamnews.vn.
↑ "V.League 1 2020 Results - Vietnam Soccer Live".

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[table_note_HAN0.39769247006517-7] Hanoi FC is qualified for the 2021 AFC Cup Group stage as 2020 Vietnamese Cup winners.

[2020_Sponsorship=nb-1] "LS Holdings to sponsor V.League 1 and V.League 2 in 2020". Vietnamnet Global. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[2] "Virus corona khiến các giải bóng đá Việt Nam tạm hoãn". 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[3] "Coronavirus Outbreak: Vietnam's top-flight football league resumes with fans in attendance". firstpost.com. 6 June 2020.

[4] "Vietnam suspends domestic football after new COVID cases". besoccer.com. 26 July 2020.

[5] "Hồng Lĩnh Hà Tĩnh win promotion to V.League 1, Phù Đồng relegated". vietnamnews.vn.

[6] "Thanh Hóa secure play-off match, Khánh Hòa dropped". vietnamnews.vn.

[8] "V.League 1 2020 Results - Vietnam Soccer Live".

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