External links
- (in Vietnamese) Official V.League website
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The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.
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| Before Vietnam unification | North Vietnam V-League | South Vietnam V-League | |||||||
| 1975-1979 | North Vietnam V-League (Hồng Hà) | Central Vietnam V-League (Trường Sơn) | South Vietnam V-League (Cửu Long) | ||||||
| 1980-1989 | A1 League | A2 League | |||||||
| 1990-1996 | Powerhouses' League | A1 League | A2 League | ||||||
| 1997-2000 | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||||
| 2000-2001 | V-League | ||||||||
| 2001-2012 | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||||
| 2012 | Super League | First Division | |||||||
| 2013- | V.League 1 | V.League 2 | |||||||
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1 | V.League 1 14 clubs | |||||||||||
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3 | Vietnamese Second Division | |||||||||||
| Group A 7 clubs | Group B 7 clubs | |||||||||||
4 | Vietnamese Third Division | |||||||||||
| Group A 5 clubs | Group B 5 clubs | |||||||||||
All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the National Cup tournament.
The Super Cup is the first game of the season, played between the previous years' winners of the V.League 1 and National Cup. If the same team wins both competition, then the team finishing second in the previous years' V.League 1 take on the V.League 1 winners.
For the 2023–24 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Two Group stage. The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs.
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