External links
- (in Vietnamese) Official V.League website
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The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues and two semi-professional leagues for Vietnamese football clubs.
| Season | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | |||||
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| Before Vietnam unification | North Vietnam Football Championship | South Vietnam Football Championship | |||||||
| 1975–1979 | Hồng Hà League | Trường Sơn League | Cửu Long League | ||||||
| 1980–1989 | National A1 League | A2 League | |||||||
| 1990–1996 | National Elite Football Championship | 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 | National Super League | ||||||||
| 2013–present | V.League 1 | V.League 2 | |||||||
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1 | V.League 1 (professional) 14 clubs ↓ 1,5 relegation spots | |||||||||||
2 | V.League 2 (professional) | |||||||||||
3 | Vietnamese Second Division (semi-pro) | |||||||||||
| Group A 8 clubs | Group B 8 clubs | |||||||||||
4 | Vietnamese Third Division (semi-pro) | |||||||||||
| Group A Up to 8 clubs | Group B Up to 8 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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