Vietnamese Football League Second Division

Vietnamese Football League Second Division

Organising body	Vietnam Football Federation (VFF)
Founded	2000 (2000)
Country	Vietnam
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	14
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	V. League 2
Relegation to	Third Division
Domestic cup(s)	none
Current champions	Định Hướng Phú Nhuận LPBank Hồ Chí Minh City (1st title)
Most championships	Bà Rịa Vũng Tàu Công An Nhân Dân Phù Đổng Quảng Nam Tây Ninh (2 titles)
Website	vff.org.vn
Current: 2024 Vietnamese National Football Second League

The Vietnamese Football League Second Division (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá hạng Nhì quốc gia) is the third tier professional association football league in Vietnam controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation.

History

A national third tier of Vietnamese association football was first established along with its professionalization in 1995. Among the 10 original clubs of the third tier included the forerunners to Thanh Hóa, Cần Thơ, Đồng Nai, Cà Mau and Lâm Đồng. But after a number of clubs were lost for various reasons – some were promoted to V.League and the others folded – the league contracted the second division in 1997 and continued with the single second-tier division.

The third-tier football was reintroduced in 2000 upon creation of fully professional V.League 2. But despite its officially amateur status the league quickly became de facto semi-professional, serving as the cradle of the future V. League members. Since the establishment of associate membership system in 2006 the number of professional clubs holding or actively seeking for this status has grown steadily and reached its peak in 2010 season when 6 full members and 2 former candidates made up to almost half of the league's 18 teams. Through the course of the season this number grew even bigger, to 15 full associate members that formed the core of V.League 3.

2024 season

14 teams compete in the 2024 season, split into two groups of 7.

Group A

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bắc Ninh	Bắc Ninh	Từ Sơn City Stadium	5,000
Đắk Lắk	Đắk Lắk	Buôn Ma Thuật Stadium	20,000
Hà Nội B	Hà Nội	Thanh Trì Stadium	4,000
Kon Tum	Kon Tum	Kon Tum Stadium	11,000
PVF	Hưng Yên	PVF Stadium	3,600
SHB Đà Nẵng B	Đà Nẵng	Hòa Xuân Stadium	20,500
Tây Nguyên Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Gia Lai Province Youth Activity Center	500

Group B

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
An Giang	An Giang	An Giang Province Sports Center	500
Định Hướng Phú Nhuận	Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	15,000
Lâm Đồng	Lâm Đồng	Đà Lạt Stadium	20,000
LPBank Hồ Chí Minh City	Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	15,000
Tiền Giang	Tiền Giang	Tiền Giang Stadium	12,000
Văn Hiến University	Hồ Chí Minh City	District 8 Stadium	500
Vĩnh Long	Vĩnh Long	Vĩnh Long Stadium	10,000

Winners

Season	Winners	Runner-up
2000	Hải Quan	Bình Định
2001	Thanh Hóa	Cần Thơ
2002	Bưu điện Đắk Lắk	An Giang 5th Military Region
2003	Quảng Nam	Khải Hoàn Hotel
2004	Khánh Hòa	Strata Đồng Nai
2005	5th Military Region	Tây Ninh
2006	Thành Nghĩa Dung Quất Quảng Ngãi	Than Quảng Ninh
2007	7th Military Region	T&T Hà Nội
2008	Quảng Nam	Hải An Sài Gòn United
2009	TDC Bình Dương	Viettel
2010	Nguyễn Hoàng Kiên Giang	Hòa Phát V&V
2011	SHB Đà Nẵng B	Lâm Đồng
2012	Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu	Khatoco Khánh Hòa B
2013	Huế Sanna Khánh Hòa Tây Ninh	Đắk Lắk Hồ Chí Minh City
2014	Bình Phước Công An Nhân Dân Nam Định Phú Yên	Kon Tum Tiền Giang Vĩnh Long Long An B
2015	Fico Cement Tây Ninh Viettel	Cà Mau
2016	PVF	Bình Định
2017	Công An Nhân Dân Bình Định	Hà Nội B
2018	An Giang Phù Đổng	Phố Hiến
2019	Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu	Hà Nội B
2020	Phù Đổng Phú Thọ	Gia Định
2021	Season cancelled
2022	Bình Thuận Hoà Bình	Hải Nam Vĩnh Yên Đồng Nai
2023	Đồng Nai Đồng Tháp	Đắk Lắk SHB Đà Nẵng B
2024	Định Hướng Phú Nhuận Hồ Chí Minh City B	Kon Tum Bắc Ninh