2016 V.League 1

V.League 1
Season	2016
Champions	Hà Nội T&T !Hà Nội T&T (3rd title)
Relegated	Đồng Tháp
Matches played	182
Goals scored	548 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gastón Merlo (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Hải Phòng !Hải Phòng 5 – 0 Long An !Long An Becamex Bình Dương !Becamex Bình Dương 5 - 0 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai !Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Biggest away win	Hà Nội !Hà Nội 0 – 5 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai !Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Highest scoring	Becamex Bình Dương !Becamex Bình Dương 4 – 5 Hà Nội T&T !Hà Nội T&T (9 goals)
Longest winning run	Hải Phòng (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Hải Phòng Than Quảng Ninh !Than Quảng Ninh (8 games)
Longest winless run	Đồng Tháp (23 games)
Longest losing run	Đồng Tháp (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.

The 2016 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 33rd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. The season began on 20 February 2016 and ended on 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

Hà Nội (Sài Gòn)

From V.League 1

Relegated to 2016 V.League 2

Đồng Nai

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

In April 2016, Hà Nội relocated to Ho Chi Minh City and were renamed Sài Gòn. This was with only four matchdays played^[2]

Teams

Locations of the 2016 V.League 1 teams

Stadia

Team	Based	Home stadium	Capacity
Becamex Bình Dương !Becamex Bình Dương	Thủ Dầu Một	Gò Đậu Stadium	18,250
FLC Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa Stadium	14,000
Hà Nội T&T !Hà Nội T&T	Hanoi	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,000
Hải Phòng !Hải Phòng	Haiphong	Lạch Tray Stadium	28,000
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai !Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Pleiku	Pleiku Stadium	12,000
Long An !Long An	Tân An	Long An Stadium	19,975
QNK Quảng Nam !QNK Quảng Nam	Tam Kỳ	Tam Kỳ Stadium	15 624
Sài Gòn !Sài Gòn	Ho Chi Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	22,000
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN !Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	Nha Trang	19/8 Nha Trang Stadium	25,000
Sông Lam Nghệ An !Sông Lam Nghệ An	Vinh	Vinh Stadium	12,000
SHB Đà Nẵng !SHB Đà Nẵng	Đà Nẵng	Chi Lăng Stadium	28,000
Than Quảng Ninh !Than Quảng Ninh	Cẩm Phả	Cẩm Phả Stadium	15,000
XSKT Cần Thơ !XSKT Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ Stadium	45,000
Đồng Tháp !Đồng Tháp	Cao Lãnh	Cao Lãnh Stadium	23,000

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	Shirt sponsor
Becamex Bình Dương	Nguyễn Thanh Sơn	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Kappa	Becamex IDC
FLC Thanh Hóa	Hoàng Thanh Tùng	Pape Omar Faye	Mitre	FLC Group
Hà Nội T&T	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Gonzalo Marronkle	Kappa	Hòa Bình Corporation
Hải Phòng	Trương Việt Hoàng	Lê Văn Phú	Mitre
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn	Bùi Văn Long		NutiFood
Long An	Ngô Quang Sang	Huỳnh Quang Thanh	Kappa	Cảng Long An
QNK Quảng Nam	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Đinh Thanh Trung
Sài Gòn	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Nguyễn Ngọc Duy		Liên Việt Post Bank
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	Võ Đình Tân	Trần Văn Vũ		Sanest
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Ngô Quang Trường	Trần Nguyên Mạnh		Bac A Bank
SHB Đà Nẵng	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Nguyễn Vũ Phong		SHB
Than Quảng Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Joma	Vinacomin SHB
XSKT Cần Thơ	Vũ Quang Bảo	Trần Chí Công	KeepDri	Xổ số kiến thiết Cần Thơ Global
Đồng Tháp	Phạm Công Lộc	Trần Minh Lợi	Codad	Trường Đại học Văn Hiến Xổ số kiến thiết Đồng Tháp

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FLC Thanh Hóa	Hoàng Thanh Tùng	Demoted^[3]	20 January 2016	Pre-Season	Lê Thụy Hải	20 January 2016
Hà Nội T&T	Phan Thanh Hùng	Resigned^[4]	13 February 2016	Pre-Season	Phạm Minh Đức	13 February 2016
Than Quảng Ninh	Phạm Như Thuần	Resigned^[5]	16 March 2016	9th	Phan Thanh Hùng	16 March 2016
Hà Nội T&T	Phạm Minh Đức	Demoted^[6]	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^[7]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Becamex Bình Dương	Nsi Amougou	Ivan Firer
FLC Thanh Hóa	Pape Omar Faye	Sunday Emmanuel
Hà Nội T&T	Víctor Ormazábal	Gonzalo Marrkonle	Loris Arnaud
Hải Phòng	Diego Fagan	Errol Stevens
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Masaaki Ideguchi	Júnior Paraíba
Long An	Marko Šimić	Henry Kisekka
QNK Quảng Nam	Claudecir	Sadio Diao
Sài Gòn	Andrew Mwesigwa	Dudu Lima
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN	Chaher Zarour	Uche Iheruome
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Odah Onoriode Marshal	Baba Salia
SHB Đà Nẵng	Gastón Merlo	Eydison
Than Quảng Ninh	Rod Dyachenko	Geoffrey Kizito
XSKT Cần Thơ	Tambwe Patiyo	Oseni Ganiyu Bolaji
Đồng Tháp	Samson Kpenosen	Diego	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu

Club	Naturalised Players
Becamex Bình Dương	→ Nguyễn Rodgers
FLC Thanh Hóa	→ Nguyễn van Bakel
Hà Nội T&T	→ Hoàng Vũ Samson
Hải Phòng	→ Lê Văn Phú
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Long An	→ Lê Văn Tân
QNK Quảng Nam	→ Hoàng Vissai
Sài Gòn
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN
Sông Lam Nghệ An
SHB Đà Nẵng
Than Quảng Ninh
XSKT Cần Thơ	→ Đinh Hoàng Max
Đồng Tháp	→ Nguyễn Trung Sơn

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hà Nội T&T (C, Q)	26	16	2	8	45	28	+17	50	Qualification to 2017 AFC Champions League preliminary round
2	Hải Phòng	26	15	5	6	47	32	+15	50
3	SHB Đà Nẵng	26	15	4	7	49	33	+16	49
4	Than Quảng Ninh (Q)	26	13	5	8	39	32	+7	44	Qualification to 2017 AFC Cup group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	QNK Quảng Nam	26	11	9	6	44	32	+12	42
6	FLC Thanh Hóa	26	12	6	8	51	42	+9	42
7	Sài Gòn	26	9	9	8	34	32	+2	36^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Sanna Khánh Hòa	26	10	6	10	34	30	+4	36^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Sông Lam Nghệ An	26	9	7	10	34	36	−2	34^{[lower-alpha 3]}
10	Becamex Bình Dương	26	9	7	10	39	37	+2	34^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11	XSKT Cần Thơ	26	10	4	12	37	36	+1	34^{[lower-alpha 3]}
12	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	26	9	3	14	39	50	−11	30
13	Long An (O)	26	5	4	17	34	62	−28	19	Play-off
14	Đồng Tháp (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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Than Quảng Ninh qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup by winning the 2016 Vietnamese Cup.
1 2 Sài Gòn ahead of Sanna Khánh Hòa by head-to-head record: KH 0-2 SG; SG 1-1 KH
1 2 3 Sông Lam Nghệ An ahead of Becamex Bình Dương and XSKT Cần Thơ by head-to-head record: SLNA 9pts; BD 4pts 4/3; CT 4pts 4/6

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	BBD	FTH	HNT	HPG	HAGL	LFC	QNK	SGN	SKH	SLNA	SDN	TQN	XCT	DTP
Becamex Bình Dương !Becamex Bình Dương		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 Hóa !FLC Thanh Hóa	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
Hà Nội T&T !Hà Nội 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
Hải Phòng !Hải Phòng	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
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai !Hoàng 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 !Long An	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 Quảng Nam !QNK Quảng 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
Sài Gòn !Sài Gòn	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 Khánh Hòa BVN !Sanna Khánh Hòa 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
Sông Lam Nghệ An !Sông Lam Nghệ 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 Đà Nẵng !SHB Đà Nẵng	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 Quảng Ninh !Than Quảng 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 Cần Thơ !XSKT Cần Thơ	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
Đồng Tháp !Đồng Tháp	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

Updated to games played on 18 September 2016.
Source: Vietnam Professional Football
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 won the match and would remain in the 2017 V.League 1.

Long An v Viettel

23 September 2016
17:00

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

Chi Lăng Stadium, Đà Nẵng
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
Becamex Bình Dương !Becamex Bình Dương	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 Hóa !FLC Thanh Hóa	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
Hà Nội T&T !Hà Nội 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
Hải Phòng !Hải Phòng	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
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai !Hoàng 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 !Long An	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 Quảng Nam !QNK Quảng 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
Sài Gòn !Sài Gòn	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 Khánh Hòa BVN !Sanna Khánh Hòa 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
Sông Lam Nghệ An !Sông Lam Nghệ 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 Đà Nẵng !SHB Đà Nẵng	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 Quảng Ninh !Than Quảng 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 Cần Thơ !XSKT Cần Thơ	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
Đồng Tháp !Đồng Tháp	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		Relegate to V.League 2

Last updated: 18 September 2016
Source: Table by round (Vietnamese)

Season statistics

As of 20 September 2016

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gastón Merlo	SHB Đà Nẵng	24
2	Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hà Nội T&T	15
3	Uche Iheruome	Sanna Khánh Hòa	14
4	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hóa	13
5	Rod Dyachenko	Than Quảng Ninh	12
6	Claudecir	QNK Quảng Nam	11
	Lê Văn Thắng	Hải Phòng
	Gonzalo Marronkle	Hà Nội T&T
	Vũ Minh Tuấn	Than Quảng Ninh
10	Oseni Ganiyu Bolaji	XSKT Cần Thơ	10
	Odah Marshal	Sông Lam Nghệ An
	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Bình Dương
	Nguyễn Đình Bảo	Hải Phòng
	Errol Stevens	Hải Phòng
	Patiyo Tambwe	XSKT Cần Thơ

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Nguyễn Trung Sơn	Đồng Tháp	Hà Nội	2
Hồ Trường Khang	Đồng Tháp	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	4
Nguyễn Tiến Duy	Than Quảng Ninh	SHB Đà Nẵng	5
Diệp Hoài Xuân	Đồng Tháp	XSKT Cần Thơ	5
Franklin Clovis Anzité	Long An	SHB Đà Nẵng	11

Hattrick

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Errol Stevens	Hải Phòng	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	4–2	10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)
Hoàng Vũ Samson	Hà Nội T&T	Đồng Tháp	5–2	24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)
Claudecir	QNK Quảng Nam	FLC Thanh Hóa	4–4	10 July 2016 (2016-07-10)
Trần Minh Vương	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Becamex Bình Dương	3–1	13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
Nguyễn Anh Đức	Becamex Bình Dương	Đồng Tháp	3–0	17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
Nguyễn Đình Bảo	Hải Phòng	Long An	5–2	11 September 2016 (2016-09-11)
Gastón Merlo	SHB Đà Nẵng	Đồng Tháp	4–0	18 September 2016 (2016-09-18)
Claudecir	QNK Quảng Nam	Long An	6–2	18 September 2016 (2016-09-18)

References

↑ "Binh Duong to start at home". vietnamnews.vn. 21 December 2015.
↑ http://www.vnleague.com/vdqg-vleague/thong-bao/6732-VPF-ban-hanh-Thong-bao-chinh-thuc-ve-viec-doi-ten-cua-CLB-Ha-Noi.html
↑ "Hai to coach Thanh Hoa again". vietnamnews.vn. Vietnam News. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
↑ "Ha Noi T&T face changes when V.League starts up". vietnamnews.vn. Vietnam News. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
↑ "Coach Thuần bids farewell to Quảng Ninh Coal team". vietnamnews.vn. Vietnam News. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
↑ "Nghiêm to replace Đức as coach for Hà Nội T&T premier team". vietnamnews.vn. Vietnam News. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
↑ http://english.vov.vn/Culture/Vietnam-ready-to-kick-off-2015-season/284783.vov

External links

VPF Official Page

V.League 1

2016 clubs	Becamex Bình Dương Cần Thơ Đồng Tháp FLC Thanh Hóa Sài Gòn Hà Nội T&T Hải Phòng Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Long An QNK Quảng Nam Sanna Khánh Hòa SHB Đà Nẵng Sông Lam Nghệ An Than Quảng Ninh

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Super Cups	Bahrain East Timor China Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Lebanon Kuwait Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2016 Mekong Club Championship 2016–17 Arab World Club Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round

National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup 2016 AFC U-23 Championship 2016 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification 2016 AFF Championship 2016 King's Cup 2016 Kirin Cup 2016 AYA Bank Cup

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