Vietnamese football league system

The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.

System by period

Season	Tier 1				Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
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				Second Division	Third Division
2001-2012	V-League				First Division	Second Division	Third Division
2012	Super League				First Division
2013-	V.League 1				V.League 2

Current system

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	V.League 1 14 clubs
2	V.League 2 12 clubs
3	Vietnamese Second Division 14 clubs divided into 2 groups
3	Group A 7 clubs	Group B 7 clubs
4	Vietnamese Third Division 10 clubs divided into 2 groups
4	Group A 5 clubs	Group B 5 clubs

Cup eligibility

Domestic cups

All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the Vietnamese Cup tournament.

Super Cup

The Super Cup is the first game of the season, played between the previous years' winners of the V.League 1 and Vietnamese Cup. If the same team wins both tournaments, then the team finishing second in the previous years' V.League 1 take on the V.League 1 winners.

Continental competition

For the 2023–24 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League 2 Group stage. The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Champions League 2 qualifying play-offs.

External links

(in Vietnamese) Official V.League website