The 2013 V.League 2 (known as the Eximbank V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 19th season of Vietnam's second tier professional football league that started on 9 March 2013.

V.League 2
Season2013
Dates9 March – 6 July
ChampionsQNK Quảng Nam
(1st division title)
PromotedQNK Quảng Nam
Than Quảng Ninh
Hùng Vương An Giang
RelegatedTDC Bình Dương
Matches played112
Goals scored174 (1.55 per match)
Top goalscorerUche Iheruome & Đinh Thanh Trung ~10 goals
Biggest home winBình Định 5–1 TDC Bình Dương
(27 April 2013)
Biggest away winHà Nội 0-5 XSKT Cần Thơ
(15 June 2013)
Highest attendance7,000
Lowest attendance300
2012
2014

QNK Quảng Nam won its first ever V.League 2 title on 29 June 2013 after defeating Than Quảng Ninh 4–2, taking the season series and securing the league title.[1]

Teams edit

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the 2012 season.

Relegation for Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh and XM Fico Tây Ninh to the 2013 Vietnamese Second Division was confirmed on the final matchday on 19 August 2012.[2]

Hà Nội were to be promoted to the 2013 V-League season but returned to the league because they could not find a separate title sponsor than their parent club. TĐCS Đồng Tháp were relegated from the 2012 V-League season. Vicem Hải Phòng, who were relegated from the 2012 V-League season, will return to compete in the 2013 V-League season after purchasing the place of dissolved Khatoco Khánh Hòa.[3]

Hà Nội B was dissolved on 27 November 2012 when club officials could not secure a new sponsor after the earlier arrest of Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien caused all sponsorship from his assets to be blocked.[4]

SHB Đà Nẵng B and 2012 Vietnamese Second Division champions and runners-up, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu and Khatoco Khánh Hòa B, were officially dissolved at a league meeting on 8 December 2012.

The VPF decided to keep the number of participating clubs at 10, not promoting other clubs from the Vietnamese Second Division due to new league regulations on club management.[5]

On 8 December 2012, the VPF had stated that the Vietnam U22 team would be added to the V-League to gain experience ahead of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and to bring the participating number of clubs to 12.[6] However, the Vietnam Football Federation announced on December 13, 2012, that 2012 Vietnamese First Division second runners-up Đồng Nai would be the twelfth club in the 2013 campaign.[7]

XSKT Lâm Đồng officially withdraw.[8]

Stadia and locations edit

Club Home stadium Capacity
Hùng Vương An Giang Long Xuyên Stadium 15,000
SQC Bình Định Quy Nhơn Stadium 25,000
TDC Bình Dương Gò Đậu Stadium 18,250
XSKT Cần Thơ Cần Thơ Stadium 50,000
TDCS Đồng Tháp Cao Lãnh Stadium 23,000
Hà Nội Hàng Đẫy Stadium 22,000
QNK Quảng Nam Tam Kỳ Stadium 15,624
Than Quảng Ninh Cửa Ông Stadium 10,000

Personnel and kits edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain
Hùng Vương An Giang   Nhan Thiện Nhân   Agostinho
Bình Định   Nguyễn Đình Lợi   Phan Như Thuật
TDC Bình Dương   Đặng Trần Chỉnh   Nguyễn Chí Huynh
XSKT Cần Thơ   Vuong Tien Dung   Trần Minh Son
TDCS Đồng Tháp   Phạm Công Lộc   Nguyễn Duy Khanh
Hà Nội   Trương Việt Hoàng   Trần Đăng Bình
QNK Quảng Nam   Vũ Quang Bảo   Nguyễn Văn Việt
Than Quảng Ninh   Đinh Cao Nghĩa   Nguyễn Xuân Quyết

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
TĐCS Đồng Tháp   Trần Công Minh 16 April 2013 Sacked   Phạm Công Lộc 16 April 2013
Hà Nội   Hoang Van Phuc 21 April 2013 Resigned   Triệu Quang Hà 22 April 2013
Cần Thơ   Huỳnh Ngọc San 27 April 2013 Sacked   Vuong Tien Dung 27 April 2013
QNK Quảng Nam   Nguyen Van Thinh 29 April 2013 Sacked   Vu Quang Bao
Hà Nội   Triệu Quang Hà 28 May 2013 Sacked   Trương Việt Hoàng 29 May 2013
Bình Định   Nguyễn Văn Hùng 8 June 2013 Sacked   Nguyễn Đình Lợi 8 June 2013

Foreign players edit

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Non-Visa Foreign
Hùng Vương An Giang   Agostinho   Uche Iheruome   Tostao Kwashi1
Bình Định   Kalifa Dembela   Andrew Uzoma None
TDC Bình Dương   Vincent Bossou   Kpenosen Samson None
XSKT Cần Thơ   Mustapha Essuman   Souleymane Diabate None
TDCS Đồng Tháp   Emeka Oguwike   Andre Diego Fagan None
Hà Nội   Lucas Cantoro   Leonel Ezeguiel Felice None
QNK Quảng Nam   David Annas   Nicolás Hernández None
Than Quảng Ninh   Daniel Obo   Didier Belibi None

Note:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Vietnamese Residency;
2Foreign residents who have chosen to represent Vietnam national team;
3Vietnamese residents who have chosen to represent another national team

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 QNK Quảng Nam (C, P) 14 7 4 3 30 22 +8 25 2014 V.League 1
2 Than Quảng Ninh (P) 14 7 4 3 24 17 +7 25
3 Hùng Vương An Giang (P) 14 7 3 4 26 22 +4 24
4 TĐCS Đồng Tháp 14 7 3 4 20 18 +2 24
5 XSKT Cần Thơ 14 6 3 5 31 25 +6 21
6 Bình Định 14 3 3 8 20 23 −3 12
7 Hà Nội 14 3 3 8 10 23 −13 12
8 TDC Bình Dương (R) 14 3 3 8 13 24 −11 12 2014 Vietnamese Second Division
Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2013. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away HAG TBD XCT TDT HAN QNA TQN
Hùng Vương An Giang 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 6–4 2–1
Bình Định 2–4 5–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2
TDC Bình Dương 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
XSKT Cần Thơ 4–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1
TĐCS Đồng Tháp 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–2 3–1
Hà Nội 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–5 0–0 0–1 1–2
QNK Quảng Nam 2–2 0–3 5–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–2
Than Quảng Ninh 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2013. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit