The 2018 V.League 1 season (for sponsorship reasons also known as Nuti Café V.League 1)[1] was the 62nd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. The season started on 10 March 2018[2] and ran until 8 October 2018.[2] It was expected to be known as the Toyota V.League 1, however, in December 2017 Toyota ended their sponsorship deal with the Vietnam Football Federation one year early.[3]

Nuti Café V.League 1 - 2018
Season2018
Dates10 March – 8 October
ChampionsHanoi FC
4th VL1 title
4th Vietnamese title
RelegatedXSKT Cantho
AFC Champions LeagueHanoi FC
AFC CupBecamex Binh Duong
Matches played182
Goals scored541 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerGaniyu Oseni (16 goals)
Biggest home winHanoi FC 5–0 Hoang Anh Gia Lai
(5 April)
FLC Thanh Hoa 5–0 Quang Nam FC
(19 September)
Ho Chi Minh City FC 5–0 Saigon FC
(19 September)
Biggest away winSHB Danang 0–4 Hanoi FC
(14 April)
Highest scoring9 goals
Hanoi FC 6–3 Ho Chi Minh City FC
(8 July)
Longest winning run8 matches
Song Lam Nghe An
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Hanoi FC
Longest winless run14 matches
Ho Chi Minh City FC
XSKT Cantho
Longest losing run7 matches
XSKT Cantho
Highest attendance22,000
Nam Dinh FC 0–0 XSKT Cantho
(11 March)
Lowest attendance0
Nam Dinh FC 1–1 Quang Nam FC
(21 July)
Total attendance1,139,800
Average attendance6,297
2017
2019
All statistics correct as of complete.

Changes from last season edit

Team changes edit

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 season.

Rule changes edit

Due to the increased number of teams in 2018 V.League 2 (10), there will be 1.5 relegation places in the 2018 V.League 1 season - the team finishing 14th will be relegated automatically, whilst the team finishing 13th will play a two-legged play-off against the team that finishes second in the 2018 V.League 2.[2]

The league will continue to operate the "2+1" foreigner rule, meaning each squad shall be allowed 2 non-Vietnamese players and 1 naturalised Vietnamese. FLC Thanh Hoa and Song Lam Nghe An shall be allowed 3 non-Vietnamese players, 1 naturalised Vietnamese and 1 player from Asia because they will participate in AFC Cup.

Teams edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous
season rank
Becamex Binh Duong Binh Duong Go Dau 13,035 VL1 (11th)
XSKT Cantho Cantho Cantho 60,000 VL1 (13th)
SHB Danang Danang Hoa Xuan 20,000 VL1 (9th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Gia Lai Pleiku 12,000 VL1 (10th)
Haiphong FC Haiphong Lach Tray 25,000 VL1 (7th)
Hanoi FC Hanoi Hang Day 22,500 VL1 (3rd)
Ho Chi Minh City FC Ho Chi Minh City Thong Nhat 16,000 VL1 (12th)
Saigon FC VL1 (5th)
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN Khanh Hoa 19 August 25,000 VL1 (6th)
Nam Dinh FC Nam Dinh Thien Truong 30,000   VL2 (1st)
Song Lam Nghe An Nghe An Vinh 18,000 VL1 (8th)
Quang Nam FC Quang Nam Tam Ky 15,000 VL1 (1st)
Than Quang Ninh Quang Ninh Cam Pha 20,000 VL1 (4th)
FLC Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa 12,000 VL1 (2nd)

Personnel and kits edit

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
Becamex Binh Duong   Trần Minh Chiến   Nguyễn Anh Đức   Kappa
XSKT Cantho   Vũ Quang Bảo   Tô Vĩnh Lợi   KeepDri
SHB Danang   Nguyễn Minh Phương   Do Merlo Made by club
Hoang Anh Gia Lai   Dương Minh Ninh   Lương Xuân Trường   Mizuno
Haiphong FC   Trương Việt Hoàng   Lê Văn Phú   Mitre
Hanoi FC   Chu Đình Nghiêm   Nguyễn Văn Quyết   Kappa
Ho Chi Minh City FC   Toshiya Miura   Trương Đình Luật   Mizuno
Saigon FC   Nguyễn Thành Công   Nguyễn Ngọc Duy   Kami
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN   Võ Đình Tân   Chaher Zarour Made by club
Nam Dinh FC   Nguyễn Văn Sỹ   Nguyễn Hữu Định   VNA Sport
Song Lam Nghe An   Nguyễn Đức Thắng   Trần Nguyên Mạnh   Mitre
Quang Nam FC   Hoàng Văn Phúc   Đinh Thanh Trung   Jogarbola
Than Quang Ninh   Phan Thanh Hùng   Huỳnh Tuấn Linh   Joma
FLC Thanh Hoa   Nguyễn Đức Thắng   Pape Omar Faye   Mitre

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position Incoming manager Date of appointment
FLC Thanh Hoa   Ljupko Petrović Resigned 28 November 2017[5] Pre-season   Marian Mihail 15 December 2017[6]
SHB Danang   Le Huynh Duc 25 November 2017   Nguyen Minh Phuong 28 December 2017[7]
XSKT Cantho   Vu Quang Bao Sacked 25 November 2017   Đinh Hồng Vinh 25 December 2017[8]
Saigon FC   Nguyen Duc Thang Out of contract 31 January 2018[9]   Phan Van Tai Em 3 April 2018[10]
FLC Thanh Hoa   Marian Mihail Mutual consent 7 April 2018 7th   Hoang Thanh Tung 7 April 2018[11]
FLC Thanh Hoa   Hoang Thanh Tung Demote 3 May 2018 7th   Nguyen Duc Thang 3 May 2018[12]
Saigon FC   Phan Van Tai Em Resigned 28 June 2018 16th   Nguyen Thanh Cong 29 June 2018
XSKT Cantho   Dinh Hong Vinh ? 26 July 2018 20th   Vu Quang Bao 31 July 2018

Foreign players edit

Club Player 1 Player 2 AFC Player Naturalised Vietnamese Player Former Players 1
Becamex Binh Duong   Chinedu Udoka   Ali Rabo    Eyerakpo Maxwell   Romario Kortzorg
  Alexandros Tanidis
XSKT Cantho   Wander Luiz   Patiyo Tambwe    Dio Preye   Rod Dyachenko
SHB Danang   Kouassi Yao Hermann   Louis Epassi    Gastón Merlo   Diogo Pereira
Hoang Anh Gia Lai   Josip Zeba   Osmar   Kim Jin-seo
  Rimario Gordon
Haiphong FC   Diego Fagan   Errol Stevens    Issifu Ansah
Hanoi FC   Moses Oloya   Oseni Ganiyu    Samson Kayode
Ho Chi Minh City FC   Matías Jadue   Marclei    Kesley Alves   Gustavo INJ
  Paulo Tavares
  Gonzalo Marronkle
Saigon FC   Dominique Da Sylva   Marvin Ogunjimi    Geoffrey Kizito   Dugary Ndabashinze
   Lê Văn Tân
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN   Chaher Zarour   Youssouf Touré
Nam Dinh FC   Romario Kortzorg   Diogo Pereira    Theophilus Esele   Alex Rafael
  Neil Benjamin
  Henry Shackiel
Song Lam Nghe An   Michael Olaha   Jermie Lynch   Osmar
Quang Nam FC   Douglas Tardin   Warley Oliveira    Thiago Papel   Wander Luiz
  Claudecir INJ
   Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương
Than Quang Ninh   Eydison   Joel Vinicius    Geoffrey Kizito
FLC Thanh Hoa   Pape Omar Faye   Rimario Gordon    Danny van Bakel   Ryutaro Karube
  Edward Ofere
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first leg or be replaced because of injuries.
  • ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Standings edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hanoi FC (C) 26 20 4 2 72 30 +42 64 Qualification for the
AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2[a]
2 FLC Thanh Hoa 26 13 7 6 43 29 +14 46
3 Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN (Q) 26 11 10 5 33 27 +6 43 Qualification to
Mekong Club Championship
4 Song Lam Nghe An 26 12 6 8 38 32 +6 42
5 Than Quang Ninh 26 9 8 9 40 39 +1 35
6 Haiphong FC 26 9 7 10 26 26 0 34
7 Becamex Binh Duong[b] (Q) 26 7 12 7 39 36 +3 33 Qualification to
AFC Cup Group Stage
8 Saigon FC 26 9 4 13 36 40 −4 31
9 SHB Danang 26 8 7 11 38 49 −11 31
10 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 26 8 7 11 41 53 −12 31
11 Quang Nam FC 26 7 10 9 37 45 −8 31
12 Ho Chi Minh City FC 26 7 6 13 36 44 −8 27
13 Nam Dinh FC (O) 26 5 9 12 33 45 −12 24 Qualification to Relegation Play-off
14 XSKT Cantho (R) 26 4 9 13 26 43 −17 21 Relegation to V.League 2
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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 10) Drawing of lots (Criteria 2 to 5 only applies after the conclusion of round 13)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ If Hanoi cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
  2. ^ Becamex Binh Duong qualified to 2019 AFC Cup by winning 2018 Vietnamese Cup

Positions by round edit

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Becamex Binh Duong634899433334468991087886697
FLC Thanh Hoa959766758991088523334343322
Hanoi FC21211111111111111111111111
Haiphong FC1311611131067566353457778978786
Hoang Anh Gia Lai571191189974467976566679109710
Ho Chi Minh City FC12131064481111111111111314131414111112119111212
Nam Dinh FC710141414141414141414141414131213131213131313131313
Quang Nam FC485127710109757656788996678611
Saigon FC3913131213121212131312131212141212141211121212108
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN104333334668534332222222233
Song Lam Nghe An11141210101213131312121312111086553434444
SHB Danang14674811118101010897910109101010101110119
Than Quang Ninh12122222222222244445555555
XSKT Cantho81285555645781010111111111314141414141414
Winner; Champions League
Relegation play-off
Relegate to V.League 2
Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Results edit

Home \ Away BBD FTH HAN HPG HGL HCM NDI QNM SGN SKH SNA SDN TQN XCT
Becamex Binh Duong 3–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 5–1 0–3 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–0
FLC Thanh Hoa 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 5–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Hanoi FC 2–0 4–3 1–0 5–0 6–3 3–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 5–2 4–1 3–0
Haiphong FC 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–2 0–1 0–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai 0–0 0–3 3–5 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–3 3–2 2–4 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1
Ho Chi Minh City FC 1–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 5–3 1–2 0–0 5–0 1–0 0–2 4–2 2–1 3–3
Nam Dinh FC 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 4–2 1–1 0–0
Quang Nam FC 4–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 5–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–0
Saigon FC 2–0 0–1 5–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1
Song Lam Nghe An 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–0
SHB Danang 0–0 3–3 0–4 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 2–1
Than Quang Ninh 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 5–1
XSKT Cantho 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–3 0–0 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off match edit

The team finishing 13th faced the runner-up of 2018 V.League 2.

Nam Dinh FC won the match and would remain in the 2019 V.League 1.

Nam Dinh FC0–0Hanoi II
VPF
Penalties
5-3
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ngo Duy Lan

Attendances edit

As of 8 October 2018

By club edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Nam Dinh FC 166,000 22,000 0 13,833 +93.0%
2 Hanoi FC 119,500 20,000 2,000 9,192 +48.4%
3 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 104,500 12,000 4,000 8,038 −4.1%
4 FLC Thanh Hoa 96,000 13,000 1,000 7,385 −20.0%
5 Haiphong FC 82,000 21,000 2,000 6,308 −14.6%
6 Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN 81,000 15,000 2,000 6,231 +26.6%
7 SHB Danang 79,000 13,000 3,000 6,077 −24.8%
8 Quang Nam FC 67,000 12,000 1,000 5,154 −19.8%
9 Song Lam Nghe An 66,500 10,000 1,500 5,115 +19.8%
10 Than Quang Ninh 64,000 8,000 2,000 4,923 −28.1%
11 XSKT Cantho 63,800 12,000 1,500 4,908 +140.8%
12 Becamex Binh Duong 58,000 18,000 1,500 4,462 +28.9%
13 Ho Chi Minh City FC 55,000 12,000 2,000 4,231 −15.4%
14 Saigon FC 44,500 12,000 1,000 3,423 +1.1%
League total 1,139,800 22,000 1,000 6,263 +12.0%

Updated to games played on complete
Source: Vietnam Professional Football
Notes:
Teams played previous season in V.League 2

By round edit

2018 V.League 1 Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Round 1 78,000 7 11,143
Round 2 71,000 7 10,143
Round 3 74,000 7 10,571
Round 4 58,000 7 8,286
Round 5 72,000 7 10,286
Round 6 51,500 7 7,357
Round 7 42,000 7 6,000
Round 8 50,000 7 7,143
Round 9 46,000 7 6,571
Round 10 42,500 7 6,071
Round 11 42,000 7 6,000
Round 12 38,200 7 5,457
Round 13 54,000 7 7,714
Round 14 33,000 7 4,714
Round 15 28,000 7 4,000
Round 16 38,000 7 5,429
Round 17 29,100 7 4,157
Round 18 34,500 7 4,929
Round 19 27,000 7 3,857
Round 20 24,000 7 3,429
Round 21 49,500 7 7,071
Round 22 34,500 7 4,929
Round 23 24,000 7 3,429
Round 24 31,000 7 4,429
Round 25 32,500 7 4,643
Round 26 35,500 7 5,071
Total 1,139,800 182 6,263

Highest attendances edit

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1 Nam Dinh FC 0–0 XSKT Cantho 22,000 11 March 2018 (2018-03-11) Thien Truong Stadium
2 Haiphong FC 1–1 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 21,000 17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) Lach Tray Stadium
3 Hanoi FC 5–0 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 20,000 5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) Hang Day Stadium
4 Becamex Binh Duong 3–3 FLC Thanh Hoa 18,000 15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) Go Dau Stadium
5 Nam Dinh FC 0–1 Haiphong FC 17,000 22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) Thien Truong Stadium
0–2 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 28 September 2018 (2018-09-28)

Season statistics edit

Own goals edit

Player Club Against Round
  Pham Van Thuan Nam Dinh FC Ho Chi Minh City FC 5
  Ho Tan Tai Becamex Binh Duong FLC Thanh Hoa
  Thiago Papel Quang Nam FC Becamex Binh Duong 7
  Trinh Van Loi Haiphong FC Than Quang Ninh 10
  Michael Olaha Song Lam Nghe An SHB Danang 11
  Nguyen Thanh Binh SHB Danang Song Lam Nghe An 22

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Round
  Oseni Ganiyu Hanoi FC SHB Danang 4–0(A) 14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 5
  Ha Minh Tuan Quang Nam FC Nam Dinh FC 5–2(H) 26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) 9
  Nguyen Tien Linh 4 Becamex Binh Duong Saigon FC 5–1(H) 29 May 2018 (2018-05-29) 10
  Eydison Than Quang Ninh Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3–0(H) 9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) 12
  Dominique Da Sylva 4 Saigon FC Hanoi FC 5–2(H) 17 June 2018 (2018-06-17) 14
  Hoang Vu Samson 4 Hanoi FC Ho Chi Minh City FC 6–3(H) 8 July 2018 (2018-07-08) 18
  Dinh Thanh Trung Quang Nam FC Becamex Binh Duong 4–4(H)
  Nguyen Tien Linh Becamex Binh Duong Quang Nam FC 4–4(A)
  Matías Jadue Ho Chi Minh City FC SHB Danang 4–2(H) 14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) 19
  Rimario Gordon FLC Thanh Hoa Hoang Anh Gia Lai 3–0(A) 9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) 21
  Nguyen Hai Anh Ho Chi Minh City FC Saigon FC 5–0(H) 19 September 2018 (2018-09-19) 23
  • Note:

4: scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets edit

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Nguyen Van Cong Hanoi FC 8
2   Dang Van Lam Haiphong FC 7
3   Nguyen Tuan Manh Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN 6
  Huynh Tuan Linh Than Quang Ninh
5   Pham Van Cuong Quang Nam FC 5

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Club of the Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month References
Club Manager Club Player Club Player Club
March Than Quang Ninh   Phan Thanh Hung Than Quang Ninh   Eydison Than Quang Ninh   Luong Xuan Truong Hoang Anh Gia Lai [16]
April Hanoi FC   Chu Dinh Nghiem Hanoi FC   Oseni Ganiyu Hanoi FC   Ha Duc Chinh SHB Danang [17]
May Hanoi   Tran Minh Chien Becamex Binh Duong   Nguyen Tien Linh Becamex Binh Duong   Nguyen Cong Phuong Hoang Anh Gia Lai
June Hanoi   Nguyen Duc Thang FLC Thanh Hoa   Nguyen Quang Hai Hanoi FC   Tran Minh Phuong Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Annual awards edit

Award Winner Club
V.League 1 Manager of the Season   Chu Dinh Nghiem[18] Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Player of the Season   Nguyen Van Quyet[18] Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Top Goalscorer   Ganiyu Oseni[18] Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Young Player of the Year   Nguyen Quang Hai[19] Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Referee of the Year   Ngo Duy Lan[19]
V.League 1 Assistant Referee of the Year   Phạm Manh Long[19]

Team of the Year edit

VPF Team of the Year[19]
Goalkeeper   Dang Van Lam (Haiphong FC)
Defence   Vu Van Thanh

(Hoang Anh Gia Lai)

  Do Duy Manh

(Hanoi FC)

  Chaher Zarour

(Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN)

  Doan Van Hau

(Hanoi FC)

Midfield   Nguyen Quang Hai

(Hanoi FC)

  Ngo Hoang Thinh

(FLC Thanh Hoa)

  Moses Oloya

(Hanoi FC)

  Nghiem Xuan Tu

(Than Quang Ninh)

Attack   Nguyen Cong Phuong

(Hoang Anh Gia Lai)

  Nguyen Van Quyet

(Hanoi FC)

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