2013 V.League 1

V.League 1
Season	2013
Dates	3 March – 31 August
Champions	Hanoi T&T (2 titles)
Champions League	Hanoi T&T
AFC Cup	Vissai Ninh Binh
Matches played	110
Goals scored	357 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gonzalo Damian Marronkle and Hoàng Vũ Samson ; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Sông Lam Nghệ An 8–0 Đồng Tâm Long An; (30 June 2013)
Biggest away win	Kienlongbank Kiên Giang 1–4 Sông Lam Nghệ An
Highest scoring	Sông Lam Nghệ An 8–0 Đồng Tâm Long An; (30 June 2013)
Longest winning run	4 matches; Hoàng Anh Gia Lai; (April 13-June 26); Hà Nội T&T; (May 12-June 22)
Longest unbeaten run	10matches; SHB Đà Nẵng; (June 26-August 3)
Longest winless run	7 matches; Becamex Bình Dương; (March 2-May 5)
Longest losing run	5 matches; Becamex Bình Dương; (March 2-April 20)
Highest attendance	30,000; Becamex Bình Dương 1 – 0 Sông Lam Nghệ An; (4 August 2013)
Lowest attendance	1,000; Hanoi FC 4–1 Đồng Tâm Long An; (27 May 2013)
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The 2013 V.League 1 (known as the Eximbank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 57th season of Vietnam's professional football league and began on 3 March 2013 and finished on 31 August 2013.^[1]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2012 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2

From V.League 1

Folded

Relegated

Rule changes

After a 5-year absence, the AFC announced that the V.League 1 champions would be allowed to compete in the 2014 AFC Champions League playoff stage.^[2]

Teams

Number of participating clubs in the 2013 campaign is 12.

Vicem Hải Phòng's relegation to the 2013 Vietnamese First Division season was confirmed on 29 July 2012. However, the club returned to the V.League for the 2013 season to replace Khatoco Khánh Hòa, who were dissolved on 8 December 2012.^[3]

TĐCS Đồng Tháp were relegated after rivals Khatoco Khánh Hòa defeated Sông Lam Nghệ An 1–0 on 19 August 2012.^[4]

Đồng Tâm Long An (as Champions) and Hà Nội T&T Youth (as runners-up) secured direct promotion to the V.League from the 2012 Vietnamese First Division. Đồng Tâm Long An returned to the V.League after a one-season absence. However, Hà Nội T&T Youth remained in the second tier of Vietnamese football due to league rules about clubs with the same owners competing in the same division.

Hà Nội 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.^[5] Navibank Sài Gòn was sold on 22 October 2012 after the title sponsor of the club announced the a move away from sports, but the new owners announced on 5 December 2012 that the club would be dissolved before the start of the 2013 campaign.,^[6]^[7] finally this club was dissolved.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10]

Controversy

After Xuân Thành Sài Gòn was docked points for what the VFF deemed the club unsportsmanlike conduct when the club fielded a noncompetitive squad for their Matchdat 20 meeting with Sông Lam Nghệ An, club officials announced that the club would withdraw from the league. On August 22, 2013, the VFF approved Xuân Thành Sài Gòn's withdrawal request. Matches where the club was involved were vacated. The VFF is still debating if the last place club will still be relegated to V.League 2, though the league charter states that the club in 12th place would be the only club relegated in the 2013 campaign.^[11]

Stadia and locations

Locations of the V-League 2013 teams

Club	Home stadium	Capacity
Becamex Bình Dương	Gò Đậu Stadium	18,250
SHB Đà Nẵng	Chi Lăng Stadium	28,000
Đồng Nai	Đồng Nai Stadium	25,000
Đồng Tâm Long An	Long An Stadium	19,975
Vicem Hải Phòng	Lạch Tray Stadium	28,000
Hà Nội T&T	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,000
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Pleiku Stadium	12,000
Kienlongbank Kiên Giang	Rạch Giá Stadium	10,000
Vissai Ninh Bình	Ninh Bình Stadium	22,000
Xuân Thành Sài Gòn	Thống Nhất Stadium	25,000
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Vinh Stadium	12,000
Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa Stadium	14,000

Personnel and kits

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	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Becamex Bình Dương	Lê Thụy Hải	Philani		Becamex IDC
SHB Đà Nẵng	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Nguyễn Minh Phương		Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB)
Đồng Nai	Trần Bình Sự	Phùng Quang Trung
Đồng Tâm Long An	Ngô Quang Sang (interim)	Nguyễn Việt Thắng		Dongtam Group
Vicem Hải Phòng	Hoàng Anh Tuấn	Nguyễn Minh Châu	Adidas (fake)	Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem)
Hà Nội T&T	Phan Thanh Hùng	Cristiano Roland	Kappa	T&T Group
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Choi Yun-Kyum	Phùng Văn Nhiên		HAGL Group
Kienlongbank Kiên Giang FC	Lại Hồng Vân	Phạm Đặng Duy An		Kienlongbank
The Vissai Ninh Bình	Nguyễn Văn Sỹ	Mai Tiến Thành		The Vissai Cement Group
Xuân Thành Sài Gòn FC	Trần Tiến Đại	Trương Đình Luật		Xuan Thanh Group
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng		Bac A Bank
Thanh Hóa	Mai Đức Chung	Lê Bật Hiếu	Mitre	Viettel

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing Head Coach	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Vicem Hải Phòng	Lê Thụy Hải	September 2012	Contract terminated	Hoàng Anh Tuấn	10 January 2013
Thanh Hóa	Triệu Quang Hà	2 February 2013	Contract terminated^[12]	Mai Đức Chung	4 February 2013
Becamex Bình Dương	Cho Yoon-Hwan	15 April 2013	Sacked^[13]	Lê Thụy Hải	16 April 2013
Đồng Tâm Long An	Francisco Vital	13 May 2013	Sacked	Marcelo Javier Zuleta	14 May 2013
Đồng Tâm Long An	Marcelo Javier Zuleta	9 July 2013	Sacked^[14]	Ngô Quang Sang (interim)	9 July 2013

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Non-Visa Foreign
Becamex Bình Dương	Vincent Bossou	Sunday Emmanuel	Aniekan Ekpe	Fabio dos Santos^1,2 Kesley Alves^1,2 Hélio¹ Jeferson¹
SHB Đà Nẵng	Sabin-Cosmin Goia	Gastón Merlo	Danny Mrwanda	None
Đồng Nai	Danny van Bakel	Victor Nyirenda	Henry Kisekka	Thierry Bernard¹ Amaobi Uzowuru¹
Đồng Tâm Long An	Ebimo West	Gilson Campos	Ernesto Paulo	Isaac Mylyanga¹
Vicem Hải Phòng	Antonio Carlos	Giba	Justice Majabvi	Issifu Ansah¹ Jonathan Quartey³
Hà Nội T&T	Cristiano Roland	Gonzalo Marronkle	Samson Kayode	None
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Ganiyu Oseni	Evaldo	Bassey Akpan	Đoàn Văn Sakda³ Marcelo¹
Kienlongbank Kiên Giang	Felix Ajala	Hamed Adesope	Jackson	None
Vissai Ninh Bình	Peter Omoduemuke	Timothy Anjembe	Moussa Sanogo	Rodrigo Mota¹ Dio Preye¹
Xuân Thành Sài Gòn	Moses Oloya	Christian Amougou	Emeka Oguwike	Rogerio¹ Maxwell Eyerakpo¹
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Hughton Hector	Willis Plaza	Kavin Bryan	None
Thanh Hóa	Cheikh Dieng	Nastja Čeh	Patiyo Tambwe	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hà Nội T&T (C)	20	11	5	4	46	24	+22	38	2014 AFC Champions League Play-off stage
2	SHB Đà Nẵng	20	10	5	5	29	24	+5	35
3	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	20	10	5	5	24	16	+8	35
4	Sông Lam Nghệ An	20	9	6	5	40	24	+16	33
5	Thanh Hóa	20	9	6	5	40	33	+7	33
6	Hải Phòng	20	7	5	8	39	28	+11	26
7	Đồng Nai	20	6	7	7	27	36	−9	25
8	Becamex Bình Dương	20	6	5	9	34	35	−1	23
9	Đồng Tâm Long An	20	7	1	12	31	53	−22	22
10	Vissai Ninh Bình	20	4	6	10	23	32	−9	18	2014 AFC Cup Group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Kienlongbank Kiên Giang	20	3	5	12	24	52	−28	14
12	Xuân Thành Sài Gòn (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Relegation to the 2014 Vietnam Third Division

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2013. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ Vissai Ninh Binh champions Vietnamese Cup 2013
↑ XM Xuân Thành Sài Gòn withdraw V League 2013 after round 20.^[11]

Results

Summary

Home \ Away	BBD	SDN	ĐN	ĐLA	VHP	T&T	HGL	KKG	VNB	SNA	THO
Becamex Bình Dương		0–2	1–1	1–2		3–1	0–0	6–0	0–0	2–1	3–4
SHB Đà Nẵng	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1
Đồng Nai	1–2	4–1		3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
Đồng Tâm Long An	2–5	3–2	1–3		1–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–3	1–1
Hải Phòng	1–2	1–0	4–0	3–4		2–3	0–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–1
Hà Nội T&T	4–1	1–2	6–1	4–1	3–3		2–0	5–0	1–0	2–2	3–2
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	2–0	2–1	1–3
Kienlongbank Kiên Giang	4–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–5	1–1	0–3		2–2	1–4	2–2
Vissai Ninh Bình	2–2	4–1	1–1	3–4	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–0		1–1	3–3
Sông Lam Nghệ An	3–2	2–1	1–1	8–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0		2–0
Thanh Hóa	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2013. Source: Eximbank V-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Details

Match-day 1

2 March 2013

16:00

Hà Nội T&T	2 – 0	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Marronkle 29' Kayode 80' Sỹ Cường 90+4'	Report

Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hà Nội

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Nguyễn Văn Kiên

2 March 2013

16:30

Đồng Tâm Long An	1 – 1	Thanh Hóa
Campos 82' (pen.)	Report	Anh Tuấn 65'

Long An Stadium

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Hoàng Phạm Công Khánh

2 March 2013

17:00

Xi Măng Xuân Thành Sài Gòn	1 – 0	Becamex Bình Dương
Abdullahi 28' Ngọc Anh 76' 80'	Report

Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hoàng Anh Tuấn

3 March 2013

16:00

Đồng Nai	1 – 0	Vissai Ninh Bình
N'Gale 4'	Report

Đồng Nai Stadium, Biên Hòa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Nguyễn Trọng Thư

3 March 2013

16:30

SHB Đà Nẵng	2 − 0	Kienlongbank Kiên Giang
Quốc Anh 53' Goia 55'	Report	Adesope 87'

Chi Lăng Stadium, Đà Nẵng

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Trần Trung Hiếu

3 March 2013

17:00

Sông Lam Nghệ An	2 – 1	Vicem Hải Phòng
Công Vinh 25' Plaza 53' Trọng Hoàng 58' 63'	Report	Carlos 74' (pen.)

Vinh Stadium

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Đinh Hải Dương

Match-day 2

9 March 2013