Football in Vietnam
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League systems in sport
The Vietnamese football league system contains two professional leagues, a semi-professional league and an amateur league for Vietnamese football clubs.
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| 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 | ||||||||
| 2001-2012 | First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||||
| 2012 | Super League | First Division | |||||||
| 2013- | V.League 1 | V.League 2 | |||||||
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V.League 1 |
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2 |
V.League 2 |
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3 |
Second Division |
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Third Division |
All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the Vietnamese Cup tournament.
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.
For the 2021 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Group Stage. The team finishing second in the V.League 1, and the winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Cup Group Stage.