V.League 1
Season2023–24
Dates20 October 2023 –
6 July 2024
Matches played56
Goals scored148 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerRafaelson
(11 goals)
Biggest home win4 matches
Biggest away winHong Linh Ha Tinh 0–4 MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh
(16 December 2023)
Highest scoringHanoi FC 3–5 Haiphong
(29 October 2023)
Song Lam Nghe An 4–4 Quang Nam
(2 December 2023)
Longest winning runThep Xanh Nam Dinh
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runDong A Thanh Hoa
(6 matches)
Longest winless runHong Linh Ha Tinh
LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai
(7 matches)
Longest losing runHong Linh Ha Tinh
(4 matches)
Highest attendance15,000
Haiphong 1–1 LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai
(20 October 2023)
Lowest attendance2,000
Song Lam Nghe An 4–4 Quang Nam
(2 December 2023)
Total attendance308,900
Average attendance6,304
← 2023
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 27 December 2023.

The 2023–24 V.League 1, known as the 2023–24 Night Wolf V.League 1 (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Vô địch Quốc gia Night Wolf 2023–24) for sponsorship reasons, is be the 68th professional season of the top-flight football league in Vietnam, the 24th under the V.League 1 name. The season is scheduled to commence on 20 October 2023 and ends on 6 July 2024.[1]

Hanoi Police are the defending champions.[2]

This season will be the first since the 2001–02 season to have an inter-year schedule (autumn-to-spring) instead of an intra-year schedule (spring-to-autumn) to follow the schedule changes in the AFC competitions. There will also be a break from 25 December 2023 to 10 February 2024 for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup and from 7 April 2024 to 3 May 2024 for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[1]

This will be the first season that the league officially applies video assistant referee (VAR) technology.[3] Like the previous season, teams will be allotted an non-naturalized Vietnamese player slot that will not be counted towards their foreign player allotment.[1]

Teams

A total of 14 teams will participate in the 2023 edition of the V.League 1.

Changes from previous season

Promoted from
2023 V.League 2		 Relegated to
2023–24 V.League 2
Quang Nam SHB Da Nang

14 teams are gonna compete in this season. The relegated team is SHB Da Nang, who have spent 21 years in the top flight ever since their promotion in 2002. They are also the winner of the 2009 and 2012 seasons. The promoted teams is Quang Nam FC, who have come back to the top flight after 3 seasons.

Name changes

Prize money

1st Place - 5 billion VND ($205,150)
2nd Place - 3 billion VND ($123,100)
3rd Place - 1.5 billion VND ($61,550).

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous
season rank
MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Binh Dinh Quy Nhon 15,000 VL1 (7th)
Becamex Binh Duong Binh Duong Go Dau 13,035 VL1 (12th)
LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai Gia Lai Pleiku 12,000 VL1 (10th)
Haiphong FC Haiphong Lach Tray 30,000 VL1 (6th)
Hanoi FC Hanoi Hang Day 22,500 VL1 (2nd)
Hanoi Police VL1 (1st)
The Cong-Viettel VL1 (3rd)
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Ha Tinh Ha Tinh 20,000 VL1 (8th)
Ho Chi Minh City FC Ho Chi Minh City Thong Nhat 16,000 VL1 (13th)
Khanh Hoa FC Khanh Hoa 19 August 18,000 VL1 (11th)
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Nam Dinh Thien Truong 30,000 VL1 (5th)
Song Lam Nghe An Nghe An Vinh 18,000 VL1 (9th)
Quang Nam Quang Nam Tam Ky
Hoa Xuan (temporary)		 15,000
20,500		 VL2 (1st)
Dong A Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa 12,000 VL1 (4th)

Number of teams by region

Number Region Team(s)
5 Red River DeltaHaiphong, Hanoi FC, Hanoi Police, Thep Xanh Nam Dinh and The Cong-Viettel
3 North CentralDong A Thanh Hoa, Hong Linh Ha Tinh, and Song Lam Nghe An
South CentralKhanh Hoa, Quang Nam and MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh
2 SoutheastBecamex Binh Duong and Ho Chi Minh City
1 Central HighlandsLPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Personnel and kits

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

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Becamex Binh Duong Vietnam Lê Huỳnh Đức Vietnam Nguyễn Tiến Linh Vietnam Kamito Vietnam Becamex1
Dong A Thanh Hoa Bulgaria Velizar Popov Vietnam Hoàng Đình Tùng Japan Jogarbola Thailand Casper Electric1
Haiphong Vietnam Chu Đình Nghiêm Uganda Joseph Mpande Japan Jogarbola
Hanoi FC Japan Daiki Iwamasa Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Quyết Japan Jogarbola Vietnam KITA Group1
Vietnam Vinawind2
Vietnam Quang Ninh Port2
Vietnam SHS2
Hanoi Police Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang Vietnam Hồ Tấn Tài Vietnam Kamito Vietnam Công An Hà Nội1
LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai Vietnam Vu Tien Thanh Vietnam Nguyễn Tuấn Anh Vietnam Kamito Thailand Carabao1

Vietnam LPBank2

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Phung Thanh Phuong Vietnam Ngô Tùng Quốc Japan Jogarbola England Mansion Sports1
Vietnam Phu Hung Life Insurance1
Vietnam Phu Hung Securities2
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Vietnam Nguyen Thanh Cong Vietnam Đinh Thanh Trung Thailand Grand Sport Vietnam Bia Sao Vàng1
Khanh Hoa Vietnam Tran Trong Binh Vietnam Lê Duy Thanh Vietnam Kamito Vietnam Yến Sào Khánh Hoà (H)1
Vietnam Sanvinest (A)1
Vietnam Sanest (3rd)1
Vietnam KN Cam Ranh2
Quang Nam Vietnam Van Sy Son Vietnam Ngân Văn Đại Spain Kelme
MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Vietnam Bui Doan Quang Huy Vietnam Đặng Văn Lâm Vietnam Kamito Vietnam MerryLand Quy Nhon1
Song Lam Nghe An Vietnam Phan Nhu Thuat Vietnam Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng Thailand Grand Sport Vietnam Gạo A AN1
Vietnam EuroSun2
Japan Nikkokutrust2
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Vietnam Vu Hong Viet Vietnam Trần Nguyên Mạnh England Mitre Vietnam Thép Xanh Xuân Thiện1
The Cong-Viettel Vietnam Nguyen Duc Thang Vietnam Bùi Tiến Dũng China Li-Ning Vietnam The Cong-Viettel1
Vietnam TV3602

Notes:

  1. ^ On the front of shirt.
  2. ^ On the back of shirt.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Vietnam Nguyen Duc Thang[7] Mutual consent 28 August 2023 Pre-season Vietnam Bui Doan Quang Huy 28 August 2023
Hanoi FC Montenegro Božidar Bandović[8] Sacked 7 October 2023 Vietnam Le Duc Tuan (interim) 7 October 2023
Vietnam Le Duc Tuan (interim)[9] Demoted to assistant manager 30 October 2023 13th Vietnam Dinh The Nam (interim) 30 October 2023
Hanoi Police Vietnam Tran Tien Dai Appointed as technical director 12 November 2023 2nd South Korea Gong Oh-kyun[10] 12 November 2023
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Vu Tien Thanh[11] Resigned 21 November 2023 7th Vietnam Phung Thanh Phuong 24 November 2023
Khanh Hoa Vietnam Vo Dinh Tan[12] 12 December 2023 12th Vietnam Tran Thien Hao (interim) 14 December 2023
The Cong-Viettel Vietnam Thach Bao Khanh[13] Appointed as technical director 18 December 2023 9th United States Thomas Dooley 18 December 2023
Khanh Hoa Vietnam Tran Thien Hao (interim) Interim period ended 20 December 2023 12th Vietnam Tran Trong Binh[14] 20 December 2023
The Cong-Viettel United States Thomas Dooley Appointed as technical director 8 January 2024 11th Vietnam Nguyen Duc Thang[15] 8 January 2024
Hanoi FC Vietnam Dinh The Nam (interim) Interim period ended 10 January 2024 8th Japan Daiki Iwamasa[16] 11 January 2024
LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang Manager loaned out 13 January 2024 14th Vietnam Vu Tien Thanh 16 January 2024
Hanoi Police South Korea Gong Oh-kyun Demoted to the youth team 16 January 2024 5th Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang

Foreign players

Teams are allowed to register 3 foreign players. Starting from the previous season, teams will be allotted an extra slot for 1 unnaturalized overseas Vietnamese player that will not be counted against their foreign player allotment. Hanoi and Haiphong will be allowed to register 1 additional foreign players as they will compete in the AFC competitions. Therefore they are only allowed to field maximum 3 foreign players during a league game. Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
(Unnaturalized Vietnamese player)		 Player 5
(Only Hanoi FC and Haiphong)		 Former players
Becamex Binh Duong Brazil Janclesio Republic of the Congo Prince Ibara Cameroon Arsène Elogo France Ryan Ha
Dong A Thanh Hoa Brazil Gustavo Brazil Luiz Antônio Jamaica Rimario Gordon
Haiphong Brazil Lucão do Break Haiti Bicou Bissainthe Uganda Joseph Mpande Australia Benjamin Van Meurs
Brazil Yuri Mamute
Hanoi FC Botswana Brandon Wilson Brazil Denílson Brazil Marcão Cameroon Joel Tagueu France Damien Le Tallec
Serbia Milan Jevtović
Hanoi Police Brazil Júnior Fialho Brazil Geovane Brazil Jeferson Elias Nigeria Raphael Success
LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai Brazil Jairo Brazil Jhon Cley Ghana Martin Dzilah Senegal Papé Diakité
Ho Chi Minh City Brazil Brendon Lucas Ivory Coast Cheick Timité Cameroon Paul-Georges Ntep Slovakia Patrik Le Giang
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Brazil Bruno Ramires Nigeria Stephen Gopey Senegal Abdoulaye Diallo
Khanh Hoa Guinea Mamadou Guirassy Haiti Watz Leazard Sierra Leone Alie Sesay Denmark Truong Quoc Minh
Quang Nam Brazil Yago Ramos Brazil Conrado Nigeria Stephen Eze Canada Pierre Lamothe
Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Brazil Marlon Rangel Brazil Alan Grafite Brazil Léo Artur Russia Viktor Le
Song Lam Nghe An Croatia Mario Zebić Nigeria Michael Olaha Nigeria Raphael Success
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Brazil Hêndrio Brazil Douglas Coutinho Brazil Rafaelson
The Cong-Viettel Brazil Bruno Cantanhede Egypt Mohamed Essam Uzbekistan Jahongir Abdumominov Brazil Jeferson Elias

Dual nationality Vietnamese players

  • Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.
  • Player's name in italics indicates Overseas Vietnamese players whom have obtained a Vietnamese passport and citizenship, therefore being considered as local players.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Becamex Binh Duong UgandaVietnam Trần Trung Hiếu
Hanoi Police Czech RepublicVietnam Filip Nguyen1
Dong A Thanh Hoa
Haiphong FC AustraliaVietnam Martin Lo
Hanoi FC
Ho Chi Minh City FC United StatesVietnam Lê Trung Vinh
LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Hong Linh Ha Tinh
Khanh Hoa FC
Quang Nam FC NigeriaVietnam Hoàng Vũ Samson
Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Czech RepublicVietnam Mạc Hồng Quân1 GermanyVietnam Adriano Schmidt1 RussiaVietnam Đặng Văn Lâm1
Song Lam Nghe An
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
The Cong-Viettel

Notes:

^1 Capped for Vietnam national team.

Standings

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 8 6 1 1 21 11 +10 19 Qualification to the 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 group stage
2 MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh 8 5 1 2 16 8 +8 16
3 Becamex Binh Duong 8 5 1 2 10 7 +3 16
4 Dong A Thanh Hoa 8 4 3 1 14 8 +6 15
5 Hanoi Police 8 3 3 2 13 8 +5 12
6 Ho Chi Minh City 8 3 3 2 9 6 +3 12
7 Haiphong 8 3 2 3 13 11 +2 11
8 Hanoi FC 8 3 1 4 9 11 −2 10
9 Quang Nam 8 2 3 3 9 10 −1 9
10 Song Lam Nghe An 8 2 3 3 9 12 −3 9
11 The Cong-Viettel 8 2 2 4 6 14 −8 8
12 Hong Linh Ha Tinh 8 1 3 4 7 14 −7 6
13 Khanh Hoa 8 2 0 6 6 14 −8 6 Qualification for relegation play-offs
14 LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai 8 1 2 5 6 14 −8 5 Relegation to the 2024–25 V.League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2023. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Disciplinary points.

    Results

    Home \ Away BBD DTH HPG HAN HNP HGL HCM HHT KHA QNA QBD SNA TND VTL
    Becamex Binh Duong — 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–2
    Dong A Thanh Hoa — 1–1 2–2 3–1
    Haiphong FC — 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–1
    Hanoi FC 3–5 — 1–1 0–1 2–0
    Hanoi Police 3–0 2–0 — 0–0 1–1
    LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai 1–1 2–0 0–3 — 1–2
    Ho Chi Minh City FC 1–1 — 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
    Hong Linh Ha Tinh — 0–4 1–1 2–4
    Khanh Hoa FC 0–2 0–2 2–1 — 0–1 2–3
    Quang Nam FC 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 —
    MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh 0–2 2–3 3–1 — 4–1
    Song Lam Nghe An 1–0 4–4 — 1–1
    Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 — 3–0
    The Cong-Viettel 1–1 0–2 1–0 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2023. Source: VPF
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Position by round

    Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
    Hanoi Police82245685
    Hanoi FC121314109878
    The Cong-Viettel7958791011
    Dong A Thanh Hoa47422344
    Thep Xanh Nam Dinh21111211
    Haiphong93634467
    MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh611878532
    Hong Linh Ha Tinh36101313141312
    Song Lam Nghe An10811911111110
    LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai512131414131414
    Khanh Hoa141491112121213
    Becamex Binh Duong115363123
    Ho Chi Minh City14756756
    Quang Nam13101212101099
    Champion and qualification to the 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 group stage
    Possible qualification to the 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 qualifiers
    Qualification for relegation play-offs
    Relegation to 2024–2025 V.League 2
    Source: VPF

    Statistics

    Top scorers

    As of 27 December 2023

    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Brazil Rafaelson Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 11
    2 Brazil Alan Grafite MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh 6
    Jamaica Rimario Gordon Dong A Thanh Hoa
    4 Brazil Lucão do Break Haiphong 5
    5 Brazil Hêndrio Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 4
    Brazil Léo Artur MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh
    7 Cameroon Joel Tagueu Hanoi FC 3
    Brazil Denílson
    Nigeria Michael Olaha Song Lam Nghe An
    Ivory Coast Cheick Timité Ho Chi Minh City
    Vietnam Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh Hanoi Police
    Brazil Júnior Fialho
    Vietnam Nguyễn Quang Hải

    Hat-tricks

    PlayerForAgainstResultDate
    Brazil Lucão do Break Haiphong Hanoi FC 5–3 (A) 29 October 2023
    Cameroon Joel Tagueu Hanoi FC Haiphong 3–5 (H) 29 October 2023
    Nigeria Michael Olaha Song Lam Nghe An Quang Nam 4–4 (H) 2 December 2023

    Attendances

    Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
    1 Haiphong 36,000 15,000 8,000 12,000 +23.9%†
    2 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 39,000 12,000 7,000 9,750 −27.8%†
    3 Hanoi Police 26,000 12,000 6,000 8,666 −14.9%†
    4 Becamex Binh Duong 27,900 8,200 6,000 6,975 +32.9%†
    5 Dong A Thanh Hoa 20,000 8,000 4,000 6,666 −6.0%†
    6 LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai 20,000 10,000 5,000 6,666 −8.4%†
    7 Ho Chi Minh City 22,000 7,000 4,000 5,500 +33.8%†
    8 Khanh Hoa 22,000 6,000 5,000 5,500 −9.2%†
    9 The Cong-Viettel 16,000 7,000 4,000 5,333 +3.2%†
    10 Hanoi FC 20,000 6,000 4,000 5,000 −40.9%†
    11 Hong Linh Ha Tinh 13,500 6,000 2,500 4,500 −8.2%†
    12 MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh 17,500 5,000 3,000 4,375 −5.9%†
    13 Song Lam Nghe An 13,000 7,000 2,000 4,333 −3.5%†
    14 Quang Nam 16,000 5,000 3,000 4,000 +76.4%†
    League total 308,900 15,000 2,000 6,304 −3.5%†

    Source: League attendance
    Notes:
    † Teams played previous season in V.League 2

    Attendances by home match played

    Team \ Match played 12345678910111213Total
    Becamex Binh Duong6,0006,5008,2007,20027,900
    Dong A Thanh Hoa8,0008,0004,00020,000
    Haiphong15,00013,0008,00036,000
    Hanoi FC4,0005,0006,0005,00020,000
    Hanoi Police6,00012,0008,00026,000
    LPBank Hoang Anh Gia Lai10,0005,0005,00020,000
    Ho Chi Minh City5,0007,0006,0004,00022,000
    Hong Linh Ha Tinh5,0006,0002,50013,500
    Khanh Hoa6,0005,0006,0005,00022,000
    Quang Nam5,0004,0004,0003,00016,000
    MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh5,0003,0005,0004,50017,500
    Song Lam Nghe An7,0002,0004,00013,000
    Thep Xanh Nam Dinh12,00010,00010,0007,00039,000
    The Cong-Viettel4,0005,0007,00016,000

    Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2023
    Note: Attendances are provided by the governing body, and are unreliable. Source:

    Awards

    Monthly awards

    Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month
    Manager Club Player Club Player Club
    October/November Vietnam Vu Hong Viet Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Brazil Rafaelson Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Vietnam Pham Tuan Hai Hanoi FC
    December
    February/March
    April/May
    June

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