2023 V.League 1

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Night Wolf V.League 1 - 2023
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 2–2
Hoang Anh Gia Lai
(14 February)
Lowest attendance2,000
Viettel 2–1 Topenland Binh Dinh
(20 May)
Total attendance520,200
Average attendance6,756
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The 2023 V.League 1, known as the Night Wolf V.League 1 (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Vô địch Quốc gia Night Wolf 2023) for sponsorship reasons, was the 67th professional season of the top-flight football league in Vietnam, the 24th under the V.League 1 name.[1] The season is scheduled to commence on 3 February 2023.[2]

The defending champions from the 2022 V.League 1 is Hanoi FC.[3]

This season will be the last to have an intra-year schedule (spring-to-autumn). There will also be a break from 20 February to 6 April for the

2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia
.

Changes from previous season

Team changes

Promoted from 2022 V.League 2

Relegated clubs

Relegated from 2022 V.League 1

Name changes

Rule changes

The league will return to the split season format as played in the 2020 season where in the latter half the top eight teams will play each other in the championship group, while the remaining six teams will face each other in the relegation group. In addition, no teams will be qualified for the AFC Champions League or AFC Cup competitions this season (all 2023–24 AFC club competition slots were already distributed in the 2022 season). Teams will also be allotted a non-naturalized Vietnamese player slot that will not be counted towards their foreign player allotment.[2]

Prize money

1st Place - 3 billion VND ($127,931) => 5 billion VND ($213,219)
2nd Place - 1.5 billion VND ($63,965) => 2.5 billion VND ($106,609)
3rd Place - 750 million VND ($31,982) => 1.25 billion VND ($53,304).

Participating clubs by province

Viettel
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Locations of the 2023 V.League 1 teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous
season rank
Topenland Binh Dinh
 Binh Dinh Quy Nhon 15,000 VL1 (3rd)
Becamex Binh Duong Binh Duong Go Dau 13,035 VL1 (7th)
SHB Da Nang Da Nang Hoa Xuan 20,000 VL1 (10th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai
 Gia Lai Pleiku 12,000 VL1 (6th)
Haiphong FC Haiphong Lach Tray 30,000 VL1 (2nd)
Hanoi FC Hanoi Hang Day 22,500 VL1 (1st)
Hanoi Police
 VL2 (1st)
Viettel
 VL1 (4th)
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Ha Tinh Ha Tinh 20,000 VL1 (11th)
Ho Chi Minh City FC Ho Chi Minh City Thong Nhat 16,000 VL1 (9th)
Khanh Hoa FC Khanh Hoa 19 August 18,000 VL2 (2nd)
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
 Nam Dinh Thien Truong 30,000 VL1 (12th)
Song Lam Nghe An Nghe An Vinh 18,000 VL1 (5th)
Dong A Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa Thanh Hoa 12,000 VL1 (8th)

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
Hanoi Police Vietnam Tran Tien Dai Vietnam Huỳnh Tấn Sinh Vietnam Kamito Vietnam Công An Hà Nội1
Dong A Thanh Hoa Bulgaria Velizar Popov Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Tùng Japan Jogarbola Vietnam Dong A Group1
Haiphong FC Vietnam Chu Đình Nghiêm Vietnam Nguyễn Hải Huy Japan Jogarbola
Hanoi FC Montenegro Božidar Bandović Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Quyết Japan Jogarbola Vietnam T&T Group1
Vietnam BaF Meat1
Vietnam Vinawind2
Vietnam Quang Ninh Port2
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Thailand Kiatisuk Senamuang Vietnam Nguyễn Tuấn Anh Japan Mizuno Thailand Carabao12
Vietnam Bapi Food2
Ho Chi Minh City FC Vietnam Vu Tien Thanh Vietnam Ngô Tùng Quốc Spain Kelme Vietnam Phú Mỹ Hưng12
Japan Murata2
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Vietnam Nguyễn Thành Công Vietnam Đinh Thanh Trung Thailand Grand Sport Vietnam Bia Sao Vàng1
Khanh Hoa FC Vietnam Võ Đình Tân
Nguyễn Văn Việt
 Vietnam Kamito Vietnam KN Cam Ranh1
SHB Da Nang Vietnam Phạm Minh Đức Vietnam Hoàng Minh Tâm Vietnam Kamito Vietnam SHB1
Japan Murata2
Song Lam Nghe An Vietnam Phan Như Thuật Vietnam Quế Ngọc Hải Thailand Grand Sport Vietnam Gạo A AN1
Vietnam EuroSun2
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh Vietnam Vũ Hồng Việt Vietnam Nguyễn Hạ Long Spain Kelme Vietnam Thép Xanh Xuân Thiện1
Topenland Binh Dinh Vietnam Nguyễn Đức Thắng Vietnam Đặng Văn Lâm Vietnam Kamito Vietnam TopenLand1
Viettel Vietnam Thach Bao Khanh Vietnam Bùi Tiến Dũng China Li-Ning Vietnam Viettel TV3601

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
Hanoi Police
 Vietnam Thach Bao Khanh[6] Mutual consent 15 November 2022 Pre-season Brazil Paulo Foiani[7] 2 December 2022
Dong A Thanh Hoa Serbia Svetislav Tanasijević (caretaker) Caretaker period over 21 November 2022 Bulgaria Velizar Popov[8] 2 December 2022
Hanoi FC South Korea Chun Jae-ho (caretaker)[9] 21 November 2022 Montenegro Božidar Bandović 3 January 2023
Viettel
 South Korea Bae Ji-won December 2022 Vietnam Thach Bao Khanh[10] 15 December 2022
Becamex Binh Duong Vietnam Lu Dinh Tuan[11] Resigned 23 February 2023 13th Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Tuan (caretaker) 23 February 2023
Hanoi Police Brazil Paulo Foiani[12] Mutual consent 27 April 2023 5th Brazil Flavio Cruz[13] 9 May 2023
Becamex Binh Duong Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Tuan Caretaker period over 11 May 2023 14th Vietnam Le Huynh Duc[14] 11 May 2023
SHB Da Nang Vietnam Phan Thanh Hung Promoted to technical director 3 June 2023 14th
Pham Minh Duc
 3 June 2023
Song Lam Nghe An
Nguyen Huy Hoang
 Resigned 3 June 2023 11th Vietnam Phan Nhu Thuat 3 June 2023
Hanoi Police Brazil Flavio Cruz[15] Mutual consent 22 August 2023 1st Vietnam Tran Tien Dai 22 August 2023

Foreign players

Teams are allowed to register 3 foreign players. Starting this 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 AFC player as they will compete in the AFC competitions.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
(AFC player, only Hanoi FC and Haiphong FC) 		Player 5
(Unnaturalized Vietnamese player) 		Former Players
Topenland Binh Dinh
 Brazil Rafaelson Brazil Marlon Rangel
Jermie Lynch
 Russia Viktor Le Nigeria Ganiyu Oseni
Becamex Binh Duong Jamaica Rimario Gordon Brazil Cassius Australia Nicholas Olsen Brazil João Guilherme
Senegal Guy N’Diaye
Uganda Moses Oloya
SHB Da Nang Brazil Mauricio Pinto Brazil Lucão do Break
Brandon Wilson
 Brazil Aylton Alemão
Brazil Rodrigo Dias
Australia Nicholas Olsen
Hoang Anh Gia Lai
 Brazil Washington Brandão Senegal Papé Diakité BrazilPortugal Paollo
Haiphong FC Haiti Bicou Bissainthe Uganda Joseph Mpande Brazil Yuri Mamute Australia Benjamin Van Meurs
Nguyen Nhu Duc Anh
 Spain Carlos Fernandez
Hanoi FC Serbia Milan Jevtović Brazil Caion Brazil Marcão Silva Kyrgyzstan Mirlan Murzayev Brazil William Henrique
Brazil Lucão do Break
Hanoi Police
 Brazil Gustavo Henrique Brazil Jhon Cley Nigeria Raphael Success Czech Republic Filip Nguyen Republic of the CongoGermany Juvhel Tsoumou
SwitzerlandPortugal Elton Monteiro
Slovakia Patrik Le Giang
Viettel
 EgyptPoland Mohamed Essam Brazil Jeferson Uzbekistan Jahongir Abdumominov Brazil Geovane
Hong Linh Ha Tinh Brazil Jean Almeida Brazil Zé Paulo Senegal Abdoulaye Diallo Slovakia Pham Thanh Tiep
Ho Chi Minh City FC Jamaica Daniel Green Brazil Brendon Lucas United States Victor Mansaray Slovakia Patrik Le Giang England Alex Bruce
United States Jonny Campbell
United States Lê Trung Vinh
VietnamFrance Vincent Trọng Trí Guyenne
Khanh Hoa FC Brazil Douglas Tardin Brazil Jairo Brazil Yago Ramos France Ryan Ha Brazil Douglas Mineiro
Portugal Muacir
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
Hendrio
 Brazil Douglas Coutinho Brazil Andre Luiz Brazil Wilker
Brazil Dominic Vinicius
Nigeria Samuel Nnamani
Song Lam Nghe An Nigeria Michael Olaha Lithuania Vytas Gašpuitis Belgium Jordy Soladio
Dong A Thanh Hoa Brazil Conrado Brazil Gustavo Brazil Bruno Cantanhede

Dual nationality 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
Topenland Binh Dinh
 Czech RepublicVietnam Mạc Hồng Quân2 GermanyVietnam Adriano Schmidt2 RussiaVietnam Đặng Văn Lâm2
Becamex Binh Duong UgandaVietnam Trần Trung Hiếu United StatesVietnam Đặng Thanh Hoàng
SHB Da Nang
Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Haiphong FC AustraliaVietnam Martin Lo
Hanoi FC
Hanoi Police
Viettel
Hong Linh Ha Tinh
Ho Chi Minh City FC NigeriaVietnam Hoàng Vũ Samson
Khanh Hoa FC
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
Song Lam Nghe An
Dong A Thanh Hoa

Notes:

^2 Capped for Vietnam national team.

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1
Hanoi Police
 13 7 3 3 29 15 +14 24 Qualification to Championship round
2 Dong A Thanh Hoa 13 6 5 2 20 15 +5 23
3 Hanoi FC 13 6 4 3 18 12 +6 22
4
Viettel
 13 5 6 2 14 11 +3 21
5 Haiphong FC 13 4 7 2 14 13 +1 19
6
Topenland Binh Dinh
 13 5 4 4 17 17 0 19
7
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
 13 4 7 2 12 13 −1 19
8
Hong Linh Ha Tinh
 13 4 6 3 20 20 0 18
9
Song Lam Nghe An
 13 3 7 3 14 15 −1 16 Qualification to Relegation round
10
Hoang Anh Gia Lai
 13 2 8 3 15 16 −1 14
11 Khanh Hoa FC 13 2 7 4 11 14 −3 13
12 SHB Da Nang 13 1 7 5 8 15 −7 10
13 Ho Chi Minh City FC 13 2 2 9 19 27 −8 8
14 Becamex Binh Duong 13 0 7 6 13 21 −8 7
Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2023. Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 6) Drawing of lots

Position by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
Song Lam Nghe An
799101011910111111109
Becamex Binh Duong471113121314131313121314
Ho Chi Minh City FC13131412131212141412131213
SHB Da Nang6121314141413121214141412
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Source: VPF