Season 2010 Average goals/game 2,81 Dates 30 Jan 2010 – 22 Aug 2010 Location Vietnam Goals scored 513 | Champions Hà Nội T&T F.C. Longest winning run T&T Hà Nội Champion Hà Nội F.C. Relegated Nam Định F.C. Matches played 182 | |
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Top goalscorer Gastón Merlo
(19 goals) Highest scoring B.Bình Dương 6–2 LS.Thanh Hóa Similar 2009 V‑League, 2008 V‑League, 2012 V‑League, 2003 V‑League, 2000–01 V‑League | ||
The 2010 V-League season was the 27th season of Vietnam's professional football league.
Contents
The league and cup winners would enter the 2011 AFC Cup.
The bottom side at the end of the season get relegated. The side that finishes 2ND from bottom enters an end of season play-off match against the 2nd Division's 2nd placed side.
Teams
Ho Chi Minh City and Thanh Hóa were relegated to the 2010 Vietnam First Division after finishing the 2009 season in the bottom two places.
The two relegated teams were replaced by 2009 Vietnam First Division champions XM The Vissai Ninh Bình and runners-up Hòa Phát Hà Nội.
Nam Định defeated Thành phố Cần Thơ in the end of season promotion/relegation match to secure their place in the V. League.
Thể Công and Quân Khu 4 were renamed to Viettel F.C. and Navibank Sài Gòn at the end of the 2009 campaign. Viettel then sold their V. League slot to Thanh Hóa, to allow them to stay in the V. League after being relegated the previous season.
League table
Updated to games played on 22 August 2010.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Qualified by winning the 2010 Vietnamese Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.