Season 2012 Start date 2012 End date August 19, 2012 Matches played 182 | Champions SHB Đà Nẵng
3rd title Champion SHB Đà Nẵng F.C. Goals scored 516 | |
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AFC Cup SHB Đà Nẵng
Sài Gòn Xuân Thành Top goalscorer Timothy Anjembe
(17 goals) Relegated Đồng Tháp F.C., Hải Phòng F.C. Similar 2010 V‑League, 2009 V‑League, 2008 V‑League, 2014 VLeague 1, 2003 V‑League | ||
The 2012 V-League season is the 29th season of Vietnam's professional football league and started on 31 December 2011 and finished on 19 August 2012. On 15 December it was announced that the league would change name and would simply be known as the Premier League. Then, it was changed name to Super League.
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Teams
Đồng Tâm Long An were relegated to the 2012 Vietnamese First Division after finishing the 2011 season in the bottom two after a season of upheaval and numerous coaches hired and fired. It was a far fall from grace for the two time champions.
Hà Nội ACB were also relegated after finishing bottom, but later merged with Hòa Phát Hà Nội to retain their place in the top flight. They were also renamed to Hà Nội.
They were replaced by Vietnamese First Division champions Sài Gòn Xuân Thành who were renamed to Sàigòn for the start of the campaign and then renamed back during mid season. and runners up Kienlongbank Kiên Giang. Kiên Giang are based in the southern city of Rạch Giá.
League table
Updated to games played on 19 August 2012.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Qualified by winning the 2012 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.
Positions by round
Last updated: 21 July 2012
Source: Eximbank Super League
Summary
Updated to games played on 19 August 2012.
Source: Eximbank V-League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
The Top Scorers as of 20 August 2012: