Country Vietnam Number of teams 10 Promotion to V.League 1 | TV partners VTV, VTVCab, HTV Date founded 2000 Domestic cup Vietnamese Cup | |
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Relegation to Vietnamese National Football Second League Current champions Hồ Chí Minh City (2016) Current champion Ho Chi Minh City F.C. (2016 V.League 2) Confederation Asian Football Confederation Teams Ho Chi Minh City FC, Viettel FC, Đồng Tháp FC, Đồng Nai FC, Xuân Thành Sài Gòn FC | ||
The V.League 2, (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá hạng nhất quốc gia Việt Nam), sometimes called Kienlongbank V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier professional association football league in Vietnam controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football. V.League 2 has 10 teams competing.
Format
Initially the V.League 2 comprised 14 clubs. Starting in the 2013 season, only 8 teams will participate in the V.League 2. Over the course of a season, clubs play a two-leg round-robin format over 18 rounds with a total of 90 matches. The club finishing at the bottom of the league table will be relegated to the V.League 2 while the top 2 clubs will be promoted to the 2015 V.League 1 season.
References
V.League 2 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA