2013 V.League 2

The 2013 V.League 2 (known as the Eximbank V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 19th season of Vietnam's second tier professional football league that started on 2 March 2013.

V.League 2
Season2013
ChampionsQNK Quảng Nam
(1st division title)
PromotedQNK Quảng Nam
Than Quảng Ninh
Hùng Vương An Giang
RelegatedTDC Bình Dương
Matches played112
Goals scored174 (1.55 per match)
Top goalscorerUche Iheruome & Đinh Thanh Trung ~10 goals
Biggest home winBình Định 5–1 TDC Bình Dương
(27 April 2013)
Biggest away winHà Nội 0-5 XSKT Cần Thơ
(15 June 2013)
Highest attendance7,000
Lowest attendance300
← 2012
2014 →

QNK Quảng Nam won its first ever V.League 2 title on 29 June 2013 after defeating Than Quảng Ninh 4-2, taking the season series and securing the league title.[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the 2012 season.

Relegation for Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh and XM Fico Tây Ninh to the 2013 Vietnamese Second Division was confirmed on the final matchday on 19 August 2012.[2]

Hà Nội were to be promoted to the 2013 V-League season but returned to the league because they could not find a separate title sponsor than their parent club. TĐCS Đồng Tháp were relegated from the 2012 V-League season. Vicem Hải Phòng, who were relegated from the 2012 V-League season, will return to compete in the 2013 V-League season after purchasing the place of dissolved Khatoco Khánh Hòa.[3]

Hà Nội B was dissolved on 27 November 2012 when club officials could not secure a new sponsor after the earlier arrest of Chairman Nguyen Duc Kien caused all sponsorship from his assets to be blocked.[4]

SHB Đà Nẵng B and 2012 Vietnamese Second Division champions and runners-up, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu and Khatoco Khánh Hòa B, were officially dissolved at a league meeting on 8 December 2012.

The VPF decided to keep the number of participating clubs at 10, not promoting other clubs from the Vietnamese Second Division due to new league regulations on club management.[5]

On 8 December 2012, the VPF had stated that the Vietnam U22 team would be added to the V-League to gain experience ahead of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and to bring the participating number of clubs to 12.[6] However, the Vietnam Football Federation announced on December 13, 2012 that 2012 Vietnamese First Division second runners-up Đồng Nai would be the twelfth club in the 2013 campaign.[7]

XSKT Lâm Đồng officially withdraw.[8]

Stadia and locations
Locations of the First Division 2013 teams
Club Home stadium Capacity
Hùng Vương An Giang Long Xuyên Stadium 15,000
SQC Bình Định Quy Nhơn Stadium 25,000
TDC Bình Dương Gò Đậu Stadium 18,250
XSKT Cần Thơ Cần Thơ Stadium 50,000
TDCS Đồng Tháp Cao Lãnh Stadium 23,000
Hà Nội Hàng Đẫy Stadium 22,000
QNK Quảng Nam Tam Kỳ Stadium 15,624
Than Quảng Ninh Cửa Ông Stadium 10,000

Personnel and kits

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

Team Manager Captain
Hùng Vương An Giang Nhan Thiện Nhân Agostinho
Bình Định Nguyễn Đình Lợi Phan Như Thuật
TDC Bình Dương Đặng Trần Chỉnh Nguyễn Chí Huynh
XSKT Cần Thơ Vuong Tien Dung Trần Minh Son
TDCS Đồng Tháp Phạm Công Lộc Nguyễn Duy Khanh
Hà Nội Trương Việt Hoàng Trần Đăng Bình
QNK Quảng Nam Vũ Quang Bảo Nguyễn Văn Việt
Than Quảng Ninh Đinh Cao Nghĩa Nguyễn Xuân Quyết

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
TĐCS Đồng Tháp Trần Công Minh 16 April 2013 Sacked Phạm Công Lộc 16 April 2013
Hà Nội Hoang Van Phuc 21 April 2013 Resigned Triệu Quang Hà 22 April 2013
Cần Thơ Huỳnh Ngọc San 27 April 2013 Sacked Vuong Tien Dung 27 April 2013
QNK Quảng Nam Nguyen Van Thinh 29 April 2013 Sacked Vu Quang Bao
Hà Nội Triệu Quang Hà 28 May 2013 Sacked Trương Việt Hoàng 29 May 2013
Bình Định Nguyễn Văn Hùng 8 June 2013 Sacked Nguyễn Đình Lợi 8 June 2013

Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Non-Visa Foreign
Hùng Vương An Giang Agostinho Uche Iheruome Tostao Kwashi1
Bình Định Kalifa Dembela Andrew Uzoma None
TDC Bình Dương Vincent Bossou Kpenosen Samson None
XSKT Cần Thơ Mustapha Essuman Souleymane Diabate None
TDCS Đồng Tháp Emeka Oguwike Andre Diego Fagan None
Hà Nội Lucas Cantoro Leonel Ezeguiel Felice None
QNK Quảng Nam David Annas Nicolás Hernández None
Than Quảng Ninh Daniel Obo Didier Belibi None

Note:
1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Vietnamese Residency;
2Foreign residents who have chosen to represent Vietnam national team;
3Vietnamese residents who have chosen to represent another national team

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 QNK Quảng Nam (C, P) 14 7 4 3 30 22 +8 25 2014 V.League 1
2 Than Quảng Ninh (P) 14 7 4 3 24 17 +7 25
3 Hùng Vương An Giang (P) 14 7 3 4 26 22 +4 24
4 TĐCS Đồng Tháp 14 7 3 4 20 18 +2 24
5 XSKT Cần Thơ 14 6 3 5 31 25 +6 21
6 Bình Định 14 3 3 8 20 23 −3 12
7 Hà Nội 14 3 3 8 10 23 −13 12
8 TDC Bình Dương (R) 14 3 3 8 13 24 −11 12 2014 Vietnamese Second Division
Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2013. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away HAG BĐ TBD XCT TDT HAN QNA TQN
Hùng Vương An Giang 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 6–4 2–1
Bình Định 2–4 5–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2
TDC Bình Dương 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
XSKT Cần Thơ 4–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1
TĐCS Đồng Tháp 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–2 3–1
Hà Nội 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–5 0–0 0–1 1–2
QNK Quảng Nam 2–2 0–3 5–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–2
Than Quảng Ninh 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2013. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics
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