2016 V.League 1

The 2016 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 60th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Football in Vietnam. It began on 20 February 2016 and ended 18 September 2016.[1]

V.League 1
Season2016
Dates20 February – 18 September
ChampionsHà Nội
(3rd title)
RelegatedĐồng Tháp
Matches played182
Goals scored548 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerGastón Merlo
(24 goals)
Biggest home winHải Phòng 5 – 0 Long An
Becamex Bình Dương 5 - 0 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
Biggest away winĐồng Tháp 0 – 4 SHB Đà Nẵng
Highest scoringBecamex Bình Dương 4 – 5 Hà Nội
(9 goals)
Longest winning runHải Phòng
(7 games)
Longest unbeaten runHải Phòng
Than Quảng Ninh (8 games)
Longest winless runĐồng Tháp
(23 games)
Longest losing runĐồng Tháp
(9 games)
Highest attendance19,000
Lowest attendance1,000
Total attendance1,147,900
Average attendance6,307
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 23 September 2016.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2015 season.

Rule changes

In season 2016, the club finishing in the 14th position would be relegated to V-League 2. The club that had finished in the 13th position would face the winner of a play-off between the V-League 2's second, third and fourth place clubs for a place in the 2017 V.League 1 season.

Name changes

In April 2016, Hà Nội relocated to Ho Chi Minh City and were renamed Sài Gòn. This was with only four matchdays played[2]

Teams

Locations of the 2016 V.League 1 teams

Stadium
Team Based Home stadium Capacity
Becamex Bình Dương Thủ Dầu Một Gò Đậu Stadium 18,250
FLC Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa Stadium 14,000
Hà Nội Hanoi Hàng Đẫy Stadium 22,000
Hải Phòng Haiphong Lạch Tray Stadium 28,000
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Pleiku Pleiku Stadium 12,000
Long An Tân An Long An Stadium 19,975
QNK Quảng Nam Tam Kỳ Tam Kỳ Stadium 15 624
Sài Gòn Ho Chi Minh City Thống Nhất Stadium 22,000
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN Nha Trang 19/8 Nha Trang Stadium 25,000
Sông Lam Nghệ An Vinh Vinh Stadium 12,000
SHB Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng Chi Lăng Stadium 28,000
Than Quảng Ninh Cẩm Phả Cẩm Phả Stadium 15,000
XSKT Cần Thơ Cần Thơ Cần Thơ Stadium 60,000
Đồng Tháp Cao Lãnh Cao Lãnh Stadium 23,000

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 Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Becamex Bình Dương Nguyễn Thanh Sơn Nguyễn Anh Đức Kappa Becamex IDC
FLC Thanh Hóa Hoàng Thanh Tùng Pape Omar Faye Mitre FLC Group
Hà Nội T&T Chu Đình Nghiêm Gonzalo Marronkle Kappa Hòa Bình Corporation
Hải Phòng Trương Việt Hoàng Lê Văn Phú Mitre
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn Bùi Văn Long NutiFood
Long An Ngô Quang Sang Huỳnh Quang Thanh Kappa Cảng Long An
QNK Quảng Nam Hoàng Văn Phúc Đinh Thanh Trung
Sài Gòn Nguyễn Đức Thắng Nguyễn Ngọc Duy Liên Việt Post Bank
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN Võ Đình Tân Trần Văn Vũ Sanest
Sông Lam Nghệ An Ngô Quang Trường Trần Nguyên Mạnh Bac A Bank
SHB Đà Nẵng Lê Huỳnh Đức Nguyễn Vũ Phong SHB
Than Quảng Ninh Phan Thanh Hùng Huỳnh Tuấn Linh Joma Vinacomin
SHB
XSKT Cần Thơ Vũ Quang Bảo Trần Chí Công KeepDri Xổ số kiến thiết Cần Thơ
Global
Đồng Tháp Phạm Công Lộc Trần Minh Lợi Codad Trường Đại học Văn Hiến
Xổ số kiến thiết Đồng Tháp

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
FLC Thanh Hóa Hoàng Thanh Tùng Demoted[3] 20 January 2016 Pre-Season Lê Thụy Hải 20 January 2016
Hà Nội T&T Phan Thanh Hùng Resigned[4] 13 February 2016 Phạm Minh Đức 13 February 2016
Than Quảng Ninh Phạm Như Thuần Resigned[5] 16 March 2016 9th Phan Thanh Hùng 16 March 2016
Hà Nội T&T Phạm Minh Đức Demoted[6] 17 March 2016 14th Chu Đình Nghiêm 17 March 2016

Foreign players

V.League teams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised player[7]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Naturalised Vietnamese Player
Becamex Bình Dương Nsi Amougou Ivan Firer → Nguyễn Rodgers
FLC Thanh Hóa Pape Omar Faye Sunday Emmanuel → Nguyễn van Bakel
Hà Nội T&T Víctor Ormazábal Gonzalo Marronkle Loris Arnaud → Hoàng Vũ Samson
Hải Phòng Diego Fagan Errol Stevens → Lê Văn Phú
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Masaaki Ideguchi Júnior Paraíba
Long An Marko Šimić Henry Kisekka → Lê Văn Tân
QNK Quảng Nam Claudecir Sadio Diao → Hoàng Vissai
Sài Gòn Andrew Mwesigwa Dudu Lima
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN Chaher Zarour Uche Iheruome
Sông Lam Nghệ An Odah Onoriode Marshal Baba Salia
SHB Đà Nẵng Gastón Merlo Eydison
Than Quảng Ninh Rod Dyachenko Geoffrey Kizito George Bisan
XSKT Cần Thơ Tambwe Patiyo Oseni Ganiyu → Đinh Hoàng Max
Đồng Tháp Samson Kpenosen Diego Akanni-Sunday Wasiu → Nguyễn Trung Sơn

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hà Nội T&T (C, Q) 26 16 2 8 45 28 +17 50 Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
2 Hải Phòng 26 15 5 6 47 32 +15 50
3 SHB Đà Nẵng (Q) 26 15 4 7 49 33 +16 49
4 Than Quảng Ninh (Q) 26 13 5 8 39 32 +7 44 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 QNK Quảng Nam 26 11 9 6 44 32 +12 42
6 FLC Thanh Hóa 26 12 6 8 51 42 +9 42
7 Sài Gòn 26 9 9 8 34 32 +2 36[lower-alpha 2]
8 Sanna Khánh Hòa 26 10 6 10 34 30 +4 36[lower-alpha 2]
9 Sông Lam Nghệ An 26 9 7 10 34 36 −2 34[lower-alpha 3]
10 Becamex Bình Dương 26 9 7 10 39 37 +2 34[lower-alpha 3]
11 XSKT Cần Thơ 26 10 4 12 37 36 +1 34[lower-alpha 3]
12 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 26 9 3 14 39 50 −11 30
13 Long An (O) 26 5 4 17 34 62 −28 19 Relegation Play-off
14 Đồng Tháp (R) 26 1 5 20 22 67 −45 8 Relegation to V.League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2016. Source: vnleague.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Than Quảng Ninh qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup by winning the 2016 Vietnamese Cup.
  2. Sài Gòn ahead of Sanna Khánh Hòa by head-to-head record: KH 0-2 SG; SG 1-1 KH
  3. Sông Lam Nghệ An ahead of Becamex Bình Dương and XSKT Cần Thơ by head-to-head record: SLNA 9pts; BD 4pts 4/3; CT 4pts 4/6

Results
Home \ Away BBD FTH HNT HPG HAGL LFC QNK SGN SKH SLNA SDN TQN XCT DTP
Becamex Bình Dương 0–3 4–5 1–3 5–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
FLC Thanh Hóa 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–4 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 3–2 4–0
Hà Nội 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0
Hải Phòng 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 3–2
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–4 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 5–2
Long An 1–1 0–1 2–5 2–5 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–3 2–1
QNK Quảng Nam 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 6–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0
Sài Gòn 0–2 3–1 0–3 3–3 0–5 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–0
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1
Sông Lam Nghệ An 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–0 4–2 3–0
SHB Đà Nẵng 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–4 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
Than Quảng Ninh 2–1 2–4 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 4–0
XSKT Cần Thơ 0–0 5–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 4–1
Đồng Tháp 1–2 2–4 2–5 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off match

The team finishing 13th faced the winner of 2016 V.League 2 play-off II match.

Long An won the match and would remain in the 2017 V.League 1.

Long An1–0 (a.e.t.)Viettel
Huỳnh Tấn Tài 95' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Becamex Bình Dương35586456332578989991110777810
FLC Thanh Hóa22112222223223323346555556
Hà Nội131313141413119797654444422442111
Hải Phòng41221111111111111211113322
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai1447109911121112121212121212121212121212121212
Long An71081212121313131313131313131313131313131313131313
QNK Quảng Nam1066977878811867897665666665
Sài Gòn1410949863444789776777781011117
Sanna Khánh Hòa BVN691165671091089101010101010118898898
Sông Lam Nghệ An111412118111012111210111111111111111091111111079
SHB Đà Nẵng53333334565332232133224433
Than Quảng Ninh977101110128676445555554331244
XSKT Cần Thơ1281054545105910966688810910991011
Đồng Tháp812141313141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Winner; Champions League
Relegated to V.League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2016. Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Season statistics
As of 20 September 2016

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gastón Merlo SHB Đà Nẵng 24
2 Hoàng Vũ Samson Hà Nội T&T 15
3 Uche Iheruome Sanna Khánh Hòa 14
4 Pape Omar Faye FLC Thanh Hóa 13
5 Rod Dyachenko Than Quảng Ninh 12
6 Claudecir QNK Quảng Nam 11
Lê Văn Thắng Hải Phòng
Gonzalo Marronkle Hà Nội T&T
Vũ Minh Tuấn Than Quảng Ninh
10 Oseni Ganiyu Bolaji XSKT Cần Thơ 10
Odah Marshal Sông Lam Nghệ An
Nguyễn Anh Đức Becamex Bình Dương
Nguyễn Đình Bảo Hải Phòng
Errol Stevens Hải Phòng
Patiyo Tambwe XSKT Cần Thơ

Own goals
Player Club Against Round
Nguyễn Trung Sơn Đồng Tháp Hà Nội 2
Hồ Trường Khang Đồng Tháp Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 4
Nguyễn Tiến Duy Than Quảng Ninh SHB Đà Nẵng 5
Diệp Hoài Xuân Đồng Tháp XSKT Cần Thơ
Franklin Clovis Anzité Long An SHB Đà Nẵng 11

Hattrick
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Errol Stevens Hải Phòng Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 4–2 10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)
Hoàng Vũ Samson Hà Nội T&T Đồng Tháp 5–2 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24)
Claudecir QNK Quảng Nam FLC Thanh Hóa 4–4 10 July 2016 (2016-07-10)
Trần Minh Vương Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Becamex Bình Dương 3–1 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)
Nguyễn Anh Đức Becamex Bình Dương Đồng Tháp 3–0 17 August 2016 (2016-08-17)
Nguyễn Đình Bảo Hải Phòng Long An 5–2 11 September 2016 (2016-09-11)
Gastón Merlo SHB Đà Nẵng Đồng Tháp 4–0 18 September 2016 (2016-09-18)
Claudecir QNK Quảng Nam Long An 6–2 18 September 2016 (2016-09-18)

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Club of the Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
Coach Club Player Club
February
March		 Hải Phòng F.C Trương Việt Hoàng Hải Phòng F.C Gastón Merlo SHB Đà Nẵng
April Hải Phòng F.C Trương Việt Hoàng Hải Phòng F.C Hoàng Vũ Samson Hà Nội F.C
May
June		 Than Quảng Ninh Chu Đình Nghiêm Hà Nội F.C Hoàng Vũ Samson Hà Nội F.C
July SHB Đà Nẵng Lê Huỳnh Đức SHB Đà Nẵng Hoàng Vũ Samson Hà Nội F.C
August Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Gastón Merlo SHB Đà Nẵng
September Hà Nội Chu Đình Nghiêm Hà Nội F.C Gastón Merlo SHB Đà Nẵng

Manager of the Season

Chu Đình Nghiêm (Hà Nội F.C)

Best player of the Season

Gastón Merlo (SHB Đà Nẵng F.C)

Best young player of the Season

Vũ Văn Thanh (Hoàng Anh Gia Lai)

Dream Team
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Huỳnh Tuấn Linh (Than Quảng Ninh)

Sầm Ngọc Đức (Hà Nội F.C)
Quế Ngọc Hải (Sông Lam Nghệ An)
Lê Văn Phú (Hải Phòng F.C.)
Trần Văn Vũ (Sanna Khánh Hòa)

Lê Văn Thắng (Hải Phòng F.C.)
Pape Omar Faye (FLC Thanh Hóa)
Nghiêm Xuân Tú (Than Quảng Ninh)
Đinh Thanh Trung (Quảng Nam)

Gastón Merlo (SHB Đà Nẵng)
Uche Iheruome (Sanna Khánh Hòa)

See also

References
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