2013 V.League 2


The 2013 V.League 2 season was the 19th season of Vietnam's second tier professional football league that started on 2 March 2013.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
XSKT Lâm Đồng officially withdraw.

Stadia and locations

ClubHome stadiumCapacity
Hùng Vương An GiangLong Xuyên Stadium15,000
SQC Bình ĐịnhQuy Nhơn Stadium25,000
TDC Bình DươngGò Đậu Stadium18,250
XSKT Cần ThơCần Thơ Stadium50,000
TDCS Đồng ThápCao Lãnh Stadium23,000
Hà NộiHàng Đẫy Stadium22,000
QNK Quảng NamTam Kỳ Stadium15,624
Than Quảng NinhCửa Ông Stadium10,000

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.
TeamManagerCaptain
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

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Non-Visa Foreign
Hùng Vương An Giang Agostinho Uche Iheruome Tostao Kwashi1
Bình Định Kalifa Dembela Andrew UzomaNone
TDC Bình Dương Vincent Bossou Kpenosen SamsonNone
XSKT Cần Thơ Mustapha Essuman Souleymane DiabateNone
TDCS Đồng Tháp Emeka Oguwike Andre Diego FaganNone
Hà Nội Lucas Cantoro Leonel Ezeguiel FeliceNone
QNK Quảng Nam David Annas Nicolás HernándezNone
Than Quảng Ninh Daniel Obo Didier BelibiNone

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

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Uche IheruomeHùng Vương An Giang10
1 Đinh Thanh TrungQNK Quảng Nam10
3 David AnnasQNK Quảng Nam9
4 AgostinhoHùng Vương An Giang8
4 Souleymane DiabateXSKT Cần Thơ8
6 Kalifa DembelaBình Định7
6 Mustapha EssumanXSKT Cần Thơ7
8 Belibi Celestin DidierThan Quảng Ninh6
9 Vũ Minh TuấnThan Quảng Ninh5
9 Lucas CantoroCLB Hà Nội5

Scoring