2018 V.League 1

Nuti Café V.League 1 - 2018
Season	2018
Dates	10 March – 8 October
Champions	Hanoi FC; 4th VL1 title; 4th Vietnamese title
Relegated	XSKT Cantho
AFC Champions League	Hanoi FC
AFC Cup	Becamex Binh Duong
Matches played	182
Goals scored	541 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ganiyu Oseni (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Hanoi FC 5–0 Hoang Anh Gia Lai ; (5 April) ; FLC Thanh Hoa 5–0 Quang Nam FC ; (19 September) ; Ho Chi Minh City FC 5–0 Saigon FC ; (19 September)
Biggest away win	SHB Danang 0–4 Hanoi FC ; (14 April)
Highest scoring	9 goals ; Hanoi FC 6–3 Ho Chi Minh City FC ; (8 July)
Longest winning run	8 matches ; Song Lam Nghe An
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches ; Hanoi FC
Longest winless run	14 matches ; Ho Chi Minh City FC ; XSKT Cantho
Longest losing run	7 matches ; XSKT Cantho
Highest attendance	22,000 ; Nam Dinh FC 0–0 XSKT Cantho ; (11 March)
Lowest attendance	0 ; Nam Dinh FC 1–1 Quang Nam FC ; (21 July)
Total attendance	1,139,800
Average attendance	6,297
	← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2018 V.League 1 season (for sponsorship reasons also known as Nuti Café V.League 1)^[1] was the 35th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 18th as a professional league. The season started on 10 March 2018^[2] and ran until 8 October 2018.^[2] It was expected to be known as the Toyota V.League 1, however, in December 2017 Toyota ended their sponsorship deal with the Vietnam Football Federation one year early.^[3]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017 season.

To V.League 1

Promoted from V.League 2

Nam Dinh FC^[4]

From V.League 1

Relegated to V.League 2

Long An FC^[4]

Rule changes

Due to the increased number of teams in 2018 V.League 2 (10), there will be 1.5 relegation places in the 2018 V.League 1 season - the team finishing 14th will be relegated automatically, whilst the team finishing 13th will play a two-legged play-off against the team that finishes second in the 2018 V.League 2.^[2]

The league will continue to operate the "2+1" foreigner rule, meaning each squad shall be allowed 2 non-Vietnamese players and 1 naturalised Vietnamese. FLC Thanh Hoa and Song Lam Nghe An shall be allowed 3 non-Vietnamese players, 1 naturalised Vietnamese and 1 player from Asia because they will participate in AFC Cup.

Teams

Locations of the 2018 V.League 1 teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Becamex Binh Duong	Binh Duong	Go Dau	13,035	VL1 (11th)
XSKT Cantho	Cantho	Cantho	60,000	VL1 (13th)
SHB Danang	Danang	Hoa Xuan	20,000	VL1 (9th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Pleiku	12,000	VL1 (10th)
Haiphong FC	Haiphong	Lach Tray	25,000	VL1 (7th)
Hanoi FC	Hanoi	Hang Day	22,500	VL1 (3rd)
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL1 (12th)
Saigon FC	Ho Chi Minh City	Thong Nhat	16,000	VL1 (5th)
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Khanh Hoa	19 August	25,000	VL1 (6th)
Nam Dinh FC	Nam Dinh	Thien Truong	30,000	VL2 (1st)
Song Lam Nghe An	Nghe An	Vinh	18,000	VL1 (8th)
Quang Nam FC	Quang Nam	Tam Ky	15,000	VL1 (1st)
Than Quang Ninh	Quang Ninh	Cam Pha	20,000	VL1 (4th)
FLC Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	12,000	VL1 (2nd)

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
Becamex Binh Duong	Trần Minh Chiến	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Kappa
XSKT Cantho	Vũ Quang Bảo	Tô Vĩnh Lợi	KeepDri
SHB Danang	Nguyễn Minh Phương	Do Merlo	Made by club
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Dương Minh Ninh	Lương Xuân Trường	Mizuno
Haiphong FC	Trương Việt Hoàng	Lê Văn Phú	Mitre
Hanoi FC	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Kappa
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Toshiya Miura	Trương Đình Luật	Mizuno
Saigon FC	Nguyễn Thành Công	Nguyễn Ngọc Duy	Kami
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Võ Đình Tân	Chaher Zarour	Made by club
Nam Dinh FC	Nguyễn Văn Sỹ	Nguyễn Hữu Định	VNA Sport
Song Lam Nghe An	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Mitre
Quang Nam FC	Hoàng Văn Phúc	Đinh Thanh Trung	Jogarbola
Than Quang Ninh	Phan Thanh Hùng	Huỳnh Tuấn Linh	Joma
FLC Thanh Hoa	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	Pape Omar Faye	Mitre

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FLC Thanh Hoa	Ljupko Petrović	Resigned	28 November 2017^[5]	Pre-season	Marian Mihail	15 December 2017^[6]
SHB Danang	Le Huynh Duc	Resigned	25 November 2017		Nguyen Minh Phuong	28 December 2017^[7]
XSKT Cantho	Vu Quang Bao	Sacked	25 November 2017		Đinh Hồng Vinh	25 December 2017^[8]
Saigon FC	Nguyen Duc Thang	Out of contract	31 January 2018^[9]		Phan Van Tai Em	3 April 2018^[10]
FLC Thanh Hoa	Marian Mihail	Mutual consent	7 April 2018	7th	Hoang Thanh Tung	7 April 2018^[11]
FLC Thanh Hoa	Hoang Thanh Tung	Demote	3 May 2018	7th	Nguyen Duc Thang	3 May 2018^[12]
Saigon FC	Phan Van Tai Em	Resigned	28 June 2018	16th	Nguyen Thanh Cong	29 June 2018
XSKT Cantho	Dinh Hong Vinh	?	26 July 2018	20th	Vu Quang Bao	31 July 2018

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Naturalised Vietnamese Player	Former Players ¹
Becamex Binh Duong	Chinedu Udoka	Ali Rabo	→ Eyerakpo Maxwell	Romario Kortzorg Alexandros Tanidis
XSKT Cantho	Wander Luiz	Patiyo Tambwe	→ Dio Preye	Rod Dyachenko
SHB Danang	Kouassi Yao Hermann	Louis Epassi	→ Gastón Merlo	Diogo Pereira
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Josip Zeba	Osmar		Kim Jin-seo Rimario Gordon
Haiphong FC	Diego Fagan	Errol Stevens	→ Issifu Ansah
Hanoi FC	Moses Oloya	Oseni Ganiyu	→ Samson Kayode
Ho Chi Minh City FC	Matías Jadue	Marclei	→ Kesley Alves	Gustavo ^INJ Paulo Tavares Gonzalo Marronkle
Saigon FC	Dominique Da Sylva	Marvin Ogunjimi	→ Geoffrey Kizito	Dugary Ndabashinze → Lê Văn Tân
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	Chaher Zarour	Youssouf Touré
Nam Dinh FC	Romario Kortzorg	Diogo Pereira	→ Theophilus Esele	Alex Rafael Neil Benjamin Henry Shackiel
Song Lam Nghe An	Michael Olaha	Jermie Lynch		Osmar
Quang Nam FC	Douglas Tardin	Warley Oliveira	→ Thiago Papel	Wander Luiz Claudecir ^INJ → Nguyễn Trung Đại Dương
Than Quang Ninh	Eydison	Joel Vinicius		→ Geoffrey Kizito
FLC Thanh Hoa	Pape Omar Faye	Rimario Gordon	→ Danny van Bakel	Ryutaro Karube Edward Ofere

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first leg or be replaced because of injuries.
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hanoi FC (C)	26	20	4	2	72	30	+42	64	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 2^[a]
2	FLC Thanh Hoa	26	13	7	6	43	29	+14	46
3	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN (Q)	26	11	10	5	33	27	+6	43	Qualification to Mekong Club Championship
4	Song Lam Nghe An	26	12	6	8	38	32	+6	42
5	Than Quang Ninh	26	9	8	9	40	39	+1	35
6	Haiphong FC	26	9	7	10	26	26	0	34
7	Becamex Binh Duong^[b] (Q)	26	7	12	7	39	36	+3	33	Qualification to AFC Cup Group Stage
8	Saigon FC	26	9	4	13	36	40	−4	31
9	SHB Danang	26	8	7	11	38	49	−11	31
10	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	26	8	7	11	41	53	−12	31
11	Quang Nam FC	26	7	10	9	37	45	−8	31
12	Ho Chi Minh City FC	26	7	6	13	36	44	−8	27
13	Nam Dinh FC (O)	26	5	9	12	33	45	−12	24	Qualification to Relegation Play-off
14	XSKT Cantho (R)	26	4	9	13	26	43	−17	21	Relegation to V.League 2

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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off (Only to decide champions, runners-up, third placed and relegation spots); 10) Drawing of lots (Criteria 2 to 5 only applies after the conclusion of round 13)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ If Hanoi cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
^ Becamex Binh Duong qualified to 2019 AFC Cup by winning 2018 Vietnamese Cup

Positions by round

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Becamex Binh Duong	6	3	4	8	9	9	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	8	9	9	10	8	7	8	8	6	6	9	7
FLC Thanh Hoa	9	5	9	7	6	6	7	5	8	9	9	10	8	8	5	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2
Hanoi FC	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Haiphong FC	13	11	6	11	13	10	6	7	5	6	6	3	5	3	4	5	7	7	7	8	9	7	8	7	8	6
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	5	7	11	9	11	8	9	9	7	4	4	6	7	9	7	6	5	6	6	6	7	9	10	9	7	10
Ho Chi Minh City FC	12	13	10	6	4	4	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	14	14	11	11	12	11	9	11	12	12
Nam Dinh FC	7	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Quang Nam FC	4	8	5	12	7	7	10	10	9	7	5	7	6	5	6	7	8	8	9	9	6	6	7	8	6	11
Saigon FC	3	9	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	14	12	12	14	12	11	12	12	12	10	8
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	10	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	6	8	5	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Song Lam Nghe An	11	14	12	10	10	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	10	8	6	5	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
SHB Danang	14	6	7	4	8	11	11	8	10	10	10	8	9	7	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	9
Than Quang Ninh	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
XSKT Cantho	8	12	8	5	5	5	5	6	4	5	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Winner; Champions League
	Relegation play-off
	Relegate to V.League 2

Source: Table by round (in Vietnamese)

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	FTH	HAN	HPG	HGL	HCM	NDI	QNM	SGN	SKH	SNA	SDN	TQN	XCT
Becamex Binh Duong		3–3	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	5–1	0–3	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–0
FLC Thanh Hoa	3–1		2–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Hanoi FC	2–0	4–3		1–0	5–0	6–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	5–2	4–1	3–0
Haiphong FC	1–1	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–3	3–2	0–1	0–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	0–0	0–3	3–5	0–0		2–2	3–2	2–3	3–2	2–4	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–1
Ho Chi Minh City FC	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–1	5–3		1–2	0–0	5–0	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–1	3–3
Nam Dinh FC	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–3		1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	4–2	1–1	0–0
Quang Nam FC	4–4	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	5–2		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–0
Saigon FC	2–0	0–1	5–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	4–1		1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2
Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–1		1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1
Song Lam Nghe An	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–1		3–2	0–1		3–1	2–2	1–0
SHB Danang	0–0	3–3	0–4	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–2		3–2	2–1
Than Quang Ninh	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–3	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–0		5–1
XSKT Cantho	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–3	0–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off match

The team finishing 13th faced the runner-up of 2018 V.League 2.

Nam Dinh FC won the match and would remain in the 2019 V.League 1.

13 October 2018

16:30

Nam Dinh FC	0–0	Hanoi II
	VPF
Penalties
Nguyen Ha Long Nguyen Huu Dinh Vu The Vuong Nguyen Dinh Manh Dinh Viet Tu	5-3	Pham Tuan Hai Le Van Xuan Le Xuan Tu Ly Cong Hoang Anh

Vinh Stadium, Nghe An

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Ngo Duy Lan

Attendances

As of 8 October 2018

By club

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Nam Dinh FC	166,000	22,000	0	13,833	+93.0%^†
2	Hanoi FC	119,500	20,000	2,000	9,192	+48.4%^†
3	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	104,500	12,000	4,000	8,038	−4.1%^†
4	FLC Thanh Hoa	96,000	13,000	1,000	7,385	−20.0%^†
5	Haiphong FC	82,000	21,000	2,000	6,308	−14.6%^†
6	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	81,000	15,000	2,000	6,231	+26.6%^†
7	SHB Danang	79,000	13,000	3,000	6,077	−24.8%^†
8	Quang Nam FC	67,000	12,000	1,000	5,154	−19.8%^†
9	Song Lam Nghe An	66,500	10,000	1,500	5,115	+19.8%^†
10	Than Quang Ninh	64,000	8,000	2,000	4,923	−28.1%^†
11	XSKT Cantho	63,800	12,000	1,500	4,908	+140.8%^†
12	Becamex Binh Duong	58,000	18,000	1,500	4,462	+28.9%^†
13	Ho Chi Minh City FC	55,000	12,000	2,000	4,231	−15.4%^†
14	Saigon FC	44,500	12,000	1,000	3,423	+1.1%^†
	League total	1,139,800	22,000	1,000	6,263	+12.0%^†

Updated to games played on complete
Source: Vietnam Professional Football
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in V.League 2

By round

2018 V.League 1 Attendance
Round	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	78,000	7	11,143
Round 2	71,000	7	10,143
Round 3	74,000	7	10,571
Round 4	58,000	7	8,286
Round 5	72,000	7	10,286
Round 6	51,500	7	7,357
Round 7	42,000	7	6,000
Round 8	50,000	7	7,143
Round 9	46,000	7	6,571
Round 10	42,500	7	6,071
Round 11	42,000	7	6,000
Round 12	38,200	7	5,457
Round 13	54,000	7	7,714
Round 14	33,000	7	4,714
Round 15	28,000	7	4,000
Round 16	38,000	7	5,429
Round 17	29,100	7	4,157
Round 18	34,500	7	4,929
Round 19	27,000	7	3,857
Round 20	24,000	7	3,429
Round 21	49,500	7	7,071
Round 22	34,500	7	4,929
Round 23	24,000	7	3,429
Round 24	31,000	7	4,429
Round 25	32,500	7	4,643
Round 26	35,500	7	5,071
Total	1,139,800	182	6,263

Highest attendances

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	Nam Dinh FC	0–0	XSKT Cantho	22,000	11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)	Thien Truong Stadium
2	Haiphong FC	1–1	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	21,000	17 March 2018 (2018-03-17)	Lach Tray Stadium
3	Hanoi FC	5–0	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	20,000	5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)	Hang Day Stadium
4	Becamex Binh Duong	3–3	FLC Thanh Hoa	18,000	15 April 2018 (2018-04-15)	Go Dau Stadium
5	Nam Dinh FC	0–1	Haiphong FC	17,000	22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)	Thien Truong Stadium
5	Nam Dinh FC	0–2	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	17,000	28 September 2018 (2018-09-28)	Thien Truong Stadium

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 20 September 2018 ^[13]^[14]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Oseni Ganiyu	Hanoi FC	16
2	Hoang Vu Samson	Hanoi FC	13
2	Eydison	Than Quang Ninh	13
4	Nguyen Tien Linh	Becamex Binh Duong	12
	Wander Luiz	XSKT Cantho
	Youssouf Touré	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN
7	Nguyen Cong Phuong	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	11
8	Dominique Da Sylva	Saigon FC	10
8	Pape Omar Faye	FLC Thanh Hoa	10
10	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC	9
	Phan Van Duc	Song Lam Nghe An
	Ha Duc Chinh	SHB Danang
	Matías Jadue	Ho Chi Minh City FC

Top assists

As of 20 September 2018 ^[15]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Nghiem Xuan Tu	Than Quang Ninh	15
2	Nguyen Van Quyet	Hanoi FC	9
3	Do Hung Dung	Hanoi FC	8
3	Tran Phi Son	Ho Chi Minh City FC	8
5	Ho Khac Ngoc	Song Lam Nghe An	7
	To Van Vu	Becamex Binh Duong
	Le Tan Tai	Becamex Binh Duong
	Tran Van Kien	Hanoi FC
9	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC	6
9	Luong Xuan Truong	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	6

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Pham Van Thuan	Nam Dinh FC	Ho Chi Minh City FC	5
Ho Tan Tai	Becamex Binh Duong	FLC Thanh Hoa	5
Thiago Papel	Quang Nam FC	Becamex Binh Duong	7
Trinh Van Loi	Haiphong FC	Than Quang Ninh	10
Michael Olaha	Song Lam Nghe An	SHB Danang	11
Nguyen Thanh Binh	SHB Danang	Song Lam Nghe An	22

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Oseni Ganiyu	Hanoi FC	SHB Danang	4–0(A)	14 April 2018 (2018-04-14)	5
Ha Minh Tuan	Quang Nam FC	Nam Dinh FC	5–2(H)	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)	9
Nguyen Tien Linh ⁴	Becamex Binh Duong	Saigon FC	5–1(H)	29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)	10
Eydison	Than Quang Ninh	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	3–0(H)	9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)	12
Dominique Da Sylva ⁴	Saigon FC	Hanoi FC	5–2(H)	17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)	14
Hoang Vu Samson ⁴	Hanoi FC	Ho Chi Minh City FC	6–3(H)	8 July 2018 (2018-07-08)	18
Dinh Thanh Trung	Quang Nam FC	Becamex Binh Duong	4–4(H)
Nguyen Tien Linh	Becamex Binh Duong	Quang Nam FC	4–4(A)
Matías Jadue	Ho Chi Minh City FC	SHB Danang	4–2(H)	14 July 2018 (2018-07-14)	19
Rimario Gordon	FLC Thanh Hoa	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	3–0(A)	9 September 2018 (2018-09-09)	21
Nguyen Hai Anh	Ho Chi Minh City FC	Saigon FC	5–0(H)	19 September 2018 (2018-09-19)	23

Note:

⁴: scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Nguyen Van Cong	Hanoi FC	8
2	Dang Van Lam	Haiphong FC	7
3	Nguyen Tuan Manh	Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN	6
3	Huynh Tuan Linh	Than Quang Ninh	6
5	Pham Van Cuong	Quang Nam FC	5

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Club of the Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		References
Month	Club	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	References
March	Than Quang Ninh	Phan Thanh Hung	Than Quang Ninh	Eydison	Than Quang Ninh	Luong Xuan Truong	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	^[16]
April	Hanoi FC	Chu Dinh Nghiem	Hanoi FC	Oseni Ganiyu	Hanoi FC	Ha Duc Chinh	SHB Danang	^[17]
May	Hanoi	Tran Minh Chien	Becamex Binh Duong	Nguyen Tien Linh	Becamex Binh Duong	Nguyen Cong Phuong	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
June	Hanoi	Nguyen Duc Thang	FLC Thanh Hoa	Nguyen Quang Hai	Hanoi FC	Tran Minh Phuong	Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
V.League 1 Manager of the Season	Chu Dinh Nghiem^[18]	Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Player of the Season	Nguyen Van Quyet^[18]	Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Top Goalscorer	Ganiyu Oseni^[18]	Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Young Player of the Year	Nguyen Quang Hai^[19]	Hanoi FC
V.League 1 Referee of the Year	Ngo Duy Lan^[19]
V.League 1 Assistant Referee of the Year	Phạm Manh Long^[19]

Team of the Year

VPF Team of the Year^[19]
Goalkeeper	Dang Van Lam (Haiphong FC)
Defence	Vu Van Thanh (Hoang Anh Gia Lai)	Do Duy Manh (Hanoi FC)	Chaher Zarour (Sanna Khanh Hoa BVN)	Doan Van Hau (Hanoi FC)
Midfield	Nguyen Quang Hai (Hanoi FC)	Ngo Hoang Thinh (FLC Thanh Hoa)	Moses Oloya (Hanoi FC)	Nghiem Xuan Tu (Than Quang Ninh)
Attack	Nguyen Cong Phuong (Hoang Anh Gia Lai)		Nguyen Van Quyet (Hanoi FC)

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[13] If Hanoi cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.

[table_note_BBD0.21686935062374-14] Becamex Binh Duong qualified to 2019 AFC Cup by winning 2018 Vietnamese Cup

[1] "Nutifood sẽ đồng hành cùng V.League 2018". VPF.vn. Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

[auto-2] TUẤN, THÀNH. "V.League 2018 sẽ khai mạc vào ngày 10/3 - Bongdaplus.vn".

[3] "Toyota stops sponsoring Vietnam's top-flight football league". tuoitrenews.vn.

[auto1-4] "BẢNG XẾP HẠNG MÙA GIẢI 2017". vnleague.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-19.

[5] "Petrovic bids farewell to Thanh Hoá". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[6] "Mihail takes charge of Thanh Hóa". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[7] "Phương to take charge of SHB Đà Nẵng". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[8] "Vinh to coach V.League side Cần Thơ for two years". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[9] "Coach Nguyen Duc Thang has split Saigon FC".

[10] "Coach Em will grow on the benches".

[11] "Coach Thanh Hoa resigned after only four rounds in the V-League 2018".

[12] "HLV Đức Thắng trở thành "thuyền trưởng" mới của FLC Thanh Hóa". VOV - ĐÀI TIẾNG NÓI VIỆT NAM. April 30, 2018.

[15] "Số liệu chuyên môn sau vòng 19 giải bóng đá - VĐQG Nuti Café 2018". vnleague.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-18.

[16] "V-League 2018 Results - Vietnam Soccer Live". soccer24.com.

[17] "Thống kê danh sách cầu thủ ghi bàn, kiến tạo tại V.League 2018". Báo Dân Việt. 11 September 2018.

[18] "CLB Than Quảng Ninh lập hat-trick giải thưởng tháng 3 Nuti Café V.League 1 - 2018" (in Vietnamese). V.league 1. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[19] "Các danh hiệu tháng 4 V.League 2018" (in Vietnamese). V.league 1. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[the_thao-20] VTV, BAO DIEN TU (October 16, 2018). "ẢNH: Toàn cảnh Gala Tổng kết các Giải BĐCN Quốc gia 2018". BAO DIEN TU VTV.

[bong-da-trong-nuoc-21] VTV, BAO DIEN TU (October 16, 2018). "Gala Tổng kết các Giải BĐCN Quốc gia 2018: Tôn vinh các danh hiệu". BAO DIEN TU VTV.

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