2025–26 V.League 1

V.League 1

Season	2025–26
Dates	15 August 2025 – 7 June 2026
Champions	Cong An Hanoi 2nd VL1 title 3rd Vietnamese title
Relegated	Becamex Ho Chi Minh City PVF-CAND (via play-off)
AFC Champions League Elite	Cong An Hanoi
AFC Champions League Two	The Cong–Viettel
ASEAN Club Championship	Cong An Hanoi Cong An Ho Chi Minh City (via Vietnamese Cup)
Matches	182
Goals	478 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alan Grafite (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Cong An Hanoi 5–1 SHB Da Nang (4 April 2026)
Biggest away win	The Cong-Viettel 1–4 Song Lam Nghe An (8 February 2026)
Highest scoring	Cong An HCMC 3–4 Ninh Binh (9 November 2025)
Longest winning run	Ninh Binh (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Cong An Hanoi (12 matches)
Longest winless run	Dong A Thanh Hoa (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Becamex HCMC (4 matches)
Highest attendance	16,900 Cong An Hanoi 3–2 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh (10 May 2026)
Lowest attendance	800 PVF-CAND 1–0 Dong A Thanh Hoa (19 October 2025)
Attendance	1,037,300 (5,699 per match)
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 V.League 1 (Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Vô địch quốc gia 2025/26) (referred to as the 2025–26 LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship purposes, Vietnamese: Giải bóng đá Vô địch Quốc gia LPBank 2025/26) was the 43rd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 26th as a professional league. The season was scheduled to begin on 15 August 2025 and concluded on 7 June 2026.

The fixtures were drawn and released on 14 July 2025 at 16:15 ICT. The fixtures was later continued the draw on 4 August 2025.

Thep Xanh Nam Dinh were the two-time defending champions, but Cong An Hanoi became the champions with just 3 games to spare, winning their 3rd title.

There was a 60-days break from 24 November 2025 to 23 January 2026 for Vietnam U-23 to compete in the 2025 SEA Games and the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Teams

A total of 14 teams participated in the V.League 1 2025–26 season.

Format changes

Starting from this season, there will be 2 relegation spots and the relegation play-off game has been removed.

However, on 16 September 2025, following the withdrawal of two teams in the V.League 2, the Vietnam Football Federation restored the 1,5 relegation spots like the previous season.

Changes from previous season

Becamex HCMC

Dong A Thanh Hoa

Hanoi

Haiphong

Cong An HCMC

Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Hong Linh Ha Tinh

Ninh Binh

PVF-CAND

SHB Da Nang

Song Lam Nghe An

Thep Xanh Nam Dinh

Hanoi teams
Hanoi FC
Cong An Hanoi
The Cong-Viettel

Locations of the 2025–26 V.League 1 teams

Hanoi FC

Cong An Hanoi

The Cong-Viettel

Hanoi V.League 1 football clubs

Promoted from 2024–25 V.League 2	Relegated to 2025–26 V.League 2	Not engaged
Phu Dong Ninh Binh PVF-CAND	Quy Nhon Binh Dinh	Quang Nam

Quy Nhon Binh Dinh relegated after finishing as runners-up in the 2023–24 season, ending their 4 consecutive years in Vietnamese top-flight.

Phu Dong Ninh Binh made their first appearance in the V.League 1. This marked the return of a team from what is the pre-merger Ninh Binh to the league after 11 years following the dissolution of Vissai Ninh Binh in 2014.

On 1 August 2025, Quang Nam missed the league's registration deadline, thereby confirming their withdrawal from the league. On 4 August, VPF confirmed that 2024–25 V.League 2's third placed team PVF-CAND will replace Quang Nam's slot, following Truong Tuoi Dong Nai's refusal to participate. This is PVF-CAND's first ever appearance in the V.League 1.

Name changes

• In June 2025, Phu Dong Ninh Binh FC changed their name to Ninh Binh FC.
• On 14 July 2025, Becamex Binh Duong changed their name to Becamex Ho Chi Minh City FC.
• In the same day, Ho Chi Minh City FC changed their name to Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Ho Chi Minh City	Binh Duong	13,035	VL1 (7th)
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City		Thong Nhat Binh Duong	16,000 13,035	VL1 (10th)
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	Thanh Hoa	12,000	VL1 (8th)
Haiphong FC	Haiphong	Lach Tray	30,000	VL1 (6th)
Cong An Hanoi	Hanoi	Hang Day	22,500	VL1 (3rd)
Hanoi FC				VL1 (2nd)
The Cong-Viettel		My Dinh Hang Day	40,200 22,500	VL1 (4th)
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Gia Lai	Pleiku	12,000	VL1 (9th)
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Ha Tinh	Ha Tinh	20,000	VL1 (5th)
Ninh Binh FC	Ninh Binh	Ninh Binh	25,000	VL2 (1st)
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh		Thien Truong	30,000	VL1 (1st)
PVF-CAND	Hưng Yên	PVF	4,500	VL2 (3rd)
SHB Da Nang	Da Nang	Chi Lang	20,500	VL1 (13th)
Song Lam Nghe An	Nghe An	Vinh	18,000	VL1 (12th)

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
7	Red River Delta	Cong An Hanoi, Haiphong, Hanoi FC, Ninh Binh, PVF-CAND, The Cong-Viettel and Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
3	North Central	Dong A Thanh Hoa, Hong Linh Ha Tinh and Song Lam Nghe An
2	Southeast	Becamex Ho Chi Minh City and Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
1	Central Highlands	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
	South Central	SHB Da Nang

Personnel and kits

All teams were obligated to have the logo of the league sponsor LPBank on their left sleeve.

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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor(s)
				Main	Other(s)
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Hứa Hiền Vinh	Ngô Tùng Quốc	Kamito	Becamex	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Cong An Hanoi	Alexandré Pölking	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Jogarbola	Công An Hà Nội	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	Phùng Thanh Phương (caretaker)	Nguyễn Tiến Linh	Jogarbola	Công An TP. Hồ Chí Minh	List Front: VPBank, Sacombank Back: Eximbank Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Doãn Ngọc Tân	Wika	Đông Á Group	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: V-Odyssey Shorts: None
Haiphong	Đặng Văn Thành	Triệu Việt Hưng	Kappa	Macland2	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Hanoi FC	Harry Kewell	Nguyễn Văn Quyết	Jogarbola	T&T Homes	List Front: None Back: SHS, Quảng Ninh Port, Vinawind, Hanaka Group Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Lê Quang Trãi	Jairo Rodrigues	Motive	ThaiGroup	List Front: None Back: LPBank Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Phan Như Thuật	Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng	Grand Sport	Bia Sao Vàng	List Front: Savabeco Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Ninh Binh	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Nguyễn Hoàng Đức	Grand Sport	LPBank	List Front: None Back: ThaiGroup Sleeves: None Shorts: None
PVF-CAND	Trần Tiến Đại (caretaker)	Nguyễn Huy Hùng	Jogarbola	MobiFone	List Front: None Back: KinhBac City Development Holding Sleeves: None Shorts: None
SHB Da Nang	Lê Đức Tuấn	Đặng Anh Tuấn	Wika	SHB	List Front: Pomina Flat Steel,Takara Back: 389 Corporation, Murata Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Song Lam Nghe An	Văn Sỹ Sơn	Michael Olaha	Kamito	Gạo A An	List Front: Bia Sao Vàng Back: Eurosun Sleeves: None Shorts: None
The Cong-Viettel	Velizar Popov	Bùi Tiến Dũng	Li-Ning	Thể Công-Viettel	List Front: None Back: TV360, Petrolimex Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Vũ Hồng Việt	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Jogarbola	Thép Xanh Xuân Thiện	List Front: None Back: Xi Măng Xuân Thành Sleeves: None Shorts: None

Notes

1. ^Apparel made by club
2. ^Haiphong were sponsored by ThaiGroup (front) and LPBank (back) in the first half of the season

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ninh Binh	Nguyễn Việt Thắng	Mutual consent	21 June 2025	Pre-season	Gerard Albadalejo	2 July 2025
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	Phùng Thanh Phương	End of contract	1 July 2025		Lê Huỳnh Đức	15 July 2025
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Tomislav Steinbrückner				Choi Won-kwon	14 July 2025
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Nguyễn Thành Công	Resigned	2 July 2025		Nguyễn Công Mạnh	5 July 2025
Hanoi FC	Makoto Teguramori	Sacked	16 September 2025	11th	Yusuke Adachi (caretaker)	16 September 2025
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Nguyễn Anh Đức	Resigned	30 September 2025	12th	Đặng Trần Chỉnh (caretaker)	30 September 2025
Hanoi FC	Yusuke Adachi	End of caretaker period	4 October 2025	6th	Harry Kewell	4 October 2025
Song Lam Nghe An	Phan Như Thuật	Resigned		10th	Văn Sỹ Sơn	7 October 2025
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Vũ Hồng Việt	Appointed as technical director	24 October 2025	10th	Nguyễn Trung Kiên	24 October 2025
	Nguyễn Trung Kiên	Demoted to assistant coach	14 November 2025		Mauro Jerónimo	14 November 2025
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Choi Won-kwon	Mutual consent	15 November 2025	11th	Mai Xuân Hợp	15 November 2025
PVF-CAND	Thạch Bảo Khanh	Sacked	24 November 2025	13th	Nguyễn Thành Công	25 November 2025
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Đặng Trần Chỉnh (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	30 January 2026	8th	Nobuhiro Ueno	30 January 2026
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Mauro Jerónimo	Mutual consent	26 February 2026	10th	Vũ Hồng Việt	26 February 2026
Ninh Binh	Gerard Albadalejo	Sacked	2 March 2026	2nd	Vũ Tiến Thành (caretaker)	3 March 2026
PVF-CAND	Nguyễn Thành Công	Resigned	10 March 2026	14th	Trần Tiến Đại (caretaker)	15 March 2026
Ninh Binh	Vũ Tiến Thành (caretaker)	Appointed as Technical director	15 April 2026	3rd	Bae Ji-won	15 April 2026
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Nguyễn Công Mạnh	Sacked	3 May 2026	9th	Phan Như Thuật	5 May 2026
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	Lê Huỳnh Đức	Resigned	5 May 2026	6th	Phùng Thanh Phương (caretaker)	5 May 2026
Haiphong	Chu Đình Nghiêm	Signed by Ninh Binh	5 May 2026	7th	Đặng Văn Thành	5 May 2026
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Nobuhiro Ueno	Mutual consent	14 May 2026	12th	Hứa Hiền Vinh	14 May 2026
Ninh Binh	Bae Ji-won	Appointed as Assistant coach	26 May 2026	3rd	Chu Đình Nghiêm	26 May 2026
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Mai Xuân Hợp	Appointed as Technical director	30 May 2026	10th	Nguyễn Anh Đức	30 May 2026

Notes

Foreign players

Beginning of this season, teams are allowed to register 4 foreign players, with maximum 3 players allowed to play on the field at the same moment. Teams that participate in any intercontentinal or sub-contentinal competition are allowed to register 7 foreign players, but only 4 players are allowed to be registered each game. Furthermore, teams can register up to 2 foreign players with Vietnamese heritage.

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5 (Unnaturalized Vietnamese player)	Player 6 (Unnaturalized Vietnamese player)	Player 7 (Only teams in AFC and AFF competitions)	Player 8 (Only teams in AFC and AFF competitions)	Player 9 (Only teams in AFC and AFF competitions)	Unregistred / Former players
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Elisha Sam	Ugochukwu Oduenyi	Hugo Alves	Miloš Zlatković						Tony Pham Origbaajo Ismaila
Cong An Hanoi	Stefan Mauk	Léo Artur	China	Hugo Gomes	Leygley Adou	Brandon Ly	Alan Grafite	Vitão
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	Peter Makrillos	Matheus Felipe	Raphael Utzig	Endrick	Lee Williams					Noel Mbo
Dong A Thanh Hoa	Amar Ćatić	Rimario Gordon	Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov	Matías Belli	Damoth Thongkhamsavath					Ribamar Mamadou Mbodj
Haiphong	Luiz Antônio	Joel Tagueu	Jourdaine Fletcher	Jucie Lupeta	Camilo Vasconcelos					Bicou Bissainthe Fred Friday Moses Oloya
Hanoi FC	Adriel	Luiz Fernando	Daniel Passira	David Fisher						Willian Maranhão Pierre Lamothe
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Júnior Batista	Gabriel Conceição	Marciel	Jairo Rodrigues	Ryan Ha					Khevin Fraga
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Helerson	Welder	Charles Atshimene	Joseph Onoja						João Pereira Yevhen Serdyuk
Ninh Binh	Gustavo Henrique	Janclesio	Patrick Marcelino	Fred Friday						Daniel dos Anjos Evan Abran
PVF-CAND	Lucas Turci	Mahmoud Eid	Alastair Reynolds	Joseph Mpande	Nguyen Nhu Duc Anh					Amarildo Marco Antônio Alain Eyenga Shaqkeem Joseph
SHB Da Nang	Joel López Pissano	Ribamar	Milan Makarić	David Henen	Pierre Lamothe					Emerson Souza Kim Dong-su
Song Lam Nghe An	Carlos Fortes	Michael Olaha	Justin Garcia	Reon Moore	Phi-Long Tran					Carlos Rentería
The Cong-Viettel	Lucão do Break	Paulinho Curuá	Pedro Henrique	Wesley Natã	Damian Vu Thanh	Kyle Colonna
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Lucas Alves	Caio César	Brenner Marlos	Rômulo	Kevin Pham Ba		Chadrac Akolo	Arnaud Lusamba	Percy Tau	Caíque Wálber Kyle Hudlin Mitchell Dijks Kristoffer Normann Hansen Mahmoud Eid Njabulo Blom

Dual nationality Vietnamese players

• Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.
• Player's name in italics indicates Overseas Vietnamese players whom have obtained a Vietnamese passport and citizenship, therefore being considered as local players.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	Mạc Hồng Quân1	Bùi Đức Duy1	Trần Trung Hiếu
Cong An Hanoi	Cao Pendant Quang Vinh1	Nguyễn Filip1
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	Ngô Đăng Khoa	Lê Giang Patrik
Dong A Thanh Hoa
Haiphong
Hanoi FC	Đỗ Hoàng Hên1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Chaloongphum Phong
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	Lê Viktor
Ninh Binh	Nguyễn Tài Lộc	Trần Thành Trung	Đặng Văn Lâm1
PVF-CAND	Hoàng Vũ Samson
SHB Da Nang	Đỗ Phi Long	Nguyễn Vadim
Song Lam Nghe An
The Cong-Viettel	Dương Thanh Tùng
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	Nguyễn Xuân Son1

Notes:

^1 Capped for Vietnam national team.

^2 Player is under the process of Vietnamese naturalization, thus is not counted as a foreign player slot.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cong An Hanoi (C)	26	20	4	2	58	22	+36	64	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite preliminary stage and ASEAN Club Championship group stage
2	The Cong-Viettel	26	15	9	2	39	21	+18	54	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
3	Ninh Binh	26	15	6	5	53	31	+22	51
4	Hanoi FC	26	14	4	8	48	30	+18	46
5	Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	26	10	6	10	28	36	−8	36	Qualification for the ASEAN Club Championship group stage
6	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	26	9	8	9	33	32	+1	35
7	Haiphong	26	9	5	12	37	36	+1	32
8	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	26	7	8	11	15	29	−14	29
9	Song Lam Nghe An	26	7	6	13	27	40	−13	27
10	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	26	6	8	12	24	37	−13	26
11	Dong A Thanh Hoa	26	5	10	11	26	38	−12	25
12	SHB Da Nang	26	5	9	12	33	39	−6	24
13	PVF-CAND (R)	26	5	9	12	26	44	−18	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	Becamex Ho Chi Minh City (R)	26	6	6	14	31	43	−12	24	Relegation to V.League 2

Source: VPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	BHC	CAH	CHC	DTH	HPG	HAN	HGL	HHT	NBI	PVF	SDN	SNA	TCV	TND
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	—	0–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–1
Cong An Hanoi	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	5–1	4–2	1–1	3–2
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	0–1	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–4	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–0
Dong A Thanh Hoa	1–1	1–3	4–0	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2
Haiphong	4–2	0–2	3–0	3–3	—	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1
Hanoi FC	4–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	—	0–0	3–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	—	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2
Ninh Binh	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	3–0	—	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
PVF-CAND	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	1–3	—	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–1
SHB Da Nang	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	0–1	1–3	3–0	—	1–1	3–3	1–2
Song Lam Nghe An	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	—	1–1	2–1
The Cong-Viettel	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	—	1–0
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	—

Source: VPF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Position by round

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
Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	3	6	5	7	7	8	10	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	7	7	7	6	7	5	6	7	6	6	6
Hanoi FC	11	12	11	12	9	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Cong An Hanoi	9	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
The Cong-Viettel	7	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Haiphong	10	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	7	7	7
Becamex Ho Chi Minh City	1	5	9	10	12	12	9	10	9	8	8	8	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	14	14
Hong Linh Ha Tinh	13	9	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8
Dong A Thanh Hoa	8	14	14	13	14	14	13	11	13	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	11	8	9	10	11	11
Hoang Anh Gia Lai	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	10	8	8	11	11	12	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	10	10
Cong An Ho Chi Minh City	4	10	7	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
Song Lam Nghe An	12	7	10	9	11	10	11	12	10	10	9	11	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9
SHB Da Nang	6	11	12	11	8	11	12	13	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12
Ninh Binh	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
PVF-CAND	5	8	8	8	10	9	8	9	12	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13

	Champion and qualification to the AFC Champions League Elite and ASEAN Club Championship
	Qualification to the AFC Champions League Two
	Qualification for relegation play-offs
	Relegation to V.League 2

Source: VPF

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 2025–26 season ended with a promotion/relegation play-off game between the 13th-placed V.League 1 team, PVF-CAND and the V.League 2 runner-up, Bac Ninh, which took place on 12 June 2026.

12 June 2026 (2026-06-12)

18:00

PVF-CAND	1–1	Bac Ninh
Samson 55'	Report	Cantanhede 33' (pen.)
Penalties
Nguyễn Văn Dũng Nguyễn Văn Vinh Phạm Lý Đức Trương Văn Thái Quý Thái Bá Đạt Nguyễn Huy Hùng Nguyễn Vũ Tín	4–5	Cantanhede Nguyễn Văn Đạt Phan Văn Hiếu Hà Đức Chinh Nguyễn Trọng Sơn Phan Thế Hưng Nguyễn Thanh Khôi

Hà Tĩnh Stadium, Hà Tĩnh

Attendance: 6,900

Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

Bac Ninh won 5–4 by penalties after 1–1 draw and were promoted to the V.League 1, while PVF-CAND were relegated to the V.League 2.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Alan Grafite won his second top scorer award in two seasons after scoring 16 goals for Cong An Hanoi.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alan Grafite	Cong An Hanoi	16
2	Lucão do Break	The Cong–Viettel	11
	Đỗ Hoàng Hên	Hanoi FC
	Milan Makarić	SHB Da Nang
5	Joel Tagueu	Haiphong	10
	Nguyễn Đình Bắc	Cong An Hanoi
	Léo Artur	Cong An Hanoi
8	Michael Olaha	Song Lam Nghe An	9
	Geovane Magno	Ninh Binh
	Fred Friday	Haiphong / Ninh Binh

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Alan Grafite	Cong An Hanoi	Hanoi FC	4–2 (H)	28 August 2025
		Ninh Binh	3–2 (H)	1 February 2026
Nguyễn Đình Bắc		Song Lam Nghe An	4–2 (H)	26 April 2026
Nguyễn Xuân Son	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh		3–0 (H)	31 May 2026

Clean sheets

Nguyễn Văn Việt has kept 12 clean sheets for The Cong-Viettel, becoming the player with most clean sheets on the season.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Nguyễn Văn Việt	The Cong-Viettel	12
2	Nguyễn Thanh Tùng	Hong Linh Ha Tinh	10
	Đặng Văn Lâm	Ninh Binh
4	Nguyễn Đình Triệu	Haiphong	7
	Patrik Le Giang	Cong An Ho Chi Minh City
	Quan Văn Chuẩn	Hanoi FC
	Nguyễn Filip	Cong An Hanoi
8	Trần Nguyên Mạnh	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh	5
	Trần Trung Kiên	Hoang Anh Gia Lai
	Cao Văn Bình	Song Lam Nghe An
	Nguyễn Văn Toản	SHB Da Nang

Awards

Monthly awards

Monthly awards began after round 5 of V.League 1 this season.

Month	Club of the Month		Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		References
	Club		Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
September	Ninh Binh		Gerard Albadalejo	Ninh Binh	Alan Grafite	Cong An Hanoi	Ngô Văn Lương	Song Lam Nghe An
November	Cong An Hanoi		Alexandré Pölking	Cong An Hanoi	Nguyễn Hoàng Đức	Ninh Binh	Nguyễn Quốc Việt	Ninh Binh
March					Alan Grafite	Cong An Hanoi	Đoàn Văn Hậu	Cong An Hanoi
April					Nguyễn Đình Bắc		Giáp Tuấn Dương	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh
May					Alan Grafite	Cong An Hanoi	Nguyễn Xuân Son	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Year	Alexandré Pölking	Cong An Hanoi
Player of the Year	Nguyễn Quang Hải	Cong An Hanoi
Best Young Player	Nguyễn Đình Bắc	Cong An Hanoi
Goal of the Year	Đoàn Văn Hậu	Cong An Hanoi

Best XI
Goalkeeper	Nguyễn Filip (Cong An Hanoi)
Defenders	Phạm Xuân Mạnh (Hanoi FC)			Nguyễn Nhật Minh (Haiphong)			Kyle Colonna (The Cong-Viettel)			Cao Pendant Quang Vinh (Cong An Hanoi)
Midfielders	Đỗ Hoàng Hên (Hanoi FC)				Nguyễn Hoàng Đức (Ninh Binh)				Nguyễn Quang Hải (Cong An Hanoi)
Forwards	Lucão do Break (The Cong-Viettel)				Alan Grafite (Cong An Hanoi)				Nguyễn Đình Bắc (Cong An Hanoi)

External links

• Official website
• V.League on Facebook
• 2025–26 V.League 1 on Fstats (by FPT Telecom, in Vietnamese)
• Official VFF sub-website (in Vietnamese)
• Official VFF sub-website (in English)