2013 V.League 2

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

An Giang

Bình Duong

Bình Định

Cần Thơ

Đồng Tháp

Hà Nội

Quảng Nam

Quảng Ninh

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