2009 V-League

V-League 2009 was the 53rd season of Vietnam's professional football league. The league was held from February 7, 2009 to August 23, 2009.

V-League
Season2009
Dates7 February – 23 August
ChampionsDa Nang
RelegatedThanh Hóa
Ho Chi Minh City
2010 AFC Champions LeagueDa Nang
2010 AFC CupBình Dương
← 2008
2010 →

The league winners qualify for the AFC Champions League qualifying round in 2010. The cup winners enter the AFC Cup.

The bottom two sides at the end of the season get relegated. The side that finishes 3rd from bottom enters an end of season play-off match against the 2nd Division's 3rd placed side.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Bình Dương F.C. Portugal François Vital Bad start to domestic campaign [1] Vietnam Nguyen Minh Dung April 2009 13th
Bình Dương F.C. Vietnam Nguyen Minh Dung Temporary Coach [1] Vietnam Mai Duc Chung May 2009 8th

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SHB Đà Nẵng (C) 26 15 5 6 48 29 +19 50 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Becamex Bình Dương 26 12 7 7 49 35 +14 43 Qualification for AFC Cup 2010 Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
3 Sông Lam Nghệ An 26 11 10 5 39 28 +11 43
4 Hà Nội T&T 26 11 6 9 44 35 +9 39
5 TĐCS Đồng Tháp 26 10 8 8 43 31 +12 38
6 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 26 11 4 11 44 45 −1 37
7 Xi Măng Hải Phòng 26 11 3 12 29 35 −6 36
8 Khatoco Khánh Hòa 26 9 8 9 36 35 +1 35
9 Thể Công 26 10 5 11 40 46 −6 35
10 Đồng Tâm Long An 26 7 13 6 43 37 +6 34
11 Quân Khu 4 26 10 3 13 35 44 −9 33
12 GM Mikado Nam Định 26 8 7 11 31 36 −5 31 Promotion/relegation playoffs
13 Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (R) 26 8 5 13 34 44 −10 29 Relegation to Vietnam First Division
14 Thanh Hóa (R) 26 5 4 17 32 69 −37 19
Updated to match(es) played on August 23, 2009. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the Vietnamese Cup 2009 winner SHB Đà Nẵng F.C. has already qualified to AFC Champions League, the place in the AFC Cup qualification goes to the V-League runners-up.
 V-League
2009 winners 
SHB Đà Nẵng F.C.
1st title

Dream Team
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Vietnam Bùi Tấn Trường (Cao su Đồng Tháp)

Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Đức (Xi Măng Hải Phòng)
Vietnam Trần Hải Lâm (SHB Đà Nẵng)
Vietnam Huỳnh Quang Thanh (Becamex Bình Dương)

Vietnam Lê Công Vinh (T&T Hà Nội)
Brazil Leandro (Xi Măng Hải Phòng)
Thailand Datsakorn Thonglao (Hoàng Anh Gia Lai)
United States Lee Nguyễn (Hoàng Anh Gia Lai)
Vietnam Nguyễn Vũ Phong (Becamex Bình Dương)

Argentina Gastón Merlo (SHB Đà Nẵng)
Brazil Lazaro (Quân khu 4)

Play-off
Thành phố Cần Thơ0 – 1Nam Định
Report Philip Okoro 69'
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Dương Văn Hiền Vietnam

References
  1. http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168691217.html Duc Chung takes helm of Bình Dương
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