2011 V-League

V-League
Season	2011
Dates	22 January – 21 August
Champions	Sông Lam Nghệ An ; 3rd title
Relegated	Đồng Tâm Long An; Hà Nội ACB
2012 AFC Cup	Sông Lam Nghệ An; Navibank Sài Gòn
Matches played	182
Goals scored	554 (3.04 per match)
Average goals/game	3.1
Top goalscorer	Gastón Merlo; (21 goals)
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 V-League was the 28th season of Vietnam's national football league and the 11th as a professional league.

Eximbank have taken over as official sponsor of the V-League.

Teams

Nam Định were relegated to the 2011 Vietnamese First Division after finishing the 2010 season in last place.

They were replaced by Hà Nội ACB.

Navibank Sài Gòn defeated Than Quảng Ninh in the end of season promotion/relegation match to secure their place in the V-League.

Stadia and locations

T&T
Hòa Phát
Hà Nội ACB

Locations of the V.League 2011 teams

Club	Based	Home stadium	Capacity	First season in V-League	Manager
Becamex Bình Dương	Thủ Dầu Một	Gò Đậu Stadium	18,250	2004	Đặng Trần Chỉnh
Đồng Tâm Long An	Tân An	Long An Stadium	19,975	2003	Ranko Buketa
Cao su Đồng Tháp	Cao Lãnh	Cao Lãnh Stadium	20,000	2000	Phạm Công Lộc
Hà Nội ACB	Hanoi	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,500	2004	Mauricio Giganti
Hòa Phát Hà Nội	Hanoi	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,500	2003	Nguyễn Thành Vinh
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Pleiku	Pleiku Stadium	15,000	2003	Huỳnh Văn Ảnh
Khatoco Khánh Hòa	Nha Trang	August 19th Stadium	25,000	2000	Hoàng Anh Tuấn
Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa	Thanh Hóa Stadium	14,000	2010	Đàm Văn Hải
Navibank Sài Gòn	Ho Chi Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	25,000	2010	Mai Đức Chung
SHB Đà Nẵng	Đà Nẵng	Chi Lăng Stadium	30,000	2001	Lê Huỳnh Đức
Sông Lam Nghệ An	Vinh	Vinh Stadium	22,000	2000	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Hà Nội T&T	Hanoi	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,500	2008	Phan Thanh Hùng
Vicem Hải Phòng	Hải Phòng	Lạch Tray Stadium	28,000	2000	Nguyễn Đình Hưng
Vissai Ninh Bình	Ninh Bình	Ninh Bình Stadium	22,000	2010	Nguyễn Văn Sỹ

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Incoming manager
Đồng Tâm Long An	Ricardo Formosinho	Short-term contract ^[1]	Marcelo Javier Zuleta
Đồng Tâm Long An	Marcelo Javier Zuleta	Sacked^[1]	Marco Barbosa
Đồng Tâm Long An	Marco Barbosa	Sacked^[2]	Simon McMenemy
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Dusit Chalermsan	Resigned^[3]^[4]	Huỳnh Văn Ảnh
Bình Dương	Ricardo Formosinho	Sacked^[5]	Đặng Trần Chỉnh
Đồng Tâm Long An	Simon McMenemy	Sacked^[6]	Ranko Buketa

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sông Lam Nghệ An (C, Q)	26	15	4	7	48	29	+19	49	2012 AFC Cup Group stage
2	Hà Nội T&T	26	13	7	6	51	31	+20	46
3	SHB Đà Nẵng	26	12	8	6	49	32	+17	44
4	Vissai Ninh Bình	26	11	6	9	37	35	+2	39
5	TĐCS Đồng Tháp	26	10	7	9	38	44	−6	37
6	Becamex Bình Dương	26	9	9	8	40	42	−2	36
7	Thanh Hóa	26	9	7	10	44	41	+3	34
8	Navibank Sài Gòn (Q)	26	9	7	10	36	37	−1	34	2012 AFC Cup Group stage^[a]
9	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	26	8	8	10	49	46	+3	32
10	Hòa Phát Hà Nội	26	9	5	12	38	40	−2	32
11	Khatoco Khánh Hòa	26	9	5	12	28	34	−6	32
12	Hải Phòng	26	7	9	10	28	40	−12	30
13	Đồng Tâm Long An (R)	26	8	6	12	31	44	−13	30	Relegation to Vietnamese First Division
14	Hà Nội ACB (R)	26	8	2	16	36	58	−22	26	Relegation to Vietnamese First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2011. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Qualified by winning the 2011 Vietnamese Cup.

Positions 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
Team ╲ Round
Sông Lam Nghệ An	5	2	1	5	6	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hà Nội T&T	2	1	4	8	11	8	4	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
SHB Đà Nẵng	2	6	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Vissai Ninh Bình	7	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	8	10	7	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	7	4	4
TĐCS Đồng Tháp	9	4	6	4	2	3	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	5	5	6	5	6	7	5
Becamex Bình Dương	8	3	9	11	7	6	5	8	9	7	8	8	9	7	9	8	8	6	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	6
Thanh Hóa	1	7	12	7	8	11	11	12	12	10	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	7
Navibank Sài Gòn	9	11	5	3	5	2	6	6	7	11	9	10	7	8	6	6	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	9	8	8
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	11	13	11	12	9	9	7	4	5	6	7	9	11	9	7	7	6	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	9	9
Hòa Phát Hà Nội	11	5	10	6	3	4	8	9	10	12	12	12	10	10	8	11	9	9	12	9	9	10	10	12	11	10
Khatoco Khánh Hòa	13	8	3	2	4	7	10	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	14	13	10	11
Hải Phòng	4	9	8	10	10	10	9	10	11	9	11	11	12	13	13	9	11	11	10	11	11	14	11	10	12	12
Đồng Tâm Long An	6	12	7	9	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	11	13	13
Hà Nội ACB	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	12	13	11	12	14	14	14

	Winner; AFC Cup
	Relegate to V.League 2

Source: Eximbank V-League

Results

Home \ Away	BBD	SDN	ĐLA	TDT	ACB	VHP	HHN	HGL	KKH	NVB	SNA	T&T	THO	VNB
Becamex Bình Dương		1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–4	1–1	4–3	1–1
SHB Đà Nẵng	1–1		2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–0	2–1
Đồng Tâm Long An	1–2	0–3		1–1	4–1	1–1	2–3	4–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–3	2–2
TĐCS Đồng Tháp	2–0	3–2	1–2		3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–0
Hà Nội ACB	3–3	2–1	3–1	2–0		5–0	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	2–3
Hải Phòng	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–3
Hòa Phát Hà Nội	2–1	2–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–2	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–3	6–1	4–2	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	2–2	2–3
Khatoco Khánh Hòa	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	0–1
Navibank Sài Gòn	3–2	3–3	0–1	0–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1		0–1	2–4	3–1	3–0
Sông Lam Nghệ An	0–1	1–0	1–0	6–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–1		1–1	3–0	1–0
Hà Nội T&T	2–2	0–2	4–1	7–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	6–2	1–1	4–0	0–0		0–0	2–1
Thanh Hóa	4–1	3–3	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–0		3–1
Vissai Ninh Bình	2–1	0–4	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Eximbank V-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The Top Scorers as of 17 July 2011:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Gastón Merlo	Đà Nẵng	21
2	Evaldo	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	20
3	Samson Kayode	Đồng Tháp	17
4	Lucas Cantoro	Hà Nội ACB	16
5	Pape Omar Fayé	Thanh Hóa	15
6	Timothy Anjembe	Hòa Phát Hà Nội	13
6	Gustavo Dourado	The Vissai Ninh Bình	13
8	Gonzalo Marronkle	Hà Nội T&T	12
9	Thiago	Hải Phòng	11
10	Leandro	Bình Dương	10
	Lê Công Vinh	Hà Nội T&T	10
	Hoàng Đình Tùng	Thanh Hóa	10

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Club of the Month	Coach of the Month		Player of the Month		Best goal(s) of the Month
Month	Club of the Month	Coach	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
April	Sông Lam Nghệ An	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	Sông Lam Nghệ An	Hoàng Đình Tùng	Thanh Hóa	Danny Mrwanda	Đồng Tâm Long An
May	Sông Lam Nghệ An	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	Sông Lam Nghệ An	Gastón Merlo	SHB Đà Nẵng	Philani	Becamex Bình Dương
June	Becamex Bình Dương	Phan Thanh Hùng	Hà Nội T&T	Lê Công Vinh	Hà Nội T&T	Nguyễn Tăng Tuấn	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
July	Hà Nội T&T	Phan Thanh Hùng	Hà Nội T&T	Gustavo Dourado	Vissai Ninh Bình	TBD

Annual awards

Dream Team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Nguyễn Huỳnh Quốc Cường (Sông Lam Nghệ An)	Trần Đình Đồng (Sông Lam Nghệ An) Cristiano Roland (Hà Nội T&T) Nguyễn Hoàng Helio (Sông Lam Nghệ An) Nguyễn Quốc Long (Hà Nội T&T)	Lê Công Vinh (Hà Nội T&T) Owusu-Ansah (Sông Lam Nghệ An) Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (Sông Lam Nghệ An) Nguyễn Văn Quyết (Hà Nội T&T)	Gastón Merlo (SHB Đà Nẵng) Samson Kayode (Đồng Tháp)