2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League

Football league season

Vietnamese National Football Second League
Season	2017
Promoted	Công An Nhân Dân Bình Định Hà Nội B
Relegated	Sanatech Khách Hòa
Matches played	119
Goals scored	345 (2.9 per match)
Biggest home win	Hà Nội B 8-0 Long An B
Biggest away win	Phù Đổng 0-4 Công An Nhân Dân
Highest scoring	Viettel B 7-2 Sanatech Khách Hòa (9 goals)
Longest winning run	Hà Nội B (9)
Longest unbeaten run	Hà Nội B PVF (9)
Longest winless run	Sanatech Khách Hòa Cà Mau Tiền Giang (8)
Longest losing run	Sanatech Khách Hòa (8)
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Vietnamese National Football Second League was the 19th season of the Vietnamese National Football Second League. The season began on 5 May 2017 and finished on 1 August 2017.

Rule changes

In this season, there are 16 teams divided in two groups in qualifying stage according to geographic region. The top 4 team of each group will be qualified to final round. In final round, 8 teams will play 7 matches:^[1]

Match 1: 1A vs 4B
Match 2: 1B vs 4A
Match 3: 2A vs 3B
Match 4: 2B vs 3A

Match 5: Match 1 winner vs Match 4 winner
Match 6: Match 2 winner vs Match 3 winner
Match 7: Match 5 loser vs Match 6 loser

The winners of Match 5, 6 and 7 will promote to 2018 V.League 2. The loser of Match 7 will play a play-off match with the club finished last in 2017 V.League 2. The play-off winner will earn the last spot to participate in 2018 V.League 2. The team with worst result in both groups will relegate to 2018 Vietnamese Third League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.

To Vietnamese Second League

Promoted from Vietnamese Third League

Phù Đổng
Kon Tum

Relegated from V.League 2

Cà Mau

From Vietnamese Second League

Relegated to Vietnamese Third League

Vĩnh Long

Promoted to V.League 2

None

Teams

Bình Thuận

Bến Tre

Kon Tum

Mancons Sài Gòn

Phù Đổng

PVF

Sanatech
Khánh Hòa

Tiền Giang

Viettel B

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Team location in Vietnam map

Qualifying round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Công An Nhân Dân (Q)	14	11	0	3	34	10	+24	33	Advance to final round
2	Hà Nội B (Q)	14	10	2	2	38	10	+28	32
3	Lâm Đồng (Q)	14	8	2	4	27	21	+6	26
4	Bình Định (Q)	14	7	2	5	18	14	+4	23
5	Phù Đổng	14	4	4	6	19	21	−2	16^[a]
6	Viettel B	14	4	4	6	27	24	+3	16^[a]
7	Kon Tum	14	2	3	9	15	39	−24	9
8	Sanatech Khánh Hòa (R)	14	1	1	12	10	49	−39	4	Relegated to 2018 Vietnamese Third League

Source: VFF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Phù Đổng ahead of Viettel B by head-to-head record: PD 0-1 VT; VT 1-2 PD

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PVF (Q)	14	9	4	1	26	8	+18	31	Advance to final round
2	Bình Thuận (Q)	14	8	3	3	17	11	+6	27
3	Long An B (Q)	14	7	3	4	16	10	+6	24
4	Mancons Sài Gòn (Q)	14	7	2	5	17	15	+2	23
5	An Giang	14	5	4	5	19	12	+7	19
6	Tiền Giang	14	4	2	8	13	19	−6	14
7	Cà Mau	14	2	4	8	15	27	−12	10
8	Bến Tre	14	3	0	11	13	35	−22	9

Source: VFF
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	BDI	CAND	HNB	KTU	LDO	PDO	SKH	VTB
Bình Định		2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Công An Nhân Dân	2–0		0–3	7–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	1–0
Hà Nội B	1–0	1–2		7–1	6–0	1–0	5–0	3–0
Kon Tum	0–2	0–1	0–3		3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1
Lâm Đồng	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		2–1	4–0	4–2
Phù Đổng	2–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–1		6–1	1–0
Sanatech Khách Hòa	0–3	1–5	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–2		0–2
Viettel B	1–1	0–2	3–3	6–2	2–2	1–2	7–2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2017. Source: VFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2017. Source: VFF
= Winner; = Advanced to final round

Group B

Home \ Away	AGI	BTR	BTH	CMA	LAB	MSG	PVF	TGI
An Giang		3–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0
Bến Tre	2–1		0–1	3–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	3–2
Bình Thuận	1–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Cà Mau	2–1	6–1	0–1		0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2
Long An B	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–1		2–0	0–2	1–3
Mancons Sài Gòn	0–3	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		1–0	3–0
PVF	1–0	5–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1		1–0
Tiền Giang	1–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1

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

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	5	3	6	6	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Bến Tre	2	4	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8
Bình Thuận	6	7	5	5	4	2	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	2
Cà Mau	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7
Long An B	1	1	3	4	3	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3
Mancons Sài Gòn	3	5	4	2	1	1	1	5	3	4	3	4	4	4
PVF	4	2	1	3	5	5	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Tiền Giang	7	6	2	1	2	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2017. Source: VFF
= Winner; = Advanced to final round

Season progress

Group A

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Bình Định	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D
Công An Nhân Dân	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L
Hà Nội B	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D
Kon Tum	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D
Lâm Đồng	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W
Phù Đổng	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D
Sanatech Khách Hòa	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D
Viettel B	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D

Source: VFF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Group B

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
An Giang	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W
Bến Tre	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
Bình Thuận	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W
Cà Mau	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L
Long An B	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	L
Mancons Sài Gòn	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W
PVF	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Tiền Giang	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L

Source: VFF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Final round

Match 1

25 July 2017

15:30

Công An Nhân Dân	4–0	Mancons Sài Gòn
Phạm Đức Thông 15' Nguyễn Văn Long 80', 89' Bùi Văn Hưng 84'	VFF

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Attendance: 200

Referee: Khổng Tam Cường

Công An Nhân Dân advance to Match 5.

Match 2

25 July 2017

18:00

PVF	0–1	Bình Định
	VFF	Hồ Tấn Tài 86'

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Attendance: 200

Referee: Lê Đức Cảnh

Bình Định advance to Match 6.

Match 3

26 July 2017

15:30

Hà Nội B	8–0	Long An B
Phạm Tuấn Hải 33', 40', 59' Nguyễn Văn Đức 55', 67' Phạm Văn Long 72', 86' Lương Văn Hùng 86'	VFF

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Referee: Lê Thanh Tùng

Hà Nội B advance to Match 6.

Match 4

26 July 2017

18:00

Bình Thuận	1–0	Lâm Đồng
Trịnh Đức Bốn 37'	VFF

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Referee: Mai Xuân Hùng

Bình Thuận advance to Match 5.

Match 5

29 July 2017

15:30

Công An Nhân Dân	3–0	Bình Thuận
Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn 31', 36' Đinh Văn Hưng 53'	VFF

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Referee: Khổng Tam Cường

Công An Nhân Dân promote to 2018 V.League 2. Bình Thuận enter Match 7.

Match 6

29 July 2017

18:00

Bình Định	1–0	Hà Nội B
Lê Thanh Tài 73'	VFF

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Referee: Nguyễn Ngọc Thắng

Bình Định promote to 2018 V.League 2. Hà Nội B enter Match 7.

Match 7

1 August 2017

15:30

Bình Thuận	0–3	Hà Nội B
	VFF	Phạm Tuấn Hải 37' Đào Văn Nam 51', 71'

Tam Kỳ Stadium, Quảng Nam

Referee: Nguyễn Anh Vũ

Hà Nội B promote to 2018 V.League 2. Bình Thuận enter play-off match against club ranked 7th in 2017 V.League 2.

References

^ "VFF - 16 đội tham dự giải hạng Nhì Quốc gia 2017, tranh 3,5 suất thăng hạng".

Vietnamese Second Division

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Clubs

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Group B	An Giang Định Hướng Phú Nhuận Lâm Đồng LPBank Ho Chi Minh City Tien Giang Văn Hiến University Vinh Long