# 2017 V.League 2

The 2017 V.League 2 (referred to as Sứ Thiên Thanh V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 23rd season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 11 February 2017 and finished on 26 July 2017. The season started with 7 clubs after the withdrawals of 3 clubs without any replacements.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2016 season.

### Rule changes

There is only one promotion spot for the champion. Club finishing last will play a play-off match against the 4th-placed club of 2017 Second League.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bình Phước | Đồng Xoài | Bình Phước Stadium | 10,000 |
| Đắk Lắk | Buôn Ma Thuột | Buôn Ma Thuột Stadium | 25,000 |
| Đồng Tháp | Cao Lãnh | Cao Lãnh Stadium | 23,000 |
| Huế | Huế | Tự Do Stadium | 25,000 |
| Fico Tây Ninh | Tây Ninh | Tây Ninh Stadium | 15,500 |
| Nam Định | Nam Định | Thiên Trường Stadium | 20,000 |
| Viettel | Hà Nội | Hàng Đẫy Stadium | 22,500 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Binh Phuoc FC | Lê Thanh Xuân | Đặng Trần Hoàng Nhựt | | |
| Dak Lak FC | Trần Phi Ái | Huỳnh Văn Li | | |
| Fico Tay Ninh | Mang Văn Xích | Lâm Văn Ngoan | | Xi măng Fico |
| Hue FC | Nguyễn Đức Dũng | Trần Đình Minh Hoàng | | |
| Nam Dinh FC | Phạm Hồng Phú | Nguyễn Hữu Định | Adidas (fake) | Mikado |
| Viettel FC | Nguyễn Hải Biên | Bùi Tiến Dũng | Mitre | BankPlus, 4G |
| Đồng Tháp FC | Trần Công Minh | Trần Minh Lợi | Codad | XSKT Đồng Tháp, Văn Hiến, Happy Food, Ranee |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nam Định (C, P) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 23 | Promotion to 2018 V.League 1 |
| 2 | Huế | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 20 | |
| 3 | Bình Phước | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 19 | |
| 4 | Viettel | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 18 | |
| 5 | Đắk Lắk | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 15 | |
| 6 | Fico Tây Ninh | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 11 | |
| 7 | Đồng Tháp (O) | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 7 | V.League 2 play-off |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BPC | DLK | DTP | FTN | HUE | NDI | VTL |
| Bình Phước | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Đắk Lắk | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Đồng Tháp | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Fico Tây Ninh | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Huế | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Nam Định | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| Viettel | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

### Play-off match

Đồng Tháp won the match and remained in 2018 V.League 2.

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Bình Phước | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Đắk Lắk | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Đồng Tháp | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Fico Tây Ninh | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Huế F.C. | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nam Định | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Viettel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

## Season progress

* Win
* Draw
* Lose
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Bình Phước | W | L | W | L | D | W | - | W | L | - | L | W | L | W |
| Đắk Lắk | L | - | L | L | W | L | W | - | W | D | D | L | D | W |
| Đồng Tháp | L | W | D | L | - | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | - | L |
| Fico Tây Ninh | - | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | - | W | D | L | D | L |
| Huế F.C. | D | W | - | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | - | W | W | L |
| Nam Định | D | L | L | W | D | - | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | - |
| Viettel | W | W | W | - | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | - | L | W |

## Season statistics

    As of 27 July 2017

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Võ Văn Minh | Huế | 5 |
| 1 | Phạm Văn Thuận | Nam Định | 5 |
| 1 | Nguyễn Hồng Quân | Đắk Lắk | 5 |
| 1 | Bùi Duy Thường | Viettel | 5 |
| 5 | Nguyễn Thiện Chí | Đồng Tháp | 4 |
| 5 | Lê Đức Tài | Fico Tây Ninh | 4 |

### Own goals

| Player | Club | Against | Round |
| Y Thăng Êban | Đắk Lắk | Nam Định | 4 |
| Hồ Trường Khang | Đồng Tháp | Huế | 4 |
| Nguyễn Quốc Thanh | Đắk Lắk | Đồng Tháp | 7 |

### Hattrick

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |

## Speaking numbers

* Victory at home with the biggest score: Viettel won 4-0 against Fico Tay Ninh on Thien Truong Stadium in round 14 on July 26, 2017.
* The biggest away win: Nam Dinh lost 0-4 against Dong Thap on Thien Truong Stadium in the second round on 18 February 2017.
* Most goals scored: 6 goals in XM Fico Tay Ninh's 4-2 win over Nam Dinh on Tay Ninh in round 10 on July 1, 2017.
* The team has the longest winning sequence of three matches that is: Viettel from February 11 (round 1) to February 25, 2017 (round 3); Nam Dinh from July 5 (round 11) to July 15, 2017 (round 13).
* The team has the longest unbeaten 7 games, which is Hue from February 11 (round 1) to April 1, 2017 (round 8).
* The team has the longest winning streak of 10 games, which is Dong Thap from February 25 (Round 3) to July 26, 2017 (Round 14).
* The team has the longest losing streak of four matches, which is Dong Thap from March 4 (Round 4) to April 1, 2017 (Round 8).
* Audience attended the most 20,000 spectators in the match between Nam Dinh beat Viettel 1-0 at Thien Truong Stadium in round 13 on July 26, 2017.
* The audience attended at least 200 spectators in the match between Viettel 1-1 draw against Dak Lak on My Dinh National Stadium in round 11 on July 5, 2017.

## Attendances

    As of 26 July 2017

### By round

2017 V.League 2 Attendance :
| Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
| Round 1 | 7,000 | 3 | 2,333 |
| Round 2 | 9,900 | 3 | 3,300 |
| Round 3 | 5,200 | 3 | 1,733 |
| Round 4 | 7,500 | 3 | 2,500 |
| Round 5 | 3,000 | 3 | 1,000 |
| Round 6 | 7,000 | 3 | 2,333 |
| Round 7 | 5,500 | 3 | 1,833 |
| Round 8 | 5,500 | 3 | 1,833 |
| Round 9 | 8,400 | 3 | 2,800 |
| Round 10 | 7,000 | 3 | 2,333 |
| Round 11 | 6,700 | 3 | 2,233 |
| Round 12 | 2,700 | 3 | 900 |
| Round 13 | 26,000 | 3 | 8,667 |
| Round 14 | 2,500 | 3 | 833 |
| Total | 103,900 | 42 | 2,474 |

### By club

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Nam Định | 43,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 7,167 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Huế F.C. | 19,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 3,167 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Fico Tây Ninh | 13,500 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 2,250 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Đắk Lắk | 8,500 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,417 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Bình Phước | 8,200 | 3,500 | 500 | 1,367 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Đồng Tháp | 7,200 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,200 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Viettel | 4,500 | 1,500 | 200 | 750 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 103,900 | 20,000 | 200 | 2,474 | +12.1%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 26 July 2017 Source: Vietnam Professional Football