# 2018 V.League 2

The 2018 V.League 2 (referred to as An Cường V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 24th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 14 April 2018 and will finish on 29 September 2018. The season started with 10 clubs.

## Changes from last season
### Team changes

The following teams had changed division since the 2017 season.

### Rule changes

There is one direct promotion spot for the champion. The team finishing second will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed club of 2018 V.League 1. The club finishing last will be relegated to the 2019 Second League.

### Name changes

In 16 May 2018, Bình Định had changed its name to Bình Định TMS.

## 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 |
| Long An | Long An | Long An Stadium | 19,975 |
| Viettel | Hà Nội | Hàng Đẫy Stadium | 22,500 |
| Hà Nội B | Hà Nội | Hàng Đẫy Stadium | 22,500 |
| Công An Nhân Dân | Hà Nội | Thanh Trì Stadium | 4,000 |
| Bình Định TMS | Quy Nhơn | Quy Nhơn Stadium | 25,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Bình Phước | Lê Thanh Xuân | Đặng Trần Hoàng Nhựt | | |
| Đắk Lắk | Trần Phi Ái | Nguyễn Quốc Thanh | | |
| Fico Tây Ninh | Mang Văn Xích | Lâm Văn Ngoan | | Xi măng Fico |
| Huế | Nguyễn Đức Dũng | Trần Đình Minh Hoàng | | |
| Công An Nhân Dân | Nguyễn Văn Tuấn | Nguyễn Văn Giang | Jogarbola | |
| Viettel | Nguyễn Hải Biên | Bùi Tiến Dũng | | Viettel Pay |
| Đồng Tháp | Trần Công Minh | Trần Minh Lợi | Grand Sport | XSKT Đồng Tháp, Văn Hiến, Happy Food, Ranee |
| Hà Nội B | Phạm Minh Đức | Dương Quang Tuấn | Kappa | SCG |
| Bình Định TMS | Bùi Đoàn Quang Huy | Lê Thanh Tài | | TMS Group |
| Long An | Phan Văn Giàu | Nguyễn Tài Lộc | Kappa | Cảng Long An, Đồng Tâm Long An |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Viettel (C, P) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 41 | Promotion to 2019 V.League 1 |
| 2 | Hà Nội B (Q) | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 31 | Play-off |
| 3 | Đồng Tháp | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 31 | |
| 4 | Đắk Lắk | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 25 | |
| 5 | Long An | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Fico Tây Ninh | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 20 | |
| 7 | Huế | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 20 | |
| 8 | Bình Phước | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 18 | |
| 9 | Bình Định TMS | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 18 | |
| 10 | Công An Nhân Dân (R) | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 15 | Relegation to 2019 Second League |
* 1 2 Fico Tây Ninh ahead of Huế by head-to-head record: TN 2-0 HUE; HUE 3-2 TN
* 1 2 Bình Phước ahead of Bình Định TMS by head-to-head record: BD 0-0 BP; BP 2-0 BD

## Results

| Home \ Away | BDI | BPC | CND | DLK | DTP | FTN | HNB | HUE | LAN | VTL |
| Bình Định TMS | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Bình Phước | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Công An Nhân Dân | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Đắk Lắk | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Đồng Tháp | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Fico Tây Ninh | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Hà Nội B | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Huế F.C. | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Long An | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–3 |
| Viettel | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |

## Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Bình Định TMS | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Bình Phước | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Công An Nhân Dân | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Đắk Lắk | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Đồng Tháp | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Fico Tây Ninh | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Hà Nội B | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Huế F.C. | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Long An | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Viettel | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Season progress

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Bình Định TMS | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | D |
| Bình Phước | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D |
| Công An Nhân Dân | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D |
| Đắk Lắk | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | L |
| Đồng Tháp | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W |
| Fico Tây Ninh | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W |
| Hà Nội B | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L |
| Huế F.C. | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L |
| Long An | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | D |
| Viettel | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |

## Attendances
### By round

2018 V.League 2 Attendance :
| Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
| Round 1 | 13,300 | 5 | 2,660 |
| Round 2 | 5,100 | 5 | 1,020 |
| Round 3 | 7,200 | 5 | 1,440 |
| Round 4 | 8,900 | 5 | 1,780 |
| Round 5 | 10,500 | 5 | 2,100 |
| Round 6 | 3,800 | 5 | 760 |
| Round 7 | 7,500 | 5 | 1,500 |
| Round 8 | 6,600 | 5 | 1,320 |
| Round 9 | 4,100 | 5 | 820 |
| Round 10 | 3,700 | 5 | 740 |
| Round 11 | 5,500 | 5 | 1,100 |
| Round 12 | 4,700 | 5 | 940 |
| Round 13 | 6,000 | 5 | 1,200 |
| Round 14 | 6,300 | 5 | 1,260 |
| Round 15 | 5,750 | 5 | 1,150 |
| Round 16 | 5,500 | 5 | 1,100 |
| Round 17 | 7,500 | 5 | 1,500 |
| Round 6 | 6,800 | 5 | 1,360 |
| Total | 118,750 | 90 | 1,319 |

### By club

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Bình Định TMS | 25,000 | 5,000 | 2,000 | 2,778 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Đồng Tháp | 15,700 | 3,000 | 500 | 1,744 | +45.3%$^†$ |
| 3 | Viettel | 14,600 | 4,000 | 500 | 1,622 | +116.3%$^†$ |
| 4 | Huế | 13,000 | 2,500 | 500 | 1,444 | −54.4%$^†$ |
| 5 | Đắk Lắk | 13,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,444 | +1.9%$^†$ |
| 6 | Fico Tây Ninh | 11,700 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,300 | −42.2%$^†$ |
| 7 | Hà Nội B | 7,700 | 4,000 | 200 | 856 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Bình Phước | 6,500 | 1,000 | 200 | 722 | −47.2%$^†$ |
| 9 | Long An | 5,900 | 1,000 | 500 | 656 | −73.9%$^{††}$ |
| 10 | Công An Nhân Dân | 4,850 | 1,500 | 50 | 539 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 118,750 | 5,000 | 50 | 1,319 | −46.7%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on finished Source: Vietnam Professional Football Notes: $^†$ Teams played previous season in Second League $^{††}$ Teams played previous season in V.League 1

## Season statistics

    As of 11 September 2018

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Y Thăng Êban | Đắk Lắk | 12 |
| 2 | Nguyễn Tuấn Anh | Long An | 8 |
| 3 | Phạm Tuấn Hải | Hà Nội B | 7 |
| 3 | Trần Đức Nam | Hà Nội B | 7 |
| 3 | Nguyễn Hoàng Đức | Viettel | 7 |
| 6 | Bùi Quang Khải | Viettel | 5 |
| 6 | Nguyễn Thiện Chí | Đồng Tháp | 5 |

### Own goals

| Player | Club | Against | Round |
| Nguyễn Đồng Tháp | Đồng Tháp | Huế | 1 |
| Nguyễn Quốc Thanh | Đắk Lắk | Huế | 6 |
| Bùi Văn Đức | Công An Nhân Dân | Viettel | 6 |
| Lê Văn Phương | Fico Tây Ninh | Long An | 11 |
| Lê Thành Phong | Huế | Viettel | 12 |
| Rơ Lan Dem | Bình Phước | Fico Tây Ninh | 14 |
| Châu Lê Phước Vĩnh | Long An | Viettel | 15 |
| Nguyễn Thành Trung | Long An | Viettel | 15 |

### Hattrick

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
| Trần Thành | Huế | Hà Nội B | 3-0 (A) | 18 May 2018 | 5 |
| Y Thăng Êban | Đắk Lắk | Bình Phước | 5-0 (H) | 9 June 2018 | 7 |
| Lê Đức Tài | Fico Tây Ninh | Đắk Lắk | 5-4 (H) | 5 October 2018 | 18 |
* Note: (H)-Home; (A)-Away