2009 V-League

V-League
Season 2009
Champions Da Nang
Relegated Thanh Hóa
Ho Chi Minh City
2010 AFC Champions League Da Nang
2010 AFC Cup Bình Dương
← 2008
2010

V-League 2009 was the 26th season of Vietnam's professional football league. The league was held from February 7, 2009 to August 23, 2009.

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 to 2010 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Becamex Bình Dương 26 12 7 7 49 35 +14 43 Qualification to AFC Cup 2010 Group stage 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 Hà Nội 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 games played on August 23, 2009.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

V-League
2009 Winners

SHB Đà Nẵng F.C.
1st Title

Play-off

30 August 2009
15:30
Thành phố Cần Thơ 0 – 1 Nam Định
Report Philip Okoro  69'
Chi Lăng Stadium
Attendance: 6000
Referee: Dương Văn Hiền Vietnam

References

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