2012 Vietnamese National Football First League

The 2012 Vietnamese National Football First League season was the 18th season of Vietnam's professional football league. It began on 30 December 2011 and finished on 18 August 2012.

V.League 2

Season	2012
Dates	30 December 2011 – 18 August 2012
Champions	Đồng Tâm Long An
Promoted	Đồng Tâm Long An Đồng Nai
Relegated	XM Fico Tây Ninh Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Top goalscorer	Souleymane Diabate (21 goals)
← 2011 2013 →

Đồng Tâm Long An is winner.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	Based	Home stadium	Capacity	Manager
Hùng Vương An Giang	Long Xuyên	An Giang Stadium	10,000	Nhan Thiện Nhân
TDC Bình Dương	Thủ Dầu Một	Gò Đậu Stadium	18,250	Võ Hồng Phúc
SQC Bình Định	Quy Nhơn	Quy Nhơn Stadium	25,000	Trần Kim Đức (interim)
XSKT Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ	Cần Thơ Stadium	50,000	Huỳnh Ngọc San
Trẻ SHB Đà Nẵng	Đà Nẵng	Chi Lăng Stadium	40,000	Phan Công Thìn
Berjaya Đồng Nai	Biên Hòa	Đồng Nai Stadium	5,000	Trần Bình Sự
Trẻ Hà Nội T&T	Hà Nội	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,500	Hoàng Văn Phúc
Trẻ Hà Nội	Hà Nội	Hàng Đẫy Stadium	22,000	Lê Quảng Ninh
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	Hồ Chí Minh City	Thống Nhất Stadium	25,000	Srdjan Zivojnov
Đồng Tâm Long An	Tân An	Long An Stadium	19,975	Francisco Vital
XSKT Lâm Đồng	Đà Lạt	Lâm Đồng Sports Centre	10,000	Vũ Quang Bảo
BHTS Quảng Nam	Tam Kỳ	Tam Kỳ Stadium	15,624	Trần Vũ
Than Quảng Ninh	Cẩm Phả	Cửa Ông Stadium	5,000	Đinh Cao Nghĩa
XM Fico Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh	Tây Ninh Stadium	20,000	Vũ Trường Giang

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Incoming manager
Đồng Tâm Long An	Buketa Ranko	Sacked[1]	Trần Công Minh
SQC Bình Định	Hoàng Gia	Contract canceled[2]	Trần Kim Đức (interim)
Đồng Tâm Long An	Trần Công Minh	Contract canceled[3]	Francisco Vital

Foreign players

Câu lạc bộ	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Non-Visa Foreign
Hùng Vương An Giang	A.Suleiman	S.Zelateur	Alex Karmo
TDC Bình Dương	David Carlos	Nkemia Rim Marcelin	Neiva Borges Marcelo
SQC Bình Định	Signs W.Chibambo	Mark Richard Rutgers	Daniel Onyekachi	Amaobi
SHB Đà Nẵng B	Uche Iheruome	Alexander Prent	Nweze Chinedu
Berjaya Đồng Nai	Nyirenda Victor	Kiseka Henry	Douglas De Souza
Hà Nội T&T B	Laerte Rodrigues De Azevedo Junior	Yacoubou Fousseni Cherif	Leonel Ezequiel Felices
Hà Nội B	Hassan Koeman Sesay	Errol Stevens	Eder Richartz
BHTS Quảng Nam	David Annas	Attram Kwame	Dzigba B. Mawusi
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	Enennido De Jesus	Cuckovic Obren	Bruno De Souza
Đồng Tâm Long An	Pablo Counago	Danny Mrwanda	Lazaro de Sousa	Tshamala A. Kabanga Isaac Kamu Mylyanga
XSKT Lâm Đồng	Suleiman Abdullahi	Alex Wilton	Modou Jagne
XM Fico Tây Ninh	Diego Martin Mendez	Martins Trindade	Ajoku Obinna
Than Quảng Ninh	Belibi Celestin Didier	Onyeky Philip Okoro	Gaspard
XSKT Cần Thơ	Diabate Souleymane	François Endene	Mustapha Kobina Essuman

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Đồng Tâm Long An (C, P)	26	15	4	7	36	26	+10	49	Promotion to 2013 Vietnamese Super League
2	Trẻ Hà Nội T&T	26	15	3	8	35	30	+5	48
3	Đồng Nai (P)	26	11	7	8	40	30	+10	40	Promotion to 2013 Vietnamese Super League
4	Than Quảng Ninh	26	10	9	7	37	28	+9	39
5	XSKT Cần Thơ	26	10	9	7	37	30	+7	39
6	Bình Định	26	9	11	6	40	34	+6	38
7	Trẻ SHB Đà Nẵng	26	10	7	9	42	39	+3	37
8	XSKT Lâm Đồng	26	9	6	11	28	36	−8	33
9	Hùng Vương An Giang	26	8	8	10	30	29	+1	32
10	QNK Quảng Nam	26	7	10	9	27	32	−5	31
11	Trẻ Hà Nội	26	8	5	13	34	34	0	29
12	TDC Bình Dương	26	7	8	11	27	37	−10	29
13	XM Fico Tây Ninh (R)	26	8	5	13	28	38	−10	29	Relegation to 2013 Vietnamese Second Division
14	Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (R)	26	5	8	13	36	54	−18	23

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2012. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	HAG	TBD	BĐ	XCT	SĐN	ĐN	HNT	HAN	HCM	ĐLA	XLD	QNA	TQN	FTN
Hùng Vương An Giang		3–4	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	6–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–1
TDC Bình Dương	0–0		2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–4	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–0
Bình Định	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1
XSKT Cần Thơ	2–2	1–1	5–2		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0
Trẻ SHB Đà Nẵng	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–3		3–3	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–1
Đồng Nai	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–4		1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	3–0
Trẻ Hà Nội T&T	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1		2–1	3–1	0–3	1–3	1–3	2–0	3–2
Trẻ Hà Nội	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–1		1–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	5–0
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–1		1–3	2–2	2–4	2–4	3–1
Đồng Tâm Long An	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–0		2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0
XSKT Lâm Đồng	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	1–0
QNK Quảng Nam	0–0	2–3	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–1
Than Quảng Ninh	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	0–1		1–1
XM Fico Tây Ninh	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–0	2–1	4–3	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2012. Source: Vietnamese First Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Former national player Minh returns to Dong Tam Long an - 3/1/2012 - …". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012.
2. "SQC Binh Dinh coach resigns - 2/21/2012 - VietNam News English". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
3. "Sports news in brief – April 23 - Related news - 4/23/2012 - Báo Tuổi Trẻ English". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2012.

External links

• Vietnam Football Federation