2015 V.League 1

The 2015 V.League 1 (known as the Toyota V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 32nd season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 15th as a professional league. The season began on 4 January 2015 and finished on 20 September 2015.^[1]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2014 season.

Rule Changes

In season 2015, a team standing on the 14th position was relegated to V-League 2. There was no play-off match as usual between team standing on 13th at V-League 1 and the second-position team at V-League 2.

Also, one club was only allowed to register 2 foreign players plus one naturalized player. Becamex Bình Dương and Hanoi T&T could register one more AFC player due to the qualification for AFC Champions League.

Teams

Đồng Tháp were promoted after winning the 2014 V.League 2 championship, but in November 2014 they decided to withdraw from the league altogether.^[2] They later revered their decision once sponsorship was found to fund the side for the coming season.^[3]

Stadia

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Foreign players

V.League teams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised player^[5]

^1 Players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

League table

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2015. Source: Vietnam Professional Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3)Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored

Positions by round

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2015. Source: Vietnam Professional Football

Result

Summary

Source: Vietnam Professional Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistic

As of 21 September 2015

Top scorers

Own goals

Hattrick

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Individual

Team of the Year

Team

Attendances

As of 22 September 2015

By club

Updated to games played on 22 September 2015
Source: Vietnam Professional Football

By round

References

^ "V-League 2015 to feature 14 professional football clubs". VietNamNet.vn. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ "Dong Thap withdraw from V.League". VietNamNet.vn. 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
^ "Dong Thap find sponsorship for V-League return". vietnamnews.vn. 15 November 2014.
^ "Well-known coach to leave Sông Lam Nghệ An FC". VietNamNet.vn. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ "Vietnam ready to kick off 2015 season | VOV Online Newspaper". english.vov.vn. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.

External links

VPF Official Page
V-League 2015