2011 V-League

The 2011 V-League was the 55th season of Vietnam's professional football league.

V-League
Season2011
ChampionsSông Lam Nghệ An
3rd title
RelegatedĐồng Tâm Long An
Hà Nội ACB
2012 AFC CupSông Lam Nghệ An
Navibank Sài Gòn
Matches played182
Goals scored554 (3.04 per match)
Average goals/game3.1
Top goalscorer Gastón Merlo
(21 goals)
← 2010
2012 →

Eximbank have taken over as official sponsor of the V-League.

Teams

Nam Định were relegated to the 2011 Vietnamese First Division after finishing the 2010 season in last place.

They were replaced by Hà Nội ACB.

Navibank Sài Gòn defeated Than Quảng Ninh in the end of season promotion/relegation match to secure their place in the V-League.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the V.League 2011 teams
Club Based Home stadium Capacity First season
in V-League		 Manager
Becamex Bình Dương Thủ Dầu Một Gò Đậu Stadium 18,250 2004 Đặng Trần Chỉnh
Đồng Tâm Long An Tân An Long An Stadium 19,975 2003 Buketa Ranko
Cao su Đồng Tháp Cao Lãnh Cao Lãnh Stadium 20,000 2000 Phạm Công Lộc
Hà Nội ACB Hà Nội Hàng Đẫy Stadium 22,500 2004 Mauricio Luis Giganti
Hòa Phát Hà Nội Hà Nội Hàng Đẫy Stadium 22,500 2003 Nguyễn Thành Vinh
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Pleiku Pleiku Stadium 15,000 2003 Huỳnh Văn Ảnh
Khatoco Khánh Hòa Nha Trang August 19th Stadium 25,000 2000 Hoàng Anh Tuấn
Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa Stadium 14,000 2010 Đàm Văn Hải
Navibank Sài Gòn Hồ Chí Minh City Thống Nhất Stadium 25,000 2010 Mai Đức Chung
SHB Đà Nẵng Đà Nẵng Chi Lăng Stadium 30,000 2001 Lê Huỳnh Đức
Sông Lam Nghệ An Vinh Vinh Stadium 22,000 2000 Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
Hà Nội T&T Hà Nội Hàng Đẫy Stadium 22,500 2008 Phan Thanh Hùng
Vicem Hải Phòng Hải Phòng Lạch Tray Stadium 28,000 2000 Nguyễn Đình Hưng
Vissai Ninh Bình Ninh Bình Ninh Bình Stadium 22,000 2010 Nguyễn Văn Sỹ

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Incoming manager
Đồng Tâm Long An Ricardo Formosinho Short-term contract [1] Marcelo Javier Zuleta
Đồng Tâm Long An Marcelo Javier Zuleta Sacked[1] Marco Barbosa
Đồng Tâm Long An Marco Barbosa Sacked[2] Simon McMenemy
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Dusit Chalermsan Resigned[3][4] Huỳnh Văn Ảnh
Bình Dương Ricardo Formosinho Sacked[5] Đặng Trần Chỉnh
Đồng Tâm Long An Simon McMenemy Sacked[6] Ranko Buketa

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sông Lam Nghệ An (C, Q) 26 15 4 7 48 29 +19 49 2012 AFC Cup Group stage
2 Hà Nội T&T 26 13 7 6 51 31 +20 46
3 SHB Đà Nẵng 26 12 8 6 49 32 +17 44
4 Vissai Ninh Bình 26 11 6 9 37 35 +2 39
5 TĐCS Đồng Tháp 26 10 7 9 38 44 −6 37
6 Becamex Bình Dương 26 9 9 8 40 42 −2 36
7 Thanh Hóa 26 9 7 10 44 41 +3 34
8 Navibank Sài Gòn (Q) 26 9 7 10 36 37 −1 34 2012 AFC Cup Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
9 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 26 8 8 10 49 46 +3 32
10 Hòa Phát Hà Nội 26 9 5 12 38 40 −2 32
11 Khatoco Khánh Hòa 26 9 5 12 28 34 −6 32
12 Hải Phòng 26 7 9 10 28 40 −12 30
13 Đồng Tâm Long An (R) 26 8 6 12 31 44 −13 30 Relegation to Vietnamese First Division
14 Hà Nội ACB (R) 26 8 2 16 36 58 −22 26
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2011. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Qualified by winning the 2011 Vietnamese Cup.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Sông Lam Nghệ An52156522111111111111111111
Hà Nội T&T214811847654455555433222222
SHB Đà Nẵng26211133323322222222333333
Vissai Ninh Bình71013131212121188107811101010109101099744
TĐCS Đồng Tháp94642311232233344565565675
Becamex Bình Dương839117658978897988656644456
Thanh Hóa17127811111212106544433344456567
Navibank Sài Gòn91153526671191078667878778988
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai1113111299745679119776787887899
Hòa Phát Hà Nội11510634891012121210108119912991010121110
Khatoco Khánh Hòa1383247105445666111212121313121314131011
Hải Phòng4981010109101191111121313911111011111411101212
Đồng Tâm Long An6127913131313131413141414141414141414141213111313
Hà Nội ACB1414141414141414141314131312121313131112131112141414
Winner; AFC Cup
Relegate to V.League 2
Source: Eximbank V-League

Results
Home \ Away BBD SDN ĐLA TDT ACB VHP HHN HGL KKH NVB SNA T&T THO VNB
Becamex Bình Dương 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–4 1–1 4–3 1–1
SHB Đà Nẵng 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 0–0 2–1
Đồng Tâm Long An 1–2 0–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–3 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–3 2–2
TĐCS Đồng Tháp 2–0 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–0
Hà Nội ACB 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–3
Hải Phòng 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–3
Hòa Phát Hà Nội 2–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1
Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–3 6–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–3
Khatoco Khánh Hòa 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–1
Navibank Sài Gòn 3–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–4 3–1 3–0
Sông Lam Nghệ An 0–1 1–0 1–0 6–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0
Hà Nội T&T 2–2 0–2 4–1 7–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 6–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
Thanh Hóa 4–1 3–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–1
Vissai Ninh Bình 2–1 0–4 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Eximbank V-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The Top Scorers as of 17 July 2011:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Gastón Merlo Đà Nẵng 21
2 Evaldo Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 20
3 Samson Kayode Đồng Tháp 17
4 Lucas Cantoro Hà Nội ACB 16
5 Pape Omar Fayé Thanh Hóa 15
6 Timothy Anjembe Hòa Phát Hà Nội 13
Gustavo Dourado The Vissai Ninh Bình 13
8 Gonzalo Marronkle Hà Nội T&T 12
9 Thiago Hải Phòng 11
10 Leandro Bình Dương 10
Lê Công Vinh Hà Nội T&T 10
Hoàng Đình Tùng Thanh Hóa 10

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Club of the Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Best goal(s) of the Month
Coach Club Player Club Player Club
April Sông Lam Nghệ An Nguyễn Hữu Thắng Sông Lam Nghệ An Hoàng Đình Tùng Thanh Hóa Danny Mrwanda Đồng Tâm Long An
May Sông Lam Nghệ An Nguyễn Hữu Thắng Sông Lam Nghệ An Gastón Merlo SHB Đà Nẵng Philani Becamex Bình Dương
June Becamex Bình Dương Phan Thanh Hùng Hà Nội T&T Lê Công Vinh Hà Nội T&T Nguyễn Tăng Tuấn Hoàng Anh Gia Lai
July Hà Nội T&T Phan Thanh Hùng Hà Nội T&T Gustavo Dourado Vissai Ninh Bình TBD

Dream Team
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Nguyễn Huỳnh Quốc Cường (Sông Lam Nghệ An)

Trần Đình Đồng (Sông Lam Nghệ An)
Cristiano Roland (Hà Nội T&T)
Nguyền Hoàng Helio (Sông Lam Nghệ An)
Nguyễn Quốc Long (Hà Nội T&T)

Lê Công Vinh (Hà Nội T&T)
Owusu-Ansah (Sông Lam Nghệ An)
Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (Sông Lam Nghệ An)
Nguyễn Văn Quyết (Hà Nội T&T)

Gastón Merlo (SHB Đà Nẵng)
Samson Kayode (Đồng Tháp)

References
  1. Dong Tam changes coach before V-League
  2. McMENEMY ON TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH DONG TAM
  3. Dutsit Chalermsan resigns
  4. "HLV Huỳnh Văn Ảnh thay Dusit". Archived from the original on 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Vietnam News (23 June 2011). "Long An appoint coach number four". Vietnamnet sports. Vietnamnet. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
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