Vietnamese Women's Football Championship

The Vietnamese Women's National League, officially the Women's National League^[1] (Vietnamese: Giải Bóng đá Nữ Vô Địch Quốc Gia, lit. 'Women's National Football League'), also called the Thai Son Bac Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in Vietnam. The league was established in 1998 and is currently contested by 8 teams. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have won the Vietnamese Women's National League the most, winning the title 10 times.

Vietnamese Women's Football Championship

Founded	1998
Country	Vietnam
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Women's Vietnamese Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Women's Club Championship
Current champions	Ho Chi Minh City I (11th title) (2022)
Most championships	Ho Chi Minh City (11 titles)
Website	Home page
Current: 2022 Vietnamese Women's Football Championship

History

In 1998, the first tournament was held with two teams involved: Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Hanoi won the league's first championship and also holds the record of ten championships. Currently the tournament involves 8 teams. The Vietnamese Women's National League was the first football tournament for women in Southeast Asia. However, it is not under the direct jurisdiction of the Vietnam Football Federation, thus the league is entirely made up of amateur or semi-professional players.

In 2022, shortly after the senior side qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, a historic moment occurred when two players from Ho Chi Minh City (Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh, Lê Hoài Lương) transferred to Thai Nguyen and were given opportunities with professional contracts, the first in Vietnam's women's football history. After VFF intervention by request of Ho Chi Minh City, the transfers were able to continue after the South Vietnamese club secured a guarantee.^[2][3] It was considered a watershed moment for Vietnamese women's football due to its amateur/semi-professional status, sparked debates about whenever Vietnam's women's football league should be reorganised and enter the new professional era.

Format

Teams play each other two times per season on a weekly basis. The team with the most wins after that is the champion. In order from high to low, the tiebreakers are:

1. most wins
2. better in direct matches
3. most goals

Clubs

 

 

Hà Nội I

 

Hà Nội II

 

Phong Phú Hà Nam

 

TNG Thái Nguyên

 

Sơn La

 

Than Khoáng Sản

 

Hồ Chí Minh City I

 

Hồ Chí Minh City II

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Locations of teams in 2020 season

Team	Manager	2020 season
Hà Nội I	Nguyễn Anh Tuấn	2nd
Hà Nội II	Đặng Quốc Tuấn	6th
Hồ Chí Minh City I	Đoàn Thị Kim Chi	1st
Hồ Chí Minh City II	Nguyễn Quốc Nam	8th
Phong Phú Hà Nam	Phạm Văn Hải	4th
Sơn La	Lường Văn Chuyên	7th
TNG Thái Nguyên	Đoàn Việt Triều	5th
Than Khoáng Sản	Đoàn Minh Hải	3rd

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2022	Hồ Chí Minh City (11)	Hanoi	Than KSVN
2021	Hồ Chí Minh City (10)	Hanoi Watabe	Than KSVN
2020	Ho Chi Minh City I (9)	Hanoi	Than KSVN
2019	Ho Chi Minh City I (8)	Hanoi	Than KSVN
2018	Phong Phú Hà Nam (1)	Hồ Chí Minh City I	Hà Nội Than Khoáng Sản Việt Nam
2017	Hồ Chí Minh City I (7)	Phong Phú Hà Nam	Hà Nội I Than Khoáng Sản Việt Nam
2016	Hồ Chí Minh City I (6)	Hà Nội I	Phong Phú Hà Nam Than Khoáng Sản Việt Nam
2015	Hồ Chí Minh City I (5)	Hà Nội I	Phong Phú Hà Nam
2014	Hà Nội I (10)	Phong Phú Hà Nam	Than Khoáng Sản Việt Nam
2013	Hà Nội I (9)	Hồ Chí Minh City I	Phong Phú Hà Nam
2012	Than Khoáng sản Việt Nam (2)	Hà Nội Tràng An I	Hồ Chí Minh City
2011	Hà Nội Tràng An I (8)	Phong Phú Hà Nam	Hồ Chí Minh City
2010	Hồ Chí Minh City (4)	Hà Nội Tràng An I	Than Khoáng sản Việt Nam
2009	Hà Nội (7)	Than Khoáng sản Việt Nam	Hoà Hợp Hà Nội
2008	Hà Nội (6)	Than Khoáng sản Việt Nam	Hoà Hợp Hà Tây
2007	Than Khoáng sản Việt Nam (1)	Hà Tây	Hà Nội
2006	Hà Tây (1)	Hà Nội	Than Cửa Ông
2005	Hồ Chí Minh City (3)	Hà Tây	Hà Nam
2004	Hồ Chí Minh City (2)	Hà Nội	Hà Nam
2003	Hà Nội (5)	Than Cửa Ông	Hà Tây
2002	Hồ Chí Minh City (1)	Hà Nội	Hà Tây
2001	Hà Nội (4)	Hà Tây	Than Việt Nam
2000	Hà Nội (3)	Hà Tây	District 1 Hồ Chí Minh City Than Việt Nam
1999	Hà Nội (2)	Hồ Chí Minh City	Than Việt Nam
1998	Hà Nội (1)	Hồ Chí Minh City	Than Việt Nam

Teams reaching the top three

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
Ho Chi Minh City I (District 1 Hồ Chí Minh City / Hồ Chí Minh City)	11 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)	4 (1998, 1999, 2013, 2018)	3 (2000, 2011, 2012)
Hanoi (Hà Nội Tràng An I / Hà Nội I)	10 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014)	11 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)	3 (2007, 2017, 2018)
Than KSVN (Than Việt Nam / Than Cửa Ông)	2 (2007, 2012)	2 (2008, 2009)	13 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Hanoi II (Hà Tây / Hòa Hợp Hà Tây)	1 (2006)	4 (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007)	4 (2002, 2003, 2008, 2009)
Phong Phu Ha Nam (Hà Nam)	1 (2018)	3 (2011, 2014, 2017)	5 (2004, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2016)

Individual awards

Season	Top scorers			Best player
	Name	Club	Goals	Name	Club
2022	Vu Thi Hoa	Hanoi	9	Tran Thi Thuy Trang	Ho Chi Minh City
2021	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City	7	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City
2020	Phạm Hải Yến	Hanoi I Watabe	14	Huỳnh Như	Ho Chi Minh City I
2019	Phạm Hải Yến	Hà Nội	17	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City I
2018	Phạm Hải Yến	Hà Nội	14	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City I
2017	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City I	9	Nguyễn Thị Liễu	Hà Nội I
2016	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City I	12	Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt	Hà Nội I
2015	Phạm Hải Yến	Hà Nội I	10	Bùi Thúy An	Hà Nội I
2014	Nguyễn Thị Muôn	Hà Nội I	6	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung	Phong Phú Hà Nam
	Nguyễn Thị Đăng	TNG Thái Nguyên
2013	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City I	8	Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt	Hà Nội I
2012	Nguyễn Thị Hòa	Hà Nội I	8	Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt	Phong Phú Hà Nam
2011	Nguyễn Thị Hòa	Hà Nội I	4	Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến	Hà Nội I
2010	Đoàn Thị Kim Chi	Hồ Chí Minh City	6	Trần Thị Kim Hồng	Hồ Chí Minh City
2009	Đỗ Thị Ngọc Châm	Hà Nội I	7	Đào Thị Miện	Hà Nội I
2008	Đỗ Thị Ngọc Châm	Hà Nội I	7	Đỗ Thị Ngọc Châm	Hà Nội I
2007	Trịnh Thùy Linh	Hà Tây	8	Đào Thị Miện	Hà Tây
2006	Đoàn Thị Kim Chi	Hồ Chí Minh City	8	Lê Thị Hoài Thu	Than Cửa Ông
2005	Nguyễn Thị Thành	Hà Tây	8	Nguyễn Thị Hương	Hà Nam
2004	Đỗ Hồng Tiến	Hồ Chí Minh City	8	Quách Thanh Mai	Hà Nội
2003	Vũ Thị Lành	Hà Nam	10	Phùng Thị Minh Nguyệt	Hà Nội
2002	Lưu Ngọc Mai	Hồ Chí Minh City	12	Phùng Thị Minh Nguyệt	Hà Nội
2001	Nguyễn Thị Hà	Hà Nội	-	Trần Bích Hạnh	Hà Nội
	Lưu Ngọc Mai	Hồ Chí Minh City
2000	Nguyễn Thị Hà	Hà Nội	5	Quách Thanh Mai	Hà Nội
1999	Nguyễn Khoa Diệu Sinh	Hà Nội	4	Nguyễn Thị Kim Hồng	Hồ Chí Minh City
	Lưu Ngọc Mai	Hồ Chí Minh City
1998	Bùi Thị Hiền Lương	Hà Nội	-	Bùi Thị Hiền Lương	Hà Nội

See also

• AFC Women's Club Championship

References

1. "VFF - Women's National League". VFF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. "Bước ngoặt lịch sử của bóng đá nữ Việt Nam". April 2022.
3. "Lần đầu tiên bóng đá nữ Việt Nam có 'tiền lót tay'". 27 May 2022.

External links

• Official site
• League at soccerway.com