2016 Vietnamese National Football Second League Explained

Competition:	Vietnamese National Football Second League
Season:	2016
Winners:	PVF
Promoted:	PVF
Relegated:	Vĩnh Long
Matches:	85
Total Goals:	209
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 Vietnamese National Football Second League was the 18th season of the Vietnamese National Football Second League. The season began on 12 April 2016 and finished on 22 July 2016.

Rule changes

In this season, 7 teams each group will play home & away. At the end of the qualifying round, the worst team in both two groups will be relegated to 2017 Vietnamese National Football Third League. And the top team of each group will be qualified to final round.In final round, the winner will be promoted to 2017 V.League 2.^[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.

To Vietnamese Second League

Promoted from Vietnamese Third League

Hà Nội T&T B
Viettel B
An Giang
PVF (replace Trẻ Đồng Nai)

Relegated from V.League 2

Công An Nhân Dân

From Vietnamese Second League

Relegated to Vietnamese Third League

Kon Tum

Promoted to V.League 2

Viettel
Fico Tây Ninh
Cà Mau

Qualifying round

Group A

Group B

Final round

PVF promoted to 2017 V.League 2.

Notes and References

Web site: VFF - Sáng nay (14/3), bốc thăm xếp lịch thi đấu giải bóng đá hạng Nhì Quốc gia 2016. 14 March 2016.