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| Competition: | V.League 2 |
| Dates: | 14 April – 29 September |
| Winners: | Viettel (1st title) |
| Promoted: | Viettel |
| Relegated: | Công An Nhân Dân |
| Matches: | 90 |
| Total Goals: | 245 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Đắk Lắk 5-0 Bình Phước |
| Biggest Away Win: | Công An Nhân Dân 0-4 Viettel |
| Highest Scoring: | Fico Tây Ninh 5-4 Đắk Lắk (9 goals) |
| Longest Wins: | Viettel Đắk Lắk (5) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Viettel (8) |
| Longest Winless: | Công An Nhân Dân Fico Tây Ninh (9) |
| Longest Losses: | Công An Nhân Dân (4) |
| Highest Attendance: | 5000 (Bình Định TMS 0-1 Viettel) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 50 Công An Nhân Dân 0-1 Huế |
| Attendance: | 118,750 |
| Average Attendance: | 1,319 |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
| Updated: | finished |
| Season: | 2018 |
The 2018 V.League 2 (referred to as An Cường V.League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the 24th season of V.League 2, Vietnam's second tier professional football league. The season began on 14 April 2018 and will finish on 29 September 2018.[1] The season started with 10 clubs.
The following teams had changed division since the 2017 season.
Promoted from 2017 Vietnamese Second League
Relegated from V.League 1
Relegated to 2018 Vietnamese Second League
Promoted to V.League 1
There is one direct promotion spot for the champion. The team finishing second will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed club of 2018 V.League 1. The club finishing last will be relegated to the 2019 Second League.[2]
In 16 May 2018, Bình Định had changed its name to Bình Định TMS.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bình Phước | Đồng Xoài | Bình Phước Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Đắk Lắk | Buôn Ma Thuột | Buôn Ma Thuột Stadium | 25,000 | |
| Đồng Tháp | Cao Lãnh | Cao Lãnh Stadium | 23,000 | |
| Huế | Huế | Tự Do Stadium | 25,000 | |
| Fico Tây Ninh | Tây Ninh | Tây Ninh Stadium | 15,500 | |
| Long An | Long An | Long An Stadium | 19,975 | |
| Viettel | Hà Nội | Hàng Đẫy Stadium | 22,500 | |
| Hà Nội B | Hà Nội | Hàng Đẫy Stadium | 22,500 | |
| Công An Nhân Dân | Hà Nội | Thanh Trì Stadium | 4,000 | |
| Bình Định TMS | Quy Nhơn | Quy Nhơn Stadium | 25,000 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bình Phước | Lê Thanh Xuân | Đặng Trần Hoàng Nhựt | |||
| Đắk Lắk | Trần Phi Ái | Nguyễn Quốc Thanh | |||
| Fico Tây Ninh | Mang Văn Xích | Lâm Văn Ngoan | Xi măng Fico | ||
| Huế | Nguyễn Đức Dũng | Trần Đình Minh Hoàng | |||
| Công An Nhân Dân | Nguyễn Văn Tuấn | Jogarbola | |||
| Viettel | Nguyễn Hải Biên | Bùi Tiến Dũng | Viettel Pay | ||
| Đồng Tháp | Trần Công Minh | Trần Minh Lợi | Grand Sport | XSKT Đồng Tháp, Văn Hiến, Happy Food, Ranee | |
| Hà Nội B | Kappa | SCG | |||
| Bình Định TMS | Bùi Đoàn Quang Huy | TMS Group | |||
| Long An | Phan Văn Giàu | Kappa | Cảng Long An, Đồng Tâm Long An |
| Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope='row' | Round 1 | 13,300 | 5 | 2,660 | |
| scope='row' | Round 2 | 5,100 | 5 | 1,020 | |
| scope='row' | Round 3 | 7,200 | 5 | 1,440 | |
| scope='row' | Round 4 | 8,900 | 5 | 1,780 | |
| scope='row' | Round 5 | 10,500 | 5 | 2,100 | |
| scope='row' | Round 6 | 3,800 | 5 | 760 | |
| scope='row' | Round 7 | 7,500 | 5 | 1,500 | |
| scope='row' | Round 8 | 6,600 | 5 | 1,320 | |
| scope='row' | Round 9 | 4,100 | 5 | 820 | |
| scope='row' | Round 10 | 3,700 | 5 | 740 | |
| scope='row' | Round 11 | 5,500 | 5 | 1,100 | |
| scope='row' | Round 12 | 4,700 | 5 | 940 | |
| scope='row' | Round 13 | 6,000 | 5 | 1,200 | |
| scope='row' | Round 14 | 6,300 | 5 | 1,260 | |
| scope='row' | Round 15 | 5,750 | 5 | 1,150 | |
| scope='row' | Round 16 | 5,500 | 5 | 1,100 | |
| scope='row' | Round 17 | 7,500 | 5 | 1,500 | |
| scope='row' | Round 6 | 6,800 | 5 | 1,360 | |
| scope='row' | Total | 118,750 | 90 | 1,319 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y Thăng Êban | Đắk Lắk | 12 |
| 2 | Nguyễn Tuấn Anh | Long An | 8 |
| 3 | Phạm Tuấn Hải | Hà Nội B | 7 |
| Trần Đức Nam | Hà Nội B | ||
| Nguyễn Hoàng Đức | Viettel | ||
| 6 | Bùi Quang Khải | Viettel | 5 |
| Nguyễn Thiện Chí | Đồng Tháp | ||
| Player | Club | Against | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nguyễn Đồng Tháp | Đồng Tháp | Huế | 1 |
| Nguyễn Quốc Thanh | Đắk Lắk | 6 | |
| Bùi Văn Đức | Công An Nhân Dân | Viettel | |
| Lê Văn Phương | Fico Tây Ninh | Long An | 11 |
| Lê Thành Phong | Huế | Viettel | 12 |
| Rơ Lan Dem | Bình Phước | Fico Tây Ninh | 14 |
| Châu Lê Phước Vĩnh | Long An | Viettel | 15 |
| Nguyễn Thành Trung | |||
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trần Thành | Huế | Hà Nội B | 3-0 (A) | 18 May 2018 | 5 |
| Y Thăng Êban | Đắk Lắk | Bình Phước | 5-0 (H) | 9 June 2018 | 7 |
| Lê Đức Tài | Fico Tây Ninh | Đắk Lắk | 5-4 (H) | 5 October 2018 | 18 |