| Season: | 2023 |
| Pixels: | 200 |
| Competition: | Night Wolf V.League 1 – 2023 |
| Dates: | 3 February – 27 August |
| Winners: | Cong An Hanoi 1st VL 1 title 2nd Vietnamese title |
| Runners-Up: | Hanoi FC |
| Relegated: | SHB Da Nang |
| Continentalcup1: | ASEAN Club Championship |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Cong An Hanoi Dong A Thanh Hoa |
| Continentalcup2: | None |
| Matches: | 134 |
| Total Goals: | 317 |
| League Topscorer Section: | Top scorers |
| League Topscorer: | Rafaelson (16 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Hanoi Police 5–0 Topenland Binh Dinh (3 February) |
| Biggest Away Win: | 4 matches |
| Highest Scoring: | Dong A Thanh Hoa 5–3 Ho Chi Minh City (17 April) Ho Chi Minh City 3–5 Cong An Hanoi (21 May) |
| Longest Wins: | Cong An Hanoi (4 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Dong A Thanh Hoa (10 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Becamex Binh Duong (15 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | 3 matches 4 teams |
| Highest Attendance: | 18,000 Thep Xanh Nam Dinh 2–2 Hoang Anh Gia Lai (14 February) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,000 5 matches |
| Attendance: | 918,200 |
| Average Attendance: | 6,852 |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2023 V.League 1, known as the Night Wolf V.League 1 (vi|Giải bóng đá Vô địch Quốc gia Night Wolf 2023) for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the V.League 1, the highest division of Vietnamese football and the 23rd as a professional league.[1] The season started on 3 February 2023.[2]
Hanoi FC unsuccessfully defended its 2022 title.[3] losing to Cong An Hanoi, its 2nd VL 1 title.
This season was the last to have an intra-year schedule (spring-to-autumn). There was a break from 20 February to 6 April for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup and from 18 April to 19 May for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.
Promoted from 2022 V.League 2
Relegated from 2022 V.League 1
The league will return to the split season format as played in the 2020 season where in the latter half the top eight teams will play each other in the championship group, while the remaining six teams will face each other in the relegation group. In addition, no teams will be qualified for the AFC Champions League or AFC Cup competitions this season (all 2023–24 AFC club competition slots were already distributed in the 2022 season). Teams will also be allotted a non-naturalized Vietnamese player slot that will not be counted towards their foreign player allotment.
1st place – 3 billion VND ($127,931) → 5 billion VND ($213,219)
2nd place – 1.5 billion VND ($63,965) → 2.5 billion VND ($106,609)
3rd place – 750 million VND ($31,982) → 1.25 billion VND ($53,304)
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topenland Binh Dinh | Binh Dinh | Quy Nhon | VL1 (3rd) | ||
| Becamex Binh Duong | Binh Duong | Go Dau | VL1 (7th) | ||
| SHB Da Nang | Da Nang | Hoa Xuan | VL1 (10th) | ||
| Hoang Anh Gia Lai | Gia Lai | Pleiku | VL1 (6th) | ||
| Haiphong FC | Haiphong | Lach Tray | VL1 (2nd) | ||
| Hanoi FC | Hanoi | Hang Day | VL1 (1st) | ||
| Cong An Hanoi | VL2 (1st) | ||||
| Viettel | VL1 (4th) | ||||
| Hong Linh Ha Tinh | Ha Tinh | Ha Tinh | VL1 (11th) | ||
| Ho Chi Minh City FC | Ho Chi Minh City | Thong Nhat | VL1 (9th) | ||
| Khanh Hoa FC | Khanh Hoa | 19 August | VL2 (2nd) | ||
| Thep Xanh Nam Dinh | Nam Dinh | Thien Truong | VL1 (12th) | ||
| Song Lam Nghe An | Nghe An | Vinh | VL1 (5th) | ||
| Dong A Thanh Hoa | Thanh Hoa | Thanh Hoa | VL1 (8th) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cong An Hanoi | Thạch Bảo Khanh[6] | Mutual consent | 15 November 2022 | Pre-season |  Paulo Foiani[7] | 2 December 2022 | |
| Dong A Thanh Hoa |  Svetislav Tanasijević (caretaker) | Caretaker period over | 21 November 2022 | Velizar Popov[8] | 2 December 2022 | ||
| Hanoi FC |  Chun Jae-ho (caretaker)[9] | 21 November 2022 |  Božidar Bandović | 3 January 2023 | |||
| Viettel | Bae Ji-won | December 2022 | Thạch Bảo Khanh[10] | 15 December 2022 | |||
| Becamex Binh Duong | Lư Đình Tuấn[11] | Resigned | 23 February 2023 | 13th | Nguyen Quốc Tuấn (caretaker) | 23 February 2023 | |
| Cong An Hanoi | Paulo Foiani[12] | Mutual consent | 27 April 2023 | 5th | Flavio Cruz[13] | 9 May 2023 | |
| Becamex Binh Duong | Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn | Caretaker period over | 11 May 2023 | 14th | Lê Huỳnh Đức[14] | 11 May 2023 | |
| SHB Da Nang | Phan Thanh Hùng | Promoted to technical director | 3 June 2023 | 14th | Phạm Minh Đức | 3 June 2023 | |
| Song Lam Nghe An | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | Resigned | 3 June 2023 | 11th | Phan Như Thuật | 3 June 2023 | |
| Cong An Hanoi | Flavio Cruz[15] | Mutual consent | 22 August 2023 | 1st | Trần Tiến Đại | 22 August 2023 |
Teams are allowed to register 3 foreign players. Starting this season, teams will be allotted an extra slot for 1 unnaturalized overseas Vietnamese player that will not be counted against their foreign player allotment. Hanoi and Haiphong will be allowed to register 1 additional AFC player as they will compete in the AFC competitions.
Capped for Vietnam national team.
Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.
Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.
Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.
Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafaelson | Topenland Binh Dinh | 14 |
| 2 | Jhon Cley | Cong An Hanoi | 11 |
| Bruno Cantanhede | Dong A Thanh Hoa | ||
| 4 |  Victor Mansaray | Ho Chi Minh City | 9 |
| Hoàng Vũ Samson | |||
| 6 |  Abdoulaye Diallo | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 8 |
| Caion | Hanoi FC | ||
| Nguyễn Văn Quyết | |||
| 9 |  Rimario Gordon | Becamex Binh Duong | 6 |
| Nguyễn Đức Chiến | Viettel | ||
| Paollo | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | ||
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvhel Tsoumou | Hanoi Police | Topenland Binh Dinh | 5–0 (H) | 3 February 2023 |
| Rafaelson | Topenland Binh Dinh | Hanoi FC | 3–1 (H) | 17 April 2023 |
| Jhon Cley | Cong An Hanoi | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | 4–2 (H) | 24 June 2023 |
| Caion | Hanoi FC | Topenland Binh Dinh | 4–2 (H) | 17 July 2023 |
| Lucão do Break | SHB Da Nang | Khanh Hoa | 3–1 (A) | 11 August 2023 |
| Caion | Hanoi FC | Dong A Thanh Hoa | 3–1 (A) | 12 August 2023 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nguyễn Thanh Diệp | Dong A Thanh Hoa | 4 |
| Dương Quang Tuấn | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | ||
| Trần Nguyên Mạnh | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh | ||
| Phạm Văn Phong | Viettel | ||
| 5 | Bùi Tấn Trường | Hanoi FC | 3 |
| 6 | Lê Văn Trường | Khanh Hoa | 2 |
| Phạm Văn Cường | SHB Da Nang | ||
| Đặng Văn Lâm | Topenland Binh Dinh | ||
| 9 | Bùi Tiến Dũng | Cong An Hanoi | 1 |
 Patrik Le Giang | |||
| Nguyễn Văn Toản | Haiphong | ||
| Nguyễn Đình Triệu | |||
| Huỳnh Tuấn Linh | Hoang Anh Gia Lai | ||
| Nguyễn Thanh Tùng | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | ||
| Võ Ngọc Cường | Khanh Hoa | ||
| Trần Văn Tiến | Song Lam Nghe An |
| Round | Total | Avg. Per Game | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope='row' | Round 1 | 58,000 | 7 | 8,286 |
| scope='row' | Round 2 | 43,000 | 7 | 6,142 |
| scope='row' | Round 3 | 51,000 | 7 | 7,286 |
| scope='row' | Round 4 | 48,000 | 7 | 6,857 |
| scope='row' | Round 5 | 38,000 | 7 | 5,429 |
| scope='row' | Round 6 | 47,500 | 7 | 6,786 |
| scope='row' | Round 7 | 44,000 | 7 | 6,286 |
| scope='row' | Round 8 | 46,500 | 7 | 6,643 |
| scope='row' | Round 9 | 45,500 | 7 | 6,500 |
| scope='row' | Round 10 | 43,700 | 7 | 6,243 |
| scope='row' | Round 11 | 56,000 | 7 | 8,000 |
| Total | 521,200 | 77 | 6,769 |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Goal of the Month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| February | Topenland Binh Dinh | Hanoi FC | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | ||||
| April | Dong A Thanh Hoa | Dong A Thanh Hoa | Cong An Hanoi | ||||
| June | Haiphong | Cong An Hanoi | Ho Chi Minh City | ||||
| August | Viettel | Viettel | Hong Linh Ha Tinh | ||||
| Award | Winner | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager of the Year | Božidar Bandović[16] | Hanoi FC | |
| Player of the Year | Nguyễn Hoàng Đức | Viettel | |
| Best Young Player | Nguyễn Thái Sơn | Dong A Thanh Hoa | |
| Goal of the Year | Trần Phi Sơn | Hong Linh Ha Tinh |
| Best XI | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Trần Nguyên Mạnh (Thep Xanh Nam Dinh) | ||||||||||||
| Defenders | Vũ Văn Thanh (Cong An Hanoi) | Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh (Hanoi FC) | Nguyễn Thanh Bình (Viettel) | Đoàn Văn Hậu (Cong An Hanoi) | |||||||||
| Midfielders | Lâm Ti Phông (Dong A Thanh Hoa) | Nguyễn Hoàng Đức (Viettel) | Nguyễn Hải Huy (Haiphong) | Bùi Văn Đức (Hong Linh Ha Tinh) | |||||||||
| Forwards | Rafaelson (Topenland Binh Dinh) | Phạm Tuấn Hải (Hanoi FC) | |||||||||||
