1989 V-League

Vietnam National A1 League
Season1989
Dates5 March – 28 May
ChampionsĐồng Tháp (1st title)
RelegatedCN Việt Trì Vĩnh Phú
GTVT Hải Hưng
Sở Công Nghiệp TP.HCM
Matches210
Goals460 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorerHà Vương Ngầu Nại
(16 goals)
1987

The 1989 Vietnam National A1 League was the 8th season of the National Football Championship in Vietnam, played from 5 March until 28 May 1989.

This season marked a record number of participating teams with 32 teams. This was also the last season of the National A1 League as the highest level football league in Vietnam. The 1989 season would select 18 teams with the highest level to form a new division, the National Elite Football Championship from the 1990 season.. The other 11 teams would continue to compete in the National A1 League and the bottom 3 teams would be relegated to the A2 League. Therefore, this season is also called "split division".[1]

First phase

32 teams are divided over three groups playing a single round robin. The top 7 teams of each group advance to the second phase, and the bottom team of each group would relegate to the 1990 National A2 League. From this season, the draw limit system was removed.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hải Quan 10 4 5 1 11 6 +5 13 Qualify for Second phase
2 Điện Hải Phòng 10 4 5 1 8 5 +3 13
3 An Giang 10 3 6 1 14 10 +4 12
4 Tiền Giang 10 4 4 2 10 8 +2 12
5 Công An Hà Nội 10 3 5 2 13 7 +6 11
6 Phú Khánh 10 3 5 2 13 9 +4 11
7 Tổng Cục Đường Sắt 10 3 5 2 12 9 +3 11
8 Quân Khu 3 10 2 6 2 7 6 +1 10
9 Công An Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng 10 2 5 3 7 7 0 9
10 Gò Dầu 10 2 1 7 6 15 −9 5
11 GTVT Hải Hưng 10 0 3 7 1 20 −19 3 Relegation the National A2 League
Source: VFF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng 9 3 6 0 12 7 +5 12 Qualify for Second phase
2 Sông Lam Nghệ Tĩnh 9 4 3 2 15 12 +3 11
3 Long An 9 4 3 2 12 11 +1 11
4 Công Nhân Nghĩa Bình 9 3 4 2 8 5 +3 10
5 Than Quảng Ninh 9 3 4 2 7 6 +1 10
6 Công An Hải Phòng 9 3 3 3 12 9 +3 9
7 Công An TP.HCM 9 3 3 3 10 7 +3 9
8 Đồng Tháp 9 3 3 3 11 9 +2 9
9 Quân Khu Thủ Đô 9 2 3 4 6 9 −3 7
10 Sở Công Nghiệp TP.HCM 9 0 2 7 2 20 −18 2 Relegation the National A2 League
Source: VFF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cảng Sài Gòn 10 6 4 0 20 7 +13 16 Qualify for Second phase
2 Dệt Nam Định 10 5 3 2 15 12 +3 13
3 CNXD Hà Nội 10 5 3 2 11 12 −1 13
4 Quân Đội 10 4 4 2 7 3 +4 12
5 Lâm Đồng 10 3 5 2 13 10 +3 11
6 Đồng Nai 10 4 2 4 12 8 +4 10
7 Công An Thanh Hóa 10 4 2 4 12 13 −1 10
8 Cảng Hải Phòng 10 3 3 4 10 14 −4 9
9 Công An Hà Bắc 10 2 3 5 11 11 0 7
10 Quân Khu 7 10 2 3 5 10 14 −4 7
11 CN Việt Trì Vĩnh Phú 10 0 2 8 7 24 −17 2 Relegation the National A2 League
Source: VFF

Second phase

24 teams are divided over three groups. The three group winners and the best group runners-up advance to the final round. The bottom team of each group would remain at the 1990 National A1 League, while the remaining teams would qualify for the 1990 All-Vietnam National League.

Matches that ended in draw after 90 minutes would move to the penalty shoot-outs, with the winning team receiving 2 points, while the losing team gets 1 point.

Sông Lam Nghệ Tĩnh withdrew before the Second phase to compete in an international tournament in Laos, and was replaced by Đồng Tháp in Group 2. While Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng declared forfeit after one matchday after the team went through a road accident.[2]

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Công An Hà Nội 6 5 0 1 0 7 3 +4 16 Qualify for Final round
& Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
2 Long An 6 1 2 3 0 7 7 0 10 Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
3 Công An Thanh Hóa 6 2 1 1 2 8 8 0 9
4 Hải Quan 6 2 1 1 2 7 7 0 9
5 Tổng Cục Đường Sắt 6 2 1 1 2 6 6 0 9
6 CNXD Hà Nội 6 1 2 0 3 10 10 0 7
7 Công An TP.HCM 6 0 1 1 4 7 11 −4 3
Source: VFF

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Đồng Tháp (Q) 5 2 2 0 1 6 3 +3 10 Qualify for Final round
& Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
2 Dệt Nam Định 5 2 2 0 1 7 5 +2 10 Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
3 An Giang 5 1 2 1 1 9 8 +1 8
4 Tiền Giang 5 1 0 4 0 5 7 −2 7
5 Công An Hải Phòng 5 0 2 2 1 7 8 −1 6
6 Đồng Nai (R) 5 0 1 2 2 4 7 −3 4
Source: VFF
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Quân Đội 5 3 2 0 0 8 2 +6 13 Qualify for Final round
& Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
2 Điện Hải Phòng 5 2 2 1 0 9 6 +3 11
3 Cảng Sài Gòn 5 2 1 2 0 9 5 +4 10 Promotion to the National Elite Football Championship
4 Công Nhân Nghĩa Bình 5 1 1 1 2 9 13 −4 6
5 Lâm Đồng 5 0 0 3 2 3 8 −5 3
6 Phú Khánh 5 0 1 0 4 3 7 −4 2
7 Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: VFF

Final round

Semi-finals


Đồng Tháp0–0Điện Hải Phòng
Penalties
4–3

Third place match

Công An Hà Nội2–1Điện Hải Phòng

Final

Quân Đội0–1Đồng Tháp
Phạm Anh Tuấn 68'


 Vietnam National A1 League
champions 
Đồng Tháp
1st title

References

  1. ^ Giải VĐQG 1989 - VFF
  2. ^ "Vụ lật kèo lịch sử: Đồng Tháp và câu chuyện 'tiền đạo không bằng tiền mặt'". Thanh Niên.