Drawing ceremony of the V.League season 2023-2024
On the afternoon of September 22.9, Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF) held a draw ceremony to schedule matches for national professional football tournaments in the 2023 – 2024 season.
The 2023-2024 National Professional Football Season is expected to start in October 2023 and end in July 2024. This is the first season to apply the time frame organized according to the AFC competition system at the club level (starting in the autumn of the previous year and ending in the summer of the following year) – a synchronized competition time frame with Asian and European countries.
* Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 has the participation of 14 professional clubs: Becamex Binh Duong, Hanoi Police, Dong A Thanh Hoa, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Hong Linh Ha Tinh, Khanh Hoa, Nam Dinh Green Steel, Quang Nam, Song Lam Nghe An, Quy Nhon Binh Dinh, Ho Chi Minh City, Viettel. The prize of Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 increased compared to the 2023 season with a total prize value of: 9.5 billion VND. Accordingly, the three leading teams of Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 will receive the following awards:
- The Champion Club receives a Cup, a Gold Medal, and a bonus of 5 billion VND;
- The Runner-up Club received a Silver Medal and a bonus of 3 billion VND;
- The third-place Club received a bronze medal and a bonus of 1.5 billion VND.
In addition to the exciting championship race when the teams participating in the tournament all have ambition and are equally prepared in terms of strength, Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 is expected to also be very fierce with 1.5 slots of relegation to compete in the V.League 2 next season.
To ensure the attractiveness of the competition, at Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24, clubs are allowed to register a maximum of 03 foreign players and 01 Vietnamese player of foreign origin (naturalized player), At the same time, 01 foreign player of Vietnamese origin can still be registered. Particularly for clubs participating in AFC tournaments, they are allowed to register 04 foreign players.
* Gold Star V.League 2-2023/24 has the participation of 12 professional clubs: Ba Ria Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan, Dong Nai, Dong Thap , Hoa Binh, Hue, Long An, Phu Dong, Phu Tho, PVF-CAND, SHB Da Nang. The three leading teams of Gold Star V.League 2-2023/24 will receive awards as follows:
- The Champion Club will receive a Cup, a Gold Medal, and a bonus of 2 billion VND;
- The Runner-up Club received a Silver Medal and a bonus of 1 billion VND;
- The Third-place Club received a bronze medal and a bonus of 500 million VND.
At the end of the season, Gold Star V.League 2-2023/24 will have 1.5 promotion slots to the National League next season and two clubs will be relegated to the Second Division.
Regarding competition method: After the 2023 pivotal season, both Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 and Gold Star V.League 2-2023/24 tournaments will return to the round-robin competition method (home field – opponent’s field) calculate ranking points.
* Casper National Cup 2023/24 has the participation of 26 V.League 1 and V.League 2 teams, knockout competition method 01 lossing-match, total 25 matches. Expected opening date is November 24, 2023. The club winning the National Cup received a prize worth 2 billion VND.
The highlight in the organization of the 2023/24 National Football League season is that many matches at Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 are deployed applying VAR technology. With 02 VAR cars meeting FIFA standards, based on the Match Schedule, VPF Company will arrange VAR cars to operate from the North Central region (Ha Tinh) to the North, for a maximum of 4 matches per round of Night Wolf V.League 1-2023/24 applies VAR technology.
Following the successes in the first year of cooperation between VPF Company and strategic partner FPT Play, with the goal of constantly improving image quality for national football tournaments, all matches will be lived by FPT Play on infrastructure: terrestrial, cable, satellite, IPTV, Internet, mobile, and exploiting on social networks… Not stopping at broadcasting the tournament, VPF Company and FPT Play will carry out many programs closely follows the training and competition processes of clubs, quality news reports accompany local tournaments, with in-depth analysis from experts, commentators, players and journalists. newspaper, providing a multi-dimensional perspective to the audience.