Vietnamese football league system

Level League(s)/Division(s) 1 2 V.League 2 (First Division)12 clubs 3 Vietnamese Second Division 14 clubs divided into 2 groups 4 Vietnamese Third Division16 clubs divided into 2 groups All V.League 1 and V.League 2 sides qualify for the National Cup tournament.

The Super Cup is the first game of the season, played between the previous years' winners of the V.League 1 and National Cup.

If the same team wins both competition, then the team finishing second in the previous years' V.League 1 take on the V.League 1 winners.

For the 2023–24 season, one Vietnamese side, the team finishing top of V.League 1, qualifies automatically for the AFC Champions League Two Group stage.

The winner of the Vietnamese Cup qualify for the AFC Champions League Two qualifying play-offs.