2020 Vietnamese Women's National League

23rd season of the Vietnamese Women's Football Championship

Football league season

Vietnamese Women's National League

Season	2020
Dates	22 September – 13 December 2020
Champions	Ho Chi Minh City I (9th title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	173 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Phạm Hải Yến (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Ho Chi Minh City I 6–0 Son La (25 September 2020)
Biggest away win	Hanoi II Watabe 0–6 Hanoi I Watabe (22 September 2020) Ho Chi Minh City II 0–6 Ho Chi Minh City I (22 September 2020)
Highest scoring	Phong Phu Ha Nam 6–3 Son La (2 December 2020)
Longest winning run	8 matches Ho Chi Minh City I
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Ho Chi Minh City I
Longest winless run	14 matches Ho Chi Minh City II
Longest losing run	7 matches Ho Chi Minh City II
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 13 December 2020.

The 2020 Vietnamese Women's National League (referred to as the Thai Son Bac Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of Vietnamese Women's National League, a professional women's football league in Vietnam. The season began on 22 September 2020 and finished on 13 December 2020. Defending champions Ho Chi Minh City I won their 9th title, while picking up their first ever domestic double.^[1]

The season was set to start in August but was postponed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Teams

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Shirt sponsor
Hanoi I Watabe	Nguyễn Anh Tuấn	Bùi Thúy An	LS Cable & System Watabe Wedding
Hanoi II Watabe	Đặng Quốc Tuấn	Nguyễn Thị Thủy	LS Cable & System Watabe Wedding
Ho Chi Minh City I	Đoàn Thị Kim Chi	Huỳnh Như	LS Cable & System
Ho Chi Minh City II	Nguyễn Quốc Nam	Phạm Thúy An	LS Cable & System
Phong Phu Ha Nam	Phạm Văn Hải	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung	Phong Phu Corporation
Son La	Lường Văn Chuyên	Nguyễn Thị Hồng Cúc	LS Cable & System
Thai Nguyen T&T	Đoàn Việt Triều	Nguyễn Thị Bích Ngọc	T&T Group
Than KSVN	Đoàn Minh Hải	Dương Thị Vân	Vinacomin

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Phong Phu Ha Nam	Nguyễn Thế Cường^[3]	League ban	7 October 2020	4th	Phạm Văn Hải^[3]	7 October 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ho Chi Minh City I (C)	14	13	1	0	47	4	+43	40^[a]
2	Hanoi I Watabe	14	10	2	2	41	8	+33	32
3	Than KSVN	14	10	1	3	25	9	+16	31
4	Phong Phu Ha Nam	14	6	3	5	22	21	+1	21^[a]
5	Thai Nguyen T&T	14	4	4	6	13	30	−17	16
6	Hanoi II Watabe	14	3	1	10	7	24	−17	10
7	Son La	14	2	1	11	15	46	−31	7
8	Ho Chi Minh City II	14	0	3	11	3	31	−28	3

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2020. Source: VFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Phong Phu Ha Nam were handed a 0–3 loss after players walked off the pitch against Ho Chi Minh City I on 6 October 2020.^[3]

Results

Home \ Away	HN1	HN2	HC1	HC2	PHN	SON	TNT	TKS
Hanoi I Watabe		3–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	5–1	4–0	1–2
Hanoi II Watabe	0–6		–	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1
Ho Chi Minh City I	2–1	1–0		–	3–0^[a]	4–0	6–1	3–1
Ho Chi Minh City II	0–4	0–2	0–6		1–1	2–2	0–0	0–2
Phong Phu Ha Nam	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–0		5–3	3–3	0–2
Son La	0–4	0–2	0–6	1–0	3–6		2–4	1–4
Thai Nguyen T&T	0–5	1–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	–		0–2
Than KSVN	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	–	–	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2020. Source: vff.org.vn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Phong Phu Ha Nam were handed a 0–3 loss by the Disciplinary Committee after players walked off the pitch against Ho Chi Minh City I on 6 October 2020.^[3]

Positions by round

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Leader; = Last place in table

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Hanoi I Watabe	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L
Hanoi II Watabe	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L
Ho Chi Minh City I	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Ho Chi Minh City II	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L
Phong Phu Ha Nam	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L
Son La	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W
Thai Nguyen T&T	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W
Than KSVN	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2020. Source: VFF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Schedule

Details (in Vietnamese): https://vff.org.vn/lich-truyen-hinh-truc-tiep-luot-di-giai-bong-da-nu-vdqg-cup-thai-son-bac-2020/

Season statistics

As of 13 December 2020

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Phạm Hải Yến	Hanoi I Watabe	14
2	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung	Phong Phu Ha Nam	13
3	Nguyễn Thị Hồng Cúc	Son La	9
4	Nguyễn Thị Vạn	Than KSVN	8
5	Huỳnh Như	Ho Chi Minh City I	7
5	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Ngân	Ho Chi Minh City I	7
7	Lê Hoài Lương	Ho Chi Minh City I	6
8	Ngân Thị Vạn Sự	Hanoi I Watabe	5
8	Hồ Thị Quỳnh	Hanoi I Watabe	5

Hat-tricks


Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Huỳnh Như	Hi Chi Minh City I	Son La	6–0	25 September 2020
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung⁴	Phong Phu Ha Nam	Son La	5–3	10 October 2020
Nguyễn Thị Vạn	Than KSVN	Son La	3–1	21 November 2020
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung⁵	Phong Phu Ha Nam	Son La	6–3	2 December 2020
Phạm Hải Yến	Hanoi I Watabe	Son La	5–1	9 December 2020

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Trần Thị Kim Thanh	Ho Chi Minh City I	9
2	Đào Thị Kiều Oanh	Hanoi I Watabe	8

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Best Player of the Tournament	Huỳnh Như	Ho Chi Minh City I
Best Goalkeeper for the Tournament	Trần Thị Kim Thanh	Ho Chi Minh City I
Best Goalscorer of the Tournament	Phạm Hải Yến (14 goals)	Hanoi I Watabe

References

^ "HCMC secures women's national league crown". vnexpress.vn. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ "National women's football championship to kick off". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Manager banned for five years after women's team walk off pitch". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 16 November 2020.