{{Infobox football league season | competition = [[Vietnamese Super League|V-League]] | season = 1990 | dates = 1 March – 20 May | winners = '''[[Viettel FC|Quân Đội]]''' (4th title) | runners-up = | relegated = | continentalcup1 = | continentalcup1 qualifiers = | continentalcup2 = | continentalcup2 qualifiers = | continentalcup3 = | continentalcup3 qualifiers = | league topscorer = [[Nguyễn Hồng Sơn]]<br>(10 goals) | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | total goals = 165 | matches = 93 | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest losses = | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = [[1989 V-League|1989<br>(Vietnam National A1 League)]] | nextseason = [[1991 V-League|1991]] }} The '''1990 Vietnam National Elite Football Championship''' was the 9th season of the [[V.League 1|National Football Championship]] in Vietnam, played from 1 March until 20 May 1990.
This was the first season of the league under the name '''National Elite Football Championship''', after the "split division" year in the previous season to reduce the number of participating teams to improve the league's quality. 18 teams qualified for the league through the results from the previous season.<ref>[https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1990.pdf Giải VĐQG 1990 - VFF]</ref>
==First phase==
*Saigon Port *Hanoi Police *Nam Dinh Textile *Angiang *Tiengiang *Haiphong Police *Dongthap *Longan *Thanhhoa Police *HCM City Customs *Vietnamese Railway *Constructional Workers *Army Club (The Cong) *Haiphong Electricity *Nghiabinh Workers *Lamdong *Quangnam-Danang *Lam River-Nghetinh
Teams were divided into 3 groups playing double round robin; no points for more than 3 draws; bottom clubs of each group relegated: top-2 of each and two best 3rd placed clubs to second phase.
==Second phase== Played in 2 groups of 4, single round robin; top-2 of each to semifinals.
==Final round== ===Semi-finals=== {{footballbox |date= 5 May 1990 |time= |team1= [[Viettel FC|Quân Đội]] |score= 4–0 |report= |team2= [[An Giang FC|An Giang]] |goals1= |goals2= |penaltyscore = 4–3 |stadium= Cột Cờ Stadium, [[Hanoi]] |attendance= |referee= }} ---- {{footballbox |date= 6 May 1990 |time= |team1= [[Customs FC|Hải Quan]] |score= Cancelled |report= |team2= [[SHB Da Nang|Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng]] |goals1= |goals2= |penaltyscore = |stadium= [[Chi Lăng Stadium]], [[Đà Nẵng]] |attendance= |referee= }} The match was initially reported due to an issue during the game. A replay was proposed by the league's organisers but was refused by [[Customs FC|Hải Quan]]. As the result, [[SHB Da Nang|Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng]] advanced to the final.
===Third place match=== Following [[Customs FC|Hải Quan]]'s withdrawal in the semi-finals, [[An Giang FC|An Giang]] was automatically awarded the third place.
===Final=== {{footballbox |date= 20 May 1990 |time= |team1= [[Viettel FC|Quân Đội]] |score= 4–0 |report= |team2= [[SHB Da Nang|Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng]] |goals1= |goals2= |penaltyscore = |stadium= [[Hàng Đẫy Stadium]], [[Hanoi]] |attendance= |referee= }}
{{winners||Vietnam National Elite Football Championship<br />champions|[[Viettel FC|Quân Đội]]|4th}}
==References== {{reflist}} *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/viet90.html]
{{V-League}}
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