{{No footnotes|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football league season | competition = [[Vietnamese Super League|Vietnam National Elite Football Championship]] | season = 1996 | dates = 10 March – 6 October | winners = '''[[Dong Thap FC|Đồng Tháp]]''' (2nd title) | runners-up = | relegated = [[XSKT Cần Thơ F.C.|Cần Thơ]]<br>[[Huế F.C.|Thừa Thiên Huế]] | continentalcup1 = [[1997–98 Asian Club Championship|Asian Club Championship]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = Đồng Tháp | continentalcup2 = [[1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] | continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[Customs FC|Hải Quan]] | continentalcup3 = | continentalcup3 qualifiers = | league topscorer = [[Lê Huỳnh Đức]]<br>(25 goals) | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | total goals = 353 | matches = 146 | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest losses = | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = [[1995 V-League|1995]] | nextseason = [[1997 V-League|1997<br>(National First Division)]] }} The '''1996 Vietnam National Elite Football Championship''' was the 14th season of the [[V.League 1|National Football Championship]] in Vietnam, played from 10 March until 6 October 1996.<ref>[https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1996.pdf Giải VĐQG 1996 - VFF]</ref>
==Standings== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5
|team1=HCM|name_HCM=[[Hồ Chí Minh City Police F.C.|Công An TP.HCM]] |team2=DTP|name_DTP=[[Đồng Tháp F.C.|Đồng Tháp]] |team3=SNA|name_SNA=[[Sông Lam Nghệ An F.C.|Sông Lam Nghệ An]] |team4=LDG|name_LDG=[[Lâm Đồng F.C.|Lâm Đồng]] |team5=ANG|name_ANG=[[An Giang F.C.|An Giang]] |team6=KKH|name_KKH=[[Khanh Hoa FC (1976)|Khánh Hòa]] |team7=CUS|name_CUS=[[Customs FC|Hải Quan]] |team8=SPT|name_SPT=[[Saigon Port F.C.|Cảng Sài Gòn]] |team9=HNP|name_HNP=[[Cong An Hanoi FC|Công An Hà Nội]] |team10=ARM|name_ARM=[[Viettel FC|Quân Đội]] |team11=HUẾ|name_HUẾ=[[Huế F.C.|Thừa Thiên Huế]] |team12=CNT|name_CNT=[[XSKT Cần Thơ F.C.|Cần Thơ]]
|win_DTP=11|draw_DTP=4|loss_DTP=7|gf_DTP=27|ga_DTP=21 |win_SNA=11|draw_SNA=3|loss_SNA=8|gf_SNA=31|ga_SNA=25 |win_HCM=11|draw_HCM=5|loss_HCM=6|gf_HCM=48|ga_HCM=25 |win_ANG=10|draw_ANG=4|loss_ANG=8|gf_ANG=29|ga_ANG=29 |win_LDG=10|draw_LDG=4|loss_LDG=8|gf_LDG=31|ga_LDG=29 |win_CUS=9|draw_CUS=3|loss_CUS=10|gf_CUS=27|ga_CUS=34 |win_SPT=8|draw_SPT=6|loss_SPT=8|gf_SPT=19|ga_SPT=19 |win_HNP=7|draw_HNP=6|loss_HNP=9|gf_HNP=27|ga_HNP=25 |win_ARM=6|draw_ARM=8|loss_ARM=8|gf_ARM=21|ga_ARM=30 |win_KKH=8|draw_KKH=8|loss_KKH=6|gf_KKH=20|ga_KKH=22 |win_CNT=2|draw_CNT=12|loss_CNT=8|gf_CNT=19|ga_CNT=27 |win_HUẾ=3|draw_HUẾ=9|loss_HUẾ=10|gf_HUẾ=20|ga_HUẾ=33 |update=complete|source=[https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1996.pdf VFF]
|result1 = CLP |result2 = CLP |result3 = CLP |result4 = CLP |result5 = CLP |result6 = CLP |result7 = DHL |result8 = DHL |result11 = REL |result12 = REL |res_col_header = QR |col_CLP = green1 |text_CLP = [[#Final round|Final round]] and [[1996 Vietnamese Football Dunhill Cup|Dunhill Cup]] |col_DHL = green2 |text_DHL = [[1996 Vietnamese Football Dunhill Cup|Dunhill Cup]] |col_REL = red1 |text_REL = Relegated }}</onlyinclude>
==Final round== ===Group A=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5
|team1=HCM|name_HCM=[[Hồ Chí Minh City Police F.C.|Công An TP.HCM]] |team2=SNA|name_SNA=[[Sông Lam Nghệ An F.C.|Sông Lam Nghệ An]] |team3=ANG|name_ANG=[[An Giang F.C.|An Giang]]
|win_HCM=3|draw_HCM=0|loss_HCM=1|gf_HCM=11|ga_HCM=7 |win_SNA=2|draw_SNA=1|loss_SNA=1|gf_SNA=7|ga_SNA=6 |win_ANG=0|draw_ANG=1|loss_ANG=3|gf_ANG=5|ga_ANG=10 |update=complete|source=[https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1996.pdf VFF]
|result1 = FNL |result2 = TPM |res_col_header = QR |col_FNL = green1 |text_FNL = [[#Final|Final]] |col_TPM = blue1 |text_TPM = [[#Third place match|Third place match]] }}</onlyinclude>
===Group B=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_limit=5
|team1=DTP|name_DTP=[[Đồng Tháp F.C.|Đồng Tháp]] |team2=KKH|name_KKH=[[Khanh Hoa FC (1976)|Khánh Hòa]] |team3=LDG|name_LDG=[[Lâm Đồng F.C.|Lâm Đồng]]
|win_DTP=2|draw_DTP=2|loss_DTP=0|gf_DTP=5|ga_DTP=3 |win_KKH=1|draw_KKH=1|loss_KKH=2|gf_KKH=6|ga_KKH=6 |win_LDG=1|draw_LDG=1|loss_LDG=2|gf_LDG=6|ga_LDG=8 |update=complete|source=[https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1996.pdf VFF]
|result1 = FNL |result2 = TPM |res_col_header = QR |col_FNL = green1 |text_FNL = [[#Final|Final]] |col_TPM = blue1 |text_TPM = [[#Third place match|Third place match]] }}</onlyinclude>
===Third place match=== {{footballbox |date= 6 October 1996 |time= |team1= [[Sông Lam Nghệ An F.C.|Sông Lam Nghệ An]] |score= 0–0 |report= |team2= [[Lam Dong FC|Lâm Đồng]] |goals1= |goals2= |penaltyscore = 4–3 |stadium= [[Nha Trang Stadium]], [[Khánh Hòa province|Khánh Hòa]] |attendance= |referee= }}
===Final=== {{footballbox |date= 6 October 1996 |time= |team1= [[Hồ Chí Minh City Police F.C.|Công An TP.HCM]] |score= 1–3 |report= |team2= [[Đồng Tháp F.C.|Đồng Tháp]] |goals1= *[[Lê Huỳnh Đức]] {{goal|6}} |goals2= *Ngô Công Nhậm {{goal|55}} *Nguyễn Văn Hùng {{goal|70}} *Phạm Anh Tuấn {{goal|90+2}} |penaltyscore = |stadium= [[Cao Lãnh Stadium]], [[Đồng Tháp]] |attendance= 30,000 |referee= Nguyễn Tuấn Hùng }}
{{winners||Vietnam National Elite Football Championship<br />Champions|[[Dong Thap FC|Đồng Tháp]]|2nd}}
== References == {{Reflist}} *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/viet96.html 1996 V-League] at RSSSF {{V-League}}
[[Category:V.League 1 seasons]] [[Category:1996 in Vietnamese football|1]] [[Category:1996 in Asian men's top-tier association football leagues|Vietnam]]