# 1998 V-League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1998_V-League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1998_V-League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_V-League > Source revision: 1342541623 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season Vietnamese National First Division' Season 1998 Dates 1 March – 14 June Champions Quân Đội (5th title) Relegated Bình Định Bình Dương Hải Quan Asian Club Championship Quân Đội Asian Cup Winners' Cup Công An TP.HCM Matches 180 Goals 458 (2.54 per match) Top goalscorer Nguyễn Văn Dũng (17 goals) ← 1997 1999–2000 → The **1998 Vietnamese National First Division** was the 16th season of the [National Football Championship](/source/V.League_1) in Vietnam, played from 1 March until 14 June 1998.[1] ## Standings Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Quân Đội (C) 26 13 8 5 40 20 +20 47 Qualification to Asian Club Championship & Dunhill Cup 2 Sông Lam Nghệ An 26 13 5 8 46 34 +12 44[a] Qualification to Dunhill Cup 3 Công An TP.HCM 26 12 8 6 41 30 +11 44[a] Qualification to Asian Cup Winners' Cup & Dunhill Cup 4 Công an Hà Nội[b] 25 13 6 6 34 24 +10 42 Qualification to Dunhill Cup 5 Cảng Sài Gòn 26 10 8 8 45 34 +11 38[c] 6 Lâm Đồng 26 11 5 10 35 40 −5 38[c] 7 Đồng Tháp 26 8 12 6 35 36 −1 36 8 Nam Định[d] 25 10 4 11 33 30 +3 34 9 Khánh Hòa[e] 25 8 8 9 27 30 −3 32 10 Công An Hải Phòng[f] 25 7 9 9 30 30 0 30 11 Hải Quan (R) 26 6 12 8 21 26 −5 30[g] Qualification to relegation play offs. 12 Long An (O) 26 5 12 9 20 29 −9 27 13 Bình Dương[h] (R) 24 6 8 10 23 36 −13 24 Relegation to Second Division 14 Bình Định (R) 26 3 3 20 19 50 −31 12 Source: [VFF](https://vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1998.pdf) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored; 5) Number of away goals scored; 6) Draw of lots.[3] (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated Notes: 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_SNA0.41548809754452_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_SNA0.41548809754452_2-1) Head-to-head points: Sông Lam Nghệ An: 4, Công An TP.HCM: 1. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_CHF0.41548809754452_4-0)** Công An Hà Nội's result against Công An Hải Phòng in Matchday 15 (0–1 loss) was cancelled and the team was deducted 3 points.[2] 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CSG0.41548809754452_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CSG0.41548809754452_5-1) Head-to-head points: Cảng Sài Gòn 4, Lâm Đồng: 1. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_NĐ0.41548809754452_6-0)** Nam Định's result against Bình Dương in Matchday 13 (0–0 draw) was cancelled. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_KH0.41548809754452_7-0)** Khánh Hòa's result against Bình Dương in Matchday 17 (4–4 draw) was cancelled. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_HP0.41548809754452_8-0)** Công An Hải Phòng's result against Công An Hà Nội in Matchday 15 (1–0 win) was cancelled. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_hth_HQ0.41548809754452_9-0)** HP 1. **[^](#cite_ref-table_note_BD0.41548809754452_10-0)** Bình Dương's results against Nam Định in Matchday 13 (0–0 draw) and against Khánh Hòa in Matchday 17 (4–4 draw) were cancelled, and the team was deducted 2 points. ## Relegation play-offs 6 December 1998 Hải Quan 2–2 Thừa Thiên Huế Anh Trung Report (o.g.) Trần Quang Phú [Thống Nhất Stadium](/source/Th%E1%BB%91ng_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_Stadium), [Ho Chi Minh City](/source/Ho_Chi_Minh_City) 13 December 1998 15:00 Thừa Thiên Huế 0–0 Hải Quan Report [Tự Do Stadium](/source/T%E1%BB%B1_Do_Stadium), [Thừa Thiên Huế](/source/Th%E1%BB%ABa_Thi%C3%AAn_Hu%E1%BA%BF) *2–2 on aggregate; Thừa Thiên Huế won on away goals and promote to the [National First Division](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_V-League).* 6 December 1998 Kiên Giang 0–2 Long An [Rạch Giá Stadium](/source/R%E1%BA%A1ch_Gi%C3%A1_Stadium), [Kiên Giang](/source/Ki%C3%AAn_Giang_province) 13 December 1998 Long An 3–0 Kiên Giang [Long An Stadium](/source/Long_An_Stadium), [Long An](/source/Long_An_province) *Long won 5–0 on aggregate and remain in the [National First Division](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_V-League).* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Giải VĐQG 1998 - VFF](https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1998.pdf) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-minus_3-0)** ["Những đội bóng bị kỷ luật, bỏ cuộc và 'bỗng nhiên' trụ hạng"](https://thethaovanhoa.vn/bong-da-viet-nam/nhung-doi-bong-bi-ky-luat-bo-cuoc-va-bong-nhien-tru-hang-n20130904234214169.htm). *Thể thao & Văn hóa*. 5 September 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Điều lệ Giải bóng đá vô địch quốc gia 1998 (2/3)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20021229032909fw_/http://www.vnn.vn/vnn2/muagiai98/dieule1.html). 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