Before the V-League era (starting from the 2000-2001 season), Nam Dinh football had once won the national championship. At that time, this team was called Ha Nam Ninh Industry, they won the national A1 championship (the highest level of Vietnamese football at that time) in 1985.
That year, the great striker Nguyen Van Dung (older brother of former national midfielder Nguyen Van Sy) won the title of top scorer with 15 goals. Since then, football in the South has never returned to the highest position of Vietnamese football again.
Nam Dinh will go straight to the V-League championship (Photo: Khoa Nguyen).
When the domestic football league turned professional and was named V-League, Nam Dinh team also had a very strong period in the early 2000s. At that time, they won second place in the 2004 season and third place in the 2003 season, but still could not win the championship.
It was exactly 20 years after coming close to winning the V-League title in 2004 and nearly 40 years after winning the national championship for the first time in 1985 that Nam Dinh team had the opportunity to step onto the highest podium of Vietnamese football.
Coach Vu Hong Viet's team currently has 47 points, 4 points more than the second-placed team Binh Dinh, while there are 2 more rounds left until the end of the tournament.
That means that if Nam Dinh has just one more win in the next two rounds, they will officially win the 2023-2024 V-League, regardless of other results.
As for round 25 taking place this afternoon (all 7 matches take place at the same time at 5:00 p.m.), if Nam Dinh wins against Khanh Hoa, the championship race will be considered over.
Second-placed Binh Dinh will find it difficult to catch up with Nam Dinh in the last two rounds of the tournament (Photo: Quy Nhon Binh Dinh FC)
Khanh Hoa was officially relegated a few rounds ago, they no longer have motivation in V-League this season. A Khanh Hoa team like that can hardly compete with Nam Dinh who are full of spirit and very hungry, especially when Nam Dinh plays at home at Thien Truong Stadium.
Nam Dinh will most likely win to officially be crowned. Otherwise, they should only blame themselves.
Moving down to the lower group, the race to avoid the second-to-last position on the rankings is fierce between SL Nghe An and Ha Tinh. The Nghe team currently has 26 points, while Ha Tinh has 28 points.
The two teams will face each other directly in round 25. If Ha Tinh wins, they will be safe from relegation. If SL Nghe An wins, the Nghe team will surpass Ha Tinh.
This race also has the presence of Hoang Anh Gia Lai, but this team currently has 29 points, holding the right to self-determination. Therefore, the situation of the mountain town team is no longer alarming.
V-League 2023-24 rankings before round 25 (Photo: VPF).
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/vong-25-v-league-clb-nam-dinh-cho-thoi-khac-dang-quang-lich-su-20240624201008443.htm
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