Recently, the Licensing Board of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) held a meeting at the VFF headquarters to consider licensing clubs to participate in the National Championship season 2026-2027.
The meeting was attended by VFF Vice President Tran Anh Tu and members of the Licensing Board, the Licensing Complaint Resolution Board, representatives of VPF Company and the licensing administrative department of VFF.
The main content focuses on evaluating the dossiers, financial conditions, facilities and personnel of football clubs before the new season.
Accordingly, the Licensing Board agreed to fully license 12 clubs to participate in V.League 2026-2027. The list includes Becamex Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi Police, Ho Chi Minh City Police, Hanoi FC, Hong Linh Ha Tinh, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, PVF-CAND, Song Lam Nghe An, SHB Da Nang and The Cong Viettel.
In addition, 4 conditional licensed teams include Truong Tuoi Dong Nai, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong FC and Dong A Thanh Hoa. These are teams that still have some items to be supplemented as required by the Licensing Board.
Among these, Hai Phong FC and Dong A Thanh Hoa are required to complete additional dossiers related to financial criteria and administrative personnel. The deadline for the two teams to submit complete documents is May 22, 2026.
Club licensing is a mandatory procedure before each professional season, to ensure that teams meet the standards of governance, finance, facilities and operation according to the regulations of VFF as well as AFC.
