VietNamNet Bridge – In economic difficulties, the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) has proposed to give financial support to football teams, from the champion to the team at the bottom of the ranking list.


The champion of the next V-League will receive grand bonus.


Accordingly, bonus will be increased: The V-League champion will have VND4 billion ($200,000), plus VND5 billion ($250,000) from the organizing board. Thus, the V-League championship next season will be worth VND9 billion, a record so far. The runner-up will be supported with VND4 billion, the third team with VND3 billion.

The champion of the First Division Tournament will receive VND2.5 billion, which is 2.5 times higher than the official award. Bonus for the National Cup will also significantly increase.

Even the team that slips from the V-League to the First Division Tournament will have VND1 billion.

With the huge amount of financial support for FCs, VPF will have to spend nearly VND50 billion ($2.5 million) in the coming season.

This is only a proposal, but it is likely to be adopted because no FC refuses to get "famine relief" in the current situation.

Besides increasing bonus, many people think that the VPF should also cut down the fee paid by FCs in the next season (VND500 million for the V-League teams and VND250 million for teams in the First Division).

However, an official of the VPF confirmed the fee will be maintained so FCs will be responsible for the tournaments. Moreover, the organizing committee will increase fines for violations of FCs.

In difficult economic situation, some bosses claimed to withdraw investment from football. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and VPF like sitting on the fire. VFF Chairman Nguyen Trong Hy continued to urge FCs to get together to seek solutions.

According to Hy, the prerequisite issue now is how to cut down investment in football, meaning the reduction of salaries, bonuses and transfer fees.

VFF Vice Chair Pham Ngoc Vien said that FCs should spend reasonably, strengthen close ties with local governments, and effectively use financial sources from local budgets.

S. Tung