Vietnam's 2015 football season will kick off with the National Super Cupmatch between Hai Phong and Becamex Binh Duong at Go Dau Stadium onDecember 27.

Hai Phong are the winner of the National Super Cup while Binh Duong are the V-League defending champions.

Afterthe Super Cup match, V-League, the national premier league, will beginon January 4 and wrap up on September 20, according to the VietnamProfessional Football Joint Stock Company, manager of all men's leagues.

Atotal of 14 teams will compete in the league's two-leg round-robinformat. One team will be relegated to the bottom for the lowest numberof victories. This means the winner of V-League 2, with eightparticipants playing from April 11 to August 29, will be promoted andtake the place of the V-League's lowest ranked team.

The National Cup will be held from April 4 to September 26.

V-Leagueteams are allowed to use two foreign players and one naturalised playerwhile V-League 2 teams are allowed to use only one naturalised player.

Theorganisers have ruled that all V-League participants must have fiveyouth squads from U13 to U21 training under them, and at least four ofthem have to take part in the national youth championships.

They have also ruled that all V-League 2 participants must have at least three youth squads training under them.-VNA