Nguyen Hoang Duc won the award for Best Player of V-League 2023

Hoang Duc maintained stability in Viettel's challenging season, with outstanding contributions of five goals and five assists in 20 matches. He and his team finished the season in third place with 32 points - six points less than the two leading teams CAHN and Hanoi FC.

Last season, this award went to Nguyen Van Quyet. This season, the captain of Hanoi continued to maintain his leading role, scoring nine goals and providing nine assists. However, he was not nominated due to serving an eight-match disciplinary sentence for a scuffle with the assistant referee after the loss to Binh Dinh in round 7 of phase I.

In the Coach category, the victory belonged to Bozidar Bandovic. Although he could not help Hanoi FC defend the title, the coach born in 1969 was still highly appreciated. In the runner-up position, he and his students were only behind the champion CAHN in terms of goal difference.

Last season, Hanoi FC also faced difficulties when losing captain Nguyen Van Quyet for seven V-League matches due to suspension.

The Montenegrin coach beat out coaches Thach Bao Khanh (Viettel) and Chu Dinh Nghiem (Hai Phong) in the shortlist. Meanwhile, Hanoi Police were not nominated due to two coaching changes. The person who could compete with Bandovic, Thanh Hoa coach Velizar Popov, lost points due to receiving many penalty cards and being banned from coaching one match.

Born in 1969, Bandovic was a defender who played for Red Star Belgrade, Olympiacos and PAOK. He retired in 2002 and pursued a coaching career as an assistant at Greek clubs. In 2014, he first went to Southeast Asia to work as Technical Director of Buriram United in Thailand, then led BEC Tero Sasana, Sisaket. In 2017, he returned to lead Buriram United to win two Thai League 1 championships in 2017 and 2018, and reached the 1/8 round of the 2018 AFC Champions League. After that, he went to India to work at Chennaiyin Club before coming to Hanoi FC and winning the 2022 National Super Cup title.

The best lineup of the tournament includes:Goalkeeper Tran Nguyen Manh (Nam Dinh); defenders Doan Van Hau, Vu Van Thanh (CAHN), Nguyen Thanh Binh (Viettel), Bui Hoang Viet Anh (Hanoi FC); midfielders Nguyen Hoang Duc, Lam Ti Phong (Thanh Hoa), Nguyen Hai Huy (Hai Phong), Bui Van Duc (Ha Tinh); strikers Pham Tuan Hai, Rafaelson (Binh Dinh).

Rafaelson receives awardTop scorerwith 16 goals scored, six more than Bruno Cunha (Thanh Hoa) and Jhon Cley (Hanoi Police).