The 2026–27 Vietnamese Cup (), also known as 2026–27 SACOMBANK National Cup for sponsorship reasons () is the 35th season of the annual Vietnamese football cup competition. Twenty-seven teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's V.League 1 and 13 teams from V.League 2. The competition began on 18 September 2026 with the qualifying round and will end on 30 May 2027 with the second leg of the finals.
Three-time winners and defending champions, Cong An Ho Chi Minh City will enter the competition after defeating Ninh Binh in the final.
Background The Vietnamese Cup is a knockout competition with 27 teams taking part from the first round proper, and all trying to reach the final on 30 May 2027. The tournament consists of 14 teams from V.League 1 and 12 teams from V.League 2 to compete.
Thai Nguyen did not enter the cup competition the team had the same owner as Hanoi FC, the Hanoi T&T Sports Joint Stock Company at the moment of the competition's registration deadline.
Two-legged ties will be returned this season for the semi-finals and the finals. This is the first time since 2018 that the cup freatured two-legged ties, and the first time since 2017 that the cup winners will be decided by this format.
Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining New entries this round Winner prize money (VND) Qualifying round September 2026 9 22 → 11 10,000,000₫ Round of 16 TBC 8 11+5 → 8 5 V.League 1 teams entered directly from the Round of 16 20,000,000₫ Quarter-finals TBC 4 8 → 4 30,000,000₫ Semi-finals TBC 4 4 → 2 400,000,000₫ Finals TBC 2 2 → 1 2,000,000,000₫
Matches All times are local (UTC+7)
Qualifying round The draw took place alongside the round of 16 on 6 August 2026. The matches are taking place between 18 September and 6 October 2026.
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition V.League 1 V.League 2 Total
Round of 16 The draw took place alongside the qualifying round on 6 August 2026.
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition V.League 1 V.League 2 Total
Bracket
Top goalscorers The following are the top scorers of the Vietnamese Cup, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 BrennerBac Ninh32 Matheus LucasHoang Anh Gia Lai2 Romário AlvesLong An Shaqkeem JosephHung Yen524 players1
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