The title compound, [VCl2(C5H5)(C6H5N)], contains vanadium in a tetrahedral coordination geometry, with the cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligand occupying one of the four sites and showing an allyl-ene distortion. The V-N-C angle is 169.1 (4)degrees. The crystal packing involves C-H ... Cl interactions, with H ... Cl distances in the range 2.87 (5)-2.89 (4) Angstrom.