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China League One
2020
Season information
Dates 12 September 2020 – 8 November 2020
Winners Changchun Yatai (2nd title)
Promoted Changchun Yatai
Season statistics
Matches played 141
Goals scored 323
Top goalscorer Tan Long (11 goals)
 ← 2019
2021 → 

The 2020 Chinese Football Association China League One was the 17th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and end on 1 November, but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic in China. On 26 August 2020, Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be resumed on 12 September 2020 and 18 teams would be split into three groups in three locations, Group A in Chengdu, hosted by Chengdu Better City, Group B in Meizhou, hosted by Meizhou Hakka, and Group C in Changzhou, hosted by Kunshan.

In this season, the number of teams are expanded from 16 to 18.

Changchun Yatai won the league for the second time, their first since 2003.

Teams[]

Team changes[]

To League One[]

Teams relegated from 2019 Chinese Super League

  • Shenzhen F.C.
  • Beijing Renhe

Teams promoted from 2019 China League Two

  • Shenyang Urban
  • Chengdu Better City
  • Taizhou Yuanda

From League One[]

Teams promoted to 2020 Chinese Super League

  • Qingdao Huanghai
  • Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

Team relegated to 2020 China League Two

Clubs[]

Stadiums and Locations[]

Team Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2019 season
Shenzhen F.C. R Flag of Italy Roberto Donadoni Shenzhen Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre 60,334 CSL, 15th
Beijing Renhe R Flag of China Wang Bo Beijing Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043 CSL, 16th
Guizhou Hengfeng Flag of China Wang Xinxin Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 3rd
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Flag of China Duan Xin Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 4th
Changchun Yatai Flag of Uzbekistan Samvel Babayan Changchun Changchun City Stadium 38,500 5th
Zhejiang Greentown Flag of China Zheng Xiong Hangzhou Yellow Dragon Sports Center 52,672 6th
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Flag of China Chen Yang Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 51,632 7th
Beijing BSU Flag of China Su Maozhen Beijing Olympic Sports Centre 36,228 8th
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Flag of South Korea Kim Bong-gil Weinan Weinan Sports Center Stadium 32,000 9th
Meizhou Hakka Meizhou Huitang Stadium 30,000 10th
Guangdong South China Tiger Flag of China Fu Bo Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 11th
Nantong Zhiyun Flag of England Gary White Nantong Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,000 12th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Flag of Spain Fernando Ürümqi Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,000 13th
Sichuan Longfor Flag of China Li Bing Chengdu Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium 12,700 14th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Liaoning F.C. Flag of China Zang Haili Shenyang Tiexi New District Sports Center 30,000 15th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Shenyang Urban P Flag of China Yu Ming Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 CL2, 1st
Chengdu Better City P Flag of Spain José Carlos Granero Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 42,000 CL2, 2nd
Taizhou Yuanda P Flag of China Yin Tiesheng Taizhou Taixing Sports Center Stadium 8,000 CL2, 3rd

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Changchun Yatai Flag of Serbia Svetozar Šapurić Sacked 3 November 2019 Pre-season Flag of Uzbekistan Samvel Babayan 2 December 2019
Meizhou Hakka Flag of China Zheng Xiaotian Signed by Beijing Sinobo Guoan 6 November 2019
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Flag of China Wang Bo Signed by Beijing Renhe 10 November 2019 Flag of South Korea Kim Bong-gil 16 December 2019
Guizhou Hengfeng Flag of China Chen Mao Mutual consent 26 November 2019 Flag of China Wang Xinxin 26 November 2019
Nantong Zhiyun Flag of England Gary White Mutual consent 31 March 2020 Flag of China Xie Hui 31 March 2020
Sichuan Jiuniu Flag of China Wang Hongwei Mutual consent 18 May 2020

Foreign players[]

The policy of foreign players was changed. The number of foreign players clubs can register over the course of the season is limited to four and the number of foreign players allowed on each team at any given time is increased from three to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of two can be fielded at any time during the match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan Players
Former players
Beijing BSU Flag of Brazil Lins Flag of Ecuador Juan Luis Anangonó Flag of Chinese Taipei Wen Chih-hao
Beijing Renhe Flag of Netherlands Elvis Manu Flag of South Korea Shin Hyung-min
Changchun Yatai Flag of Brazil Serginho Flag of Brazil Lucas Souza Flag of Serbia Stefan Dražić Flag of Nigeria Aaron Samuel Flag of Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang
Chengdu Better City Flag of Spain Dani Quintana Flag of Serbia Nikola Đurđić
Guizhou Hengfeng Flag of Brazil Sérgio Mota Flag of Croatia Nikica Jelavić Flag of Croatia Anton Maglica Flag of Hong Kong Festus Baise
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Flag of Martinique Yoann Arquin
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Flag of Brazil Guto Flag of Senegal Babacar Gueye Flag of Senegal André Senghor
Jiangxi Liansheng
Kunshan F.C.
Liaoning Shenyang Urban Flag of Congo Juvhel Tsoumou Flag of South Korea Kim Sung-hwan Flag of Uzbekistan Islom Tukhtakhujaev
Meizhou Hakka Flag of Brazil Dori Flag of Guinea Lonsana Doumbouya Flag of Nigeria Chisom Egbuchulam Flag of Hong Kong Leung Nok Hang
Nantong Zhiyun Flag of Cameroon Marius Obekop Flag of Portugal João Silva Flag of Serbia Mladen Kovačević
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Flag of Albania Albi Alla Flag of Nigeria John Owoeri Flag of Cameroon Robert Ndip Tambe
Sichuan Jiuniu
Suzhou Dongwu
Taizhou Yuanda Flag of Croatia Marko Bašić Flag of Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Flag of Serbia Zoran Tošić
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Flag of Brazil Stefano Pinho Flag of Brazil Naldinho Flag of Latvia Ritus Krjauklis
Zhejiang Greentown Flag of Brazil Rafael Martins Flag of South Africa Dino Ndlovu Flag of Zimbabwe Nyasha Mushekwi
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.

League table[]

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Notes
1 Template:Fb team Beijing Sport University F.C. 0 0 0 Promotion to Super League
2 Template:Fb team Beijing Renhe F.C. 0 0 0
3 Template:Fb team Changchun Yatai F.C. 0 0 0
4 Template:Fb team Chengdu Better City F.C. 0 0 0
5 Template:Fb team Guangdong South China Tiger F.C. 0 0 0
6 Template:Fb team Guizhou Hengfeng F.C. 0 0 0
7 Template:Fb team Heilongjiang Lava Spring F.C. 0 0 0
8 Template:Fb team Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C. 0 0 0
9 Template:Fb team Liaoning F.C. 0 0 0
10 Template:Fb team Meizhou Hakka F.C. 0 0 0
11 Template:Fb team Nantong Zhiyun F.C. 0 0 0
12 Template:Fb team Shaanxi Changan Athletic F.C. 0 0 0
13 Template:Fb team Shenyang Urban F.C. 0 0 0
14 Template:Fb team Shenzhen F.C. 0 0 0
15 Template:Fb team Sichuan Longfor F.C. 0 0 0
16 Template:Fb team Taizhou Yuanda F.C. 0 0 0 Relegation to League Two
17 Template:Fb team Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. 0 0 0
18 Template:Fb team Zhejiang Greentown F.C. 0 0 0

Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Goalscorers[]

Top scorers[]

Hat-tricks[]

League attendance[]

External links[]

Template:China League One seasons

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