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China League One 2020 | ||
Season information | ||
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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) | |
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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
Teams promoted from 2019 China League Two
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From League One[]Teams promoted to 2020 Chinese Super League
Team relegated to 2020 China League Two |
Clubs[]
Stadiums and Locations[]
Team | Head Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2019 season |
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Shenzhen F.C. R | Roberto Donadoni | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre | 60,334 | CSL, 15th |
Beijing Renhe R | Wang Bo | Beijing | Beijing Fengtai Stadium | 31,043 | CSL, 16th |
Guizhou Hengfeng | Wang Xinxin | Guiyang | Guiyang Olympic Sports Center | 51,636 | 3rd |
Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Duan Xin | Harbin | Harbin ICE Sports Center | 50,000 | 4th |
Changchun Yatai | Samvel Babayan | Changchun | Changchun City Stadium | 38,500 | 5th |
Zhejiang Greentown | Zheng Xiong | Hangzhou | Yellow Dragon Sports Center | 52,672 | 6th |
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou | Chen Yang | Hohhot | Hohhot City Stadium | 51,632 | 7th |
Beijing BSU | Su Maozhen | Beijing | Olympic Sports Centre | 36,228 | 8th |
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic | Kim Bong-gil | Weinan | Weinan Sports Center Stadium | 32,000 | 9th |
Meizhou Hakka | Meizhou | Huitang Stadium | 30,000 | 10th | |
Guangdong South China Tiger | Fu Bo | Meizhou | Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium | 20,221 | 11th |
Nantong Zhiyun | Gary White | Nantong | Rugao Olympic Sports Center | 15,000 | 12th |
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Fernando | Ürümqi | Xinjiang Sports Centre | 50,000 | 13th |
Sichuan Longfor | Li Bing | Chengdu | Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium | 12,700 | 14th (Relegation play-offs winner) |
Liaoning F.C. | Zang Haili | Shenyang | Tiexi New District Sports Center | 30,000 | 15th (Relegation play-offs winner) |
Shenyang Urban P | Yu Ming | Shenyang | Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium | 12,000 | CL2, 1st |
Chengdu Better City P | José Carlos Granero | Chengdu | Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium | 42,000 | CL2, 2nd |
Taizhou Yuanda P | 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 |
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Changchun Yatai | Svetozar Šapurić | Sacked | 3 November 2019 | Pre-season | Samvel Babayan | 2 December 2019 |
Meizhou Hakka | Zheng Xiaotian | Signed by Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 6 November 2019 | |||
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic | Wang Bo | Signed by Beijing Renhe | 10 November 2019 | Kim Bong-gil | 16 December 2019 | |
Guizhou Hengfeng | Chen Mao | Mutual consent | 26 November 2019 | Wang Xinxin | 26 November 2019 | |
Nantong Zhiyun | Gary White | Mutual consent | 31 March 2020 | Xie Hui | 31 March 2020 | |
Sichuan Jiuniu | 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 |
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Beijing BSU | Lins | Juan Luis Anangonó | Wen Chih-hao | |||
Beijing Renhe | Elvis Manu | Shin Hyung-min | ||||
Changchun Yatai | Serginho | Lucas Souza | Stefan Dražić | Aaron Samuel | Chen Po-liang | |
Chengdu Better City | Dani Quintana | Nikola Đurđić | ||||
Guizhou Hengfeng | Sérgio Mota | Nikica Jelavić | Anton Maglica | Festus Baise | ||
Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Yoann Arquin | |||||
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou | Guto | Babacar Gueye | André Senghor | |||
Jiangxi Liansheng | ||||||
Kunshan F.C. | ||||||
Liaoning Shenyang Urban | Juvhel Tsoumou | Kim Sung-hwan | Islom Tukhtakhujaev | |||
Meizhou Hakka | Dori | Lonsana Doumbouya | Chisom Egbuchulam | Leung Nok Hang | ||
Nantong Zhiyun | Marius Obekop | João Silva | Mladen Kovačević | |||
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic | Albi Alla | John Owoeri | Robert Ndip Tambe | |||
Sichuan Jiuniu | ||||||
Suzhou Dongwu | ||||||
Taizhou Yuanda | Marko Bašić | Daniel Chima Chukwu | Zoran Tošić | |||
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Stefano Pinho | Naldinho | Ritus Krjauklis | |||
Zhejiang Greentown | Rafael Martins | Dino Ndlovu | 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 |
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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[]
- Official site (Chinese)
- News, fixtures, results at Sina.com (Chinese)
- League history at RSSSF
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