2015 China League One

China League One
Season 2015
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The 58.com 2015 Chinese Football Association China League[1] is the twelfth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league title sponsor is 58.com.[2]

Team Changes

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2015 Chinese Super League

Dissolved entries

Teams relegated to 2015 China League Two and Dissolved entries

Teams relegated from 2014 Chinese Super League

Teams promoted from 2014 China League Two

Name Changes

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2014 season
Dalian Aerbin R Sweden Mikael Stahre Dalian Dalian Sports Center 61,000 CSL, 15th
Harbin Yiteng R China Duan Xin (caretaker) Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 CSL, 16th
Wuhan Zall China Zheng Bin Wuhan Xinhua Road Sports Center 32,137 3rd
Beijing BG Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević Beijing Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing) 36,228 4th
Qingdao Jonoon Slovenia Tomaž Kavčič Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 5th
Hunan Billows Bulgaria Aleksandar Stankov Yiyang Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium 30,000 6th
Tianjin Songjiang Croatia Dražen Besek Tianjin Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium 30,320 7th
Shenzhen F.C. South Korea Lee Lim-saeng Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 40,000 8th
Beijing BIT China Yuan Wei Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 9th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard China Li Jun Ürümqi Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,000 10th
Qingdao Hainiu China Su Maozhen Qingdao Qingdao Sports Center Guoxin Stadium 45,000 12th
Hebei CFFC Serbia Radomir Antić Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 14th
Yanbian Changbaishan South Korea Park Tae-ha Yanji Yanji People's Stadium 30,000 16th
Jiangxi Liansheng P China Huang Yan Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 CL2, 1st
Nei Mongol Zhongyou P China Wang Bo Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 60,000 CL2, 2nd
Guizhou Zhicheng P China Chen Mao Guiyang Guizhou Provincial Stadium 18,000 CL2, 3rd
Jiangxi Liansheng
Yanbian Changbaishan
B.I.T
Beijing BG
Shenzhen F.C.
Wuhan Zall
Hebei CFFC
Location of teams in 2015 China League One[7]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Tianjin Songjiang Portugal Manuel Cajuda 6 November 2014[8] N/A Croatia Dražen Besek 15 December 2014 [9]
Hunan Billows China Huang Cheng 27 November 2014 N/A Bulgaria Aleksandar Stankov 27 November 2014 [10]
Yanbian Changbaishan China Gao Zhongxun 5 December 2014 N/A South Korea Park Tae-ha 5 December 2014 [11]
Dalian Aerbin Japan Yasuharu Kurata 31 December 2014 [12] N/A Sweden Mikael Stahre 5 January 2015 [13]
Hebei CFFC Uruguay Alejandro Larrea 31 December 2014 N/A Serbia Radomir Antić 27 January 2015 [14]
Guizhou Zhicheng China Zhang Jun 31 December 2014 [15] N/A China Chen Mao 29 January 2015 [16]
Harbin Yiteng Croatia Marijo Tot 31 December 2014 N/A China Duan Xin (caretaker) 31 December 2014
Beijing BG Croatia Goran Tomić 12 January 2015 N/A Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević 12 January 2015 [17]
Jiangxi Liansheng China Li Xiao 26 February 2015 [18] N/A China Huang Yan 9 march 2015 [19]
Shenzhen F.C. China Li Yi 12 April 2015 [20] 14th South Korea Lee Lim-saeng 12 April 2015 [20]

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CL1.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former Players*
Beijing BG Brazil Éder Lima Colombia Carmelo Valencia Serbia Danko Lazović
Beijing BIT Uruguay Julio Gutiérrez Uruguay Andrés Márquez Uruguay Abel Nazario
Dalian Aerbin Brazil Bruno Meneghel Sweden Niklas Backman Sweden Mathias Ranégie
Guizhou Zhicheng Brazil Rodrigo Cameroon Yves Ekwalla Herman Spain Ibán Cuadrado
Harbin Yiteng Australia Adam Hughes Colombia Jair Reinoso Colombia Ricardo Steer
Hebei CFFC Norway Abdurahim Laajab Serbia Nenad Milijas Serbia Miroslav Radović
Hunan Billows Colombia Luis Carlos Cabezas Montenegro Igor Burzanović Serbia Stevan Bates
Jiangxi Liansheng Brazil Demerson Brazil Jajá Brazil Adi Rocha
Nei Mongol Zhongyou Australia Jonas Salley Brazil Dori Brazil William Paulista
Qingdao Hainiu Serbia Goran Gogić Serbia Đorđe Rakić South Korea Kim Seung-yong
Qingdao Jonoon Brazil Deivdy Reis Ivory Coast Ismaël Béko Fofana Honduras Jorge Claros
Shenzhen F.C. Italy Giuseppe Aquaro Senegal Babacar Gueye Senegal André Senghor
Tianjin Songjiang Brazil Mário Lúcio Brazil Nei Colombia Juan Andrés Bolaños
Wuhan Zall Ghana Ransford Addo Guadeloupe Brice Jovial Spain Rafa Jordá
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Brazil Felipe Félix Brazil Vicente Romania Cristian Dănălache
Yanbian Changbaishan Brazil Jailton Paraiba The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally South Korea Ha Tae-goon

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Beijing BG Chinese Taipei Chen Hao-wei Chinese Taipei Wen Chih-Hao Hong Kong Godfred Karikari
Harbin Yiteng Hong Kong Liu Quankun
Hunan Billows Chinese Taipei Chen Chao-An
Tianjin Songjiang Hong Kong Ng Wai Chiu

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Dalian Aerbin 6 4 2 0 10 1+9 14 Promotion to 2016 CSL
2 Harbin Yiteng 6 3 3 0 12 7+5 12
3 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 6 3 3 0 10 6+4 12
4 Hebei Zhongji 6 3 2 1 9 7+2 11
5 Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 6 3 1 2 9 4+5 10
6 Wuhan Zall 6 2 3 1 6 5+1 9
7 Qingdao Jonoon 6 2 3 1 6 60 9
8 Beijing Baxy 6 2 2 2 6 4+2 8
9 BIT FC 6 2 2 2 9 90 8
10 Qingdao Hainiu 6 2 2 2 6 60 8
11 Xinjiang Dabancheng Nahuan 6 1 3 2 6 11−5 6
12 Shenzhen Ruby 6 0 5 1 6 7−1 5
13 Hunan Billows 6 1 2 3 5 9−4 5
14 Tianjin Songjiang 6 1 1 4 5 10−5 4
15 Jiangxi Liansheng 6 1 0 5 5 10−5 3 Relegation to 2016 CL2
16 Guizhou Zhicheng 6 0 2 4 4 12−8 2

Updated to games played on April, 2015.
Source: sports.sina.com (Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points[21].
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (P) = Promoted to CSL; (R) = Relegated to CL2.
Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] QD WH DLAHEBSZJXBJBTYZBJTTJSYBHUNXJTGZZQDHHBZ
Qingdao Jonoon 0–0 1–4 0–0
Wuhan Zall 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1
Dalian Aerbin 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0
Harbin Yiteng 2–1
Shenzhen Ruby 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1
Jiangxi Liansheng 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2
Beijing Baxy 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 4–1
BIT FC 2–4 2–2 2–0
Tianjin Songjiang 1–1 2–3
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 1–1
Hunan Billows 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–0
Xinjiang Dabancheng Nahuan 1–1
Guizhou Zhicheng 1–1 0–1
Qingdao Hainiu 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1
Hebei Zhongji 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2

Updated to games played on April, 2015.
Source: Results on sina.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Dalian Aerbin 1 1 1 1 1 1                                                
Harbin Yiteng 2 2 2 2 3 2                                                
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 4 4 4 4 2 3                                                
Hebei Zhongji 11 11 13 7 6 4                                                
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 11 5 6 5 7 5                                                
Wuhan Zall 4 7 7 8 9 6                                                
Qingdao Jonoon 15 8 8 9 10 7                                                
Beijing Baxy 3 6 5 6 4 8                                                
BIT FC 4 3 3 3 5 9                                                
Qingdao Hainiu 9 14 9 10 8 10                                                
Xinjiang Dabancheng Nahuan 16 10 12 13 12 11                                                
Shenzhen Ruby 7 11 14 14 13 12                                                
Hunan Billows 9 15 9 11 11 13                                                
Tianjin Songjiang 14 9 11 11 14 14                                                
Jiangxi Liansheng 11 16 16 16 15 15                                                
Guizhou Zhicheng 7 13 15 15 16 16                                                
Winner; promote to Chinese Super League Runner-up; promote to Chinese Super League Relegate to China League Two

Last updated: April, 2015
Source: Table by round (Chinese)

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Total
1
 Romania Cristian Dănălache Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
5
2
 Brazil Bruno Meneghel Dalian Aerbin
4
Colombia Ricardo Steer Harbin Yiteng
4
China Bu Xin Harbin Yiteng
4
Guadeloupe Brice Jovial Wuhan Zall
4
The Gambia Bubacarr Trawally Yanbian Changbaishan
4
South Korea Ha Tae-goon Yanbian Changbaishan
4
8
 Brazil Deivdy Reis Qingdao Jonoon
3
China Wang Yunlong Nei Mongol Zhongyou
3
Senegal Babacar Gueye Shenzhen F.C.
3
Serbia Nenad Milijas Hebei CFFC
3
Sweden Mathias Ranégie Dalian Aerbin
3
Uruguay Andrés Márquez Beijing BIT
3

Source: sports.sina.com

League Attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Hebei Zhongji 23,625 12,216 11,409 11,813+89.3%
2 Shenzhen Ruby 20,826 10,791 10,035 10,413+73.2%
3 Wuhan Zall 20,780 12,168 8,612 10,390+22.8%
4 Qingdao Hainiu 20,186 20,186 0 20,186+377.3%
5 Qingdao Jonoon 12,867 12,867 0 12,867+257.2%
6 Dalian Aerbin 9,359 5,568 3,791 4,680−57.4%†
7 Beijing Baxy 8,135 8,135 0 8,135+387.7%
8 Jiangxi Liansheng 6,496 3,625 2,871 3,248
n/a‡
9 Hunan Billows 6,163 3,152 3,011 3,082−40.3%
10 BIT FC 1,852 1,852 0 1,852+13.1%
11 Harbin Yiteng 0 0 0 0−100.0%†
11 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 0 0 0 0−100.0%
11 Xinjiang Dabancheng Nahuan 0 0 0 0−100.0%
11 Tianjin Songjiang 0 0 0 0−100.0%
11 Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 0 0 0 0
n/a‡
11 Guizhou Zhicheng 0 0 0 0
n/a‡
League total
n/a

Updated to games played on march, 2015
Source:
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CSL.
‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.

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