The 2015 China League One[1] is the 12th 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]

China League One
Season2015
ChampionsYanbian Changbaishan
PromotedYanbian Changbaishan
Hebei Zhongji
RelegatedBeijing BIT
Jiangxi Liansheng
Matches played240
Goals scored623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerSouth Korea Ha Tae-kyun
(26 goals)
Biggest home winWuhan Zall 6-0 Shenzhen F.C.
(May 31st, 2015)
(6 goals)
Biggest away winQingdao Jonoon 1-5 Guizhou Zhicheng
(Jun. 6th, 2015)
(4 goals)
Highest scoringHebei Zhongji 6-1 Qingdao Hainiu
(Jul. 26th, 2015)
Yanbian Changbaishan 6-1 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
(Aug. 8th, 2015)
Beijing BIT 3-4 Hebei Zhongji
(Sep. 5th, 2015)
(7 goals)
Longest winning runHebei Zhongji
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runYanbian Changbaishan
(21 matches)
Longest winless runTianjin Songjiang
(10 matches)
Longest losing runJiangxi Liansheng
Tianjin Songjiang
Dalian Aerbin
Beijing BIT
Qingdao Jonoon
(4 matches)
Highest attendance42,591
Dalian Aerbin 1−1 Yanbian Changbaishan
(Sep. 19th, 2015)
Lowest attendance741
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 2−2 Qingdao Hainiu
(Sep. 14th, 2015)
Average attendance8,859
2014
2016

Teams edit

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2014 season, two relegated from the 2014 Chinese Super League and three promoted from the 2014 China League Two.

Team changes edit

Name changes edit

Clubs edit

Stadiums and Locations edit

Club name Team name Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2014 season
Dalian Aerbin R Dalian Aerbin   Mikael Stahre Dalian Dalian Sports Center 61,000 CSL, 15th
Harbin Yiteng R Harbin Yiteng   Duan Xin Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 CSL, 16th
Wuhan Zall Wuhan Zall   Zheng Xiong Wuhan Xinhua Road Sports Center 32,137 3rd
Beijing Enterprises Group Beijing BG Yanjing   Aleksandar Stanojević Beijing Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing) 36,228 4th
Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Jonoon   Dragan Stančić (caretaker) Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 5th
Hunan Billows Hunan Billows   Žikica Tasevski Changsha (playing in Yiyang) Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium 30,000 6th
Tianjin Songjiang Tianjin Songjiang   Goran Tomić Tianjin Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium 30,320 7th
Shenzhen F.C. Shenzhen Sky Forever   Li Haiqiang (caretaker) Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 40,000 8th
Beijing BIT Beijing Xinyuan   Yuan Wei Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 9th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Xinjiang Dabancheng Nahuan   Li Jun Ürümqi Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,000 10th
Qingdao Hainiu Qingdao Huanghai Hainiu   Sun Xinbo (caretaker) Qingdao Conson Stadium 45,000 12th
Hebei Zhongji Hebei China Fortune   Li Tie Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 14th
Yanbian Changbaishan Yanbian Changbaishan   Park Tae-ha Yanji Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium 30,000 16th
Jiangxi Liansheng P Jiangxi Liansheng   Sun Wei Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 CL2, 1st
Nei Mongol Zhongyou P Hohhot Zhongyou   Wang Bo Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 60,000 CL2, 2nd
Guizhou Zhicheng P Guizhou Zhicheng   Chen Mao Guiyang Guizhou Provincial Stadium 18,000 CL2, 3rd

Managerial changes edit

Club Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Tianjin Songjiang   Manuel Cajuda 6 November 2014[8]   Dražen Besek 15 December 2014 [9]
Hunan Billows   Huang Cheng 27 November 2014   Aleksandar Stankov 27 November 2014 [10]
Yanbian Changbaishan   Gao Zhongxun 5 December 2014   Park Tae-ha 5 December 2014 [11]
Dalian Aerbin   Yasuharu Kurata 31 December 2014 [12]   Mikael Stahre 5 January 2015 [13]
Hebei Zhongji   Alejandro Larrea 31 December 2014   Radomir Antić 27 January 2015 [14]
Guizhou Zhicheng   Zhang Jun 31 December 2014 [15]   Chen Mao 29 January 2015 [16]
Harbin Yiteng   Marijo Tot 31 December 2014   Duan Xin (caretaker) 31 December 2014
Beijing Enterprises Group   Goran Tomić 12 January 2015   Aleksandar Stanojević 12 January 2015 [17]
Jiangxi Liansheng   Li Xiao 26 February 2015 [18]   Huang Yan 9 March 2015 [19]
Shenzhen F.C.   Li Yi 12 April 2015 [20]   Lee Lim-saeng 12 April 2015 [20]
Hunan Billows   Aleksandar Stankov 2 May 2015 [21]   Zhang Xu (caretaker) 2 May 2015 [21]
Tianjin Songjiang   Dražen Besek 6 May 2015 [22]   Sun Jianjun (caretaker) 6 May 2015 [22]
Tianjin Songjiang   Sun Jianjun (caretaker) 12 May 2015   Goran Tomić 12 May 2015 [23]
Harbin Yiteng   Duan Xin (caretaker) 5 June 2015 [24]   Gai Zengjun (caretaker) 5 June 2015 [24]
Harbin Yiteng   Gai Zengjun (caretaker) 17 June 2015 [25]   Duan Xin 17 June 2015 [25]
Jiangxi Liansheng   Huang Yan 8 July 2015 [26]   Sun Wei 8 July 2015 [26]
Wuhan Zall   Zheng Bin 15 July 2015 [27]   Zheng Xiong 15 July 2015 [27]
Qingdao Hainiu   Su Maozhen 28 July 2015 [28]   Sun Xinbo (caretaker) 28 July 2015 [28]
Hunan Billows   Zhang Xu (caretaker) 6 August 2015   Žikica Tasevski 6 August 2015 [29]
Hebei Zhongji   Radomir Antić 18 August 2015 [30]   Li Tie 18 August 2015 [30]
Shenzhen F.C.   Lee Lim-saeng 28 August 2015 [31]   Li Haiqiang (caretaker) 28 August 2015 [31]
Qingdao Jonoon   Tomaž Kavčič 5 October 2015 [32]   Dragan Stančić (caretaker) 5 October 2015

Foreign players edit

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Outfield players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) in CL1.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former Players1
Beijing Enterprises Group   Carmelo Valencia   Nikola Vujadinović   Danko Lazović   Éder Lima
Beijing BIT   Maureen Franco   Andrés Márquez   Abel Nazario   Julio Gutiérrez
Dalian Aerbin   Bruno Meneghel   Niklas Backman   Mathias Ranégie
Guizhou Zhicheng   Rodrigo   Yves Ekwalla Herman   Ibán Cuadrado
Harbin Yiteng   Adam Hughes   Juan Gilberto Núñez   Ricardo Steer   Jair Reinoso
Hebei Zhongji   Edu   Abdurahim Laajab   Nenad Milijas   Miroslav Radović
Hunan Billows   Luis Carlos Cabezas   Igor Burzanović   Stevan Bates
Jiangxi Liansheng   Demerson   Léo Itaperuna   Adi Rocha   Jajá
Nei Mongol Zhongyou   Jonas Salley   Dori   William Paulista
Qingdao Hainiu   Đorđe Rakić   Kim Seung-yong   Julio Gutiérrez   Goran Gogić
Qingdao Jonoon   Deivdy Reis   Rogerinho   Ismaël Béko Fofana   Jorge Claros
Shenzhen F.C.   Babacar Gueye   André Senghor   Kim Young-hoo   Giuseppe Aquaro
Tianjin Songjiang   Mário Lúcio   Juan Andrés Bolaños   Frank Nouble   Nei
Wuhan Zall   Ransford Addo   Brice Jovial   Rafa Jordà
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard   Rafael   Vicente   Cristian Dănălache   Felipe Félix
Yanbian Changbaishan   Jailton Paraiba   Bubacarr Trawally   Ha Tae-goon
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players:

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Beijing Enterprises Group   Chen Hao-wei   Wen Chih-hao   Godfred Karikari
Harbin Yiteng   Liu Quankun
Hunan Billows   Chen Chao-an
Tianjin Songjiang   Ng Wai Chiu

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Yanbian Changbaishan (C, P) 30 17 10 3 59 24 +35 61 Promotion to 2016 CSL
2 Hebei Zhongji (P) 30 18 6 6 53 30 +23 60
3 Dalian Aerbin 30 17 7 6 46 22 +24 58
4 Beijing Enterprises Group 30 17 5 8 48 29 +19 56
5 Harbin Yiteng 30 11 14 5 43 31 +12 47
6 Nei Mongol Zhongyou 30 12 7 11 38 32 +6 43
7 Qingdao Jonoon 30 11 8 11 30 39 −9 41
8 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 30 10 9 11 43 51 −8 39
9 Tianjin Songjiang 30 9 9 12 28 33 −5 36[a]
10 Wuhan Zall 30 8 12 10 31 30 +1 36[a]
11 Qingdao Hainiu 30 7 12 11 26 39 −13 33
12 Shenzhen F.C. 30 6 13 11 37 48 −11 31
13 Guizhou Zhicheng 30 8 6 16 39 55 −16 30
14 Hunan Billows 30 8 5 17 32 48 −16 29[b]
15 Beijing BIT (R) 30 8 5 17 40 64 −24 29[b] Relegation to 2016 CL2
16 Jiangxi Liansheng (R) 30 5 8 17 32 50 −18 23
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2015. Source: sports.sina.com (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). 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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tianjin 3-1 Wuhan; Wuhan 0-1 Tianjin
  2. ^ a b Hunan 2-0 BIT; BIT 0-1 Hunan

Results edit

Home \ Away QD WH DLA HEB SZ JX BG NMZ BJT TJS YB HUN XJT GZZ QDH HBZ
Qingdao Jonoon 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–5 1–0 0–1
Wuhan Zall 1–1 1–1 2–2 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2
Dalian Aerbin 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–3 3–0 1–0
Harbin Yiteng 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Shenzhen 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Jiangxi Liansheng 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–3 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 1–4
Beijing Enterprises Group 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–3 2–1
Nei Mongol Zhongyou 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 4–1
Beijing BIT 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–2 3–3 2–4 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–4
Tianjin Songjiang 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–3
Yanbian Changbaishan 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 4–0 6–1 4–2 2–0 3–0
Hunan Billows 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–2 4–2 1–2 0–0 1–2
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–2 0–2
Guizhou Zhicheng 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 1–2 4–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–2
Qingdao Hainiu 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1
Hebei Zhongji 3–1 2–3 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 6–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2015. Source: Results on sina.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Yanbian Changbaishan444423444421111111111111111111
Hebei Zhongji111113764255542222344355674322222
Dalian Aerbin111111111113344466664442233333
Beijing Enterprises Group365648878777555533422235544444
Harbin Yiteng222232333366776655533323455555
Nei Mongol Zhongyou1156575766899999977776556666666
Qingdao Jonoon15889107522234433222247767777777
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard161012131211101111121111121012111010989999988888
Tianjin Songjiang1491111141416161616161515161413121211111211101111119999
Wuhan Zall47789691076556677888988888910101010
Qingdao Hainiu914910810121212988888899101010101110101011111111
Shenzhen F.C.7111414131211810111213141313151514131313141414131313131212
Guizhou Zhicheng71315151616141313131412131411101111121211121212121212121313
Hunan Billows9159111113131515151314101115141413141414131313141414141414
Beijing BIT433359699101010111210121315151515151515151515151515
Jiangxi Liansheng111616161515151414141516161516161616161616161616161616161616
Winner; promote to Chinese Super League
Runner-up; promote to Chinese Super League
Relegate to China League Two
Source: Table by round (in Chinese)

Goalscorers edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Total
1
  Ha Tae-goon Yanbian Changbaishan
26
2
  Cristian Dănălache Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
24
3
  Bruno Meneghel Dalian Aerbin
19
  Andrés Márquez Beijing BIT
19
5
  Yves Ekwalla Herman Guizhou Zhicheng
18
6
  Bubacarr Trawally Yanbian Changbaishan
17
7
  Carmelo Valencia Beijing Enterprises Group
14
8
  Brice Jovial Wuhan Zall
13
  Danko Lazović Beijing Enterprises Group
13
  Nenad Milijaš Hebei Zhongji
13

Last updated: 1 November 2015
Source: sports.sina.com

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Yves Ekwalla Herman Guizhou Zhicheng Dalian Aerbin 3–3[33] 9 May 2015
  Ha Tae-goon Yanbian Changbaishan Nei Mongol Zhongyou 3–1[34] 17 May 2015
  Bubacarr Trawally Yanbian Changbaishan Guizhou Zhicheng 4–2[35] 18 July 2015
  Edu Hebei Zhongji Qingdao Hainiu 6–1[36] 26 July 2015
  Bubacarr Trawally Yanbian Changbaishan Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 6–1[37] 8 August 2015
  Yves Ekwalla Herman Guizhou Zhicheng Beijing BIT 4–2[38] 8 September 2015
  Bruno Meneghel Dalian Aerbin Beijing BIT 3–0[39] 12 September 2015
  Cristian Dănălache Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Jiangxi Liansheng 3–0[40] 19 September 2015
  Carmelo Valencia Beijing Enterprises Group Beijing BIT 4–1[41] 19 September 2015
  Chen Hao-wei Beijing Enterprises Group Guizhou Zhicheng 4–0[42] 23 September 2015
  Ha Tae-goon Yanbian Changbaishan Beijing Enterprises Group 5–0[43] 26 September 2015
  Ha Tae-goon Yanbian Changbaishan Hunan Billows 4–0[44] 24 October 2015
  Rafael Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Guizhou Zhicheng 4–2[45] 1 November 2015

Awards edit

The awards of 2015 China League One were announced on 3 November 2015.[46]

League Attendance edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Yanbian Changbaishan 367,367 28,941 14,876 24,491 +206.4%
2 Harbin Yiteng 307,154 30,517 5,888 20,477 −21.6%

3 Nei Mongol Zhongyou 273,577 38,479 6,786 18,238 n/a
4 Dalian Aerbin 228,197 42,591 3,791 15,233 +38.6%

5 Shenzhen F.C. 173,361 15,811 6,663 11,557 +92.3%
6 Hebei Zhongji 117,472 20,810 3,525 7,831 +25.5%
7 Tianjin Songjiang 110,531 17,686 1,780 7,369 +193.5%
8 Beijing Enterprises Group 81,520 8,135 3,316 5,435 +225.8%
9 Qingdao Jonoon 81,501 12,867 1,279 5,433 +50.8%
10 Jiangxi Liansheng 80,236 17,613 838 5,349 n/a
11 Wuhan Zall 79,501 12,168 3,126 5,300 −37.3%
12 Qingdao Hainiu 73,337 20,186 1,931 5,238 +23.9%
13 Hunan Billows 71,919 22,510 1,325 4,795 −7.2%
14 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 61,714 13,745 741 4,114 +30.1%
15 Guizhou Zhicheng 28,071 3,653 1,105 1,871 n/a
16 Beijing BIT 26,232 2,982 910 1,749 +6.8%
League total 2,161,165 42,591 741 9,007 +68.9%

Updated to games played on Nov. 1st, 2015
Source: Worldfootball.net
Notes:
Teams played previous season in CSL.
Teams played previous season in CL2.

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External links edit