The 2024 Chinese Football Association League 1 (Chinese: 2024中国足球协会甲级联赛) is the current and 21st season of China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.

China League One
Season2024
Dates9 March – 3 November 2024[1]
Matches played55
Goals scored117 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorerNyasha Mushekwi
(5 goals)
Biggest home winChongqing Tonglianglong 4–0 Jiangxi Lushan
(30 March 2024)
Biggest away winGuangzhou 0–5 Yunnan Yukun
(30 March 2024)
Wuxi Wugo 1–6 Qingdao Red Lions
(6 April 2024)
Highest scoringWuxi Wugo 1–6 Qingdao Red Lions
(6 April 2024)
Highest attendance35,161
Dalian Yingbo 3–2 Liaoning Tieren
(13 April 2024)
Lowest attendance836
Qingdao Red Lions 2–3 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao
(14 April 2024)
Average attendance8,957
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 14 April 2024.

Clubs edit

Club changes edit

Wuxi Wugo and Jiangxi Lushan were reprieved from relegation to the 2024 China League Two after finishing in the bottom two places due to the dissolutions of Dalian Pro and Shenzhen.

Name changes edit

Stadiums and locations edit

2024 China League One teams in Jiangsu and Shanghai
Team[11][4] Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2023 season
Shijiazhuang Gongfu   Zoran Janković Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000 3rd
Guangxi Pingguo Haliao   Wang Xiao (interim) Pingguo Pingguo Stadium 30,000 4th
Nanjing City   Kim Jong-boo Nanjing Wutaishan Stadium 22,000 5th
Foshan Nanshi   Jiang Hai (interim) Foshan Nanhai Sports Center 20,000 7th
Yanbian Longding   Kim Bong-gil Yanji Yanji Stadium 30,000 8th
Heilongjiang Ice City   Jia Shunhao Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 48,000 9th
Acheng Cultural and Sports Center 5,000
Liaoning Tieren   Sun Wei Shenyang Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 10th
Shanghai Jiading Huilong   Yang Lin Shanghai Jiading Stadium 9,704 11th
Guangzhou   Salva Suay Guangzhou Huadu Stadium 13,394 12th
Suzhou Dongwu   Kim Dae-eui Suzhou Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium (Kunshan) 30,000 14th
Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre 40,933
Suzhou Sports Center 35,000
Chongqing Tonglianglong P   Yu Yuanwei Chongqing Tongliang Long Stadium 20,000 CL2, 1st
Dalian Yingbo P   Li Guoxu Dalian Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium 63,671 CL2, 2nd
Wuxi Wugo   Ibán Cuadrado Wuxi Wuxi Sports Center 28,000 15th
Jiangyin Stadium (Jiangyin) 30,161
Jiangxi Lushan   Wang Bo Ruichang Ruichang Sports Park Stadium 13,188 16th
Yunnan Yukun P   Li Jinyu Yuxi Yuxi Plateau Sports Center Stadium 22,000 CL2, 3rd
Qingdao Red Lions P   Sun Xinbo Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 CL2, 4th

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Foshan Nanshi   Wang Hongwei[12] Sacked 3 December 2023 Pre-season   Dejan Antonić[13]
Guangxi Pingguo Haliao   Zhao Tuqiang (interim) End of interim spell 5 December 2023   Gabri[14] 5 December 2023
Jiangxi Lushan   Yu Ming Mutual consent 29 December 2023   Li Zheng[15] 29 December 2023
Chongqing Tonglianglong   Lin Lin Mutual consent 23 January 2024   Yu Yuanwei[16] 23 January 2024
Nanjing City   Cao Rui Mutual consent 3 February 2024   Kim Jong-boo[17] 3 February 2024
Suzhou Dongwu   Niu Hongli Mutual consent 14 February 2024   Kim Dae-eui[18] 14 February 2024
Shijiazhuang Gongfu   Zhou Lin Mutual consent 20 February 2024   Juan Carlos Añón[19] 20 February 2024
Wuxi Wugo   Li Yinan[20] Sacked 27 February 2024   Ibán Cuadrado[21] 1 March 2024
Shijiazhuang Gongfu   Juan Carlos Añón[22] Sacked 23 March 2024 14th   Liu Cheng (interim) 23 March 2024
Guangxi Pingguo Haliao   Gabri[23] Resigned 2 April 2024 5th   Wang Xiao (interim) 2 April 2024
Shijiazhuang Gongfu   Liu Cheng (interim) End of interim spell 6 April 2024 6th   Zoran Janković[24] 6 April 2024
Liaoning Tieren   Gao Mingqi[25] Sacked 8 April 2024 10th   Sun Wei[26] 8 April 2024
Jiangxi Lushan   Li Zheng[27] Resigned 22 April 2024 16th   Wang Bo[27] 22 April 2024
Foshan Nanshi   Dejan Antonić[28] Resigned 24 April 2024 14th   Jiang Hai (interim)[28] 24 April 2024

Foreign players edit

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan players1
Naturalised players Former players
Chongqing Tonglianglong   Juan Lescano   Serge Tabekou   Aleksandar Andrejević   Yaki Yen
Dalian Yingbo   Róbson   José Embaló   Andrej Kotnik
Foshan Nanshi   Alfred Gombe-Fei   Rafael Águila   Mario Maslać
Guangxi Pingguo Haliao   Giovanny   Yacine Bammou   Hector Hevel   Vas Nuñez
Guangzhou   Juan Alegría   Juan Peñaloza   Rimvydas Sadauskas
Heilongjiang Ice City   Daciel   Allan Paulista   Ítalo Montaño    Xu Hui2
Jiangxi Lushan   Willie   Malang Faye   Thabiso Brown
Liaoning Tieren   Takahiro Kunimoto   Geoffrey Chinedu   Sabir Musa
Nanjing City   Moresche   Moses Ogbu   Kingsley Onuegbu   Alexandre Dujardin
Qingdao Red Lions   João Pedro   Yaya Sanogo   Samuel Asamoah   Chen Hao-wei
Shanghai Jiading Huilong   Magno Cruz   Dominic Vinicius   Evans Etti
Shijiazhuang Gongfu   Messi Bouli   José Ayoví   Mladen Kovačević
Suzhou Dongwu   João Leonardo   Leonardo   Yeon Jei-min   Clement Benhaddouche
Wuxi Wugo   Staniša Mandić   Nikola Dišić   Dimitrije Pobulić
Yanbian Longding   Ivo   Ronan   Victor Arboleda
Yunnan Yukun   Zakaria Labyad   Alexandru Ioniță   Nyasha Mushekwi
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalised and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognised as native players. Otherwise they are recognised as foreign players.
  • ^2 Naturalised players whose parents or grandparents were born in mainland China, thus are regarded as local players.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dalian Yingbo 7 6 1 0 11 4 +7 19 Promotion to Super League
2 Yunnan Yukun 7 5 2 0 16 4 +12 17
3 Chongqing Tonglianglong 8 4 3 1 14 5 +9 15
4 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao 7 4 2 1 10 6 +4 14
5 Suzhou Dongwu 8 3 3 2 9 7 +2 12
6 Qingdao Red Lions 8 3 2 3 12 9 +3 11
7 Shijiazhuang Gongfu 7 3 2 2 7 6 +1 11
8 Guangzhou 8 3 2 3 10 13 −3 11
9 Nanjing City 7 2 3 2 7 7 0 9
10 Yanbian Longding 7 2 3 2 4 6 −2 9
11 Liaoning Tieren 7 2 2 3 7 7 0 8
12 Shanghai Jiading Huilong 7 1 3 3 3 5 −2 6
13 Heilongjiang Ice City 7 1 2 4 4 9 −5 5
14 Foshan Nanshi 8 0 5 3 4 12 −8 5
15 Wuxi Wugo 7 1 1 5 4 12 −8 4 Relegation to League Two
16 Jiangxi Lushan 8 0 2 6 5 15 −10 2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification:
  • During season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Rankings in the previous season. (Rules 2 to 4 are only applied when teams concerned have finished both/all the matches against others.)
  • After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card = 3 points); 8) Drawing of lots.

Results edit

Home \ Away CQT DLY FSN GPH GZH HLJ JXL LNT NJC QRL SJH SJZ SZD WXW YBL YNY
Chongqing Tonglianglong 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–0
Dalian Yingbo 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0
Foshan Nanshi 0–4 2–2 1–1 0–0
Guangxi Pingguo Haliao 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
Guangzhou 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–5
Heilongjiang Ice City 0–0
Jiangxi Lushan 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–3
Liaoning Tieren 2–1 2–0
Nanjing City 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–1
Qingdao Red Lions 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–3
Shanghai Jiading Huilong 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0
Shijiazhuang Gongfu 1–1 1–0 2–0
Suzhou Dongwu 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Wuxi Wugo 1–6 0–0 0–1 2–0
Yanbian Longding 1–1 1–0
Yunnan Yukun 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round edit

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Dalian Yingbo5111221
Yunnan Yukun11622112
Chongqing Tonglianglong4573333
Guangxi Pingguo Haliao1245444
Suzhou Dongwu71164755
Shijiazhuang Gongfu814106576
Guangzhou1473139107
Nanjing City281410888
Yanbian Longding6151181069
Qingdao Red Lions15139116910
Liaoning Tieren12101515111111
Shanghai Jiading Huilong131287121212
Heilongjiang Ice City341212141413
Foshan Nanshi991314131314
Wuxi Wugo10359151515
Jiangxi Lushan1616161616161616
Leader and promotion to Super League
Promotion to Super League
Relegation to League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway

Results by match played edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Chongqing TonglianglongWDLWDWWD
Dalian YingboWWWWDWW
Foshan NanshiDDDLDDLL
Guangxi Pingguo HaliaoWDLWDWW
GuangzhouLWDLWLWD
Heilongjiang Ice CityWDLLLDL
Jiangxi LushanLDLLLDLL
Liaoning TierenLDLDWLW
Nanjing CityWLLDWDD
Qingdao Red LionsLDWLWLDW
Shanghai Jiading HuilongLDWDLLD
Shijiazhuang GongfuDLWWDLW
Suzhou DongwuDLWWLWDD
Wuxi WugoDWLLLLL
Yanbian LongdingDLWDDWL
Yunnan YukunDWWWWWD
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 22 April 2024[29]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Nyasha Mushekwi Yunnan Yukun
5
2   Messi Bouli Shijiazhuang Gongfu
4
  Song Pan Chongqing Tonglianglong
4
4   Serge Tabekou Chongqing Tonglianglong
3

Awards edit

Player of the Round edit

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Young Player of the Month
Player Club Manager Club Player Club
March   Nyasha Mushekwi[36] Yunnan Yukun   Li Guoxu[37] Dalian Yingbo   Song Pan[38] Chongqing Tonglianglong

League attendances edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Dalian Yingbo 122,246 38,616 23,118 30,562 +1,764.7%
2 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao 61,210 23,866 18,126 20,403 +34.8%
3 Yunnan Yukun 56,178 19,865 17,872 18,726 +102.1%
4 Yanbian Longding 34,276 19,450 14,826 17,138 +14.8%
5 Liaoning Tieren 31,698 20,177 11,521 15,849 +503.5%
6 Heilongjiang Ice City 11,213 11,213 11,213 11,213 +23.0%
7 Shijiazhuang Gongfu 32,281 13,632 6,533 10,760 +9.0%
8 Chongqing Tonglianglong 41,635 10,990 10,168 10,409 +21.2%
9 Jiangxi Lushan 15,155 7,681 3,258 5,052 +58.5%
10 Foshan Nanshi 19,855 7,738 2,462 4,964 +394.9%
11 Suzhou Dongwu 19,092 4,953 4,538 4,773 +86.6%
12 Guangzhou 22,650 5,088 3,896 4,530 −49.4%
13 Nanjing City 13,360 3,617 1,579 2,672 −8.6%
14 Qingdao Red Lions 9,880 3,660 836 2,470 +52.8%
15 Wuxi Wugo 9,540 3,118 1,371 2,385 +47.7%
16 Shanghai Jiading Huilong 5,483 1,796 972 1,371 +17.7%
League total 501,856 38,616 836 9,390 +69.3%

Updated to games played on 22 April 2024
Source: [39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Notes:
Teams played previous season in CL2.

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