Football league season
The 2016 China League One (Chinese : 58同城2016中国足球协会甲级联赛 )[ 1] was the 13th season of the China League One , the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid , since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com.[ 2]
Teams
A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season , two relegated from the 2015 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2015 China League Two .
Team changes
Name changes
Clubs
Stadiums and Locations
Club
Team name[ 1]
Head Coach
City
Stadium
Capacity
2015 season
Beijing Renhe F.C. R
Beijing Renhe
Wang Baoshan
Beijing
Beijing Fengtai Stadium
31,043
CSL , 15th
Shanghai Shenxin F.C. R
Shanghai Shenxin
Gary White
Shanghai
Jinshan Football Stadium
30,000
CSL , 16th
Dalian Yifang F.C.
Dalian Yifang
Sergio Piernas Cárdenas
Dalian
Dalian Sports Center
61,000
3rd
Beijing Enterprises Group F.C.
Beijing BG Yanjing
Aleksandar Stanojević
Beijing
Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing)
36,228
4th
Zhejiang Yiteng F.C.
Zhejiang Yiteng Textile City
Duan Xin (caretaker)
Shaoxing
Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center
40,000
5th
Nei Mongol Zhongyou F.C.
Hohhot Zhongyou
Wang Bo
Hohhot
Hohhot City Stadium
60,000
6th
Qingdao Jonoon F.C.
Qingdao Jonoon
Yin Tiesheng
Qingdao
Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
20,525
7th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C.
Xinjiang Sports Lottery
Li Jun
Ürümqi
Xinjiang Sports Centre
50,000
8th
Tianjin Quanjian F.C.
Tianjin Quanjian
Fabio Cannavaro
Tianjin
Haihe Educational Football Stadium
30,000
9th
Wuhan Zall F.C.
Wuhan Zall
Ciro Ferrara
Wuhan
Xinhua Road Sports Center
32,137
10th
Qingdao Huanghai F.C.
Qingdao Huanghai
Jordi Vinyals
Qingdao
Conson Stadium
45,000
11th
Shenzhen F.C.
Shenzhen Kaisa
Clarence Seedorf
Shenzhen
Shenzhen Stadium
32,500
12th
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng F.C.
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
Li Bing (caretaker)
Guiyang
Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
51,636
13th
Hunan Billows F.C.
Hunan Billows Hualai
Huang Xiangdong (caretaker)
Changsha (playing in Yiyang )
Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium
30,000
14th
Meizhou Hakka P
Meizhou Hakka
Cao Yang (caretaker)
Wuhua
Wuhua County Stadium
15,000
CL2 , 1st
Dalian Transcendence F.C. P
Dalian Transcendence
Rusmir Cviko (caretaker)
Dalian
Jinzhou Stadium
30,776
CL2 , 2nd
Location of teams in 2016 China League One
[ 9]
Managerial changes
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team.
Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reverse team after the first half of the season.
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):[ 37]
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source:
sports.sina.com Rules for classification: 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 (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ a b c Head-to-head points: Tianjin Quanjian 9 pts, Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 6 pts, Qingdao Huanghai 3 pts.
^ a b Head-to-head results: Nei Mongol 1–0 Beijing Enterprises Group, Beijing Enterprises Group 0–0 Nei Mongol.
^ a b Head-to-head results: Shenzhen 4–2 Shanghai Shenxin, Shanghai Shenxin 1–1 Shenzhen.
^ a b Head-to-head results: Xinjiang 1–0 Meizhou, Meizhou 1–1 Xinjiang.
^ a b Head-to-head results: Zhejiang 1–0 Dalian Transcendence, Dalian Transcendence 2–2 Zhejiang.
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source:
sports.sina.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Awards
The awards of 2016 China League One were announced on 9 November 2016.[ 46]
China League One Most valuable player: Luís Fabiano (Tianjin Quanjian)
China League One Top scorer: Luís Fabiano (Tianjin Quanjian)
China League One Best goalkeeper: Zhang Lu (Tianjin Quanjian)
China League One Young Player of the Year: Ming Tian (Wuhan Zall)
China League One Best coach: Li Bing (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng)
League Attendance
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Tianjin Quanjian
182,475
20,688
6,887
12,165
+65.1% †
2
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
166,340
30,568
5,123
11,089
+492.7% †
3
Dalian Yifang
162,088
20,392
2,532
10,806
−29.0% †
4
Shenzhen F.C.
152,273
20,801
5,081
10,152
−12.2% †
5
Nei Mongol Zhongyou
142,018
17,833
4,328
9,468
−48.1% †
6
Qingdao Huanghai
104,881
18,697
1,916
6,992
+33.5% †
7
Meizhou Hakka ‡
96,757
9,900
3,832
6,450
−2.7% †
8
Wuhan Zall
71,795
8,316
2,653
4,786
−9.7% †
9
Beijing Renhe †
68,123
8,358
2,601
4,542
−70.0% †
10
Dalian Transcendence ‡
65,252
17,721
1,821
4,350
+384.4% †
11
Shanghai Shenxin †
57,245
8,690
1,038
3,816
−45.7% †
12
Hunan Billows
56,712
15,650
0
3,781
−21.1% †
13
Beijing Enterprises Group
51,939
6,948
1,985
3,463
−36.3% †
14
Qingdao Jonoon
40,526
10,912
1,022
2,702
−50.3% †
15
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
39,226
5,531
1,352
2,615
−36.4% †
16
Zhejiang Yiteng
35,269
8,541
303
2,351
−88.5% †
League total
1,492,919
30,568
0
6,220
−30.9% †
Updated to games played on 2016-10-22 Source: Worldfootball.net Notes: † Teams played previous season in CSL .‡ Teams played previous season in CL2 .
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