2013 China League Two

The 2013 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 24th season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are 15 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 7 teams in South Group. The league is made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The group stage is a double round-robin format. Each team in the group will play the other teams twice, home and away. It will start on May 4 and end on September 22. The play-off stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October 8. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the play-off will qualify for promotion to 2014 China League One.

China League Two
Season2013
ChampionsQingdao Hainiu
PromotedQingdao Hainiu
Hebei Zhongji
Matches played112
Goals scored275 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer Yang Chen
(9 goals)
Biggest home winShandong Tengding 7-0 Liaoning Youth
(Sept. 7th, 2013)
(7 goals)
Biggest away winLiaoning Youth 0-9 Hebei Zhongji
(Sept. 22nd, 2013)
(9 goals)
Highest scoringLiaoning Youth 0-9 Hebei Zhongji
(Sept. 22nd, 2013)
(9 goals)
Longest winning runQingdao Hainiu
(10 matches)
Longest unbeaten runQingdao Hainiu
(19 matches)
Longest winless runGanxu Aoxin
(14 matches)
Longest losing runGansu Aoxin
(8 matches)
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Team changes

Promotion and relegation

Guizhou Zhicheng as the 2012 season champion and Hubei China-Kyle as runner-up earned promotion to the 2013 China League One.

Hohhot Dongjin were relegated from 2012 China League One to 2013 China League Two North Group as the last placed team.

Name changes

North Group

Hohhot Dongjin relocated to Benxi during the season (in July 2013) and changed its name back to Shenyang Dongjin.

South Group

Dongguan Nancheng PTT Lubricant relocated to Mei County in December 12, 2012 and changed its name to Meixian Super-X.
Kunming Ruilong relocated to Dali and changed its name to Dali Travel Ruilong.

New entries

There are six new teams participating in 2013 China League Two. They are Gansu Aoxin,[1] Liaoning Youth, Qingdao Hainiu,[2] Shandong Tengding,[3] Lijiang Jiayunhao[4] and Meizhou Kejia.

Clubs
Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2012 season
North Gansu Aoxin Zhang Hui Lanzhou Qilihe Stadium 30,000 New
Hebei Zhongji Zhang Yandong Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000 North, 1st
Shenyang DongjinR Zhao Faqing Hohhot
Benxi		 Hohhot City Stadium
Benxi Stadium (from Round 8)		 60,000
N/A		 CL1, 16th
Jingtie Locomotive Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Locomotive Stadium 12,000 North, 11th
Liaoning Youth Yasuharu Kurata Benxi Benxi Stadium N/A New
Qingdao Hainiu Su Maozhen Qingdao Hongcheng Stadium 19,000 New
Qinghai Senke Floris Schaap Xining Xining Ximen Stadium N/A North, 2nd
Shandong Tengding Luo Dengren Tengzhou Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center N/A New
South Dali Travel Ruilong Gao Fulin Dali Dali Stadium N/A South, 3rd
Jiangxi Liansheng Li Xiao Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 South, 8th
Lijiang Jiayunhao Niu Hongli Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Center Stadium N/A New
Meixian Hakka Hirokazu Sakuma Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,000 South, 6th
Meizhou Kejia Cao Yang Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
Wuhuaxian Stadium (from Round 12)		 20,000
6,800		 New
Shaanxi Laochenggen Zhang Yuede Xi'an Shaanxi Province Stadium 50,100 North, 4th
Shenzhen Fengpeng Zhu Bo Shenzhen Universiade Center 60,334 South, 2nd

Group stage standings

North Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Qingdao Hainiu (C, P, Q) 14 11 3 0 26 2 +24 36 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Hebei Zhongji (P, Q) 14 9 4 1 34 7 +27 31
3 Qinghai Senke (Q) 14 6 5 3 20 9 +11 23 Disbanded after season
4 Shandong Tengding (Q) 14 5 6 3 17 6 +11 21 Qualification for Play-offs
5 Shenyang Dongjin 14 4 4 6 14 21 −7 16
6 Jingtie Locomotive 14 3 6 5 7 11 −4 15
7 Liaoning Youth 14 1 4 9 9 42 −33 7 Disbanded after season
8 Gansu Aoxin 14 0 2 12 7 36 −29 2
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 22, 2013. Source: CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese)
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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted to China League One; (Q) Qualification for play-offs.

South Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Meizhou Kejia (Q) 12 9 3 0 30 6 +24 30 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Shenzhen Fengpeng (Q) 12 7 3 2 19 14 +5 24 Disbanded after season
3 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 12 7 1 4 17 9 +8 22 Qualification for Play-offs
4 Meizhou Meixian (Q) 12 4 3 5 11 14 −3 15
5 Jiangxi Liansheng 12 2 6 4 9 14 −5 12
6 Dali Ruilong 12 1 3 8 7 26 −19 6[lower-alpha 1] Disbanded after season
7 Shaanxi Laochenggen 12 1 3 8 11 21 −10 6[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 23, 2013. Source: CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese)
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) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualification for play-offs.
Notes:
  1. Dali 2-1 Shaanxi; Shaanxi 1-1 Dali

Group stage results

North Group
Home \ Away GSA HBZ SYD JTL LNY QDH QHS SDT
Gansu Aoxin 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–3
Hebei Zhongji 6–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
Shenyang Dongjin 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–1
Jingtie Locomotive 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 0–0 0–1
Liaoning Youth 3–1 0–9 3–3 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–2
Qingdao Hainiu 5–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0
Qinghai Senke 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–0
Shandong Tengding 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 7–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 22nd, 2013. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. This match has been played in Benxi Stadium.

South Group
Home \ Away DLR JX LJJ MXH MZK SXL SZF
Dali Ruilong 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–3
Jiangxi Liansheng 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0
Meizhou Meixian 5–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
Meizhou Kejia 5–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 6–1
Shaanxi Laochenggen 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–2
Shenzhen Fengpeng 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 23rd, 2013. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Meixian Super-X 0 - 4 Qingdao Hainiu 0 - 0 0 - 4
Qinghai Senke 1 - 5 Shenzhen Fengpeng 1 - 2 0 - 3[5]
Shandong Tengding 3 - 2 Meizhou Kejia 2 - 0 1 - 2
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2 - 3 Hebei Zhongji 2 - 0 0 - 3

First leg
Meixian Super-X0 - 0Qingdao Hainiu
Report
Referee: Zhou Gang
Qinghai Senke1 - 2Shenzhen Fengpeng
Cui Yu  51' Report  15' Chen Zewen
 82' Zhang Hongbin
Xining Ximen Stadium, Xining
Referee: Hei Xiaohu
Shandong Tengding2 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Wang Dong  35'
Liu Yunfei  38'		 Report
Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center, Tengzhou
Referee: Wang Jin
Lijiang Jiayunhao2 - 0Hebei Zhongji
Gu Wenxiang  56'
Tan Tiancheng  68'		 Report
Lijiang Sports Development Center Stadium, Lijiang
Referee: Li Jun

Second leg
Qingdao Hainiu4 - 0Meixian Super-X
Wang Xuanhong  22', 87'
Li Kai  31', 49'		 Report
Referee: Li Haihe
Shenzhen Fengpeng3 - 0
Awarded		Qinghai Senke
Tang Miao  24'
Cai xi  51'		 Report  9' Cui Yu
  Liu Cheng
 ?'  60' Cui Yu
 61' Wang Chi
 66' Song Chen
 66' Huang Chao
Universiade Center, Shenzhen
Referee: Chen Gang
Meizhou Kejia2 - 1Shandong Tengding
Chang Lin  36'
Ye Weichao  90+3'		 Report  53' Liu Pujin
Wuhuaxian Stadium, Meizhou
Referee: Zhong Jun
Hebei Zhongji3 - 0Lijiang Jiayunhao
Xian Tao  40', 67'
Wu Dingmao  55'		 Report
Referee: Zhao Zhizhi

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shenzhen Fengpeng 2 - 3 Qingdao Hainiu 2 - 2 0 - 1
Hebei Zhongji 2 - 1 Shandong Tengding 2 - 0 0 - 1

First leg
Shenzhen Fengpeng2 - 2Qingdao Hainiu
Hou Zhe  9'
Chen Zewen  58'		 Report  36' Li Kai
 80' Wang Jian
Universiade Center, Shenzhen
Referee: Wang Jin
Hebei Zhongji2 - 0Shandong Tengding
Hao Shuang  12'
Wu Dingmao  45+2'		 Report
Referee: Huang Yejun

Second leg
Qingdao Hainiu1 - 0Shenzhen Fengpeng
Yu Guijun  48' Report
Referee: Li Jun
Shandong Tengding1 - 0Hebei Zhongji
Wang Dong  14' Report  ?'  52' Zhang gen
Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center, Tengzhou
Referee: Fan Qi

Third-Place Match
Shenzhen Fengpeng4 - 1Shandong Tengding
Li xin  14'
Fan Zhiqiang 24', 39'
Pang Haitao 50'		 Report  54' Zhao Wan
Universiade Center, Shenzhen
Referee: Tao Rancheng

Final Match
Qingdao Hainiu3 - 1Hebei Zhongji
Xue Yanan  14'
Wang Xuanhong 63'
Wang Xiang 79' (o.g.)		 Report  2' Jia Xiaochen
Referee: Ma Ning

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Total
1
 Yang Chen Hebei Zhongji
9
2
 Wang Dong Shandong Tengding
8
Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
8
4
 Wang Jian Qingdao Hainiu
7
Wang Xuanhong Qingdao Hainiu
7
6
 Li Kai Qingdao Hainiu
6
Zhang Hongbin Shenzhen Fengpeng
6
Xu yihai Qinghai Senke
6
9
 Ye Weichao Meizhou Kejia
5
Pan Jia Meizhou Kejia
5
Wu Dingmao Hebei Zhongji
5

References
  1. 甘肅奧鑫足球隊正式完成組隊(in Chinese)
  2. 青島海牛回來了! 組隊乙級打起 Archived 2013-06-16 at Archive.today(in Chinese)
  3. 山東省再添一乙級球隊 昔日魯能功勳主帥無緣執教(in Chinese)
  4. 全新麗江足球隊-嘉雲昊，4月開整(in Chinese)
  5. Due to Qinghai Senke less than 7 players, this match has been finished at the 66th minute when Shenzhen led 2-1.
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