2014 China League Two

The 2014 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 25th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 17 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 9 teams in South Group. The league was made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The group stage was a double round-robin format. Each team in the group played the other teams twice, home and away. It started on April 26 and ended on September 13. The play-off stage was a two-legged elimination. It started in September 27. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the play-off qualified for promotion to 2015 China League One.

China League Two
Season2014
ChampionsJiangxi Liansheng
PromotedJiangxi Liansheng
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Guizhou Zhicheng
Matches played142
Goals scored349 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerYe Chugui (10 goals)
Biggest home winDalian Transcendence 6-0 Hebei Technology Park of PKU
(Aug. 10th, 2014)
Jiangxi Liansheng 6-0 Fujian Broncos
(Aug. 23rd, 2014)
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 6-0 Hebei Technology Park of PKU
(Sept. 6th, 2014)
(6 goals)
Biggest away winSichuan Leaders 0-7 Meizhou Kejia
(May 17th, 2014)
(7 goals)
Highest scoringSichuan Leaders 0-7 Meizhou Kejia
(May 17th, 2014)
Fujian Broncos 2-5 Meixian Juncheng Hakka
(Aug. 30th, 2014)
(7 goals)
Longest winning runMeizhou Kejia
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runJiangxi Liansheng
(14 matches)
Longest winless runFujian Broncos
(16 matches)
Longest losing runFujian Broncos
Pu'er Wanhao
(7 matches)
2013
2015

Team changes

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2014 China League One

  • Qingdao Hainiu
  • Hebei Zhongji

Teams relegated from 2013 China League One

  • Guizhou Zhicheng

Dissolved entries

  • Chongqing F.C.
  • Gansu Aoxin
  • Dali Ruilong
  • Liaoning Youth
  • Qinghai Senke
  • Shaanxi Laochenggen
  • Shenzhen Fengpeng

New entries

Name changes

  • Shanxi Jiayi changed its name to Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi in January 2014.[9]
  • Meixian Super-X changed its name to Meixian Juncheng Hakka in March 22, 2014.[10]
  • Meizhou Kejia F.C. changed its name to Meizhou Wuhua F.C. in May 24, 2014.[11] But the name Meizhou Kejia F.C. was still used in official documents of CFA.[12]

Clubs

Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2013 season
North Dalian Transcendence Liu Zhongchang Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 New
Hebei Technology Park of PKU Sui Mingyun Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 New
Jingtie Locomotive Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Locomotive Stadium 12,000 North, 6th
Nanjing Qianbao Zhao Faqing Huai'an Huai'an Sports Center Stadium 30,000 New
Shandong Tengding Luo Dengren Zibo Qi Capital Culture Sports City Stadium 17,000 CL2, 4th
Shenyang Dongjin Energy Water Yang Yumin Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 5,000 North, 5th
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi Wang Bo Taiyuan Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium 62,000 -
Ningxia Qupper Abraham Garcia Aliaga Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 New
South Fujian Broncos Zhang Yuning Jinjiang Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium 15,000 New
Guizhou Zhicheng R Zhang Jun Guiyang Guizhou Provincial Stadium 18,000 CL1, 16th
Jiangxi Liansheng Li Xiao Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 South, 5th
Lijiang Jiayunhao Li Hu Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 3rd
Meixian Juncheng Hakka Tomoo Tsukoshi Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 4th
Meizhou Kejia Cao Yang Meizhou Wuhua County Stadium 6,800 South, 1st
Pu'er Wanhao Zhang Biao Mengzi
Kunming
Honghe University Stadium
Hongta Sport Center #4 Field
5,000 New
Sichuan Leaders Hu Yijun Dujiangyan Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium 12,700 New
Sichuan Longfor Jia Jin Mianyang Santai County Stadium 8,000 New

Clubs Locations

Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Nanjing Qianbao
Jiangxi Liansheng
Guizhou Zhicheng
Lijiang Jiayunhao
Pu'er Wanhao
Meixian Juncheng Hakka
Meizhou Kejia
Location of teams in 2014 China League Two[13]

Group stage standings

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi (P, Q) 14 10 3 1 25 4 +21 33 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Nanjing Qianbao (Q) 14 9 1 4 17 8 +9 28
3 Dalian Transcendence (Q) 14 7 6 1 27 9 +18 27[lower-alpha 1]
4 Yinchuan Helanshan (Q) 14 8 3 3 19 8 +11 27[lower-alpha 1]
5 Shenyang Dongjin 14 5 2 7 16 25 9 17
6 Hebei Elite 14 2 3 9 14 31 17 9
7 Jingtie Locomotive 14 2 2 10 7 22 15 8
8 Shandong Tengding 14 2 2 10 10 28 18 5[lower-alpha 2] Disbanded after season
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13, 2014. 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.
(P) Promoted to China League One; (Q) Qualification for play-offs.
Notes:
  1. Dalian 2-0 Ningxia; Ningxia 0-2 Dalian
  2. 3 points deducted

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Meizhou Kejia (Q) 16 14 0 2 45 7 +38 42 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Guizhou Zhicheng (Q, P) 16 11 3 2 35 9 +26 36
3 Jiangxi Liansheng (C, P, Q) 16 10 4 2 25 9 +16 34
4 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 16 7 5 4 20 14 +6 26
5 Meixian Juncheng Hakka 16 7 4 5 25 20 +5 25
6 Sichuan Longfor 16 5 3 8 14 23 9 18
7 Sichuan Leaders 16 3 2 11 10 34 24 11 Disbanded after season
8 Pu'er Wanhao 16 1 4 11 3 26 23 7
9 Fujian Broncos 16 0 3 13 3 38 35 3
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13, 2014. 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.

Group stage results

North Group

Home \ Away DLT HBE JTL NJQ SDT SYD TYZ YCH
Dalian Transcendence 6–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–0
Hebei Elite 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 4–2 1–3 0–1
Jingtie Locomotive 1–4 3–2 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–0
Nanjing Qianbao 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Shandong Tengding 0–4 2–4 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Shenyang Dongjin 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1
Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 1–1 6–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1
Yinchuan Helanshan 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13th, 2014. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Due to the strike, Shandong Tengding was sentenced to lose 0:3.[14]

South Group

Home \ Away FJB GZZ JX LJJ MXH MZK PEW LDS SLF
Fujian Broncos 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–5 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–0
Guizhou Zhicheng 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–1
Jiangxi Liansheng 6–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–1
Meixian Juncheng Hakka 2–0 1–5 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 3–1
Meizhou Kejia 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 5–0 4–0
Pu'er Wanhao 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2
Sichuan Leaders 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–7 0–1 0–1
Sichuan Longfor 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–5 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 13th, 2014. 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
Lijiang Jiayunhao 1 - 2 Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 1 - 1 0 - 1
Dalian Transcendence 3 - 3 Guizhou Zhicheng 3 - 2 0 - 1
Ningxia Qupper 1 - 4 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 0 0 - 4
Jiangxi Liansheng 3 - 2 Nanjing Qianbao 3 - 1 0 - 1

First leg

Lijiang Jiayunhao1 - 1Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Zhang Shuang  20' Report  90' Deng Hanwen
Lijiang Sports Center Stadium, Lijiang
Referee: Hei Xiaohu

Dalian Transcendence3 - 2Guizhou Zhicheng
Han Jiabao  34'
Hu Zhaojun  42' (pen.)
Fan Zhiqiang  71'
Report  76' Yang Jian
 90+' Feng Zhiquan
Referee: Shi Zhenlu

Ningxia Qupper1 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Wang Yunzhe  60' Report

Jiangxi Liansheng3 - 1Nanjing Qianbao
Wang Yunlong  15'
Yang He
Yuan Mingcan
Report  44' Wei Renjie

Second leg

Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi1 - 0Lijiang Jiayunhao
Hou Zhe  80' Report

Guizhou Zhicheng1 - 0Dalian Transcendence
Tang Yuan  16' Report

Meizhou Kejia4 - 0Ningxia Qupper
Qin Sheng  9', 25', 51' (pen.)
Jiang Zhongxiao  76'
Report

Nanjing Qianbao1 - 0Jiangxi Liansheng
Fan Da Report
Huai'an Sports Center Stadium, Huai'an
Referee: Zhao Zhizhi

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jiangxi Liansheng 3 - 2 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 1 2 - 1
Guizhou Zhicheng 3 - 3 (4–5 p) Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi 1 - 1 2 - 2

First leg

Jiangxi Liansheng1 - 1Meizhou Kejia
Qu Cheng  75' Report  11' Ma Xiaolei

Guizhou Zhicheng1 - 1Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Tang Yuan  63' Report  23' Zhang Xingbo

Second leg

Meizhou Kejia1 - 2Jiangxi Liansheng
Shi Liang  65' Report  85' Ge Wei
 90+' Yang He
Referee: Wang Zhe

Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi2 - 2Guizhou Zhicheng
Zhang Xingbo  15'
Zhao Zuojun  117'
Report  90+', 96' Ilhamjan Iminjan
Penalties
Zhao Zuojun
Hou Zhe
Luo Andong
Liu Tianqi
Yin Lu
Zhang Xingbo
5 – 4 Yang Jian
Li Yingjian
Tang Yuan
Zhou Yi
Ilhamjan Iminjan
Jiang Liang

Third-Place Match

Guizhou Zhicheng2 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Ilhamjan Iminjan  61'
Cai Chuchuan  65'
Report

Final Match

Jiangxi Liansheng2 - 0Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
Xian Tao
Wang Jianwen
Report

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Total
1
Ye Chugui Meixian Hakka
10
2
Jiang Zhongxiao Meizhou Kejia
9
3
Wang Yunlong Jiangxi Liansheng
8
Ma Xiaolei Meizhou Kejia
8
Shi Liang Meizhou Kejia
8
6
Han Jiabao Dalian Transcendence
7
Ilhamjan Iminjan Guizhou Zhicheng
7
Li Yingjian Guizhou Zhicheng
7
9
Du Wenxiang Dalian Transcendence
6
Ouyang Xue Guizhou Zhicheng
6
Qu Cheng Jiangxi Liansheng
6
Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
6
Zhang Xingbo Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
6

References

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