2015 China League Two

The 2015 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 26th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 16 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 8 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 will play the other teams twice, home and away.

China League Two
Season2015
ChampionsMeizhou Kejia (1st title)
PromotedMeizhou Kejia
Dalian Transcendence
Matches played126
Goals scored356 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerLiu Yang (12 goals)
Biggest home winMeizhou Kejia 10-0 Fujian Broncos
(Aug. 22nd, 2015)
(10 goals)
Biggest away winFujian Broncos 0-7 Anhui Litian Huishang
(Jul. 11th, 2015)
(7 goals)
Highest scoringDalian Transcendence 10-1 Shenyang Dongjin
(Jun. 13th, 2015)
(11 goals)
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Team changes

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2015 China League One

  • Jiangxi Liansheng
  • Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi
  • Guizhou Zhicheng

Teams relegated from 2014 China League One

  • Chengdu Tiancheng

Teams promoted from 2014 China Amateur Football League [1]

Dissolved entries

Name changes

Clubs
Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2014 season
North Nanjing Qianbao Zhao Faqing Nanjing Wutaishan Stadium 18,500 North, 2nd
Dalian Transcendence Liu Zhongchang Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 North, 3rd
Yinchuan Helanshan Zhu Bo Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 North, 4th
Shenyang Dongjin Li Wei Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 North, 5th
Hebei Elite Juan Carlos Añón Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 North, 6th
Jingtie Locomotive Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Locomotive Stadium 12,000 North, 7th
Baotou Nanjiao P Xu Hui Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Center Stadium 40,545 CAL, 10th
Baoding Yingli Yitong P Fan Yuhong Baoding Baoding Foreign Language School Stadium N/A CAL North, 5th
South Meizhou Kejia Qi Wusheng Meizhou Wuhua County Stadium 6,800 CL2, 4th
Lijiang Jiayunhao Wang Zheng Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 4th
Meixian Hakka Wang Hongwei Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 5th
Sichuan Longfor Jia Jin Mianyang Santai County Stadium 8,000 South, 6th
Yunnan Wanhao Zhang Biao Kunming Hongta Sport Center N/A South, 8th
Fujian Broncos Wei Xin Jinjiang Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium 15,000 South, 9th
Guangxi Longguida P Huang Yong Dongxing Dongxing Sports Center Stadium 60,000 CAL, 4th
Anhui Litian P Darko Nović Hefei Hefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 CAL, 9th

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Meizhou Kejia Tan Ende 26 May 2015[4] Zhang Jun 26 May 2015[4]
Anhui Litian Shang Qing 28 May 2015[5] Ding Wei (caretaker) 28 May 2015[5]
Meizhou Kejia Zhang Jun 15 June 2015[6] He Weiwen 15 June 2015[6]
Anhui Litian Ding Wei (caretaker) 1 July 2015 Darko Nović 1 July 2015[7]
Meizhou Kejia He Weiwen 5 July 2015 Qi Wusheng 5 July 2015[8]
Sichuan Longfor Zhang Weizhe 6 July 2015[9] Jia Jin 6 July 2015[9]

Clubs Locations
Nanjing Qianbao
Baotou Nanjiao
Baoding Yingli Yitong
Lijiang Jiayunhao
Yunnan Wanhao
Meixian Hakka
Meizhou Kejia
Anhui Litian
Location of teams in 2015 China League Two[10]

Group stage standings

North Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dalian Transcendence (P, Q) 14 10 4 0 38 11 +27 34 CL2 Play-offs
2 Nanjing Qianbao (Q) 14 6 6 2 32 16 +16 24
3 Hebei Elite (Q) 14 6 4 4 20 12 +8 22
4 Tianjin Locomotive (Q) 14 6 4 4 23 16 +7 22
5 Baoding Yingli Yitong 14 5 5 4 26 17 +9 20
6 Baotou Nanjiao 14 5 5 4 21 13 +8 20
7 Yinchuan Helanshan 14 3 2 9 14 25 −11 11
8 Shenyang Dongjin 14 0 0 14 3 67 −64 0
Source:
(P) Promoted to 2016 China League One; (Q) Qualified for Play-off.

South Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Meizhou Kejia (C, P, Q) 14 9 3 2 39 13 +26 30 CL2 Play-offs
2 Sichuan Longfor (Q) 14 7 5 2 24 14 +10 26
3 Meixian Hakka (Q) 14 6 6 2 14 8 +6 24
4 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 14 7 3 4 19 15 +4 24
5 Anhui Litian 14 5 5 4 23 15 +8 20
6 Yunnan Wanhao 14 3 5 6 9 19 −10 14
7 Guangxi Longguida 14 2 2 10 10 24 −14 8
8 Fujian Broncos 14 2 1 11 11 41 −30 7
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted to 2016 China League One; (Q) Qualified for Play-off.

Group stage results

North Group
Home \ Away NJQ DLT YCH SYD HBE TJL BTN BDY
Nanjing Qianbao 1–1 4–0 6–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 0–0
Dalian Transcendence 1–1 1–0 10–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
Yinchuan Helanshan 1–3 3–4 4–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–1
Shenyang Dongjin 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–5 0–4 0–2 0–6
Hebei Elite 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Tianjin Locomotive 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Baotou Nanjiao 1–1 1–3 0–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 0–1
Baoding Yingli Yitong 1–3 1–2 3–0 7–1 0–0 3–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group
Home \ Away MZK LJJ MXH SCL YNW FJB GXL AHL
Meizhou Kejia 5–3 2–0 4–0 3–0 10–0 1–0 3–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Meixian Hakka 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Sichuan Longfor 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1
Yunnan Wanhao 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–5 3–2 1–0 0–0
Fujian Broncos 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–7
Guangxi Longguida 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–2
Anhui Litian 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
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 0 - 3 Dalian Transcendence 0 - 1 0 - 2
Hebei Elite 1 - 1 Sichuan Longfor 1 - 1 0 - 0
Tianjin Locomotive 2 - 6 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 2 1 - 4
Meixian Hakka 1 - 1 (5–6 p) Nanjing Qianbao 1 - 0 0 - 1

First leg
Lijiang Jiayunhao0 - 1Dalian Transcendence
Report  13' Su Di
Lijiang Sports Center Stadium, Lijiang
Hebei Elite1 - 1Sichuan Longfor
Ge Hailun  78' Report  85' Wang Xinzheng
Tianjin Locomotive1 - 2Meizhou Kejia
Liu Yang  20' (pen.) Report  68' Cao Tianbao
 84' Pan Jia
Meixian Hakka1 - 0Nanjing Qianbao
Wang Kai  45+' Report

Second leg
Dalian Transcendence2 - 0Lijiang Jiayunhao
Liu Yuchen  10'
Du Wenxiang  85'		 Report
Sichuan Longfor0 - 0Hebei Elite
Report
Santai County Stadium, Santai
Meizhou Kejia4 - 1Tianjin Locomotive
Cao Tianbao  7', 53' (pen.)
Gao Zhilin  20', 75'		 Report  60' Li Wenxin
Nanjing Qianbao1 - 0Meixian Hakka
Tian Junjie  25' (o.g.) Report
Penalties
Tan Si
Gan Rui
Wei Renjie
Wang Qing
Bai Fan
Zhu Chao
Ban Yong
Huang Chao		 6 – 5 Liang Rifu
Pan Jiajun
Tian Junjie
Yu Xin
Zhang Xingbo
Li Wenwei
Li Weixin
Wang Xingqiang

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sichuan Longfor 2 - 5 Dalian Transcendence 0 - 0 2 - 5
Nanjing Qianbao 1 - 6 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 5 0 - 1

First leg
Sichuan Longfor0 - 0Dalian Transcendence
Report
Santai County Stadium, Santai
Nanjing Qianbao1 - 5Meizhou Kejia
Zi Long  74' Report  2' Ba Dun
 35' Yu Jianfeng
 49' Chen Jianlong
 76', 88' Gao Zhilin

Second leg
Dalian Transcendence5 - 2Sichuan Longfor
Han Jiabao  20'
Hu Zhaojun  43' (pen.)
Nan Yunqi  52', 65'
Wang Guanghao 90+'		 Report  61' Wang Xinzheng
 82' Zhang Qi
Meizhou Kejia1 - 0Nanjing Qianbao
Cao Tianbao  32' (pen.) Report

Third-Place Match
Sichuan Longfor1 - 0Nanjing Qianbao
Lu Cheng  39' Report
Santai County Stadium, Santai

Final Match
Dalian Transcendence0 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Report
Penalties
Liu Tao
Liu Huan
Han Jiabao
Hu Zhaojun
Du Wenxiang
Liu Yuchen
Zhao Yibo
Su Di
Guo Wei 		7 – 8 Cao Tianbao
Pan Jia
Gao Zhilin
Li Zhilang
Yu Jianfeng
Tang Dechao
Chen Jianlong
Zhang Zhiquan
Li Siyuan

Attendance
Club Total Average
Lijiang Jiayunhao 47,494 6,785
Meixian Hakka 46,392 6,627
Baotou Nanjiao 42,548 6,078
Meizhou Kejia 31,901 4,557
Sichuan Longfor 26,745 3,821
Yinchuan Helanshan 17,470 2,496
Anhui Litian 17,039 2,434
Baoding Yingli Yitong 16,788 2,398
Guangxi Longguida 11,248 1,607
Nanjing Qianbao 10,797 1,542
Dalian Transcendence 6,287 898
Yunnan Wanhao 4,972 710
Fujian Broncos 4,100 586
Hebei Elite 1,939 277
Shenyang Dongjin 1,508 215
Jingtie Locomotive 1,445 206
Total 288,673 2,577

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Total
1
 Liu Yang Jingtie Locomotive
12
2
 Han Jiabao Dalian Transcendence
11
3
 Ji Jun Meizhou Kejia
9
Tan Si Nanjing Qianbao
9
5
 Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
8
6
 Nan Yunqi Dalian Transcendence
7
Quan Heng Dalian Transcendence
7
Wang Yunlong Anhui Litian
7
Zhang Xiang Lijiang Jiayunhao
7
10
 Cao Tianbao Meizhou Kejia
6
Chen Shaoqin Sichuan Longfor
6
Wang Xinzheng Sichuan Longfor
6
Zhang Hongbin Baoding Yingli Yitong
6
Zhang Shuang Baotou Nanjiao
6
Zhang Zhiquan Meizhou Kejia
6
Zi Long Nanjing Qianbao
6

Awards

The awards of 2015 China League Two were announced on 18 November 2015. [11]

  • Most valuable player: Hu Zhaojun (Dalian Transcendence)
  • Top scorer: Liu Yang (Jingtie Locomotive)
  • Best coach: Qi Wusheng (Meizhou Kejia)

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