2020 China League One

The 2020 Chinese Football Association China League (Chinese: 2020中国足球协会甲级联赛) will be the 17th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and is scheduled to end on 1 November,[1] but was postponed following the coronavirus pandemic in China.[2]

China League One
Season2020
← 2019
2021 →

In this season, the number of teams will be expanded from 16 to 18.[3]

Teams

Team changes

Name changes

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations
Team[6] Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2019 season
Beijing Renhe R Wang Bo Beijing Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043 CSL, 16th
Guizhou Hengfeng Wang Xinxin Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 3rd
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Duan Xin Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 4th
Changchun Yatai Samvel Babayan Changchun Changchun City Stadium 38,500 5th
Zhejiang Greentown Zheng Xiong Huzhou Huzhou Olympic Sports Centre 40,000 6th
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Chen Yang Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 51,632 7th
Beijing BSU Su Maozhen Beijing Olympic Sports Centre 36,228 8th
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Kim Bong-gil Weinan Weinan Sports Center Stadium 32,000 9th
Meizhou Hakka Marcelo Rospide Meizhou Huitang Stadium 30,000 10th
Nantong Zhiyun Xie Hui Nantong Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,000 12th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Fernando Ürümqi Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,000 13th
Liaoning Shenyang Urban P Yu Ming Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 CL2, 1st
Chengdu Better City P José Carlos Granero Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 42,000 CL2, 2nd
Taizhou Yuanda P Yin Tiesheng Taizhou Taixing Sports Center Stadium 8,000 CL2, 3rd
Suzhou Dongwu P Liu Junwei Suzhou Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre 45,000 CL2, 4th
Jiangxi Liansheng P Huang Yong Jiujiang Ruichang Sports Park Stadium N/A CL2, 6th
Sichuan Jiuniu P Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 42,000 CL2, 8th
Kunshan F.C. P Gao Yao Suzhou Kunshan Stadium 30,000 CL2, 9th

Clubs Locations
Location of teams in 2020 China League One[7]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Changchun Yatai Svetozar Šapurić Sacked 3 November 2019 Pre-season Samvel Babayan 2 December 2019
Meizhou Hakka Zheng Xiaotian Signed by Beijing Sinobo Guoan 6 November 2019 Marcelo Rospide 20 December 2019
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Wang Bo Signed by Beijing Renhe 10 November 2019 Kim Bong-gil 16 December 2019
Guizhou Hengfeng Chen Mao Mutual consent 26 November 2019 Wang Xinxin 26 November 2019
Nantong Zhiyun Gary White Mutual consent 31 March 2020 Xie Hui 31 March 2020
Sichuan Jiuniu Wang Hongwei Mutual consent 18 May 2020

Foreign players

The policy of foreign players was changed. The number of foreign players clubs can register over the course of the season is limited to four and the number of foreign players allowed on each team at any given time is increased from three to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of two can be fielded at any time during the match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan Players1		 Former players
Beijing BSU Lins Juan Luis Anangonó Wen Chih-hao
Beijing Renhe Elvis Manu Shin Hyung-min
Changchun Yatai Serginho Lucas Souza Stefan Dražić Aaron Samuel Chen Po-liang
Chengdu Better City Dani Quintana Nikola Đurđić
Guizhou Hengfeng Sérgio Mota Nikica Jelavić Anton Maglica Festus Baise
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Yoann Arquin
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Guto Babacar Gueye André Senghor
Jiangxi Liansheng
Kunshan F.C.
Liaoning Shenyang Urban Juvhel Tsoumou Kim Sung-hwan Islom Tukhtakhujaev
Meizhou Hakka Dori Lonsana Doumbouya Chisom Egbuchulam Leung Nok Hang
Nantong Zhiyun Marius Obekop João Silva Mladen Kovačević
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Albi Alla John Owoeri Robert Ndip Tambe
Sichuan Jiuniu
Suzhou Dongwu
Taizhou Yuanda Marko Bašić Daniel Chima Chukwu Zoran Tošić
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Stefano Pinho Naldinho Ritus Krjauklis
Zhejiang Greentown Rafael Martins Dino Ndlovu Nyasha Mushekwi
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Beijing BSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Super League
2 Beijing Renhe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Changchun Yatai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Chengdu Better City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guizhou Hengfeng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inner Mongolia Zhongyou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jiangxi Liansheng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kunshan F.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Liaoning Shenyang Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Meizhou Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nantong Zhiyun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sichuan Jiuniu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Suzhou Dongwu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Taizhou Yuanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League Two
17 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zhejiang Greentown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 9) Draw

Results
Home \ Away BSU BJR CC CDB GZH HLJ IMZ JXL KS LSU MZK NTZ SCA SCJ SZD TZY XJT ZJG
Beijing BSU —
Beijing Renhe —
Changchun Yatai —
Chengdu Better City —
Guizhou Hengfeng —
Heilongjiang Lava Spring —
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou —
Jiangxi Liansheng —
Kunshan F.C. —
Liaoning Shenyang Urban —
Meizhou Hakka —
Nantong Zhiyun —
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic —
Sichuan Jiuniu —
Suzhou Dongwu —
Taizhou Yuanda —
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard —
Zhejiang Greentown —
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: CFA
Colours: 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

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.

Leader and promotion to Super League
Runner-up and promotion to Super League
Relegation to League Two
First match(es) will be played on ?. Source: CFA

Results by match played
First match(es) will be played on ?. Source: CFA
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

League attendance

Notes

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