2012 China League Two

The 2012 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 23rd season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are total 26 teams participating in the league with 13 teams in each 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 April 20 and end on September 28. The Play-off Stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the Play-off will qualify for promotion to 2013 China League One.

China League Two

Season	2012
Champions	Guizhou Zhicheng
Promoted	Guizhou Zhicheng Hubei China-Kyle
Matches played	327
Goals scored	858 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zhang Hongbin (18 Goals)
Biggest home win	Shandong Youth 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, May 22nd, 2012) Beijing Sangao 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, Jul. 22nd, 2012) (9 goals)
Biggest away win	Sichuan F.C. 0-5 Dongguan Nancheng (South, Aug. 14th, 2012) (5 goals)
Highest scoring	Shandong Youth 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, May 22nd, 2012) Beijing Sangao 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, Jul. 22nd, 2012) Hubei China-Kyle 3-6 Guizhou Zhicheng (South, Aug. 14th, 2012) (9 goals)
Longest winning run	Hebei Zhongji (9 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Hebei Zhongji (22 matches)
Longest winless run	Qinghai Youth (24 matches)
Longest losing run	Qinghai Youth (10 matches)
← 2011 2013 →

Team Changes

Promotion and relegation

Harbin Songbei Yiteng as the 2011 season champion and Chongqing F.C. as runner-up earned promotion to the 2012 China League One. The 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero was also promoted to 2012 China League One after winning the play-off match against Guizhou Zhicheng, who finished in last place in the 2011 China League One.

Guizhou Zhicheng were relegated from 2011 China League One to 2012 China League Two South Group as the last placed team after losing the play-off match against the 3rd-placed team of 2011 China League Two Fujian Smart Hero.

Name Changes

Sichuan Dujiangyan Symbol moved to Xi'an in January 2012 and changed their name to Shaanxi Daqin.

New entries

There are 15 new teams participating in 2012 China League Two. They are Beijing Youth, Beijing Sangao,^[1] Beijing Yitong Kuche, Hebei Youth, Jiangsu HHU, Qinghai Senke,^[2] Shaanxi Laochenggen, Shanxi Jiayi,^[3] Xinjiang Begonia,^[4] Chongqing Youth, Hubei China-Kyle,^[5] Jiangxi Liansheng,^[6] Kunming Ruilong,^[7] Shenzhen Fengpeng^[8] and Shenzhen Main Sports.^[9]

• Tianjin Huochetou did not participate in 2011 China League Two. They had participated in 2010 China League Two North Group and qualified for the Play-off First Round as the 3rd-placed team in the group. However they were defeated by Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. in the Play-off First Round and failed to gain promotion to 2011 China League One.

Clubs

Groups	Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2011 season
North	Beijing Youth	Zhang Jianguo	Beijing	Shijingshan Stadium	20,000
	Beijing Sangao	Li Hui	Beijing	Haidian Stadium	5,000
	Beijing Yitong Kuche	Yang Zheng	Beijing	Beijing Fengtai Stadium	31,043
	Hebei Youth	Wei Yuanhao	Shijiazhuang	Yutong International Sports Center	38,000
	Hebei Zhongji	Zhang Yandong	Shijiazhuang	Yutong International Sports Center	38,000	North 5th
	Qinghai Youth	Liang Jinning	Xining	Xining Ximen Stadium		North 8th
	Qinghai Senke	Song Lihui	Xining	Xining Ximen Stadium		CAFL 11th
	Shandong Youth	Hu Yijun	Weifang	Luneng Taishan Football School	4,000	North 3rd
	Shanxi Jiayi	Wu Jianwen	Taiyuan	Wanbailin Stadium Taiyuan Institute of Electrical Engineering Stadium (Round 14–19)
	Shaanxi Laochenggen	Zhang Yuede	Xi'an	Shaanxi Province Stadium	50,100	North 6th
	Shanghai Zobon	Cheng Yaodong	Shanghai	Jinshan Sports Centre	30,000	South 5th
	Tianjin Huochetou	Su Wei	Tianjin	Tianjin Huochetou Stadium	12,000
	Xinjiang Begonia	Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy	Ürümqi	Xinjiang Sports Centre	50,000
South	Chongqing Youth	Jia Jin	Chongqing	Nanchuan Stadium	20,000
	Dongguan Nancheng	Goran Paulić	Dongguan	Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium (Round 16–26)	20,000 20,000	South 4th
	Guangdong Youth	Guo Yijun	Foshan	Century Lotus Stadium	36,686	South 7th
	Guizhou Zhicheng R	Liu Zhicai	Guiyang	Guizhou Provincial Stadium	18,000	CL1, 14th
	Hubei China-Kyle	Li Jun	Huangshi	Huangshi Stadium Jingmen Stadium(Round 24)	15,000 4,000
	Hubei Youth	Hu Yijun	Wuhan	Jianghan'erqiao Athlete Training Base		South 10th
	Jiangsu HHU	Zhu Jinxing	Nanjing	Hohai University Jiangning Campus Football Field
	Jiangxi Liansheng	Gu Mingchang	Nanchang	Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center	50,000	CAFL 2nd
	Kunming Ruilong	Gao Fulin	Kunming	Kunming Stadium	20,000
	Shaanxi Daqin	Shang Qing	Xi'an	Shaanxi Province Stadium	50,100	South 3rd
	Shenzhen Fengpeng	Zhang Jun	Shenzhen	University Town of Shenzhen Stadium	15,942
	Shenzhen Main Sports	Wei Haili	Shenzhen	Shenzhen Stadium	32,500
	Sichuan F.C.	Sun Bowei	Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan)	Dujiangyan Sport Center	12,700	South 11th

Group Stage Standings

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hebei Zhongji (Q)	24	18	5	1	49	10	+39	59	Qualification for Play-offs
2	Qinghai Senke (Q)	24	15	7	2	48	17	+31	52
3	Beijing Yitong Kuche (Q)	24	15	5	4	48	17	+31	50
4	Shaanxi Laochenggen (Q)	24	13	3	8	36	28	+8	42
5	Xinjiang Begonia	24	12	5	7	28	26	+2	41
6	Shanghai Zobon	24	11	7	6	36	19	+17	40
7	Beijing Youth	23	10	5	8	39	25	+14	35
8	Beijing Sangao	24	7	8	9	30	27	+3	29
9	Shanxi Jiayi	24	8	4	12	31	36	−5	28
10	Shandong Youth	24	6	4	14	32	43	−11	22
11	Tianjin Huochetou	23	4	5	14	10	26	−16	17
12	Hebei Youth	24	2	7	15	18	46	−28	13
13	Qinghai Youth	24	0	3	21	10	95	−85	3

Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28, 2012. 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

South Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guizhou Zhicheng (C, Q, P)	24	16	6	2	51	16	+35	54	Qualification for Play-offs
2	Shenzhen Fengpeng (Q)	24	13	8	3	36	17	+19	47
3	Kunming Ruilong (Q)	24	14	4	6	36	23	+13	46
4	Hubei China-Kyle (Q, P)	24	13	5	6	28	18	+10	44
5	Shaanxi Daqin	24	12	6	6	46	32	+14	42
6	Dongguan Nancheng	24	12	4	8	41	30	+11	40
7	Guangdong Youth	24	9	8	7	33	31	+2	35
8	Jiangxi Liansheng	24	6	12	6	36	32	+4	30
9	Shenzhen Main Sports	24	7	7	10	27	38	−11	28
10	Sichuan F.C.	24	5	4	15	19	43	−24	19
11	Jiangsu HHU	24	5	3	16	21	42	−21	18
12	Hubei Youth	24	3	5	16	19	48	−29	14
13	Chongqing Youth	24	3	4	17	17	40	−23	13

Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28, 2012. 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) Champions; (P) Promoted to China League One; (Q) Qualification for play-offs

Group Stage Results

North Group

Home \ Away	BJY	BJS	BYK	HBY	HBZ	QHY	QHS	SDY	SXJ	SXL	SHZ	TJH	XJB
Beijing Youth		4–0	3–3	1–1	0–1	8–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	CXL[a]	1–2
Beijing Sangao	0–0		0–2	0–0	2–2	9–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0
Beijing Yitong Kuche	0–1	2–1		6–0	0–4	5–1	0–0	6–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–0
Hebei Youth	1–4	1–1	0–1		1–3	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2
Hebei Zhongji	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0		5–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0
Qinghai Youth	1–3	0–4	0–3	0–0	1–4		0–3	1–4	3–5	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1
Qinghai Senke	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–3	1–0	5–0		2–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	5–3
Shandong Youth	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	9–0	1–2		3–2	1–2	1–4	0–1	2–1
Shanxi Jiayi	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	6–0	2–3	3–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0
Shaanxi Laochenggen	1–2	1–0	1–0	6–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–2		2–3	2–1	0–1
Shanghai Zobon	2–1	3–1	0–2	3–0	0–0	8–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–1		2–0	0–1
Tianjin Huochetou	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1		0–1
Xinjiang Begonia	3–5[b]	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28th, 2012. Source: China League Two Results (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. This match had been canceled.
2. This match was held in Shijingshan Stadium.

South Group

Home \ Away	CQY	DGN	GDY	GZZ	HBC	HBY	HHU	JXL	KMR	SXD	SZF	SZM	SC
Chongqing Youth		0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–4	0–1	0–0	2–3	2–0
Dongguan Nancheng	1–0		2–2	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	5–3	0–1	1–1	2–0
Guangdong Youth	3–1	1–2		1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–2
Guizhou Zhicheng	0–1	5–0	1–1		0–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	4–1
Hubei China-Kyle	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–6		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1
Hubei Youth	1–3	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–1		3–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–0
Jiangsu HHU	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–4	0–2	2–0		0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	3–2
Jiangxi Liansheng	2–2	4–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	4–0		1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Kunming Ruilong	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–2		0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1
Shaanxi Daqin	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	5–0	5–1	2–1	2–2		1–1	3–3	0–1
Shenzhen Fengpeng	3–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2		2–0	3–0
Shenzhen Main Sports	1–0	0–3[a]	3–1	1–3	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–5	2–1		0–1
Sichuan F.C.	1–0	0–5	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–4	2–3	1–3	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28th, 2012. Source: China League Two Results (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. This match was held in Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium.

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hebei Zhongji	1 - 1	Hubei China-Kyle	0 - 0	1 - 1
Shenzhen Fengpeng	3 - 2	Beijing Yitong Kuche	1 - 1	2 - 1
Guizhou Zhicheng	2 - 0	Shaanxi Laochenggen	0 - 0	2 - 0
Qinghai Senke	3 - 2	Kunming Ruilong	1 - 2	2 - 0

First leg

Oct. 7th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Hubei China-Kyle	0 - 0	Hebei Zhongji
	Report (in Chinese)

Huangshi Stadium, Huangshi

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Oct. 7th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Beijing Yitong Kuche	1 - 1	Shenzhen Fengpeng
Yu Shuai 23'	Report (in Chinese)	55' Yang Jian

Beijing Fengtai Stadium, Beijing

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Oct. 8th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Shaanxi Laochenggen	0 - 0	Guizhou Zhicheng
	Report (in Chinese)

Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an

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Oct. 8th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Kunming Ruilong	2 - 1	Qinghai Senke
Wang Jianwen 62' Ma Sai 68' (pen.)	Report (in Chinese)	72' (o.g.) Liu Pujin

Kunming Hongta Base #4 Field, Kunming

Second leg

Oct. 12th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Hebei Zhongji	1 - 1	Hubei China-Kyle
Jia Xiaochen 90'	Report (in Chinese)	87' Zhou Yi

Yutong International Sports Center, Shijiazhuang

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Oct. 12th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Shenzhen Fengpeng	2 - 1	Beijing Yitong Kuche
Li Yingjian 22' Chen Yongran 74'	Report (in Chinese)	11' Wu Hao

University Town of Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen

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Oct. 13th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Qinghai Senke	2 - 0	Kunming Ruilong
Huang Jie 63' Teng Bin 75'	Report (in Chinese)

Xining Ximen Stadium, Xining

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Oct. 13th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Guizhou Zhicheng	2 - 0	Shaanxi Laochenggen
Feng Kai 65' Jiang Liang 90'	Report (in Chinese)

Guizhou Provincial Stadium, Guiyang

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hubei China-Kyle	2 - 1	Shenzhen Fengpeng	0 - 1	2 - 0
Guizhou Zhicheng	4 - 3	Qinghai Senke	2 - 2	2 - 1

First leg

Oct. 18th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Shenzhen Fengpeng	1 - 0	Hubei China-Kyle
Chen Yongran 58'	Report(in Chinese)

University Town of Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen

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Oct. 19th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Qinghai Senke	2 - 2	Guizhou Zhicheng
Xu Yihai 15' Teng Bin (pen.)	Report(in Chinese)	50' Jiang Liang 65' Tang Yuan

Xining Ximen Stadium, Xining

Second leg

Oct. 23rd, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Hubei China-Kyle	2 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Shenzhen Fengpeng
Tong Xiaoxing 90+4' Dong Zhiyuan 115'	Report(in Chinese)

Huangshi Stadium, Huangshi

Referee: Ma Li

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Oct. 24th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Guizhou Zhicheng	2 - 1	Qinghai Senke
Chen Xiao 75' Ilhamjan Iminjan 90+3'	Report(in Chinese)	60'

Guizhou Provincial Stadium, Guiyang

Third-place play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shenzhen Fengpeng	4 - 2	Qinghai Senke	3 - 0	1 - 2

First leg

Oct. 29th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Shenzhen Fengpeng	3 - 0	Qinghai Senke
Wu Lei 30', 35' Di You 49' (pen.)	Report(in Chinese)

University Town of Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen

Second leg

Nov. 4th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Qinghai Senke	2 - 1	Shenzhen Fengpeng
Shi Jun 40' (pen.) Xu Yihai 80'	Report(in Chinese)	76' Liu Xi

Xining Ximen Stadium, Xining

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hubei China-Kyle	1 - 2	Guizhou Zhicheng	1 - 0	0 - 2

First leg

Oct. 30th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Hubei China-Kyle	1 - 0	Guizhou Zhicheng
Li Longri 39'	Report(in Chinese)

Huangshi Stadium, Huangshi

Second leg

Nov. 5th, 2012

14:30 UTC+8

Guizhou Zhicheng	2 - 0	Hubei China-Kyle
Ilhamjan Iminjan 50' Jiang Liang 68'	Report(in Chinese)

Guizhou Provincial Stadium, Guiyang

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zhang Hongbin	Beijing Yitong Kuche	18
2	Fan Yunlong	Guizhou Zhicheng	15
	Xu Yihai	Qinghai Senke
4	Teng Bin	Qinghai Senke	13
5	Ilhamjan Iminjan	Guizhou Zhicheng	12
	Jiang Zhongxiao	Shaanxi Daqin
7	Wu Dingmao	Shanxi Jiayi	11
8	He Lilong	Beijing Youth	10
	Wang Shangyuan	Beijing Sangao
10	Xu Xin	Jiangxi Liansheng	9
	Yang Chaosheng	Dongguan Nancheng
	Liu Yang	Shaanxi Laochenggen

League Attendance

North Group

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Xinjiang Begonia	172,763	45,000	12,000	28,794	n/a†
2	Hebei Zhongji	28,700	6,000	3,000	4,783	n/a†
3	Shaanxi Laochenggen	21,720	5,000	800	3,620	n/a†
4	Hebei Youth	9,268	5,500	500	1,324	n/a†
5	Qinghai Senke	7,880	1,800	1,000	1,313	n/a†
6	Shanxi Jiayi	7,150	2,500	200	715	n/a†
7	Shandong Youth	3,333	1,000	200	476	n/a†
8	Qinghai Youth	3,110	1,500	100	346	n/a†
9	Beijing Yitong Kuche	2,427	1,200	150	405	n/a†
10	Beijing Youth	1,733	430	0	217	n/a†
11	Beijing Sangao	805	192	0	134	n/a†
12	Shanghai Zobon	785	200	185	196	n/a†
13	Tianjin Huochetou	715	200	30	89	n/a†
	League total	260,389	45,000	0	2,926	n/a†

Updated to games played on Sept. 2nd, 2012 (Round 21)
Source: China League Two bulletin data (in Chinese)

There is no attendance data for Round 1, 2, 8, 13, 15, 18, 22, 23 and 24.

South Group

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Guizhou Zhicheng	24,517	3,670	1,003	2,229	n/a†
2	Shaanxi Daqin	19,159	4,186	400	2,395	n/a†
3	Hubei China-Kyle	18,095	3,000	368	1,645	n/a†
4	Dongguan Nancheng	16,373	5,630	112	1,488	n/a†
5	Shenzhen Fengpeng	9,786	1,980	131	890	n/a†
6	Jiangxi Liansheng	8,505	5,225	150	1,063	n/a†
7	Kunming Ruilong	7,305	3,000	200	913	n/a†
8	Chongqing Youth	7,032	3,615	100	781	n/a†
9	Shenzhen Main Sports	4,990	2,200	0	499	n/a†
10	Sichuan F.C.	3,849	500	50	321	n/a†
11	Jiangsu HHU	2,246	500	100	250	n/a†
12	Hubei Youth	1,701	500	50	155	n/a†
13	Guangdong Youth	1,361	500	0	124	n/a†
	League total	124,919	5,630	0	961	n/a†

Updated to games played on Sept. 19th, 2012 (Round 24)
Source: China League Two bulletin data (in Chinese)

There is no attendance data for Round 13 and 23.