2014 China League One

The 2014 China League One is the 11th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.

China League One

Season	2014
Champions	Chongqing Lifan
Promoted	Chongqing Lifan Shijiazhuang Yongchang
Relegated	None
Matches played	240
Goals scored	611 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guto (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Qingdao Jonoon 5–0 Chengdu Tiancheng (May 3rd, 2014) (5 goals)
Biggest away win	Yanbian Changbaishan 1–5 Beijing BIT (May 10th, 2014) (4 goals)
Highest scoring	Qingdao Hainiu 4–4 Tianjin Songjiang (Aug. 30th, 2014) Guangdong Sunray Cave 5–3 Shenzhen Ruby (Oct. 5th, 2014) (8 goals)
Longest winning run	Chongqing Lifan (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Chongqing Lifan (27 matches)
Longest winless run	Chengdu Tiancheng Qingdao Hainiu (13 matches)
Longest losing run	Qingdao Hainiu (9 matches)
Highest attendance	29,880 Chongqing Lifan 2–2 Guangdong Sunray Cave (Oct. 18th, 2014)
Lowest attendance	68 Beijing BIT 3–1 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (Jun. 1st, 2014)
Average attendance	5,334
← 2013 2015 →

Teams

Team changes

To League One Teams relegated from 2013 Chinese Super League Qingdao Jonoon Wuhan Zall Teams promoted from 2013 China League Two Qingdao Hainiu Hebei Zhongji

From League One Teams promoted to 2014 Chinese Super League Henan Jianye Harbin Yiteng Teams relegated to 2014 China League Two Chongqing F.C. Guizhou Zhicheng

Name changes

• Chengdu Blades changed their name to Chengdu Tiancheng in December 2013.^[1]
• Shenyang Shenbei changed their name to Shenyang Zhongze in January 2014.^[2]
• Yanbian Changbai Tiger changed their name to Yanbian Changbaishan in February 2014.^[3]
• Hubei China-Kyle moved to the city of Ürümqi and changed their name to Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard in February 2014.^[4]
• Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao changed their name to Shijiazhuang Yongchang in February 2014.^[5]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2013 season
Qingdao Jonoon R	Tomaž Kavčič	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	CSL, 15th
Wuhan Zall R	Zheng Bin (caretaker)	Wuhan	Xinhua Road Sports Center	32,137	CSL, 16th
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Mai Chao	Guangzhou	Huangpu Sports Center	12,000	3rd
Chongqing Lifan	Wang Baoshan	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	58,680	4th
Shenzhen Ruby	Li Yi (caretaker)	Shenzhen	Bao'an Stadium	40,000	5th
Shenyang Zhongze	Li Zheng (caretaker)	Shenyang	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium	60,000	6th
Beijing Baxy	Goran Tomić	Beijing	Chaoyang Sports Centre	8,000	7th
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	Yasen Petrov	Shijiazhuang	Yutong International Sports Center	38,000	8th
Beijing BIT	Yuan Wei	Beijing	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	5,000	9th
Tianjin Songjiang	Manuel Cajuda	Tianjin	Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium	30,320	10th
Yanbian Changbaishan	Gao Zhongxun	Yanji	Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium	30,000	11th
Hunan Billows	Huang Cheng	Changsha	CSU New Stadium Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium	18,000 30,000	12th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Li Jun	Ürümqi	Xinjiang Sports Centre	50,000	13th
Chengdu Tiancheng	Lee Jang-soo	Chengdu (playing in Shuangliu and Dujiangyan)	Shuangliu Sports Centre Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium	26,000 12,700	14th
Qingdao Hainiu P	Su Maozhen	Qingdao	Conson Stadium	45,000	CL2, 1st
Hebei Zhongji P	Alejandro Larrea	Shijiazhuang	Yutong International Sports Center	38,000	CL2, 2nd

Chongqing Lifan

Guangdong Sunray Cave

Shenyang Zhongze

Qingdao Jonoon
Qingdao Hainiu

Chengdu Tiancheng

Yanbian Changbaishan

Beijing Baxy
B.I.T

Shenzhen Ruby

Hunan Billows

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard

Wuhan Zall

Tianjin Songjiang

Shijiazhuang Yongchang
Hebei Zhongji

Location of teams in 2014 China League One^[6]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Shenzhen Ruby	Philippe Troussier	Expiration of contract	6 November 2013[7]	N/A	Li Yi (caretaker)	7 November 2013[8]
Qingdao Jonoon	Goran Stevanović	Sacked	7 November 2013[9]	N/A	Li Xiaopeng	26 December 2013 [10]
Yanbian Changbaishan	Li Guanghao (caretaker)	—	22 November 2013	N/A	Li Huen	22 November 2013 [11]
Wuhan Zall	Wang Jun (caretaker)	—	11 December 2013	N/A	Dražen Besek	11 December 2013 [12]
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	Li Shubin	Expiration of contract	12 December 2013	N/A	Yasen Petrov	12 December 2013 [13]
Chengdu Tiancheng	Yao Xia (caretaker)	—	16 December 2013	N/A	Niu Hongli	16 December 2013 [14]
Hebei Zhongji	Huang Yang	—	25 December 2013	N/A	Nelson Agresta	26 December 2013 [15]
Tianjin Songjiang	Pei Encai	Expiration of contract	31 December 2013	N/A	Gianni Bortoletto	15 March 2014 [16]
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Zhang Jun	Sacked	2 January 2014	N/A	Julio César Moreno	2 January 2014 [17]
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Julio César Moreno	Sacked	20 April 2014 [18]	14th	Feng Feng (caretaker)	20 April 2014 [18]
Chengdu Tiancheng	Niu Hongli	Sacked	22 April 2014 [19]	16th	Yu Fei (caretaker)	22 April 2014 [19]
Yanbian Changbaishan	Li Huen	Sacked	10 May 2014 [20]	16th	Li Guanghao	10 May 2014 [20]
Shenyang Zhongze	Li Jinyu	Sacked	12 May 2014 [21]	12th	Li Zheng (caretaker)	12 May 2014 [22]
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Feng Feng (caretaker)	—	13 May 2014	15th	Mai Chao	13 May 2014 [23]
Tianjin Songjiang	Gianni Bortoletto	Sacked	14 June 2014 [24]	9th	Manuel Cajuda	23 June 2014 [25]
Chengdu Tiancheng	Yu Fei (caretaker)	—	6 July 2014	16th	Lee Jang-soo	6 July 2014 [26]
Qingdao Jonoon	Li Xiaopeng	Resigned	20 July 2014 [27]	6th	Tomaž Kavčič	22 July 2014 [28]
Hebei Zhongji	Nelson Agresta	Sacked	14 August 2014[29]	13th	Alejandro Larrea	14 August 2014 [29]
Wuhan Zall	Dražen Besek	Sacked	30 August 2014 [30]	3rd	Zheng Bin (caretaker)	30 August 2014 [31]
Yanbian Changbaishan	Li Guanghao	Resigned	6 September 2014 [32]	16th	Gao Zhongxun	8 September 2014 [32]

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CL1.

• Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former Players*
Beijing Baxy	Ivan Božić	Felipe Félix	Lucian Goian	Julián Lalinde[33]
Beijing BIT	Martín Colombo	Julio Gutiérrez	Abel Nazario	Marcos Neves
Chengdu Tiancheng	Caíque	Matheus	Brice Jovial	Salim Arrache
Chongqing Lifan	Luiz Eduardo	Elias	Guto	Lincom [34]
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Mahama Awal	Carlos Andrés García	Danilo Peinado	Petar Jelić
Hebei Zhongji	Givestin N'Suki	Andrés Fernández	Andrés Márquez	Martín Rodríguez
Hunan Billows	Luis Carlos Cabezas	Stevan Bates	Jovan Damjanović
Qingdao Hainiu	Yves Ekwalla Herman	Kelly Youga	Vladimir Voskoboinikov
Qingdao Jonoon	Mauricio Castillo	Osman Chávez	Cristian Dănălache
Shenyang Zhongze	José Duarte	Éric Mouloungui	Zoran Rendulić	Kim Tae-yeon[35]
Shenzhen Ruby	Bruno Coutinho	Giuseppe Aquaro	Babacar Gueye
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	Carlão	Emil Gargorov	Georgi Iliev	Diego Giaretta[36]
Tianjin Songjiang	Mário Lúcio	Nei	Juan Andrés Bolaños
Wuhan Zall	Tássio	Jacques Faty	Sergio Leal	Danilo Peinado
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Vicente	Allan Alemán	Johnny Woodly	Dady[37]
Yanbian Changbaishan	Serge Roland	Kim Do-hyung	Kim Ki-soo	Won Tae-yeon[38]

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Beijing Baxy	Chen Hao-wei	Wen Chih-hao	Godfred Karikari
Hunan Billows	Andy Nägelein
Shenyang Zhongze	Fong Pak Lun	Li Ngai Hoi
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	Bai He
Tianjin Songjiang	Ng Wai Chiu

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chongqing Lifan (P, C)	30	17	10	3	60	24	+36	61	Promotion to 2015 CSL
2	Shijiazhuang Yongchang (P)	30	17	6	7	42	25	+17	57[a]
3	Wuhan Zall	30	18	3	9	46	31	+15	57[a]
4	Beijing Baxy	30	14	13	3	45	27	+18	55
5	Qingdao Jonoon	30	15	8	7	43	29	+14	46[b]
6	Hunan Billows	30	12	9	9	38	33	+5	45
7	Tianjin Songjiang	30	12	7	11	39	33	+6	43
8	Shenzhen Ruby	30	9	10	11	35	38	−3	37[c]
9	Beijing BIT	30	11	4	15	46	57	−11	37[c]
10	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	30	8	11	11	29	33	−4	35[d]
11	Shenyang Zhongze	30	8	11	11	27	30	−3	35[d]	Disbanded after season
12	Qingdao Hainiu	30	7	10	13	36	47	−11	31
13	Guangdong Sunray Cave	30	6	12	12	36	47	−11	30	Disbanded after season
14	Hebei Zhongji	30	6	11	13	31	54	−23	29
15	Chengdu Tiancheng	30	6	8	16	29	45	−16	26	Disbanded after season
16	Yanbian Changbaishan	30	3	9	18	29	58	−29	18

Updated to match(es) played on November 1, 2014. Source: CL1 website on hupu.com (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Wuhan 1–0 Shijiazhuang; Shijiazhuang 2–0 Wuhan
2. On 14 August 2014, Qingdao Jonoon were deducted 7 points for being found to have falsified in the contract dispute of Liu Jian with Guangzhou Evergrande.^[39]
3. BIT 1–3 Shenzhen; Shenzhen 1–3 BIT
4. Shenyang 0–0 Xinjiang; Xinjiang 1–0 Shenyang

Results

Home \ Away	QD	WH	GD	CQL	SZ	SYZ	BJB	SJZ	BJT	TJS	YB	HUN	XJT	CD	QDH	HBZ
Qingdao Jonoon		3–0	2–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	4–1
Wuhan Zall	2–3		4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Guangdong Sunray Cave	1–1	0–1		0–2	5–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2
Chongqing Lifan	1–0	3–0	2–2		4–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	5–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	1–0	4–0
Shenzhen Ruby	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		2–1	0–0	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–1
Shenyang Zhongze	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2		1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Beijing Baxy	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–2		4–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–0
Beijing BIT	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–3		1–0	2–4	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2
Tianjin Songjiang	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1		2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–1
Yanbian Changbaishan	2–2	1–4	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–5	1–1		1–2	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–1
Hunan Billows	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	4–1	2–1	3–2		0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	5–2	2–1	3–1	1–2		1–0	0–1	4–1
Chengdu Tiancheng	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–1		1–2	1–1
Qingdao Hainiu	0–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–3	1–4	3–2	4–4	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–2
Hebei Zhongji	0–3	0–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on Nov. 1st, 2014. Source: Results on sina.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Chongqing Lifan	13	15	10	6	6	4	4	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wuhan Zall	13	16	13	15	10	6	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Beijing Baxy	11	5	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Qingdao Jonoon	7	11	9	5	8	12	12	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hunan Billows	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	5	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	6
Tianjin Songjiang	1	8	11	14	11	5	7	6	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7
Shenzhen Ruby	15	6	6	8	5	8	8	8	6	6	7	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8
Beijing BIT	15	6	12	10	13	11	11	13	10	13	13	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	9
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	7	12	7	9	9	13	13	12	13	12	11	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	12	9	8	9	10
Shenyang Zhongze	3	3	4	7	7	10	10	11	12	11	12	13	12	13	14	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	11
Qingdao Hainiu	7	4	5	3	3	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	8	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	10	11	12	12
Guangdong Sunray Cave	5	10	15	13	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Hebei Zhongji	5	9	14	12	12	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Chengdu Tiancheng	7	13	8	11	14	16	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Yanbian Changbaishan	11	14	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Winner; promoted to Chinese Super League
	Runner-up; promoted to Chinese Super League
	Disbanded after season

Source: Table by round (in Chinese)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Total
1	Guto	Chongqing Lifan	21
2	Wang Dong	Chongqing Lifan	16
	Johnny Woodly	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	16
	Babacar Gueye	Shenzhen Ruby	16
5	Li Xiang	Beijing BIT	15
	Luis Carlos Cabezas	Hunan Billows	15
7	Brice Jovial	Chengdu Tiancheng	13
	Andrés Márquez	Hebei Zhongji	13
9	Felipe Félix	Beijing Baxy	12
10	Sergio Leal	Wuhan Zall	11

Source: sports.sina.com (in Chinese)

Awards

The awards of 2014 China League One were announced on 21 December 2014.

• Most valuable player: Wang Dong (Chongqing Lifan)
• Top scorer: Guto (Chongqing Lifan)
• Best goalkeeper: Wang Guoming (Shijiazhuang Yongchang)
• Best coach: Goran Tomić (Beijing Baxy)

League Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Chongqing Lifan	198,814	29,880	7,329	13,254	+386.4%†
2	Shijiazhuang Yongchang	179,231	22,317	7,617	11,949	+18.9%†
3	Wuhan Zall†	126,849	13,613	3,126	8,457	−41.3%†
4	Yanbian Changbaishan	119,875	18,975	876	7,992	+64.9%†
5	Hebei Zhongji‡	93,583	12,244	2,412	6,239	n/a†
6	Shenyang Zhongze	92,338	11,828	1,082	6,156	+493.1%†
7	Shenzhen Ruby	90,171	8,791	3,033	6,011	−9.8%†
8	Hunan Billows	77,539	13,662	1,321	5,169	+10.7%†
9	Qingdao Hainiu‡	63,434	15,624	1,234	4,229	n/a†
10	Qingdao Jonoon†	54,033	7,316	2,014	3,602	−56.5%†
11	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	47,416	12,500	351	3,161	+43.3%†
12	Tianjin Songjiang	37,659	7,800	512	2,511	+11.7%†
13	Chengdu Tiancheng	28,867	4,210	523	1,924	−46.4%†
14	Beijing Baxy	25,017	3,000	520	1,668	−26.5%†
15	Beijing BIT	24,550	2,375	68	1,637	−8.6%†
16	Guangdong Sunray Cave	20,745	3,868	348	1,383	−52.9%†
	League total	1,280,121	29,880	68	5,334	+13.3%†

Updated to games played on Nov. 1st, 2014
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CSL.
^‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.