2015 China League One

The 2015 China League One^[1] is the 12th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league title sponsor is 58.com.^[2]

China League One

Season	2015
Champions	Yanbian Changbaishan
Promoted	Yanbian Changbaishan Hebei Zhongji
Relegated	Beijing BIT Jiangxi Liansheng
Matches played	240
Goals scored	623 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ha Tae-kyun (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Wuhan Zall 6–0 Shenzhen F.C. (May 31st, 2015) (6 goals)
Biggest away win	Qingdao Jonoon 1–5 Guizhou Zhicheng (Jun. 6th, 2015) (4 goals)
Highest scoring	Hebei Zhongji 6–1 Qingdao Hainiu (Jul. 26th, 2015) Yanbian Changbaishan 6–1 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (Aug. 8th, 2015) Beijing BIT 3–4 Hebei Zhongji (Sep. 5th, 2015) (7 goals)
Longest winning run	Hebei Zhongji (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Yanbian Changbaishan (21 matches)
Longest winless run	Tianjin Songjiang (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Jiangxi Liansheng Tianjin Songjiang Dalian Aerbin Beijing BIT Qingdao Jonoon (4 matches)
Highest attendance	42,591 Dalian Aerbin 1−1 Yanbian Changbaishan (Sep. 19th, 2015)
Lowest attendance	741 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 2−2 Qingdao Hainiu (Sep. 14th, 2015)
Average attendance	8,859
← 2014 2016 →

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2014 season, two relegated from the 2014 Chinese Super League and three promoted from the 2014 China League Two.

Team changes

To League One Teams relegated from 2014 Chinese Super League Dalian Aerbin Harbin Yiteng Teams promoted from 2014 China League Two Jiangxi Liansheng Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi Guizhou Zhicheng

From League One Teams promoted to 2015 Chinese Super League Chongqing Lifan Shijiazhuang Yongchang Dissolved entries Shenyang Zhongze Shaanxi Wuzhou（Guangdong Sunray Cave） Teams relegated to 2015 China League Two and Dissolved entries Chengdu Tiancheng

Name changes

• Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C. moved to the city of Xi'an and changed their name to Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C. in December 2014.^[3]
• Beijing Baxy F.C. changed their name to Beijing Enterprises Group F.C. in December 2014.^[4]
• Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi F.C. moved to the city of Hohhot and changed their name to Nei Mongol Zhongyou F.C. in January 2015.^[5]
• Shenzhen Ruby F.C. changed their name to Shenzhen F.C. in January 2015.^[6]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Club name	Team name	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2014 season
Dalian Aerbin R	Dalian Aerbin	Mikael Stahre	Dalian	Dalian Sports Center	61,000	CSL, 15th
Harbin Yiteng R	Harbin Yiteng	Duan Xin	Harbin	Harbin ICE Sports Center	50,000	CSL, 16th
Wuhan Zall	Wuhan Zall	Zheng Xiong	Wuhan	Xinhua Road Sports Center	32,137	3rd
Beijing Enterprises Group	Beijing BG Yanjing	Aleksandar Stanojević	Beijing	Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing)	36,228	4th
Qingdao Jonoon	Qingdao Jonoon	Dragan Stančić (caretaker)	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	5th
Hunan Billows	Hunan Billows	Žikica Tasevski	Changsha (playing in Yiyang)	Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium	30,000	6th
Tianjin Songjiang	Tianjin Songjiang	Goran Tomić	Tianjin	Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium	30,320	7th
Shenzhen F.C.	Shenzhen Sky Forever	Li Haiqiang (caretaker)	Shenzhen	Bao'an Stadium	40,000	8th
Beijing BIT	Beijing Xinyuan	Yuan Wei	Beijing	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	5,000	9th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Xinjiang Dabancheng Nahuan	Li Jun	Ürümqi	Xinjiang Sports Centre	50,000	10th
Qingdao Hainiu	Qingdao Huanghai Hainiu	Sun Xinbo (caretaker)	Qingdao	Conson Stadium	45,000	12th
Hebei Zhongji	Hebei China Fortune	Li Tie	Qinhuangdao	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium	33,572	14th
Yanbian Changbaishan	Yanbian Changbaishan	Park Tae-ha	Yanji	Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium	30,000	16th
Jiangxi Liansheng P	Jiangxi Liansheng	Sun Wei	Nanchang	Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center	50,000	CL2, 1st
Nei Mongol Zhongyou P	Hohhot Zhongyou	Wang Bo	Hohhot	Hohhot City Stadium	60,000	CL2, 2nd
Guizhou Zhicheng P	Guizhou Zhicheng	Chen Mao	Guiyang	Guizhou Provincial Stadium	18,000	CL2, 3rd

Harbin Yiteng

Dalian Aerbin

Nei Mongol Zhongyou

Jiangxi Liansheng

Yanbian Changbaishan

Guizhou Zhicheng

Qingdao Jonoon
Qingdao Hainiu

B.I.T
Beijing Enterprises Group

Shenzhen F.C.

Hunan Billows

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard

Wuhan Zall

Tianjin Songjiang

Hebei Zhongji

Location of teams in 2015 China League One^[7]

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tianjin Songjiang	Manuel Cajuda	6 November 2014[8]	Dražen Besek	15 December 2014 [9]
Hunan Billows	Huang Cheng	27 November 2014	Aleksandar Stankov	27 November 2014 [10]
Yanbian Changbaishan	Gao Zhongxun	5 December 2014	Park Tae-ha	5 December 2014 [11]
Dalian Aerbin	Yasuharu Kurata	31 December 2014 [12]	Mikael Stahre	5 January 2015 [13]
Hebei Zhongji	Alejandro Larrea	31 December 2014	Radomir Antić	27 January 2015 [14]
Guizhou Zhicheng	Zhang Jun	31 December 2014 [15]	Chen Mao	29 January 2015 [16]
Harbin Yiteng	Marijo Tot	31 December 2014	Duan Xin (caretaker)	31 December 2014
Beijing Enterprises Group	Goran Tomić	12 January 2015	Aleksandar Stanojević	12 January 2015 [17]
Jiangxi Liansheng	Li Xiao	26 February 2015 [18]	Huang Yan	9 March 2015 [19]
Shenzhen F.C.	Li Yi	12 April 2015 [20]	Lee Lim-saeng	12 April 2015 [20]
Hunan Billows	Aleksandar Stankov	2 May 2015 [21]	Zhang Xu (caretaker)	2 May 2015 [21]
Tianjin Songjiang	Dražen Besek	6 May 2015 [22]	Sun Jianjun (caretaker)	6 May 2015 [22]
Tianjin Songjiang	Sun Jianjun (caretaker)	12 May 2015	Goran Tomić	12 May 2015 [23]
Harbin Yiteng	Duan Xin (caretaker)	5 June 2015 [24]	Gai Zengjun (caretaker)	5 June 2015 [24]
Harbin Yiteng	Gai Zengjun (caretaker)	17 June 2015 [25]	Duan Xin	17 June 2015 [25]
Jiangxi Liansheng	Huang Yan	8 July 2015 [26]	Sun Wei	8 July 2015 [26]
Wuhan Zall	Zheng Bin	15 July 2015 [27]	Zheng Xiong	15 July 2015 [27]
Qingdao Hainiu	Su Maozhen	28 July 2015 [28]	Sun Xinbo (caretaker)	28 July 2015 [28]
Hunan Billows	Zhang Xu (caretaker)	6 August 2015	Žikica Tasevski	6 August 2015 [29]
Hebei Zhongji	Radomir Antić	18 August 2015 [30]	Li Tie	18 August 2015 [30]
Shenzhen F.C.	Lee Lim-saeng	28 August 2015 [31]	Li Haiqiang (caretaker)	28 August 2015 [31]
Qingdao Jonoon	Tomaž Kavčič	5 October 2015 [32]	Dragan Stančić (caretaker)	5 October 2015

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. Outfield players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) in CL1.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former Players1
Beijing Enterprises Group	Carmelo Valencia	Nikola Vujadinović	Danko Lazović	Éder Lima
Beijing BIT	Maureen Franco	Andrés Márquez	Abel Nazario	Julio Gutiérrez
Dalian Aerbin	Bruno Meneghel	Niklas Backman	Mathias Ranégie
Guizhou Zhicheng	Rodrigo	Yves Ekwalla Herman	Ibán Cuadrado
Harbin Yiteng	Adam Hughes	Juan Gilberto Núñez	Ricardo Steer	Jair Reinoso
Hebei Zhongji	Edu	Abdurahim Laajab	Nenad Milijas	Miroslav Radović
Hunan Billows	Luis Carlos Cabezas	Igor Burzanović	Stevan Bates
Jiangxi Liansheng	Demerson	Léo Itaperuna	Adi Rocha	Jajá
Nei Mongol Zhongyou	Jonas Salley	Dori	William Paulista
Qingdao Hainiu	Đorđe Rakić	Kim Seung-yong	Julio Gutiérrez	Goran Gogić
Qingdao Jonoon	Deivdy Reis	Rogerinho	Ismaël Béko Fofana	Jorge Claros
Shenzhen F.C.	Babacar Gueye	André Senghor	Kim Young-hoo	Giuseppe Aquaro
Tianjin Songjiang	Mário Lúcio	Juan Andrés Bolaños	Frank Nouble	Nei
Wuhan Zall	Ransford Addo	Brice Jovial	Rafa Jordà
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Rafael	Vicente	Cristian Dănălache	Felipe Félix
Yanbian Changbaishan	Jailton Paraiba	Bubacarr Trawally	Ha Tae-goon

• ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players:

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Beijing Enterprises Group	Chen Hao-wei	Wen Chih-hao	Godfred Karikari
Harbin Yiteng	Liu Quankun
Hunan Billows	Chen Chao-an
Tianjin Songjiang	Ng Wai Chiu

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Yanbian Changbaishan (C, P)	30	17	10	3	59	24	+35	61	Promotion to 2016 CSL
2	Hebei Zhongji (P)	30	18	6	6	53	30	+23	60
3	Dalian Aerbin	30	17	7	6	46	22	+24	58
4	Beijing Enterprises Group	30	17	5	8	48	29	+19	56
5	Harbin Yiteng	30	11	14	5	43	31	+12	47
6	Nei Mongol Zhongyou	30	12	7	11	38	32	+6	43
7	Qingdao Jonoon	30	11	8	11	30	39	−9	41
8	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	30	10	9	11	43	51	−8	39
9	Tianjin Songjiang	30	9	9	12	28	33	−5	36[a]
10	Wuhan Zall	30	8	12	10	31	30	+1	36[a]
11	Qingdao Hainiu	30	7	12	11	26	39	−13	33
12	Shenzhen F.C.	30	6	13	11	37	48	−11	31
13	Guizhou Zhicheng	30	8	6	16	39	55	−16	30
14	Hunan Billows	30	8	5	17	32	48	−16	29[b]
15	Beijing BIT (R)	30	8	5	17	40	64	−24	29[b]	Relegation to 2016 CL2
16	Jiangxi Liansheng (R)	30	5	8	17	32	50	−18	23

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2015. Source: sports.sina.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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Tianjin 3–1 Wuhan; Wuhan 0–1 Tianjin
2. Hunan 2–0 BIT; BIT 0–1 Hunan

Results

Home \ Away	QD	WH	DLA	HEB	SZ	JX	BG	NMZ	BJT	TJS	YB	HUN	XJT	GZZ	QDH	HBZ
Qingdao Jonoon		1–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–5	1–0	0–1
Wuhan Zall	1–1		1–1	2–2	6–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2
Dalian Aerbin	2–0	0–0		2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–3	3–0	1–0
Harbin Yiteng	1–1	1–0	2–2		2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Shenzhen	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–1		2–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1
Jiangxi Liansheng	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	3–3		3–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–4
Beijing Enterprises Group	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1		3–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	2–1
Nei Mongol Zhongyou	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2		3–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–2	4–1
Beijing BIT	3–1	2–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–0	2–3	0–2		3–3	2–4	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	3–4
Tianjin Songjiang	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–3
Yanbian Changbaishan	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	3–1	4–0	0–1		4–0	6–1	4–2	2–0	3–0
Hunan Billows	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	0–2		4–2	1–2	0–0	1–2
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1		4–2	2–2	0–2
Guizhou Zhicheng	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–2	4–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	0–2
Qingdao Hainiu	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–1
Hebei Zhongji	3–1	2–3	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	6–1

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2015. 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
Yanbian Changbaishan	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hebei Zhongji	11	11	13	7	6	4	2	5	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	5	5	6	7	4	3	2	2	2	2	2
Dalian Aerbin	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Beijing Enterprises Group	3	6	5	6	4	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	3	3	4	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Harbin Yiteng	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Nei Mongol Zhongyou	11	5	6	5	7	5	7	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Qingdao Jonoon	15	8	8	9	10	7	5	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	16	10	12	13	12	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	12	10	12	11	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Tianjin Songjiang	14	9	11	11	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	9
Wuhan Zall	4	7	7	8	9	6	9	10	7	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10
Qingdao Hainiu	9	14	9	10	8	10	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Shenzhen F.C.	7	11	14	14	13	12	11	8	10	11	12	13	14	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Guizhou Zhicheng	7	13	15	15	16	16	14	13	13	13	14	12	13	14	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Hunan Billows	9	15	9	11	11	13	13	15	15	15	13	14	10	11	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Beijing BIT	4	3	3	3	5	9	6	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	10	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Jiangxi Liansheng	11	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Winner; promote to Chinese Super League
	Runner-up; promote to Chinese Super League
	Relegate to China League Two

Source: Table by round (in Chinese)

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Total
1	Ha Tae-goon	Yanbian Changbaishan	26
2	Cristian Dănălache	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	24
3	Bruno Meneghel	Dalian Aerbin	19
	Andrés Márquez	Beijing BIT	19
5	Yves Ekwalla Herman	Guizhou Zhicheng	18
6	Bubacarr Trawally	Yanbian Changbaishan	17
7	Carmelo Valencia	Beijing Enterprises Group	14
8	Brice Jovial	Wuhan Zall	13
	Danko Lazović	Beijing Enterprises Group	13
	Nenad Milijaš	Hebei Zhongji	13

Last updated: 1 November 2015
Source: sports.sina.com

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Yves Ekwalla Herman	Guizhou Zhicheng	Dalian Aerbin	3–3[33]	9 May 2015
Ha Tae-goon	Yanbian Changbaishan	Nei Mongol Zhongyou	3–1[34]	17 May 2015
Bubacarr Trawally	Yanbian Changbaishan	Guizhou Zhicheng	4–2[35]	18 July 2015
Edu	Hebei Zhongji	Qingdao Hainiu	6–1[36]	26 July 2015
Bubacarr Trawally	Yanbian Changbaishan	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	6–1[37]	8 August 2015
Yves Ekwalla Herman	Guizhou Zhicheng	Beijing BIT	4–2[38]	8 September 2015
Bruno Meneghel	Dalian Aerbin	Beijing BIT	3–0[39]	12 September 2015
Cristian Dănălache	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Jiangxi Liansheng	3–0[40]	19 September 2015
Carmelo Valencia	Beijing Enterprises Group	Beijing BIT	4–1[41]	19 September 2015
Chen Hao-wei	Beijing Enterprises Group	Guizhou Zhicheng	4–0[42]	23 September 2015
Ha Tae-goon	Yanbian Changbaishan	Beijing Enterprises Group	5–0[43]	26 September 2015
Ha Tae-goon	Yanbian Changbaishan	Hunan Billows	4–0[44]	24 October 2015
Rafael	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Guizhou Zhicheng	4–2[45]	1 November 2015

Awards

The awards of 2015 China League One were announced on 3 November 2015.^[46]

• Most valuable player: Ha Tae-goon (Yanbian Changbaishan)
• Top scorer: Ha Tae-goon (Yanbian Changbaishan)
• Best goalkeeper: Chi Wenyi (Yanbian Changbaishan)
• Best coach: Park Tae-ha (Yanbian Changbaishan)

League Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Yanbian Changbaishan	367,367	28,941	14,876	24,491	+206.4%†
2	Harbin Yiteng†	307,154	30,517	5,888	20,477	−21.6%†
3	Nei Mongol Zhongyou‡	273,577	38,479	6,786	18,238	n/a†
4	Dalian Aerbin†	228,197	42,591	3,791	15,233	+38.6%†
5	Shenzhen F.C.	173,361	15,811	6,663	11,557	+92.3%†
6	Hebei Zhongji	117,472	20,810	3,525	7,831	+25.5%†
7	Tianjin Songjiang	110,531	17,686	1,780	7,369	+193.5%†
8	Beijing Enterprises Group	81,520	8,135	3,316	5,435	+225.8%†
9	Qingdao Jonoon	81,501	12,867	1,279	5,433	+50.8%†
10	Jiangxi Liansheng‡	80,236	17,613	838	5,349	n/a†
11	Wuhan Zall	79,501	12,168	3,126	5,300	−37.3%†
12	Qingdao Hainiu	73,337	20,186	1,931	5,238	+23.9%†
13	Hunan Billows	71,919	22,510	1,325	4,795	−7.2%†
14	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	61,714	13,745	741	4,114	+30.1%†
15	Guizhou Zhicheng‡	28,071	3,653	1,105	1,871	n/a†
16	Beijing BIT	26,232	2,982	910	1,749	+6.8%†
	League total	2,161,165	42,591	741	9,007	+68.9%†

Updated to games played on Nov. 1st, 2015
Source: Worldfootball.net
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CSL.
^‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.