2017 China League One

The 2017 China League One (Chinese: 58同城2017中国足球协会甲级联赛)^[2] was the 14th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor was the e-commerce website 58.com.^[3]

China League One

Season	2017
Champions	Dalian Yifang
Promoted	Dalian Yifang Beijing Renhe
Relegated	Baoding Yingli ETS Yunnan Lijiang
Matches	240
Goals	681 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marcelo Moreno Harold Preciado (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Shenzhen F.C. 6–0 Dalian Transcendence (Mar 12, 2017) (6 goals)
Biggest away win	Beijing Enterprises Group 0–4 Beijing Renhe (Apr 22, 2017) (4 goals)
Highest scoring	Yunnan Lijiang 4–4 Wuhan Zall (Jun 24, 2017) (8 goals)
Longest winning run	6 matches Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Dalian Yifang
Longest winless run	13 matches Baoding Yingli ETS
Longest losing run	5 matches Zhejiang Yiteng
Highest attendance	43,159 Dalian Yifang 0–1 Baoding Yingli ETS (Oct 28, 2017)
Lowest attendance	0 [note 1] Baoding Yingli ETS 1–2 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (Jul 8, 2017)
Average attendance	7,739 (Oct 28, 2017)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 29 October 2017.

Teams

A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2016 China League Two.

Team changes

To League One Teams relegated from 2016 Chinese Super League Hangzhou Greentown Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Teams promoted from 2016 China League Two Lijiang Jiayunhao Baoding Yingli ETS

From League One Teams promoted to 2017 Chinese Super League Tianjin Quanjian Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng Teams relegated to 2017 China League Two Qingdao Jonoon Hunan Billows

Name changes

• Lijiang Jiayunhao F.C. changed their name to Yunnan Lijiang F.C. in January 2017.^[4]

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Club	Head coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2016 season
Hangzhou Greentown R	Zdravko Zdravkov (caretaker)	Hangzhou	Yellow Dragon Sports Center	52,672	CSL, 15th
			Jinhua Sports Center [note 2]	30,000
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright R	Afshin Ghotbi	Shijiazhuang	Yutong International Sports Center	29,000	CSL, 16th
Qingdao Huanghai	Jordi Vinyals	Qingdao	Qingdao Guoxin Stadium	45,000	3rd
Beijing Renhe	Luis García Plaza	Beijing	Beijing Fengtai Stadium	31,043	4th
Dalian Yifang	Juan Ramón López Caro	Dalian	Dalian Sports Center	61,000	5th
Wuhan Zall	Chen Yang	Wuhan	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium	52,357	6th
Nei Mongol Zhongyou	Wang Bo	Hohhot	Hohhot City Stadium	60,000	7th
Beijing Enterprises Group	Gao Hongbo	Beijing	Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing)	36,228	8th
Shenzhen F.C.	Wang Baoshan	Shenzhen	Shenzhen Stadium	32,500	9th
Shanghai Shenxin	Juan Ignacio Martínez	Shanghai	Jinshan Football Stadium	30,000	10th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Li Jun	Ürümqi	Xinjiang Sports Centre	50,000	11th
Meizhou Hakka	Aleksandar Stankov	Wuhua	Wuhua County Stadium	15,000	12th
Zhejiang Yiteng	Marijo Tot	Shaoxing	China Textile City Sports Center	40,000	13th
Dalian Transcendence	Li Guoxu (caretaker)	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium	30,776	14th
Yunnan Lijiang P	Kurt Garger	Lijiang	Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium	20,000	CL2, 1st
Baoding Yingli ETS P	Shang Qing (caretaker)	Baoding	Hebei University Stadium	20,000	CL2, 2nd

Hangzhou Greentown

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

Shanghai Shenxin

Beijing Enterprises Group
Beijing Renhe

Zhejiang Yiteng

Hohhot Zhongyou

Qingdao Huanghai

Shenzhen F.C.

Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard

Wuhan Zall

Meizhou Hakka

Dalian Yifang
Dalian Transcendence

Yunnan Lijiang

Baoding Yingli ETS

Location of teams in 2017 China League One^[6]

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Li Jinyu (caretaker)	7 November 2016	Afshin Ghotbi	7 November 2016[7]
Shanghai Shenxin	Gary White	23 November 2016[8]	Juan Ignacio Martínez	23 November 2016[9]
Dalian Yifang	Sergio Piernas Cárdenas	29 November 2016	Juan Ramón López Caro	29 November 2016[10]
Zhejiang Yiteng	Duan Xin (caretaker)	1 December 2016	Maurício Copertino	1 December 2016[11]
Shenzhen F.C.	Clarence Seedorf	5 December 2016	Sven-Göran Eriksson	5 December 2016[12]
Beijing Enterprises Group	Aleksandar Stanojević	30 December 2016	Yasen Petrov	30 December 2016[13]
Yunnan Lijiang	Zhang Biao	5 January 2017[14]	Lim Jong-heon	8 January 2017[15]
Meizhou Hakka	Cao Yang (caretaker)	16 February 2017	Vjekoslav Lokica	16 February 2017
Wuhan Zall	Ciro Ferrara	20 March 2017[16]	Tang Yaodong	30 March 2017[17]
Beijing Enterprises Group	Yasen Petrov	24 April 2017	Gao Hongbo	24 April 2017[18]
Meizhou Hakka	Vjekoslav Lokica	29 April 2017	Cao Yang (caretaker)	29 April 2017[19]
Yunnan Lijiang	Lim Jong-heon	2 May 2017	Zhang Biao (caretaker)	2 May 2017[20]
Baoding Yingli ETS	Zhao Changhong	25 May 2017	Jo Bonfrère	25 May 2017[21]
Hangzhou Greentown	Hong Myung-bo	25 May 2017[22]	Zdravko Zdravkov (caretaker)	25 May 2017
Zhejiang Yiteng	Maurício Copertino	28 May 2017	Wang Jun (caretaker)	28 May 2017[23]
Zhejiang Yiteng	Wang Jun (caretaker)	6 June 2017	Marijo Tot	6 June 2017[24]
Beijing Renhe	Wang Baoshan	8 June 2017[25]	Luis García Plaza	9 June 2017[26]
Shenzhen F.C.	Sven-Göran Eriksson	14 June 2017	Wang Baoshan	14 June 2017[27]
Wuhan Zall	Tang Yaodong	9 July 2017	Chen Yang	9 July 2017[28]
Meizhou Hakka	Cao Yang (caretaker)	23 July 2017	Aleksandar Stankov	23 July 2017[29]
Dalian Transcendence	Rusmir Cviko	8 August 2017	Li Guoxu (caretaker)	8 August 2017[30]
Baoding Yingli ETS	Jo Bonfrère	9 October 2017	Shang Qing (caretaker)	9 October 2017[31]
Yunnan Lijiang	Zhang Biao (caretaker)	13 October 2017	Kurt Garger	13 October 2017[32]

Foreign players

A total of four foreign players can be registered in a season; however, the number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team in the same time. Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former players 1
Baoding Yingli ETS	Rony Martínez	John Owoeri	Ha Tae-goon	Lars Sætra
Beijing Enterprises Group	Rubin Okotie	Victor Anichebe	Leke James	Cheick Tioté[33]
Beijing Renhe	Ivo	Jaime Ayoví	Ayub Masika
Dalian Yifang	Jonathan Ferrari	Yannick Boli	Nyasha Mushekwi
Dalian Transcendence	Ivan Božić	Eldar Hasanović	David Fällman	Jaílton Paraíba
Hangzhou Greentown	Matthew Spiranovic	Denílson Gabionetta	Anselmo Ramon
Meizhou Hakka	Japa	Serges Déblé	Gibril Sankoh	Valeri Bojinov
Nei Mongol Zhongyou	Davi	Dori	André Senghor	Malick Mané
Qingdao Huanghai	Đorđe Rakić	Martí Crespí	Joan Verdú
Shanghai Shenxin	Biro-Biro	Cleiton Silva	Raúl Rodríguez
Shenzhen F.C.	Rossi	Aboubakar Oumarou	Harold Preciado	Chinedu Obasi
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Adriano	Matheus	Jacob Mulenga
Wuhan Zall	Marcelo Moreno	Jean Evrard Kouassi	Sammir	Sam Johnson
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Vicente	Yves Ekwalla Herman	Babacar Gueye
Yunnan Lijiang	Johnny	Natalio	Kim Hyun-hun	Kaio
Zhejiang Yiteng	Guto	Federico Piovaccari	Romeo Castelen	Adam Hughes

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):^[34]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Former players 1
Beijing Enterprises Group	Chen Hao-wei	Wen Chih-hao
Hangzhou Greentown	Chen Po-liang
Meizhou Hakka	Onur Dogan		Lee Chi Ho
Qingdao Huanghai	Godfred Karikari
Shenzhen F.C.			Paulinho

• ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after the first half of the season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dalian Yifang (C, P)	30	19	7	4	48	23	+25	64	Promotion to Super League
2	Beijing Renhe (P)	30	18	8	4	48	21	+27	62
3	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	30	14	12	4	48	34	+14	54
4	Qingdao Huanghai	30	16	4	10	56	40	+16	52
5	Wuhan Zall	30	13	8	9	47	40	+7	47
6	Shenzhen F.C.	30	13	7	10	56	37	+19	46
7	Shanghai Shenxin	30	10	10	10	53	42	+11	40
8	Beijing Enterprises Group	30	11	4	15	43	50	−7	37
9	Hangzhou Greentown	30	8	12	10	31	39	−8	36
10	Nei Mongol Zhongyou	30	9	8	13	40	47	−7	35
11	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	30	9	8	13	37	52	−15	35
12	Meizhou Hakka	30	8	9	13	33	39	−6	33
13	Zhejiang Yiteng	30	8	8	14	35	46	−11	32
14	Dalian Transcendence	30	8	7	15	34	58	−24	31
15	Baoding Yingli ETS (R)	30	8	7	15	41	51	−10	31	Relegation to League Two
16	Yunnan Lijiang (R)	30	4	9	17	31	62	−31	21

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: League table
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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BDY	BG	BJR	DLT	DLY	HZ	MZH	NMZ	QDH	SHS	SJZ	SZ	WH	XJT	YL	ZJY
Baoding Yingli ETS		1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	4–2		0–3	2–2	0–1	5–1	1–1
Beijing Enterprises Group	4–2		0–4	3–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	3–0
Beijing Renhe	1–0	2–0		3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Dalian Transcendence	1–1	2–4	0–4		2–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–3	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Dalian Yifang	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1		0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	1–0
Hangzhou Greentown	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1		1–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0
Meizhou Hakka	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–2		1–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–3
Nei Mongol Zhongyou	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0		2–0	2–2	3–2	3–3	1–3	4–1	1–1	2–2
Qingdao Huanghai	4–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–1		1–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–0	6–1	4–1
Shanghai Shenxin	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–4	2–2	2–2	5–0	3–0		0–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–2
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	0–2	5–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0
Shenzhen F.C.	3–2	5–2	0–0	6–0	0–1	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1		0–1	1–1	2–0	3–1
Wuhan Zall	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	0–1	0–2		3–1	1–0	2–2
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	3–4	1–3	2–2	1–0	2–4		1–0	1–0
Yunnan Lijiang F.C.	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–0	1–3	3–4	1–3	4–4	3–3		1–1
Zhejiang Yiteng	2–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: Results (in Chinese)
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
Dalian Yifang	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Beijing Renhe	7	6	7	5	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	4	9	10	9	7	7	10	9	10	8	10	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Qingdao Huanghai	4	8	4	6	10	6	5	8	9	6	8	5	7	6	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wuhan Zall	9	11	9	11	8	9	8	10	8	9	7	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	6	5
Shenzhen F.C.	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	6	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6
Shanghai Shenxin	7	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4	2	3	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Beijing Enterprises Group	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	15	13	12	8	9	9	9	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Hangzhou Greentown	3	7	6	8	6	8	6	5	7	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Nei Mongol Zhongyou	11	15	16	16	14	14	11	13	12	12	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	11	10
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	14	12	13	14	13	12	13	11	11	7	9	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Meizhou Hakka	15	9	10	12	11	13	14	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	12	11	11	11	12	12
Zhejiang Yiteng	6	3	3	3	5	5	7	7	4	4	6	8	6	8	9	10	10	11	11	9	11	12	12	12	11	13	13	14	14	13
Dalian Transcendence	16	16	12	7	9	10	9	6	6	10	5	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	11	9	11	11	11	13	12	12	13	13	14
Baoding Yingli ETS	9	5	8	10	12	11	12	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Yunnan Lijiang	12	13	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Source: Table by round (in Chinese)

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Total
1	Harold Preciado	Shenzhen F.C.	23
	Marcelo Martins Moreno 2	Wuhan Zall	23
3	Jaime Ayoví	Beijing Renhe	20
4	Đorđe Rakić	Qingdao Huanghai	19
5	Cleiton Silva	Shanghai Shenxin	17
6	Nyasha Mushekwi	Dalian Yifang	16
	Yannick Boli	Dalian Yifang	16
	André Senghor	Nei Mongol Zhongyou	16
9	Babacar Gueye	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	15
10	Jacob Mulenga	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	14
	Matheus Leite Nascimento	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	14
12	Ha Tae-kyun	Baoding Yingli ETS	13
	Aboubakar Oumarou	Shenzhen F.C.	13
	John Owoeri	Baoding Yingli ETS	13
15	Augusto Pacheco Fraga	Zhejiang Yiteng	12
	Dorielton	Nei Mongol Zhongyou	12

Last updated: 28 October 2017
Source: SINA

• ^2 Winner of Golden Boot.^[35]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Harold Preciado	Shenzhen F.C.	Dalian Transcendence	6–0	12 March 2017	[36]
Aboubakar Oumarou	Shenzhen F.C.	Hangzhou Greentown	4–1	17 June 2017	[37]
Jaime Ayoví	Beijing Renhe	Zhejiang Yiteng	4–1	19 August 2017	[38]
Ha Tae-kyun	Baoding Yingli ETS	Yunnan Lijiang	5–1	3 September 2017	[39]
Yannick Boli	Dalian Yifang	Shanghai Shenxin	4–2	23 September 2017	[40]
Joan Verdú	Qingdao Huanghai	Yunnan Lijiang	6–1	14 October 2017	[41]

Awards

The awards of 2017 China League One were announced on 2 November 2017.^[35]

• Most valuable player: Matheus (Shijiazhuang Ever Bright)
• Golden Boot: Marcelo Moreno (Wuhan Zall)
• Best goalkeeper: Zhang Lie (Beijing Renhe)
• Young Player of the Year: Wang Jinxian (Dalian Yifang)
• Best coach: Juan Ramón López Caro (Dalian Yifang)
• Most popular player: Nyasha Mushekwi (Dalian Yifang)
• Fair play award: Wuhan Zall
• Best referee: Niu Minghui

League attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Dalian Yifang	308,936	43,159	11,061	20,596	+90.6%†
2	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright†	243,286	22,183	12,563	16,219	−28.0%†
3	Wuhan Zall	192,913	41,113	3,223	12,861	+165.0%†
4	Shenzhen F.C.	191,454	28,718	3,096	12,764	+25.7%†
5	Nei Mongol Zhongyou	114,847	10,032	5,132	7,656	−19.1%†
6	Beijing Renhe	97,416	15,327	2,378	6,494	+43.0%†
7	Baoding Yingli ETS††	92,289	10,041	0	6,153	+206.3%†
8	Meizhou Hakka	87,973	8,973	1,614	5,865	−9.1%†
9	Qingdao Huanghai	87,085	8,726	3,127	5,806	−17.0%†
10	Beijing Enterprises Group	78,408	9,385	2,106	5,227	+50.9%†
11	Shanghai Shenxin	75,460	7,568	3,280	5,031	+31.8%†
12	Yunnan Lijiang††	73,940	9,865	2,781	4,929	−33.0%†
13	Hangzhou Greentown†	73,216	8,133	2,151	4,881	−58.4%†
14	Zhejiang Yiteng	60,080	11,258	2,358	4,005	+70.4%†
15	Dalian Transcendence	43,313	15,772	533	2,888	−33.6%†
16	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	36,743	4,133	781	2,450	−57.1%†
	League total	1,857,359	43,159	0	7,739	+24.3%†

Updated to games played on Oct. 28th, 2017
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CSL.
^†† Teams played previous season in CL2.

Notes

1. Baoding Yingli ETS played their home match behind closed doors due to breaches of the Chinese Football Association Regulations.^[1]
2. Hangzhou Greentown decided to move to Jinhua Sports Center for their last four home matches.^[5]