2025 China League One

The 2025 China Resources Beverage Chinese Football League 1 (Chinese: 2025华润饮料中国足球甲级联赛) is the 22nd season of China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.

China League One

Season	2025
Dates	15 March – 8 November 2025[1]
Matches played	72
Goals scored	185 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guy Mbenza (11 goals)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 21 May 2025.

Clubs

Club changes

To League One Teams promoted from 2024 China League Two Guangdong GZ-Power[2] Dalian K'un City[3] Shenzhen Juniors Shaanxi Union Teams relegated from 2024 Chinese Super League Nantong Zhiyun

From League One Teams promoted to 2025 Chinese Super League Yunnan Yukun[4] Dalian Yingbo Teams relegated to 2025 China League Two Wuxi Wugo Jiangxi Lushan[5] Disqualified entries Guangzhou

Name changes

• Guangxi Pingguo Haliao F.C. changed their name to Guangxi Pingguo in January 2025.^[6]
• Heilongjiang Ice City F.C. relocated to Dingnan County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, and changed their name to Jiangxi Dingnan United in February 2025.^[7]

Stadiums and locations

Chongqing Tonglianglong

Dalian K'un City

Foshan
Nanshi

Guangdong GZ-Power

Guangxi Pingguo

Jiangxi Dingnan United

Liaoning Tieren

Nanjing City

Nantong Zhiyun

Qingdao Red Lions

Shaanxi Union

Shanghai Jiading Huilong

Shenzhen Juniors

Shijiazhuang Gongfu

Suzhou Dongwu

Yanbian Longding

Locations of the 2025 China League One teams

Foshan
Nanshi

Guangdong GZ-Power

Jiangxi Dingnan United

Shenzhen Juniors

2025 China League One teams in Guangdong and Jiangxi

Team	Head coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2024 season
Nantong Zhiyun R	Yoshiyuki Shinoda	Rugao	Rugao Olympic Sports Center	25,000	CSL, 16th
Liaoning Tieren	Li Jinyu	Shenyang	Shenyang Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	60,000	4th
			Shenyang Urban Stadium	20,000
			Tiexi New District Sports Center	40,000
Chongqing Tonglianglong	Salva Suay	Chongqing	Tongliang Long Stadium	20,000	5th
Shijiazhuang Gongfu	Niu Hongli	Shijiazhuang	Yutong International Sports Center	38,000	6th
Suzhou Dongwu	Sergio Zarco Díaz	Suzhou	Suzhou Sports Center	35,000	7th
Guangxi Pingguo	Koji Maeda	Pingguo	Pingguo Stadium	30,000	8th
Nanjing City	Zhang Xiaofeng	Nanjing	Wutaishan Stadium	22,000	9th
Foshan Nanshi	Wang Hongwei	Foshan	Nanhai Sports Center	20,000	10th
Shanghai Jiading Huilong	Zoran Janković	Shanghai	Jiading Stadium	9,704	11th
Yanbian Longding	Lee Ki-hyung	Yanji	Yanji Stadium	30,000	12th
Jiangxi Dingnan United	Liu Jianye	Dingnan	Dingnan Youth Football Training Center	12,000	13th
Qingdao Red Lions	Francisco Castro	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	14th
Guangdong GZ-Power P	Li Bing	Guangzhou	Yuexiushan Stadium	18,000	CL2, 1st
			Huadu Stadium	13,394
Dalian K'un City P	Zhao Faqing	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium	30,776	CL2, 2nd
Shenzhen Juniors P	Zhang Jun	Shenzhen	Longhua Cultural and Sports Center	2,364	CL2, 3rd
			Bao'an Stadium	44,050
			Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base [zh] Centre Stadium	10,000
Shaanxi Union P	Giovanni Franken	Xi'an	Weinan Sports Center Stadium (Weinan)	32,000	CL2, 4th

Foreign players

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players name in italics indicates the player is out of squad or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Hong Kong/Macau/ Taiwan players1	Naturalised players	Reserves players	Former players
Chongqing Tonglianglong	Leonardo	Rimvydas Sadauskas	José Ángel Carrillo	Ng Yu Hei
Dalian K'un City	Dominic Vinicius	Sabir Musa	Nyasha Mushekwi	Wu Yen-shu			Andrej Kotnik
Foshan Nanshi	Rodney Antwi	Mario Maslać	Nicolás Albarracín	Yu Yao-hsing			Carlos Fortes
Guangdong GZ-Power	Farley Rosa	João Carlos	Nikão	Wang Chien-ming
Guangxi Pingguo	Mateus Lima	Michael Cheukoua	Samuel Asamoah			Aristote Nkaka
Jiangxi Dingnan United	Erikys	Tiago Fernandes	David Mateos		→ Xu Hui2
Liaoning Tieren	Felipe	Guy Mbenza	Takahiro Kunimoto	Ange Kouamé
Nantong Zhiyun	Aleksandar Kolev	Aleksandar Paločević	Igor Ivanović				Prince Lucky Ukachukwu
Nanjing City	Tarik Isić	Moses Ogbu	Jucie Lupeta	Alexandre Dujardin
Qingdao Red Lions	Leandro Alves	Rivaldinho	João Nóbrega	Chen Hao-wei
Shaanxi Union	Constantin Reiner	Astrit Selmani	Rayan El Azrak	Ma Hei Wai			Oussama Darfalou
Shanghai Jiading Huilong	Ashley Coffey	Akinkunmi Amoo	Andrija Luković			Magno Cruz
Shenzhen Juniors	Mayingila Nzuzi Mata	Joel Nouble	Milan Marčić	Clement Benhaddouche
Shijiazhuang Gongfu	Dankler	Jasond González	José Ayoví	Yu Joy Yin			Olávio
Suzhou Dongwu	Estrela	Carlos Fortes	Aleksandar Andrejević			Nemanja Čović	Michael Udebuluzor
Yanbian Longding	Felicio Brown Forbes	Prince Lucky Ukachukwu	Joaquim Domingos	Vas Nuñez		Chris Ondong Mba

• ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalised and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognised as native players. Otherwise they are recognised as foreign players.
• ^2 Naturalised players whose parents or grandparents were born in mainland China, thus are regarded as local players.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Liaoning Tieren	20	14	5	1	46	20	+26	47	Promotion to Super League
2	Chongqing Tonglianglong	20	13	4	3	42	23	+19	43
3	Yanbian Longding	20	9	6	5	22	18	+4	33
4	Guangdong GZ-Power	19	9	4	6	30	24	+6	31
5	Shijiazhuang Gongfu	20	8	7	5	29	23	+6	31
6	Dalian K'un City	19	8	6	5	27	22	+5	30
7	Jiangxi Dingnan United	19	7	8	4	27	22	+5	29
8	Nantong Zhiyun	20	7	5	8	24	23	+1	26
9	Nanjing City	20	6	7	7	27	29	−2	25
10	Shanghai Jiading Huilong	20	7	4	9	19	26	−7	25
11	Suzhou Dongwu	20	5	8	7	19	22	−3	23
12	Shaanxi Union	19	6	5	8	27	31	−4	23
13	Shenzhen Juniors	20	6	2	12	29	41	−12	20
14	Foshan Nanshi	20	4	6	10	17	31	−14	18
15	Guangxi Pingguo	20	3	5	12	13	29	−16	14	Relegation to League Two
16	Qingdao Red Lions	20	2	6	12	12	26	−14	12

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification:

• During season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Rankings in the previous season. (Rules 2 to 4 are only applied when teams concerned have finished both/all the matches against others.)
• After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card = 3 points); 8) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away	CQT	DKC	FSN	GZP	GXP	JDU	LNT	NJC	NTZ	QRL	SXU	SJH	SZJ	SJZ	SZD	YBL
Chongqing Tonglianglong	—	1–1	–	–	0–0	2–1	2–1	–	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	–	–	1–0
Dalian K'un City	–	—	1–0	0–2	2–1	–	–	3–1	1–1	2–1	–	–	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0
Foshan Nanshi	1–1	–	—	–	–	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	–	2–1	–	0–2	2–2
Guangdong GZ-Power	1–5	2–2	2–0	—	0–1	0–1	0–2	–	–	0–0	–	2–0	–	–	3–2	4–0
Guangxi Pingguo	–	–	0–1	1–3	—	–	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	–	3–2	1–4	0–0	–
Jiangxi Dingnan United	–	–	3–0	1–1	2–2	—	3–3	2–1	–	1–0	2–0	0–1	–	2–2	3–1	–
Liaoning Tieren	4–2	2–1	–	2–2	1–0	–	—	1–1	–	–	2–1	3–0	7–1	1–0	–	2–1
Nanjing City	0–1	1–2	–	2–4	2–1	–	–	—	0–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	–	–	2–1	1–1
Nantong Zhiyun	2–4	–	2–0	0–1	–	1–1	2–2	0–1	—	–	–	1–0	5–0	0–2	–	–
Qingdao Red Lions	3–4	0–0	–	–	–	0–2	1–3	–	0–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–2	–	0–1	1–1
Shaanxi Union	0–3	2–1	3–1	–	–	3–1	–	1–1	3–2	–	—	–	3–2	0–1	1–3	–
Shanghai Jiading Huilong	–	3–0	2–1	–	3–1	–	–	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–4	—	2–1	0–2	–	0–0
Shenzhen Juniors	0–3	–	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	4–3	–	–	–	1–2	—	4–0	–	–
Shijiazhuang Gongfu	3–1	–	2–2	1–2	–	1–1	–	2–0	3–1	0–2	–	0–0	–	—	1–1	2–0
Suzhou Dongwu	1–3	0–4	0–1	–	0–0	–	1–1	–	2–0	–	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	—	–
Yanbian Longding	–	3–2	–	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	1–1	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: 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.

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
Liaoning Tieren	2	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Chongqing Tonglianglong	8	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Yanbian Longding	16	14	16	16	14	9	10	8	10	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3
Guangdong GZ-Power	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Shijiazhuang Gongfu	6	2	3	1	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Dalian K'un City	3	10	8	10	12	11	6	10	7	6	8	8	9	12	10	7	6	6	6	6
Jiangxi Dingnan United	7	13	14	9	9	7	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	8	7	7
Nantong Zhiyun	5	11	9	5	7	6	9	6	8	7	7	5	6	7	9	6	8	12	10	8
Nanjing City	12	8	7	8	8	10	12	9	6	9	11	12	12	11	12	13	11	9	9	9
Shanghai Jiading Huilong	14	9	12	12	6	8	8	7	9	12	10	11	8	6	6	9	7	7	8	10
Suzhou Dongwu	10	4	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	7	7	8	11	8	9	10	11	11
Shaanxi Union	11	3	6	11	11	13	13	13	13	11	9	9	11	9	8	11	13	11	12	12
Shenzhen Juniors	4	7	13	7	10	12	7	11	11	10	12	10	10	10	7	10	12	13	13	13
Foshan Nanshi	13	15	11	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Guangxi Pingguo	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Qingdao Red Lions	9	12	10	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16

	Leader and promotion to Super League
	Promotion to Super League
	Relegation to League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: Soccerway

Results by match played

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 Tonglianglong	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L
Dalian K'un City	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D		L	W	W	D	W	W	D
Foshan Nanshi	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L
Guangdong GZ-Power	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W		D	W	L	D	L	D	L
Guangxi Pingguo	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	W
Jiangxi Dingnan United	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W		D	W	D	W	W	W	W
Liaoning Tieren	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Nanjing City	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	D
Nantong Zhiyun	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W
Qingdao Red Lions	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W
Shaanxi Union	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D		W	D	L	L	W	L	D
Shanghai Jiading Huilong	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L
Shenzhen Juniors	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L
Shijiazhuang Gongfu	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	D
Suzhou Dongwu	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D
Yanbian Longding	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 May 2025^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Guy Mbenza	Liaoning Tieren	11
2	Xiang Yuwang	Chongqing Tonglianglong	8
3	João Carlos	Guangdong GZ-Power	7
	Zang Yifeng	Liaoning Tieren	7
5	Erikys	Jiangxi Dingnan United	6
	Nyasha Mushekwi	Dalian K'un City	6
7	Ange Kouamé	Liaoning Tieren	5
	Nemanja Čović	Suzhou Dongwu	5
	José Ángel Carrillo	Chongqing Tonglianglong	5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ange Kouamé	Liaoning Tieren	Shenzhen Juniors	7-1 (H)	22 April 2025
Guy Mbenza	Liaoning Tieren	Jiangxi Dingnan United	3–3 (A)	17 May 2025