2009 China League One

The 2009 China League One is the sixth season since the establishment. League kicked off on 28 March 2009 and is scheduled to end on 25 October 2009.

China League One

Season	2009
Champions	Liaoning Whowin
Promoted	Liaoning Whowin Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan
Relegated	Sichuan F.C.
Matches played	156
Goals scored	445 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martín García (19 goals, Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan)
Biggest home win	Shenyang 5–0 Sichuan (9 May) Nanchang 6–1 Sichuan (15 Aug) Shanghai 6–1 Sichuan (28 Aug) Shanghai 5–0 Pudong (18 Oct) Nanchang 5–0 Yanbian (18 Oct) Nanchang 6–1 Nanjing (25 Oct)
Biggest away win	Sichuan 0–3 Qingdao (2 Sep)
Highest scoring	Qingdao 5–4 Sichuan (25 Apr)
← 2008 2010 →

Winners and runners-up promotes to Chinese Super League next season and the last placed team was relegated to League Two. League One expands to 14 teams next season.

Zhu Zhengrong of Shanghai East Asia scored the first hat-trick of the season against Sichuan at Shanghai Stadium on 28 Aug 2009.

Leonardo of Shenyang Dongjin scored the second hat-trick of the season against Nanchang at Shenyang Olympic Stadium on 10 Oct 2009.

Martin of Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan scored the third hat-trick of the season against Nanjing at Bayi Stadium on 25 Oct 2009.

Promotion and Relegation

After 2008 season, Jiangsu Sainty and Chongqing Lifan were promoted to Chinese Super League 2009 and Yantai Yiteng were relegated to China League Two 2009. They were replaced by Guangdong Sunray Cave and Shenyang Dongjin which promoted from League Two 2008 and Liaoning Whowin who relegated from Super League 2008.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Liaoning Whowin (C, P)	24	18	3	3	49	17	+32	57	Promotion to Chinese Super League
2	Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan (P)	24	14	5	5	48	22	+26	47
3	Shenyang Dongjin	24	12	8	4	39	21	+18	44[a]
4	Shanghai East Asia	24	13	5	6	43	25	+18	44[a]
5	Guangdong Sunray Cave	24	10	5	9	37	37	0	35
6	Yanbian F.C.	24	7	8	9	29	30	−1	29[b]
7	Anhui Jiufang	24	7	8	9	35	44	−9	29[b]
8	Beijing BIT	24	7	7	10	29	33	−4	28
9	Shanghai Zobon	24	7	6	11	23	35	−12	27
10	Qingdao Hailifeng	24	7	5	12	38	45	−7	26	Disbanded after season
11	Beijing Hongdeng	24	5	7	12	26	36	−10	22
12	Nanjing Yoyo	24	5	9	10	23	40	−17	18[c]
13	Sichuan F.C. (R)	24	4	4	16	26	60	−34	16	Relegation to China League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 25 Oct 2009. Source: 2009 China League One table
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Shenyang: 4 pts, 3–2; Shanghai: 1 pt, 2–3
2. Yanbian: 6 pts, 5–1; Anhui: 0 pts, 1–5
3. Nanjing Yoyo were docked 6 points for debt dispute and breaking the FIFA regulations in the payment of foreign players^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	AH	BJH	BJT	GD	LN	NC	NJ	SHZ	QD	SHE	SY	SC	YB
Anhui Jiufang		3–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–4	1–2	0–0	5–2	0–2
Beijing Hongdeng	1–2		0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1
Beijing BIT	5–2	1–0		3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0
Guangdong Sunray Cave	3–2	1–1	3–1		2–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	2–0	2–0
Liaoning Whowin	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1		0–1	5–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1
Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–1		6–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	6–1	5–0
Nanjing Yoyo	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1
Shanghai Zobon	0–0	5–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–2		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Qingdao Hailifeng	4–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	4–2	2–1		0–2	1–2	5–4	3–1
Shanghai East Asia	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	4–1		2–3	6–1	2–1
Shenyang Dongjin	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	0–0		5–0	2–0
Sichuan F.C.	4–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–3	0–1		3–2
Yanbian F.C.	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	4–1

Source: China League One Results on Sina.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 25 Oct 2009^[2]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Martín García	Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan	19
2	Yang Xu	Liaoning Whowin	15
3	Sabin Ilie	Qingdao Hailifeng	14
4	Rodrigo Paulista	Shenyang Dongjin	11
5	Guy Madjo	Guangdong Sunray Cave	10
	Anderson Luiz	Liaoning Whowin	10