2011 China League One

The 2011 China League One is the eighth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment. It began on 26 March 2011 and ended in October 2011.[1]

China League One
Season2011
ChampionsDalian Aerbin
PromotedDalian Aerbin
Guangzhou R&F
RelegatedGuizhou Toro
(via relegation play-off)
Matches played182
Goals scored411 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer Johnny Woodly (Dalian Aerbin)
Mitchel Brown (Hunan Billows)
(13 goals)
Biggest home winDalian 4–0 Hubei (3 April)
Hubei 4–0 Beijing B (16 April)
Hunan 4–0 Shenzhen (21 May)
Shanghai 4–0 Yanbian (11 September)
Dalian 6–2 Hunan (22 October)
Biggest away winBeijing T 0–3 Dalian (30 April)
Beijing T 1–4 Shanghai (28 May)
Beijing T 1–4 Guangdong (25 June)
Tianjin R 0–3 Hunan (25 June)
Guizhou 0–3 Guangdong (29 July)
Chongqing 1–4 Dalian (15 October)
Chongqing 0–3 Shenyang S (22 October)
Highest scoringDalian 6–2 Hunan (22 October)
← 2010
2012 →

The size of the league expanded from 13 to 14 teams for this season.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Guangzhou Evergrande as champions of the 2010 season and Chengdu Blades as runners-up were promoted to the 2011 Chinese Super League. They were replaced by Chongqing Lifan and Changsha Ginde (Now named Shenzhen Phoenix), who were relegated from the 2010 Chinese Super League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the table.

Nanjing Yoyo were relegated to the 2011 China League Two after finishing the 2010 season in last place. Due to a league expansion, two teams were admitted into the 2011 League One. These were the two 2010 League Two promotion final winners, Dalian Aerbin and Tianjin Songjiang.

Name changes

In other team changes, League Two club Guizhou Zhicheng merged with Pudong Zobon, acquiring Pudong's League One license in the process.[2] Furthermore, minor-league club Tianjin Runyulong purchased Anhui Jiufang and their League One license in a similar merger.[3] Both Guizhou Zhicheng and Tianjin Runyulong will make their debut at the second level of Chinese football. Changsha Ginde was purchased by MAZAMBA and moved to the city of Shenzhen, and the name was changed to Shenzhen Phoenix.[4] At June 2011, Shenzhen Phoenix was purchased by Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. again, the club's name changed to Guangzhou R&F F.C. and moved to the city of Guangzhou. In July 2011, Tianjin Runyulong F.C. moved to the city of Shenyang and the name was changed to Shenyang Shenbei.[5]

Clubs

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dalian Aerbin (C, P) 26 16 6 4 45 20 +25 54 Promotion to Chinese Super League
2 Guangzhou R&F (P) 26 13 8 5 36 27 +9 47
3 Guangdong Sunray Cave 26 13 7 6 42 29 +13 46
4 Hunan Billows Baishijiao 26 12 6 8 39 35 +4 42
5 Shenyang Dongjin Shidai 26 9 10 7 32 25 +7 37
6 Shenyang Shenbei 26 8 10 8 31 31 0 34
7 Hubei Zhongbo 26 8 9 9 26 28 −2 33[lower-alpha 1]
8 Chongqing Lifan 26 8 9 9 30 35 −5 33[lower-alpha 1]
9 Shanghai East Asia 26 7 11 8 29 25 +4 32
10 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 26 8 6 12 30 36 −6 30
11 Beijing Baxy 26 7 9 10 18 28 −10 30
12 Tianjin Songjiang 26 5 10 11 23 31 −8 25
13 Beijing 361 Degrees 26 5 9 12 15 33 −18 24
14 Guizhou Zhicheng (R) 26 4 8 14 15 28 −13 20 China League One Relegation Playoffs
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2011. Source: CSL1 Site on Sohu.com
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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Hubei, 2 pts, 1–1; Chongqing, 2 pts, 1–1

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Dalian Aerbin11111111111111111111111111
Guangzhou R&F71014119777777333333333332222
Guangdong Sunray Cave105245444444222222222223333
Hunan Billows Baishijiao111210141411111111114444444444444444
Shenyang Dongjin Shidai591163555555888888888886755
Shenyang Shenbei98424666666777777777778966
Chongqing Lifan645810333333666666666665578
Shanghai East Asia14131298222222555555555557689
Hubei Zhongbo131413107999999999999999999897
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers1211736131313131313121212121212121212121212101010
Beijing Baxy4381212888888101010101010101010101010111111
Tianjin Songjiang366711121212121212111111111111111111111111121212
Beijing 361 Degrees8791313141414141414141414141414141414141413131313
Guizhou Zhicheng22352101010101010131313131313131313131314141414
Winner; Chinese Super League
2nd place; Chinese Super League
China League One Relegation Playoffs
Source: http://sports.sohu.com/s2004/zhongjia.shtml

Results
Home \ Away BJT BJB CQ DLA GD GUZ HB HN SHE SY GZR SYN TJS YB
Beijing 361 Degrees 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–4 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Beijing Baxy 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–2
Chongqing Lifan 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–0
Dalian Aerbin 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 6–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1
Guangdong Sunray Cave 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0
Guizhou Zhicheng 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–2
Hubei Zhongbo 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Hunan Billows Baishijiao 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Shanghai East Asia 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–0
Shenyang Dongjin Shidai 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1
Guangzhou R&F 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1
Shenyang Shenbei 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2
Tianjin Songjiang 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–0
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2011. Source: League One results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

2011 China League One 14th-placed Guizhou Toro faces 2011 China League Two 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero Leephick for a play-off match. The winner Fujian Smart Hero Leephick earn a spot in the 2012 China League One.

Guizhou Zhicheng (R)1–1 (a.e.t.)Fujian Smart Hero Leephick (P)
Du Shaobin  88' (pen.) Report Li Chao  80'
Penalties
Liu Ji
Du Shaobin
Wang Lichun
Chen Hao
Jiang Liang 		4–5 Feng Shaoshun
Yu Jing
Huang Shibo
Yin Xiaolong
Wang Guoming
Yingtan Stadium, Yingtan

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 30 October 2011.

Rank Player Club Goals (P.K.)
1 Johnny Woodly Dalian Aerbin 13 (2)
Mitchel Brown Hunan Billows 13
3 Wu Lei Shanghai East Asia 12 (1)
4 José Duarte Shenyang Shenbei 11 (1)
Yin Hongbo Guangdong Sunray Cave 11 (5)
6 Johnson Macaba Shenzhen Phoenix
Chongqing Lifan		 9
Li Xingcan Shenyang Shenbei 9
Lu Lin Guangdong Sunray Cave 9
9 Vicente Hubei Zhongbo 8 (1)
Mahama Awal Guangdong Sunray Cave 8
Zhang Shuo Guangzhou R&F 8
Ricardo Steer Guangdong Sunray Cave 8
Aleksander Rodić Tianjin Songjiang 8 (1)

References
  1. 中甲开幕式 在广州举行(in Chinese)
  2. 西部足球2011迎中甲新军 贵州智诚成功收购中邦(in Chinese)
  3. 天津润宇隆成功收购九方 朱广沪或出任球队主帅(in Chinese)
  4. 长沙金德转让更名深圳凤凰 外援锁定中超助攻王 (in Chinese)
  5. 润宇隆已更名沈阳沈北 队员沈阳报到开始新生活 (in Chinese)
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