2016 China League One

The 58.com 2016 Chinese Football Association China League (Chinese: 58同城2016中国足球协会甲级联赛)[1] was the 13th 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 is the e-commerce website 58.com.[2]

China League One
Season2016
ChampionsTianjin Quanjian
PromotedTianjin Quanjian
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
RelegatedQingdao Jonoon
Hunan Billows
Matches played240
Goals scored647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer Luís Fabiano
(22 goals)
Biggest home winMeizhou Hakka 6-0 Hunan Billows
(Apr. 16th, 2016)
(6 goals)
Biggest away winDalian Transcendence 0-4 Shanghai Shenxin
(Jul. 3rd, 2016)
Hunan Billows 1-5 Zhejiang Yiteng
(Aug. 13th, 2016)
(4 goals)
Highest scoringShanghai Shenxin 5-3 Meizhou Hakka
(Sept. 11th, 2016)
(8 goals)
Highest attendance30,568
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 1-1 Meizhou Hakka
(Mar. 13th, 2016)
Lowest attendance0
Hunan Billows 1-1 Meizhou Hakka
(Jul. 30th, 2016)
Average attendance6,220
← 2015
2017 →

Teams

A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the 2015 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2015 China League Two.

Team changes

Name changes

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations
Club Team name[1] Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2015 season
Beijing Renhe F.C. R Beijing Renhe Wang Baoshan Beijing Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043 CSL, 15th
Shanghai Shenxin F.C. R Shanghai Shenxin Gary White Shanghai Jinshan Football Stadium 30,000 CSL, 16th
Dalian Yifang F.C. Dalian Yifang Sergio Piernas Cárdenas Dalian Dalian Sports Center 61,000 3rd
Beijing Enterprises Group F.C. Beijing BG Yanjing Aleksandar Stanojević Beijing Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing) 36,228 4th
Zhejiang Yiteng F.C. Zhejiang Yiteng Textile City Duan Xin (caretaker) Shaoxing Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center 40,000 5th
Nei Mongol Zhongyou F.C. Hohhot Zhongyou Wang Bo Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 60,000 6th
Qingdao Jonoon F.C. Qingdao Jonoon Yin Tiesheng Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 7th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. Xinjiang Ticai Li Jun Ürümqi Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,000 8th
Tianjin Quanjian F.C. Tianjin Quanjian Fabio Cannavaro Tianjin Haihe Educational Football Stadium 30,000 9th
Wuhan Zall F.C. Wuhan Zall Ciro Ferrara Wuhan Xinhua Road Sports Center 32,137 10th
Qingdao Huanghai F.C. Qingdao Huanghai Jordi Vinyals Qingdao Qingdao Sports Center Guoxin Stadium 45,000 11th
Shenzhen F.C. Shenzhen Kaisa Clarence Seedorf Shenzhen Shenzhen Stadium 32,500 12th
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng F.C. Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng Li Bing (caretaker) Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 13th
Hunan Billows F.C. Hunan Billows Hualai Huang Xiangdong (caretaker) Yiyang Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium 30,000 14th
Meizhou Hakka P Meizhou Hakka Cao Yang (caretaker) Meizhou Wuhua County Stadium 15,000 CL2, 1st
Dalian Transcendence F.C. P Dalian Transcendence Rusmir Cviko (caretaker) Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 CL2, 2nd
Location of teams in 2016 China League One[9]

Managerial changes
Club Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Tianjin Quanjian Goran Tomić 1 November 2015 Vanderlei Luxemburgo 1 November 2015 [10]
Hunan Billows Žikica Tasevski (caretaker) 1 November 2015 Tomaž Kavčič 30 November 2015 [11]
Shanghai Shenxin Liu Junwei 4 December 2015 Kim Sang-ho 4 December 2015 [12]
Beijing Renhe Gong Lei 8 December 2015 Wang Baoshan 8 December 2015 [13]
Shenzhen FC Li Haiqiang (caretaker) 9 December 2015 Tang Yaodong 9 December 2015 [14]
Qingdao Jonoon Dragan Stančić (caretaker) 15 December 2015 Su Maozhen 15 December 2015 [15]
Qingdao Huanghai Sun Xinbo (caretaker) 28 December 2015 Jordi Vinyals 28 December 2015 [16]
Meizhou Hakka Qi Wusheng 31 December 2015 Luc Nijholt 1 January 2016 [17]
Zhejiang Yiteng Duan Xin 31 December 2015 Goran Tomić 1 January 2016 [18]
Zhejiang Yiteng Goran Tomić 22 March 2016 [19] Duan Xin (caretaker) 22 March 2016 [20]
Guizhou Zhicheng Chen Mao 7 April 2016 Li Bing (caretaker) 7 April 2016 [21]
Dalian Transcendence Liu Zhongchang 13 April 2016 [22] Sun Feng (caretaker) 15 April 2016 [23]
Dalian Transcendence Sun Feng (caretaker) 21 April 2016 Ermin Šiljak 21 April 2016 [24]
Hunan Billows Tomaž Kavčič 28 May 2016 Huang Xiangdong (caretaker) 28 May 2016 [25]
Shanghai Shenxin Kim Sang-ho 30 May 2016 [26] Gary White 30 May 2016 [27]
Tianjin Quanjian Vanderlei Luxemburgo 5 June 2016 Fabio Cannavaro 9 June 2016 [28]
Wuhan Zall Zheng Xiong 26 June 2016 [29] Ciro Ferrara 5 July 2016 [30]
Dalian Yifang Mikael Stahre 5 July 2016 Milinko Pantić 5 July 2016 [31]
Shenzhen FC Tang Yaodong 7 July 2016 Clarence Seedorf 7 July 2016 [32]
Meizhou Hakka Luc Nijholt 19 July 2016 Cao Yang (caretaker) 19 July 2016 [33]
Dalian Transcendence Ermin Šiljak 10 August 2016 Rusmir Cviko (caretaker) 10 August 2016 [34]
Dalian Yifang Milinko Pantić 31 August 2016 Sergio Piernas Cárdenas 31 August 2016 [35]
Qingdao Jonoon Su Maozhen 6 September 2016 Yin Tiesheng 6 September 2016 [36]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team. 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
Beijing BG Rubin Okotie Nikola Vujadinović Leke James Carmelo Valencia
Beijing Renhe Zvjezdan Misimović Nikica Jelavić Guillermo Molins Sejad Salihović
Dalian Yifang Sekou Oliseh Mohamed Bangura Nyasha Mushekwi Constantin Budescu
Dalian Transcendence Jaílton Paraíba William Paulista David Fällman Erton Fejzullahu
Guizhou Zhicheng Mazola Yves Ekwalla Herman Ibán Cuadrado
Hunan Billows Luis Carlos Cabezas Toto Tamuz Rok Elsner Jhon Valoy
Meizhou Hakka Japa Merlin Tandjigora Gibril Sankoh
Nei Mongol Zhongyou Dori André Senghor Nenad Milijas Jonas Salley
Qingdao Huanghai Yuri Đorđe Rakić Martí Crespí
Qingdao Jonoon Johnny Chigozie Udoji Eddie Hernández
Shanghai Shenxin Biro-Biro Davi Daniel Chima Nikola Mitrović
Shenzhen F.C. Aboubakar Oumarou Helton Deshorn Brown Babacar Gueye
Tianjin Quanjian Luís Fabiano Geuvânio Jadson
Wuhan Zall Michael Barrantes Sölvi Ottesen Sam Johnson Guto
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Nusmir Fajić Rudnei Vicente
Zhejiang Yiteng Adam Hughes Rodrigo Ricardo Steer
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reverse team after the first half of the season.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):[37]

Club Player 1 Player 2
Beijing BG Chen Hao-wei Wen Chih-hao
Guizhou Zhicheng Au Yeung Yiu Chung Festus Baise
Hunan Billows Chen Chao-an
Meizhou Hakka Onur Dogan Lee Chi Ho
Qingdao Huanghai Godfred Karikari
Shenzhen F.C. Paulinho
Tianjin Quanjian Jean-Jacques Kilama Ng Wai Chiu
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Itaparica

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tianjin Quanjian (C, P) 30 18 5 7 61 27 +34 59[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to Super League
2 Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng (P) 30 18 5 7 48 27 +21 59[lower-alpha 1]
3 Qingdao Huanghai 30 19 2 9 52 42 +10 59[lower-alpha 1]
4 Beijing Renhe 30 15 4 11 49 35 +14 49
5 Dalian Yifang 30 14 3 13 43 44 −1 45
6 Wuhan Zall 30 12 7 11 31 33 −2 43
7 Nei Mongol Zhongyou 30 12 5 13 37 35 +2 41[lower-alpha 2]
8 Beijing Enterprises Group 30 11 8 11 40 38 +2 41[lower-alpha 2]
9 Shenzhen FC 30 11 7 12 36 43 −7 40[lower-alpha 3]
10 Shanghai Shenxin 30 12 4 14 54 48 +6 40[lower-alpha 3]
11 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 30 11 6 13 31 36 −5 39[lower-alpha 4]
12 Meizhou Hakka 30 11 6 13 48 50 −2 39[lower-alpha 4]
13 Zhejiang Yiteng 30 11 5 14 39 49 −10 38[lower-alpha 5]
14 Dalian Transcendence 30 10 8 12 32 36 −4 38[lower-alpha 5]
15 Qingdao Jonoon (R) 30 8 9 13 30 43 −13 33 Relegation to League Two
16 Hunan Billows (R) 30 2 6 22 16 61 −45 12
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source: sports.sina.com
Rules for classification: 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 (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Tianjin Quanjian 9 pts, Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 6 pts, Qingdao Huanghai 3 pts.
  2. Head-to-head results: Nei Mongol 1–0 Beijing Enterprises Group, Beijing Enterprises Group 0–0 Nei Mongol.
  3. Head-to-head results: Shenzhen 4–2 Shanghai Shenxin, Shanghai Shenxin 1–1 Shenzhen.
  4. Head-to-head results: Xinjiang 1–0 Meizhou, Meizhou 1–1 Xinjiang.
  5. Head-to-head results: Zhejiang 1–0 Dalian Transcendence, Dalian Transcendence 2–2 Zhejiang.

Results
Home \ Away BJR SHS DLY BG ZJY NMZ QD XJT TJQ WH QDH SZ GZZ HUN MZH DLT
Beijing Renhe 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 5–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–3 3–1
Shanghai Shenxin 2–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 2–0 5–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 5–3 1–3
Dalian Yifang 1–3 4–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–2
Beijing Enterprises Group 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 4–2 2–0
Zhejiang Yiteng 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–3 0–1 2–5 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–2 1–0
Nei Mongol Zhongyou 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 3–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 4–0
Qingdao Jonoon 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–0
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0
Tianjin Quanjian 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0
Wuhan Zall 1–2 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Qingdao Huanghai 4–1 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–3 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Shenzhen 2–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Hunan Billows 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–5 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–4
Meizhou Hakka 2–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 6–0 1–2
Dalian Transcendence 3–1 0–4 0–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source: sports.sina.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Tianjin Quanjian111111246888775432322113321111
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng6141512119654222222211111221132222
Qingdao Huanghai16912863111111111144233332213333
Beijing Renhe10138434323334646555675664444444
Dalian Yifang3711322432443333323564456655555
Wuhan Zall611797879121212121312111210101011111415121313131076
Nei Mongol Zhongyou13151616161616161616151515151515141114121312121414141414127
Beijing Enterprises Group6559971185957998677458888776668
Shenzhen422245567665457866747777888889
Shanghai Shenxin1469581012121113131414141413131513151211111111119111310
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard121214151314141413111110101099888865455677911
Meizhou Hakka610565610111010109881010111211109109109911131012
Zhejiang Yiteng15161314151291097765647999910910910101291113
Dalian Transcendence239131415131314141413121313141514121414131313121210121414
Qingdao Jonoon573710118785911111112111213151315151415151515151515
Hunan Billows104491213151515151616161616161616161616161616161616161616
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
 Luís Fabiano Tianjin Quanjian
22
2
 Nyasha Mushekwi Dalian Yifang
20
3
 Biro-Biro Shanghai Shenxin
18
4
 Japa Meizhou Hakka
17
5
 Jaílton Paraíba Dalian Transcendence
12
Nikica Jelavić Beijing Renhe
12
7
 Mazola Guizhou Zhicheng
11
Rodrigo Zhejiang Yiteng
11
Aboubakar Oumarou Shenzhen F.C.
11
Leke James Beijing BG
11
11
 Ricardo Steer Zhejiang Yiteng
10
Đorđe Rakić Qingdao Huanghai
10

Last updated: 22 October 2016
Source: sina.com.cn

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Luís FabianoTianjin QuanjianZhejiang Yiteng5–219 March 2016[38]
Đorđe RakićQingdao HuanghaiXinjiang Tianshan Leopard3–210 April 2016[39]
Leke JamesBeijing BGMeizhou Hakka4–224 April 2016[40]
Deshorn BrownShenzhen F.C.Shanghai Shenxin4–216 July 2016[41]
Nyasha MushekwiDalian YifangShanghai Shenxin4–321 August 2016[42]
Biro-BiroShanghai ShenxinMeizhou Hakka5–311 September 2016[43]
André SenghorNei Mongol ZhongyouDalian Transcendence4–024 September 2016[44]
Nikica JelavićBeijing RenheZhejiang Yiteng4–122 October 2016[45]

Awards

The awards of 2016 China League One were announced on 9 November 2016.[46]

  • China League One Most valuable player: Luís Fabiano (Tianjin Quanjian)
  • China League One Top scorer: Luís Fabiano (Tianjin Quanjian)
  • China League One Best goalkeeper: Zhang Lu (Tianjin Quanjian)
  • China League One Young Player of the Year: Ming Tian (Wuhan Zall)
  • China League One Best coach: Li Bing (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng)

League Attendance
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Tianjin Quanjian 182,475 20,688 6,887 12,165 +65.1%†
2 Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 166,340 30,568 5,123 11,089 +492.7%†
3 Dalian Yifang 162,088 20,392 2,532 10,806 −29.0%†
4 Shenzhen FC 152,273 20,801 5,081 10,152 −12.2%†
5 Nei Mongol Zhongyou 142,018 17,833 4,328 9,468 −48.1%†
6 Qingdao Huanghai 104,881 18,697 1,916 6,992 +33.5%†
7 Meizhou Hakka‡ 96,757 9,900 3,832 6,450 −2.7%†
8 Wuhan Zall 71,795 8,316 2,653 4,786 −9.7%†
9 Beijing Renhe† 68,123 8,358 2,601 4,542 −70.0%†
10 Dalian Transcendence‡ 65,252 17,721 1,821 4,350 +384.4%†
11 Shanghai Shenxin† 57,245 8,690 1,038 3,816 −45.7%†
12 Hunan Billows 56,712 15,650 0 3,781 −21.1%†
13 Beijing Enterprises Group 51,939 6,948 1,985 3,463 −36.3%†
14 Qingdao Jonoon 40,526 10,912 1,022 2,702 −50.3%†
15 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 39,226 5,531 1,352 2,615 −36.4%†
16 Zhejiang Yiteng 35,269 8,541 303 2,351 −88.5%†
League total 1,492,919 30,568 0 6,220 −30.9%†

Updated to games played on 2016-10-22
Source: Worldfootball.net
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CSL.
‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.

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