2020 China League Two

The 2020 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 31st season since its establishment in 1989. The season was scheduled to begin on 14 March and end on 17 October 2020, but was postponed following the coronavirus pandemic in China.[1] On 12 October 2020, Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be resumed on 24 October 2020. In this season, 21 teams were split into two groups.

China League Two
Season2020
Dates24 October – 12 December 2020
ChampionsWuhan Three Towns
PromotedWuhan Three Towns
Zibo Cuju
RelegatedShanxi Longjin
Matches played108
Goals scored222 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorerYu Zengpin
(7 goals)
Biggest home winWuhan Three Towns 4–0 Shanxi Longjin
(11 November 2020)
Biggest away winJiangsu Yancheng Dingli 0–4 Beijing BIT
(11 November 2020)
Hunan Billows 0–4 Hubei Chufeng Heli
(30 November 2020)
Highest scoringInner Mongolia Caoshangfei 3–3 Qingdao Jonoon
(11 November 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Nanjing Fengfan
Zibo Cuju
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Nanjing Fengfan
Longest winless run12 matches
Shanxi Longjin
Longest losing run12 matches
Shanxi Longjin
← 2019
2021 →

Team changes

Heze Caozhou and Nanjing Balanta gained entries to 2020 China League Two but both withdrew before the season starts.

Name changes

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations
Team[6] Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2019 season
Hebei Aoli Jingying Zhang Xu Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 33,572 5th
Zibo Cuju Hou Zhiqiang Zibo Zibo Sports Center Stadium 45,000 7th
Wuhan Three Towns Albert Garcia Xicota Wuhan Hankou Cultural Sports Centre 20,000 11th
Qingdao Jonoon Dragoslav Milenković Qingdao Qingdao Tiantai Stadium 20,525 14th
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli Tang Jing Yancheng Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre 10,000 15th
Zhejiang Yiteng Giles Stille Shaoxing China Textile City Sports Center 40,000 16th
Hubei Chufeng Heli Luíz Felipe Xiaogan Xiaogan Sports Centre Stadium 27,000 19th
Beijing BIT Asier Eizaguirre Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 20th
Qingdao Red Lions Tomaž Kavčič Qingdao Jimo Powerise District Sports Centre Stadium 15,000 24th
Guangxi Baoyun Han Zhenyuan Nanning Guangxi Sports Center 60,000 27th
Hunan Billows Wang Chen Yiyang Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium 30,000 28th
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei Branko Božović Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 40,545 29th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Xi'an Daxing Chongde Jiang Nan Xi'an Northwestern Polytechnical University (Chang'an Campus) Stadium N/A 30th
Nanjing Fengfan P Tang Bo Nanjing CMCL, 1st
Shenzhen Bogang P Zhang Bing Shenzhen CMCL, 2nd
Xi'an UKD P Huang Hongyi Xi'an CMCL, 4th
Shanghai Jiading Boji P Wang Hongliang Shanghai CMCL, 5th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Yunnan Kunlu Zhang Biao Qujing Qujing Cultural Sports Park Stadium 34,162 31st
Shanxi Longjin Bojan Pavlović Taiyuan Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium 62,000 32nd
Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai P Zhou Xin Qingdao Qingdao Guoxin Stadium Outer Field CMCL, 8th
China U19 Cheng Yaodong

Clubs Locations
Location of teams in 2020 China League Two

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Guangxi Baoyun Yang Lin Mutual consent 19 December 2019 Zhang Enhua 19 December 2019
Qingdao Jonoon Dragoslav Milenković Mutual consent 23 December 2019 Zhu Jiong 23 December 2019
Shenzhen Bogang Li Haiqiang Mutual consent 23 April 2020 Zhang Bing 23 April 2020
Xi'an Daxing Chongde Bojan Pavlović Signed by Shanxi Longjin 13 May 2020 Liu Zhaojie 13 May 2020
Shanxi Longjin Vom Ca-nhum Signed by Chinese Taipei national football team 13 May 2020 Bojan Pavlović 13 May 2020
Hunan Billows Tang Jing Signed by Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 2 June 2020 Wang Chen 2 June 2020
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli Huang Yong Mutual consent 2 June 2020 Tang Jing 2 June 2020
Yunnan Kunlu He Yunqun Mutual consent 9 June 2020 Zhang Biao 9 June 2020
Hebei Aoli Jingying Vila Mutual consent 9 July 2020 Zhang Xu 9 July 2020
Xi'an Daxing Chongde Liu Zhaojie Mutual consent 16 July 2020 Jiang Nan 16 July 2020
Guangxi Baoyun Zhang Enhua Mutual consent 7 August 2020 Zhao Changhong 7 August 2020
Qingdao Jonoon Zhu Jiong Mutual consent 3 November 2020 Dragoslav Milenković 3 November 2020
Guangxi Baoyun Zhao Changhong Mutual consent 18 November 2020 Han Zhenyuan 18 November 2020

Group A

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nanjing Fengfan 9 8 1 0 16 4 +12 25 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Beijing BIT 9 5 3 1 15 6 +9 18
3 Qingdao Jonoon 9 4 4 1 14 7 +7 16
4 Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai 9 4 2 3 11 9 +2 14
5 Shenzhen Bogang 9 2 4 3 11 15 −4 10
6 Xi'an Daxing Chongde 9 2 4 3 8 10 −2 10
7 Qingdao Red Lions 9 1 5 3 4 7 −3 8
8 Hebei Aoli Jingying 9 1 3 5 5 9 −4 6
9 Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei 9 0 5 4 6 13 −7 5
10 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli (O) 9 0 5 4 4 14 −10 5 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source:
Rules for classification:
  • During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
  • After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
    (O) Play-off winner.

Results
Home \ Away BIT HBE IMC JYD NJF QDJ QDR QDZ SZB XAD
Beijing BIT 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Hebei Aoli Jingying 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei 0–0 0–2 3–3 0–2 1–3
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2
Nanjing Fengfan 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0
Qingdao Jonoon 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0
Qingdao Red Lions 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2
Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1
Shenzhen Bogang 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–4
Xi'an Daxing Chongde 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2
Source:
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 ╲ Round123456789
Nanjing Fengfan111121111
Beijing BIT222212322
Qingdao Jonoon744333233
Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai485645444
Shenzhen Bogang533456755
Xi'an Daxing Chongde666564566
Qingdao Red Lions857777677
Hebei Aoli Jingying910101010101088
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei1078988899
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli39989991010
Qualification to promotion play-offs
Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source:

Results by match played
Team ╲ Round123456789
Beijing BITWWDWWDLWD
Hebei Aoli JingyingLLDLLLDWD
Inner Mongolia CaoshangfeiLDDLDDLLD
Jiangsu Yancheng DingliDLDDLDLLD
Nanjing FengfanWWDWWWWWW
Qingdao JonoonDWDWDWWDL
Qingdao Red LionsDDLDDLWLD
Qingdao Zhongchuang HengtaiDLWLWDWLW
Shenzhen BogangDWDLDLDWL
Xi'an Daxing ChongdeDLDWLWLDD
Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group B

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wuhan Three Towns (P) 10 8 0 2 18 5 +13 24 Qualification to promotion play-offs
2 Zibo Cuju (P) 10 7 1 2 14 8 +6 22
3 Hubei Chufeng Heli 10 6 0 4 11 9 +2 18
4 Shanghai Jiading Boji 10 5 2 3 10 5 +5 17
5 Yunnan Kunlu 10 4 3 3 8 6 +2 15
6 Zhejiang Yiteng 10 3 5 2 9 9 0 14
7 China U-19 10 4 1 5 12 10 +2 13
8 Xi'an UKD 10 3 4 3 10 11 −1 13
9 Hunan Billows 10 4 0 6 10 17 −7 12
10 Guangxi Baoyun 10 2 2 6 8 13 −5 8
11 Shanxi Longjin (R) 10 0 0 10 4 21 −17 0 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source:
Rules for classification:
  • During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
  • After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
    (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away CHN GXB HBC HNB SJB SXL WHT UKD YNK ZJY ZBC
China U-19 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1
Guangxi Baoyun 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0
Hubei Chufeng Heli 3–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–0
Hunan Billows 2–3 0–4 1–0 2–1 0–1
Shanghai Jiading Boji 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0
Shanxi Longjin 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–3
Wuhan Three Towns 1–2 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0
Xi'an UKD 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2
Yunnan Kunlu 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
Zhejiang Yiteng 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–1
Zibo Cuju 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Source:
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 ╲ Round1234567891011
Wuhan Three Towns51112111111
Zibo Cuju104535642222
Hubei Chufeng Heli477991084333
Shanghai Jiading Boji12221336844
Yunnan Kunlu33663225765
Zhejiang Yiteng119888558956
China U-19711111010963477
Xi'an UKD68974897688
Hunan Billows25357479599
Guangxi Baoyun9644671010101010
Shanxi Longjin810101111111111111111
Qualification to promotion play-offs
Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source:

Results by match played
Team ╲ Round1234567891011
China U-19LLLWLWWWDLN
Guangxi BaoyunLWWDLLLLDNL
Hubei Chufeng HeliWLNLWLWWWLW
Hunan BillowsWLWNLWLLWLL
Shanghai Jiading BojiWDWDWLLLNWW
Shanxi LongjinLNLLLLLLLLL
Wuhan Three TownsWWWLNWWWLWW
Xi'an UKDNDLWWLDWDLD
Yunnan KunluWDLDWWNLLWD
Zhejiang YitengLDDDWWDNDWL
Zibo CujuLWDWLNWWWWW
Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion play-offs

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zibo Cuju 2–0 Nanjing Fengfan 2–0 0–0
Beijing BIT 1–2 Wuhan Three Towns 1–2 0–0

First leg
Zibo Cuju2–0Nanjing Fengfan
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 16, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ma Li
Beijing BIT1–2Wuhan Three Towns
  • Wang Jian  27'
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 5, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Liu Wei

Second leg
Nanjing Fengfan0–0Zibo Cuju
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 16, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Zhang Xiaochen

Zibo Cuju won 2–0 on aggregate.

Wuhan Three Towns0–0Beijing BIT
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 5, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Li Zheng

Wuhan Three Towns won 2–1 on aggregate.

3rd–4th place playoff

Overview

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Nanjing Fengfan 2–1 (a.e.t.) Beijing BIT

Match
Nanjing Fengfan2–1 (a.e.t.)Beijing BIT
  • Jiang Shichao  44'
  • Yu Zengpin  109' (pen.)
  • Tan Dinghao  23'
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 5, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Liu Wei

Final

Overview

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zibo Cuju 1–1 (4–5 p) Wuhan Three Towns

Match
Zibo Cuju1–1 (a.e.t.)Wuhan Three Towns
  • Du Yuxin  68'
 Match report
Penalties
  • Wang Boren
  • Zhou Jiahao
  • Sun Enming
  • Men Yang
  • Ling Sihao
4–5
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 12, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ma Li

Relegation play-offs

Overview

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shanxi Longjin 1–3 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 0–1 1–2

First leg
Shanxi Longjin0–1Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli
  • Ma Jun  89' (pen.)
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 2, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Liu Zhao

Second leg
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli2–1Shanxi Longjin
  • Ma Jun  54'
  • Li Chao  62'
  • Yan Tengfei  59'
Haigeng Football Training Base Field 2, Kunming
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kou Jianxun

Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers
As of 12 December 2020
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Yu Zengpin Nanjing Fengfan
7
2 Shi Jun Yunnan Kunlu
5
3 Tan Xiang Hunan Billows
4
Wang Minjie Beijing BIT
4
Li Kai Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai
4
Sun Yue Shanghai Jiading Boji
4
Sang Yifei Wuhan Three Towns
4
8 Duan Dezhi China U19
3
Wu Dingmao Xi'an UKD
3
Xu Xin Xi'an UKD
3
Li Sichen Beijing BIT
3
Zhang Bin Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai
3
Chen Jiaqi Qingdao Jonoon
3
Lu Jingsen Shenzhen Bogang
3
Xu Bin Shanghai Jiading Boji
3
Zhang Zongzheng Qingdao Red Lions
3
Zhang Fengyu Zibo Cuju
3
Wang Jian Beijing BIT
3
Qu Cheng Wuhan Three Towns
3
20
30 players
2

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