2016 China League Two

China League Two
Season2016
ChampionsLijiang Jiayunhao
PromotedLijiang Jiayunhao
Baoding Yingli ETS
Matches206
Goals480 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerZhang Shuang (14 goals)
Biggest home winShenzhen Renren 6-1 Baotou Nanjiao
(Sept. 17th, 2016)
(5 goals)
Biggest away win6 matches
(3 goals)
Highest scoringJiangsu Yancheng Dingli 3-5 Hainan Boying & Seamen
(Sept. 10th, 2016)
(8 goals)
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The 2016 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 27th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. The league was expanded to 20 teams, with 10 teams in North Group and 10 teams in South Group.

Team changes

Name changes

Other changes

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Groups Club Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2015 season
North Beijing BIT R Spain Robert Ahufinger Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 CL1, 15th
Hebei Elite China Xu Tao Qinhuangdao Chinese Football School Stadium N/A North, 3rd
Tianjin Huochetou China Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 4th
Baoding Yingli ETS China Zhao Changhong Baoding Baoding People's Stadium 13,000 North, 5th
Baotou Nanjiao France David Camhi Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 40,545 North, 6th
Yinchuan Helanshan Japan Kazuo Uchida Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 North, 7th
Shenyang Dongjin South Korea Lee Woo-hyung Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 North, 8th
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Bulgaria Zoran Janković Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 South, 5th
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli China Gao Fei Yancheng Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre 10,000 South, 8th
Shenyang Urban P Poland Marek Zub Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 CAL, 4th
South Jiangxi Liansheng R China Song Lihui Jiujiang Jiujiang Stadium 31,000 CL1, 16th
Sichuan Longfor Portugal Vítor Pontes Santai Santai County Stadium 8,000 South, 2nd
Meizhou Meixian Hakka China Wang Hongwei Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 3rd
Lijiang Jiayunhao China Zhang Biao Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 4th
Shanghai JuJu Sports Serbia Radomir Koković Shanghai Shanghai University Sports Center Stadium 3,430 South, 6th
Nantong Zhiyun China Wei Xin Rugao Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,000 South, 7th
Chengdu Qbao China Zhao Faqing Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan) Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium 12,700 North, 2nd
Suzhou Dongwu P China Tang Bo Suzhou Suzhou Sports Center 35,000 CAL, 1st
Hainan Boying & Seamen P China Li Xiao Haikou Hainan Sport School Stadium 10,000 CAL, 2nd
Shenzhen Renren P China Li Yuanping (caretaker) Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 40,000 CAL, 3rd

Clubs Locations

Managerial changes

Club Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Yinchuan Helanshan China Zhu Bo 22 December 2015 Japan Kazuo Uchida 22 December 2015
Hebei Elite Spain Juan Carlos Añón 31 December 2015 China Xu Tao 1 January 2016
Baoding Yingli ETS China Fan Yuhong 31 December 2015 China Zhao Changhong 9 January 2016
Shenzhen Renren China Zhang Jun 31 December 2015 Cyprus Siniša Gogić 12 January 2016
Nantong Zhiyun China Huang Yong 31 December 2015 China Wei Xin 14 January 2016
Shanghai JuJu Sports China Zhang Biao 31 December 2015 Serbia Radomir Koković 15 January 2016
Baotou Nanjiao China Xu Hui 31 December 2015 France David Camhi 18 January 2016
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli China Wei Xin 31 December 2015 China Gao Fei 22 January 2016
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Serbia Darko Nović 31 December 2015 Bulgaria Zoran Janković 23 January 2016
Shenyang Urban China Li Zheng 31 December 2015 Poland Marek Zub 24 January 2016
Shenyang Dongjin China Li Wei 31 December 2015 South Korea Lee Woo-hyung 28 January 2016
Jiangxi Liansheng China Sun Wei 31 December 2015 China Song Lihui 31 January 2016
Sichuan Longfor China Jia Jin 15 January 2016 China Zhang Weizhe 17 February 2016
Sichuan Longfor China Zhang Weizhe 7 May 2016 Portugal Vítor Pontes 7 May 2016
Shenzhen Renren Cyprus Siniša Gogić 26 June 2016 China Li Yuanping (caretaker) 26 June 2016
Lijiang Jiayunhao China Wang Zheng 6 July 2016 China Zhang Biao 6 July 2016
Beijing BIT R China Yuan Wei July 2016 Spain Robert Ahufinger July 2016

League table

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Qualifying
1 Yinchuan Helanshan (Q) 18 12 5 1 30 10 +20 41 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Hebei Elite (Q) 18 11 5 2 32 15 +17 38
3 Shenyang Urban (Q) 18 10 3 5 28 15 +13 33
4 Baoding Yingli ETS (Q, P) 18 9 5 4 28 16 +12 32
5 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30 Qualifying to Play-offs
6 Baotou Nanjiao 18 5 4 9 22 29 −7 19
7 Tianjin Huochetou 18 4 4 10 16 24 −8 16
8 Beijing BIT 18 3 7 8 16 28 −12 16
9 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 18 2 7 9 13 26 −13 13
10 Shenyang Dongjin 18 1 5 12 14 41 −27 8
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
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)
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or Qualifying
1 Meizhou Meixian Hakka (Q) 18 8 10 0 25 14 +11 34 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q, C, P) 18 10 4 4 26 18 +8 34
3 Jiangxi Liansheng (Q) 18 7 10 1 22 14 +8 31
4 Sichuan Longfor (Q) 18 7 8 3 21 14 +7 29
5 Chengdu Qbao 18 7 5 6 20 16 +4 26 Qualifying to Play-offs
6 Shenzhen Renren 18 5 5 8 14 15 −1 20
7 Suzhou Dongwu 18 4 6 8 10 14 −4 18
8 Nantong Zhiyun 18 3 9 6 13 19 −6 18
9 Hainan Boying & Seamen 18 4 5 9 12 22 −10 17
10 Shanghai JuJu Sports 18 2 4 12 15 32 −17 10
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Overall table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lijiang Jiayunhao (C, P) 23 13 5 5 32 21 +11 44 League One
2 Baoding Yingli ETS (P) 23 11 6 6 34 22 +12 39
3 Jiangxi Liansheng 23 10 11 2 31 20 +11 41
4 Sichuan Longfor 23 9 9 5 27 20 +7 36
5 Yinchuan Helanshan 20 12 6 2 32 13 +19 42
6 Hebei Elite 20 11 6 3 33 18 +15 39
7 Meizhou Meixian Hakka 20 8 11 1 26 17 +9 35
8 Shenyang Urban 20 10 3 7 30 19 +11 33
9 Chengdu Qbao 20 8 6 6 24 19 +5 30
10 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 20 9 4 7 28 24 +4 31
11 Shenzhen Renren 20 7 5 8 21 16 +5 26
12 Baotou Nanjiao 20 5 4 11 23 36 −13 19
13 Tianjin Huochetou 20 5 5 10 22 26 −4 20 Disbanded after season
14 Suzhou Dongwu 20 4 7 9 12 20 −8 19
15 Beijing BIT 20 5 7 8 19 29 −10 22
16 Nantong Zhiyun 20 3 9 8 14 22 −8 18
17 Hainan Boying & Seamen 20 6 5 9 20 25 −5 23
18 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 20 2 7 11 16 34 −18 13
19 Shenyang Dongjin 20 2 5 13 18 43 −25 11
20 Shanghai JuJu Sports 20 3 4 13 17 36 −19 13
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Lijiang 2:0 Baoding
  2. 1 2 Jiangxi 3:2 Sichuan
  3. 1 2 3 4 Yinchuan, 1pts, GD=-1; Elite, 1pts, GD=-2, Pts=38; Meixian, 1pts, GD=-2, Pts=34; Urban, 0pts
  4. 1 2 Chengdu 2:2 Heilongjiang; Heilongjiang 1:2 Chengdu
  5. 1 2 Baotou 0:1 Renren; Renren 6:1 Baotou
  6. ↑ Dongwu 1:1 Huochetou; Huochetou 5:1 Dongwu
  7. ↑ TJL
  8. 1 2 BIT 2:1 Nantong; Nantong 0:1 BIT
  9. 1 2 Yancheng 3:5 Hainan; Hainan 3:0 Yancheng
  10. 1 2 JuJu Sports 2:1 Dongjin; Dongjin 3:0 JuJu Sports

Group stage results

North Group

Home \ Away BDY BTN BIT HBE HLJ JSY SYU SYD TJH YCH
Baoding Yingli ETS 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Baotou Nanjiao 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–4 3–0 1–2 0–2
Beijing BIT 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1
Hebei Elite 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1
Heilongjiang Lava Spring 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 0–1
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–0
Shenyang Urban 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
Shenyang Dongjin 1–4 2–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–1
Tianjin Huochetou 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2
Yinchuan Helanshan 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group

Home \ Away CDQ HNS JXL LJJ MXH NTZ SHJ SZR SCL SZD
Chengdu Qbao 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Hainan Boying & Seamen 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–3 1–0
Jiangxi Liansheng 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–3 3–2 2–1 2–0
Meizhou Meixian Hakka 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Nantong Zhiyun 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Shanghai JuJu Sports 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1
Shenzhen Renren 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–1 2–0
Sichuan Longfor 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Suzhou Dongwu 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on Aug 27, 2016. Source: fa.org.cn
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Nineteenth place match

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shanghai JuJu Sports 2–4 Shenyang Dongjin 2–1 0–3

First leg

Second leg

Seventeenth Place Match

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 3–8 Hainan Boying & Seamen 3–5 0–3

First leg

Second leg

Hainan Boying & Seamen3–0Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli
Wu Chen 40', 78', 88'
Referee: Liang Songshang

Fifteenth Place Match

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beijing BIT 3–1 Nantong Zhiyun 2–1 1–0

First leg

Beijing BIT2–1Nantong Zhiyun
Meng Yang 56'
Cui Wei 90'		 Report Qian Changjie 73'
Referee: Zhang Yue

Second leg

Nantong Zhiyun0–1Beijing BIT
Chen Zixuan 48'
Referee: Dai Yige

Thirteenth Place Match

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suzhou Dongwu 2–6 Tianjin Huochetou 1–1 1–5

First leg

Suzhou Dongwu1–1Tianjin Huochetou
Wang Feng 41' Report Wang Guanyi 90'
Referee: Sun Chen

Second leg

Tianjin Huochetou5–1Suzhou Dongwu
Wu Yuheng 32'
Li Zhi 45'
Ma Hongwei 51'
Hu Mingtian 67'
Wang Erzhuo 69'		 Yu Zengpin 61'
Referee: Zhang Haijun

Eleventh Place Match

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Baotou Nanjiao 1–7 Shenzhen Renren 0–1 1–6

First leg

Second leg

Shenzhen Renren6–1Baotou Nanjiao
Cao Tianbao 20', 45'
Yang Bin 64'
Ma Xiaolei 66', 74', 82'		 Wang Xiao 58'
Referee: Xu Qiangqiang

Ninth Place Match

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chengdu Qbao 4–3 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 2–2 2–1

First leg

Second leg

Heilongjiang Lava Spring1–2Chengdu Qbao
Wang Yunlong 46' Gan Rui 52'
Xia Jin 69'
Referee: Sun Lei

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sichuan Longfor 3–2 Yinchuan Helanshan 2–1 1–1
Shenyang Urban 2–4 Lijiang Jiayunhao 0–1 2–3
Baoding Yingli ETS 3–1 Meizhou Meixian Hakka 1–1 2–0
Jiangxi Liansheng 3–1 Hebei Elite 2–0 1–1

First leg

Jiangxi Liansheng2–0Hebei Elite
Huang Jiaqiang 50'
Fan Zhiqiang 63'		 Report
Referee: Tang Shunqi

Second leg

Yinchuan Helanshan1–1Sichuan Longfor
Yang Changpeng 90+2' Hu Jun red-colored football 27' (o.g.)
Referee: Shen Yinhao

Sichuan Longfor won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lijiang Jiayunhao won 4–2 on aggregate.

Meizhou Meixian Hakka0–2Baoding Yingli ETS
Zhang Shuang 2', 90+2'
Referee: Zhang Long

Baoding Yingli ETS won 3–1 on aggregate.

Hebei Elite1–1Jiangxi Liansheng
Shi Jun 48' Xu Bo 50'
Referee: Liu Lin

Jiangxi Liansheng won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lijiang Jiayunhao 1–1 (2–1 p) Sichuan Longfor 0–1 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Jiangxi Liansheng 3–3 (a) Baoding Yingli ETS 3–1 0–2

First leg

Jiangxi Liansheng3–1Baoding Yingli ETS
Fan Zhiqiang 45+2'
Zhang Zhichao 66'
Xu Chen 87'		 Du Junpeng 72'
Referee: Chen Gang

Second leg

1–1 on aggregate. Lijiang Jiayunhao won 2–1 on penalties.

Baoding Yingli ETS2–0Jiangxi Liansheng
Yang Hao 78'
Liu Xiaodong 90+2'
Referee: Hei Xiaohu

3–3 on aggregate. Baoding Yingli ETS won on away goals.

Third-Place Match

Jiangxi Liansheng3–2Sichuan Longfor
Zhu Yifan 34', 87'
Fan Zhiqiang 56'		 Zhu Chaoqing 20'
Liu Yaoxin 72'
Referee: Gu Chunhan

Final Match

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Total
1
 China Zhang Shuang Baoding Yingli ETS
14
2
 China Tan Tiancheng Yinchuan Helanshan
11
3
 China Han Zilong Hebei Elite
9
China Yang Jian Shenyang Urban
9
China Yan Peng Shenyang Urban
9
6
 China Fan Zhiqiang Jiangxi Liansheng
8
China Yang Zi Lijiang Jiayunhao
8
China Zhu Yifan Jiangxi Liansheng
8
9
 China Liu Yang Meizhou Meixian Hakka
7
China Shi Jun Hebei Elite
7
China Wang Ziming Heilongjiang Lava Spring
7
China Yang Wanshun Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli
7

Last updated: 23 October 2016
Source: fa.org.cn

Awards

The awards of 2016 China League Two were announced on 11 November 2016.

Attendance

Club Total Average Change
Lijiang Jiayunhao 88,268 7,356 8.4%
Heilongjiang Lava Spring 85,981 8,598 253.2%
Sichuan Longfor 66,093 6,008 57.2%
Jiangxi Liansheng 63,196 5,266 -1.5%†
Meizhou Meixian Hakka 52,188 5,219 -21.2%
Nantong Zhiyun 48,252 4,825 200.3%
Shenyang Urban 32,386 3,239 n/a‡
Yinchuan Helanshan 32,080 3,208 28.5%
Shenzhen Renren 25,541 2,554 n/a‡
Baoding Yingli ETS 22,099 2,009 -16.2%
Baotou Nanjiao 17,079 1,708 -71.9%
Hainan Boying & Seamen 14,564 1,456 n/a‡
Chengdu Qbao 14,422 1,442 -6.5%
Beijing BIT 7,483 748 -57.2%†
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 7,310 731 24.7%
Suzhou Dongwu 7,279 728 n/a‡
Shenyang Dongjin 5,874 587 173.2%
Shanghai JuJu Sports 4,230 423 -40.4%
Hebei Elite 4,227 423 52.6%
Tianjin Huochetou 2,015 202 -2.2%
Total 600,567 2,915 13.1%

Note:
† Teams played previous season in CL1.
‡ Teams played previous season in CAL.
Source: 同道DATA, 同道DATA

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