China League One
Season2011
ChampionsDalian Aerbin
PromotedDalian Aerbin
Guangzhou R&F
RelegatedGuizhou Zhicheng
(via relegation play-off)
Matches played182
Goals scored411 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerCosta Rica Johnny Woodly (Dalian Aerbin)
Honduras Mitchel Brown (Hunan Billows)
(13 goals)
Biggest home winDalian 4–0 Hubei (3 April)
Hubei 4–0 Beijing (16 April)
Hunan 4–0 Shenzhen (21 May)
Shanghai 4–0 Yanbian (11 September)
Dalian 6–2 Hunan (22 October)
Biggest away winBeijing BIT 0–3 Dalian (30 April)
Beijing BIT 1–4 Shanghai (28 May)
Beijing BIT 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 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]

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

Beijing Baxy&Shengshi changed their name to Beijing Baxy. Hubei Luyin changed their name to Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo. Yanbian F.C. changed their name to Yanbian Changbai Tiger. In other team changes, League Two club Guizhou Zhicheng merged with Shanghai 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

Stadiums and locations

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players*
Beijing BIT South Korea Chae Wan-Ji Uruguay Héctor García Uruguay Julio Gutiérrez Uruguay Martín Rodríguez
Beijing Baxy Cameroon Paul Essola Montenegro Vlado Jeknić Uruguay Máximo Lucas Uruguay Diego Seoane United States Lyle Martin
Chongqing Lifan Angola Johnson Macaba Bosnia and Herzegovina Želimir Terkeš Croatia Ivan Bošnjak Croatia Dario Dabac Brazil Rai Vilela
Dalian Aerbin Bulgaria Kiril Kotev Colombia Luis Cabezas Costa Rica Johnny Woodly Guinea-Bissau Almami Moreira Colombia Édison Chará
Guangdong Sunray Cave Cameroon Mahama Awal Colombia Ricardo Steer Costa Rica Darío Delgado Mali Mourtala Diakité Brazil Ronny
Guangzhou R&F Brazil Harison England Marlon Harewood Serbia Aleksandar Živković Angola Johnson Macaba
Brazil Beto
Guizhou Zhicheng Brazil Maurinho Cameroon Thomas Manga Nigeria Obi Moneke Serbia Dragan Stančić
Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo Brazil Vicente Croatia Bruno Šiklić Slovenia Jože Benko
Hunan Billows Brazil Willian Honduras Mario Beata Honduras Mitchel Brown Honduras Jerry Palacios
Shanghai East Asia Benin Romuald Boco Bosnia and Herzegovina Jusuf Dajić
Brazil Cílio Souza
North Macedonia Nikola Karčev
Shenyang Dongjin Croatia Željko Sablić Nigeria Akanni-Sunday Wasiu Serbia Milan Martinović South Korea Lee Yoon-sub South Korea Sung Jong-hyun
Shenyang Shenbei Brazil José Duarte Brazil Ernandes Colombia Andrés Quejada
Tianjin Songjiang Brazil Júnior Paulista Estonia Taavi Rähn Sierra Leone Aluspah Brewah Slovenia Aleksander Rodić
Yanbian Changbai Tiger Ghana Daniel Quaye Mali Soumaïla Coulibaly South Korea Park Jong-woo South Korea Woo Joo-young South Korea Lee Gwang-jae

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 26 12 6 8 39 35 +4 42
5 Shenyang Dongjin 26 9 10 7 32 25 +7 37
6 Shenyang Shenbei 26 8 10 8 31 31 0 34
7 Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo 26 8 9 9 26 28 −2 33[a]
8 Chongqing Lifan 26 8 9 9 30 35 −5 33[a]
9 Shanghai East Asia 26 7 11 8 29 25 +4 32
10 Yanbian Changbai Tiger 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 BIT 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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Hubei, 2 pts, 1–1; Chongqing, 2 pts, 1–1

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Dalian Aerbin11111111111111111111111111
Guangzhou R&F71014119777777333333333332222
Guangdong Sunray Cave105245444444222222222223333
Hunan Billows111210141411111111114444444444444444
Shenyang Dongjin591163555555888888888886755
Shenyang Shenbei98424666666777777777778966
Chongqing Lifan645810333333666666666665578
Shanghai East Asia14131298222222555555555557689
Hubei Zhongbo131413107999999999999999999897
Yanbian Changbai Tiger1211736131313131313121212121212121212121212101010
Beijing Baxy4381212888888101010101010101010101010111111
Tianjin Songjiang366711121212121212111111111111111111111111121212
Beijing BIT8791313141414141414141414141414141414141413131313
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 BIT 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 Wuhan 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 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 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 Changbai Tiger 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 Zhicheng faces 2011 China League Two 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero for a play-off match. The winner Fujian Smart Hero earn a spot in the 2012 China League One.

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

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 30 October 2011.

Rank Player Club Goals (P.K.)
1 Costa Rica Johnny Woodly Dalian Aerbin 13 (2)
Honduras Mitchel Brown Hunan Billows 13
3 China Wu Lei Shanghai East Asia 12 (1)
4 Brazil José Duarte Shenyang Shenbei 11 (1)
China Yin Hongbo Guangdong Sunray Cave 11 (5)
6 Angola Johnson Macaba Shenzhen Phoenix
Chongqing Lifan 		9
China Li Xingcan Shenyang Shenbei 9
China Lu Lin Guangdong Sunray Cave 9
9 Brazil Vicente Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo 8 (1)
Cameroon Mahama Awal Guangdong Sunray Cave 8
China Zhang Shuo Guangzhou R&F 8
Colombia Ricardo Steer Guangdong Sunray Cave 8
Slovenia 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 Archived 25 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine(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)

External links

China League One
2011 in Chinese football
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