China League Two
Season2013
ChampionsQingdao Hainiu
PromotedQingdao Hainiu
Hebei Zhongji
Matches played112
Goals scored275 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerChina Yang Chen
(9 goals)
Biggest home winShandong Tengding 7-0 Liaoning Youth
(Sept. 7th, 2013)
(7 goals)
Biggest away winLiaoning Youth 0-9 Hebei Zhongji
(Sept. 22nd, 2013)
(9 goals)
Highest scoringLiaoning Youth 0-9 Hebei Zhongji
(Sept. 22nd, 2013)
(9 goals)
Longest winning runQingdao Hainiu
(10 matches)
Longest unbeaten runQingdao Hainiu
(19 matches)
Longest winless runGanxu Aoxin
(14 matches)
Longest losing runGansu Aoxin
(8 matches)
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The 2013 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 24th season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are 15 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 7 teams in South Group. The league is made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The group stage is a double round-robin format. Each team in the group will play the other teams twice, home and away. It will start on May 4 and end on September 22. The play-off stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October 8. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the play-off will qualify for promotion to 2014 China League One.

Team changes

Promotion and relegation

Guizhou Zhicheng as the 2012 season champion and Hubei China-Kyle as runner-up earned promotion to the 2013 China League One.

Hohhot Dongjin were relegated from 2012 China League One to 2013 China League Two North Group as the last placed team.

Name changes

North Group

Hohhot Dongjin relocated to Shenyang during the season (in July 2013) and changed its name back to Shenyang Dongjin.

South Group

Dongguan Nancheng relocated to Mei County on December 12, 2012 and changed its name to Meixian Hakka.
Kunming Ruilong relocated to Dali and changed its name to Dali Ruilong.

New entries

There are six new teams participating in 2013 China League Two. They are Gansu Aoxin,[1] Liaoning Youth, Qingdao Hainiu,[2] Shandong Tengding,[3] Lijiang Jiayunhao[4] and Meizhou Kejia.

Clubs

Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2012 season
North Gansu Aoxin China Zhang Hui Lanzhou Qilihe Stadium 30,000 New
Hebei Zhongji China Zhang Yandong Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000 North, 1st
Shenyang DongjinR China Zhao Faqing Shenyang (playing in Benxi) Hohhot City Stadium
Benxi Stadium (from Round 8) 		60,000
N/A 		CL1, 16th
Tianjin Huochetou China Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 11th
Liaoning Youth Japan Yasuharu Kurata Benxi Benxi Stadium N/A New
Qingdao Hainiu China Su Maozhen Qingdao Hongcheng Stadium 19,000 New
Qinghai Senke NetherlandsPortugal Floris Schaap Xining Xining Ximen Stadium N/A North, 2nd
Shandong Tengding China Luo Dengren Tengzhou Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center N/A New
South Dali Ruilong China Gao Fulin Dali Dali Stadium N/A South, 3rd
Jiangxi Liansheng China Li Xiao Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 South, 8th
Lijiang Jiayunhao China Niu Hongli Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Center Stadium N/A New
Meixian Hakka Japan Hirokazu Sakuma Mei County Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,000 South, 6th
Meizhou Kejia China Cao Yang Wuhua Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium
Wuhua County Stadium (from Round 12) 		20,000
6,800 		New
Shaanxi Laochenggen China Zhang Yuede Xi'an Shaanxi Province Stadium 50,100 North, 4th
Shenzhen Fengpeng China Zhu Bo Shenzhen Universiade Center 60,334 South, 2nd

Group stage standings

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Qingdao Hainiu (C, P, Q) 14 11 3 0 26 2 +24 36 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Hebei Zhongji (P, Q) 14 9 4 1 34 7 +27 31
3 Qinghai Senke (Q) 14 6 5 3 20 9 +11 23 Disbanded after season
4 Shandong Tengding (Q) 14 5 6 3 17 6 +11 21 Qualification for Play-offs
5 Shenyang Dongjin 14 4 4 6 14 21 −7 16
6 Tianjin Huochetou 14 3 6 5 7 11 −4 15
7 Liaoning Youth 14 1 4 9 9 42 −33 7 Disbanded after season
8 Gansu Aoxin 14 0 2 12 7 36 −29 2
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 22, 2013. Source: CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese)
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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to China League One; (Q) Qualification for play-offs

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Meizhou Kejia (Q) 12 9 3 0 30 6 +24 30 Qualification for Play-offs
2 Shenzhen Fengpeng (Q) 12 7 3 2 19 14 +5 24 Disbanded after season
3 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 12 7 1 4 17 9 +8 22 Qualification for Play-offs
4 Meixian Hakka (Q) 12 4 3 5 11 14 −3 15
5 Jiangxi Liansheng 12 2 6 4 9 14 −5 12
6 Dali Ruilong 12 1 3 8 7 26 −19 6[a] Disbanded after season
7 Shaanxi Laochenggen 12 1 3 8 11 21 −10 6[a]
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 23, 2013. Source: CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese)
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) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualification for play-offs
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Dali 2-1 Shaanxi; Shaanxi 1-1 Dali

Group stage results

North Group

Home \ Away GSA HBZ SYD TJH LNY QDH QHS SDT
Gansu Aoxin 0–4 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–3
Hebei Zhongji 6–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
Shenyang Dongjin 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–1
Tianjin Huochetou 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0[a] 1–2 0–0 0–1
Liaoning Youth 3–1 0–9 3–3 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–2
Qingdao Hainiu 5–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0
Qinghai Senke 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–0
Shandong Tengding 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 7–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 22nd, 2013. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ This match has been played in Benxi Stadium.

South Group

Home \ Away DLR JXL LJJ MXH MZK SXL SZF
Dali Ruilong 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–3
Jiangxi Liansheng 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0
Meixian Hakka 5–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
Meizhou Kejia 5–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 6–1
Shaanxi Laochenggen 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–2
Shenzhen Fengpeng 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 23rd, 2013. Source: China League Two Results on 7m.cn (in Chinese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Meixian Hakka 0 - 4 Qingdao Hainiu 0 - 0 0 - 4
Qinghai Senke 1 - 5 Shenzhen Fengpeng 1 - 2 0 - 3[5]
Shandong Tengding 3 - 2 Meizhou Kejia 2 - 0 1 - 2
Lijiang Jiayunhao 2 - 3 Hebei Zhongji 2 - 0 0 - 3

First leg

Meixian Hakka0 - 0Qingdao Hainiu
Report
Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium, Meizhou
Referee: Zhou Gang
Qinghai Senke1 - 2Shenzhen Fengpeng
Cui Yu 51' Report 15' Chen Zewen
82' Zhang Hongbin
Xining Ximen Stadium, Xining
Referee: Hei Xiaohu
Shandong Tengding2 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Wang Dong 35'
Liu Yunfei 38'		 Report
Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center, Tengzhou
Referee: Wang Jin
Lijiang Jiayunhao2 - 0Hebei Zhongji
Gu Wenxiang 56'
Tan Tiancheng 68'		 Report
Lijiang Sports Development Center Stadium, Lijiang
Referee: Li Jun

Second leg

Qingdao Hainiu4 - 0Meixian Hakka
Wang Xuanhong 22', 87'
Li Kai 31', 49'		 Report
Hongcheng Stadium, Qingdao
Referee: Li Haihe
Shenzhen Fengpeng3 - 0
Awarded		Qinghai Senke
Tang Miao 24'
Cai Xi 51'		 Report 9' Cui Yu
Yellow card Yellow-red card Liu Cheng
Yellow card Yellow-red card 60' Cui Yu
Red card 61' Wang Chi
Red card 66' Song Chen
Red card 66' Huang Chao
Universiade Center, Shenzhen
Referee: Chen Gang
Meizhou Kejia2 - 1Shandong Tengding
Chang Lin 36'
Ye Weichao 90+3'		 Report 53' Liu Pujin
Wuhuaxian Stadium, Meizhou
Referee: Zhong Jun
Hebei Zhongji3 - 0Lijiang Jiayunhao
Xian Tao 40', 67'
Wu Dingmao 55'		 Report
Yutong International Sports Center, Shijiazhuang
Referee: Zhao Zhizhi

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shenzhen Fengpeng 2 - 3 Qingdao Hainiu 2 - 2 0 - 1
Hebei Zhongji 2 - 1 Shandong Tengding 2 - 0 0 - 1

First leg

Shenzhen Fengpeng2 - 2Qingdao Hainiu
Hou Zhe 9'
Chen Zewen 58'		 Report 36' Li Kai
80' Wang Jian
Universiade Center, Shenzhen
Referee: Wang Jin
Hebei Zhongji2 - 0Shandong Tengding
Hao Shuang 12'
Wu Dingmao 45+2'		 Report
Yutong International Sports Center, Shijiazhuang
Referee: Huang Yejun

Second leg

Qingdao Hainiu1 - 0Shenzhen Fengpeng
Yu Guijun 48' Report
Hongcheng Stadium, Qingdao
Referee: Li Jun
Shandong Tengding1 - 0Hebei Zhongji
Wang Dong 14' Report
Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center, Tengzhou
Referee: Fan Qi

Third-Place Match

Shenzhen Fengpeng4 - 1Shandong Tengding
Li Xin 14'
Fan Zhiqiang 24', 39'
Pang Haitao 50'		 Report 54' Zhao Wan
Universiade Center, Shenzhen
Referee: Tao Rancheng

Final Match

Qingdao Hainiu3 - 1Hebei Zhongji
Xue Ya'nan 14'
Wang Xuanhong 63'
Wang Xiang 79' (o.g.)		 Report 2' Jia Xiaochen
Hongcheng Stadium, Qingdao
Referee: Ma Ning

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Total
1
 China Yang Chen Hebei Zhongji
9
2
 China Wang Dong Shandong Tengding
8
China Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
8
4
 China Wang Jian Qingdao Hainiu
7
China Wang Xuanhong Qingdao Hainiu
7
6
 China Li Kai Qingdao Hainiu
6
China Zhang Hongbin Shenzhen Fengpeng
6
China Xu Yihai Qinghai Senke
6
9
 China Ye Weichao Meizhou Kejia
5
China Pan Jia Meizhou Kejia
5
China Wu Dingmao Hebei Zhongji
5

References

  1. ^ 甘肅奧鑫足球隊正式完成組隊(in Chinese)
  2. ^ 青島海牛回來了! 組隊乙級打起 Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today(in Chinese)
  3. ^ 山東省再添一乙級球隊 昔日魯能功勳主帥無緣執教(in Chinese)
  4. ^ 全新麗江足球隊-嘉雲昊，4月開整(in Chinese)
  5. ^ Due to Qinghai Senke less than 7 players, this match has been finished at the 66th minute when Shenzhen led 2-1.

External links

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