China League Two
Season2015
ChampionsMeizhou Kejia (1st title)
PromotedMeizhou Kejia
Dalian Transcendence
Matches played126
Goals scored356 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerLiu Yang (12 goals)
Biggest home winMeizhou Kejia 10-0 Fujian Broncos
(Aug. 22nd, 2015)
(10 goals)
Biggest away winFujian Broncos 0-7 Anhui Litian Huishang
(Jul. 11th, 2015)
(7 goals)
Highest scoringDalian Transcendence 10-1 Shenyang Dongjin
(Jun. 13th, 2015)
(11 goals)
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The 2015 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 26th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 16 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 8 teams in South Group. The league was made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The group stage was a double round-robin format. Each team in the group will play the other teams twice, home and away.

Team changes

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2015 China League One

Teams relegated from 2014 China League One

Teams promoted from 2014 China Amateur Football League [1]

Dissolved entries

Name changes

Pu'er Wanhao was renamed Yunnan Wanhao.

Clubs

Groups Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2014 season
North Nanjing Qianbao China Zhao Faqing Nanjing Wutaishan Stadium 18,500 North, 2nd
Dalian Transcendence China Liu Zhongchang Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 North, 3rd
Yinchuan Helanshan China Zhu Bo Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 North, 4th
Shenyang Dongjin China Li Wei Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 North, 5th
Hebei Elite Spain Juan Carlos Añón Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium 33,572 North, 6th
Tianjin Huochetou China Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 7th
Baotou Nanjiao P China Xu Hui Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Center Stadium 40,545 CAL, 10th
Baoding Yingli ETS P China Fan Yuhong Baoding Baoding Foreign Language School Stadium N/A CAL North, 5th
South Meizhou Kejia China Qi Wusheng Wuhua Wuhua County Stadium 6,800 CL2, 4th
Lijiang Jiayunhao China Wang Zheng Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 4th
Meixian Hakka China Wang Hongwei Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 5th
Sichuan Longfor China Jia Jin Santai Santai County Stadium 8,000 South, 6th
Yunnan Wanhao China Zhang Biao Pu'er (playing in Kunming) Hongta Sport Center N/A South, 8th
Fujian Broncos China Wei Xin Quanzhou (playing in Jinjiang) Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium 15,000 South, 9th
Guangxi Longguida P China Huang Yong Nanning (playing in Dongxing) Dongxing Sports Center Stadium 60,000 CAL, 4th
Anhui Litian P Serbia Darko Nović Hefei Hefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium 60,000 CAL, 9th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Meizhou Kejia China Tan Ende 26 May 2015[4] China Zhang Jun 26 May 2015[4]
Anhui Litian China Shang Qing 28 May 2015[5] China Ding Wei (caretaker) 28 May 2015[5]
Meizhou Kejia China Zhang Jun 15 June 2015[6] China He Weiwen 15 June 2015[6]
Anhui Litian China Ding Wei (caretaker) 1 July 2015 Serbia Darko Nović 1 July 2015[7]
Meizhou Kejia China He Weiwen 5 July 2015 China Qi Wusheng 5 July 2015[8]
Sichuan Longfor China Zhang Weizhe 6 July 2015[9] China Jia Jin 6 July 2015[9]

Clubs Locations

2015 China League Two is located in China
Yinchuan Helanshan
Shenyang Dongjin
Nanjing Qianbao
Dalian Transcendence
Hebei Elite
Tianjin Huochetou
Baotou Nanjiao
Baoding Yingli ETS
Lijiang Jiayunhao
Yunnan Wanhao
Sichuan Longfor
Fujian Broncos
Meixian Hakka
Meizhou Kejia
Guangxi Longguida
Anhui Litian
Location of teams in 2015 China League Two[10]

Group stage standings

North Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dalian Transcendence (P, Q) 14 10 4 0 38 11 +27 34 CL2 Play-offs
2 Nanjing Qianbao (Q) 14 6 6 2 32 16 +16 24
3 Hebei Elite (Q) 14 6 4 4 20 12 +8 22
4 Tianjin Huochetou (Q) 14 6 4 4 23 16 +7 22
5 Baoding Yingli ETS 14 5 5 4 26 17 +9 20
6 Baotou Nanjiao 14 5 5 4 21 13 +8 20
7 Yinchuan Helanshan 14 3 2 9 14 25 −11 11
8 Shenyang Dongjin 14 0 0 14 3 67 −64 0
Source:[citation needed]
(P) Promoted to 2016 China League One; (Q) Qualified for Play-off

South Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Meizhou Kejia (C, P, Q) 14 9 3 2 39 13 +26 30 CL2 Play-offs
2 Sichuan Longfor (Q) 14 7 5 2 24 14 +10 26
3 Meixian Hakka (Q) 14 6 6 2 14 8 +6 24
4 Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q) 14 7 3 4 19 15 +4 24
5 Anhui Litian 14 5 5 4 23 15 +8 20
6 Yunnan Wanhao 14 3 5 6 9 19 −10 14
7 Guangxi Longguida 14 2 2 10 10 24 −14 8
8 Fujian Broncos 14 2 1 11 11 41 −30 7
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to 2016 China League One; (Q) Qualified for Play-off

Group stage results

North Group

Home \ Away NJQ DLT YCH SYD HBE TJH BTN BDY
Nanjing Qianbao 1–1 4–0 6–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 0–0
Dalian Transcendence 1–1 1–0 10–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
Yinchuan Helanshan 1–3 3–4 4–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 0–1
Shenyang Dongjin 0–3 0–4 1–2 0–5 0–4 0–2 0–6
Hebei Elite 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Tianjin Huochetou 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Baotou Nanjiao 1–1 1–3 0–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 0–1
Baoding Yingli ETS 1–3 1–2 3–0 7–1 0–0 3–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Group

Home \ Away MZK LJJ MXH SCL YNW FJB GXL AHL
Meizhou Kejia 5–3 2–0 4–0 3–0 10–0 1–0 3–1
Lijiang Jiayunhao 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Meixian Hakka 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Sichuan Longfor 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1
Yunnan Wanhao 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–5 3–2 1–0 0–0
Fujian Broncos 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–7
Guangxi Longguida 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–2
Anhui Litian 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
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
Lijiang Jiayunhao 0 - 3 Dalian Transcendence 0 - 1 0 - 2
Hebei Elite 1 - 1 Sichuan Longfor 1 - 1 0 - 0
Tianjin Huochetou 2 - 6 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 2 1 - 4
Meixian Hakka 1 - 1 (5–6 p) Nanjing Qianbao 1 - 0 0 - 1

First leg

Lijiang Jiayunhao0 - 1Dalian Transcendence
Report 13' Su Di
Lijiang Sports Center Stadium, Lijiang
Hebei Elite1 - 1Sichuan Longfor
Ge Hailun 78' Report 85' Wang Xinzheng
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Tianjin Huochetou1 - 2Meizhou Kejia
Liu Yang 20' (pen.) Report 68' Cao Tianbao
84' Pan Jia
Tianjin Locomotive Stadium, Tianjin
Meixian Hakka1 - 0Nanjing Qianbao
Wang Kai 45+' Report
Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium, Meizhou

Second leg

Dalian Transcendence2 - 0Lijiang Jiayunhao
Liu Yuchen 10'
Du Wenxiang 85'		 Report
Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian
Sichuan Longfor0 - 0Hebei Elite
Report
Santai County Stadium, Santai
Meizhou Kejia4 - 1Tianjin Huochetou
Cao Tianbao 7', 53' (pen.)
Gao Zhilin 20', 75'		 Report 60' Li Wenxin
Wuhua County Stadium, Wuhua
Nanjing Qianbao1 - 0Meixian Hakka
Tian Junjie 25' (o.g.) Report
Penalties
Tan Si soccer ball with red X
Gan Rui soccer ball with check mark
Wei Renjie soccer ball with check mark
Wang Qing soccer ball with red X
Bai Fan soccer ball with check mark
Zhu Chao soccer ball with check mark
Ban Yong soccer ball with check mark
Huang Chaosoccer ball with check mark		 6 – 5 soccer ball with check mark Liang Rifu
soccer ball with red X Pan Jiajun
soccer ball with check mark Tian Junjie
soccer ball with red X Yu Xin
soccer ball with check mark Zhang Xingbo
soccer ball with check mark Li Wenwei
soccer ball with check mark Li Weixin
soccer ball with red X Wang Xingqiang
Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sichuan Longfor 2 - 5 Dalian Transcendence 0 - 0 2 - 5
Nanjing Qianbao 1 - 6 Meizhou Kejia 1 - 5 0 - 1

First leg

Sichuan Longfor0 - 0Dalian Transcendence
Report
Santai County Stadium, Santai
Nanjing Qianbao1 - 5Meizhou Kejia
Zi Long 74' Report 2' Ba Dun
35' Yu Jianfeng
49' Chen Jianlong
76', 88' Gao Zhilin
Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing

Second leg

Dalian Transcendence5 - 2Sichuan Longfor
Han Jiabao 20'
Hu Zhaojun 43' (pen.)
Nan Yunqi 52', 65'
Wang Guanghao 90+'		 Report 61' Wang Xinzheng
82' Zhang Qi
Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian
Meizhou Kejia1 - 0Nanjing Qianbao
Cao Tianbao 32' (pen.) Report
Wuhua County Stadium, Wuhua

Third-Place Match

Sichuan Longfor1 - 0Nanjing Qianbao
Lu Cheng 39' Report
Santai County Stadium, Santai

Final Match

Dalian Transcendence0 - 0Meizhou Kejia
Report
Penalties
Liu Tao soccer ball with check mark
Liu Huan soccer ball with check mark
Han Jiabao soccer ball with check mark
Hu Zhaojun soccer ball with check mark
Du Wenxiang soccer ball with check mark
Liu Yuchen soccer ball with check mark
Zhao Yibo soccer ball with check mark
Su Di soccer ball with red X
Guo Wei soccer ball with red X		 7 – 8 soccer ball with check mark Cao Tianbao
soccer ball with check mark Pan Jia
soccer ball with check mark Gao Zhilin
soccer ball with check mark Li Zhilang
soccer ball with check mark Yu Jianfeng
soccer ball with check mark Tang Dechao
soccer ball with check mark Chen Jianlong
soccer ball with red X Zhang Zhiquan
soccer ball with check mark Li Siyuan
Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian

Attendance

Club Total Average
Lijiang Jiayunhao 47,494 6,785
Meixian Hakka 46,392 6,627
Baotou Nanjiao 42,548 6,078
Meizhou Kejia 31,901 4,557
Sichuan Longfor 26,745 3,821
Yinchuan Helanshan 17,470 2,496
Anhui Litian 17,039 2,434
Baoding Yingli ETS 16,788 2,398
Guangxi Longguida 11,248 1,607
Nanjing Qianbao 10,797 1,542
Dalian Transcendence 6,287 898
Yunnan Wanhao 4,972 710
Fujian Broncos 4,100 586
Hebei Elite 1,939 277
Shenyang Dongjin 1,508 215
Tianjin Huochetou 1,445 206
Total 288,673 2,577

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Total
1
 China Liu Yang Tianjin Huochetou
12
2
 China Han Jiabao Dalian Transcendence
11
3
 China Ji Jun Meizhou Kejia
9
China Tan Si Nanjing Qianbao
9
5
 China Gao Zhilin Meizhou Kejia
8
6
 China Nan Yunqi Dalian Transcendence
7
China Quan Heng Dalian Transcendence
7
China Wang Yunlong Anhui Litian
7
China Zhang Xiang Lijiang Jiayunhao
7
10
 China Cao Tianbao Meizhou Kejia
6
China Chen Shaoqin Sichuan Longfor
6
China Wang Xinzheng Sichuan Longfor
6
China Zhang Hongbin Baoding Yingli ETS
6
China Zhang Shuang Baotou Nanjiao
6
China Zhang Zhiquan Meizhou Kejia
6
China Zi Long Nanjing Qianbao
6

Awards

The awards of 2015 China League Two were announced on 18 November 2015.[11]

References

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