2021 China League One

The 2021 Chinese Football Association China League (Chinese: 2021中国足球协会甲级联赛) will be the 18th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.

China League One
Season2021
← 2020
2022 →

Teams

Team changes

Name changes

Ahead of the 2021 season, the Chinese Football Association ordered all clubs to eliminate any corporate references in their names.[1]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations
Team Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2020 season
Cangzhou Mighty Lions R Afshin Ghotbi Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 29,000 CSL, 16th
Zhejiang Energy Greentown Jordi Vinyals Huzhou Huzhou Olympic Sports Centre 40,000 2nd (Promotion play-offs loser)
Kunshan Gao Yao Suzhou Kunshan Stadium 30,000 3rd
Chengdu Better City Seo Jung-won Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 27,000 4th
Meizhou Hakka Milan Ristić Meizhou Huitang Stadium 30,000 5th
Taizhou Yuanda Yin Tiesheng Taizhou Taixing Sports Center Stadium 8,000 6th
Guizhou Chen Mao Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,636 7th
Suzhou Dongwu Gary White Suzhou Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre 45,000 8th
Beijing BSU Su Maozhen Beijing Olympic Sports Centre 36,228 9th
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Óscar Céspedes Weinan Weinan Sports Center Stadium 32,000 10th
Sichuan Jiuniu Li Yi Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 27,000 11th
Nantong Zhiyun Xie Hui Nantong Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,000 12th
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Choi Jin-han Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 51,632 13th
Liaoning Shenyang Urban Yu Ming Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 14th
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Duan Xin Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 15th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Jiangxi Liansheng Huang Yong Jiujiang Ruichang Sports Park Stadium N/A 16th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Wuhan Three Towns P Albert Garcia Xicota Wuhan Hankou Cultural Sports Centre 20,000 CL2, 1st
Zibo Cuju P Hou Zhiqiang Zibo Zibo Sports Center Stadium 45,000 CL2, 2nd

Clubs Locations
Location of teams in 2021 China League One[5]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Kim Bong-gil Mutual consent 29 November 2020 Pre-season Óscar Céspedes 23 January 2021
Chengdu Better City José Carlos Granero Mutual consent 7 December 2020 Seo Jung-won 12 December 2020
Zhejiang Energy Greentown Zheng Xiong Mutual consent 31 December 2020 Jordi Vinyals 1 January 2021
Meizhou Hakka Marcelo Rospide Mutual consent 6 February 2021 Milan Ristić 6 February 2021

Foreign players

The policy of foreign players was changed. The number of foreign players clubs can register over the course of the season is limited to four and the number of foreign players allowed on each team at any given time is increased from three to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of two can be fielded at any time during the match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Naturalized Players Hong Kong/Macau/
Taiwan Players1		 Former players
Beijing BSU John Owoeri Dominic Vinicius Wen Chih-hao
Cangzhou Mighty Lions Matheus Rômulo Oscar Maritu
Chengdu Better City Naldinho Dani Quintana Nikola Đurđić
Guizhou Jahmir Hyka Stefan Mihajlović
Heilongjiang Lava Spring Raphaël Messi Bouli Donovan Ewolo Yoann Arquin
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Guto André Senghor
Jiangxi Liansheng Vasil Shkurti Éder Andy Russell
Kunshan Bruno Pires Hildeberto Pereira
Liaoning Shenyang Urban Juvhel Tsoumou Islom Tukhtakhujaev
Meizhou Hakka Igor Sartori Lonsana Doumbouya Chisom Egbuchulam
Nantong Zhiyun Mychell Chagas João Silva Mladen Kovačević Li Ngai Hoi
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Albi Alla Raoul Loé Robert Tambe Wang Chien-ming
Sichuan Jiuniu Jules Iloki Mohamed Yattara Nemanja Vidić
Suzhou Dongwu Haruna Garba Joseph Atule Junior Chris Shimbayev
Taizhou Yuanda Marko Bašić Daniel Chima Chukwu Zoran Tošić
Wuhan Three Towns Yaki Yen
Zhejiang Energy Greentown Dino Ndlovu Nyasha Mushekwi Leung Nok Hang
Zibo Cuju
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Beijing BSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Super League
2 Cangzhou Mighty Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chengdu Better City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for CSL Play-off
4 Guizhou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Heilongjiang Lava Spring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inner Mongolia Zhongyou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jiangxi Liansheng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kunshan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Liaoning Shenyang Urban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Meizhou Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nantong Zhiyun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sichuan Jiuniu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Suzhou Dongwu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Taizhou Yuanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wuhan Three Towns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Zhejiang Energy Greentown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for China League One Play-off
18 Zibo Cuju 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 9) Draw

Results
Home \ Away BSU CZL CDB GZ HLJ IMZ JXL KS LSU MZK NTZ SCA SCJ SZD TZY WHT ZJG ZBC
Beijing BSU —
Cangzhou Mighty Lions —
Chengdu Better City —
Guizhou —
Heilongjiang Lava Spring —
Inner Mongolia Zhongyou —
Jiangxi Liansheng —
Kunshan —
Liaoning Shenyang Urban —
Meizhou Hakka —
Nantong Zhiyun —
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic —
Sichuan Jiuniu —
Suzhou Dongwu —
Taizhou Yuanda —
Wuhan Three Towns —
Zhejiang Energy Greentown —
Zibo Cuju —
First match(es) will be played on unknown. 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.

Leader and promotion to Super League
Runner-up and promotion to Super League
Qualification for Promotion/Relegation Play-off
Relegation to China League Two
First match(es) will be played on ?. Source:

Results by match played
First match(es) will be played on ?. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Goalscorers

Notes

    References
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    2. "官方：石家庄永昌更名为沧州雄狮，俱乐部迁至沧州市". Dongqiudi. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
    3. "成都兴城足球俱乐部正式更名为成都蓉城足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
    4. "官方：贵州恒丰足球俱乐部正式更名为贵州足球俱乐部". Dongqiudi. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
    5. "全国主要城市经纬度表".
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