China League One

China League One

Countries	China
Confederation	AFC
Founded	2004
Number of teams	14
Levels on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Chinese Super League
Relegation to	China League Two
Domestic cup(s)	Chinese FA Cup
Current champions	Dalian Aerbin (2011)
Most championships	Guangzhou Evergrande (2)
2011 China League One

The China League One (aka Chinese Jia League) is the second tier professional league for Chinese football clubs. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association. Above the League One is Chinese Super League.

Prior to the formation of Chinese Super League, Jia League was known as Jia B League. The then top two levels of Chinese football league were known as Jia A League and Jia B League respectively. Jia A was rebranded as CSL and Jia B was rebranded as the current Jia League in 2004. Below the Jia League is the Yi League, following the Chinese Heavenly Stems naming convention of numbers.

It is currently made up of 13 teams, playing home and away. At the end of each season, the top two will be promoted to CSL and the two lowest placed teams from CSL will be relegated to the Jia League. It will expand to 14 teams next season as top-2 from Yi League will promote and only last placed team will be relegated.

Current clubs

Club	Chinese name	Home stadium	Capacity	Seasons in League One	Best finish	Worst finish	Spell in level 2
Beijing 361 Degrees	北京361°大学生	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	1,600	2007 to 2011	8th, 2009	12th, 2011	from 2007
Beijing Baxy	北京八喜	Chaoyang Sports Centre	20,000	2010 to 2011	8th, 2010		from 2010
Chongqing Lifan	重庆力帆	Yongchuan Sports Centre	25,000	2007 to 2008, 2011	2nd, 2008	4th, 2007	from 2011
Dalian Aerbin	大连阿尔滨	Dalian University Stadium	3,000	2011			from 2011
Guangdong Sunray Cave	广东日之泉	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium	25,000	2009 to 2011	5th, 2009	11th, 2010	from 2009
Guizhou Toro	贵州通源	Guizhou New Stadium	18,000	2011			from 2011
Hubei Zhongbo	湖北东方国旅	Xinhua Road Sports Center	36,000	2010 to 2011	5th, 2010		from 2010
Hunan Billows Baishijiao	湖南湘涛百世窖	CSUFT East-Garden Stadium	?	2010 to 2011	6th, 2010		from 2010
Shanghai East Asia	上海东亚	Shanghai Stadium	56,000	2008 to 2011	4th, 2009 & 2010	6th, 2008	from 2008
Shenyang Dongjin Shidai	沈阳东进世代	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium	60,000	2009 to 2011	3rd, 2009	7th, 2010	from 2009
Guangzhou R&F	广州富力	Yuexiushan Stadium	30,000	2011			from 2011
Shenyang Shenbei	天津润宇隆	Minyuan Stadium	18,000	2011			from 2011
Tianjin Songjiang	天津松江	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium	60,000	2011			from 2011
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers	延边长白虎	Yanji People's Stadium	50,000	2005 to 2011	3rd, 2010	8th, 2005, 2006 & 2008	from 2005

Former clubs

Club	Chinese name	Seasons in League One	Current league
Guangzhou Evergrande	广州恒大	2004 to 2007, 2010	Chinese Super League
Chengdu Blades	成都谢菲联	2004 to 2007, 2010	Chinese Super League
Liaoning Whowin	辽宁宏运	2009	Chinese Super League
Nanchang Bayi	南昌八一	2006 to 2009	Chinese Super League
Jiangsu Sainty	江苏舜天	2004 to 2008	Chinese Super League
Henan Construction	河南建业	2004 to 2006	Chinese Super League
Zhejiang Greentown	浙江绿城	2004 to 2006	Chinese Super League
Changchun Yatai	长春亚泰	2004 to 2005	Chinese Super League
Sichuan	四川	2008 to 2009	China League Two
Yantai Yiteng	烟台毅腾	2007 to 2008	China League Two
Zhuhai Zobon	珠海中邦	2004	Merged with Shanghai Shenhua
Beijing Hongdeng	北京宏登	2006 to 2009	Defunct
Nanjing Yoyo	南京有有	2004 to 2010	China League Two
Anhui Jiufang	安徽九方	2008 to 2010	Defunct
Pudong Zobon	浦东中邦	2005 to 2010	China League Two
Xiamen Lanshi	厦门蓝狮	2004 to 2005	Defunct
Wuhan Huanghelou	武汉黄鹤楼	2004	Defunct
Hohhot Black Horse	呼和浩特	2004 to 2007	Defunct
Shaanxi Guoli	陕西国力	2004 to 2005	Defunct
Dongguan Lanwa	东莞联华	2004	Defunct
Xi'an Anxinyuan	西安安馨园	2004	Defunct
Qingdao Hailifeng	青岛海利丰	2004 to 2009	Defunct

Winners

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Third-place
2004	Wuhan Huanghelou	Zhuhai Zobon	Xiamen Lanshi
2005	Xiamen Lanshi	Changchun Yatai	Zhejiang Greentown
2006	Henan Construction	Zhejiang Greentown	Guangzhou GPC
2007	Guangzhou GPC	Chengdu Blades	Jiangsu Sainty
2008	Jiangsu Sainty	Chongqing Lifan	Nanchang Hengyuan
2009	Liaoning Whowin	Nanchang Hengyuan	Shenyang Dongjin
2010	Guangzhou Evergrande	Chengdu Blades	Yanbian FC
2011	Dalian Aerbin	Guangzhou R&F	Guangdong Sunray Cave

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004	Will	Wuhan Huanghelou	22
2005	Mikalay Ryndzyuk	Guangzhou Sunray Cave	15
2006	Tico	Zhejiang Greentown	15
2007	Luis Ramírez	Guangzhou GPC	19
2008	Sabin Ilie	Qingdao Hailifeng	18
2009	Martín García	Nanchang Hengyuan	19
2010	Gao Lin	Guangzhou Evergrande	20
2011	Mitchel Brown Johnny Woodly	Hunan Billows Dalian Aerbin	13

See also

• Football in China

References

External links

• Official site (Chinese)
• News, fixtures, results at Sina.com (Chinese)
• League history at RSSSF (English)