Football league season
China League One Season 2012 Champions Shanghai East Asia Promoted Shanghai East Asia Wuhan Zall Relegated Beijing Baxy Hohhot Dongjin Matches played 240 Goals scored 617 (2.57 per match) Top goalscorer Babacar Gueye (23 Goals)Biggest home win Harbin Songbei Yiteng 4–0 Beijing Baxy (May 26th, 2012) Hohhot Dongjin 4–0 Guangdong Sunray Cave (Jul. 21st, 2012) Harbin Songbei Yiteng 5–1 Beijing BIT (Jul. 28th, 2012) Yanbian Changbai Tiger 4–0 Hohhot Dongjin (Aug. 18th, 2012) Shenzhen Ruby 4–0 Yanbian Changbai Tiger (Oct. 20th, 2012) Chongqing F.C. 4–0 Chengdu Blades (Oct. 28th, 2012) (4 goals)Biggest away win Guangdong Sunray Cave 1–5 Fujian Smart Hero (Aug. 25th, 2012) Yanbian Changbai Tiger 1–5 Harbin Yiteng (Sept. 1st, 2012) Beijing BIT 0–4 Beijing Baxy (Oct. 6th, 2012) (4 goals)Highest scoring Shenzhen Ruby 5–3 Chongqing Lifan (Sept. 22nd, 2012) (8 goals)Longest winning run Shanghai East Asia (6 matches)Longest unbeaten run Chongqing Lifan (8 matches)Longest winless run Hohhot Dongjin (11 matches)Longest losing run Hunan Billows (8 matches)Highest attendance 22,316Hunan Billows 2–1 Shanghai East Asia (Aug. 4th, 2012) Lowest attendance 321Beijing Baxy 0–3 Hunan Billows (Jul. 28th, 2012) Average attendance 3,996
The 2012 China League One was the ninth season of the China League One , the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid , since its establishment. It began on March 17, 2012 and ended on October 28, 2012.[ 1]
The size of the league has been expanded from 14 to 16 teams this season.
Team changes
Dalian Aerbin as the champion of 2011 season and Guangzhou R&F as runner-up had promoted to the 2012 Chinese Super League . They were replaced by Chengdu Blades and Shenzhen Ruby , who had relegated from the 2011 Chinese Super League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the table.
Guizhou Zhicheng had relegated to the 2012 China League Two after finishing the 2011 season in last place and lost play-off match against 2011 China League Two 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero . Due to the league's expansion, three teams were admitted into the 2012 China League One. These were the two 2011 League Two promotion final winners, Harbin Songbei Yiteng , Chongqing F.C. , and the play-off winner, Fujian Smart Hero .
Name changes
Shenyang Dongjin moved to the city of Hohhot and changed their name to Hohhot Dongjin in February 2012.[ 2]
Clubs
Stadiums and Locations
Location of teams in 2012 China League One
[ 3]
Club
Head Coach
City
Stadium
Capacity
2011 season
Beijing BIT
Bian Lijun
Beijing
BIT Eastern Athletic Field
5,000
13th
Beijing Baxy
Cao Xiandong Wang Tao
Beijing
Shijingshan Stadium
20,000
11th
Chengdu Tiancheng R
Wang Baoshan
Chengdu (playing in Shuangliu )
Shuangliu Sports Centre
26,000
CSL , 15th
Chongqing F.C. P
Zhao Changhong
Chongqing
Chongqing Olympic Sports Center
58,680
CL2 , 2nd
Chongqing Lifan
Tang Yaodong
Chongqing
Fuling Stadium
22,000
8th
Fujian Smart Hero P
Xu Hui
Xiamen (playing in Fuzhou and Jinjiang )
Fuzhou Stadium Jinjiang Sports Center Stadium (after Round 27)
23,000 15,000
CL2 , 3rd
Guangdong Sunray Cave
José Ricardo Rambo
Guangzhou
Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium Guangdong Olympic Stadium (Round 29 & 30)
25,000 80,012
3rd
Harbin Songbei Yiteng P
Duan Xin
Harbin
Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center Harbin Institute of Technology Stadium (Round 21)
50,000 20,000
CL2 , 1st
Hohhot Dongjin
Yang Yumin (caretaker)
Hohhot
Hohhot City Stadium
60,000
5th
Hunan Billows
Zhang Xu
Changsha
CSUFT East-Garden Stadium Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium (after Round 19)
18,000 30,000
4th
Shanghai East Asia
Jiang Bingyao
Shanghai
Shanghai Stadium Jinshan Football Stadium (Round 26)
65,000 30,000
9th
Shenyang Shenbei
Liu Zhicai
Shenyang
Shenyang Sport University Stadium
12,000
6th
Shenzhen Ruby R
Philippe Troussier
Shenzhen
Bao'an Stadium
40,000
CSL , 16th
Tianjin Songjiang
Hao Haitao
Tianjin
Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium
30,320
12th
Wuhan Zall
Zheng Xiong
Wuhan
Xinhua Road Sports Center
32,137
7th
Yanbian Changbai Tiger
Cho Keung-yeon
Yanji (playing in Longjing )
Hailanjiang Stadium
32,000
10th
Managerial changes
Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per CL1 team.[ 25] A team could use three foreign players on the field each game. Players came from Hong Kong , Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CSL.
Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)
League table
Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2012. Source:
CL1 website on sohu.com (in Chinese) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Positions by round
Updated to match(es) played on Oct. 28, 2012. Source:
Table by round (in Chinese)
Top scorers
League attendance
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Hohhot Dongjin
134,664
21,817
4,926
8,978
n/a†
2
Hunan Billows
104,554
22,316
1,510
6,970
n/a†
3
Wuhan Zall
100,522
12,987
3,153
6,701
n/a†
4
Shenzhen Ruby
96,721
9,574
3,275
6,448
n/a†
5
Yanbian Changbai Tiger
80,579
10,111
2,162
5,372
n/a†
6
Chongqing F.C.
70,177
16,158
1,980
4,678
n/a†
7
Fujian Smart Hero
62,136
8,321
866
4,142
n/a†
8
Chongqing Lifan
60,650
11,550
1,051
4,043
n/a†
9
Harbin Songbei Yiteng
60,037
5,103
1,180
4,002
n/a†
10
Shanghai East Asia
46,702
7,177
1,211
3,113
n/a†
11
Tianjin Songjiang
44,969
5,500
1,028
2,998
n/a†
12
Chengdu Tiancheng
30,391
5,052
820
2,026
n/a†
13
Beijing BIT
22,362
2,326
500
1,491
n/a†
14
Guangdong Sunray Cave
16,556
2,012
353
1,104
n/a†
15
Shenyang Shenbei
15,267
5,000
350
1,018
n/a†
16
Beijing Baxy
12,668
3,269
321
845
n/a†
League total
958,955
22,316
321
3,996
n/a†
References
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