Football league season
The 2017 China League One (Chinese : 58同城2017中国足球协会甲级联赛 )[ 2] was the 14th season of the China League One , the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid , since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor was the e-commerce website 58.com.[ 3]
Teams
A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2016 season , two relegated from the 2016 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2016 China League Two .
Team changes
Name changes
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
Club
Head coach
City
Stadium
Capacity
2016 season
Hangzhou Greentown R
Zdravko Zdravkov (caretaker)
Hangzhou
Yellow Dragon Sports Center
52,672
CSL , 15th
Jinhua Sports Center [ note 2]
30,000
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright R
Afshin Ghotbi
Shijiazhuang
Yutong International Sports Center
29,000
CSL , 16th
Qingdao Huanghai
Jordi Vinyals
Qingdao
Qingdao Guoxin Stadium
45,000
3rd
Beijing Renhe
Luis García Plaza
Beijing
Beijing Fengtai Stadium
31,043
4th
Dalian Yifang
Juan Ramón López Caro
Dalian
Dalian Sports Center
61,000
5th
Wuhan Zall
Chen Yang
Wuhan
Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
52,357
6th
Nei Mongol Zhongyou
Wang Bo
Hohhot
Hohhot City Stadium
60,000
7th
Beijing Enterprises Group
Gao Hongbo
Beijing
Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing)
36,228
8th
Shenzhen F.C.
Wang Baoshan
Shenzhen
Shenzhen Stadium
32,500
9th
Shanghai Shenxin
Juan Ignacio Martínez
Shanghai
Jinshan Football Stadium
30,000
10th
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
Li Jun
Ürümqi
Xinjiang Sports Centre
50,000
11th
Meizhou Hakka
Aleksandar Stankov
Wuhua
Wuhua County Stadium
15,000
12th
Zhejiang Yiteng
Marijo Tot
Shaoxing
China Textile City Sports Center
40,000
13th
Dalian Transcendence
Li Guoxu (caretaker)
Dalian
Jinzhou Stadium
30,776
14th
Yunnan Lijiang P
Kurt Garger
Lijiang
Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium
20,000
CL2 , 1st
Baoding Yingli ETS P
Shang Qing (caretaker)
Baoding
Hebei University Stadium
20,000
CL2 , 2nd
Location of teams in 2017 China League One
[ 6]
Managerial changes
Foreign players
A total of four foreign players can be registered in a season; however, the number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team in the same time. Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):[ 34]
^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reserve team after the first half of the season.
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source:
League table 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
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Results
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source:
Results (in Chinese) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Last updated: 28 October 2017 Source: SINA
Hat-tricks
Awards
The awards of 2017 China League One were announced on 2 November 2017.[ 35]
League attendance
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Dalian Yifang
308,936
43,159
11,061
20,596
+90.6% †
2
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright †
243,286
22,183
12,563
16,219
−28.0% †
3
Wuhan Zall
192,913
41,113
3,223
12,861
+165.0% †
4
Shenzhen F.C.
191,454
28,718
3,096
12,764
+25.7% †
5
Nei Mongol Zhongyou
114,847
10,032
5,132
7,656
−19.1% †
6
Beijing Renhe
97,416
15,327
2,378
6,494
+43.0% †
7
Baoding Yingli ETS ††
92,289
10,041
0
6,153
+206.3% †
8
Meizhou Hakka
87,973
8,973
1,614
5,865
−9.1% †
9
Qingdao Huanghai
87,085
8,726
3,127
5,806
−17.0% †
10
Beijing Enterprises Group
78,408
9,385
2,106
5,227
+50.9% †
11
Shanghai Shenxin
75,460
7,568
3,280
5,031
+31.8% †
12
Yunnan Lijiang ††
73,940
9,865
2,781
4,929
−33.0% †
13
Hangzhou Greentown †
73,216
8,133
2,151
4,881
−58.4% †
14
Zhejiang Yiteng
60,080
11,258
2,358
4,005
+70.4% †
15
Dalian Transcendence
43,313
15,772
533
2,888
−33.6% †
16
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard
36,743
4,133
781
2,450
−57.1% †
League total
1,857,359
43,159
0
7,739
+24.3% †
Updated to games played on Oct. 28th, 2017 Source: [citation needed ] Notes: † Teams played previous season in CSL .
†† Teams played previous season in CL2 .
Notes
^ Baoding Yingli ETS played their home match behind closed doors due to breaches of the Chinese Football Association Regulations.[ 1]
^ Hangzhou Greentown decided to move to Jinhua Sports Center for their last four home matches.[ 5]
References
External links
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