2012 China League One

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2012 China League One

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China League One
Season 2012
Matches played 88
Goals scored 206 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer SenegalBabacar Gueye (8 Goals)
Biggest home win Harbin Yiteng 4-0 Beijing Baxy
(May 26th, 2012)
(4 goals)
Biggest away win Tianjin Songjiang 0-3 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers
(Apr. 14th, 2012)
(3 goals)
Highest scoring Shenzhen Ruby 4-2 Chongqing F.C.
(Apr. 7th, 2012)
Harbin Yiteng 4-2 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers
(May 12th, 2012)
Guangdong Sunray Cave 4-2 Shenyang Shenbei
(May 26th, 2012)
(6 goals)
Longest winning run Tianjin Songjiang
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Shanghai Tellace
(7 matches)
Longest winless run Hohhot Dongjin
(11 matches)
Longest losing run Beijing Baxy
(4 matches)
Highest attendance 21,817
Hohhot Dongjin 1-3 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers
(Apr. 28th, 2012)
Lowest attendance 386
Beijing Baxy 2-1 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers
(Mar. 31st, 2012)
Average attendance 4,190
(until Round 11)
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The 2012 China League One is the ninth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment. It began on March 17th, 2012 and will end in October 28th, 2012.[1] The size of the league has been expanded from 14 to 16 teams this season.

Contents

Team Changes

Promotion and relegation

Dalian Aerbin F.C. as the champion of 2011 season and Guangzhou R&F F.C. as runner-up had promoted to the 2012 Chinese Super League. They were replaced by Chengdu Blades F.C. and Shenzhen Ruby F.C., who had relegated from the 2011 Chinese Super League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the table.

Guizhou Zhicheng Toro F.C. 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 F.C.. 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 Yiteng F.C., Chongqing F.C., and the play-off winner, Fujian Smart Hero F.C..

Name Changes

Shenyang Dongjin F.C. moved to the city of Hohhot and changed their name to Hohhot Dongjin in February 2012. [2]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations


Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2011 season
Beijing 361º China Bian Lijun Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 13th
Beijing Baxy China Cui Enlang Beijing Shijingshan Stadium 20,000 11th
Chengdu Blades R China Niu Hongli Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Centre 26,000 CSL, 15th
Chongqing FC P China Zhao Faqing Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 CL2, 2nd
Chongqing Lifan China Tang Yaodong Chongqing Fuling Stadium 22,000 8th
Fujian Smart Hero P China Xu Hui Fuzhou Fuzhou Stadium 30,000 CL2, 3rd
Guangdong Sunray Cave China Cao Yang Guangzhou Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium 25,000 3rd
Harbin Yiteng P China Duan Xin Harbin Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center 50,000 CL2, 1st
Hohhot Dongjin China Yang Yumin (caretaker) Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 60,000 5th
Hunan Billows China Zhang Xu Changsha CSUFT East-Garden Stadium 18,000 4th
Shanghai Tellace China Jiang Bingyao Shanghai Shanghai Stadium 65,000 9th
Shenyang Shenbei China Li Zheng (caretaker) Shenyang Shenyang Sport University Stadium 12,000 6th
Shenzhen Ruby R France Philippe Troussier Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 40,000 CSL, 16th
Tianjin Songjiang China Hao Haitao Tianjin Tianjin Tuanbo Soccer Stadium 30,320 12th
Wuhan Zall China Zheng Xiong Wuhan Xinhua Road Sports Center 32,137 7th
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers South Korea Cho Keung-Yeon Longjing Hailanjiang Stadium 32,000 10th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Hohhot Dongjin China Chen Bo (caretaker) --- Pre-season N/A China Chen Bo Pre-season[4]
Chongqing Lifan China Liu Jingbiao Sacked Pre-season[5] N/A Scotland Lawrie McKinna Pre-season[5]
Shenyang Shenbei China Liu Zhicai Sacked Pre-season N/A Netherlands Arie Haan Pre-season[6]
Guangdong Sunray Cave China Cao Yang Sacked Pre-season N/A Serbia Dragan Kokotović Pre-season[7]
Beijing Baxy China Cao Xiandong Resigned Pre-season N/A China Cui Enlang Pre-season
Guangdong Sunray Cave Serbia Dragan Kokotović Sacked 27 March 2012 6th China Cao Yang (caretaker) 27 March 2012[8]
Chongqing Lifan Scotland Lawrie McKinna Sacked 14 April 2012[9] 16th China Tang Yaodong 19 April 2012[10]
Wuhan Zall Brazil Jose Carlos de Oliveira Sacked 24 April 2012[11] 8th China Zheng Xiong (caretaker) 24 April 2012[11]
Shenyang Shenbei Netherlands Arie Haan Resigned 1 May 2012[12] 14th China Li Zheng (caretaker) 1 May 2012[12]
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers China Zheng Xianglong Sacked 20 May 2012[13] 14th China Jin Guangzhu (caretaker) 20 May 2012[13]
Hohhot Dongjin China Chen Bo Sacked 22 May 2012[14] 16th China Yang Yumin (caretaker) 22 May 2012[14]
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers China Jin Guangzhu (caretaker) --- 1 June 2012 13th South Korea Cho Keung-Yeon 1 June 2012[15]

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per CL1 team.[16] 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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 HKG/MAC/TPE Players
Beijing 361º South Korea Lee In-Shik Uruguay Martín Rodríguez Uruguay Matías Alonso Cameroon Vicent Rodrigue
Beijing Baxy Ghana Daniel Quaye Brazil Júnior Paulista Croatia Saša Mus South Korea Shin Eun-Seok Chinese Taipei Chen Hao-wei
Chengdu Blades Brazil William Brazil Valdo Brazil Ygor de Souza Brazil João Paulo
Chongqing FC Colombia Rafael Enrique Pérez Honduras Walter Julián Martínez New Zealand Chris Killen
Chongqing Lifan Australia Brendon Šantalab Brazil Guto Paraguay Nelson Cabrera
Fujian Smart Hero Costa Rica Johnny Woodly Montenegro Vlado Jeknić Netherlands Sylvano Comvalius South Korea Park Jung-Soo
Guangdong Sunray Cave Brazil Reinaldo Brazil Jean Narde Cameroon Mahama Awal Croatia Josip Milardović
Harbin Yiteng Brazil Rodrigo Australia Adam Hughes Colombia Ricardo Steer Ukraine Aleksandr Krutskevich
Hohhot Dongjin South Korea Lee Kil-Hoon South Korea Song Tae-Lim Argentina Luciano Olguin Colombia Yovanny Arrechea
Hunan Billows Honduras Emil Martínez Honduras Erick Norales Honduras Astor Henríquez Uruguay Claudio Cardozo
Shanghai Tellace Honduras Samir Arzú Ghana Ransford Addo Cameroon Didier Njewel Colombia Luis Carlos Cabezas
Shenyang Shenbei Croatia Dario Dabac Montenegro Vladimir Vujović Morocco Mustapha Allaoui Brazil José Duarte
Shenzhen Ruby Senegal Babacar Gueye France Benjamin Gavanon Japan Takashi Rakuyama Honduras Rony Flores Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang
Tianjin Songjiang South Korea Lee Se-In Estonia Taavi Rähn Slovenia Aleksander Rodić Brazil Anderson
Wuhan Zall Brazil Adiel Uruguay Julio Gutiérrez Colombia César Valoyes Brazil Vicente
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers Croatia Stipe Lapić South Korea Hong Jin-Sub Brazil Ronaille Calheira Mali Soumaila Coulibaly

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Shanghai Tellace 11 7 3 1 14 6 +8 24 Promotion to Chinese Super League
2 Tianjin Songjiang 11 6 3 2 13 7 +6 21
3 Hunan Billows 11 6 3 2 13 8 +5 21
4 Wuhan Zall 11 6 2 3 10 7 +3 20
5 Chengdu Blades 11 5 3 3 13 12 +1 18
6 Chongqing FC 11 5 2 4 14 12 +2 17
7 Shenzhen Ruby 11 5 1 5 15 17 −2 16
8 Harbin Yiteng 11 4 3 4 18 13 +5 15
9 Guangdong Sunray Cave 11 4 3 4 17 18 −1 15
10 Chongqing Lifan 11 3 5 3 15 17 −2 14
11 Beijing 361º 11 3 4 4 12 10 +2 13
12 Fujian Smart Hero 11 3 4 4 14 15 −1 13
13 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 11 3 2 6 15 18 −3 11
14 Shenyang Shenbei 11 1 5 5 8 12 −4 8
15 Beijing Baxy 11 2 2 7 9 18 −9 8 Relegation to China League Two
16 Hohhot Dongjin 11 0 5 6 6 16 −10 5

Updated to games played on May 27th, 2012.
Source: CL1 website on sohu.com (Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points[17].
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champions; (Q) = Qualified for Champions League; (R) = Relegated.
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.

Positions by round

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Shanghai Tellace 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tianjin Songjiang 11 10 7 8 11 11 10 8 3 3 2
Hunan Billows 3 1 1 2 3 5 2 2 4 4 3
Wuhan Zall 9 11 10 10 8 8 6 4 2 2 4
Chengdu Blades 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 5 5 5 5
Chongqing FC 15 9 4 6 5 6 8 7 7 7 6
Shenzhen Ruby 3 8 11 7 4 3 4 3 6 6 7
Harbin Yiteng 9 11 12 12 10 10 9 11 10 10 8
Guangdong Sunray Cave 3 6 5 4 7 4 5 9 11 11 9
Chongqing Lifan 15 14 16 15 16 16 14 15 14 12 10
Beijing 361º 1 4 8 11 12 12 11 10 9 8 11
Fujian Smart Hero 7 5 9 9 6 7 7 6 8 9 12
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 7 14 15 16 13 13 12 12 12 14 13
Shenyang Shenbei 11 16 12 13 14 14 15 14 15 13 14
Beijing Baxy 11 6 5 4 9 9 13 13 13 15 15
Hohhot Dongjin 11 11 12 13 15 15 16 16 16 16 16
Winner; promote to Chinese Super League Runner-up; promote to Chinese Super League 3rd place; Relegate to China League Two

Updated on May 27th, 2012.
Source: Table by round (Chinese)

League Attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Hohhot Dongjin 50,875 21,817 9,237 12,719
n/a
2 Shenzhen Ruby 47,957 9,574 6,323 7,993
n/a
3 Chongqing FC 44,435 16,158 3,150 6,348
n/a
4 Wuhan Zall 43,509 11,233 3,153 6,216
n/a
5 Hunan Billows 27,686 5,260 3,180 3,955
n/a
6 Fujian Smart Hero 23,049 4,856 1,500 3,842
n/a
7 Chongqing Lifan 23,004 11,550 2,341 4,601
n/a
8 Chengdu Blades 20,006 5,052 1,685 2,858
n/a
9 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 18,231 10,111 8,120 9,116
n/a
10 Tianjin Songjiang 16,529 3,510 1,028 2,361
n/a
11 Harbin Yiteng 12,122 4,577 3,512 4,041
n/a
12 Shanghai Tellace 9,492 2,320 1,321 1,898
n/a
13 Guangdong Sunray Cave 9,127 2,012 1,003 1,304
n/a
14 Beijing 361º 8,931 2,000 1,431 1,786
n/a
15 Shenyang Shenbei 7,613 5,000 1,113 2,538
n/a
16 Beijing Baxy 6,171 2,100 386 882
n/a
League total 368,737 21,817 386 4,190
n/a

Updated to games played on May 27th, 2012
Source: Chinese Football Data (Chinese)

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