2011 China League One

China League One
Season	2011
Champions	Dalian Aerbin
Promoted	Dalian Aerbin ; Guangzhou R&F
Relegated	Guizhou Zhicheng ; (via relegation play-off)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	411 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Johnny Woodly (Dalian Aerbin) ; Mitchel Brown (Hunan Billows); (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Dalian 4–0 Hubei (3 April) ; Hubei 4–0 Beijing (16 April) ; Hunan 4–0 Shenzhen (21 May) ; Shanghai 4–0 Yanbian (11 September) ; Dalian 6–2 Hunan (22 October)
Biggest away win	Beijing BIT 0–3 Dalian (30 April) ; Beijing BIT 1–4 Shanghai (28 May) ; Beijing BIT 1–4 Guangdong (25 June) ; Tianjin R 0–3 Hunan (25 June) ; Guizhou 0–3 Guangdong (29 July) ; Chongqing 1–4 Dalian (15 October) ; Chongqing 0–3 Shenyang S (22 October)
Highest scoring	Dalian 6–2 Hunan (22 October)
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 China League One is the eighth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment. It began on 26 March 2011 and ended in October 2011.^[1]

The size of the league expanded from 13 to 14 teams for this season.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Guangzhou Evergrande as champions of the 2010 season and Chengdu Blades as runners-up were promoted to the 2011 Chinese Super League. They were replaced by Chongqing Lifan and Changsha Ginde (Now named Shenzhen Phoenix), who were relegated from the 2010 Chinese Super League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the table.

Nanjing Yoyo were relegated to the 2011 China League Two after finishing the 2010 season in last place. Due to a league expansion, two teams were admitted into the 2011 League One. These were the two 2010 League Two promotion final winners, Dalian Aerbin and Tianjin Songjiang.

Name changes

Beijing Baxy&Shengshi changed their name to Beijing Baxy. Hubei Luyin changed their name to Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo. Yanbian F.C. changed their name to Yanbian Changbai Tiger. In other team changes, League Two club Guizhou Zhicheng merged with Shanghai Zobon, acquiring Pudong's League One license in the process.^[2] Furthermore, minor-league club Tianjin Runyulong purchased Anhui Jiufang and their League One license in a similar merger.^[3] Both Guizhou Zhicheng and Tianjin Runyulong will make their debut at the second level of Chinese football. Changsha Ginde was purchased by MAZAMBA and moved to the city of Shenzhen, and the name was changed to Shenzhen Phoenix.^[4] At June 2011, Shenzhen Phoenix was purchased by Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. again, the club's name changed to Guangzhou R&F F.C. and moved to the city of Guangzhou. In July 2011, Tianjin Runyulong F.C. moved to the city of Shenyang and the name was changed to Shenyang Shenbei.^[5]

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per CL1 team. A team could use three foreign players on the field each game.

Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former Players*
Beijing BIT	Chae Wan-Ji	Héctor García	Julio Gutiérrez	Martín Rodríguez
Beijing Baxy	Paul Essola	Vlado Jeknić	Máximo Lucas	Diego Seoane	Lyle Martin
Chongqing Lifan	Johnson Macaba	Želimir Terkeš	Ivan Bošnjak	Dario Dabac	Rai Vilela
Dalian Aerbin	Kiril Kotev	Luis Cabezas	Johnny Woodly	Almami Moreira	Édison Chará
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Mahama Awal	Ricardo Steer	Darío Delgado	Mourtala Diakité	Ronny
Guangzhou R&F	Harison	Marlon Harewood	Aleksandar Živković		Johnson Macaba Beto
Guizhou Zhicheng	Maurinho	Thomas Manga	Obi Moneke	Dragan Stančić
Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo	Vicente	Bruno Šiklić	Jože Benko
Hunan Billows	Willian	Mario Beata	Mitchel Brown	Jerry Palacios
Shanghai East Asia	Romuald Boco				Jusuf Dajić Cílio Souza Nikola Karčev
Shenyang Dongjin	Željko Sablić	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	Milan Martinović	Lee Yoon-sub	Sung Jong-hyun
Shenyang Shenbei	José Duarte	Ernandes	Andrés Quejada
Tianjin Songjiang	Júnior Paulista	Taavi Rähn	Aluspah Brewah	Aleksander Rodić
Yanbian Changbai Tiger	Daniel Quaye	Soumaïla Coulibaly	Park Jong-woo	Woo Joo-young	Lee Gwang-jae

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dalian Aerbin (C, P)	26	16	6	4	45	20	+25	54	Promotion to Chinese Super League
2	Guangzhou R&F (P)	26	13	8	5	36	27	+9	47	Promotion to Chinese Super League
3	Guangdong Sunray Cave	26	13	7	6	42	29	+13	46
4	Hunan Billows	26	12	6	8	39	35	+4	42
5	Shenyang Dongjin	26	9	10	7	32	25	+7	37
6	Shenyang Shenbei	26	8	10	8	31	31	0	34
7	Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo	26	8	9	9	26	28	−2	33^[a]
8	Chongqing Lifan	26	8	9	9	30	35	−5	33^[a]
9	Shanghai East Asia	26	7	11	8	29	25	+4	32
10	Yanbian Changbai Tiger	26	8	6	12	30	36	−6	30
11	Beijing Baxy	26	7	9	10	18	28	−10	30
12	Tianjin Songjiang	26	5	10	11	23	31	−8	25
13	Beijing BIT	26	5	9	12	15	33	−18	24
14	Guizhou Zhicheng (R)	26	4	8	14	15	28	−13	20	China League One Relegation Playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2011. Source: CSL1 Site on Sohu.com
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 (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Hubei, 2 pts, 1–1; Chongqing, 2 pts, 1–1

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
Team ╲ Round
Dalian Aerbin	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Guangzhou R&F	7	10	14	11	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Guangdong Sunray Cave	10	5	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Hunan Billows	11	12	10	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Shenyang Dongjin	5	9	11	6	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	5	5
Shenyang Shenbei	9	8	4	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	6	6
Chongqing Lifan	6	4	5	8	10	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	8
Shanghai East Asia	14	13	12	9	8	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	8	9
Hubei Zhongbo	13	14	13	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7
Yanbian Changbai Tiger	12	11	7	3	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10
Beijing Baxy	4	3	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Tianjin Songjiang	3	6	6	7	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Beijing BIT	8	7	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Guizhou Zhicheng	2	2	3	5	2	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14

	Winner; Chinese Super League
	2nd place; Chinese Super League
	China League One Relegation Playoffs

Source: http://sports.sohu.com/s2004/zhongjia.shtml

Results

Home \ Away	BJT	BJB	CQ	DLA	GD	GUZ	HB	HN	SHE	SY	GZR	SYN	TJS	YB
Beijing BIT		2–1	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Beijing Baxy	0–0		3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chongqing Lifan	1–1	1–1		1–4	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	2–0
Dalian Aerbin	2–0	2–1	0–1		2–0	1–1	4–0	6–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–1
Guangdong Sunray Cave	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1		2–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0
Guizhou Zhicheng	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–3		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	0–2
Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–1		1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Hunan Billows	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–2		2–1	2–2	4–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Shanghai East Asia	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2		2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–0
Shenyang Dongjin	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1		0–2	1–2	1–1	0–1
Guangzhou R&F	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	3–2	2–1
Shenyang Shenbei	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–2		1–1	3–2
Tianjin Songjiang	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–3		1–0
Yanbian Changbai Tiger	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2011. Source: League One results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

2011 China League One 14th-placed Guizhou Zhicheng faces 2011 China League Two 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero for a play-off match. The winner Fujian Smart Hero earn a spot in the 2012 China League One.

29 November 2011

14:30 CEST

Guizhou Zhicheng (R)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Fujian Smart Hero (P)
Du Shaobin 88' (pen.)	Report	Li Chao 80'
Penalties
Liu Ji Du Shaobin Wang Lichun Chen Hao Jiang Liang	4–5	Feng Shaoshun Yu Jing Huang Shibo Yin Xiaolong Wang Guoming

Yingtan Stadium, Yingtan

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 30 October 2011.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (P.K.)
1	Johnny Woodly	Dalian Aerbin	13 (2)
1	Mitchel Brown	Hunan Billows	13
3	Wu Lei	Shanghai East Asia	12 (1)
4	José Duarte	Shenyang Shenbei	11 (1)
4	Yin Hongbo	Guangdong Sunray Cave	11 (5)
6	Johnson Macaba	Shenzhen Phoenix Chongqing Lifan	9
	Li Xingcan	Shenyang Shenbei	9
	Lu Lin	Guangdong Sunray Cave	9
9	Vicente	Hubei Wuhan Zhongbo	8 (1)
	Mahama Awal	Guangdong Sunray Cave	8
	Zhang Shuo	Guangzhou R&F	8
	Ricardo Steer	Guangdong Sunray Cave	8
	Aleksander Rodić	Tianjin Songjiang	8 (1)

References

^ 中甲开幕式在广州举行(in Chinese)
^ 西部足球2011迎中甲新军贵州智诚成功收购中邦 Archived 25 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
^ 天津润宇隆成功收购九方朱广沪或出任球队主帅(in Chinese)
^ 长沙金德转让更名深圳凤凰外援锁定中超助攻王 (in Chinese)
^ 润宇隆已更名沈阳沈北队员沈阳报到开始新生活 (in Chinese)

External links

Official site (in Chinese)
League One at Sina.com (in Chinese)

[table_hth_HB0.98418136452519-6] Hubei, 2 pts, 1–1; Chongqing, 2 pts, 1–1

[1] 中甲开幕式在广州举行(in Chinese)

[2] 西部足球2011迎中甲新军贵州智诚成功收购中邦 Archived 25 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)

[3] 天津润宇隆成功收购九方朱广沪或出任球队主帅(in Chinese)

[4] 长沙金德转让更名深圳凤凰外援锁定中超助攻王 (in Chinese)

[5] 润宇隆已更名沈阳沈北队员沈阳报到开始新生活 (in Chinese)

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