2008 China League One

China League One 2008

Champions	Jiangsu Sainty
Promoted	Jiangsu Sainty Chongqing Lifan
Relegated	Yantai Yiteng
Goals scored	416
Average goals/game	2.73
Top goalscorer	Sabin Ilie (18 goals, Qingdao Hailifeng)
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 China League One title was won by Jiangsu Sainty.

Promotion and Relegation

Teams promoted from Yi League 2007

• Shanghai East Asia
• Sichuan
• Anhui Jiufang

Teams promoted to Super League 2009

• Jiangsu Sainty
• Chongqing Lifan

Team relegated to Yi League 2009

• Yantai Yiteng

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Jiangsu Sainty (C) (P)	24	19	2	3	56	24	+32	59	Promotion to Chinese Super League
2	Chongqing Lifan (P)	24	12	7	5	34	19	+15	43
3	Nanchang Hengyuan	24	11	9	4	37	24	+13	42
4	Anhui Jiufang	24	7	9	8	33	37	−4	30
5	Sichuan	24	7	8	9	27	36	−9	29
6	Shanghai East Asia	24	7	7	10	26	30	−4	28		Shanghai  10 pts Beijing A.   9 pts Qingdao     8 pts Yanbian     6 pts
7	Beijing Aigo	24	7	7	10	27	39	−12	28
8	Qingdao Hailifeng	24	7	7	10	33	38	−5	28
9	Yanbian Baekdu Tigers	24	8	4	12	32	39	−7	28
10	Nanjing Yoyo	24	6	9	9	35	38	−3	27		Wuxi 1−0 Nanjing Nanjing 1−0 Wuxi
11	Wuxi Zobon	24	7	6	11	24	33	−9	27
12	Beijing Hongdeng	24	5	11	8	24	24	0	26
13	Yantai Yiteng (R)	24	5	10	9	28	35	−7	25	Relegation to China League Two

Updated to games played on 15 November 2008.
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) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sabin Ilie	Qingdao Hailifeng	18
2	Magno Ferreira	Jiangsu Sainty	15
3	Márcio Barros	Jiangsu Sainty	13
4	Cílio Souza	Nanjing Yoyo	12
5	Renan Augustinho	Sichuan FC	11
6	Tan Si	Jiangsu Sainty	10
	Wang Kai	Chongqing Lifan
	Li Weiliang	Nanjing Yoyo
	Alex Maranhão	Nanchang Bayi
10	Lu Bin	Beijing Aigo	9

External links

• News, results and table on Sohu (Chinese)