2013 China League One

China League One

Season	2013
Champions	Henan Jianye
Promoted	Henan Jianye Harbin Yiteng
Relegated	Chongqing F.C. Guizhou Zhicheng
Matches played	240
Goals scored	598 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Babacar Gueye (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Shenyang Shenbei 6–0 Shenzhen Ruby (Sept. 22nd, 2013) (6 goals)
Biggest away win	Shenyang Shenbei 0–5 Guangdong Sunray Cave (Oct. 6th, 2013) (5 goals)
Highest scoring	Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 5-4 Shenzhen Ruby (May 26th, 2013) Shenzhen Ruby 5-4 Henan Jianye (Nov. 2nd, 2013) (9 goals)
Longest winning run	Shenyang Shenbei (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Henan Jianye (19 matches)
Longest winless run	Guizhou Zhicheng (14 matches)
Longest losing run	Chongqing F.C. Tianjin Songjiang (6 matches)
Highest attendance	22,528 Henan Jianye 2–1 Tianjin Songjiang (Oct. 26th, 2013)
Lowest attendance	420 Shenyang Shenbei 6–0 Shenzhen Ruby (Sept. 22nd, 2013)
Average attendance	4,708
← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 China League One is the tenth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment.

Team Changes

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted to 2013 Chinese Super League

• Shanghai SIPG
• Wuhan Zall

Teams relegated to 2013 China League Two

• Hohhot Dongjin

Teams relegated from 2012 Chinese Super League

• Henan Jianye

Teams promoted from 2012 China League Two

• Guizhou Zhicheng
• Hubei Huakaier

Name Changes

Fujian Smart Hero moved to the city of Shijiazhuang and changed their name to Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao in December 2012.^[1]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Club	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2012 season
Beijing Baxy	Goran Tomić	Beijing	Chaoyang Sports Centre	8,000	15th
BIT F.C.	Yuan Wei	Beijing	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	5,000	14th
Chengdu Blades	Patrick Aussems	Chengdu	Shuangliu Sports Centre	26,000	9th
Chongqing F.C.	Manuel Cajuda	Chongqing	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	58,680	8th
Chongqing Lifan	Wang Baoshan	Chongqing	Fuling Stadium	22,000	5th
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Zhang Jun	Guangzhou Foshan	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium Century Lotus Stadium(from Round 22)	25,000 36,686	10th
Guizhou Zhicheng ^P	Arie Schans	Guiyang	Guizhou Provincial Stadium	18,000	CL2, 1st
Harbin Yiteng	Duan Xin	Harbin	Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center	50,000	4th
Henan Jianye ^R	Tang Yaodong	Zhengzhou	Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium	29,860	CSL, 16th
Hubei Huakaier ^P	Li Jun	Huangshi	Huangshi Stadium	15,000	CL2, 2nd
Hunan Billows	Huang Cheng	Yiyang Changsha	Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium(Round 1-6, 8, 25 & 27) Helong Stadium	30,000 55,000	11th
Shenyang Shenbei	Li Jinyu	Shenyang	Shenyang Sport University Stadium Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium (from Round 27)	12,000 60,000	12th
Shenzhen Ruby	Philippe Troussier	Shenzhen	Bao'an Stadium	40,000	7th
Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao	Li Shubin	Shijiazhuang	Yutong International Sports Center	37,000	3rd
Tianjin Songjiang	Pei Encai	Tianjin	Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium Tianjin Haihe Education Park Stadium (Round 11-24)	30,320 30,000	6th
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers	Li Guanghao (caretaker)	Longjing Tumen	Hailanjiang Stadium Tumen Stadium (Round 13-22)	32,000 N/A	13th

Chongqing Lifan
Chongqing FC

Guangdong Sunray Cave

Shenyang Shenbei

Guizhou Zhicheng

Chengdu Blades

Yanbian Baekdu Tigers

Beijing Baxy
BIT FC

Shenzhen Ruby

Hunan Billows

Hubei Huakaier

Tianjin Songjiang

Harbin Yiteng

Henan Jianye

Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao

Location of teams in 2013 China League One^[2]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chengdu Blades	Wang Baoshan	Resigned	Pre-season [3]	N/A	Yao Xia (caretaker)	Pre-season [3]
Chongqing Lifan	Tang Yaodong	Resigned	Pre-season [4]	N/A	Wang Baoshan	Pre-season [5]
Henan Jianye	Shen Xiangfu	End of contract	Pre-season [6]	N/A	Tang Yaodong	Pre-season [6]
Hunan Billows	Zhang Xu	End of contract	Pre-season [7]	N/A	Dražen Besek	Pre-season [7]
Tianjin Songjiang	Hao Haitao	Sacked	Pre-season [8]	N/A	Pei Encai	Pre-season [8]
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Cao Yang (caretaker)	-	3 January 2013 [9]	N/A	Zhang Jun	3 January 2013 [9]
Chengdu Blades	Yao Xia (caretaker)	-	7 January 2013 [10]	N/A	Hao Haitao	7 January 2013 [10]
Beijing Baxy	Cao Xiandong Wang Tao	-	26 February 2013	N/A	Goran Tomić	26 February 2013 [11]
Chengdu Blades	Hao Haitao	Sacked	21 April 2013	16th	Patrick Aussems	21 April 2013 [12]
Chongqing FC	Zhao Changhong	Sacked	24 April 2013	14th	Jia Jin ^1	24 April 2013 [13]
Shenyang Shenbei	Liu Zhicai	Sacked	13 May 2013	8th	Li Wei (caretaker)	13 May 2013[14]
Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao	Xu Hui	Resigned	14 May 2013	10th	Xu Tao (caretaker)	14 May 2013[15]
Shenyang Shenbei	Li Wei (caretaker)	-	25 May 2013	9th	Li Jinyu	25 May 2013[14]
Guizhou Zhicheng	Yuan Yi	Resigned	27 May 2013[16]	16th	Arie Schans	28 May 2013[17]
Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao	Xu Tao (caretaker)	-	30 June 2013	11th	Li Shubin	30 June 2013[18]
Chongqing FC	Jia Jin ^1	Resigned	9 July 2013[19]	16th	Manuel Cajuda	11 July 2013[20]
Hunan Billows	Dražen Besek	Sacked	25 July 2013	10th	Huang Cheng (caretaker)	25 July 2013 [21]
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers	Cho Keung-Yeon	Sacked	7 August 2013	15th	Li Guanghao (caretaker)	7 August 2013 [22]
Chengdu Blades	Patrick Aussems	Sacked	16 September 2013	16th	Yao Xia (caretaker)	16 September 2013 [23]

Note1:Executive manager was Wei Xin.

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to three per CL1 team. 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 CL1.

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

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former Players*
Beijing Baxy	Ryan Griffiths	Stephen Makinwa	Lucian Goian	Tomislav Mišura
BIT F.C.	Abel Nazario	Danilo Peinado	Martín Rodríguez
Chengdu Blades	Raio Piiroja	Brice Jovial	Aleksander Rodić	Gerasim Zakov
Chongqing F.C.	Nei	Chris Killen	Kim Tae-Min	Stipe Lapić
Chongqing Lifan	Gualberto Mojica	Guto	Yves Ekwalla Herman	Brendon Šantalab
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Dori	Mahama Awal	Carlos Andrés García
Guizhou Zhicheng	Ivan Božić	Mason Trafford	Carlo Costly	Lee Kil-Hoon
Harbin Yiteng	Adam Hughes	Rodrigo	Ricardo Steer
Henan Jianye	Nando Rafael	Gibril Sankoh	Christopher Katongo	Joël Tshibamba
Hubei Huakaier	Adiel	Vicente	Mitchel Brown	Quiarol Arzú
Hunan Billows	Leandro Netto	Srebrenko Posavec	Emil Martínez	Taavi Rähn
Shenyang Shenbei	José Duarte	Zoran Rendulić	Kim Geun-Chul
Shenzhen Ruby	Benjamin Gavanon	Takashi Rakuyama	Babacar Gueye
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	Johnny Woodly	Steven Old	Park Jung-Soo
Tianjin Songjiang	Mário Lúcio	Juan Andrés Bolaños	Martín Edwin García	Vaguinho
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers	Kim Ki-Soo	Ko Ki-Gu	Lee Jae-Min

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot)

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Beijing Baxy	Chen Hao-wei	Lin Yueh-han	Wen Chih-Hao
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Chan Siu Ki	Leung Chun Pong
Guizhou Zhicheng	Andy Nägelein
Henan Jianye	Godfred Karikari
Harbin Yiteng	Wisdom Fofo Agbo
Shenzhen Ruby	Chen Po-liang	Víctor Chou
Tianjin Songjiang	Ng Wai Chiu

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Henan Jianye (C) (P)	30	18	8	4	51	21	+30	62	Promotion to Chinese Super League
2	Harbin Yiteng (P)	30	18	6	6	55	29	+26	60
3	Guangdong Sunray Cave	30	17	6	7	51	29	+22	57
4	Chongqing Lifan	30	17	5	8	45	27	+18	56
5	Shenzhen NEO Capital	30	15	4	11	50	57	−7	49
6	Shenyang Shenbei	30	13	8	9	46	39	+7	47
7	Beijing Baxy	30	11	8	11	35	42	−7	41
8	Shijiazhuang Yongchang	30	10	10	10	26	25	+1	40
9	BIT FC	30	10	5	15	32	42	−10	35		BIT FC 4pts Tianjin Songjiang 1pts
10	Tianjin Songjiang	30	8	11	11	31	36	−5	35
11	Yanbian Quanyang Spring	30	9	7	14	42	52	−10	031^[24]
12	Hunan Billows	30	7	9	14	27	40	−13	30		Hunan Billows 4pts Hubei Huakaier 1pts
13	Hubei Huakaier	30	8	6	16	27	41	−14	30
14	Chengdu Tiancheng	30	7	8	15	27	37	−10	29		Chengdu Tiancheng 4pts Chongqing FC 1pts
15	Chongqing FC (R)	30	7	8	15	24	36	−12	29	Relegation to Template:Fb competition 2013 CL2
16	Guizhou Zhicheng (R)	30	5	11	14	29	45	−16	26

Updated to games played on Nov. 2nd, 2013.
Source: CL1 official website on hupu.com (Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd head-to-head points; 3^rd head-to-head goal difference; 4^th head-to-head goals scored; 5^th goal difference; 6^th goals scored; 7^th disciplinary points^[25].
^*Yanbian Baekdu Tigers were deducted 3 points because of a match-fixing scandal in 2006.^[24]
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) = Champion; (P) = Promoted to CSL; (R) = Relegated to CL2.
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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

HN

SJZ

HRB

CQL

TJS

SZ

CQ

CD

GD

HUN

SYN

YB

BJT

BJB

GZZ

HBH

Henan Jianye

2–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

3–1

1–1

3–0

3–0

2–0

4–0

2–1

3–0

3–0

1–0

Shijiazhuang Yongchang

0–3

1–1

2–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–2

2–2

1–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

3–2

1–1

1–0

Harbin Yiteng

0–1

2–1

1–2

2–2

1–1

1–0

3–2

1–0

0–0

5–1

4–3

5–2

2–0

1–0

4–0

Chongqing Lifan

0–0

1–0

2–1

3–2

3–1

1–1

2–0

1–3

4–0

2–0

4–1

1–2

0–1

2–0

2–0

Tianjin Songjiang

0–0

0–0

0–1

0–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–4

1–1

1–3

1–1

3–0

Shenzhen NEO Capital

5–4

0–0

1–3

1–0

3–1

2–1

1–0

0–4

1–0

2–1

2–1

5–2

2–2

5–1

2–1

Chongqing FC

2–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

1–0

2–1

1–1

3–2

Chengdu Tiancheng

1–1

0–0

1–2

1–0

0–1

5–1

2–0

0–2

2–2

0–1

2–0

1–0

0–1

0–3

2–0

Guangdong Sunray Cave

1–2

1–0

3–2

1–1

3–0

3–2

0–1

2–1

2–1

3–2

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–0

1–0

Hunan Billows

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–2

3–2

3–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

Shenyang Shenbei

1–0

1–0

2–2

1–2

0–1

6–0

3–1

0–1

0–5

2–0

3–1

2–0

2–2

2–0

1–1

Yanbian Quanyang Spring

2–1

0–1

1–0

2–4

1–1

5–4

0–0

0–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

1–0

4–0

BIT FC

1–1

0–0

0–2

1–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

2–0

1–3

3–0

0–1

3–1

1–2

0–0

0–1

Beijing Baxy

1–1

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–3

0–1

2–1

3–1

0–1

2–0

2–4

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

Guizhou Zhicheng

0–2

1–0

1–4

1–2

2–1

2–2

1–2

0–0

2–2

2–1

1–2

3–0

1–2

0–0

2–2

Hubei Huakaier

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

4–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–2

1–3

1–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

Updated to games played on Nov. 2nd, 2013.
Source: Results on hupu.com (Chinese)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Henan Jianye	1	3	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	1	1
Harbin Yiteng	7	5	3	2	4	4	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Guangdong Sunray Cave	3	1	2	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Chongqing Lifan	2	1	5	4	2	6	3	5	2	4	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Shenzhen NEO Capital	3	8	9	9	9	7	7	6	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Shenyang Shenbei	14	11	8	7	8	10	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Beijing Baxy	3	4	4	3	6	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Shijiazhuang Yongchang	10	7	7	8	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	8
BIT FC	3	6	6	6	5	3	4	3	5	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	10	8	9	9	9
Tianjin Songjiang	8	9	10	11	10	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Yanbian Quanyang Spring	16	16	14	10	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	13	12	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Hunan Billows	8	9	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Hubei Huakaier	10	14	15	15	15	14	16	15	16	16	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	14	13	13	14	15	13	14	13
Chengdu Tiancheng	10	13	12	13	13	16	15	16	12	13	14	12	14	14	12	14	13	13	14	13	13	16	16	16	14	13	13	14	13	14
Chongqing FC	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	15
Guizhou Zhicheng	15	12	13	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	13	15	15	14	13	14	15	16	14	15	16	16

Winner; promote to Chinese Super League

Runner-up; promote to Chinese Super League

3rd place;

Relegate to China League Two

Last updated: Nov. 2nd, 2013
Source: Table by round (Chinese)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Total
1	Babacar Gueye	Shenzhen Ruby	23
2	Guto	Chongqing Lifan	19
3	Lee Jae-Min	Yanbian Baekdu Tigers	18
	José Duarte	Shenyang Shenbei	18
5	Dori	Guangdong Sunray Cave	16
	Danilo Peinado	Beijing BIT	16
7	Netto	Hunan Billows	13
	Rodrigo	Harbin Yiteng	13
9	Johnny Woodly	Shijiazhuang Yongchang	12
	Bu Xin	Harbin Yiteng	12

Awards

The awards of 2013 China League One were announced on 19 December 2013.^[26]

• Most valuable player: Xu Yang (Henan Jianye)
• Top scorer: Babacar Gueye (Shenzhen Ruby)
• Best goalkeeper: Zhou Yajun (Henan Jianye)
• Best coach: Tang Yaodong (Henan Jianye)

League Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Henan Jianye	286,138	22,528	13,526	19,076	+8.8%^†^†
2	Shijiazhuang Yongchang	150,800	20,000	5,500	10,053	+142.7%^†
3	Shenzhen NEO Capital	99,995	10,851	2,180	6,666	+3.3%^†
4	Harbin Yiteng	98,099	18,451	3,017	6,540	+63.4%^†
5	Yanbian Quanyang Spring	72,694	8,136	1,688	4,846	−9.7%^†
6	Hunan Billows	70,025	15,388	957	4,668	−33.0%^†
7	Chengdu Tiancheng	53,860	6,750	586	3,591	+77.2%^†
8	Guangdong Sunray Cave	44,024	11,503	803	2,935	+165.8%^†
9	Chongqing Lifan	40,875	4,608	1,261	2,725	−32.5%^†
10	Guizhou Zhicheng	39,275	5,437	1,583	2,618	n/a^‡
11	Beijing Baxy	34,035	5,369	860	2,269	+168.5%^†
12	Tianjin Songjiang	33,703	8,779	561	2,247	−25.0%^†
13	Hubei Huakaier	33,089	6,079	1,115	2,206	n/a^‡
14	Chongqing FC	30,860	7,136	958	2,057	−56.0%^†
15	BIT FC	26,873	3,500	601	1,792	+20.1%^†
16	Shenyang Shenbei	15,567	5,182	420	1,038	+1.9%^†
	League total	1,129,912	22,528	420	4,708	+17.8%^†

Updated to games played on Nov. 2nd, 2013
Source: CFA (Chinese)
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in CSL.
^‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.

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24. 中國足協紀律委員會處罰決定（001-038號） (Chinese)
25. 1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.
26. 中甲总结会议在京召开 建业揽4项奖徐洋获最佳球员

External links

• Official website (Chinese)
• China League One at sina.com (Chinese)
• China League One at sohu.com (Chinese)