2013 China League One

China League One
Season 2013
Matches played 80
Goals scored 173 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer Uruguay Danilo Peinado
(8 goals)
Biggest home win Henan Jianye 4–0 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers
(28 April 2013)
Shenzhen Ruby 5–1 Guizhou Zhicheng
(4 May 2013)
(4 goals)
Biggest away win Shenzhen Ruby 0–4 Guangdong Sunray Cave
(23 March 2013)
(4 goals)
Highest scoring Tianjin Songjiang 2–4 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers
(31 March 2013)
Shenzhen Ruby 5–1 Guizhou Zhicheng
(4 May 2013)
(6 goals)
Longest winning run Shenzhen Ruby
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run Henan Jianye
(10 matches)
Longest winless run Guizhou Zhicheng
Hubei Huakaier
(10 matches)
Longest losing run Chongqing F.C.
Hubei Huakaier
(5 matches)
Highest attendance 20,624
Henan Jianye 2–0 Shenyang Shenbei
(13 April, 2013)
Lowest attendance 522
Shenyang Shenbei 2–0 Hunan Billows
(7 April 2013)
Average attendance 4,999 (after Round 10)
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 Promotion to 2013 Chinese Super League

Teams relegated to 2013 China League Two

Teams relegated from 2012 Chinese Super League

Teams promoted from 2012 China League Two

Name Changes

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

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Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Club Head Coach City Stadium Capacity 2012 season
Beijing Baxy Croatia Goran Tomić Beijing Chaoyang Sports Centre 8,000 15th
BIT F.C. China Yuan Wei Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 14th
Chengdu Blades Belgium Patrick Aussems Chengdu Shuangliu Sports Centre 26,000 9th
Chongqing F.C. China Jia Jin Chongqing Chongqing Olympic Sports Center 58,680 8th
Chongqing Lifan China Wang Baoshan Chongqing Fuling Stadium 22,000 5th
Guangdong Sunray Cave China Zhang Jun Guangzhou Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium 25,000 10th
Guizhou Zhicheng P China Yuan Yi Guiyang Guizhou Provincial Stadium 18,000 CL2, 1st
Harbin Yiteng China Duan Xin Harbin Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center 50,000 4th
Henan Jianye R China Tang Yaodong Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium 29,860 CSL, 16th
Hubei Huakaier P China Li Jun Huangshi Huangshi Stadium 15,000 CL2, 2nd
Hunan Billows Croatia Dražen Besek Yiyang
Changsha
Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium(Round 1-6)
Helong Stadium
30,000
55,000
11th
Shenyang Shenbei China Liu Zhicai Shenyang Shenyang Sport University Stadium 12,000 12th
Shenzhen Ruby France Philippe Troussier Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 40,000 7th
Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao China Xu Hui Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 37,000 3rd
Tianjin Songjiang China Pei Encai Tianjin Tianjin Tuanbo Football Stadium 30,320 6th
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers South Korea Cho Keung-Yeon Longjing Hailanjiang Stadium 32,000 13th

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Chengdu Blades China Wang Baoshan Resigned Pre-season [3] N/A China Yao Xia(caretaker) Pre-season [3]
Chongqing Lifan China Tang Yaodong Resigned Pre-season [4] N/A China Wang Baoshan Pre-season [5]
Henan Jianye China Shen Xiangfu End of contract Pre-season [6] N/A China Tang Yaodong Pre-season [6]
Hunan Billows China Zhang Xu End of contract Pre-season [7] N/A Croatia Dražen Besek Pre-season [7]
Tianjin Songjiang China Hao Haitao Sacked Pre-season [8] N/A China Pei Encai Pre-season [8]
Guangdong Sunray Cave China Cao Yang (caretaker) - 3 January 2013 [9] N/A China Zhang Jun 3 January 2013 [9]
Chengdu Blades China Yao Xia (caretaker) - 7 January 2013 [10] N/A China Hao Haitao 7 January 2013 [10]
Beijing Baxy China Cao Xiandong
China Wang Tao
- 26 February 2013 N/A Croatia Goran Tomić 26 February 2013 [11]
Chengdu Blades China Hao Haitao Sacked 21 April 2013 16th Belgium Patrick Aussems 21 April 2013 [12]
Chongqing FC China Zhao Changhong Sacked 24 April 2013 14th China Jia Jin 24 April 2013 [13]
Shenyang Shenbei China Liu Zhicai Sacked 13 May 2013 8th China Li Wei (caretaker) 13 May 2013[14]

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. Players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players in CSL.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Beijing Baxy Australia Ryan Griffiths Romania Lucian Goian Slovenia Tomislav Mišura
BIT F.C. Uruguay Abel Nazario Uruguay Danilo Peinado Uruguay Martín Rodríguez
Chengdu Blades Bulgaria Gerasim Zakov Estonia Raio Piiroja Slovenia Aleksander Rodić
Chongqing F.C. Croatia Stipe Lapić New Zealand Chris Killen South Korea Kim Tae-Min
Chongqing Lifan Australia Brendon Šantalab Brazil Guto Cameroon Yves Ekwalla Herman
Guangdong Sunray Cave Brazil Dori Cameroon Mahama Awal Uruguay Carlos Andrés García
Guizhou Zhicheng Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Božić Canada Mason Trafford South Korea Lee Kil-Hoon
Harbin Yiteng Australia Adam Hughes Brazil Rodrigo Colombia Ricardo Steer
Henan Jianye Democratic Republic of the Congo Joël Tshibamba Sierra Leone Gibril Sankoh Zambia Christopher Katongo
Hubei Huakaier Brazil Adiel Brazil Vicente Honduras Quiarol Arzú
Hunan Billows Brazil Leandro Netto Croatia Srebrenko Posavec Estonia Taavi Rähn
Shenyang Shenbei Brazil José Duarte Serbia Zoran Rendulić South Korea Kim Geun-Chul
Shenzhen Ruby France Benjamin Gavanon Japan Takashi Rakuyama Senegal Babacar Gueye
Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao Costa Rica Johnny Woodly New Zealand Steven Old South Korea Park Jung-Soo
Tianjin Songjiang Brazil Vaguinho Colombia Juan Andrés Bolaños Colombia Martín Edwin García
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers South Korea Kim Ki-Soo South Korea Ko Ki-Gu South Korea Lee Jae-Min
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League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Henan Jianye 10 8 2 0 21 3 +18 26 Promotion to Template:Fb competition 2014 CSL
2 Guangdong Sunray Cave 10 7 1 2 15 7 +8 22
3 Shenzhen Ruby 10 7 1 2 15 11 +4 22
4 Chongqing Lifan 10 6 1 3 15 8 +7 19
5 Harbin Yiteng 10 5 3 2 15 10 +5 18
6 BIT FC 10 6 0 4 15 11 +4 18
7 Beijing Baxy 10 5 2 3 10 9 +1 17
8 Tianjin Songjiang 10 3 4 3 11 12 −1 13
9 Shenyang Shenbei 10 3 3 4 9 10 −1 12
10 Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao 10 3 3 4 6 8 −2 12
11 Hunan Billows 10 3 3 4 10 15 −5 12
12 Chongqing FC 10 1 4 5 5 9 −4 7
13 Chengdu Blades 10 1 3 6 3 10 −7 6
14 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 10 2 3 5 10 18 −8 06[15]
15 Guizhou Zhicheng 10 0 4 6 7 18 −11 4 Relegation to Template:Fb competition 2014 CL2
16 Hubei Huakaier 10 0 3 7 6 14 −8 3

Updated to games played on May 19th, 2013.
Source: CL1 official website on hupu.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[16].
*Yanbian Baekdu Tigers were deducted 3 points because of a match-fixing scandal in 2006.[15]
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.

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Results

Home \ Away[1] HN SJZ HRB CQL TJS SZ CQ CD GD HUN SYN YB BJT BJB GZZ HBH
Henan Jianye 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–0
Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0
Harbin Yiteng 2–2 2–0
Chongqing Lifan 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
Tianjin Songjiang 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–4
Shenzhen Ruby 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–4 2–1 5–1 2–1
Chongqing FC 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Chengdu Blades 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1
Guangdong Sunray Cave 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Hunan Billows 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1
Shenyang Shenbei 0–1 2–0 2–0
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
BIT FC 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–2
Beijing Baxy 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1
Guizhou Zhicheng 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–2
Hubei Huakaier 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1

Updated to games played on May 19th, 2013.
Source: Results on hupu.com (Chinese)
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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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
Guangdong Sunray Cave 3 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 2
Shenzhen Ruby 3 8 9 9 9 7 7 6 4 3
Chongqing Lifan 2 1 5 4 2 6 3 5 2 4
Harbin Yiteng 7 5 3 2 4 4 5 4 6 5
BIT FC 3 6 6 6 5 3 4 3 5 6
Beijing Baxy 3 4 4 3 6 5 6 7 7 7
Tianjin Songjiang 8 9 10 11 10 9 10 9 9 8
Shenyang Shenbei 14 11 8 7 8 10 8 8 8 9
Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao 10 7 7 8 7 8 9 10 10 10
Hunan Billows 8 9 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 11
Chongqing FC 13 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 14 12
Chengdu Blades 10 13 12 13 13 16 15 16 12 13
Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 16 16 14 10 12 12 12 12 13 14
Guizhou Zhicheng 15 12 13 14 14 13 13 14 15 15
Hubei Huakaier 10 14 15 15 15 14 16 15 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 19th, 2013.
Source: Table by round (Chinese)

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League Attendance

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Henan Jianye 116,700 20,624 18,557 19,450 0.1097797557914+10.9%
2 Shijiazhuang Yongchang Junhao 57,300 20,000 5,500 11,460 1.7667793336552+176.6%
3 Shenzhen Ruby 43,504 8,513 2,180 6,215 -0.96386476426799−3.6%
4 Hunan Billows 33,414 13,555 1,065 5,569 -0.79899569583931−20.1%
5 Tianjin Songjiang 21,601 8,779 2,112 4,320 0.44096064042695+44.0%
6 Beijing Baxy 19,926 5,369 2,186 3,321 2.9301775147929+293.0%
7 Chongqing FC 17,192 7,136 1,290 2,865 -0.6124412141941−38.7%
8 Chongqing Lifan 17,014 4,608 1,516 2,836 -0.70145931239179−29.8%
9 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers 15,169 4,921 1,688 3,792 -0.70588235294118−29.4%
10 Harbin Yiteng 12,136 7,019 5,117 6,068 0.51624187906047+51.6%
11 Guangdong Sunray Cave 10,572 2,337 803 1,510 0.36775362318841+36.7%
12 Guizhou Zhicheng 9,557 2,530 2,131 2,389
n/a
13 BIT FC 8,554 3,500 1,522 2,139 0.43460764587525+43.4%
14 Hubei Huakaier 8,013 3,119 1,126 1,603
n/a
15 Chengdu Blades 7,232 2,633 586 1,808 -0.8923988153998−10.7%
16 Shenyang Shenbei 2,019 971 522 673 -0.66110019646365−33.8%
League total 399,903 20,624 522 4,999 +25.1%

Updated to games played on May 19th, 2013
Source: Chinese Football Data (Chinese)
Notes:
Teams played previous season in CSL.
Teams played previous season in CL2.

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