2019 China League Two Explained

Matches:	510
Total Goals:	1285
League Topscorer:	Ma Xiaolei (23 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Taizhou Yuanda 7–0 Xi'an Daxing Chongde (25 May 2019)
Biggest Away Win:	Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei 0–9 Zibo Cuju (24 August 2019)
Highest Scoring:	Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei 0–9 Zibo Cuju (24 August 2019)
Highest Attendance:	18,325 Chengdu Better City 3–1 Suzhou Dongwu (21 September 2019)
Lowest Attendance:	56 Jilin Baijia 2–0 Qingdao Red Lions (15 September 2019)
Updated:	27 October 2019
Season:	2019

The 2019 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 30th season since its establishment in 1989. The league was expanded to 32 teams, with 16 teams in North Group and 16 teams in South Group.

Team changes

To League Two

Team relegated from 2018 China League One

• Zhejiang Yiteng^[1]
• Dalian Transcendence

Teams promoted from 2018 Chinese Champions League^{[1] [2]}

• Taizhou Yuanda
• Chengdu Better City
• Hubei Chufeng United
• Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang
• Lhasa Urban Construction Investment
• Nanjing Shaye
• Shanxi Metropolis
• Yunnan Kunlu
• Wuhan Shangwen
• Guangxi Baoyun
• Qingdao Red Lions
• Xi'an Daxing Chongde
• Shenzhen Xinqiao (withdrew)
• Heilongjiang Crane City

From League Two

Teams promoted to 2019 China League One

• Sichuan Longfor
• Nantong Zhiyun
• Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic^[3]

Dissolved entries

• Anhui Hefei Guiguan
• Hainan Boying^[1]
• Shanghai Sunfun^[4]
• Shenyang Dongjin
• Shenzhen Ledman^{[4] [5]}
• Yunnan Flying Tigers^[6]

Name changes

• Zhenjiang Huasa F.C. moved to Kunshan and changed their name to Kunshan F.C. in December 2018.^[7]
• Baotou Nanjiao F.C. changed their name to Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei F.C. in January 2019.^[8]
• Wuhan Shangwen F.C. changed their name to Wuhan Three Towns F.C. in January 2019.^[9]
• Dalian Boyoung F.C. changed their name to Dalian Chanjoy F.C. in January 2019.^[10]
• Zibo Sunday F.C. changed their name to Zibo Cuju F.C. in January 2019.^[11]
• Hebei Elite F.C. changed their name to Hebei Aoli Jingying F.C. in February 2019.^[12]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Groups	Team	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2018 season
North	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	Huang Yong	Yancheng	Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre	10,000	data-sort-value="4"	4th
	Shenyang Urban	Yu Ming	Shenyang	Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium	12,000	data-sort-value="6"	6th
	Qingdao Jonoon	Dragoslav Milenković	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	data-sort-value="8"	8th
	Yinchuan Helanshan		Yinchuan	Helan Mountain Stadium	39,872	9th
				Wuzhong Yellow River Cultural and Sports Center	N/A
	Hebei Aoli Jingying	Vila	Qinhuangdao	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	33,572	data-sort-value="11"	11th
	Jilin Baijia	Zoran Kitanoski	Changchun	Development Area Stadium	25,000	data-sort-value="14"	14th
	Baoding Yingli ETS	Fan Yuhong	Baoding	Hebei University Stadium	20,000	data-sort-value="15"	15th
	Dalian Chanjoy	Zhao Faqing	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium	30,775	data-sort-value="17"	17th
	Zibo Cuju	Hou Zhiqiang	Zibo	Zibo Sports Center Stadium	45,000	data-sort-value="19"	19th
	Beijing BIT	Asier Eizaguirre	Beijing	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	5,000	data-sort-value="21"	21st
	Yanbian Beiguo	Jin Qing	Wangqing	Wangqing People's Stadium	N/A	data-sort-value="23"	23rd
	Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei	Branko Božović	Baotou	Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	40,545	data-sort-value="25"	25th
	Taizhou Yuanda ^P	Yin Tiesheng	Taizhou	Taixing Sports Center Stadium	8,000	data-sort-value="29"	CMCL, 1st
	Shanxi Metropolis ^P	Vom Ca-nhum	Taiyuan	Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium	62,000	data-sort-value="35"	CMCL, 7th
	Qingdao Red Lions ^P	Tomaž Kavčič		Jimo Powerise District Sports Centre Stadium	15,000	CMCL, 15th
				Laixi Sports Centre Stadium	N/A
	Xi'an Daxing Chongde ^P	Bojan Pavlović		Northwestern Polytechnical University (Chang'an Campus) Stadium	N/A	data-sort-value="44"	CMCL, 16th
South	Zhejiang Yiteng ^R	Giles Stille	Shaoxing	China Textile City Sports Center	40,000	data-sort-value="1"	CL1, 12th
	Fujian Tianxin	Zhao Tuqiang	Fuzhou (playing in Jinjiang)	Quanzhou College of Technology Stadium	3,745	data-sort-value="7"	7th
	Hunan Billows	Tang Jing	Changsha (playing in Yiyang)	Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium	30,000	data-sort-value="10"	10th
	Suzhou Dongwu	Liu Junwei	Suzhou	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre	45,000	12th
				Suzhou Sports Center	35,000
	Kunshan F.C.	Gao Yao	Kunshan	Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium	30,000	data-sort-value="13"	13th
	Shenzhen Pengcheng	Chen Dazhi	Shenzhen	Xixiang Sports Centre	3,000	data-sort-value="18"	18th
	Jiangxi Liansheng	Huang Yong	Ruichang	Ruichang Sports Park Stadium	N/A	data-sort-value="22"	22nd
	Sichuan Jiuniu	Wang Hongwei	Chengdu	Nanhu Sports Center	20,000	24th
				Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium	42,000
	Chengdu Better City ^P	José Carlos Granero	Chengdu	Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium	42,000	data-sort-value="30"	CMCL, 2nd
	Hubei Chufeng United ^P	Luíz Felipe	Wuhan	Xiaogan Sports Centre Stadium	27,000	CMCL, 3rd
				Xinhua Road Stadium	22,140
	Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang ^P		Hangzhou (playing in Yiwu)	Yiwu Meihu Sports Center Stadium	35,260	data-sort-value="32"	CMCL, 4th
	Lhasa Urban Construction Investment ^P	Zhang Biao	Lhasa (playing in Deyang)	Deyang Sports Park Stadium	N/A	data-sort-value="33"	CMCL, 5th
	Nanjing Shaye ^P	Tang Bo	Nanjing	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park	21,000	CMCL, 6th
				Hohai University (Jiangning Campus) Stadium	N/A
	Yunnan Kunlu ^P	He Yunqun	Kunming (playing in Qujing)	Qujing Cultural Sports Park Stadium	34,162	data-sort-value="38"	CMCL, 10th
	Wuhan Three Towns ^P	Albert Garcia Xicota	Wuhan	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre	20,000	data-sort-value="39"	CMCL, 11th
	Guangxi Baoyun ^P	Yang Lin	Liuzhou	Liuzhou Sports Center	35,000	data-sort-value="41"	CMCL, 13th

Clubs Locations

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Guangxi Baoyun	Han Zhenyuan	1 December 2018	Wang Jung-hyun	1 December 2018^[13]
Kunshan F.C.	Tang Jing	12 December 2018	Dragan Okuka	12 December 2018^[14]
Jiangxi Liansheng	Kazimir Vulić	15 December 2018	Huang Yong	15 December 2018^[15]
Hebei Aoli Jingying	Zhang Hui	31 December 2018	Vila	1 January 2019
Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang	Gu Zhongqing	31 December 2018		10 January 2019^[16]
Hubei Chufeng United	Huang Zhengguo	31 December 2018	Luíz Felipe	10 January 2019^[17]
Shenyang Urban	Wang Gang	31 December 2018	Yu Ming	1 February 2019^[18]
Suzhou Dongwu	Kazuo Uchida	31 December 2018^[19]	Liu Junwei	3 February 2019^[20]
Shanxi Metropolis	Huang Hongyi	31 December 2018	Nermin Šabić	1 March 2019
Yanbian Beiguo	Choi Jin-han	31 December 2018	Nebojša Maksimović	1 March 2019^[21]
Qingdao Red Lions	Guo Zuojin	31 December 2018	Toon Beijer	7 March 2019^[22]
Sichuan Jiuniu	Dario Dabac	11 January 2019^[23]	Wang Hongwei	27 February 2019^[24]
Yinchuan Helanshan	Fan Yuhong	22 January 2019	Zhao Changhong	22 January 2019^[25]
Baoding Yingli ETS	Han Yalin	25 January 2019	Fan Yuhong	25 January 2019^[26]
Dalian Chanjoy	Jiang Feng	1 February 2019	Dželaludin Muharemović	10 February 2019^[27]
Yunnan Kunlu	Goran Miscevic	5 February 2019	Cheng Liang	5 February 2019^[28]
Hunan Billows	Sun Wei	25 February 2019	Tang Jing	25 February 2019^[29]
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	Wang Hongwei	2 March 2019	Huang Yong	2 March 2019^[30]
Zhejiang Yiteng	Hu Zhaojun (caretaker)	3 March 2019	Giles Stille	3 March 2019^[31]
Wuhan Three Towns	Zeng Qinggao	4 March 2019	Albert Garcia Xicota	4 March 2019^[32]
Xi'an Daxing Chongde	Gao Xuehua	7 March 2019	Bojan Pavlović	7 March 2019
Guangxi Baoyun	Wang Jung-hyun	3 April 2019	Pei Encai	3 April 2019^[33]
Shanxi Metropolis	Nermin Šabić	7 April 2019	Vom Ca-nhum	7 April 2019^[34]
Qingdao Red Lions	Toon Beijer	16 April 2019	Tomaž Kavčič	16 April 2019^[35]
Yunnan Kunlu	Cheng Liang	18 April 2019^[36]	Milan Jelić	18 April 2019
Qingdao Jonoon	Aleksandar Kristić	11 May 2019	Dragoslav Milenković	11 May 2019
Yanbian Beiguo	Nebojša Maksimović	23 May 2019	Jin Qing	23 May 2019
Kunshan F.C.	Dragan Okuka	22 June 2019	Gao Yao	22 June 2019
Dalian Chanjoy	Dželaludin Muharemović	24 June 2019	Zhao Faqing	24 June 2019
Guangxi Baoyun	Pei Encai	24 June 2019	Yang Lin	24 June 2019
Yunnan Kunlu	Milan Jelić	5 July 2019	He Yunqun	5 July 2019

League tables

North Group

South Group

Overall table

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

3rd-6th place

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3rd-4th place

The winner will be directly promoted to 2020 China League One while the loser will participate in the Relegation play-offs.

5th-6th place

The winner will participate in the Relegation play-offs.

Relegation play-offs

27th-30th place

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Relegation

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Results

South Group

Results by match played

South Group

Top scorers

Source:^[37]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ma Xiaolei	Chengdu Better City	23
2	Zhu Shiyu	Shenyang Urban	19
3	Wei Jingxing	Jiangxi Liansheng	17
	Ge Wei	Taizhou Yuanda	17
	Qu Xiaohui	Dalian Chanjoy	16

Awards

The awards of 2019 China League Two were announced on 4 December 2019.^[38]

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Zhu Shiyu	Shenyang Urban
Golden Boot	Ma Xiaolei	Chengdu Better City
Manager of the Season	Yin Tiesheng	Taizhou Yuanda
Goalkeeper of the Season	Li Shi	Chengdu Better City
Young Player of the Season	Zhang Hui	Wuhan Three Towns

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