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]

China League One
Season2011
ChampionsDalian Aerbin
PromotedDalian Aerbin
Guangzhou R&F
RelegatedGuizhou Zhicheng
(via relegation play-off)
Matches played182
Goals scored411 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerCosta Rica Johnny Woodly (Dalian Aerbin)
Honduras Mitchel Brown (Hunan Billows)
(13 goals)
Biggest home winDalian 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 winBeijing 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 scoringDalian 6–2 Hunan (22 October)
2010
2012

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

Teams

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Promotion and relegation

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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

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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

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Stadiums and locations

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Foreign players

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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

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Pos Team 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
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:
  1. ^ a b Hubei, 2 pts, 1–1; Chongqing, 2 pts, 1–1

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Dalian Aerbin11111111111111111111111111
Guangzhou R&F71014119777777333333333332222
Guangdong Sunray Cave105245444444222222222223333
Hunan Billows111210141411111111114444444444444444
Shenyang Dongjin591163555555888888888886755
Shenyang Shenbei98424666666777777777778966
Chongqing Lifan645810333333666666666665578
Shanghai East Asia14131298222222555555555557689
Hubei Zhongbo131413107999999999999999999897
Yanbian Changbai Tiger1211736131313131313121212121212121212121212101010
Beijing Baxy4381212888888101010101010101010101010111111
Tianjin Songjiang366711121212121212111111111111111111111111121212
Beijing BIT8791313141414141414141414141414141414141413131313
Guizhou Zhicheng22352101010101010131313131313131313131314141414
Winner; Chinese Super League
2nd place; Chinese Super League
China League One Relegation Playoffs

Results

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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

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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.

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

Top scorers

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Updated to games played on 30 October 2011.

Rank Player Club Goals (P.K.)
1   Johnny Woodly Dalian Aerbin 13 (2)
  Mitchel Brown Hunan Billows 13
3   Wu Lei Shanghai East Asia 12 (1)
4   José Duarte Shenyang Shenbei 11 (1)
  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

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