Season 2015 Champion Yanbian Funde F.C. Location China | Champions Yanbian Changbaishan Date 2015 | |
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Promoted Yanbian ChangbaishanHebei CFFC Relegated Beijing Institute of Technology F.C., Jiangxi Liansheng F.C. Similar 2014 China League O, 2016 China League O, 2015 Chinese Super Le |
The 58.com 2015 Chinese Football Association China League is the twelfth season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league title sponsor is 58.com.
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Teams
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2014 season, two relegated from the 2014 Chinese Super League and three promoted from the 2014 China League Two.
Name Changes
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. Outfield players came from Hong Kong, Macau and Chinese Taipei were deemed as native players (doesn't count on the foreign player slot) in CL1.
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players:
League table
Updated to games played on 1 November, 2015.
Source: sports.sina.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.
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
Updated to games played on 1 November 2015.
Source: Results on sina.com
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
Last updated: 1 November 2015
Source: Table by round (Chinese)
Awards
The awards of 2015 China League One were announced on 3 November 2015.
League Attendance
Updated to games played on Nov. 1st, 2015
Source:
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CSL.
‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.