The 2016

China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

() was the 13th season of the

, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com.

Teams

A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the

2015 Chinese Super League The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. T ...

and two promoted from the

2015 China League Two The 2015 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 26th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. There were 16 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 8 t ...

Team changes

To League One

Teams relegated from

Shanghai Shenxin Shanghai Shenxin Football Club () was a professional football club that participated in China's football league system between 2003 and 2019 under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Jinshan District, Shangh ...

* Guizhou Renhe Teams promoted from

Meizhou Kejia Meizhou Hakka Football Club (; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). ...

* Dalian Transcendence

From League One

Teams promoted to 2016 Chinese Super League *

Yanbian Changbaishan Yanbian Funde F.C. () was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province where their home stadium is the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. ...

* Hebei China Fortune Teams relegated to

2016 China League Two The 2016 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 27th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. The league was expanded to 20 teams, with 10 teams in North Group and 10 teams ...

Beijing BIT Beijing Institute of Technology Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 北京理工大学足球俱乐部) or simply BIT is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chine ...

Jiangxi Liansheng Jiangxi Beidamen Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was founded in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and thei ...

Name changes

* Tianjin Songjiang F.C. changed their name to

Tianjin Quanjian F.C. Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ;) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin. History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two On June 6, 2006 the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot called ...

in December 2015. *

Dalian Aerbin F.C. Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

changed their name to

Dalian Yifang F.C. Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on ...

in December 2015. *

Qingdao Hainiu F.C. Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

changed their name to Qingdao Huanghai F.C. in December 2015. * Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. changed their name to

Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng F.C. Guizhou FC (; ) was a professional Chinese Association football, football club. The team was based in Guiyang, Guizhou and their home stadium was the 51,636 seater Guiyang Olympic Sports Center. Their majority shareholders were Hengfeng Real Esta ...

in January 2016. * Meizhou Kejia F.C. changed their name to

Meizhou Hakka F.C. Meizhou Hakka Football Club (; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu) is a professional China, Chinese association football, football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese ...

in January 2016. * Guizhou Renhe F.C. moved to the city of

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and changed their name to

Beijing Renhe F.C. Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...

in January 2016. *

Harbin Yiteng Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and their home ...

moved to the city of

Shaoxing Shaoxing (; ) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. It was formerly known as Kuaiji and Shanyin and abbreviated in Chinese as (''Yuè'') from the area's former inhabitant ...

and changed their name to Zhejiang Yiteng F.C. in January 2016.

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Managerial changes

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team. Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. *Foreign players who left their clubs or were sent to reverse team after the first half of the season. Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):

League table

Results

Positions by round

Goalscorers

Top scorers

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Awards

The awards of 2016 China League One were announced on 9 November 2016.中甲颁奖：法比亚诺荣膺MVP+金靴黎兵最佳教练
* China League One Most valuable player:

(Tianjin Quanjian) * China League One Top scorer:

(Tianjin Quanjian) * China League One Best goalkeeper: Zhang Lu (Tianjin Quanjian) * China League One Young Player of the Year: Ming Tian (Wuhan Zall) * China League One Best coach: Li Bing (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng)

League Attendance

References

External links

Official website

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