The 2023 Chinese Champions League, officially known as the Sino-LAC Sports 2023 Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season since its establishment in 2002.
The season started on 29 April 2023.
Qualified teams
Club changes
64 teams will participate in the regional competitions.
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
club
Chao Pak Kei
Chao Pak Kei Football Team, simply known as C.P.K. (), are a Macau, Macanese professional football (soccer), football club which currently competes in the Liga de Elite.
History
Chao Pak Kei Football Team was established in 2008 by Stephen Chow, ...
will participate in the competition as a guest team.
To CMCL
Teams relegated from
2022 China League Two
The 2022 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season will be the 33rd season since its establishment in 1989.
Team changes
To League Two
Teams promoted from 2021 Chinese Champions League
* Jinan Xingzhou
* Jiangsu Zhongnan Codi ...
*
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei
From CMCL
Teams promoted to
2023 China League Two
*
Yuxi Yukun
Yunnan Yukun Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Yuxi, Yunnan, that competes in . Yunnan Yukun plays its home matches at the Yuxi Plateau Sports Center Stadium, located within Hongta District.
Founded in 2021, Yu ...
*
Chongqing Tongliangloong
*
Guangxi Lanhang
*
Dalian Duxing
Name changes
*Binzhou Huilong F.C. changed their name to
Shaanxi Chang'an Union in May 2023, but will play under their original name for the 2023 season.
Clubs information
Regional competitions
The following nine cities will host regional competitions:
Baotou
Baotou (; mn, Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот) is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is h ...
,
Changzhi,
Datong
Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cens ...
,
Duyun,
Foshan
Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the ...
,
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
,
Kunming
Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...
,
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
, and
Rizhao.
The draw for the regional competitions was held on 19 April 2023.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Qualifying round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Third-placed playoffs
Fourth-placed playoffs
Final round
Qualified clubs information
Qualified clubs locations
Seeding
16 qualified teams were seeded according to their performance in the first stage. The draw was held on 2 August 2023.
Group A
Group B
Results
Group A
Group B
Promotion play-offs
First round
Second round
Final
''2–2 on aggregate. Langfang Glory City won 4–2 on penalties.''
Final round attendance
:''In this attendance table, only regular final round group stage matches are counted.''
Footnotes
References
External links
{{2023 in Chinese football
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