The 2020 China League One () was the 17th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and end on 1 November, but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic in China. On 26 August 2020, Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be resumed on 12 September 2020 and 18 teams would be split into three groups in three locations, Group A in Chengdu, hosted by Chengdu Better City, Group B in Meizhou, hosted by Meizhou Hakka, and Group C in Changzhou, hosted by Kunshan F.C.
In this season, the number of teams are expanded from 16 to 18.
Changchun Yatai won the league for the second time, their first since 2003.
Teams
Team changes
To League One Teams relegated from 2019 Chinese Super League Beijing Renhe
Teams promoted from 2019 China League Two Shenyang Urban Chengdu Better City Taizhou Yuanda Suzhou Dongwu Jiangxi Liansheng Sichuan Jiuniu Kunshan F.C.
From League One Teams promoted to 2020 Chinese Super League Qingdao Huanghai Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Dissolved entries Guangdong South China Tiger Sichuan Longfor Liaoning F.C. Shanghai Shenxin
Name changes Shenyang Urban F.C. changed their name to Liaoning Shenyang Urban F.C. in April 2020. Zhejiang Greentown F.C. changed their name to Zhejiang Energy Greentown F.C. in September 2020.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations Team Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2019 season Beijing Renhe R Wang Bo Beijing Beijing Fengtai Stadium 31,043CSL, 16th Guizhou Hengfeng Chen Mao Guiyang Guiyang Olympic Sports Center 51,6363rd Heilongjiang Lava Spring Duan Xin Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,0004th Changchun Yatai Chen Yang Changchun Changchun Stadium 41,6385th Zhejiang Energy Greentown Zheng Xiong Hangzhou Huzhou Olympic Sports Centre 40,0006th Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Choi Jin-han Hohhot Hohhot City Stadium 51,6327th Beijing BSU Su Maozhen Beijing Olympic Sports Centre 36,2288th Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Kim Bong-gil Xi'an Weinan Sports Center Stadium 32,0009th Meizhou Hakka Marcelo Rospide Wuhua Huitang Stadium 30,00010th Nantong Zhiyun Xie Hui Rugao Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,00012th Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Polat Kutulk (caretaker) Ürümqi Xinjiang Sports Centre 50,00013th Liaoning Shenyang Urban P Yu Ming Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000CL2, 1st Chengdu Better City P José Carlos Granero Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 42,000CL2, 2nd Taizhou Yuanda P Yin Tiesheng Taizhou Taixing Sports Center Stadium 8,000CL2, 3rd Suzhou Dongwu P Gary White Suzhou Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre 45,000CL2, 4th Jiangxi Liansheng P Huang Yong Ruichang Ruichang Sports Park Stadium N/ACL2, 6th Sichuan Jiuniu P Li Yi Chengdu Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium 27,000CL2, 8th Kunshan F.C. P Gao Yao Kunshan Kunshan Sports Centre Stadium 30,000CL2, 9th
Clubs locations
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Changchun Yatai Svetozar Šapurić Sacked 3 November 2019 Pre-season Samvel Babayan 2 December 2019 Meizhou Hakka Zheng Xiaotian Signed by Beijing Sinobo Guoan 6 November 2019 Marcelo Rospide 20 December 2019 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Wang Bo Signed by Beijing Renhe 10 November 2019 Kim Bong-gil 16 December 2019 Guizhou Hengfeng Chen Mao Mutual consent 26 November 2019 Wang Xinxin 26 November 2019 Nantong Zhiyun Gary White Mutual consent 31 March 2020 Xie Hui 31 March 2020 Sichuan Jiuniu Wang Hongwei Mutual consent 18 May 2020 Li Yi 22 July 2020 Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Chen Yang Mutual consent 25 August 2020 Choi Jin-han 1 September 2020 Changchun Yatai Samvel Babayan Sacked 5 October 2020 Group C, 2nd Chen Yang 5 October 2020 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Fernando Sacked 10 October 2020 Group C, 6th Polat Kutulk (caretaker) 12 October 2020 Guizhou Hengfeng Wang Xinxin Mutual consent 13 October 2020 Group B, 5th Chen Mao 13 October 2020 Suzhou Dongwu Liu Junwei Sacked 18 October 2020 Group A, 5th Gary White 24 October 2020
Foreign players
The policy of foreign players was changed. The number of foreign players clubs can register over the course of the season is limited to four and the number of foreign players allowed on each team at any given time is increased from three to four. A maximum of three foreign players can be registered for each match with a maximum of two can be fielded at any time during the match. In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Naturalized PlayersHong Kong/Macau/Taiwan PlayersFormer players Beijing BSU John Owoeri Wen Chih-hao Dominic Vinicius Beijing Renhe Tiago Leonço Daniel Wong Changchun Yatai Serginho Lucas Souza Aaron Samuel Chen Po-liang Chengdu Better City Naldinho Dani Quintana Nikola Đurđić Guizhou Hengfeng Jahmir Hyka Anton Maglica Stefan Mihajlović Sérgio Mota Heilongjiang Lava Spring Raphaël Messi Bouli Donovan Ewolo Yoann Arquin Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Guto André Senghor Daniel Wong Jiangxi Liansheng Vasil Shkurti Éder Okan Aydın Andy Russell Junior Tobi Kunshan F.C. Bruno Pires Hildeberto Pereira Tunde Adeniji → Xiao Taotao Liaoning Shenyang Urban Juvhel Tsoumou Islom Tukhtakhujaev Kim Sung-hwan Meizhou Hakka Lonsana Doumbouya Chisom Egbuchulam Leung Nok Hang Dori Nantong Zhiyun Mychell Chagas João Silva Mladen Kovačević → David Wang Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic Albi Alla Raoul Loé Robert Tambe Wang Chien-ming Kingsley Onuegbu Sichuan Jiuniu Dori Mohamed Yattara Nemanja Vidić → Xia Dalong Jules Iloki Suzhou Dongwu Jules Iloki Joseph Atule Junior Chris Shimbayev Haruna Garba Taizhou Yuanda Marko Bašić Daniel Chima Chukwu Zoran Tošić Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard Bienvenue Kanakimana Kingsley Onuegbu Zhejiang Energy Greentown Rafael Martins Dino Ndlovu Nyasha Mushekwi For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalized and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognized as native players. Otherwise they are recognized as foreign players.
Regular season
Group A
Stadiums Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium Chengdu Wenjiang Football Base Shuangliu Sports Centre Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium (Reserve)
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Group B
Stadiums Hengbei Football Town Field 9 Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre Wuhua County Stadium
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Group C
Stadiums Changzhou Institute of Technology Football Field Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre Jiangyin Stadium
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Promotion stage
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Relegation stage
Group E
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Group F
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Relegation play-offs
Overview
First leg
Second leg
4–4 on aggregate. Heilongjiang Lava Spring won 5–3 on penalties.
Jiangxi Liansheng won 3–2 on aggregate.
Statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Tan Long Changchun Yatai2 Lonsana Doumbouya Meizhou Hakka Tiago LeonçoBeijing Renhe4 Shang Yin Jiangxi Liansheng Nyasha Mushekwi Zhejiang Energy Greentown6 Rafael Martins Zhejiang Energy Greentown Yan Xiangchuang Beijing BSU Dino Ndlovu Zhejiang Energy Greentown9 Guto Inner Mongolia Zhongyou Mladen Kovačević Nantong Zhiyun Anton Maglica Guizhou Hengfeng Xu Junmin Nantong Zhiyun
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Tan Long Changchun Yatai Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 4–1 (H) Nantong Zhiyun 4–0 (H)
League attendance
Notes
References
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