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2011 China League One


FieldValue
competitionChina League One
season2011
winnersDalian Aerbin
promotedDalian Aerbin
Guangzhou R&F
relegatedGuizhou Zhicheng
(via relegation play-off)
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)
league topscorerCRC Johnny Woodly (Dalian Aerbin)
HON Mitchel Brown (Hunan Billows)
(13 goals)
matches182
total goals411
prevseason[2010](2010-china-league-one)
nextseason[2012](2012-china-league-one)

Guangzhou R&F (via relegation play-off) Hubei 4–0 Beijing (16 April) Hunan 4–0 Shenzhen (21 May) Shanghai 4–0 Yanbian (11 September) Dalian 6–2 Hunan (22 October) 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) HON Mitchel Brown (Hunan Billows) (13 goals) 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.

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

Teams

Promotion and relegation

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

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. Furthermore, minor-league club Tianjin Runyulong purchased Anhui Jiufang and their League One license in a similar merger. 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. 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.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Foreign players

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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Former Players*
Beijing BITSouth Korea Chae Wan-JiUruguay Héctor GarcíaUruguay Julio GutiérrezUruguay Martín Rodríguez
Beijing BaxyCameroon Paul EssolaMontenegro Vlado JeknićUruguay Máximo LucasUruguay Diego SeoaneUSA Lyle Martin
Chongqing LifanAngola Johnson MacabaBIH Želimir TerkešCRO Ivan BošnjakCRO Dario DabacBrazil Rai Vilela
Dalian AerbinBulgaria Kiril KotevColombia Luis CabezasCosta Rica Johnny WoodlyGuinea Bissau Almami MoreiraColombia Édison Chará
Guangdong Sunray CaveCameroon Mahama AwalColombia Ricardo SteerCRC Darío DelgadoMali Mourtala DiakitéBrazil Ronny
Guangzhou R&FBrazil HarisonEngland Marlon HarewoodSRB Aleksandar ŽivkovićAngola Johnson Macaba
Brazil Beto
Guizhou ZhichengBrazil MaurinhoCameroon Thomas MangaNigeria Obi MonekeSRB Dragan Stančić
Hubei Wuhan ZhongboBrazil VicenteCroatia Bruno ŠiklićSlovenia Jože Benko
Hunan BillowsBrazil WillianHonduras Mario BeataHonduras Mitchel BrownHonduras Jerry Palacios
Shanghai East AsiaBenin Romuald BocoBIH Jusuf Dajić
Brazil Cílio Souza
North Macedonia Nikola Karčev
Shenyang DongjinCroatia Željko SablićNigeria Akanni-Sunday WasiuSRB Milan MartinovićSouth Korea Lee Yoon-subSouth Korea Sung Jong-hyun
Shenyang ShenbeiBrazil José DuarteBrazil ErnandesColombia Andrés Quejada
Tianjin SongjiangBrazil Júnior PaulistaEstonia Taavi RähnSierra Leone Aluspah BrewahSlovenia Aleksander Rodić
Yanbian Changbai TigerGhana Daniel QuayeMali Soumaïla CoulibalySouth Korea Park Jong-wooSouth Korea Woo Joo-youngSouth Korea Lee Gwang-jae

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation play-off

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.

Du Shaobin Wang Lichun Chen Hao Jiang Liang Yu Jing Huang Shibo Yin Xiaolong Wang Guoming

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 30 October 2011.

RankPlayerClubGoals (P.K.)
1Costa Rica Johnny WoodlyDalian Aerbin13 (2)
Honduras Mitchel BrownHunan Billows13
3China Wu LeiShanghai East Asia12 (1)
4Brazil José DuarteShenyang Shenbei11 (1)
China Yin HongboGuangdong Sunray Cave11 (5)
6Angola Johnson MacabaShenzhen Phoenix
Chongqing Lifan9
China Li XingcanShenyang Shenbei9
China Lu LinGuangdong Sunray Cave9
9Brazil VicenteHubei Wuhan Zhongbo8 (1)
Cameroon Mahama AwalGuangdong Sunray Cave8
China Zhang ShuoGuangzhou R&F8
Colombia Ricardo SteerGuangdong Sunray Cave8
Slovenia Aleksander RodićTianjin Songjiang8 (1)

References

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