| Season | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Yanbian Changbaishan |
| Promoted | Yanbian Changbaishan Hebei Zhongji |
| Relegated | Beijing BIT Jiangxi Liansheng |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 623 (2.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | (26 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Wuhan Zall 6–0 Shenzhen F.C. (May 31st, 2015) (6 goals) |
| Biggest away win | Qingdao Jonoon 1–5 Guizhou Zhicheng (Jun. 6th, 2015) (4 goals) |
| Highest scoring | Hebei Zhongji 6–1 Qingdao Hainiu (Jul. 26th, 2015) Yanbian Changbaishan 6–1 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (Aug. 8th, 2015) Beijing BIT 3–4 Hebei Zhongji (Sep. 5th, 2015) (7 goals) |
| Longest winning run | Hebei Zhongji (8 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Yanbian Changbaishan (21 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Tianjin Songjiang (10 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Jiangxi Liansheng Tianjin Songjiang Dalian Aerbin Beijing BIT Qingdao Jonoon (4 matches) |
| Highest attendance | 42,591 Dalian Aerbin 1−1 Yanbian Changbaishan (Sep. 19th, 2015) |
| Lowest attendance | 741 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 2−2 Qingdao Hainiu (Sep. 14th, 2015) |
| Average attendance | 8,859 |
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The 2015 China League One [1] is the 12th 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. [2]
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.
To League OneTeams relegated from 2014 Chinese Super League Teams promoted from 2014 China League Two | From League OneTeams promoted to 2015 Chinese Super League Dissolved entries Teams relegated to 2015 China League Two and Dissolved entries |
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:
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Enterprises Group | | | |
| Harbin Yiteng | | ||
| Hunan Billows | | ||
| Tianjin Songjiang | | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yanbian Changbaishan (C, P) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 61 | Promotion to 2016 CSL |
| 2 | Hebei Zhongji (P) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 60 | |
| 3 | Dalian Aerbin | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 58 | |
| 4 | Beijing Enterprises Group | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 56 | |
| 5 | Harbin Yiteng | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 47 | |
| 6 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 43 | |
| 7 | Qingdao Jonoon | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 41 | |
| 8 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 39 | |
| 9 | Tianjin Songjiang | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 36 [a] | |
| 10 | Wuhan Zall | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 36 [a] | |
| 11 | Qingdao Hainiu | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 33 | |
| 12 | Shenzhen F.C. | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 31 | |
| 13 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 30 | |
| 14 | Hunan Billows | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 29 [b] | |
| 15 | Beijing BIT (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 29 [b] | Relegation to 2016 CL2 |
| 16 | Jiangxi Liansheng (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 23 |
| Winner; promote to Chinese Super League | |
| Runner-up; promote to Chinese Super League | |
| Relegate to China League Two |
| Rank | Player | Club | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | | Yanbian Changbaishan | 26 |
2 | | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 24 |
3 | | Dalian Aerbin | 19 |
| | Beijing BIT | 19 | |
5 | | Guizhou Zhicheng | 18 |
6 | | Yanbian Changbaishan | 17 |
7 | | Beijing Enterprises Group | 14 |
8 | | Wuhan Zall | 13 |
| | Beijing Enterprises Group | 13 | |
| | Hebei Zhongji | 13 |
Last updated: 1 November 2015
Source: sports.sina.com
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Guizhou Zhicheng | Dalian Aerbin | 3–3 [33] | 9 May 2015 |
| | Yanbian Changbaishan | Nei Mongol Zhongyou | 3–1 [34] | 17 May 2015 |
| | Yanbian Changbaishan | Guizhou Zhicheng | 4–2 [35] | 18 July 2015 |
| | Hebei Zhongji | Qingdao Hainiu | 6–1 [36] | 26 July 2015 |
| | Yanbian Changbaishan | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 6–1 [37] | 8 August 2015 |
| | Guizhou Zhicheng | Beijing BIT | 4–2 [38] | 8 September 2015 |
| | Dalian Aerbin | Beijing BIT | 3–0 [39] | 12 September 2015 |
| | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Jiangxi Liansheng | 3–0 [40] | 19 September 2015 |
| | Beijing Enterprises Group | Beijing BIT | 4–1 [41] | 19 September 2015 |
| | Beijing Enterprises Group | Guizhou Zhicheng | 4–0 [42] | 23 September 2015 |
| | Yanbian Changbaishan | Beijing Enterprises Group | 5–0 [43] | 26 September 2015 |
| | Yanbian Changbaishan | Hunan Billows | 4–0 [44] | 24 October 2015 |
| | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Guizhou Zhicheng | 4–2 [45] | 1 November 2015 |
The awards of 2015 China League One were announced on 3 November 2015. [46]
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yanbian Changbaishan | 367,367 | 28,941 | 14,876 | 24,491 | +206.4% |
| 2 | Harbin Yiteng † | 307,154 | 30,517 | 5,888 | 20,477 | −21.6% |
| 3 | Nei Mongol Zhongyou ‡ | 273,577 | 38,479 | 6,786 | 18,238 | n/a |
| 4 | Dalian Aerbin † | 228,197 | 42,591 | 3,791 | 15,233 | +38.6% |
| 5 | Shenzhen F.C. | 173,361 | 15,811 | 6,663 | 11,557 | +92.3% |
| 6 | Hebei Zhongji | 117,472 | 20,810 | 3,525 | 7,831 | +25.5% |
| 7 | Tianjin Songjiang | 110,531 | 17,686 | 1,780 | 7,369 | +193.5% |
| 8 | Beijing Enterprises Group | 81,520 | 8,135 | 3,316 | 5,435 | +225.8% |
| 9 | Qingdao Jonoon | 81,501 | 12,867 | 1,279 | 5,433 | +50.8% |
| 10 | Jiangxi Liansheng ‡ | 80,236 | 17,613 | 838 | 5,349 | n/a |
| 11 | Wuhan Zall | 79,501 | 12,168 | 3,126 | 5,300 | −37.3% |
| 12 | Qingdao Hainiu | 73,337 | 20,186 | 1,931 | 5,238 | +23.9% |
| 13 | Hunan Billows | 71,919 | 22,510 | 1,325 | 4,795 | −7.2% |
| 14 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 61,714 | 13,745 | 741 | 4,114 | +30.1% |
| 15 | Guizhou Zhicheng ‡ | 28,071 | 3,653 | 1,105 | 1,871 | n/a |
| 16 | Beijing BIT | 26,232 | 2,982 | 910 | 1,749 | +6.8% |
| League total | 2,161,165 | 42,591 | 741 | 9,007 | +68.9% |
Updated to games played on Nov. 1st, 2015
Source: Worldfootball.net
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in CSL.
‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.