China League One


The Chinese Football League 1, also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League, is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional Football League.
Prior to the formation of the Chinese Super League, Jia League was known as Jia B League. The then top two levels of Chinese football league were known as Jia A League and Jia B League respectively. Jia A was rebranded as CSL and Jia B was rebranded as the current Jia League in 2004. Below the Jia League is the Yi League, following the Chinese Heavenly Stems naming convention of numbers.
It is currently made up of 16 teams, playing each other home and away once. At the end of each season, the top two teams are promoted to the CSL and the two lowest placed teams from the CSL are relegated to China League Two. The top two teams from China League Two are promoted and replace the two lowest placed teams from China League One.

Current clubs

Locations

Former clubs

Winners

Attendance

Awards

Top scorers

Best goalkeeper

Youth player of the year

SeasonPlayerClub
2016

Best coach

Reserve league and Elite league

SeasonReserve ChampionsElite Champions
2014Wuhan Zall
2015Qingdao Jonoon
2016Beijing Enterprises Group
2017Wuhan ZallDalian Yifang
2018Wuhan Zall
2019Shijiazhuang Yongchang

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