Zhejiang Football Super League


The Zhejiang Football Super League is a league of football teams from Zhejiang, China. Formed in 2003, the leagues sits at level 5–6 on the pyramid system. There are 8 teams in 2 divisions separately. It is a feeder to the CMCL.
The league organised by the Zhejiang Football Association, is the top league of Zhejiang Province.
WWW zjfa.org/lsss/zcls

Format

The ZSL is divided into 2 divisions of 8 teams each, starting from season 2020.
Teams in Division A play each other twice in the league, receiving three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned ZSL Division A champions. There is no established format for the Division B, and the tournament system is temporarily used for season 2020 and 2021.

Promotion and relegation

CMCL / Division A

The champions of Division A may qualify for the CMCL.

Division A / Division B

The champions of Division B are directly promoted to the Division A, swapping places with the bottom club of Division A. The club finishing 2nd in Division B, and the 7th placed team in Division A then enter the play-off to decide a place in next season.

Division B / lower-level leagues

Promotion places will only be awarded if a team withdraws from the Division B.
The other teams in the qualifying round come from the winning teams in the lower-level leagues, which are:
  • Hangzhou FA Super League
  • Huzhou Super League
  • Lishui 9-a-side Clubs League
  • Ningbo Super League
  • Wenzhou Amateur Super League
  • Zhoushan League One

History

Zhejiang Football Cities Championships League

Created in 2003, Zhejiang Football Cities Championships League is the first province-level association football league in Zhejiang, and its predecessor was the Zhejiang Football Association Cup. The first season gathered 5 teams to participate, playing each other 2 ties, with Ningbo Xinyongjiang winning the first title. Because ZCCL had become an affiliated league to the Chinese Football Association Bing League by the time, the winning team qualified for that season's China Football Amateur League, but Hangzhou Sinobal took the entry instead of Ningbo Xinyongjiang.
After 13 years of development, by season 2015, the ZCCL had expanded to 14 member teams.

Name changing

In season 2006, the league changed its name to Zhejiang Football Super League. The first season under current name, 11 teams gained entry, and Ningbo Yinbo won the championship. In season 2020, the league extended to 16 teams and split into 2 divisions.

Member clubs

The clubs listed below have competed in the ZSL/ZCCL since it was created in 2003. Clubs currently playing in the league are shown in bold.
ClubAffiliated FATotal seasonsPosition in 2020First season in ZSL/ZCCLLast season in ZSL/ZCCLFirst season of current
spell in top division of ZSL/ZCCL		Total titles of top division of ZSL/ZCCLLast title of top division of ZSL/ZCCL
Ningbo Daxie JindaoNingbo83rd, ZSL Division A2011-201452019
Yiwu LejianJinhua88th, ZSL Division A2008 -20190-
Jinhua HuayueJinhua66th, ZSL Division A2016 -2016 0-
Hangzhou QiantangHangzhou52nd, ZSL Division A2012 -20200-
Huzhou LOHASHuzhou61st, ZSL Division A2016-201612020
Wenzhou OhyeahWenzhou54th, ZSL Division A2016 -2018 0-
Jiaxing QingheJiaxing67th, ZSL Division A2016-20160-
Hangzhou MengdingtangHangzhou24th, ZSL Division B2020--0-
Zhoushan MerdekaZhoushan45th, ZSL Division B2018--0-
Huzhou MeiqiHuzhou27th, ZSL Division B2020--0-
Haining MorrisJiaxing22nd, ZSL Division B2020--0-
Lishui Red WingLishui31st, ZSL Division B2019--0-
Quzhou Xin'anQuzhou63rd, ZSL Division B2016--0-
Ningbo ShoufaNingbo12nd, Ningbo Super League2021-20210-
Pinghu QihangJiaxing1-2021-20210-
Shaoxing Shangyu PterosaurShaoxing45th, ZSL Division A2017 2021-0-
Zhejiang XinxiuchengJiaxing16th, ZSL Division B20202020-0-
Taizhou TasanTaizhou28th, ZSL Division B20192020-0-
Hangzhou Wuyue QiantangHangzhou2-20172018-22018
Taizhou HeheTaizhou1-20182019-0-
Haining 99Jiaxing3-2012 2018-0-
Zhoushan AoxiangZhoushan1unfinished, Zhoushan League One
20172017-0-
Lishui LexiangLishui2-20172018-0-
Zhoushan Tianrui BrothersZhoushan1-20162016-0-
Lishui JifengLishui1-20162016-0-
Shangyu FAShaoxing2-20162017-0-
Taizhou OstrichTaizhou2-20162017-0-
Cangnan 8090Wenzhou1-20172017-0-
Ningbo XinyongjiangNingbo2-20032005-12003
Hangzhou SinobalHangzhou8-20042012-32008
Taizhou NaidiTaizhou1-20052005-12005
Ningbo HongaoNingbo2-20072008-12007
Jiaxing MiloJiaxing1-20092009-12009
Ningbo BaoxingNingbo1-20102010-12010
Ninghai FeixiangNingbo1-20122012-12012
Lishui FALishui1-20132013-12013
Taizhou DelijiaTaizhou2-20032004-0-
Shaoxing Pagoda BrandShaoxing2-20032006-0-
Zhoushan ZhoufengZhoushan10-20032014-0-
Shaoxing TiangongShaoxing1-20052005-0-
Wenzhou TongjiWenzhou1-20052005-0-
Shaoxing JiayuShaoxing2-20082009-0-
Taizhou WangyeTaizhou3-20062008-0-
Haining Leather CityJiaxing2-20062008-0-
Lishui Jinyun Tianshi OrthopaedicLishui1-20062006-0-
Yiwu F.C.Jinhua1-20062006-0-
Wenzhou BaoshiniaoWenzhou1-20072007-0-
Wenzhou Lingxi ShengyuWenzhou2-20082013-0-
Ningbo JinhuiNingbo1-20082008-0-
Hangzhou Zhanshi Orthopaedics TanghuHangzhou1-20092009-0-
Wenzhou LonggangWenzhou3-20092015-0-
Wenzhou Yongjia ZhongnanWenzhou1-20102010-0-
Yueqing BeibaixiangWenzhou2-20112013-0-
Jinhua LetianJinhua1-20112011-0-
Yiwu Huishang B&JJinhua2-20112012-0-
Yuyao EyuyaoNingbo1-20122012-0-
Yongkang HainaWenzhou1-20122012-0-
Ningbo Youdao DPNingbo2-2013 2014-0-
Quzhou HuatengQuzhou2-20132014-0-
Hangzhou MengdeHangzhou1-20142014-0-
Wenzhou Xuanda XinglongWenzhou1-20142014-0-
Lishui ZhonghangLishui1-20142014-0-
Wenzhou JiayunWenzhou1-20142014-0-
Yiwu Red AntsJinhua2-20142015-0-
Lishui Qingtian HuaweiLishui1-20142014-0-
Taizhou WuaiTaizhou1-20152015-0-
Haining KeruiJiaxing1-20152015-0-
Huzhou WelldoneHuzhou1-20152015-0-
Quzhou YifengQuzhou1-20152015-0-
Zhejiang DachengHuzhou1-20152015-0-
Lishui Longquan Keda LingzhiLishui1-20152015-0-
Huzhou Changxing ChilweeHuzhou1-20152015-0-