2017 China League Two

China League Two
Season	2017
Champions	Heilongjiang Lava Spring
Promoted	Heilongjiang Lava Spring; Meizhou Meixian Techand
Matches	298
Goals	686 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ma Xiaolei (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Shenzhen Ledman 5–0 Zhenjiang Huasa; (May 20, 2017); Shenzhen Ledman 5–0 Shanghai JuJu Sports; (Jul 29, 2017); Heilongjiang Lava Spring 6–1 Baotou Nanjiao; (Aug 13, 2017); (5 goals)
Biggest away win	Jilin Baijia 1–6 Hebei Elite; (Jul 1, 2017); Shanghai Sunfun 0–5 Sichuan Longfor; (Jul 16, 2017); (5 goals)
Highest scoring	Beijing BIT 6–2 Baotou Nanjiao; (Jun 10, 2017); (8 goals)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Shenzhen Ledman
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Qingdao Jonoon
Longest winless run	22 matches; Zhenjiang Huasa
Longest losing run	11 matches; Zhenjiang Huasa
Highest attendance	28,119; Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 1–1 Dalian Boyoung; (Jul 29, 2017)
Lowest attendance	56; Shanghai Sunfun 1–3 Chengdu Qbao; (Sept 10, 2017)
Average attendance	2,692
	← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of Nov 5, 2017.

Season2017

ChampionsHeilongjiang Lava Spring

PromotedHeilongjiang Lava Spring
Meizhou Meixian Techand

Matches298

The 2017 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 28th season since its establishment in 1989. The league was expanded to 24 teams, with 12 teams in North Group and 12 teams in South Group.^[1]

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Groups	Club	Head coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2016 season
North	Qingdao Jonoon ^R	Yin Tiesheng	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	CL1, 15th
	Yinchuan Helanshan	Sun Wei	Yinchuan	Helan Mountain Stadium	39,872	5th
	Hebei Elite	Zhang Hui	Qinhuangdao	Chinese Football School Stadium	N/A	6th
	Shenyang Urban	Xiao Zhanbo	Shenyang	Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium	12,000	8th
	Heilongjiang Lava Spring	Duan Xin	Harbin	Harbin ICE Sports Center	50,000	10th
	Baotou Nanjiao	Branko Božović	Baotou	Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	40,545	12th
	Beijing BIT	Robert Ahufinger	Beijing	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	5,000	15th
	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	Wang Hongwei	Yancheng	Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre	10,000	18th
	Shenyang Dongjin	Wang Gang	Shenyang	Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium	12,000	19th
	Dalian Boyoung ^P	Jiang Feng	Dalian	Jinzhou Stadium	30,775	CAL, 1st
	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic ^P	Huang Hongyi	Xi'an	Shaanxi Province Stadium	50,000	CAL, 2nd
	Jilin Baijia ^P	Zoran Kitanoski	Changchun	Nanling Stadium	42,000	CAL, 5th
South	Hunan Billows ^R	Patrick de Wilde	Changsha (playing in Yiyang)	Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium	30,000	CL1, 16th
	Jiangxi Liansheng	Kazimir Vulić (caretaker)	Jiujiang	Jiujiang Stadium	31,000	3rd
	Sichuan Longfor	Manuel Cajuda	Dujiangyan	Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium	12,700	4th
	Meizhou Meixian Techand	Li Haiqiang	Meizhou	Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium	20,221	7th
	Chengdu Qbao	Zhang Weizhe	Chengdu	Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium	26,000	9th
	Shenzhen Ledman	Zhang Jun	Shenzhen	Bao'an Stadium	40,000	11th
	Suzhou Dongwu	Wei Dayong	Suzhou	Suzhou Sports Center	35,000	14th
	Nantong Zhiyun	Wei Xin	Rugao	Rugao Olympic Sports Center	15,000	16th
	Hainan Boying	Andoni Bombin Garrido	Haikou	Hainan Sport School Stadium	10,000	17th
	Shanghai JuJu Sports	Hajime Ishii	Shanghai	Kangqiao Football Base	N/A	20th
	Shanghai Sunfun ^P	Cheng Liang	Shanghai	Fengxian Chemical Industry Park Sports Centre Stadium	N/A	CAL, 4th
	Zhenjiang Huasa ^P	Li Xiao	Zhenjiang	Zhenjiang Sports and Exhibition Center	30,000	CAL, 6th

Club	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sichuan Longfor	Vítor Pontes	2 November 2016 ^[8]	Manuel Cajuda	5 December 2016 ^[9]
Meizhou Meixian Techand	Wang Hongwei	9 November 2016	Li Haiqiang	9 November 2016 ^[10]
Yinchuan Helanshan	Kazuo Uchida	11 November 2016 ^[11]	Wang Haiming	15 November 2016 ^[12]
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	Zoran Janković	1 December 2016	Duan Xin	1 December 2016 ^[13]
Chengdu Qbao	Zhao Faqing	3 December 2016	Zhang Weizhe	3 December 2016 ^[14]
Shenyang Dongjin	Lee Woo-hyung	4 December 2016	Wang Gang	1 March 2017
Shenzhen Ledman	Li Yuanping (caretaker)	14 December 2016	Zhang Jun	14 December 2016 ^[15]
Suzhou Dongwu	Tang Bo	24 December 2016 ^[16]	Kazuo Uchida	1 January 2017 ^[17]
Jiangxi Liansheng	Song Lihui	27 December 2016	Fan Yuhong	27 December 2016 ^[18]
Shenyang Urban	Marek Zub	31 December 2016	Xiao Zhanbo	31 December 2016 ^[19]
Shanghai JuJu Sports	Radomir Koković	31 December 2016	Dragan Kokotović	1 January 2017
Hunan Billows	Huang Xiangdong (caretaker)	31 December 2016	Zhang Xu	1 January 2017
Jilin Baijia ^P	Li Bin	31 December 2016	Zoran Kitanoski	1 January 2017
Hebei Elite	Xu Tao	31 December 2016	Zhang Hui	1 January 2017
Baotou Nanjiao	David Camhi	14 January 2017 ^[20]	Wang Hongwei	23 January 2017 ^[21]
Hainan Boying	Li Xiao	20 January 2017	Mai Chao	20 January 2017 ^[22]
Nantong Zhiyun	Wei Xin	8 February 2017 ^[23]	Tomislav Stipić	11 February 2017 ^[24]
Nantong Zhiyun	Tomislav Stipić	17 April 2017 ^[25]	Wei Xin	17 April 2017 ^[25]
Baotou Nanjiao	Wang Hongwei	17 May 2017 ^[26]	Fan Wenlong (caretaker)	17 May 2017
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	Gao Fei	18 May 2017 ^[27]	Wang Hongwei	18 May 2017
Yinchuan Helanshan	Wang Haiming	23 May 2017	Sun Wei	23 May 2017 ^[28]
Zhenjiang Huasa	Li Dong	23 May 2017 ^[29]	Dragan Stančić (caretaker)	23 May 2017
Hunan Billows	Zhang Xu	27 May 2017	Li Hongwu (caretaker)	27 May 2017 ^[30]
Hainan Boying	Mai Chao	9 June 2017	Andoni Bombin Garrido	9 June 2017
Hunan Billows	Li Hongwu (caretaker)	23 June 2017	Patrick de Wilde	23 June 2017 ^[31]
Baotou Nanjiao	Fan Wenlong (caretaker)	6 July 2017	Branko Božović	6 July 2017 ^[32]
Shanghai JuJu Sports	Dragan Kokotović	14 July 2017	Hajime Ishii	14 July 2017
Zhenjiang Huasa	Dragan Stančić (caretaker)	1 August 2017	Goran Miscevic	1 August 2017
Jiangxi Liansheng	Fan Yuhong	4 August 2017	Kazimir Vulić (caretaker)	4 August 2017 ^[33]
Suzhou Dongwu	Kazuo Uchida	24 September 2017	Wei Dayong (caretaker)	24 September 2017 ^[34]
Zhenjiang Huasa	Goran Miscevic	5 October 2017	Li Xiao	5 October 2017
Dalian Boyoung	Chen Bo	11 October 2017	Jiang Feng	11 October 2017 ^[35]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Yinchuan Helanshan (Q)	22	14	3	5	34	14	+20	45	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Qingdao Jonoon (Q)	22	12	8	2	27	8	+19	44
3	Heilongjiang Lava Spring (Q, C, P)	22	12	7	3	36	14	+22	43
4	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic (Q)	22	12	6	4	26	14	+12	42
5	Hebei Elite	22	13	3	6	41	24	+17	42	9th–20th place Play-offs
6	Shenyang Urban	22	11	6	5	25	15	+10	39
7	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	22	6	7	9	21	30	−9	25
8	Beijing BIT	22	5	8	9	25	30	−5	23
9	Dalian Boyoung	22	4	8	10	19	31	−12	20
10	Jilin Baijia	22	3	10	9	15	28	−13	19
11	Shenyang Dongjin	22	1	7	14	11	34	−23	10	21st–24th place Play-offs
12	Baotou Nanjiao	22	2	1	19	14	52	−38	7	21st–24th place Play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shenzhen Ledman (Q)	22	16	4	2	49	12	+37	52	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Sichuan Longfor (Q)	22	14	5	3	37	16	+21	47
3	Meizhou Meixian Techand (Q, P)	22	12	3	7	33	21	+12	39
4	Nantong Zhiyun (Q)	22	11	5	6	22	15	+7	38
5	Chengdu Qbao	22	9	8	5	22	18	+4	35	9th–20th place Play-offs
6	Suzhou Dongwu	22	10	5	7	24	15	+9	35
7	Jiangxi Liansheng	22	9	7	6	23	20	+3	34
8	Hunan Billows	22	8	4	10	28	28	0	28
9	Shanghai Sunfun	22	5	4	13	21	45	−24	19
10	Shanghai JuJu Sports	22	4	6	12	17	35	−18	18
11	Hainan Boying (O)	22	5	2	15	13	33	−20	17	21st–24th place Play-offs
12	Zhenjiang Huasa (O)	22	0	5	17	18	49	−31	5	21st–24th place Play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Heilongjiang Lava Spring (C, P)	27	15	9	3	44	14	+30	54^[a]	China League One
2	Meizhou Meixian Techand (P)	27	15	4	8	39	27	+12	49^[a]	China League One
3	Yinchuan Helanshan	27	15	6	6	40	22	+18	51^[b]
4	Shenzhen Ledman	27	17	6	4	53	17	+36	57^[b]
5	Qingdao Jonoon	24	12	9	3	29	11	+18	45^[c]
6	Sichuan Longfor	24	14	6	4	37	17	+20	48^[c]
7	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	24	12	7	5	26	15	+11	43^[c]
8	Nantong Zhiyun	24	11	6	7	24	19	+5	39^[c]

9	Hebei Elite	24	14	4	6	45	26	+19	46^[d]
10	Chengdu Qbao	24	9	9	6	24	22	+2	36^[d]	Disbanded after season
11	Suzhou Dongwu	24	12	5	7	28	16	+12	41^[e]
12	Shenyang Urban	24	11	6	7	26	19	+7	39^[e]
13	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	24	7	7	10	24	33	−9	28^[f]
14	Jiangxi Liansheng	24	10	7	7	26	23	+3	37^[f]
15	Beijing BIT	24	6	8	10	30	33	−3	26^[g]
16	Hunan Billows	24	9	4	11	31	33	−2	31^[g]
17	Dalian Boyoung	24	6	8	10	26	31	−5	26^[h]
18	Shanghai Sunfun	24	5	4	15	21	52	−31	19^[h]
19	Shanghai JuJu Sports	24	5	7	12	19	36	−17	22^[i]	Disbanded after season
20	Jilin Baijia	24	3	11	10	16	30	−14	20^[i]

21	Zhenjiang Huasa	24	2	5	17	22	50	−28	11^[j]
22	Hainan Boying	24	6	3	15	15	33	−18	21^[j]
23	Baotou Nanjiao^[k] (T)	24	2	2	20	14	54	−40	8^[l]	Relegation play-off declared null and void
24	Shenyang Dongjin^[k] (T)	24	1	7	16	12	38	−26	10^[l]	Relegation play-off declared null and void

2017 China League Two

Name changes

To League Two

From League Two

Clubs

Clubs and locations

Clubs Locations

Managerial changes

League table

North Group

South Group

Overall table

Play-offs

21st–24th place

19th–20th place

17th–18th place

15th–16th place

13th–14th place

11th–12th place

9th–10th place

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third-Place Match

Final Match

Relegation play-off

Top scorers

Awards

League attendance

References

External links

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Baotou Nanjiao	0–2	Hainan Boying	0–2	0–0
Zhenjiang Huasa	4–1	Shenyang Dongjin	2–0	2–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nantong Zhiyun	2–4	Yinchuan Helanshan	2–2	0–2
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	1–0	Sichuan Longfor	0–0	1–0
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	0–1	Shenzhen Ledman	0–0	0–1
Meizhou Meixian Techand	3–2	Qingdao Jonoon	1–0	2–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Heilongjiang Lava Spring	4–0	Yinchuan Helanshan	4–0	0–0
Meizhou Meixian Techand	3–1	Shenzhen Ledman	2–1	1–0

Shenzhen Ledman	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Yinchuan Helanshan
Mai Sijing 16' Liu Le 115'		Zhou Liao 20' Zheng Zhihao 103'
Penalties
Liu Le Wu Fei Yang Jianfei Mai Sijing	6–7	Yuan Weiwei Wang Xiao Tan Tiancheng Wu Yuyin Xu Wenbin Chen Bo

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yanbian Beiguo	7–5	Baotou Nanjiao	2–1	5–4
Lhasa Urban Construction Investment	2–1	Shenyang Dongjin	2–0	0–1

Rank	Player	Club	Total
1	Ma Xiaolei	Shenzhen Ledman	14
2	Qu Cheng	Sichuan Longfor	13
2	Yang Zi	Shenzhen Ledman	13
4	Wang Ziming	Heilongjiang Lava Spring	12
4	Zhu Shiyu	Qingdao Jonoon	12
6	Gong Zheng	Beijing BIT	9
	Shi Jun	Hebei Elite	9
	Tan Tiancheng	Yinchuan Helanshan	9
	Wang Chaolong	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	9
	Ye Weichao	Meizhou Meixian Techand	9

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic	200,401	28,119	5,269	16,700	n/a^† ^††
2	Heilongjiang Lava Spring	186,276	26,880	5,161	13,305	+54.7%^†
3	Sichuan Longfor	56,329	6,280	3,124	4,694	−21.9%^†
4	Meizhou Meixian Techand	51,783	6,728	2,560	3,983	−23.7%^†
5	Shenzhen Ledman	43,767	6,531	523	3,126	+22.4%^†
6	Nantong Zhiyun	40,705	7,530	2,380	3,392	−29.7%^†
7	Baotou Nanjiao	39,382	6,189	2,016	3,029	+77.3%^†
8	Yinchuan Helanshan	29,881	3,762	630	2,299	−28.3%^†
9	Shenyang Urban	21,126	6,827	121	1,761	−45.6%^†
10	Jiangxi Liansheng	18,380	4,535	368	1,532	−70.9%^†
11	Suzhou Dongwu	13,797	1,760	615	1,150	+58.0%^†
12	Hainan Boying	11,996	1,896	465	1,000	−31.3%^†
12	Chengdu Qbao	11,110	3,078	210	926	−35.8%^†
14	Zhenjiang Huasa	10,577	3,183	212	881	n/a^† ^††
15	Qingdao Jonoon	10,092	2,089	384	841	−68.9%^† ^†
16	Hunan Billows	8,141	1,238	312	678	−82.1%^† ^†
17	Jilin Baijia	7,496	1,428	185	625	n/a^† ^††
18	Beijing BIT	6,919	1,562	308	577	−22.9%^†
19	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	6,054	827	286	505	−30.9%^†
20	Dalian Boyoung	5,785	1,080	237	482	n/a^† ^††
21	Shanghai JuJu Sports	4,732	1,321	70	394	−6.9%^†
22	Hebei Elite	4,389	637	216	366	−13.5%^†
23	Shanghai Sunfun	4,023	582	56	335	n/a^† ^††
24	Shenyang Dongjin	3,701	512	108	285	−51.4%^†
	League total	796,842	28,119	56	2,692	−7.7%^†