2026 China League One

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Season2026
Dates14 March – 7 November[1]
China League One
Season2026
Dates14 March – 7 November[1]
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The 2026 C'estbon Chinese Football League 1 (Chinese: 2026怡寳中国足球甲级联赛) will be the 23rd season of China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.[2]

in 2022, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials launched an anti-corruption probe resulting in eight footballing officials being investigated for "suspected of violations of discipline and law".[3] In August 2024, former CCP Committee Secretary of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Du Zhaocai, pleaded guilty to accepting more than US$6.1 million in bribes.[4] On 10 September, CFA banned 38 players, including former nationals, Jin Jingdao, Guo Tianyu, and five officials for life over allegations of match-fixing and other forms of corruption.[5] Other players and officials were also given shorter five years bans.[5]

Four China League One clubs were also punished with fines and point deductions for the 2026 China League One.[6] Changchun Yatai was docked four points. Meizhou Hakka, Ningbo and Suzhou Dongwu were docked three points each.[7]

Clubs

Club changes

Stadiums and locations

2026 China League One teams in Jiangsu
Team Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2025 season
Meizhou Hakka R Switzerland Gino Lettieri Wuhua Huitang Stadium 27,000 CSL, 15th
Changchun Yatai R China Yan Feng Changchun Development Area Stadium 23,400 CSL, 16th
Guangdong GZ-Power China Feng Feng Guangzhou Yuexiushan Stadium 18,000 3rd
Yanbian Longding South Korea Lee Ki-hyung Yanji Yanji Stadium 30,000 4th
Shijiazhuang Gongfu China Niu Hongli Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000 5th
Jiangxi Dingnan United China Mao Biao Dingnan Dingnan Youth Football Training Center 12,000 6th
Nantong Zhiyun South Korea Kim Dae-eui Rugao Rugao Olympic Sports Center 25,000 7th
Dalian K'un City China Zhang Yaokun Dalian Jinzhou Stadium 30,776 8th
Shaanxi Union Netherlands Henk Fraser Xi'an Xi'an International Football Center 60,235 9th
Suzhou Dongwu China Yu Yuanwei Suzhou Suzhou Sports Center 35,000 10th
Nanjing City Brazil Rodney Gonçalves Nanjing Wutaishan Stadium 22,000 11th
Ningbo China Li Weifeng Ningbo Ningbo Cixi Stadium (Cixi) 16,000 12th
Foshan Nanshi China Zhang Chiming Foshan Nanhai Sports Center 20,000 13th
Shenzhen Juniors Spain Ramiro Amarelle Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 44,050 14th
Guangxi Hengchen P China Liu Junwei Nanning Guangxi Sports Center 60,000 CL2, 1st
Qinzhou Sports Center (Qinzhou)
Wuxi Wugo P South Korea Kim Bong-gil Wuxi Jiangyin Sports Centre (Jiangyin) 30,161 CL2, 2nd
Yixing Sports Center (Yixing)

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Shaanxi Union Curaçao Giovanni Franken[11] Mutual consent 8 November 2025 Pre-season Netherlands Henk Fraser[12] 1 January 2026
Jiangxi Dingnan United China Liu Jianye[13][14] Chongqing Tonglianglong manager 13 December 2025 China Mao Biao[15] 14 December 2025
Dalian K'un City China Zhao Faqing[16] Mutual consent 14 December 2025 China Zhang Yaokun[16] 14 December 2025
Shenzhen Juniors China Zhang Jun [zh][17] Mutual consent 22 December 2025 Spain Ramiro Amarelle[18][19] 23 December 2025
Changchun Yatai Portugal Ricardo Soares[20] Mutual consent 31 December 2025 China Yan Feng[21] 1 January 2026
Suzhou Dongwu Spain Sergio Zarco Díaz Mutual consent 16 January 2026 China Yu Yuanwei[22] 16 January 2026
Ningbo Bulgaria Zoran Janković Mutual consent 26 January 2026 China Yang Lin[23] 26 January 2026
Meizhou Hakka China Qu Gang[24] Changchun Yatai team manager 1 January 2026 Switzerland Gino Lettieri[25] 26 January 2026
Foshan Nanshi China Zhang Xiaorui[25] Meizhou Hakka general manager 26 January 2026 China Zhang Chiming[26] 11 March 2026
Nanjing City China Zhang Xiaofeng[27] Moved to general manager 10 March 2026 Brazil Rodney Gonçalves[28] 14 March 2026
Ningbo China Yang Lin[29] Moved to technical director 6 April 2026 14 China Li Weifeng[30] 10 April 2026

Foreign players

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players name in italics indicates the player is out of squad or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan players1 Naturalised players Reserves players Former players
Changchun Yatai Austria Constantin Reiner Colombia Juan Camilo Salazar Norway Ohi Omoijuanfo Hong Kong Clement Benhaddouche
Dalian K'un City Burkina Faso Cyrille Bayala Norway Kristoffer Normann Hansen Zimbabwe Nyasha Mushekwi Chinese Taipei Wu Yen-shu Nigeria Sabir Isah Musa
Foshan Nanshi Brazil Gabriel Bispo Netherlands Rodney Antwi Senegal Mame Mor Ndiaye Hong Kong Nicholas Benavides
Guangdong GZ-Power Brazil Nikão Guinea Ousmane Camara Romania Alexandru Tudorie Chinese Taipei Wang Chien-ming
Guangxi Hengchen Democratic Republic of the Congo Noel Mbo Georgia (country) Rati Ardazishvili Madagascar Loïc Lapoussin Chinese Taipei Yu Yao-hsing
Jiangxi Dingnan United Brazil Daciel Brazil Erikys Colombia Manuel Palacios Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang Slovenia→China Marcel Petrov Portugal Tiago Fernandes
Spain David Mateos
Meizhou Hakka Cameroon Vinni Triboulet France Théo Pellenard Romania Patrick Popescu
Nantong Zhiyun Brazil Lucas Kal Bulgaria Aleksandar Kolev Democratic Republic of the Congo Aldo Kalulu Hong Kong Remi Dujardin South Korea→China Xu Hui2
Nanjing City Brazil Robertinho Brazil Zé Vitor Cameroon Jerome Ngom Mbekeli Hong Kong Wong Wai
Ningbo Brazil Léo Cittadini Brazil Leonardo Nigeria Viv Solomon-Otabor Brazil Magno Cruz
Nigeria Akinkunmi Amoo
Shaanxi Union Kosovo Astrit Selmani Netherlands Rayan El Azrak Syria Daleho Irandust Hong Kong Ma Hei Wai
Shenzhen Juniors Brazil Rodrigo Henrique Cameroon Paul Garita Serbia Rade Dugalić Hong Kong Leung Nok Hang
Shijiazhuang Gongfu Brazil Dominic Vinicius Brazil Higor Vidal Suriname Tyrone Conraad
Suzhou Dongwu Angola Estrela
Wuxi Wugo Bosnia and Herzegovina Tarik Isić Netherlands Nino Noordanus Uruguay Nicolás Albarracín
Yanbian Longding Brazil Giovanny Costa Rica Felicio Brown Forbes Portugal Joaquim Domingos Hong Kong Vas Nuñez
  • ^1 For Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese players, if they are non-naturalised and were registered as professional footballers in Hong Kong's, Macau's, or Chinese Taipei's football association for the first time, they are recognised as native players. Otherwise they are recognised as foreign players.
  • ^2 Naturalised players whose parents or grandparents were born in mainland China, thus are regarded as local players.

League table

Results

Home \ Away CCY DKC FSN GZP GXH JDU MZH NJC NTZ NIB SXU SZJ SJZ SZD WXW YBL
Changchun Yatai — – – 1–2 – – – – – – 2–1 – – 1–0 – –
Dalian K'un City – — – – – 1–1 – – – – – – – – – 1–2
Foshan Nanshi 1–3 – — 2–3 – – 0–1 – – – – – – – – –
Guangdong GZ-Power – – – — – – 3–0 – – 2–0 – – – – 1–0 –
Guangxi Hengchen – – – 1–0 — – – 1–0 – 2–1 – – – – – –
Jiangxi Dingnan United – – – – 2–1 — – 1–1 1–1 – – – – – – –
Meizhou Hakka – – – – 2–1 – — – – 0–3 – – – 1–2 – 0–3
Nanjing City 2–1 – – – – – – — – – – 1–3 – – – 0–0
Nantong Zhiyun – 1–0 – – – – – 1–0 — – – – 2–1 1–0 – –
Ningbo – – – – – – – – – — – 0–3 – – 2–3 –
Shaanxi Union – – – – – – – – 0–0 – — – 1–0 – – –
Shenzhen Juniors – – 0–3 – – – – – – – 1–0 — – – – 1–0
Shijiazhuang Gongfu 1–0 – 0–1 – – 1–2 – – – – – – — – – –
Suzhou Dongwu – 1–2 – – 1–0 0–1 – – – – – – – — – –
Wuxi Wugo – 2–3 2–0 – – – – – – – – 4–0 0–0 – — –
Yanbian Longding – – – – – – – – – 0–0 0–0 – – – – —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2026. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Guangdong GZ-Power223311
Nantong Zhiyun752132
Jiangxi Dingnan United546653
Shenzhen Juniors8105424
Wuxi Wugo311245
Yanbian Longding137566
Guangxi Hengchen984787
Dalian K'un City478978
Foshan Nanshi12131413149
Changchun Yatai16161514910
Shaanxi Union111210101111
Nanjing City66981012
Shijiazhuang Gongfu10911121313
Suzhou Dongwu131112151214
Meizhou Hakka151513111515
Ningbo141416161616
Leader and promotion to Super League
Promotion to Super League
Qualification to Relegation play-offs
Relegation to League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2026. Source: [citation needed]

Results by match played

References

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