2020 China League Two

China League Two
Season	2020
Dates	24 October – 12 December 2020
Champions	Wuhan Three Towns
Promoted	Wuhan Three Towns; Zibo Cuju; Nanjing City; Beijing BIT
Matches played	108
Goals scored	222 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yu Zengpin; (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Wuhan Three Towns 4–0 Shanxi Longjin; (11 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli 0–4 Beijing BIT; (11 November 2020); Hunan Billows 0–4 Hubei Chufeng United; (30 November 2020)
Highest scoring	Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei 3–3 Qingdao Jonoon; (11 November 2020)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Nanjing Fengfan; Zibo Cuju
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; Nanjing Fengfan
Longest winless run	12 matches; Shanxi Longjin
Longest losing run	12 matches; Shanxi Longjin
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 31st season since its establishment in 1989. The season was scheduled to begin on 14 March and end on 17 October 2020, but was postponed following the coronavirus pandemic in China.^[1] On 12 October 2020, Chinese Football Association announced that the season would be resumed on 24 October 2020. In this season, 21 teams were split into two groups.

Team changes

To League Two

Teams promoted from 2019 Chinese Champions League

From League Two

Teams promoted to 2020 China League One

Disqualified or dissolved entries

Heze Caozhou and Nanjing Balanta gained entries to 2020 China League Two but both withdrew before the season starts.

Name changes

Shanxi Metropolis F.C. changed their name to Shanxi Longjin in March 2020.^[5]

Clubs

Stadiums and Locations

Team^[6]	Head Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2019 season
Hebei Aoli Jingying	Zhang Xu	Qinhuangdao	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	33,572	5th
Zibo Cuju	Hou Zhiqiang	Zibo	Zibo Sports Center Stadium	45,000	7th
Wuhan Three Towns	Albert Garcia Xicota	Wuhan	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre	20,000	11th
Qingdao Jonoon	Dragoslav Milenković (caretaker)	Qingdao	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium	20,525	14th
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	Zhang Zhiyue (caretaker)	Yancheng	Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre	10,000	15th
Zhejiang Yiteng	Liu Hongyi	Shaoxing	China Textile City Sports Center	40,000	16th
Hubei Chufeng United	Luíz Felipe	Wuhan (playing in Xiaogan)	Xiaogan Sports Centre Stadium	27,000	19th
Beijing BIT	Yu Fei	Beijing	BIT Eastern Athletic Field	5,000	20th
Qingdao Red Lions	Javier Muñoz Sanchez	Laixi	Laixi Sports Center Stadium	15,000	24th
Guangxi Baoyun	Han Zhenyuan	Liuzhou	Liuzhou Sports Center	35,000	27th
Hunan Billows	Wang Chen	Changsha (playing in Yiyang)	Yiyang Olympic Sports Park Stadium	30,000	28th
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei	Zoran Maricic	Baotou	Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	40,545	29th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Xi'an Daxing Chongde	Jiang Nan (caretaker)	Xi'an	Northwestern Polytechnical University (Chang'an Campus) Stadium	N/A	30th
Nanjing Fengfan ^P	Tang Bo	Nanjing			CMCL, 1st
Shenzhen Bogang ^P	Zhang Bing	Shenzhen			CMCL, 2nd
Xi'an UKD ^P	Huang Hongyi	Xi'an			CMCL, 4th
Shanghai Jiading Boji ^P	Wang Hongliang	Shanghai	Jiading Stadium	9,704	CMCL, 5th (Relegation play-offs winner)
Yunnan Kunlu	Shi Jun (caretaker)	Kunming (playing in Qujing)	Qujing Cultural Sports Park Stadium	34,162	31st
Shanxi Longjin	Wang Qing (caretaker)	Taiyuan	Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium	62,000	32nd
Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai ^P	Zhou Xin	Qingdao			CMCL, 8th
China U19	Cheng Yaodong

Clubs Locations

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Guangxi Baoyun	Yang Lin	Signed by Xiamen Qudian	19 December 2019	Zhang Enhua	19 December 2019
Qingdao Jonoon	Dragoslav Milenković	End of tenure as a caretaker	23 December 2019	Zhu Jiong	23 December 2019
Shenzhen Bogang	Li Haiqiang	Mutual consent	23 April 2020	Zhang Bing	23 April 2020
Xi'an Daxing Chongde	Bojan Pavlović	Signed by Shanxi Longjin	13 May 2020	Liu Zhaojie	13 May 2020
Shanxi Longjin	Vom Ca-nhum	Signed by Chinese Taipei national football team	13 May 2020	Bojan Pavlović	13 May 2020
Hunan Billows	Tang Jing	Signed by Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	2 June 2020	Wang Chen	2 June 2020
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	Huang Yong	Signed by Liuzhou Ranko	2 June 2020	Tang Jing	2 June 2020
Yunnan Kunlu	He Yunqun	End of tenure as a caretaker	9 June 2020	Zhang Biao	9 June 2020
Hebei Aoli Jingying	Vila	Mutual consent	9 July 2020	Zhang Xu	9 July 2020
Xi'an Daxing Chongde	Liu Zhaojie	Resigned	16 July 2020	Jiang Nan	16 July 2020
Guangxi Baoyun	Zhang Enhua	Resigned	7 August 2020	Zhao Changhong	7 August 2020
Qingdao Jonoon	Zhu Jiong	Sacked	3 November 2020	Dragoslav Milenković	3 November 2020
Guangxi Baoyun	Zhao Changhong	Sacked	18 November 2020	Han Zhenyuan	18 November 2020
Nanjing Fengfan	Yin Youyou	Mutual consent	October/November 2020	Tang Bo	October/November 2020

Group A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nanjing Fengfan (P)	9	8	1	0	16	4	+12	25	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Beijing BIT (P)	9	5	3	1	15	6	+9	18	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Qingdao Jonoon	9	4	4	1	14	7	+7	16
4	Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai	9	4	2	3	11	9	+2	14
5	Shenzhen Bogang	9	2	4	3	11	15	−4	10
6	Xi'an Daxing Chongde	9	2	4	3	8	10	−2	10
7	Qingdao Red Lions	9	1	5	3	4	7	−3	8
8	Hebei Aoli Jingying	9	1	3	5	5	9	−4	6
9	Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei	9	0	5	4	6	13	−7	5
10	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli (O)	9	0	5	4	4	14	−10	5	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	BIT	HBE	IMC	JYD	NJF	QDJ	QDR	QDZ	SZB	XAD
Beijing BIT		2–1	0–0				2–0	2–0	2–1
Hebei Aoli Jingying				1–0	0–1	0–1				0–1
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei		0–0			0–2	3–3		0–2	1–3
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	0–4		1–1			0–2			1–1	2–2
Nanjing Fengfan	1–0			3–0		2–1				2–0
Qingdao Jonoon	1–1						0–0	2–0	4–1	0–0
Qingdao Red Lions		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2
Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai		2–1		0–0	1–2		1–0			1–1
Shenzhen Bogang		1–1			1–1		0–0	1–4
Xi'an Daxing Chongde	2–2		1–0				0–1		1–2

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Team ╲ Round
Nanjing Fengfan	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Beijing BIT	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2
Qingdao Jonoon	7	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai	4	8	5	6	4	5	4	4	4
Shenzhen Bogang	5	3	3	4	5	6	7	5	5
Xi'an Daxing Chongde	6	6	6	5	6	4	5	6	6
Qingdao Red Lions	8	5	7	7	7	7	6	7	7
Hebei Aoli Jingying	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei	10	7	8	9	8	8	8	9	9
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	3	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10

	Qualification to promotion play-offs
	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Team ╲ Round
Beijing BIT	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D
Hebei Aoli Jingying	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D
Inner Mongolia Caoshangfei	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	D
Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D
Nanjing Fengfan	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Qingdao Jonoon	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L
Qingdao Red Lions	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	D
Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W
Shenzhen Bogang	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L
Xi'an Daxing Chongde	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wuhan Three Towns (P)	10	8	0	2	18	5	+13	24	Qualification to promotion play-offs
2	Zibo Cuju (P)	10	7	1	2	14	8	+6	22	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Hubei Chufeng United	10	6	0	4	11	9	+2	18
4	Shanghai Jiading Boji	10	5	2	3	10	5	+5	17
5	Yunnan Kunlu	10	4	3	3	8	6	+2	15
6	Zhejiang Yiteng	10	3	5	2	9	9	0	14
7	China U-19	10	4	1	5	12	10	+2	13
8	Xi'an UKD	10	3	4	3	10	11	−1	13
9	Hunan Billows	10	4	0	6	10	17	−7	12
10	Guangxi Baoyun	10	2	2	6	8	13	−5	8
11	Shanxi Longjin (O)	10	0	0	10	4	21	−17	0	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification:

During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	CHN	GXB	HBC	HNB	SJB	SXL	WHT	UKD	YNK	ZJY	ZBC
China U-19		2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1				0–1
Guangxi Baoyun							0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0
Hubei Chufeng United		3–2			0–3			0–1		0–1	1–0
Hunan Billows		2–3	0–4		1–0	2–1					0–1
Shanghai Jiading Boji		1–0				2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Shanxi Longjin	0–2	0–1	0–1					0–2	1–2	0–3
Wuhan Three Towns	1–2		2–0	3–0		4–0			1–0
Xi'an UKD	0–3			2–1			1–2				1–2
Yunnan Kunlu			0–1	0–1				1–1		1–1	2–0
Zhejiang Yiteng	1–1			2–1	0–2		0–3	0–0			1–1
Zibo Cuju	3–1	1–0			2–1	2–1	2–0

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Team ╲ Round
Wuhan Three Towns	5	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Zibo Cuju	10	4	5	3	5	6	4	2	2	2	2
Hubei Chufeng United	4	7	7	9	9	10	8	4	3	3	3
Shanghai Jiading Boji	1	2	2	2	1	3	3	6	8	4	4
Yunnan Kunlu	3	3	6	6	3	2	2	5	7	6	5
Zhejiang Yiteng	11	9	8	8	8	5	5	8	9	5	6
China U-19	7	11	11	10	10	9	6	3	4	7	7
Xi'an UKD	6	8	9	7	4	8	9	7	6	8	8
Hunan Billows	2	5	3	5	7	4	7	9	5	9	9
Guangxi Baoyun	9	6	4	4	6	7	10	10	10	10	10
Shanxi Longjin	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Qualification to promotion play-offs
	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Team ╲ Round
China U-19	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	N
Guangxi Baoyun	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	N	L
Hubei Chufeng United	W	L	N	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W
Hunan Billows	W	L	W	N	L	W	L	L	W	L	L
Shanghai Jiading Boji	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	N	W	W
Shanxi Longjin	L	N	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Wuhan Three Towns	W	W	W	L	N	W	W	W	L	W	W
Xi'an UKD	N	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D
Yunnan Kunlu	W	D	L	D	W	W	N	L	L	W	D
Zhejiang Yiteng	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	N	D	W	L
Zibo Cuju	L	W	D	W	L	N	W	W	W	W	W

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion play-offs

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zibo Cuju	2–0	Nanjing Fengfan	2–0	0–0
Beijing BIT	1–2	Wuhan Three Towns	1–2	0–0

First leg

5 December 2020

15:00 UTC+8

Zibo Cuju	2–0	Nanjing Fengfan
Xie Wenneng 10' Zhang Fengyu 64'

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 16, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ma Li

5 December 2020

15:00 UTC+8

Beijing BIT	1–2	Wuhan Three Towns
Wang Jian 27'		Deng Zhuoxiang 26' Nie Aoshuang 49'

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 5, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Liu Wei

Second leg

9 December 2020

15:00 UTC+8

Nanjing Fengfan	0–0	Zibo Cuju

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 16, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Zhang Xiaochen

Zibo Cuju won 2–0 on aggregate.

9 December 2020

15:00 UTC+8

Wuhan Three Towns	0–0	Beijing BIT

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 5, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Li Zheng

Wuhan Three Towns won 2–1 on aggregate.

3rd–4th place playoff

Overview

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nanjing Fengfan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Beijing BIT

Match

12 December 2020

14:00 UTC+8

Nanjing Fengfan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Beijing BIT
Jiang Shichao 44' Yu Zengpin 109' (pen.)		Tan Dinghao 23'

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 5, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Liu Wei

Final

Overview

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zibo Cuju	1–1 (4–5 p)	Wuhan Three Towns

Match

12 December 2020

15:00 UTC+8

Zibo Cuju	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Wuhan Three Towns
Du Yuxin 68'	Match report	Qu Cheng 75'
Penalties
Wang Boren Zhou Jiahao Sun Enming Men Yang Ling Sihao	4–5	Deng Zhuoxiang Su Di Nie Aoshuang Xiong Fei Zhou Liao

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 12, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ma Li

Relegation play-offs

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shanxi Longjin	1–3	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	0–1	1–2

First leg

6 December 2020

15:00 UTC+8

Shanxi Longjin	0–1	Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli
		Ma Jun 89' (pen.)

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 2, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Liu Zhao

Second leg

10 December 2020

15:00 UTC+8

Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli	2–1	Shanxi Longjin
Ma Jun 54' Li Chao 62'		Yan Tengfei 59'

Haigeng Football Training Base Field 2, Kunming

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kou Jianxun

Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

As of 12 December 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yu Zengpin	Nanjing Fengfan	7
2	Shi Jun	Yunnan Kunlu	5
3	Tan Xiang	Hunan Billows	4
	Wang Minjie	Beijing BIT	4
	Li Kai	Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai	4
	Sun Yue	Shanghai Jiading Boji	4
	Sang Yifei	Wuhan Three Towns	4
8	Duan Dezhi	China U19	3
	Wu Dingmao	Xi'an UKD	3
	Xu Xin	Xi'an UKD	3
	Li Sichen	Beijing BIT	3
	Zhang Bin	Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai	3
	Chen Jiaqi	Qingdao Jonoon	3
	Lu Jingsen	Shenzhen Bogang	3
	Xu Bin	Shanghai Jiading Boji	3
	Zhang Zongzheng	Qingdao Red Lions	3
	Zhang Fengyu	Zibo Cuju	3
	Wang Jian	Beijing BIT	3
	Qu Cheng	Wuhan Three Towns	3

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