# 2021 Chinese Women's Football League

The 2021 Chinese Women's Football League, officially known as the 2021 China Taiping Chinese Football Association Women's Football League (Chinese: 2021中国太平中国足球协会女子甲级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, was the 7th season in its current incarnation. In this season, all matches were held at the Dalian Youth Football Training Base, Dalian, Liaoning. It began on 27 July 2021 and concluded on 24 October 2021. In this season, the number of clubs was expanded from 7 to 11.

## Clubs
### Name changes

* Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao changed their name to Guangzhou.
* Hebei China Fortune changed their name to Hebei

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Head Coach | 2020 season |
| Hebei | Jiao Yuying | 1st |
| Shaanxi | Liu Huana | 2nd |
| Dalian Pro | Fan Yiying | 3rd |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Ye Zhijing | 4th |
| Chongqing Lander | Jia Jing | 5th |
| Guangzhou | Li Kun | 6th |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | Gao Fulin | 7th |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | Qiu Jingwei | League Two, 1st |
| Qingdao Huanghai | Nie Chao | League Two, 2nd |
| Tianjin Shengde | Liu Bing | League Two, 3rd |
| China U-17 | Wang Anzhi | Invited team |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shaanxi (C, P) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 30 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Guangzhou | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 22 | Qualification for Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Chongqing Lander | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 20 | |
| 4 | Dalian Pro | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 19 | |
| 5 | Tianjin Shengde | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 19 | |
| 6 | Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 14 | |
| 7 | China U-17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 13 | |
| 8 | Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 10 | |
| 9 | Hebei | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 8 | |
| 10 | Qingdao Huanghai | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 52 | −47 | 3 | |
| 11 | Yunnan Jiashijing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 34 | −30 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Dalian Pro finished ahead of Tianjin Shengde on head-to-head points: Dalian Pro 2–0 Tianjin Shengde.

## Results

| Home \ Away | CHN | CQL | DLP | DHU | GZH | HEB | QDH | SHX | SHS | TJS | YNJ |
| China U-17 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | | | 3–0 | 9–0 | | | | 4–0 |
| Chongqing Lander | | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | | 0–2 | |
| Dalian Pro | | | | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | | | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 0–2 | | | | 0–4 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | |
| Guangzhou | 6–0 | | | | | | 7–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Hebei | | | | 0–0 | 1–3 | | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | |
| Qingdao Huanghai | | 0–3 | 0–2 | | | 1–9 | | | | 0–8 | 4–2 |
| Shaanxi | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | | 5–0 | | | | 2–0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 4–1 | 0–0 | | | | | 4–0 | 0–3 | | | 2–0 |
| Tianjin Shengde | 1–0 | | | 3–2 | 0–1 | | | 0–3 | 0–0 | | |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | | 0–4 | | | | 0–3 | |

## 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 |
| Shaanxi | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Guangzhou | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chongqing Lander | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Dalian Pro | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Tianjin Shengde | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| China U-17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Hebei | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Qingdao Huanghai | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
* Leader and promotion to Super League
* Qualification for Promotion play-offs

## Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| China U-17 | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | N | W |
| Chongqing Lander | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | N | W | W |
| Dalian Pro | W | D | D | L | N | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | L | L | W | N | W | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Guangzhou | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | N |
| Hebei | N | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L |
| Qingdao Huanghai | L | L | L | W | L | N | L | L | L | L | L |
| Shaanxi | W | W | N | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Shanghai Shenhua | W | D | W | W | L | L | N | D | L | W | L |
| Tianjin Shengde | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | N | W | W | L |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | L | N | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |