# 2010 China League One

The 2010 China League One is the seventh season since the establishment.

## Teams

After 2009 season, Liaoning Whowin and Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan were promoted to Chinese Super League 2010 and Sichuan F.C. were relegated to China League Two 2010. They were replaced by Hunan Billows and Hubei Luyin which promoted from League Two 2009, Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C. who relegated from Super League 2009. Beijing Baxy&Shengshi took over Beijing Hongdeng and take their position within the division.
Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C., who finished in 7th and 9th place in Super League 2009, were relegated from the top flight for match-fixing scandals, while Qingdao Hailifeng, who finished in 10th place in League One 2009, were banned from all future national matches organized by the CFA for the same reason.
On 21 July 2010, Guangzhou Evergrande trounced Nanjing Yoyo 10-0 at Century Lotus Stadium, setting a new record in Chinese professional football league for biggest ever League win in the process.
On 25 September 2010, Guangzhou Evergrande and Chengdu Blades promoted to the Chinese Super League for the 2011 season after Hubei Luyin draw 1-1 with Shanghai Zobon. On 23 October, Nanjing Yoyo relegated to China League Two after a 5-0 home defeat to Guangzhou Evergrande.

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former Players |
| Anhui Jiufang | Márcio | Yordan Varbanov | Matthew Mendy | | |
| Beijing Baxy&Shengshi | Vlado Jeknić | John Krause | | | |
| Beijing BIT | Raphael Maitimo | Lim Jong-wook | | | |
| Chengdu Tiancheng | Johnson Macaba | Brendon Santalab | Harison | | Tiago Prado |
| Guangdong Sunray Cave | Giovane | Joel | Mahama Awal | | Guy Madjo |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | Eduardo Delani | Muriqui | Charles Gbeke | Gabriel Melkam | John Tambouras |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande (C, P) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 57 | Promotion to Chinese Super League |
| 2 | Chengdu Blades (P) | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 56 | Promotion to Chinese Super League |
| 3 | Yanbian F.C. | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 40 | |
| 4 | Shanghai East Asia | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 37 | |
| 5 | Hubei Luyin | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 37 | |
| 6 | Hunan Billows | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 35 | |
| 7 | Shenyang Dongjin | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | Beijing Baxy&Shengshi | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 28 | |
| 9 | Anhui Jiufang | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 24 | |
| 10 | Shanghai Zobon | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 23 | |
| 11 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 22 | |
| 12 | Beijing BIT | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 18 | |
| 13 | Nanjing Yoyo (R) | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 62 | −43 | 14 | Disbanded after season |
* 1 2 Shanghai, 4 pts; Hubei, 1 pt
* ↑ Beijing Baxy&Shengshi were given a 6-point deduction for late payment of wages.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AH | BJB | BJT | CD | GD | GZ | HB | HN | NJ | SHZ | SHE | SY | YB |
| Anhui Jiufang | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Beijing Baxy&Shengshi | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Beijing BIT | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Chengdu Blades | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Guangdong Sunray Cave | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 10–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Hubei Luyin | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Hunan Billows | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Nanjing Yoyo | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–6 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Shanghai Zobon | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Shanghai East Asia | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Shenyang Dongjin | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 |
| Yanbian F.C. | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Top scorers

Updated to games played on 30 October 2010.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gao Lin | Guangzhou Evergrande | 20 |
| 2 | Ye Weichao | Guangdong Sunray Cave | 14 |
| 3 | Jean-Paul Lutula | Yanbian F.C. | 13 |
| 3 | Muriqui | Guangzhou Evergrande | 13 |
| 5 | Johnson Macaba | Chengdu Blades | 12 |
| 5 | Giovane da Silva | Guangdong Sunray Cave | 12 |
| 7 | Charles Gbeke | Guangzhou Evergrande | 9 |
| 7 | Wu Lei | Shanghai East Asia | 9 |
| 9 | Lu Bin | Beijing BIT | 7 |
| 9 | Mitchel Brown | Hunan Billows | 7 |
| 9 | Anderson Luiz | Shenyang Dongjin | 7 |
| 9 | Tiago Honório | Chengdu Blades | 7 |