# 2025 China League One

The 2025 China Resources Beverage Chinese Football League 1 (Chinese: 2025华润饮料中国足球甲级联赛) is the 22nd season of China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004.

## Clubs
### Club changes
#### Name changes

* Guangxi Pingguo Haliao F.C. changed their name to Guangxi Pingguo in January 2025.
* Heilongjiang Ice City F.C. relocated to Dingnan County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, and changed their name to Jiangxi Dingnan United in February 2025.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Head coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2024 season |
| Nantong Zhiyun | Yoshiyuki Shinoda | Rugao | Rugao Olympic Sports Center | 25,000 | CSL, 16th |
| Liaoning Tieren | Li Jinyu | Shenyang | Shenyang Olympic Sports Centre Stadium | 60,000 | 4th |
| Liaoning Tieren | Li Jinyu | Shenyang | Tiexi New District Sports Center | 30,000 | 4th |
| Chongqing Tonglianglong | Salva Suay | Chongqing | Tongliang Long Stadium | 20,000 | 5th |
| Shijiazhuang Gongfu | Zhang Hui | Shijiazhuang | Yutong International Sports Center | 38,000 | 6th |
| Suzhou Dongwu | Kim Dae-eui | Suzhou | Suzhou Sports Center | 35,000 | 7th |
| Guangxi Pingguo | Zhou Lin | Pingguo | Pingguo Stadium | 30,000 | 8th |
| Nanjing City | Zhang Xiaofeng | Nanjing | Wutaishan Stadium | 22,000 | 9th |
| Foshan Nanshi | Joan Esteva | Foshan | Nanhai Sports Center | 20,000 | 10th |
| Shanghai Jiading Huilong | Duan Xin | Shanghai | Jiading Stadium | 9,704 | 11th |
| Yanbian Longding | Lee Ki-hyung | Yanji | Yanji Stadium | 30,000 | 12th |
| Jiangxi Dingnan United | Liu Jianye | Dingnan | Dingnan Youth Football Training Center | 12,000 | 13th |
| Qingdao Red Lions | Ma Yongkang | Qingdao | Qingdao Tiantai Stadium | 20,525 | 14th |
| Guangdong GZ-Power | Li Bing | Guangzhou | Yuexiushan Stadium | 18,000 | CL2, 1st |
| Guangdong GZ-Power | Li Bing | Guangzhou | Huadu Stadium | 13,394 | CL2, 1st |
| Dalian K'un City | Óscar Céspedes | Dalian | Jinzhou Stadium | 30,776 | CL2, 2nd |
| Shenzhen Juniors | Zhang Jun | Shenzhen |
| Shenzhen Juniors | Zhang Jun | Shenzhen | Longhua Cultural and Sports Center | 2,364 | CL2, 3rd |
| Shenzhen Juniors | Zhang Jun | Shenzhen | Bao'an Stadium | 44,050 | CL2, 3rd |
| Shenzhen Juniors | Zhang Jun | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base [zh] Centre Stadium | 10,000 | CL2, 3rd |
| Shaanxi Union | Giovanni Franken | Xi'an | Weinan Sports Center Stadium (Weinan) | 32,000 | CL2, 4th |

### 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 players | Naturalised players |
| Chongqing Tonglianglong | Leonardo | Rimvydas Sadauskas | José Ángel Carrillo | Ng Yu Hei | |
| Dalian K'un City | Sabir Musa | Andrej Kotnik | Nyasha Mushekwi | Wu Yen-shu | |
| Foshan Nanshi | Carlos Fortes | Mario Maslać | Nicolás Albarracín | Yu Yao-hsing | |
| Guangdong GZ-Power | Farley Rosa | João Carlos | Nikão | Wang Chien-ming | |
| Guangxi Pingguo | Aristote Nkaka | Mateus Lima | Samuel Asamoah | | |
| Jiangxi Dingnan United | Erikys | Tiago Fernandes | David Mateos | | → Xu Hui |
| Liaoning Tieren | Felipe | Guy Mbenza | Takahiro Kunimoto | Ange Kouamé | |
| Nantong Zhiyun | Prince Lucky Ukachukwu | Aleksandar Paločević | Igor Ivanović | | |
| Nanjing City | Tarik Isić | Moses Ogbu | Jucie Lupeta | Alexandre Dujardin | |
| Qingdao Red Lions | Leandro Alves | Rivaldinho | João Nóbrega | Chen Hao-wei | |
| Shaanxi Union | Oussama Darfalou | Constantin Reiner | Rayan El Azrak | | |
| Shanghai Jiading Huilong | Magno Cruz | Ashley Coffey | Akinkunmi Amoo | | |
| Shenzhen Juniors | Mayingila Nzuzi Mata | Joel Nouble | Milan Marčić | | |
| Shijiazhuang Gongfu | Dankler | Olávio | José Ayoví | Yu Joy Yin | |
| Suzhou Dongwu | Estrela | Aleksandar Andrejević | Nemanja Čović | | |
| Yanbian Longding | Felicio Brown Forbes | Chris Ondong Mba | Joaquim Domingos | | |
* ^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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Guangdong GZ-Power | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Liaoning Tieren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Dalian K'un City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Shenzhen Juniors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Nantong Zhiyun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Shijiazhuang Gongfu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Jiangxi Dingnan United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Chongqing Tonglianglong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Qingdao Red Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Suzhou Dongwu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Shaanxi Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Nanjing City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Foshan Nanshi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Shanghai Jiading Huilong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Guangxi Pingguo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Relegation to League Two |
| 16 | Yanbian Longding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | Relegation to League Two |
* During season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Rankings in the previous season. (Rules 2 to 4 are only applied when teams concerned have finished both/all the matches against others.)
* After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card = 3 points); 8) Drawing of lots.

## Results

| Home \ Away | CQT | DKC | FSN | GZP | GXP | JDU | LNT | NJC | NTZ | QRL | SXU | SJH | SZJ | SJZ | SZD | YBL |
| Chongqing Tonglianglong | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1–1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dalian K'un City | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Foshan Nanshi | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Guangdong GZ-Power | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4–0 |
| Guangxi Pingguo | – | – | – | – | — | – | 0–3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jiangxi Dingnan United | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2–2 | – | – |
| Liaoning Tieren | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nanjing City | – | 1–2 | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nantong Zhiyun | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | 1–0 | – | – | – | – |
| Qingdao Red Lions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shaanxi Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shanghai Jiading Huilong | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – |
| Shenzhen Juniors | – | – | 2–1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – |
| Shijiazhuang Gongfu | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – |
| Suzhou Dongwu | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0–0 | – | – | – | — | – |
| Yanbian Longding | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — |

## 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 |
| Guangdong GZ-Power | 1 |
| Liaoning Tieren | 2 |
| Dalian K'un City | 3 |
| Shenzhen Juniors | 4 |
| Nantong Zhiyun | 5 |
| Shijiazhuang Gongfu | 6 |
| Jiangxi Dingnan United | 7 |
| Chongqing Tonglianglong | 8 |
| Qingdao Red Lions | 9 |
| Suzhou Dongwu | 10 |
| Shaanxi Union | 11 |
| Nanjing City | 12 |
| Foshan Nanshi | 13 |
| Shanghai Jiading Huilong | 14 |
| Guangxi Pingguo | 15 |
| Yanbian Longding | 16 |
* Leader and promotion to Super League
* Promotion to Super League
* Relegation to League Two

## Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 |
| Chongqing Tonglianglong | D |
| Dalian K'un City | W |
| Foshan Nanshi | L |
| Guangdong GZ-Power | W |
| Guangxi Pingguo | L |
| Jiangxi Dingnan United | D |
| Liaoning Tieren | W |
| Nanjing City | L |
| Nantong Zhiyun | W |
| Qingdao Red Lions | D |
| Shaanxi Union | D |
| Shanghai Jiading Huilong | L |
| Shenzhen Juniors | W |
| Shijiazhuang Gongfu | D |
| Suzhou Dongwu | D |
| Yanbian Longding | L |