# 2020 China League Two

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. 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

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.

## Clubs
### Stadiums and Locations

| Team | 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 | 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 | 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 | Tang Bo | Nanjing | | | CMCL, 1st |
| Shenzhen Bogang | Zhang Bing | Shenzhen | | | CMCL, 2nd |
| Xi'an UKD | Huang Hongyi | Xi'an | | | CMCL, 4th |
| Shanghai Jiading Boji | Wang Hongliang | Shanghai | Jiading Stadium | 9,704 | CMCL, 5th (Relegation play-offs winner) |
| Yunnan Kunlu | Shi Jun (caretaker) | Kunming | Qujing Cultural Sports Park Stadium | 34,162 | 31st |
| Shanxi Longjin | Wang Qing (caretaker) | Taiyuan | Shanxi Sports Centre Stadium | 62,000 | 32nd |
| Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai | Zhou Xin | Qingdao | | | CMCL, 8th |
| China U19 | Cheng Yaodong | | | | |

### 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 (D) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 10 | Dissolved after season |
| 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 (R, R) | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 5 | Qualification to relegation play-offs and dissolved after season |
* 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. (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

### 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 | |

### 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 |
| 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

### Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 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 |

## 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 |
* 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 | | | | |

### 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 |
| 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

### Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 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 |

## 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 |

### Second leg

Zibo Cuju won 2–0 on aggregate.
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
## Final
### Overview

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

### Match
## 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 |

### Second leg

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 |
| 3 | Wang Minjie | Beijing BIT | 4 |
| 3 | Li Kai | Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai | 4 |
| 3 | Sun Yue | Shanghai Jiading Boji | 4 |
| 3 | Sang Yifei | Wuhan Three Towns | 4 |
| 8 | Duan Dezhi | China U19 | 3 |
| 8 | Wu Dingmao | Xi'an UKD | 3 |
| 8 | Xu Xin | Xi'an UKD | 3 |
| 8 | Li Sichen | Beijing BIT | 3 |
| 8 | Zhang Bin | Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai | 3 |
| 8 | Chen Jiaqi | Qingdao Jonoon | 3 |
| 8 | Lu Jingsen | Shenzhen Bogang | 3 |
| 8 | Xu Bin | Shanghai Jiading Boji | 3 |
| 8 | Zhang Zongzheng | Qingdao Red Lions | 3 |
| 8 | Zhang Fengyu | Zibo Cuju | 3 |
| 8 | Wang Jian | Beijing BIT | 3 |
| 8 | Qu Cheng | Wuhan Three Towns | 3 |