# 2012 China League Two

The 2012 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 23rd season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are total 26 teams participating in the league with 13 teams in each group. The league is made up of two stages, the group stage and the play-off. The Group Stage is a double round-robin format. Each team in the group will play the other teams twice, home and away. It will start on April 20 and end on September 28. The Play-off Stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the Play-off will qualify for promotion to 2013 China League One.

## Team Changes
### Promotion and relegation

Harbin Songbei Yiteng as the 2011 season champion and Chongqing F.C. as runner-up earned promotion to the 2012 China League One. The 3rd-placed team Fujian Smart Hero was also promoted to 2012 China League One after winning the play-off match against Guizhou Zhicheng, who finished in last place in the 2011 China League One.
Guizhou Zhicheng were relegated from 2011 China League One to 2012 China League Two South Group as the last placed team after losing the play-off match against the 3rd-placed team of 2011 China League Two Fujian Smart Hero.

### Name Changes

Sichuan Dujiangyan Symbol moved to Xi'an in January 2012 and changed their name to Shaanxi Daqin.

### New entries

There are 15 new teams participating in 2012 China League Two. They are Beijing Youth, Beijing Sangao, Beijing Yitong Kuche, Hebei Youth, Jiangsu HHU, Qinghai Senke, Shaanxi Laochenggen, Shanxi Jiayi, Xinjiang Begonia, Chongqing Youth, Hubei China-Kyle, Jiangxi Liansheng, Kunming Ruilong, Shenzhen Fengpeng and Shenzhen Main Sports.
* Tianjin Huochetou did not participate in 2011 China League Two. They had participated in 2010 China League Two North Group and qualified for the Play-off First Round as the 3rd-placed team in the group. However they were defeated by Guizhou Zhicheng F.C. in the Play-off First Round and failed to gain promotion to 2011 China League One.

## Clubs

| Groups | Club | Head Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2011 season |
| North | Beijing Youth | Zhang Jianguo | Beijing | Shijingshan Stadium | 20,000 | |
| North | Beijing Sangao | Li Hui | Beijing | Haidian Stadium | 5,000 | |
| North | Beijing Yitong Kuche | Yang Zheng | Beijing | Beijing Fengtai Stadium | 31,043 | |
| North | Hebei Youth | Wei Yuanhao | Shijiazhuang | Yutong International Sports Center | 38,000 | |
| North | Hebei Zhongji | Zhang Yandong | Shijiazhuang | Yutong International Sports Center | 38,000 | North 5th |
| North | Qinghai Youth | Liang Jinning | Xining | Xining Ximen Stadium | | North 8th |
| North | Qinghai Senke | Song Lihui | Xining | Xining Ximen Stadium | | CAFL 11th |
| North | Shandong Youth | Hu Yijun | Weifang | Luneng Taishan Football School | 4,000 | North 3rd |
| North | Shanxi Jiayi | Wu Jianwen | Taiyuan | Wanbailin Stadium Taiyuan Institute of Electrical Engineering Stadium (Round 14–19) | | |
| North | Shaanxi Laochenggen | Zhang Yuede | Xi'an | Shaanxi Province Stadium | 50,100 | North 6th |
| North | Shanghai Zobon | Cheng Yaodong | Shanghai | Jinshan Sports Centre | 30,000 | South 5th |
| North | Tianjin Huochetou | Su Wei | Tianjin | Tianjin Huochetou Stadium | 12,000 | |
| North | Xinjiang Begonia | Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy | Ürümqi | Xinjiang Sports Centre | 50,000 | |
| South | Chongqing Youth | Jia Jin | Chongqing | Nanchuan Stadium | 20,000 | |
| South | Dongguan Nancheng | Goran Paulić | Dongguan | Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium (Round 16–26) | 20,000 20,000 | South 4th |
| South | Guangdong Youth | Guo Yijun | Foshan | Century Lotus Stadium | 36,686 | South 7th |
| South | Guizhou Zhicheng | Liu Zhicai | Guiyang | Guizhou Provincial Stadium | 18,000 | CL1, 14th |
| South | Hubei China-Kyle | Li Jun | Huangshi | Huangshi Stadium Jingmen Stadium(Round 24) | 15,000 4,000 | |
| South | Hubei Youth | Hu Yijun | Wuhan | Jianghan'erqiao Athlete Training Base | | South 10th |
| South | Jiangsu HHU | Zhu Jinxing | Nanjing | Hohai University Jiangning Campus Football Field | |
| South | Jiangxi Liansheng | Gu Mingchang | Nanchang | Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center | 50,000 | CAFL 2nd |
| South | Kunming Ruilong | Gao Fulin | Kunming | Kunming Stadium | 20,000 | |
| South | Shaanxi Daqin | Shang Qing | Xi'an | Shaanxi Province Stadium | 50,100 | South 3rd |
| South | Shenzhen Fengpeng | Zhang Jun | Shenzhen | University Town of Shenzhen Stadium | 15,942 | |
| South | Shenzhen Main Sports | Wei Haili | Shenzhen | Shenzhen Stadium | 32,500 | |
| South | Sichuan F.C. | Sun Bowei | Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan) | Dujiangyan Sport Center | 12,700 | South 11th |

## Group Stage Standings
### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hebei Zhongji (Q) | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 10 | +39 | 59 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 2 | Qinghai Senke (Q) | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 52 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 3 | Beijing Yitong Kuche (Q) | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 50 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 4 | Shaanxi Laochenggen (Q) | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 5 | Xinjiang Begonia | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 41 | |
| 6 | Shanghai Zobon | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 40 | |
| 7 | Beijing Youth | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 35 | |
| 8 | Beijing Sangao | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 29 | |
| 9 | Shanxi Jiayi | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 28 | |
| 10 | Shandong Youth | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 22 | |
| 11 | Tianjin Huochetou | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 17 | |
| 12 | Hebei Youth | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 46 | −28 | 13 | |
| 13 | Qinghai Youth | 24 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 95 | −85 | 3 | |

### South Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guizhou Zhicheng (C, Q, P) | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 54 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 2 | Shenzhen Fengpeng (Q) | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 47 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 3 | Kunming Ruilong (Q) | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 46 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 4 | Hubei China-Kyle (Q, P) | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 44 | Qualification for Play-offs |
| 5 | Shaanxi Daqin | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 42 | |
| 6 | Dongguan Nancheng | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 40 | |
| 7 | Guangdong Youth | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 35 | |
| 8 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 30 | |
| 9 | Shenzhen Main Sports | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 28 | |
| 10 | Sichuan F.C. | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 19 | |
| 11 | Jiangsu HHU | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 18 | |
| 12 | Hubei Youth | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 14 | |
| 13 | Chongqing Youth | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 13 | |

## Group Stage Results
### North Group

| Home \ Away | BJY | BJS | BYK | HBY | HBZ | QHY | QHS | SDY | SXJ | SXL | SHZ | TJH | XJB |
| Beijing Youth | | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 8–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | CXL | 1–2 |
| Beijing Sangao | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 9–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Beijing Yitong Kuche | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 6–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Hebei Youth | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Hebei Zhongji | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Qinghai Youth | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Qinghai Senke | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 |
| Shandong Youth | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 9–0 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Shanxi Jiayi | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Shaanxi Laochenggen | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Shanghai Zobon | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Tianjin Huochetou | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Xinjiang Begonia | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
* ↑ This match had been canceled.
* ↑ This match was held in Shijingshan Stadium.

### South Group

| Home \ Away | CQY | DGN | GDY | GZZ | HBC | HBY | HHU | JXL | KMR | SXD | SZF | SZM | SC |
| Chongqing Youth | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Dongguan Nancheng | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Guangdong Youth | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Guizhou Zhicheng | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Hubei China-Kyle | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–6 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Hubei Youth | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Jiangsu HHU | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Kunming Ruilong | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Shaanxi Daqin | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Shenzhen Fengpeng | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Shenzhen Main Sports | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Sichuan F.C. | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
* ↑ This match was held in Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium.

## Play-offs
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hebei Zhongji | 1 - 1 | Hubei China-Kyle | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 |
| Shenzhen Fengpeng | 3 - 2 | Beijing Yitong Kuche | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 |
| Guizhou Zhicheng | 2 - 0 | Shaanxi Laochenggen | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
| Qinghai Senke | 3 - 2 | Kunming Ruilong | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 |

#### Second leg
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hubei China-Kyle | 2 - 1 | Shenzhen Fengpeng | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 |
| Guizhou Zhicheng | 4 - 3 | Qinghai Senke | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 |

#### Second leg
### Third-place play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Shenzhen Fengpeng | 4 - 2 | Qinghai Senke | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 |

#### Second leg
### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hubei China-Kyle | 1 - 2 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 |

#### Second leg
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zhang Hongbin | Beijing Yitong Kuche | 18 |
| 2 | Fan Yunlong | Guizhou Zhicheng | 15 |
| 2 | Xu Yihai | Qinghai Senke | 15 |
| 4 | Teng Bin | Qinghai Senke | 13 |
| 5 | Ilhamjan Iminjan | Guizhou Zhicheng | 12 |
| 5 | Jiang Zhongxiao | Shaanxi Daqin | 12 |
| 7 | Wu Dingmao | Shanxi Jiayi | 11 |
| 8 | He Lilong | Beijing Youth | 10 |
| 8 | Wang Shangyuan | Beijing Sangao | 10 |
| 10 | Xu Xin | Jiangxi Liansheng | 9 |
| 10 | Yang Chaosheng | Dongguan Nancheng | 9 |
| 10 | Liu Yang | Shaanxi Laochenggen | 9 |

## League Attendance
### North Group

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Xinjiang Begonia | 172,763 | 45,000 | 12,000 | 28,794 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Hebei Zhongji | 28,700 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 4,783 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Shaanxi Laochenggen | 21,720 | 5,000 | 800 | 3,620 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Hebei Youth | 9,268 | 5,500 | 500 | 1,324 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Qinghai Senke | 7,880 | 1,800 | 1,000 | 1,313 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Shanxi Jiayi | 7,150 | 2,500 | 200 | 715 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Shandong Youth | 3,333 | 1,000 | 200 | 476 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Qinghai Youth | 3,110 | 1,500 | 100 | 346 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Beijing Yitong Kuche | 2,427 | 1,200 | 150 | 405 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Beijing Youth | 1,733 | 430 | 0 | 217 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Beijing Sangao | 805 | 192 | 0 | 134 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Shanghai Zobon | 785 | 200 | 185 | 196 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Tianjin Huochetou | 715 | 200 | 30 | 89 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 260,389 | 45,000 | 0 | 2,926 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on Sept. 2nd, 2012 (Round 21) Source: China League Two bulletin data (in Chinese)
There is no attendance data for Round 1, 2, 8, 13, 15, 18, 22, 23 and 24.

### South Group

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Guizhou Zhicheng | 24,517 | 3,670 | 1,003 | 2,229 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Shaanxi Daqin | 19,159 | 4,186 | 400 | 2,395 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Hubei China-Kyle | 18,095 | 3,000 | 368 | 1,645 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Dongguan Nancheng | 16,373 | 5,630 | 112 | 1,488 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Shenzhen Fengpeng | 9,786 | 1,980 | 131 | 890 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 8,505 | 5,225 | 150 | 1,063 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Kunming Ruilong | 7,305 | 3,000 | 200 | 913 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Chongqing Youth | 7,032 | 3,615 | 100 | 781 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Shenzhen Main Sports | 4,990 | 2,200 | 0 | 499 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Sichuan F.C. | 3,849 | 500 | 50 | 321 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Jiangsu HHU | 2,246 | 500 | 100 | 250 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Hubei Youth | 1,701 | 500 | 50 | 155 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Guangdong Youth | 1,361 | 500 | 0 | 124 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 124,919 | 5,630 | 0 | 961 | n/a$^†$ |
Updated to games played on Sept. 19th, 2012 (Round 24) Source: China League Two bulletin data (in Chinese)
There is no attendance data for Round 13 and 23.