# 2016 China League Two

The 2016 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 27th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. The league was expanded to 20 teams, with 10 teams in North Group and 10 teams in South Group.

## Team changes
### Name changes

* Hainan Seamen F.C. changed their name to Hainan Boying & Seamen F.C. in December 2015.
* Nanjing Qianbao F.C. moved to the city of Chengdu and changed their name to Chengdu Qbao F.C. in January 2016.
* Yunnan Wanhao F.C. moved to the city of Shanghai and changed their name to Shanghai JuJu Sports F.C. in January 2016.
* Meixian Hakka F.C. changed their name to Meizhou Meixian Hakka F.C. in January 2016.
* Shenyang City F.C. changed their name to Shenyang Urban F.C. in March 2016.

### Other changes

* Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli F.C. took over the place of Fujian Broncos F.C. in January 2016.
* Heilongjiang Lava Spring F.C. took over the place of Anhui Litian F.C. in January 2016.
* Nantong Zhiyun F.C. took over the place of Guangxi Longguida F.C. in January 2016.

## Clubs
### Clubs and locations

| Groups | Club | Head Coach | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2015 season |
| North | Beijing BIT | Robert Ahufinger | Beijing | BIT Eastern Athletic Field | 5,000 | CL1, 15th |
| North | Hebei Elite | Xu Tao | Qinhuangdao | Chinese Football School Stadium | N/A | North, 3rd |
| North | Tianjin Huochetou | Su Wei | Tianjin | Tianjin Huochetou Stadium | 12,000 | North, 4th |
| North | Baoding Yingli ETS | Zhao Changhong | Baoding | Baoding People's Stadium | 13,000 | North, 5th |
| North | Baotou Nanjiao | David Camhi | Baotou | Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium | 40,545 | North, 6th |
| North | Yinchuan Helanshan | Kazuo Uchida | Yinchuan | Helan Mountain Stadium | 39,872 | North, 7th |
| North | Shenyang Dongjin | Lee Woo-hyung | Shenyang | Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium | 12,000 | North, 8th |
| North | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Zoran Janković | Harbin | Harbin ICE Sports Center | 50,000 | South, 5th |
| North | Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | Gao Fei | Yancheng | Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre | 10,000 | South, 8th |
| North | Shenyang Urban | Marek Zub | Shenyang | Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium | 12,000 | CAL, 4th |
| South | Jiangxi Liansheng | Song Lihui | Jiujiang | Jiujiang Stadium | 31,000 | CL1, 16th |
| South | Sichuan Longfor | Vítor Pontes | Santai | Santai County Stadium | 8,000 | South, 2nd |
| South | Meizhou Meixian Hakka | Wang Hongwei | Meizhou | Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium | 20,221 | South, 3rd |
| South | Lijiang Jiayunhao | Zhang Biao | Lijiang | Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium | 20,000 | South, 4th |
| South | Shanghai JuJu Sports | Radomir Koković | Shanghai | Shanghai University Sports Center Stadium | 3,430 | South, 6th |
| South | Nantong Zhiyun | Wei Xin | Rugao | Rugao Olympic Sports Center | 15,000 | South, 7th |
| South | Chengdu Qbao | Zhao Faqing | Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan) | Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium | 12,700 | North, 2nd |
| South | Suzhou Dongwu | Tang Bo | Suzhou | Suzhou Sports Center | 35,000 | CAL, 1st |
| South | Hainan Boying & Seamen | Li Xiao | Haikou | Hainan Sport School Stadium | 10,000 | CAL, 2nd |
| South | Shenzhen Renren | Li Yuanping (caretaker) | Shenzhen | Bao'an Stadium | 40,000 | CAL, 3rd |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Yinchuan Helanshan | Zhu Bo | 22 December 2015 | Kazuo Uchida | 22 December 2015 |
| Hebei Elite | Juan Carlos Añón | 31 December 2015 | Xu Tao | 1 January 2016 |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | Fan Yuhong | 31 December 2015 | Zhao Changhong | 9 January 2016 |
| Shenzhen Renren | Zhang Jun | 31 December 2015 | Siniša Gogić | 12 January 2016 |
| Nantong Zhiyun | Huang Yong | 31 December 2015 | Wei Xin | 14 January 2016 |
| Shanghai JuJu Sports | Zhang Biao | 31 December 2015 | Radomir Koković | 15 January 2016 |
| Baotou Nanjiao | Xu Hui | 31 December 2015 | David Camhi | 18 January 2016 |
| Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | Wei Xin | 31 December 2015 | Gao Fei | 22 January 2016 |
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | Darko Nović | 31 December 2015 | Zoran Janković | 23 January 2016 |
| Shenyang Urban | Li Zheng | 31 December 2015 | Marek Zub | 24 January 2016 |
| Shenyang Dongjin | Li Wei | 31 December 2015 | Lee Woo-hyung | 28 January 2016 |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | Sun Wei | 31 December 2015 | Song Lihui | 31 January 2016 |
| Sichuan Longfor | Jia Jin | 15 January 2016 | Zhang Weizhe | 17 February 2016 |
| Sichuan Longfor | Zhang Weizhe | 7 May 2016 | Vítor Pontes | 7 May 2016 |
| Shenzhen Renren | Siniša Gogić | 26 June 2016 | Li Yuanping (caretaker) | 26 June 2016 |
| Lijiang Jiayunhao | Wang Zheng | 6 July 2016 | Zhang Biao | 6 July 2016 |
| Beijing BIT | Yuan Wei | July 2016 | Robert Ahufinger | July 2016 |

## League table
### North Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or Qualifying |
| 1 | Yinchuan Helanshan (Q) | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 41 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | Hebei Elite (Q) | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 38 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 3 | Shenyang Urban (Q) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 33 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 4 | Baoding Yingli ETS (Q, P) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 32 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 5 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 30 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 6 | Baotou Nanjiao | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 19 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 7 | Tianjin Huochetou | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 16 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 8 | Beijing BIT | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 16 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 9 | Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 13 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 10 | Shenyang Dongjin | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 41 | −27 | 8 | Qualifying to Play-offs |

### South Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or Qualifying |
| 1 | Meizhou Meixian Hakka (Q) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 34 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | Lijiang Jiayunhao (Q, C, P) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 34 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 3 | Jiangxi Liansheng (Q) | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 31 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 4 | Sichuan Longfor (Q) | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 29 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 5 | Chengdu Qbao | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 26 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 6 | Shenzhen Renren | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 20 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 7 | Suzhou Dongwu | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 18 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 8 | Nantong Zhiyun | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 18 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 9 | Hainan Boying & Seamen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 17 | Qualifying to Play-offs |
| 10 | Shanghai JuJu Sports | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 10 | Qualifying to Play-offs |

### Overall table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lijiang Jiayunhao (C, P) | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 44 | League One |
| 2 | Baoding Yingli ETS (P) | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 39 | League One |
| 3 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 41 | |
| 4 | Sichuan Longfor | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 36 | |
| 5 | Yinchuan Helanshan | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 42 | |
| 6 | Hebei Elite | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 39 | |
| 7 | Meizhou Meixian Hakka | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 35 | |
| 8 | Shenyang Urban | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 33 | |
| 9 | Chengdu Qbao | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 30 | |
| 10 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 31 | |
| 11 | Shenzhen Renren | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 26 | |
| 12 | Baotou Nanjiao | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 19 | |
| 13 | Tianjin Huochetou | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 20 | Disbanded after season |
| 14 | Suzhou Dongwu | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 19 | |
| 15 | Beijing BIT | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 22 | |
| 16 | Nantong Zhiyun | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 18 | |
| 17 | Hainan Boying & Seamen | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 23 | |
| 18 | Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 13 | |
| 19 | Shenyang Dongjin | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 11 | |
| 20 | Shanghai JuJu Sports | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 36 | −19 | 13 | |
* 1 2 Lijiang 2:0 Baoding
* 1 2 Jiangxi 3:2 Sichuan
* 1 2 3 4 Yinchuan, 1pts, GD=-1; Elite, 1pts, GD=-2, Pts=38; Meixian, 1pts, GD=-2, Pts=34; Urban, 0pts
* 1 2 Chengdu 2:2 Heilongjiang; Heilongjiang 1:2 Chengdu
* 1 2 Baotou 0:1 Renren; Renren 6:1 Baotou
* ↑ Dongwu 1:1 Huochetou; Huochetou 5:1 Dongwu
* ↑ TJL
* 1 2 BIT 2:1 Nantong; Nantong 0:1 BIT
* 1 2 Yancheng 3:5 Hainan; Hainan 3:0 Yancheng
* 1 2 JuJu Sports 2:1 Dongjin; Dongjin 3:0 JuJu Sports

## Group stage results
### North Group

| Home \ Away | BDY | BTN | BIT | HBE | HLJ | JSY | SYU | SYD | TJH | YCH |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Baotou Nanjiao | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Beijing BIT | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Hebei Elite | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Shenyang Urban | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Shenyang Dongjin | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Tianjin Huochetou | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| Yinchuan Helanshan | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | |

### South Group

| Home \ Away | CDQ | HNS | JXL | LJJ | MXH | NTZ | SHJ | SZR | SCL | SZD |
| Chengdu Qbao | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Hainan Boying & Seamen | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Lijiang Jiayunhao | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Meizhou Meixian Hakka | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Nantong Zhiyun | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Shanghai JuJu Sports | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Shenzhen Renren | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Sichuan Longfor | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Suzhou Dongwu | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |

## Play-offs
### Nineteenth place match

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Shanghai JuJu Sports | 2–4 | Shenyang Dongjin | 2–1 | 0–3 |

#### Second leg
### Seventeenth Place Match

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | 3–8 | Hainan Boying & Seamen | 3–5 | 0–3 |

#### Second leg
### Fifteenth Place Match

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Beijing BIT | 3–1 | Nantong Zhiyun | 2–1 | 1–0 |

#### Second leg
### Thirteenth Place Match

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Suzhou Dongwu | 2–6 | Tianjin Huochetou | 1–1 | 1–5 |

#### Second leg
### Eleventh Place Match

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Baotou Nanjiao | 1–7 | Shenzhen Renren | 0–1 | 1–6 |

#### Second leg
### Ninth Place Match

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Chengdu Qbao | 4–3 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 2–2 | 2–1 |

#### Second leg
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sichuan Longfor | 3–2 | Yinchuan Helanshan | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Shenyang Urban | 2–4 | Lijiang Jiayunhao | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | 3–1 | Meizhou Meixian Hakka | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | 3–1 | Hebei Elite | 2–0 | 1–1 |

#### Second leg

Sichuan Longfor won 3–2 on aggregate.
Lijiang Jiayunhao won 4–2 on aggregate.
Baoding Yingli ETS won 3–1 on aggregate.
Jiangxi Liansheng won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lijiang Jiayunhao | 1–1 (2–1 p) | Sichuan Longfor | 0–1 | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | 3–3 (a) | Baoding Yingli ETS | 3–1 | 0–2 |

#### Second leg

1–1 on aggregate. Lijiang Jiayunhao won 2–1 on penalties.
3–3 on aggregate. Baoding Yingli ETS won on away goals.

### Final Match
## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Total |
| 1 | Zhang Shuang | Baoding Yingli ETS | 14 |
| 2 | Tan Tiancheng | Yinchuan Helanshan | 11 |
| 3 | Han Zilong | Hebei Elite | 9 |
| 3 | Yang Jian | Shenyang Urban | 9 |
| 3 | Yan Peng | Shenyang Urban | 9 |
| 6 | Fan Zhiqiang | Jiangxi Liansheng | 8 |
| 6 | Yang Zi | Lijiang Jiayunhao | 8 |
| 6 | Zhu Yifan | Jiangxi Liansheng | 8 |
| 9 | Liu Yang | Meizhou Meixian Hakka | 7 |
| 9 | Shi Jun | Hebei Elite | 7 |
| 9 | Wang Ziming | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 7 |
| 9 | Yang Wanshun | Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | 7 |
Last updated: 23 October 2016 Source: fa.org.cn

## Awards

The awards of 2016 China League Two were announced on 11 November 2016.
* Most valuable player: Zhang Shuang (Baoding Yingli ETS)
* Golden Boot: Zhang Shuang (Baoding Yingli ETS)
* Best goalkeeper: Wen Zhixiang (Jiangxi Liansheng)
* Young Player of the Year: Zhang Xingbo (Meizhou Meixian Hakka)
* Best coach: Zhang Biao (Lijiang Jiayunhao)
* Fair play award: Yinchuan Helanshan, Meizhou Meixian Hakka, Shenzhen Renren, Shanghai JuJu Sports, Shenyang Urban
* Best referee: Yang Delin, Dai Yige, Zhang Meilin

## Attendance

| Club | Total | Average | Change |
| Lijiang Jiayunhao | 88,268 | 7,356 | 8.4% |
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 85,981 | 8,598 | 253.2% |
| Sichuan Longfor | 66,093 | 6,008 | 57.2% |
| Jiangxi Liansheng | 63,196 | 5,266 | -1.5%$^†$ |
| Meizhou Meixian Hakka | 52,188 | 5,219 | -21.2% |
| Nantong Zhiyun | 48,252 | 4,825 | 200.3% |
| Shenyang Urban | 32,386 | 3,239 | n/a$^‡$ |
| Yinchuan Helanshan | 32,080 | 3,208 | 28.5% |
| Shenzhen Renren | 25,541 | 2,554 | n/a$^‡$ |
| Baoding Yingli ETS | 22,099 | 2,009 | -16.2% |
| Baotou Nanjiao | 17,079 | 1,708 | -71.9% |
| Hainan Boying & Seamen | 14,564 | 1,456 | n/a$^‡$ |
| Chengdu Qbao | 14,422 | 1,442 | -6.5% |
| Beijing BIT | 7,483 | 748 | -57.2%$^†$ |
| Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli | 7,310 | 731 | 24.7% |
| Suzhou Dongwu | 7,279 | 728 | n/a$^‡$ |
| Shenyang Dongjin | 5,874 | 587 | 173.2% |
| Shanghai JuJu Sports | 4,230 | 423 | -40.4% |
| Hebei Elite | 4,227 | 423 | 52.6% |
| Tianjin Huochetou | 2,015 | 202 | -2.2% |
| Total | 600,567 | 2,915 | 13.1% |
Note: † Teams played previous season in CL1. ‡ Teams played previous season in CAL. Source: 同道DATA, 同道DATA