Football league season
China League Two Season 2012 Champions Guizhou Zhicheng Promoted Guizhou Zhicheng Hubei China-Kyle Matches played 327 Goals scored 858 (2.62 per match) Top goalscorer Zhang Hongbin (18 Goals)Biggest home win Shandong Youth 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, May 22nd, 2012) Beijing Sangao 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, Jul. 22nd, 2012) (9 goals)Biggest away win Sichuan F.C. 0-5 Dongguan Nancheng (South, Aug. 14th, 2012) (5 goals)Highest scoring Shandong Youth 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, May 22nd, 2012) Beijing Sangao 9-0 Qinghai Youth (North, Jul. 22nd, 2012) Hubei China-Kyle 3-6 Guizhou Zhicheng (South, Aug. 14th, 2012) (9 goals)Longest winning run Hebei Zhongji (9 matches)Longest unbeaten run Hebei Zhongji (22 matches)Longest winless run Qinghai Youth (24 matches)Longest losing run Qinghai Youth (10 matches)
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
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,[ 1] Beijing Yitong Kuche, Hebei Youth, Jiangsu HHU, Qinghai Senke,[ 2] Shaanxi Laochenggen, Shanxi Jiayi,[ 3] Xinjiang Begonia,[ 4] Chongqing Youth, Hubei China-Kyle,[ 5] Jiangxi Liansheng,[ 6] Kunming Ruilong,[ 7] Shenzhen Fengpeng[ 8] and Shenzhen Main Sports.[ 9]
Clubs
Groups
Club
Head Coach
City
Stadium
Capacity
2011 season
North
Beijing Youth
Zhang Jianguo
Beijing
Shijingshan Stadium
20,000
Beijing Sangao
Li Hui
Beijing
Haidian Stadium
5,000
Beijing Yitong Kuche
Yang Zheng
Beijing
Beijing Fengtai Stadium
31,043
Hebei Youth
Wei Yuanhao
Shijiazhuang
Yutong International Sports Center
38,000
Hebei Zhongji
Zhang Yandong
Shijiazhuang
Yutong International Sports Center
38,000
North 5th
Qinghai Youth
Liang Jinning
Xining
Xining Ximen Stadium
North 8th
Qinghai Senke
Song Lihui
Xining
Xining Ximen Stadium
CAFL 11th
Shandong Youth
Hu Yijun
Weifang
Luneng Taishan Football School
4,000
North 3rd
Shanxi Jiayi
Wu Jianwen
Taiyuan
Wanbailin Stadium Taiyuan Institute of Electrical Engineering Stadium (Round 14–19)
Shaanxi Laochenggen
Zhang Yuede
Xi'an
Shaanxi Province Stadium
50,100
North 6th
Shanghai Zobon
Cheng Yaodong
Shanghai
Jinshan Sports Centre
30,000
South 5th
Tianjin Huochetou
Su Wei
Tianjin
Tianjin Huochetou Stadium
12,000
Xinjiang Begonia
Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy
Ürümqi
Xinjiang Sports Centre
50,000
South
Chongqing Youth
Jia Jin
Chongqing
Nanchuan Stadium
20,000
Dongguan Nancheng
Goran Paulić
Dongguan
Dongguan Nancheng Sports Park Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium (Round 16–26)
20,000 20,000
South 4th
Guangdong Youth
Guo Yijun
Foshan
Century Lotus Stadium
36,686
South 7th
Guizhou Zhicheng R
Liu Zhicai
Guiyang
Guizhou Provincial Stadium
18,000
CL1, 14th
Hubei China-Kyle
Li Jun
Huangshi
Huangshi Stadium Jingmen Stadium (Round 24)
15,000 4,000
Hubei Youth
Hu Yijun
Wuhan
Jianghan'erqiao Athlete Training Base
South 10th
Jiangsu HHU
Zhu Jinxing
Nanjing
Hohai University Jiangning Campus Football Field
Jiangxi Liansheng
Gu Mingchang
Nanchang
Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center
50,000
CAFL 2nd
Kunming Ruilong
Gao Fulin
Kunming
Kunming Stadium
20,000
Shaanxi Daqin
Shang Qing
Xi'an
Shaanxi Province Stadium
50,100
South 3rd
Shenzhen Fengpeng
Zhang Jun
Shenzhen
University Town of Shenzhen Stadium
15,942
Shenzhen Main Sports
Wei Haili
Shenzhen
Shenzhen Stadium
32,500
Sichuan F.C.
Sun Bowei
Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan )
Dujiangyan Sport Center
12,700
South 11th
Group Stage Standings
North Group
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28, 2012. Source:
CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualification for
play-offs
South Group
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28, 2012. Source:
CL2 website on sohu.com (in Chinese) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted to
China League One ;
(Q) Qualification for
play-offs
Group Stage Results
North Group
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28th, 2012. Source:
China League Two Results (in Chinese) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
South Group
Updated to match(es) played on Sept. 28th, 2012. Source:
China League Two Results (in Chinese) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Third-place play-off
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Top scorers
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†
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†
There is no attendance data for Round 13 and 23.
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