The 2013 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 24th season since its establishment in 1989. It is divided into two groups, North and South. There are 15 teams participating in the league, 8 teams in North Group and 7 teams in South 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 May 4 and end on September 22. The play-off stage is a two-legged elimination. It will start in October 8. At the end of the season, the two finalists of the play-off will qualify for promotion to 2014 China League One.
Team changes
Promotion and relegation Guizhou Zhicheng as the 2012 season champion and Hubei China-Kyle as runner-up earned promotion to the 2013 China League One.
Hohhot Dongjin were relegated from 2012 China League One to 2013 China League Two North Group as the last placed team.
Name changes
North Group Hohhot Dongjin relocated to Shenyang during the season (in July 2013) and changed its name back to Shenyang Dongjin.
South Group Dongguan Nancheng relocated to Mei County on December 12, 2012 and changed its name to Meixian Hakka. Kunming Ruilong relocated to Dali and changed its name to Dali Ruilong.
New entries There are six new teams participating in 2013 China League Two. They are Gansu Aoxin,甘肅奧鑫足球隊正式完成組隊 Liaoning Youth, Qingdao Hainiu,青島海牛回來了! 組隊乙級打起 Shandong Tengding,山東省再添一乙級球隊 昔日魯能功勳主帥無緣執教 Lijiang Jiayunhao全新麗江足球隊-嘉雲昊，4月開整 and Meizhou Kejia.
Clubs Groups Club Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2012 seasonNorth Gansu Aoxin Zhang Hui Lanzhou Qilihe Stadium 30,000New Hebei Zhongji Zhang Yandong Shijiazhuang Yutong International Sports Center 38,000 North, 1st Shenyang DongjinR Zhao Faqing Shenyang (playing in Benxi) Hohhot City StadiumBenxi Stadium (from Round 8) 60,000N/A CL1, 16th Tianjin Huochetou Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium12,000 North, 11th Liaoning Youth Yasuharu Kurata Benxi Benxi Stadium N/A New Qingdao Hainiu Su Maozhen Qingdao Hongcheng Stadium19,000 New Qinghai Senke Floris Schaap Xining Xining Ximen Stadium N/A North, 2nd Shandong Tengding Luo Dengren Tengzhou Tengzhou Olympic Sports Center N/A NewSouth Dali Ruilong Gao Fulin Dali Dali Stadium N/A South, 3rd Jiangxi Liansheng Li Xiao Nanchang Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center 50,000 South, 8th Lijiang Jiayunhao Niu Hongli Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Center Stadium N/A New Meixian Hakka Hirokazu Sakuma Mei County Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,000 South, 6th Meizhou Kejia Cao Yang Wuhua Meixian Tsang Hin-chi StadiumWuhua County Stadium (from Round 12) 20,0006,800 New Shaanxi Laochenggen Zhang Yuede Xi'an Shaanxi Province Stadium 50,100 North, 4th Shenzhen Fengpeng Zhu Bo Shenzhen Universiade Center 60,334 South, 2nd
Group stage standings
North Group
South Group
Group stage results
North Group
South Group
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Third-Place Match
Final Match
Top scorers RankPlayerClubTotal Yang ChenHebei Zhongji Wang DongShandong Tengding Gao ZhilinMeizhou Kejia Wang JianQingdao Hainiu Wang XuanhongQingdao Hainiu Li KaiQingdao Hainiu Zhang HongbinShenzhen Fengpeng Xu YihaiQinghai Senke Ye WeichaoMeizhou Kejia Pan JiaMeizhou Kejia Wu DingmaoHebei Zhongji
References
External links Official site News and results at Sohu.com