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.2016年中乙联赛参赛俱乐部预报名的通知
Team changes
To League Two Teams relegated from 2015 China League One Beijing BIT Jiangxi Liansheng
Teams entered from 2015 China Amateur Football League Suzhou Dongwu Hainan Seamen Shenzhen Renren Shenyang City
From League Two Teams promoted to 2016 China League One Meizhou Kejia Dalian Transcendence
Name changes Hainan Seamen F.C. changed their name to Hainan Boying & Seamen F.C. in December 2015.海南海汉主要股权转让并更名为海南博盈海汉的公示 Nanjing Qianbao F.C. moved to the city of Chengdu and changed their name to Chengdu Qbao F.C. in January 2016.关于南京钱宝足球俱乐部有限公司工商迁移并更名的公示 Yunnan Wanhao F.C. moved to the city of Shanghai and changed their name to Shanghai JuJu Sports F.C. in January 2016.关于云南普洱万豪足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示 Meixian Hakka F.C. changed their name to Meizhou Meixian Hakka F.C. in January 2016.关于梅县客家足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示 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.关于福建省超越足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示 Heilongjiang Lava Spring F.C. took over the place of Anhui Litian F.C. in January 2016.关于安徽力天足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示 Nantong Zhiyun F.C. took over the place of Guangxi Longguida F.C. in January 2016.关于广西龙桂达足球俱乐部主要股权转让并更名的公示
Clubs
Clubs and locations Groups Club Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2015 seasonNorth Beijing BIT R Robert Ahufinger Beijing BIT Eastern Athletic Field 5,000 CL1, 15th Hebei Elite Xu Tao Qinhuangdao Chinese Football School Stadium N/A North, 3rd Tianjin Huochetou Su Wei Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou Stadium 12,000 North, 4th Baoding Yingli ETS Zhao Changhong Baoding Baoding People's Stadium 13,000 North, 5th Baotou Nanjiao David Camhi Baotou Baotou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium 40,545 North, 6th Yinchuan Helanshan Kazuo Uchida Yinchuan Helan Mountain Stadium 39,872 North, 7th Shenyang Dongjin Lee Woo-hyung Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 North, 8th Heilongjiang Lava Spring Zoran Janković Harbin Harbin ICE Sports Center 50,000 South, 5th Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli Gao Fei Yancheng Dafeng Olympic Sports Centre 10,000 South, 8th Shenyang Urban P Marek Zub Shenyang Shenyang Urban Construction University Stadium 12,000 CAL, 4thSouth Jiangxi Liansheng R Song Lihui Jiujiang Jiujiang Stadium 31,000 CL1, 16th Sichuan Longfor Vítor Pontes Santai Santai County Stadium 8,000 South, 2nd Meizhou Meixian Hakka Wang Hongwei Meizhou Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium 20,221 South, 3rd Lijiang Jiayunhao Zhang Biao Lijiang Lijiang Sports Development Centre Stadium 20,000 South, 4th Shanghai JuJu Sports Radomir Koković Shanghai Shanghai University Sports Center Stadium 3,430 South, 6th Nantong Zhiyun Wei Xin Rugao Rugao Olympic Sports Center 15,000 South, 7th Chengdu Qbao Zhao Faqing Chengdu (playing in Dujiangyan) Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium 12,700 North, 2nd Suzhou Dongwu P Tang Bo Suzhou Suzhou Sports Center 35,000 CAL, 1st Hainan Boying & Seamen P Li Xiao Haikou Hainan Sport School Stadium 10,000 CAL, 2nd Shenzhen Renren P Li Yuanping (caretaker) Shenzhen Bao'an Stadium 40,000 CAL, 3rd
Clubs Locations
Managerial changes ClubOutgoing managerDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment Yinchuan Helanshan Zhu Bo 22 December 2015 Kazuo Uchida 22 December 2015 贺兰山足球俱乐部月底成立 教练内田一夫 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 官方：赵昌宏担任保定容大主帅 Shenzhen Renren Zhang Jun 31 December 2015 Siniša Gogić 12 January 2016 高歌奇：新赛季目标冲甲 不解中国联赛如此烧钱 Nantong Zhiyun Huang Yong 31 December 2015 Wei Xin 14 January 2016 前国脚魏新出任中乙队主帅 直言目标冲上中甲中超 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 鹿城足球俱乐部签约法籍主教练 Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli Wei Xin 31 December 2015 Gao Fei 22 January 2016 权健赞助家乡队 前泰达预备队教练高飞担任该队主教练 Heilongjiang Lava Spring Darko Nović 31 December 2015 Zoran Janković 23 January 2016 扬科维奇回中国执教火山鸣泉 希望2016带队冲甲 Shenyang Urban Li Zheng 31 December 2015 Marek Zub 24 January 2016 波兰外教执教沈阳城市队 Shenyang Dongjin Li Wei 31 December 2015 Lee Woo-hyung 28 January 2016 沈阳东进聘请韩国联赛主帅 Jiangxi Liansheng Sun Wei 31 December 2015 Song Lihui 31 January 2016 前鲁能球员宋黎辉执教联盛队 直言目标带队冲甲 Sichuan Longfor Jia Jin 15 January 2016 Zhang Weizhe 17 February 2016 二度执教 张伟哲低调说冲甲 Sichuan Longfor Zhang Weizhe 7 May 2016 Vítor Pontes 7 May 2016 葡萄牙人邦特迪斯接任安纳普尔那主教练 Shenzhen Renren Siniša Gogić 26 June 2016 Li Yuanping (caretaker) 26 June 2016 【战报】2016中乙联赛第十轮 人人领队朱波主教练李远平 Lijiang Jiayunhao Wang Zheng 6 July 2016 Zhang Biao 6 July 2016 Beijing BIT R Yuan Wei July 2016 Robert Ahufinger July 2016
League table
North Group
South Group
Overall table
Group stage results
North Group
South Group
Play-offs
Nineteenth place match
First leg
Second leg
Seventeenth Place Match
First leg
Second leg
Fifteenth Place Match
First leg
Second leg
Thirteenth Place Match
First leg
Second leg
Eleventh Place Match
First leg
Second leg
Ninth Place Match
First leg
Second leg
Quarter-finals
First leg
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
First leg
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate. Lijiang Jiayunhao won 2–1 on penalties.
3–3 on aggregate. Baoding Yingli ETS won on away goals.
Third-Place Match
Final Match
Top scorers {| class="wikitable" |- !Rank !Player !Club !Total |- !rowspan=1| | Zhang Shuang |Baoding Yingli ETS
!rowspan=1| | Tan Tiancheng |Yinchuan Helanshan
!rowspan=3| | Han Zilong |Hebei Elite
| Yang Jian |Shenyang Urban
| Yan Peng |Shenyang Urban
!rowspan=3| | Fan Zhiqiang |Jiangxi Liansheng
| Yang Zi |Lijiang Jiayunhao
| Zhu Yifan |Jiangxi Liansheng
!rowspan=4| | Liu Yang |Meizhou Meixian Hakka
| Shi Jun |Hebei Elite
| Wang Ziming |Heilongjiang Lava Spring
| Yang Wanshun |Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli
Awards The awards of 2016 China League Two were announced on 11 November 2016.2016中乙联赛颁奖盛典在京举办 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
References
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